WARREN — Lucie A. MacFarland Yocum, 99, a cherished mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, friend and lifelong resident of Warren, peacefully departed this life Monday evening, Dec. 29, 2025, at the Fulton County Health Center in Wauseon, Ohio. A remarkable woman, Lucie had a spirit of ...
MECCA — William G. Kaser, 86, formerly of Garrettsville, died Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. He was born July 30, 1939, in Garrettsville, a son of Harold and Lottie Waite Kaser. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army He was employed as a mechanic and was a co-owner of a road paving company. He ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Diane Crump, who in 1969 became the first woman to ride professionally in a horse race and a year later became the first female jockey in the Kentucky Derby, has died at 77. Crump was diagnosed in October with an aggressive form of brain cancer and died Thursday night in hospice care in Winchester, Virginia, her daughter, Della Payne, said. Crump went on to win 228 races before riding her last race in 1998, a month shy of her 50th birthday and nearly 30 years after her trailblazing ride at Hialeah Park in Florida on Feb. 7, 1969. Crump was among several women to ...
HOWLAND — Ruth Ella Gorman Benke, 92, passed away peacefully on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, at Hospice House in Poland. Born Nov. 19, 1933, in Blair County, Pa., Ruth lived a life marked by devotion to her family, faith and community. Ruth left school after the eighth grade to help support ...
BRACEVILLE — Judith Ann Roviscanec passed away peacefully on Friday, Dec. 26, 2025, surrounded by her family at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital. Judy was born Sept. 10, 1953, in Warren, to Delores and Walter Harris. She was the fourth of five children (three brothers and one sister). ...
CHAMPION — Donald D. Knox, 91, passed away peacefully into eternal rest on Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025, at St. Joseph Warren Hospital. He was born Nov. 24, 1934, in Confluence, Pa., a son of the late John E. Knox and Margaret Peck Knox. Don had lived in Warren since 1953 and was formerly of ...
