Eugene D. "Gene" Brungardt
Dec 22, 2020
POLAND - Eugene D. "Gene" Brungardt, 89, formerly of South Dunlap Avenue in Youngstown, passed away peacefully Tuesday morning, Dec. 22, 2020, at his home.
Gene was born Aug. 9, 1931, in Hastings, Neb., and was a son of the late Julius and Lillian Nolda Brungardt. He graduated from Hastings Senior High School, proudly served in the...
Frank W. "Butch" Arundel
Dec 22, 2020
GIRARD - Frank W. "Butch" Arundel, 80, passed away Tuesday morning, Dec. 22, 2020, at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital.
Frank was born Nov. 6, 1940, in Youngstown, a son of the late Howard and Mary Margaret Osborne Arundel, and was a lifelong area resident.
He was a 1958 graduate of Girard High School and attended...
Orpha Maxine “Mickey” Sauricki
Dec 21, 2020
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP - Orpha Maxine "Mickey" Sauricki, 92, formerly of Mineral Ridge and later of McDonald, passed away Monday evening, Dec. 21, 2020, at Shepherd of the Valley in Liberty Township following a battle with COVID-19.
Orpha was born April 22, 1928, in Apollo, Pa., a daughter of the late John Wesley and Florence Moore Slick, and...
Walter Charko
Dec 21, 2020
AUSTINTOWN - Walter Charko, 77, passed away peacefully Monday evening, Dec. 21, 2020, with his wife and daughter by his side.
Walter was born Nov. 23, 1943, in Wackerstein, Germany, and was a son of the late Iwan and Anna Sameluk Charko. Walter came to America and this area with his parents at the age of seven,...
Sandra A. "Sandy" Delisio
Dec 20, 2020
YOUNGSTOWN - Sandra A. "Sandy" DeLisio, 70, of the city's West Side, passed away late Sunday morning, Dec. 20, 2020, at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital from complications of COVID-19.
Sandy was born Feb. 20, 1950, in Youngstown, a daughter of the late John and Ann Sevachko Mshar, and was a lifelong area resident.
She was...
Lawrence J. "Larry" Kent
Dec 18, 2020
YOUNGSTOWN - Lawrence J. "Larry" Kent, 67, of the city's West Side, passed away Friday afternoon, Dec. 18, 2020, at Vibra Hospital of Mahoning Valley in Boardman, following a brief illness.
Larry was born Nov. 28, 1953, in Youngstown, and was a son of the late Jacob and Ruth Kramer Kent. Larry was a 1971 graduate of...
David R. Sowa
Dec 18, 2020
YOUNGSTOWN - David R. Sowa, 56, of the city's Cornersburg area, passed away early Friday morning, Dec. 18, 2020, at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital following a brief illness.
David was born on the Fourth of July, 1964, in Chicago, and was a son of the late Robert and Nadia Kovalchuk Sowa. David came to this area with...
Adrian "Agie" Dietz
Dec 18, 2020
GIRARD - Adrian "Agie" Dietz, 84, passed away Friday afternoon, Dec. 18, 2020, at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital.
Adrian was born Oct. 12, 1936, in Youngstown, and was a son of the late Aloysius and Gertrude Brown Dietz. He was raised by his father and step-mother, Millie Morosko Dietz, and lived on the North Side of Youngstown...
Carol A. Cantor
Dec 17, 2020
NORTH LIMA - Carol A. Cantor, 82, formerly of the city's South Side, passed away late Thursday morning, Dec. 17, 2020, at St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital from complications of COVID-19.
Carol was born May 18, 1938, in Youngstown, a daughter of the late John and Ann Rasinya Hassey, and was a lifelong area resident.
She...
Kenneth James "Kenny" Gbur
Dec 17, 2020
YOUNGSTOWN - Kenneth James "Kenny" Gbur, 68, passed away Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, at his home at Canfield Healthcare Center in Cornersburg.
Kenny was born July 1, 1952, in Youngstown, and was a son of the late Martin and Julia Pruss Gbur.
Kenny served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam, and had fun working as...
Estelle A. "Debbie" Sudzina
Dec 16, 2020
YOUNGSTOWN - Estelle A. Sudzina, 70, passed away Wednesday evening, Dec. 16, 2020, at St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital following a brief illness.
Estelle, who was known to many as "Debbie," was born Dec. 3, 1950, in Youngstown, a daughter of the late Edward Usko and Estelle Morris Usko, and was a lifelong area resident.
She...
Edward J. Sebest
Dec 16, 2020
AUSTINTOWN – Edward J. Sebest, 90, passed away peacefully Wednesday evening, Dec. 16, 2020, at Hospice House in North Lima, after a long and fulfilling life.
Edward was born March 29, 1930, in Youngstown, a son of the late Martin and Anna Bobeck Sebest, and lived most of his life in the Mahoning Valley. . He was...
Andrew J. "Andy" Smyczynski
Dec 15, 2020
CANFIELD - Andrew J. "Andy" Smyczynski, 50, passed away late Tuesday evening, Dec. 15, 2020, at Metro Health Medical Center in Cleveland following a two-and-a-half month battle with pancreatitis.
Andy was born April 5, 1970, in Kyonggi-Do, South Korea, and was a son of John and Myong Smyczynski. Andy came to America and the Mahoning Valley with...
Patrick T. Sheely
Dec 11, 2020
NORTH LIMA - Patrick Tony Sheely, 71, formerly of Youngstown's South Side, passed away Friday evening, Dec. 11, 2020, at Hospice House after a battle with COVID-19.
Patrick was born March 11, 1949, in Youngstown, and was a son of the late William G. and Theresa Godaux Sheely. He was raised in Campbell, was a graduate of...
Kimberly Porter "Kim" Mills
Dec 11, 2020
YOUNGSTOWN - Kimberly "Kim" Mills, 49, passed away early Friday morning, Dec. 11, 2020, with family by her side at her sister's home in North Jackson following a courageous fight with cancer.
Kim was born Feb. 26, 1971, in Youngstown, a daughter of Richard and Janet Scarsella Porter, and was a lifelong area resident.
She...
Rita M. Martin
Dec 11, 2020
ANDOVER - Rita M. Martin, 70, formerly of Girard, passed away early Friday morning, Dec. 11, 2020, at Andover Village following a lengthy illness.
Rita was born Nov. 14, 1950, in Youngstown, a daughter of the late Joseph R. and Jennie Ann DePinto Funge, and lived in the area for most of her life.
She...
Theodore A. Boggs, Jr.
Dec 10, 2020
CANFIELD - Theodore A. "Ted" Boggs, Jr., 74, passed away peacefully with family by his side Thursday morning, Dec. 10, 2020, at Briarfield Manor in Austintown.
Ted was born May 5, 1946, in Youngstown, and was a son of the late Theodore A. Boggs Sr. and Mary DePrim Boggs. He was a 1964 graduate of East High...
Deborah C. "Debbie" Miller
Dec 9, 2020
YOUNGSTOWN - Deborah C. "Debbie" Miller, 63, of the city's West Side, passed away peacefully late Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 9, 2020, at Hospice House with her daughter by her side, following a courageous seven-year battle with breast cancer. Debbie was born Nov. 13, 1957, in Youngstown, a daughter of the late Homer and June Carroll Emerick, and was a...
Margaret C. Hughes
Dec 9, 2020
GIRARD - Margaret C. Hughes, 81, passed away Wednesday morning, Dec. 9, 2020, at Liberty Health Care Center, following a brief battle with cancer.
Margaret was born July 8, 1939, in Youngstown, a daughter of the late Terrence and Gladys Adams O'Neil, and was a lifelong Girard resident.
She was a 1958 graduate of Girard...
Eleanor P. Kunder
Dec 8, 2020
YOUNGSTOWN - Eleanor P. Kunder, 89, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital.
Eleanor was born March 29, 1931, in Cleveland, and was a daughter of the late Thomas and Caroline Joseph. She was raised in Diamond and was a graduate of Palmyra High School.
Mrs. Kunder worked in housekeeping...
