Obituaries

Jerry W. Harvey, 68, of Cortland, died 2:40 PM Wednesday, May 5, 2004 at Forum Health - Trumbull Memorial Hospital in Warren.

He was born November 13, 1935 in Norton, West Virginia, the son of the late Woodrow and Isabelle Scott Harvey. Mr. Harvey worked for U.S. Steel in Youngstown 1953-1966 and as a millwright for Packard...

Mary (Davis) Bayman, 79, longtime resident of Warren, OH, former resident of England, and Wales, and Paris, France, died at 8:40 AM, on Monday, July 26, 2004 under Hospice Care at Washington Square Nursing Center in Warren. She was born Wednesday, March 11, 1925, in Warren, OH, the daughter of Gomer and Hazel (Gifford) Davis

Mrs. Bayman...

Ruth I. Hertfelder, 96, of Warren, died a quiet, peaceful death, surrounded by family and friends, at 10:35 AM Friday, January 9, 2004 at Shepherd of the Valley in Howland.

She was born on Tuesday, March 26, 1907, in Warren, the daughter of the late Joseph and Nettie Kibler Heinlein.

Mrs. Hertfelder had been a...

Margaret M. (Henderson) Hassell, 89, of Niles, Ohio, died 5:00 PM Saturday, February 14, 2004 at Autumn Hills Care Center in Niles.

She was born on Thursday, November 12, 1914, in Homestead, Pa., the daughter of the late George M. and Christina Stirling Henderson.

Mrs. Hassell graduated from Sharon, Pa. High School and the New...

Jean T. Gildea, age 79, formerly of Warren, died Monday, May 3, 2004 at Caprice Health Care Center in North Lima.

She was born April 26, 1925 in Campbell, the daughter of the late Justin and Estella O'Malia Gildea. She had worked as a lab technician at St. Joseph's Hospital. She was a member of St. Mary's...

James "Jimmy" Vanpelt, 37, of Warren, died in a traffic accident Sunday, January 4, 2004 in Warren.

He was born May 3, 1966 in Warren, the son of Alva Vanpelt and the late Linda McCloud Vanpelt.

He was a graduate of Warren G. Harding and worked at the Sunrise Inn. He attended services at the...

Arline E. (Brackney) Was, 85, of Warren, died 10:00 AM Tuesday, July 6, 2004 at Windsor House in Champion. She was born Sunday, February 2, 1919, in Meadville, Pennsylvania, the daughter of the late Benjamin and Sylvia Ryhal Brackney.

Mrs. Was had been a member of First United Church of Christ in Warren. She enjoyed crafts, artificial...

David M. Hipple, 64, of Warren, died 12:52 AM Sunday, June 6, 2004 at his home. He was born October 12, 1939 in Warren, the son of the late Clarence M. and Bertha A. Dieter Hipple.

Mr. Hipple was a graduate of Warren G. Harding High School. He had served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He retired...

Richard E. Novak, age 73, of Naples, Florida and formerly of Warren, died Sunday, November 2, 2003, at the Cleveland Clinic.

He was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 15, 1930 to the late Edward and Lillian (Krenek) Novak, and lived in Warren from 1960 to the mid-1990s.

Mr. Novak was the CEO of Mahoning...

Reynolds F. Hertfelder, 98, of Warren, died 1:35 PM Monday, July 12, 2004 at Shepherd of the Valley in Howland. He was born Wednesday, January 10, 1906, in Dettingen Unter Teck, Germany, the son of the late Christian Friedrich and Anna Marie Strahle Hertfelder.

Mr. Hertfelder came to the United States and Warren in 1922. He worked...

Grace Montevideo, age 79, of Niles, Ohio, died November 22, 2003 at her winter residence in San Juan Capistrano, CA. She was born March 21, 1924 in Italy the daughter of the late Salvatore and Anna (Angello) Giangardella.

Mrs. Montevideo was a member of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church in Niles, was a retired beautician,...

Lucille I. Smith, 82, 450 Quarry Lane, died at 12:30 PM on Sunday, March 7 at Pine Valley Care Center.

Mrs. Smith was born February 28, 1922 in Warren, a daughter of Fred H. and May N. Myers. She was a 1940 graduate of Warren G. Harding High School.

Mrs. Smith worked for many years...

Attorney Thomas C.B. Letson, 75, of Warren, died 3:10 PM Monday, February 23, 2004 at home.

He was born Monday, May 28, 1928, in Bronx, NY, the son of the late Benjamin H. and Ruth Brown Letson.

The family moved to Warren in 1942. Mr. Letson graduated from Champion High School in 1945. He served...

Auriel "Lalu Sabotin" Jibotian, 75 of Warren, OH died at 1:25 AM, on Tuesday, February 15, 2005 at Community Skilled Nursing Centre in Warren, OH. He was born on Sunday, January 12, 1930, in Warren, OH, the son of Pearl and the late Nick Jibotian.

Auriel was a Warren G. Harding graduate and lived in Warren for...

Rose M. Lehman, 77, of Warren, died 6:00 PM Thursday, November 11, 2004 at home. She was born Sunday, May 8, 1927, in Wilmerding, Pa., the daughter of the late Angelo and Immaculata Capo Pomposelli.

Mrs. Lehman had lived in the area since 1970, coming from Irwin, Pa. She had been a manager at An-Di Pastries and...

Ernest J. Wiseman, 76, of Leavittsburg, died 9:53 AM Thursday, February 3, 2005 at Trumbull Memorial Hospital-Forum Health in Warren. He was born Monday, September 24, 1928, in Marlinton, W. Va., the son of the late Lacie and Lena Lameraeux Wiseman.

Mr. Wiseman retired from Copperweld Steel as an inspector after 36 years of service. He enjoyed...

Joyce Woodfin, 68, of Howland, died 12:50 PM Thursday, December 16, 2004 at home. She was born Friday, February 14, 1936, in Roanoke, Va., the daughter of the late William R. and Faye Cox Ashley, and had lived in the Warren area since 1970.

Joyce was a 1954 graduate of Fairborn High School and attended Ohio University....

OBITUARY

Ruby I. (Larson) Halbach, 96, of Cocoa Beach, Florida, and formerly of Warren, died Tuesday, August 12, in Florida. She was born on Friday, June 21,1907, in West Farmington, Ohio, the daughter of the late Leonard A. Larson and Blanche Hughes. Mrs. Halbach had been a waitress at several area restaurants, retiring from Cesta's Golden Gate....

Maxine B. Henry, 80 passed away at 8:30 AM, on Thursday, February 10, 2005 in her Howland, OH home.

She was born on Saturday, August 9, 1924, in New Castle, PA the daughter of the late Leroy Brown and Cynthia Kreske.

Maxine has lived in the Howland and Warren area for most of her life....

Julia Kerr Better, age 75, of Warren, Ohio and Siesta Key, Florida, died Sunday, November 14, 2004, at Trumbull Memorial Hospital-Forum Health in Warren, Ohio. She was born October 8, 1929 in Warren, the daughter of the late John N. Kerr and the late Mildred (Biery) Kerr.

She was a member of First United Methodist Church, the...