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Linda M. Tripodi 1953-2025

NILES — Linda Mae Tripodi, 72, passed away peacefully at 7:38 p.m. Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, at St. Joseph Warren Hospital, following a short illness. Linda was born Oct. 17, 1953, in Youngstown, the daughter of William Edward and Katherine Pluchinsky Confoey. Linda was a 1972 graduate of ...

Elisha R. Galik 1982-2025

CANFIELD — Elisha R. Galik, 43, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, at 6:52 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025, at the Cleveland Clinic, following complications of a heart ailment. Elisha was born April 23, 1982, in Youngstown, the daughter of Michael J. and Darcy M. Hinton ...

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NANCY L. FOWLER, 84, of Waynesville, formerly of Vienna, died Sunday. (Stubbs-Conner)

Germany’s Kessler twins, dance stars in the 50s and 60s, die at 89

BERLIN (AP) — Alice and Ellen Kessler, twin dancers and singers who launched their career in the 1950s and performed with Fred Astaire, Frank Sinatra and Harry Belafonte among others, have died, police in Germany said Tuesday. They were 89. The death of the twins in Grünwald, a prosperous suburb of Munich where they shared a house, was reported by German newspaper Bild and news agency dpa on Monday, without named sources. Munich police on Tuesday confirmed the deaths, saying in an emailed statement that it was a “joint suicide.” The Kessler twins learned to dance at a young ...

Eileen Grimm 1943-2025

AUSTINTOWN — Elieen Crean Grimm, 82, passed away peacefully, Friday evening, Nov. 14, 2025, with her family at her side. She was born Aug. 12, 1943, in Youngstown, the daughter of the late Patrick and Margaret O’Hara Crean, who immigrated from Ireland. Eileen was a lifelong area ...

Flora Koukouras 1939-2025

WARREN — Flora Koukouras, 86, entered into eternal rest, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, at Gillette Nursing Home. She was born Oct. 12, 1939, in Rhodes, Greece, the daughter of Filimona and Smaragda Ganotakis Lirantzis, coming to the United States in the fall of 1970. A warm-hearted and lovely ...