NILES — Josephine F. Villecco, 83, passed away peacefully Sunday, June 28, 2026, at her residence with her loving family by her side following a short illness. Born Dec. 28, 1942, in Youngstown, Josephine was the beloved daughter of the late Frank and Pauline Catone Ezzo. She was a proud ...
HELEN KROPOLINKSKY CHRISTIN, 98, Miami, Florida. SERVICES: noon Thursday, Lane Funeral Home, Roberts-Clark Chapel, Warren. CALLING HOURS: 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, funeral home. BRUCE BUNDY, 65, Jefferson. SERVICES: 1 p.m. Monday, Cherry Valley Cemetery, with a celebration of life to follow at his home. CHERYL DONAHUE, 57, Warren. CELEBRATION OF LIFE: 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, ITAM 30, Warren. LORETTA S. MORTON, 82, Warren. SERVICES: noon Friday, Greater Apostolic Faith Church. CALLING HOURS: 11 a.m. to noon Friday, church. CYNTHIA A. SHAFER, 73, Mecca. SERVICES: noon Thursday, Mecca ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Victor Willis, who co-founded the Village People, co-wrote the disco group’s classic hits “Y.M.C.A.,” “Macho Man” and “In the Navy,” and delighted crowds while dressed as the band’s helmeted and mustachioed police officer, has died. He was 74. “We are profoundly sad to announce the death of Victor Willis, lead singer of Village People,” the group posted on its official Facebook page. The cause was identified as “a short but aggressive illness.” Willis was a musician-actor who, among other things, had appeared on Broadway in “The Wiz” when ...
WARREN — Evangelist Loretta Stewart Morton, 82, departed this life at 10:35 p.m. Friday, June 26, 2026, at Shepherd of the Valley Howland, following complications of extended illness. She was born Nov. 7, 1943, in Warren, a daughter of James and Geneva McCoy Stewart. Loretta was employed ...
JEFFERSON — Bruce E. Bundy, 65, passed away unexpectedly Monday, June 1, 2026, at his residence. He was born Nov. 18, 1960, in Warren, a son of the late Lester and Betty Richards Bundy. He was a man of strong work ethic, deep loyalty and simple pleasures. He dedicated 34 years of hard ...
WARREN — Cheryl “Chere” Donahue, 57, passed away Sunday, June 28, 2026, surrounded by the love, warmth and light of her family. Preceding her in death were her mother, Kathleen Marko of Girard; brother, Joseph Sankey III, also of Girard; grandmother, Lucille Miles of Niles; and ...
