MINERAL RIDGE — Sonja J. Brown, 76, entered safely into the arms of her Savior on Friday, Dec. 26, 2025, at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital. She was born June 2, 1949, in Warren, the daughter of James Miller and Elizabeth Taylor McCorkle. A 1968 graduate of Niles McKinley High School, ...
JOSEPH J. BONNANO SR., 103, Niles. SERVICES: 11 a.m., Monday, St. Pope John XXIII-St. Stephen Church, Niles. CALLING HOURS: 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Holloway-Williams Funeral Home, Niles. CHRISTOPHER CONTESTABILE, 81, Warren. SERVICES: 2 p.m. Saturday, Blackstone Funeral Home, Girard. CALLING HOURS: noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, funeral home. WILBUR R. GARLAND, 89, Leavittsburg. SERVICES: 1 p.m. Friday, Life Church of Leavittsburg. CALLING HOURS: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, church. HENRY C. GROSS, 87, Palmyra Township. SERVICES: 6 p.m., Friday, James Funeral Home, Newton Falls. CALLING ...
Richard Smallwood, a gospel singer and recording artist nominated eight times for Grammy Awards, has died. He was 77. Smallwood died Tuesday of complications of kidney failure at a rehabilitation and nursing center in Sandy Spring, Maryland, his representative Bill Carpenter announced. Smallwood had health issues for many years, and music gave him the strength to endure, Carpenter said in an interview. “Richard was so dedicated to music, and that was the thing that kept him alive all these years,” he said. “Making music that made people feel something is what made him want to ...
PALMYRA TOWNSHIP — Henry C. Gross, 87, passed away peacefully into eternal rest on Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, at his residence. He was born Dec. 21, 1938, in Carpentertown, Pa., the son of the late Lewis Gross and Sarah G. Hixon Gross. Henry had lived in Palmyra Township for over 51 years ...
WARREN — Amy Jo Lane, 61, passed away peacefully into eternal rest, Monday morning, Dec. 29, 2025, at UH Portage Medical Center in Ravenna. She was born June 26, 1964, in Warren, the daughter of Robert Eugene Lane Sr. and Mary Alice Snyder Lane. Amy lived in Warren for over 30 years ...
NILES — Joseph J. Bonanno Sr. passed away peacefully in his sleep on Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, just weeks shy of his 104th birthday. He was born Feb. 16, 1922, in Niles, to Michael Bonanno and Teresa Carida Bonanno, both natives of Calabria, Italy. Joe graduated from Niles McKinley High ...
