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Accompanied suicide group founder dies

GENEVA (AP) — Ludwig Minelli, the founder of Dignitas, one of Switzerland’s best-known accompanied suicide groups that has helped thousands of people from around the world to take their own lives, has died through voluntary assisted dying, the group said. Minelli died Saturday at age 92, it said. A onetime correspondent in Switzerland for the respected German newsmagazine Der Spiegel, Minelli earned a law degree in 1981, aged nearly 50. A few years later he was admitted to the bar and argued in defense of his group and beliefs in court. He championed values such as freedom of ...

Barbara Giovannone 1941-2025

CORTLAND — Barbara Phillips “Barb” Giovannone passed away on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025, with her family by her side, at her residence in Cortland, Ohio, following a short battle with cancer. Barb was born on Feb. 12, 1941, in Warren, Ohio, a daughter of Alex Phillips and Barbara ...

Thespina Holliger 1936-2025

SOLON — Thespina Antjas Holliger, 89, of Solon, and formerly of Warren, passed away on Thursday morning, Nov. 27, 2025. Born Jan. 21, 1936, she was the beloved wife for almost 62 years of the late Edward Henry Holliger III; loving mother of Maria Tomlinson (husband, Tracy), Edward Henry ...

Mary L. Butz 1942-2025

SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. — Mary L. Butz, formerly of Lordstown, died unexpectedly Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025, in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Born Jan. 10, 1942, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to the late Louis and Mary Arnold Doehrel, Mary was predeceased by her husband, Jerry King Butz. She is survived by ...

Peggy R. Kiskadden 1929-2025

WARREN — Peggy R. Kiskadden, 96, entered eternal rest on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025, surrounded by the love of her family, following a brief illness. Peggy was born on Sept. 2, 1929, in Washington, Pa., a daughter to Miles and Pearl Hatfield Hupp. She may be remembered working as a dental ...

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JOYCE E. LIPSCOMB, 62, of McDonald, died Nov. 15, at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital. (Holloway-Williams)