Obituaries

Louis M. Ritz, 87, of Warren, died 4:20 AM Wednesday, December 8, 2004 at St. Joseph's Health Center. He was born Sunday, May 20, 1917, in Uniontown, Pa., the son of the late Nicola and Carmela Basile Rizzo, and lived in the area since 1944.

Mr. Ritz had been self-employed as a builder in the area for...

Emma M. Rank, 84, of Warren, died at 10:25 AM Sunday, November 9, 2003 at Community Skilled Nursing Centre in Warren.

Mrs. Rank was born Thursday, January 2, 1919, in Mingo Junction, Ohio, the daughter of the late Antone and Anna Grill. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Pius X Catholic Church.

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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,...

Susan Gaye McLaughlin, 60, of Champion, died 12:28 PM Wednesday, July 14, 2004 at home. She was born Thursday, January 27, 1944, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Raymond George and Eileen LaVerne Edwards Doherty.

Mrs. McLaughlin was a graduate of Chardon High School and Ohio University. She had taught English in the Painesville Schools and elsewhere....

Charles W. Matyas, 86, of Cortland, Ohio died on January 11, 2005 at Trumbull Memorial Hospital, Warren, Ohio.

The son of Michael and Maria (Hrinko) Matyas, Charles was born on January 19, 1918 in Elkhorn, West Virginia, one of six brothers and four sisters.

Charles graduated with the first class at Bazetta High School, was...

Quinn Robert Prokop and Ayden Paul Prokop, twin boys of Kelly (Parker) and Ronald Prokop of McDonald, died a few minutes after birth on November 13, 2003 at St. Joseph Women's Hospital in Tampa, Florida.

Surviving are their parents; five brothers: Alex, Andy, Adam, Josh, and Simon, all of McDonald; a sister, Alicia of McDonald; their paternal...

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...

OBITUARY OF ROBERT I. LOWRY: 1913-2003

Robert I. Lowry, 90, having lived in his home on Trumbull Avenue in Warren for over 60 years, peacefully departed on December 28, 2003, at Mahoning Valley Hospital, Warren, Ohio. Born on April 12, 1913 in the town of Thurston, Nebraska, Bob was the oldest of seven children born to Otis...

Robert L. McBane, 77, of Warren, died Tuesday, November 16, 2004. He was born September 2, 1927 in Follansbee, WV, the son of the late Hugh and Annie Lake McBane.

Mr. McBane was a graduate of Warren G. Harding High School and served in the U.S. Army. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church...

Mary Pariso, 80, of Warren, died Sunday, February 1, 2004 at Forum Health Trumbull Memorial Hospital.

She was born March 30, 1923 in Barnesboro, Pa., the daughter of John and Catherine Planisky.

Mrs. Pariso worked at Dale's Klingensmith Bakery and was a former member of St. Mary's Church.

She leaves a daughter, Rita...

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 E. (Peterson) Myers, 77, of Warren, died at 9:00 PM Friday, January 16, 2004 at Trumbull Memorial Hospital in Warren.

She was born Monday, August 30, 1926, in Lockwood, Ohio, the daughter of the late Earl and Jane Lempke Peterson.

Mrs. Myers was a homemaker, a 1946 graduate of Leavittsburg High School, and a...

Jeffrey B. Helmheckel, 47, of Warren, died July 31, 2004 in Warren. He was born Sunday, November 25, 1956, in Brookville, Pennsylvania, the son of Blake E. and Norma J. (Shirey) Helmheckel.

Mr. Helmheckel had graduated from high school and trade school with a diploma in maintenance. He had worked for many years as a welder. He...

Dr. Roland Paul (Ernst) Hahn, 94, retired dentist and long time Warren resident, died on Friday, October 15, 2004 at Shepherd of the Valley Nursing Home, Howland. He was born April 23, 1910 in Cleveland, the son of Edward Charles and Julia Louise Schaedel Hahn.

Dr. Hahn graduated from Christ Lutheran Church School in 1923 and West...

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....

Wallace R. Hacker, 77, formerly of Warren, died at 10:40 PM, on Sunday, November 30, 2003 at Sharon Regional Hospital in Sharon, Pa.

He was born on Saturday, August 7, 1926, in Lockwood, Ohio, the son of the late John and Marcia (Knapp) Hacker.

Before retiring, Mr. Hacker had worked for ITT Grinnell as a...

Elizabeth A. (Forkos) Gill, 83, of Youngstown, and formerly of Warren, died 2:45 AM Sunday, April 11, 2004 at Briarfield-Ashley Circle Nursing Home in Austintown.

She was born Tuesday, September 14, 1920, in Akron, the daughter of the late Anthony V. and Theresa E. Kotance Forkos.

She had worked at Ridegecrest Care Center, Inc. in...

Carl L. Haefling, of Bonnie Brae, Warren, OH, age 85 years, died on June 8, 2003, at the home of his son, Todd, following a lengthy illness. He wsa born October 29, 1917 in Warren and would reside there all his life. He was the son of Carl C. and Birdie Parks Haefling. He had retired from the Haefling...

Margaret J. (Bailey) Gates, 69, of Warren, Ohio, died Wednesday, February 4, 2004 at Trumbull Memorial Hospital-Forum Health in Warren.

She was born on Saturday, April 7, 1934, in Clearfield, Pa., the daughter of the late Mary Ann Bailey.

She had been a homemaker.

Surviving Mrs. Gates are her son, Richard L. (Sharon)...

James E. Fullmer, 88 , a long time area resident, died at 10:33 PM, on Thursday, January 29, 2004 at Ridgecrest Care Center in Warren, OH. He was born on Thursday, November 4, 1915, in Morgantown, WV, the son of the late Edmond S. and Isabel (McKinney) Fullmer.

James attended West Virginia University. He was an Independent...