Obituaries

Richard Kennedy

Richard Kennedy

Nov 1, 2014

YOUNGSTOWN - Prayers will begin Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Austintown Chapel, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at St. Brendan Church for Richard Kennedy, 87, who died Saturday morning at home. Richard was born Nov. 15, 1926, in Youngstown, to Patrick F. and Margaret M. Farmer Kennedy. He was a 1948...

Josephine Repko

Josephine Repko

Oct 31, 2014

YOUNGSTOWN - Prayers will be held Tuesday at 9:15 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Poland Chapel, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Sorrows St. Matthias Church for Josephine T. Repko, 80, who passed away Friday evening at Pembrooke Place. She was born Oct. 12, 1934, in Youngstown, a daughter of the...

Dorothy Strawn

Dorothy Strawn

Oct 25, 2014

AUSTINTOWN - A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. for Dorothy (Klein) Strawn, 81, who died Saturday afternoon at her home. Dorothy was born Nov. 30, 1932, in Youngstown, the daughter of Alois and Margaret (Demechko) Klein. She was a 1950 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School, and had worked in the clerical department...

June Rolfe

June Rolfe

Oct 25, 2014

YOUNGSTOWN - A celebration of life will be held Saturday evening at 7 p.m. at Davidson's Restaurant for June Lucille Rolfe, 89, who died Saturday at Camelot Arms Care Center. June was born Oct. 5, 1925, the daughter of William and Florence Layton Flaherty. She was a homemaker and a self-employed bookkeeper. June was a mother, grandma, great-grandmother, sister and...

James Poremba

James Poremba

Oct 21, 2014

BOARDMAN - A Memorial Mass will be held November 15, 2014 at 1:00 at Mother of Sorrows Church in Murrysville, PA for James Poremba, 81, who died Tuesday, October 21, at home. James was born April 12, 1933, in Cleveland, to John and Anna (Kosar) Poremba. He attended Thomas Edison High School and was a Veteran of the U.S. Marine...

Margaret Hutera

Margaret Hutera

Oct 20, 2014

YOUNGSTOWN - A funeral service will be held Thursday, at 11 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Home, Austintown Chapel, for Mrs. Margaret Ann Hutera, 76, who died peacefully, Monday morning at the Hospice House. She was born Feb. 4, 1938, in Youngstown, a daughter of Arthur and Helen "Nell" Kane Trucksis. Margaret was a member of St. Brendan Church, Youngstown,...

Ida Gardner

Ida Gardner

Oct 20, 2014

MCDONALD - A funeral service will be held on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Home, Austintown Chapel, for Mrs. Ida White Gardner, 90, who died Monday afternoon at St. Elizabeth Health Center. Ida was born Jan. 19, 1924, in Youngstown, to George and Mildred (Molin) White. She was a graduate of Warren G. Harding High School. Ida...

Elvira Tareshawty

Elvira Tareshawty

Oct 19, 2014

YOUNGSTOWN - A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church for Elvira "Babe" Tareshawty, 86, who died peacefully, early Sunday morning at home, surrounded by her family. Babe was born Aug. 15, 1928, in Belaire, to Andrew and Rita (Partezana) Paige. She was a graduate of The Rayen School...

Kenneth Davern

Kenneth Davern

Oct 17, 2014

HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. - Prayers will be held Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Poland Chapel followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. at the Holy Family Parish for Kenneth Coade Davern, 86, who passed away Friday, Oct. 17, 2014, at Heath Village, Retirement Community, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born Oct....

Jean Long

Jean Long

Oct 17, 2014

AUSTINTOWN - A funeral service will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Austintown Chapel for Jean B. Long, 88, who died early Friday morning at St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown. Jean was born May 22, 1926, in Youngstown, a daughter of John and Isabell Price Howitt. She was a 1944 South High graduate,...

Stella Gries

Stella Gries

Oct 15, 2014

AUSTINTOWN - Prayers will begin Monday at 9:15 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Austintown Chapel, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, for Stella Gries, 92, who died Wednesday afternoon at home, surrounded by her family. Stella was born March 11, 1922, in Youngstown, to Frank and Katherine (Szpak)...

Denise Mccloud

Denise Mccloud

Oct 11, 2014

BOARDMAN - Denise Claire Dibble McCloud, 47, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, at her home in Boardman, surrounded by her family, following a courageous battle over the past five years with ovarian cancer. Denise was born in Youngstown on April 2, 1967, the daughter of Raymond and Barbara McKinley Dibble. She graduated from Canfield High School in 1985...

Mary Bacha

Mary Bacha

Oct 6, 2014

BOARDMAN - A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday morning at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Basilica, officiated by the Rev. Monsignor Michael Cariglio, for Mary J. Bacha, 87, who died Monday morning at the Masternick Memorial Nursing Home in New Middletown. Mary was born Feb. 3, 1927, in Youngstown, the daughter of Gaetano and...

Mariann Leone

Mariann Leone

Oct 6, 2014

POLAND - Prayers will begin Tuesday 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, for Mariann Concetta Leone, 69, who died Monday at St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center. Mariann was born July 19, 1945, in Youngstown, the daughter of John T. and Lauretta...

Jane Clarke

Jane Clarke

Oct 5, 2014

YOUNGSTOWN - After 36 years apart, Jane Elizabeth (Lindsay) Clarke has gone to join her husband, George. Jane passed away peacefully on Oct. 5, 2014, in the comfort of her son Tom's home, surrounded by her loving family. Born on Sept. 28, 1931, Jane was the daughter of George A. and Mary E. Simon Lindsay. After graduating from the Trumbull...

John Sullivan

John Sullivan

Oct 5, 2014

AUSTINTOWN - Funeral services will be held Thursday at noon at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Austintown Chapel, for John L. Sullivan, 87, who died Sunday evening at St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center. John was born Dec. 10, 1926, in Youngstown, to George G. and Eauphemia Dockerty Sullivan. He was a graduate of Boardman High School and a veteran of the...

Richard Kepley

Richard Kepley

Oct 3, 2014

CANFIELD - There will be a Mass of Christian Burial on Tuesday at 10 a.m. at St. Michael Church in Canfield for Richard B. Kepley who passed away Friday at his home. Mr. Kepley was born May 2, 1930, in Pittsburgh, a son of the late J. Locke and Geraldine N. Kepley. He was a graduate of Youngstown State University...

Pearl Kocan

Pearl Kocan

Oct 2, 2014

POLAND - Prayers will begin Monday at 9:30 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Poland Chapel, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m., for Pearl E. Kocan, 84, who died Thursday afternoon at home. Pearl was born May 2, 1930, in Youngstown, to Stephen F. and Elizabeth Kozak Ivan. Pearl worked at Sparkle Market as a cashier...

Carol Watson

Carol Watson

Oct 1, 2014

YOUNGSTOWN - Private family services were held Thursday at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Austintown Chapel for Carol Elaine Watson, 69, who died Wednesday at the Cleveland Clinic. Carol was born Aug. 28, 1945, in Rimersburg, Pa., the daughter of William E. and Edna L. (Peters) Bowser. She was a 1963 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School, a homemaker and a...

Susan Phelan

Susan Phelan

Sep 30, 2014

POLAND - Susan Lee Phelan, 62, passed away Tuesday morning, following a 34-year battle with Multiple Sclerosis. She was born in Warren on May 19, 1952, to the late Herbert J. Clarke and Natalie E. Franklin Clarke Hillegas. Susan was a 1970 graduate of Liberty High School, a 1972 graduate of Endicott College, and a 1974 graduate of Mount Union...

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