All Obituaries

AUSTINTOWN - Prayers will be held on Tuesday, July 23, 2019, at 10:15 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Austintown Chapel, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, for Cecilia Gamble, 93, who died Thursday, July 18, 2019, at Briarfield Manor surrounded by her loving family. Cecilia was born May 24, 1926, in Youngstown, a daughter of Warren and Marguerite (Maher) Davis. She attended South High School and was a graduate of Ohio Beauty...

SAGAMORE HILLS - Prayers will begin on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Poland Chapel, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at the Holy Family Church, celebrated by the Rev. Msgr. William Connell, for Dorothy J. Tama, 79, who died early Sunday morning at University Hospital Broadview Heights.  Dorothy was born May 13, 1940, in Youngstown, the daughter of Joseph and Alice (Zack) Strines.  She graduated from Ursuline High School and St....

CANFIELD – A funeral service will be held on Monday, July 15, 2019, at 11 a.m. at the Zion Lutheran Church, for Dorothy Sarah Bokesch, 92, who died Thursday at Hampton Woods.  Dorothy was born Oct. 24, 1926, in Youngstown, a daughter of Michael and Sarah (Theiss) Lindert.  She was a graduate of South High School and was a devoted homemaker.  Dorothy was a member of the Youngstown Saxon Club Branch 22. She especially enjoyed knitting, crochet, needle point, ceramics,...

NEW MIDDLETOWN – A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday at 10 a.m. at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Poland, officiated by Monsignor William Connell, for Mrs. Etta Mae Messer, 92, who died peacefully at her residence Tuesday morning. She was born on Jan. 5, 1927, in Youngstown, a daughter of Frank and Elizabeth (Doll) Reese. Etta Mae was a 1964 graduate of Youngstown State University with a B.S. in Education and had taught for 33 years at Holy Family School in Poland....

CLEVELAND –  William F. Yurcich, 54, formerly of Struthers, died at his home in Cleveland on July 4, 2019. Friends and family may call on Wednesday, July 10, at 10 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Poland Chapel. A prayer service will begin at 10:45 a.m., followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11:30 a.m. at Christ Our Savior (St. Nicholas) Church, Struthers. Bill, the son of Lawrence (deceased) and Ruth (Lind) Yurcich, was born Sept. 15, 1964. He was a graduate of...

YOUNGSTOWN – Funeral services will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Gethsemane Lutheran Church in North Jackson for Ernest Walter Grischow, 89, who went home to be with our God, early Thursday morning at Hospice House. He was born Sept. 27, 1929, in Youngstown, a son of the Carl J. and Anna (Engelhardt) Grischow. Ernest served his country in the U.S. Army Air Corps. from 1946-1949. He retired in 1991, after 40 years as an engineer for Ohio Bell-Ameritech. He was a member of the...

AUSTINTOWN - A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at St. Brendan Church for Rosaleen B. Murtha, 89, who passed away Wednesday evening at Briarfield Manor. She was born Sept. 4, 1929, in Youngstown, a daughter of the late John P. and Mary Terese (Mangan) Murtha. Rosaleen was a 1948 graduate of Ursuline High School and a 1951 graduate of St. Elizabeth School of Nursing. She was a nurse for Dr. Charles Stertzbach and then Dr. Kong Oh in Youngstown, retiring in 1996. She...

CANFIELD - A chapel committal service will be held on Friday, July 5, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Greenhaven Memorial Gardens, for Stella Wargacki, 96, who died Tuesday morning at her residence.  Stella was born September 22, 1922, in Canfield, Ohio, a daughter of Nicholas and Mary (Katinsky) Terlecky. A lifelong area resident, she was a 1941 graduate of Canfield High School.  She worked briefly as a secretary for Lordstown Depot. She was a homemaker and ran...

AUSTINTOWN - A Memorial Mass will be held Saturday, July 20, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, celebrated by Msgr. John Zuraw, for Raeann DeCecco, 71, who died Thursday, June 27, 2019 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Youngstown.  Raeann was born Feb. 19, 1948, in Youngstown, the daughter of Raymond S. and Anne (Balkan) Mashorda.  She was a 1966 graduate of Austintown Fitch High School. She worked for her parents' business, Country Gardens, as the office...

AUSTINTOWN - A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Tuesday afternoon, July 2, at 1 p.m., at St. Joseph Church in Austintown for Karen Lee Eggers, 70, who died Thursday morning June 27, at Sarasota Hospice House, Sarasota, Fla. Karen was born Oct. 31, 1948, in Youngstown, the daughter of John and Dorothy Ogrean Edl.  Karen was a 1967 graduate of East High School and later moved to Sarasota.  She was retired from the Sarasota Board of Education, where she served as a...