Obituaries
Frank Pifer
Dec 21, 2011
YOUNGSTOWN - Services will be Friday at 11 a.m. at the Heritage Presbyterian Church for Frank W. Pifer, 93 who died Wednesday morning. Frank was born March 15, 1918, in Youngstown, the son of Lemont and Margaret Hively Pifer. He had worked as an electrical foreman for Ohio Edison before retiring in 1983, He had served in the Army Air...
Paul Ryhal
Dec 20, 2011
AUSTINTOWN - Private family services will be held at a later date for Paul D. Ryhal, 68, who died Tuesday afternoon at the Vibra Hospital in Boardman. Paul was born July 16, 1943, in New Castle, Pa., the son of Paul R. and Roberta E. Kerr Ryhal. He had served in the U.S. Army and later worked as a truck...
Robert Graffius
Dec 20, 2011
CANFIELD - Robert Tilden Graffius, 80, died Dec. 20, at home in the care of his loving family. He was born July 10, 1931, in Youngstown, the son of Richard and Thelma Royse Graffius. He was a January 1949 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School and later served in the U.S. Air Force, stationed in Japan. Bob worked as a...
Paul Ryhal
Dec 20, 2011
AUSTINTOWN - Private family services will be held at a later date for Paul D. Ryhal, 68, who died Tuesday afternoon at the Vibra Hospital in Boardman. Paul was born July 16, 1943, in New Castle, Pa., the son of Paul R. and Roberta E. Kerr Ryhal. He had served in the U.S. Army and later worked as a truck...
Helen Skripac
Dec 19, 2011
NEW MIDDLETOWN - A memorial Mass will be celebrated today at the Holy Rosary Church in Lowellville for Helen Tabak Skripac, 87, who died Monday at Assumption Village. Helen was born Sept. 18, 1924, the daughter of John and Mary Bobko Tabak. She was a homemaker, a member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in New Middletown, where she...
Helen Skripac
Dec 19, 2011
NEW MIDDLETOWN - A memorial Mass will be celebrated Friday at the Holy Rosary Church in Lowellville for Helen Tabak Skripac, 87, who died Monday at Assumption Village. Helen was born Sept. 18, 1924, the daughter of John and Mary Bobko Tabak. She was a homemaker, a member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in New Middletown, where she...
John Burger
Dec 19, 2011
POLAND - Prayers will be held Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Home, Poland Chapel, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. at Holy Family Church, for John H. Burger, 86, who passed away early Monday morning at the VA Clinic in Sandusky. John was born Dec. 4, 1925, in Cleveland, a son of the...
Delores Mashburn
Dec 17, 2011
NEW MIDDLETOWN - Services will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Gospel Baptist Church for Delores A. Mashburn, 73, who died Saturday afternoon at St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center. Delores was born Jan. 19, 1938, in McCaysville, Ga., the daughter of Atkins and Lona Mae Dockery Johnson. She was a homemaker and a member of the Gospel Baptist Church....
Albert Wolz
Dec 16, 2011
Boardman - Services will be held on Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Home, Poland Chapel, with burial following at Lake Park Cemetery in Youngstown, for Mr. Albert A. Wolz, 87, who died Dec. 16, 2011, at the VA Clinic in Cleveland. He was born Oct. 28, 1924, in Youngstown, a son of Albert M. and Jennie M....
James Driscoll
Dec 16, 2011
POLAND - Love of God, family, and friends defined James Francis Driscoll who died peacefully Friday evening at his home. "Jim" was born Nov. 25, 1935, in Brookline Boston, Mass., the eldest son of James Francis and Anne Katholing Driscoll, both deceased. In his early years, the family moved to Flossmoore Chicago, Ill. Jim attended Mt. Carmel High School and...
Anne Peressini
Dec 16, 2011
AUSTINTOWN - Anna Peressini, 91, passed away on Friday, Dec. 16, at the Clare Bridge Senior Living Facility in Austintown. Anna was born on Sept. 15, 1920, in Istrago, Italy. She immigrated to the United States with her family in the mid-1950s and settled in the Youngstown area. She was a devoted wife and mother and had a passion for...
Anne Cuccarese
Dec 15, 2011
YOUNGSTOWN - A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at St. Charles Church for Anne T. Cuccarese, 96, who passed away Thursday morning at Greenbrier Nursing Home. Anne was born Sept. 16, 1915, in Youngstown, a daughter of the late Lee and Rose Marnelli Tiberio. Anne graduated from South High School. She was a secretary...
Robert Jacobson
Dec 14, 2011
AURORA - Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Home, Boardman-Canfield Chapel for Mr. Robert Jacobson, 63, who died peacefully on Dec. 14, 2011, in Aurora, after a long and courageous battle with multiple sclerosis. He was born March 4, 1948, in Youngstown, a son of Joseph and Mary Bindas Jacobson. Robert was a...
Gemma Thomas
Dec 13, 2011
POLAND - Prayers will begin Friday morning at 9:15 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Home, Poland Chapel followed by a Mass of Christian Burial celebrated at 10 a.m. at St. Luke Catholic Church for Gemma M. Rauso Thomas, 79, who died early Tuesday morning at St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown. Gemma was born Oct. 9, 1932, in New Castle,...
Kenneth Bednarik
Dec 12, 2011
CANFIELD - A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday at 11 a.m. at St. John the Baptist Church Catholic Church in Campbell, for Kenneth M. Bednarik, 51, who passed away Monday morning at the VA Clinic in Cleveland. Kenneth was born May 18, 1960, in Youngstown, a son of Richard and Carol Liposchak Bednarik. Kenneth attended St....
Rev. John Lyons
Dec 10, 2011
AUSTINTOWN - A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Bishop George V. Murry on Friday at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph Church in Austintown, for Rev. Father John F. Lyons, 90, Pastor Emeritus of St. Joseph Parish, who entered into eternal life Saturday afternoon. Father Lyons was born June 4, 1921, in Skeghard, Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, Ireland, the...
Nicholas Harris
Dec 10, 2011
AUSTINTOWN - Prayers will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Austintown Chapel followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church for Nicholas J. Harris Sr., 90, who passed away Saturday at Hospice House. Nicholas was born June 2, 1921, in Cleveland, a son of the late...
Frank Tufaro
Dec 6, 2011
AUSTINTOWN - Services will be Friday at 11 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Home, Austintown Chapel for Frank Tufaro, 72, who died Tuesday afternoon at his home after a long and courageous over 15 year battle with cancer. Frank was born Francesco Antonio Tufaro in Italy on June 30, 1939, the son of James and Filomena Lanza Tufaro. At the...
Joseph Lupo Sr
Dec 6, 2011
EDINBURG - Prayers will be held Friday at 12:15 p.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Poland Chapel followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 1 p.m. at St. Dominic Church, for Joseph N. Lupo Sr., 83, who passed away Tuesday morning at Hospice House. Joseph was born April 15, 1928, in Hillsville, Pa., a son of the late Jack...
Robert Akers
Dec 5, 2011
BOARDMAN - Military services will be held at the Western Reserve National Cemetery in Rittman, for Robert James Akers, 67, who died early Monday morning at his home. Robert was born Feb. 1, 1944, in Youngstown, the son of Arthur and Margaret Riley Akers. After serving in the Navy, he worked at the Tindall Corporation in Spartinsburg, S.C. as a...
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