HOWLAND — James A. Polivka, 60, passed away on Monday, July 14, 2025, at St. Joseph Warren Hospital. He was born Sept. 24, 1964, in Warren, the son of Robert A. Sr. and Janet Jerina Polivka. Jim was a 1983 graduate of Lordstown High School and a graduate of HVAC school in Austin, Texas. ...

CORTLAND — Lynn Douglas Barnes, 83, passed away Wednesday, July 9, 2025, surrounded by family, after a brief illness due to a fall. Lynn was born Aug. 6, 1941, in Oil City, Pa., to Mona Grace Kerchner and Chester James Barnes. He graduated from Oil City High School in 1959. He then ...

NILES — Kristina Jo Jewell, 57, died Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at University Hospital of Cleveland. She was born Oct. 17, 1967, in Warren, a daughter of Norris Fonnest and Sharon Clark Fonnest. She was employed as a delivery driver for Instacart. Survivors include her children, ...

HAINES BAKER, 88, formerly of the area. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, Warren First Church of the Nazarene. LEMOINE DON BAKER, 88, formerly of the area. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Saturday, Warren First Church of the Nazarene. SANDRA L. BASCIANO, 72, Girard. SERVICES: 9:30 a.m. Saturday, St. Rose ...

MARGARET HYDEN, 88, of Mineral Ridge, died Tuesday at home. (Blackstone)

BOLIVA, N.C. — Nancy Hoagland Sphar, 87, formerly of Southington, joined her beloved husband in heaven on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. She was born in Greenville, Pa., and grew up in Conneaut Lake, Pa. On Dec. 14, 1957, she married William Sphar, and they were married until he died in ...