LEAVITTSBURG — Jonathan William Krauss, 32, died of natural causes Friday, July 31, 2026, at St. Joseph Warren Hospital. He was born April 4, 1994, in Warren, a son of Bruce Krauss and Georgia Salway Krauss. Survivors include his parents; daughter, Macy Rae Krauss; brother, Christopher ...
VIENNA — Nongnooch “Nita” McCarty, 87, of Vienna, passed away Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026, at home, surrounded by her family. She was born Sept. 17, 1938, in Thailand, a daughter of Chat and Chien Permpoon. She married William L. McCarty on July 16, 1988. Nita worked as an inspector ...
MASURY — James A. Rea, 70, died Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026, following a period of declining health at his home. He was born April 1, 1956, in Youngstown, a son of James F. and Marguerite D. Fields Rea. He had retired as a manager for Cortland Banks, Williamsfield. Survivors include his ...
NEWTON FALLS — Leslie A. Wilson, 68, died Friday, July 31, 2026. She was born Sept. 25, 1957, in Warren, a daughter of Lester Andrew and Georgene Patricia Hammond Debolt. She was a retired self-employed business owner. Survivors include her daughter, Christine Wilson of Newton Falls; ...
JACQUELYNE L. BERARDO, 81, Warren. SERVICES: 6 p.m. Tuesday, Peter Rossi & Son Funeral Home, Warren. CALLING HOURS: 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, funeral home. MELISA BLAZEK, 57, Lake Milton. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, Our Lady of the Lakes Parish-St. James Catholic Church, North Jackson. KENNETH M. GROFF, 89, Middlefield. SERVICES: 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, the Grand Resort Pavilion (Avalon Country Club), Warren. KATHY M. GROVE, 75, Southington. SERVICES: noon Friday, Mercy Ministries-Delightful Campus, Southington. CALLING HOURS: 10 a.m. to noon Friday, church. WILLIE MAE WESTBROOK HOWARD, ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Benjamin Alire Saenz, an award-winning fiction writer and poet who drew upon his sexuality and his life on the Southern border, has died at age 71. He was the first Latino to win the PEN/Faulkner prize. Saenz, who produced a story collection that won the PEN/Faulkner prize and a young adult novel that received acclaim from readers and reviewers and condemnation from censors, died last week in El Paso, Texas after a lengthy illness, according to a spokesperson for Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing. Additional details were not immediately available. Saenz, born ...
