Obituaries

Jul 3, 2010

Mary H. "Chris" Maurice, 85, of Warren, died Saturday, July 3, 2010 at home. She was born July 31, 1924 in Kings Mountain, N.C., the daughter of Jim and Pauline (Miller) Huffman, and had lived in Ohio most of her life.

A graduate of Wittenberg University, Mrs. Maurice taught her entire career at East Junior High School...

Jun 28, 2010

Brian L. Holden, Sr., 34, of Warren, died at home Monday, June 28, 2010. The Trumbull County coroner is investigating the cause of death. He was born May 1, 1976 in Warren, the son of Rex and Susan (Schulz) Holden, and had lived in the Warren area most of his life.

Mr. Holden attended Kent State University...

Jun 26, 2010

Gisele H. McClimans, 83, died Saturday, June 26, 2010 at Gillette Nursing Home in Warren. She was born August 18, 1926 in Germany, moving to the United States and being naturalized as a citizen in the 1950s.

Mrs. McClimans was widowed and had been a teacher. She had lived in McDonald and Austintown.

There are...

Jun 26, 2010

Virginia Dove Calain, 83, of Champion, died Saturday, June 26, 2010 at home. She was born May 3, 1927 in Kedron, W. Va., the daughter of Albert T. and Elsie (Hornbeck) Nethken, and had lived in Trumbull County since 1966, coming from West Virginia.

Mrs. Calain worked as a dental assistant and taught aspiring dental assistants at...

Jun 22, 2010

Robert R. Ray, 58, of Howland, died Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at home. He was born July 5, 1951 in Warren, the son of George and Dorothy (Burch) Ray, and had lived in Trumbull County all his life.

A graduate of Warren G. Harding High School, Mr. Ray attended ETI Tech and worked for many years as...

Jun 17, 2010

Henrietta S. Bowser, 67, of Celina, Tenn. and formerly of Warren and Youngstown, died Thursday, June 17, 2010 in the emergency room of Cumberland River Hospital in Celina. She was born December 20, 1942 in Reading, Pa., the daughter of Harry and Helen (Wile) Bush. Living in northeast Ohio most of her adult life, she had recently moved to...

Jun 14, 2010

Wanda Marie Simpkins, 86, of Warren, died Monday, June 14, 2010 at Forum Health - Trumbull Memorial Hospital. She was born September 26, 1923 in Newton Falls, the daughter of Floyd and Gladys (Longenberger) Sinn.

A graduate of Newton Falls High School, she married Charles H. Simpkins of Warren on August 10, 1944 and lived in Warren...

Jun 9, 2010

Mary Jane Custin, 87, of Warren, known to many as Mary Jane Taylor, died Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at Autumn Hills Care Center in Niles. She was born April 12, 1923 in Warren, the daughter of John Albert and Lottie (Kilgeman) Carnahan, and had lived in the Warren area all her life.

A graduate of Warren G....

Jun 8, 2010

Ellen D. Nadiak, 61, of Butler, Pa. and formerly of Warren, died in a traffic accident in Butler on Tuesday, June 8, 2010. She was born April 12, 1949 in Warren, the daughter of Robert M and Audrey (Bevard) Wilson, and had lived in Butler the past 16 years.

Ellen was a graduate of John F. Kennedy...

Jun 5, 2010

Matthew Michael Ritz, 35, formerly of Warren, passed away peacefully from his sleep into the arms of Jesus in his Columbus home on June 5, 2010 at 5:25 p.m., after a very courageous thirteen-month battle with brain cancer. Matthew was diagnosed with a tumor May 4, 2009, which was determined to be a Glioblastoma Multiform IV. Matthew endured three...

Jun 5, 2010

Helen L. McQuiney, 90, of Warren, passed away on Saturday, June 5, 2010 and went home to her Heavenly Father after a long battle with Alzheimer's. She was born Helen Loretta Spano to parents Larry and Nellie (Alvaro) Spano on December 12, 1919 in Kilarm, W. Va., and was a lifelong resident of Trumbull County, Ohio, living at Autumn...

Jun 4, 2010

William C. Flath, 87, of Warren, died Friday, June 4, 2010 at Mahoning Valley Hospital. He was born March 20, 1923 in Cleveland, the son of Leonard and Sarah Jane (Cooper) Flath, and had lived in the Warren area most of his life.

Mr. Flath graduated from Warren G. Harding High School, earned a bachelor's degree from...

Jun 3, 2010

Iona A. Mathias, 95, passed away June 3, 2010. She was born January 19, 1915 in Everly, Iowa. Iona and her late husband of 62 years, Dr. Charles M. Mathias, lived in Niles and Warren, Ohio before retiring to Sun City Center, Florida. She is survived by nieces and nephews.

Iona attended the University of Iowa Business...

Jun 1, 2010

Minnie T. Dunmire, 78, of Warren, died Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at St. Joseph Health Center. She was born December 17, 1931 in Wheatland, Pa., the daughter of Mary (Gardner) Teutsch, and had lived in Trumbull County for over fifty years.

Mrs. Dunmire worked for Packard Electric as a quality control inspector for thirty years. A former...

May 23, 2010

Warren - Richard E. Carty, 85 of Warren, OH, died Sunday, May 23, 2010 in Cleveland Clinic Hospital. He was born, October 19, 1924 in Warren, the son of the late James and Ethel (Scott) Carty.

He retired as a Laboratory Technician for Packard Electric GM Div. and also worked for McCardell-White Funeral Home while volunteering for...

May 22, 2010

Dorothy Jean Fisher Stambaugh passed away peacefully on May 22, 2010, in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Dorothy was born to Raymond and Mary Jacoby Fisher on September 14, 1922, in Youngstown, Ohio. She married Clayton E. Stambaugh on August 27, 1951. She graduated from Case Western Reserve with a degree in Library Science and worked at the Youngstown Library before...

May 15, 2010

Betty I. Henderson, 74, of Warren, died Saturday, May 15, 2010 at Imperial Skilled Care Center. She was born November 13, 1935 in Warren, the daughter of George and Irene (Lewis) Ashley, and had lived in the Warren area all her life.

A graduate of Warren G. Harding High School, Mrs. Henderson worked for twenty years with...

May 12, 2010

Warren, Ohio - Olga Caroline (Beck) (Ryant) Billsten, 78, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on May 12 in Trumbull Hospital. Olga, who resided in Douglas, Ma., was in Warren visiting family. Olga was born in Gardner, Ma. on March 6, 1932, the only child of Tyyne M. (Wirkkala) Beck and Walter J. Beck, both of whom predeceased...

May 10, 2010

Eldeen F. Leasure, 83, of West Farmington died, Monday, May 10, 2010 in Lakeland, Florida. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend and will be greatly missed by all that knew and loved her. Mrs. Leasure was born on August 19, 1926 in Somerset, PA and was the daughter of Asa and Minnie Resh. Mrs. Leasure...

May 9, 2010

John Murynski, 90, of Warren, died Sunday, May 9, 2010 at Community Skilled Health Care Centre. He was born July 5, 1919 in Warren, the son of Lewis and Mary "Martha" (Bilous) Murynski.

Mr. Murynski served in the U.S. Air Force and attended Youngstown State University. He worked as an accountant for Peerless Electric.

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