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Obituaries

Kathleen C. Sweet 1949-2025

WARREN — Kathleen Connelly Sweet, age 76, died Wednesday, July 16, 2025, of interstitial lung disease and pulmonary hypertension, at her home in Warren. She was born April 25, 1949, in Warren, to William Matthew and Norma Luster Connelly. She graduated from Warren G. Harding High School in ...

Services pending

JOHN A. ANDERSON, 87, of Vienna, died Friday in Arden Courts, Chagrin Falls. (Borowski Funeral Services / Oak Meadow Cremation Services). WILLIAM E. SPURK, 89, of Champion, died Thursday. (Peter Rossi & Son)

Services

LYNN DOUGLAS BARNES, 83, Cortland. SERVICES: noon Wednesday, St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church, Cortland. CALLING HOURS: 11 a.m. to noon Wednesday, church. DOROTHY E. BOLES, 91, Sarasota, Florida. SERVICES: celebration of life, noon Thursday, Vernon’s Cafe, Niles. JOHNNY A. COOKS, ...

D-Day vet, TikTok star ‘Papa Jake’ Larson dies

PARIS (AP) — D-Day veteran “Papa Jake” Larson, who survived German gunfire on Normandy’s bluffs in 1944 and then garnered 1.2 million followers on TikTok late in life by sharing stories to commemorate World War II and his fallen comrades, has died at 102. An animated speaker who ...

Janet S. Vogt 1942-2025

WARREN — Janet Sue Hilb Vogt, 82, died Sunday, July 13, 2025, at St. Joseph Warren Hospital. She was born Oct. 5, 1942, in Warren, the daughter of Lawrence William and Louise Ceclia Luse Hilb. She was a member of St. Theresa of Calcutta Parish-St. James Church. Survivors include son, ...

George O. Siekkinen Jr. 1950-2025

BANGOR, Maine — Noted historical architect George O. Siekkinen Jr., 75, died of cancer-related causes on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at the Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine. He was born Feb. 27, 1950, in Warren, the son of George O. and Martha Kangaskoski Siekkinen Sr. George ...