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Donna J. Gwinn 1949-2026

NORTH BLOOMFIELD — Donna J. Gwinn, 76, passed away unexpectedly but peacefully on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, at her home. Donna was born Nov. 2, 1949, in Philippi, W.Va., a daughter of Brooks and Reva Blake. She was a graduate of Warren G. Harding High School and devoted many years of ...

Sandra L. Aubel 1944-2026

GIRARD — Sandra L. Aubel, 81, passed away Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Hospice House. She was born June 26, 1944, in Warren, a daughter of James and Inez Karr. Sandra grew up in Leavittsburg and graduated high school in 1962. She retired from Trumbull Memorial Hospital, where she worked ...

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HOLLY JEAN BREWER, 51, of Diamond, died Tuesday at UH Portage Medical Center. (Borowski Memorial) DAVID GRIST, 67, of Lake Milton, died Jan. 21, at his residence. (Borowski / Oak Meadow)

Services

MARY GRACE AURANDT, 70, Poland. SERVICES: 5 p.m. Friday, Davis-Becker Funeral Home, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 3 to 3:45 p.m. Friday, funeral home. RUBY E. GEDDES, 70, Niles. SERVICES: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Holeton-Yuhasz Funeral Home, Niles. CALLING HOURS: 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, funeral home. SANDRA JO GUENTHER, 79, Creston. SERVICES: 2 p.m. Saturday, Grace Church, Wooster. ROSEMARIE HOWARD, 95, Newton Falls. SERVICES: noon Wednesday, Newton Falls First Church of God, Newton Falls. CALLING HOURS: 10 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, church. JOSEPH E. LIMBER, 62, Cortland. SERVICES: 4 p.m. ...

Woman who worked decades in lobster industry dies at 105

Virginia Oliver, one of the oldest lobster fishers in the world who trapped crustaceans in Maine for nearly a century, has died. She was 105. Born in Rockland, Maine, Oliver started trapping lobsters at age 8 alongside her father and older brother at a time when few women worked on the water in the male-dominated industry. She fell in love with the business and went on to become known as the “lobster lady” as she faithfully tended traps for decades “I like doing it, I like being along the water,” she told The Associated Press in 2021. “And so I’m going to keep on doing it ...

Sandra Jo Guenther 1946-2025

CRESTON — Sandra Jo Guenther, 79, passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, after a brief illness. Sandy was born Jan. 31, 1946, in Chillicothe, to John Richard and Cleo Leach Gillette, and graduated from Chillicothe High School. She met Harry Guenther Jr. in January ...