All Obituaries

New Middletown – A burial service will be held on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. at the Holy Trinity Romanian Orthodox Church in Youngstown for Anna (Timariu) Pacura 89 who passed away Saturday morning at home with her loving family by her side. Anna was born Feburary 22, 1930 in Pianu de Jos, Romania, a daughter of Ioan and Raveca Albu Timariu. She came to the United States at the age of 16 and was a homemaker. She was a member of Holy Trinity Romanian Orthodox Church, the...

Struthers -Sharon Kay (Morgan) Vidman, loving wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away on Tuesday, May 14, at the age of 72. Sharon was born on June 23, 1946 in Bridgeport, Connecticut to Charles and Marjorie (Mahon) Morgan.  She grew up on the north side of Youngstown, graduated from Ursuline High School in 1965, and raised two daughters, Nanci and Heidi, from her first marriage.  On October 18, 1980, Sharon married her true love, John Vidman, and the family made their home in...

Boardman- James M. Yallech,88, passed away Friday afternoon, May 3.  James was born on February 18, 1931, in Bessemer,PA, a son of Nicholas James and Amelia Ribarich Yallech. He came to this area as a child. Jim was a Navy veteran of the Korean War, serving as a hurricane hunter. He was an iron worker with the Local 207. He enjoyed spending time with his family and going on vacation. James married the former Gail H. Luther on November 17, 1956. Besides his wife of Boardman he leaves...

New Middletown – Services will be held Wednesday at 1:00 pm, May 1, at the Clemente Funeral Home in New Middletown for Betty “Jean” Bigley, 84, who died Sunday, April 28, surrounded by her family at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Boardman Jean was born June 1, 1934, a daughter of Granville and Mabel Murray Stitt. She worked as a private duty nurse for many years before retiring.  Jean leaves five sons Rick Bigley (Barbara Massey) of Rocky Mount, NC, Ron (Mary)...

New Middletown – Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. at the Clemente Funeral Home in New Middletown for Benny R. Janutolo, 86, who passed away Tuesday evening April 23, 2019 at Caprice Health Care Center. He was born October 9, 1932 in Falls Mills, Virginia, a son of Deno and Janet Hawley Janutolo. He served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict and came to the area in 1960. He was a truck driver for Modern Builder’s Supply...

Poland – Private services were held for John “Sonny” J. Pavlic, Jr. who died at the Heinz VA Hospital on April 28. John was born April 24, 1952, in Youngstown, a son of John J. and Ann Pavlic, Sr. He served in the U.S. Army from June 15, 1972 to June 5, 1974. He owned and operated Sonny Pavs Restaurant and Lounge in Lowellville Ohio and was retired. He also worked as a landscaper and paver. He was an avid Ohio State fan and enjoyed weight lifting and golfing in his spare...

New Springfield – Funeral services will be held on Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. noon at St. Paul the Apostle Church in New Middletown for David H. May, 75, who passed away on Saturday evening April 20, 2019. David was born July 8, 1943 in Salem, Ohio, a son of J. Everett and Velma A. Linhart May. He lived in the area his whole life and was a 1961 graduate of Springfield Local High School and the Dana School of Music at YSU. He taught and was the band director at David...

William A. Norling, Jr. passed peacefully to his eternal reward April 15, 2019 at age 97. Bill was born and raised in Struthers, Ohio, the only child of Velma and William Norling, Sr. He interrupted his college education to enlist in the Army Air Corps during WWII. He served as a B-25 bomb crew navigator in The Pacific Theater completing 40 combat missions over Japan. The crew witnessed the mushroom cloud over Nagasaki as they returned from their final mission. Typical of his generation,...

New Middletown – A Mass of Christian burial will be held at St. Paul the Apostle Church in New Middletown on Wednesday at 11:00 am, April 17, for Mary Jane Zubick, 73, who passed away on Saturday at Hospice House. Mary Jane was born July 13, 1945, in Steubenville, a daughter of Henry and Grace Aurand Fraley.  She graduated from Catholic Central High School in Steubenville and attended Youngstown State University.  Mary Jane worked for the United Way for thirty one years,...

New Middletown – Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 at 11:00 A.M. at the Good Hope Lutheran Church in North Lima, OH, for Joan M. Mayberry, 87, who passed away on Thursday afternoon, April 11th at the Masternick Memorial Health Care center. Joan was born March 23, 1932 in Bellsville, PA, a daughter of John and Emma Martin Chew. She came to the Youngstown area as a child and has lived in New Middletown since 1947. She was a homemaker and a member of the Good Hope...