JOHNSTON — Joseph V. Tarantino, 81, passed away Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, at his home. He was born July 9, 1944, in East Cleveland, the son of the late Vincent J. Tarantino and the late Marie Simmennetta Tarantino. Joe was a 1962 graduate of Bedford High School and was employed as a UAW ...

SOUTHINGTON — Cheryl A. “Jill” Jones, 63, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, at St. Joseph Warren Hospital. She was born Nov. 3, 1961, in Warren, the daughter of the late Harry and the late Ann Marie Chizmar Jones. She was a supervisor at Neff Perkins Company for 38 years. She ...

SOUTHINGTON — James M. McKendrick, 79, of Southington, peacefully passed Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, while surrounded by family. Born on April 10, 1946, in Akron, he was the son of James and Dorothy Costakes McKendrick. After graduating from Green High School in 1964, he went on to serve ...

WARREN — Irene Nettie Pruitt, 98, of Warren, passed away Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, at her home. She was born May 3, 1927, in Warren, a daughter of the late Crell M. and Bernice Bushnell Kayser. She married Claude Earl Pruitt on June 5, 1952 and they spent 65 years together. She was a 1946 ...

WARREN — Shelby J. Conn, 87, passed away peacefully at 9:32 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, at the Windsor House, Champion. Shelby was born Feb. 11, 1938, at the Grant Street home in Niles, the daughter of James Fred and Gladys Marie Dowdy Tomlin and has lived in this area all her ...

NILES — Robert L Kimple Sr., 66, of Niles, passed away the morning of Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. He was born May 6, 1959, in Warren, a son of Robert and Shirley Edwards Kimple. He was a 1978 graduate of Niles McKinley High School. Robert loved fishing, bowling, putting Legos together, ...