Obituaries
Virgil Ernest Heslop
Nov 8, 2016
Virgil Ernest Heslop, 77, of Girard, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, at Liberty Health Care Center. Virgil was born August 13, 1939 in Harisville, Pennsylvania, the son of the late George and Ruth (Vandyke) Heslop. Virgil worked at General Motors as maintenance in Lordstown for 30 years and retired in 1996. He leaves to cherish his...
Rhea E (Bilger) Perkins
Oct 29, 2016
Rhea E. Perkins, 85, of Girard, passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, October 29, 2016. Rhea was born April 13, 1931 in Youngstown, Ohio, the daughter of Myron and Olive (Pauley) Bilger. Rhea had worked for various retail stores as a sales clerk. She was a very active member of Gibson Heights Second United Presbyterian Church in...
Janet E. (Trebilcock) Wright
Oct 27, 2016
Janet Wright, 77, of Liberty Twp., died Thursday, October 27, 2016 at Liberty Health Care Center with her family by her side. Janet died after a courageous battle with colon cancer. She was born January 30, 1939, the daughter of Margaret (Skerratt) and the late Raymond Trebilcock. Janet valued being a stay-at-home mother and investing in her home and...
Thomas Pellizzeri
Oct 26, 2016
Thomas Pellizzeri, 88, of Niles, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 26, 2016, at Liberty Health Care Center. Tom was born March 10, 1928 in Girard, Ohio, the son of the late Frank and Petrina (Maricola) Pellizzeri. He was a 1947 graduate of Girard High School. Tom worked in Chicago, Illinois for many years and then General Motors in...
Beth Ann Hoelzel
Oct 22, 2016
Beth Ann Hoelzel, 59,of Youngstown, passed away on Saturday, October 22, 2016 at the Hospice House. Beth was born October 20, 1957 in Youngstown, the daughter of Robert and Dolores (Miller) Hoelzel. Beth had previously worked for the Brown Derby in Warren and Kraft Maid in Middlefield. She attended the Highway Tabernacle Church in Austintown. Beth enjoyed cooking and...
Beryl "Mickie" (Kramer) Weddell
Oct 19, 2016
Beryl "Mickie" Weddell, 83, of Liberty Twp., passed away at her home on Wednesday, October 19, 2016. Mickie was born November 3, 1932 in Niles, Ohio, the daughter of Frank and Alice (Oswald) Kramer. She had worked for Warren-United Telephone Co., retiring in 1990. Mickie was a very active member of First Christian Church in Girard, where she had...
Rosemary (Piganelli) Utley
Oct 19, 2016
Rosemary Piganelli Utley, 64, of Girard, passed away Wednesday October 19, 2016, at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Youngstown, Ohio. Rosemary was born September 24, 1952 in Youngstown, Ohio, the daughter of Frank J. and Mary Josephine Comichisto Piganelli Sr. Rosemary is survived by her husband, Wesley M. Utley, whom she married July 30, 1999, her step children,...
Virginia Mae (Stanley) Schumm
Oct 14, 2016
Virginia Mae Schumm, 93, of Girard, passed away peacefully at her home on Friday, October 14, 2016. Virginia was born on January 23, 1923, in Garrettsville, Ohio, the daughter of Richard N. and Hazel I. (Rose) Stanley. She was a devoted wife and mother to her sons. Virginia was a member of the First Christian Church in Girard and...
Dennis Morgan
Oct 12, 2016
Dennis Lewis Morgan Sr., 75, formerly of Girard, passed away on Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at Autumn Hill Care Center in Niles. Dennis was born September 8, 1941 in Youngstown, Ohio, the son of Albert and Josephine Scirrocco Morgan Sr. Dennis retired from US Steel. Dennis served his country in the Army. Dennis was a member of...
Clara L. (Weaver) Zeigler
Oct 12, 2016
Clara L. Zeigler, 77, of Girard, passed away on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Youngstown. Clara was born June 24, 1939 in Youngstown, Ohio, the daughter of Howard and Mary L. (Turnbull) Weaver. Clara was a devoted wife and mother and had a special place her in heart for helping to care for and place...
Patricia Rae (Price) Orechoneg
Oct 11, 2016
Patricia Rae Orechoneg, 79, of Liberty Twp., passed away at her home with her family by her side on Tuesday, October 11, 2016. Patricia was born November 24, 1936 in Youngstown, Ohio, the daughter of Raymond and Mildred (Poorman) Price. She had worked for Howard Johnson's and later as a packer for Robinson Woods in Girard. Patrica was a...
Albert Charles "Al" Barninger
Oct 10, 2016
Albert Charles “Al” Barninger, 65, of Girard, Ohio, died suddenly October 10, 2016 of sudden cardiac arrest. Al’s life began February 20, 1951 in Youngstown, Ohio – little did he know, his soul mate, Carmel Mallon, was swaddled in pink linens resting only a few incubators away in the same newborn nursery. He was raised in McDonald, Ohio, and...
Kathryn Irene (Nimmo) Fennell
Oct 9, 2016
Kathryn Irene Fennell, 95, of Girard, Ohio, passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, October 9th, 2016, surrounded by her loving family. Kathryn was born in Huntington, West Virginia on January 7, 1921. She married the love of her life, Richard Claude Fennell, on July 1, 1943, and they went on to celebrate 55 glorious years together before...
Thomas S Weaver
Oct 3, 2016
Thomas S. Weaver, 70, of Medina, formerly of Girard, passed away on Monday, October 3, 2016 at the Cleveland Clinic. Thomas was born April 18, 1946 in Girard, the son of George W. and Margaret W. (Candler) Weaver. Thomas had worked 26 years at Key Bank in the Stock Transfer Department. He was a member of the First United...
Susan L (Watts) Owens
Oct 2, 2016
On Sunday, October 2, 2016, Susan Lee Watts Owens, "Suzy" of Austintown, Ohio, succumbed to injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident and went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Suzy was born on January 1, 1952 to her cherished parents, Robert and Leona Watts, of McDonald. Being the first born in Trumbull County in 1952,...
Jacqueline (Himes) Brode
Sep 30, 2016
Jacqueline (Himes) Brode, 75, of Liberty Twp., passed away on Friday, September 30, 2016 at her residence. Jacqueline was born July 28, 1941 in Mingo Junction, Ohio, the daughter of the late Henry Edward and Gertrude Ann (Frank) Himes. Jacqueline was a homemaker and enjoyed spending time with her family, cooking, baking and gambling. She is survived by her...
Sunday (McRoberts) Emprich
Sep 29, 2016
Sunday Emprich, 68, of Liberty, passed away on Thursday, September 29, 2016, at her residence. Sunday was born February 9, 1948, in Youngstown, Ohio, and was the daughter of Emery E. and Katherine (Greathouse) McRoberts Sr. Sunday enjoyed gambling and spending time with her family. She is survived by her siblings, Emery E. (Pam) McRoberts Jr., Girard; Jenny (Bob)...
John Bell
Sep 23, 2016
A memorial service will be held October 15, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Blackstone’s Funeral Home 672 Churchill Road in Girard, Ohio for John A. Bell, 57, of Niles, Ohio who passed away at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Youngstown on September 23, 2016. Mr. Bell was born October 14, 1958 in Youngstown, the son of Andrew and Elizabeth J. Bell. ...
Francesca Minniti
Sep 15, 2016
Francesca Minniti, 81, of Girard, passed away with nearly her entire family at her side on Thursday, September 15, 2016, at St. Elizabeth’s in Youngstown, Ohio. Francesca was born July 18, 1935, in Lazarro, Province of Reggio Calabria, Italy and was the daughter of Francesco Romeo and Felicia Minniti. Francesca was a devoted wife, mother, ...
Julian J Navarro
Sep 14, 2016
Julian J. Navarro, 75, passed away on Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at Vibra Hospital. Julian was born August 14, 1941 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Margarito and Mary Navarro Suarez. Julian served his country in the Marine Corp and was a Girard Firefighter for more than 25 years before retiring. He enjoyed golfing, hunting and fishing. He was...
