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Kathryn J. Nichols 1945-2025

HOWLAND — Kathryn “Kathy” J. Mullenax Nichols, 80, of Howland, passed away surrounded by family and love. Born in Warren, Kathy was the daughter of the late Robert John Mullenax and Ann Mazarek Mullenax. Kathy was a proud graduate of Farmington High School. She dedicated 33 years of ...

Robert Lee Armstrong II 1946-2025

NILES — Robert Lee Armstrong II, 79, passed away peacefully into eternal rest Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, at his residence. He was born Aug. 31, 1946, in Warren, the son of the late Robert Lee Armstrong Sr. and Deloris June Morrow Armstrong. Bob had lived in Niles since 1972, and was ...

Services

WILLIAM N. LETSON, 95, Isle of Palms, South Carolina, formerly Warren. CELEBRATION OF LIFE: 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Trumbull Country Club, Warren, and 4 p.m. Nov. 7, Owner’s Beach House, Wild Dunes, Isle of Palms, South Carolina. RICHARD MARKOVICH, 82, Akron. SERVICES: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Newcomer Funeral Home, Akron. CALLING HOURS: 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, funeral home. JENNY DARROLLEN SISLER MAYSE, 82, Champion. CELEBRATION OF LIFE: 1 to 6 p.m. Nov. 14, Lake Erie Bluffs Lane Road Shelter, Perry Township. RHONDA M. MERRIMAN, 58, Ravenna. SERVICES: 11:30 a.m. Friday, Newton Falls ...

Shirley M. Padilla 1938-2025

HOWLAND — Shirley M. Padilla, 87, passed away at 12:46 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, at St. Joseph Warren Hospital. She was born June 23, 1938 in Olive Hill, Kentucky, the daughter of Tony and Bertha Collins Stephens. She retired in 2006, after 36 years of faithful service, as a ...

Mary Ann H. Byler 1965-2025

BURTON — Mary Ann H. Miller Byler, 60, died Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born Sept. 11, 1965, in Burton, a daughter of Henry M. and Sadie R. Schmucker Miller. She was a member of the Old Order Amish Church. Survivors include her husband, Lester J. Byler; her father; children, Leroy, Robert, Malinda, Bill, Kathryn, Henry, Jacob, Lester Jr. and Marty Byler, and Rebecca Kurtz, Barbara Schmucker and Leona Hochstetler; 29 grandchildren; five brothers; and three sisters. Mary Ann was preceded in death by her mother. ...

Serbian general convicted by UN of war crimes in Kosovo dies at 79

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Nebojsa Pavkovic, a former Serb-led Yugoslav army chief who was convicted by a U.N. court of war crimes during the war in Kosovo, has died, Serbian officials and media said Monday. He was 79. Pavkovic died in Belgrade, Serbia’s capital, less than a month after he was released from a prison in Finland where he had been serving a 22-year jail sentence for the atrocities against ethnic Albanians in the 1998-99 conflict. Pavkovic commanded the Serb-led Yugoslav army troops in Kosovo during a Serbian crackdown on separatist ethnic Albanian forces who launched a ...