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Obituaries

Donna Tompkins 1935-2025

WARREN — Donna Tompkins, 90, passed away peacefully, Saturday, July 26, 2025, after a brief illness. Born March 4, 1935, she was a lifelong Warren resident and a 1953 graduate of Warren G. Harding High School. Donna was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Tompkins, in 1999. She is ...

Grace J. Brenneman 1932-2025

WARREN — Grace Juanita Brenneman, 92, went to heaven on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. She was born Aug. 3, 1932, in Niles, to Ernest and Mary Reahle. Grace was raised in a spiritual Italian-American home, the eldest sibling to James and Ernest. She graduated from Niles McKinley High School and ...

Priscilla J. Gross 1940-2025

PALMYRA TOWNSHIP — Priscilla J. Gross, 84, passed away peacefully into eternal rest Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at her home. She was born Dec. 6, 1940, in Mount Pleasant, Pa., the daughter of the late Chester Louis Pitt and Ruth Lessman Pitt. Priscilla married the love of her life, Henry ...

Services

OSCAR W. ANDERSON, 83, Niles. SERVICES: noon Monday, Greater Apostolic Faith Church. CALLING HOURS: 11 a.m. to noon Monday, church. KATHRYN N. BROBST, 105, Windham. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Windham Bible Church. CALLING HOURS: 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, and 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, church. WILSON ...

Veteran federal judge T.S. Ellis III, known for high profile cases, has died

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Federal judge T.S. Ellis III, whose legal scholarship and commanding courtroom presence was evident in numerous high-profile trials, has died after a long illness. He was 85. Ellis oversaw the trials of former Donald Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and former ...

Melvin E. Staats 1933-2025

NEWTON FALLS — Melvin E. Staats, 92, passed away into eternal rest, Monday, July 28, 2025, at UH Geauga Medical Center in Chardon. He was born July 1, 1933, in Akron, the son of the late Everett Staats and Matilda Keil Staats. He had lived in Newton Falls since 1957 and was formerly of ...