Obituaries

Jan 9, 2006

Donald W. Wiseman, Sr., 68, of Warren, died 5:15 AM Monday, January 9, 2006 at home. He was born May 28, 1937 in Beckley, W.Va., the son of Don and Daisy Cawley Wiseman, and had lived in the Warren area for over 50 years.

Don had worked as a punchpress operator for Lakeland Manufacturing. He was a...

Jan 9, 2006

Kenneth G. Custin, age 83, of Warren died Monday, January 9, 2006 at his residence. He was born April 1, 1922, in Warren the son of the late Karl G. and Berenice (Gilmore) Custin.

Mr. Custin retired in 2001 from Trumbull Industries as a manager. He was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church where he...

Jan 6, 2006

Walter Paul Lewis, 79, formerly of Warren, Ohio, died Friday, January 6, 2006, at his residence in Sarasota, Florida. He was born August 10, 1926 in Warren, Ohio to the late W.I. and Ruth Campbell Lewis.

He was Vice-President of the W.I. Lewis Electrical Company. Paul was a graduate of Warren G. Harding High School. He was...

Jan 5, 2006

Joseph A. Persin, 95, of Taylorsville, NC formerly of Warren, OH died Thursday, January 5, 2006 at Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory, NC. He was born on February 1, 1910, in Farrell, PA the son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Zuga) Persin. Mr. Persin owned and operated the Carioca Gardens, attended St. William's Church in Champion, and was a...

Jan 3, 2006

Violet T. Poulson, 46, of Warren, died after a brief illness on January 3, 2006. She was born January 19, 1959 in Warren, the daughter of Eugene and Frances K. Burrows Graham, and lived in the Warren area most of her life.

Violet worked for WJ Service Co. as a cleaner, and formerly worked at the Social...

Jan 3, 2006

Jane L. McCrite, 83, of Warren, died 6:15 AM Tuesday, January 3, 2006 at St. Joseph Health Center. She was born October 10, 1922 in Springfield, Ill., the daughter of Moses and Belle Mitchell, and had lived in Florida for many years before moving to Warren last year.

Jane had been a homemaker and a member of...

Jan 3, 2006

Marion Brown, 91, of Warren, died 9:00 PM Tuesday, January 3, 2006 at Horizon Village Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born May 2, 1914 in Greene Township, the daughter of Arthur L. and Ethel Dillon Nims, and had lived in Trumbull County all her life.

Marion was a 1931 graduate of Greene High School. She and...

Dec 26, 2005

Howard W. McRoberts, Jr., 85, of Fowler Twp. died 11:04 AM Monday, December 26, 2005 at St. Joseph Health Center in Warren. He was born August 17, 1920 in Wilkinsburg, Pa., the son of Howard W. and Janet Christison McRoberts, Sr., and had lived in Trumbull County since 1957.

Howard served in the Navy during World War...

Dec 24, 2005

Virginia K. Wyand, age 86, formerly of Adelaide NE, died Saturday, December 24, 2005, at Shepherd of the Valley - Howland Twp. in Warren, Ohio. She was born June 11, 1919 in Akron the daughter of the late Carl Wilber and Mary Jane (Edwards) Mitchell. She was married to LeRoy W. Wyand who preceeded her in death May 12,...

Dec 23, 2005

Randy Stefek, 34, of Warren, died December 23, 2006 at Forum Health - Trumbull Memorial Hospital. He was born July 1, 1971 in Warren, the son of Thomas and Wilma Elizabeth Castle Stefek.

Randy had worked as a cook at the Hippodrome in downtown Warren for many years.

He is survived by his mother of...

Dec 21, 2005

Mary Lou (Smith) Fetchko, of Squires Lane, Howland Twp., died December 21, 2005 at Fisherman's Hospital, Marathon, FL. She was born September 22, 1926 the daughter of the late Ambrose George and Fredda (Rowles) Smith.

She retired 1985 as a cook for the Howland Schools, and had lived in the Warren area since 1945.

She...

Dec 20, 2005

Carrie Lou Hildack, 68, of Warren, died 12:13 PM Wednesday, December 20, 2005 at Forum Health - Trumbull Memorial Hospital. She was born November 9, 1937 in Birmingham, Alabama, the daughter of William and Edith Estelle Barrow McAnnally, and had lived in the Warren area since 1959.

Lou retired from General Motors as an inspector, and was...

Dec 16, 2005

Ruth Evelyn Hope, 85, formerly of Trumbull County, died 3:30 AM Friday, December 16, 2005 at Val Verde Regional Medical Center in Del Rio, Texas. She was born February 7, 1920 in Watertown, Mass., the daughter of Rolla Stillman and Ada Leffler Thompson, and had lived in the Warren area from 1929 to 1970.

Ruth was a...

Dec 8, 2005

Patricia Ann Cioffi, 43, of Warren, died Thursday, December 8, 2005 at St. Joseph Health Center. She was born January 21, 1962 in Warren, the daughter of Anthony and Bessie Workman Cioffi.

Patti was a very giving person who loved to help others. She enjoyed going out to play bingo.

Patti is survived by her...

Dec 7, 2005

Lewis Morgan Jenkins, Jr. 83, of Warren, died 3:01 PM Wednesday, December 7, 2005 at Forum Health-Trumbull Memorial Hospital. He was born March 3, 1922 in Warren, the son of Lewis M. and Gertrude Jones Jenkins, Sr.

Lew was a graduate of Warren G. Harding High School and attended college at Cal State-Fullerton. He had been a...

Nov 20, 2005

Sherman L. Thomas, 72, of Bristolville, died Sunday, November 20, 2005 at St. Joseph Health Center in Warren. He was born January 30, 1933 in Prosperity, Pa., the son of Albert and Anna Swihart Thomas, and had lived Trumbull County since 1955.

Sherman worked on the 21-inch mill at Copperweld Steel for 30 years. He was a...

Nov 14, 2005

Arnetta Louise (Lorraine) Starkey, 68 , of Warren, OH, formerly of Parkersburg, WV died at her residence on Monday, November 14, 2005.

She was born on Wednesday, December 2, 1936, to the late Clarence and Mary Kimble Lorraine in Parkersburg, WV where she met and married Delbert Allen Starkey of Clarksburg, WV where they had their first...

Nov 11, 2005

Thomas Ursu, 74, of Lordstown, died Friday, November 11, at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pa. He was born May 18, 1931 in Warren, the son of the late Thomas and Johanna Raphael Ursu, and had lived in the Warren area all his life.

Tom served in the U.S. Navy and worked for 34 years as a...

Nov 11, 2005

Joanne R. Reider, 73, of Warren, passed away on Friday, November 11, 2005 at the Cleveland Clinic after a brief illness. She was born March 4, 1932 in Warren, a daughter of Raymond and Victoria Geaman Rowan.

A graduate of Warren G. Harding High School and a lifelong area resident, she was an active member of Emmanuel...

Nov 7, 2005

Stanley Bodzenta, 88, of Warren, died at his daughter's home in West Farmington at 9:00 AM Monday, November 7, 2005. He was born May 26, 1917 in Coal Run, Pennsylvania, the son of Walter and Anna Bodzenta.

Stanley graduated from Paris High School and was owner of Stanley Bodzenta Upholstery for over 50 years. He belonged to...