POLAND - A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Holy Family Church, for Joseph V. Lavore, 92, who died Friday morning at St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center. Joseph was born Feb. 3, 1921, in Bronx, N.Y., to Vincent and Cecialia (Hook) Lavore. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served...
POLAND - Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Poland Chapel, for Christine Rose Kadvan, 84, who passed away Thursday morning at Hampton Woods Nursing Center. Christine was born Dec. 15, 1928, in New Castle, Pa., a daughter of the late Steven and Margaret (Franco) Naples. Christine attended Warren G. Harding High School....
CANFIELD - Crystal Bethleen "Bessie" Landers Garrett went home to be with the Lord on Saturday morning at her home. She was born May 4, 1919, in Charleston, W.Va., to the late Oley L. and Mertha F. Landers. Bessie was a member of the Bible Baptist Church in Campbell, where she served faithfully for over 50 years. In addition to...
AUSTINTOWN - A prayer service will begin at 9:15 a.m. on Saturday at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Home, Austintown Chapel, and a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph Church in Austintown for Mr. Arthur George DePaola, 88, who died Wednesday afternoon at Park Vista Health Center surrounded by his family. He was born Oct. 30, 1924, in...
BOARDMAN - Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at the Old North Church in Canfield for Dennis J. Howells, 30, who passed away Wednesday morning at his home. Dennis was born March 13, 1983, in Youngstown, a son of Dennis J. and Anna (Mineo) Howells Sr. Dennis was a 2001 graduate of Boardman High School. He was...
YOUNGSTOWN - A Divine Liturgy of Christian Burial will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at St. Nicholas Byzantine Church for Margaret Derin, 92, who passed away Wednesday at her home. Margaret was born July 7, 1920, in Campbell, a daughter of the late Stephen and Anna (Bodnovich) Stanislav. Margaret was a January 1939 graduate of Campbell Memorial High School....
SHARON L. (BORROW) MINTLER BOARDMAN - Private family services will be held at a later date for Sharon L. (Borrow) Mintler, 65, who died unexpectedly June 4, 2013, at her home. Sharon was born June 15, 1947, in Ventura, Calif., the daughter of William and Joyce Eisman Borrow. Sharon worked at Northside Hospital as an aide for over 20 years,...
BOARDMAN - Prayers will begin Friday morning at 9:15 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Boardman-Canfield Chapel, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial celebrated at St. Dominic Church for Frances E. Atwood, 85, who died peacefully early Monday morning at her home. Frances was born Oct. 28, 1927, in Youngstown, the daughter of Nicholas and Anna (Ellis) Popovich. After...
YOUNGSTOWN - Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Poland Chapel, for Linda D. Ranklin, 61, who went home to be with the Lord Sunday evening at St. Elizabeth Health Center. Linda was born April 22, 1952, in Youngstown, a daughter of the late Glenn and Shirley Hunter. Linda was a 1970 graduate...
YOUNGSTOWN - Services will be Tuesday evening at 8 p.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Austintown Chapel for Judy "Aunt Judy" Garcar, 76, who died Saturday evening at the Hospice House. Judy was born Jan. 7, 1937, the daughter of William E. and Marilyn Worley Arnold. She was a graduate of South High School and had worked at the McKelvey's...
"Together Again" BOARDMAN - A prayer service will be held Tuesday at 10:15 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Home, Boardman-Canfield Chapel for Mrs. Lillyan DiNunzio, 79, who died Thursday morning at her daughter's residence, surrounded by her loving family after a courageous six year battle with ovarian cancer. A Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 11 a.m. at St....
POLAND - Prayers will begin Tuesday afternoon at 12:30 p.m. followed by a Mass of Christian Burial Celebrated at 1 p.m. at the Holy Family Church for a beloved husband, father, and grandfather, Anthony Deleo Lucente, 76, who passed away on May 23, 2013. A first generation Italian, he was born on Feb. 2, 1937, in Youngstown. He grew up...
CAPE CORAL, FLA. - Phyllis LaGuardia, who happily celebrated her 83rd birthday on May 13, with her children by her side, passed from this life on May 23, 2013, at Cape Coral Hospital, Cape Coral, Fla., after a brief illness. After a life spent in Youngstown, she enjoyed her retirement years living both here and with her daughters in Cape...
CANFIELD - A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Tuesday at 11 a.m. at St. Christine Church for Roy Howard Kroll, 93, who died Thursday evening at his home. Roy was born April 7, 1920, in Fowler, the son of Ewald and Marjorie (Storier) Kroll. He served our country during World War II in the Army Air Corps. He...
MINERAL RIDGE - A prayer service will be held on Tuesday at 9:15 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Austintown Chapel, and a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at St. Mary's Church, 3504 State Route 46, Mineral Ridge, for Mr. Arthur Foley, 87, who died early Wednesday morning at his son's residence. He was born July 6, 1925,...
WARREN - Funeral services will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, North Jackson Chapel, for Shirley Mae Williams Culp, 78, who entered God's presence Tuesday evening at Trumbull Memorial Hospital, surrounded by her family and friends. Shirley was born Feb. 17, 1935, in Warren, a daughter of the late Harland R. and Florence (Preston) Williams....
LIBERTY - Prayers will begin Thursday at 10:15 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Boardman-Canfield Chapel, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. at St. Christine Church for Mary Ellen Lyden, 69, who passed away early Sunday morning at the Cleveland Clinic. Mary Ellen was born October 18, 1943, in Youngstown, a daughter of Elmo and Mary...
POLAND - Prayers will begin 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 Church for Joseph "Joe" H. O'Brien Jr., 82, who died Friday afternoon at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Youngstown. Joe was born April 24, 1931, in Youngstown, to Joseph H. and...
YOUNGSTOWN - Private services will be held for Raymond Heckmer, 89, who passed away Thursday at St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center. Raymond was born May 6, 1924, in Youngstown, a son of the late Raymond and Mae (McCaffrey) Heckmer. Raymond served in the U.S. Army and was a member of the Military Band. He was employed with LTV Steel and...
YOUNGSTOWN - Private family services will be held for Martha V. Prosser, 85, who passed away early Saturday morning at Guardian Care Center. Martha was born Jan. 30, 1928, in Milton, Pa. Martha was a 1944 graduate of The Rayen School. She moved to Michigan in 1983 and worked for Universal Cleaning Co. in fire disaster clean-up for 10 years....