All Obituaries

YOUNGSTOWN -Elizabeth Anne McLaughlin Flannery, 97, passed away on October 23, 2018 at Mercy Health in Youngstown from complications following surgery. She was born on January 17, 1921, the fifth child of Vincent and Elizabeth McEvoy McLaughlin’s ten children.  She attended St. Edward’s School and graduated from The Rayen School in 1938. Following high school, she was a secretary at The City Loan and Savings Co. where she met her future husband, Frank A. Flannery. She also...

YOUNGSTOWN – Cynthia Ryan Reardon, 81, of Youngstown passed away Saturday evening October 20, 2018 at Ohio Living Park Vista with her family by her side.  A Mass of Christian Burial will be 1:00 p.m.  Wednesday, celebrated by Monsignor Robert Siffrin in St. Edward Church. Mrs. Reardon was born on August 13, 1937, in Cambridge, Ohio, a daughter of James C. and Gertrude Sullivan Ryan and moved with her family to the Mahoning Valley when she was a child. She graduated from...

Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, October 13, 2018, for Eugene Collins, 82, of Boardman, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2205 Tibbetts Wick Road, Girard, Ohio 44420, who passed away Sunday morning at Mercy Health St. Elizabeth – Boardman with his family by his side. Mr. Collins was born in Youngstown on June 12, 1936 and was a son of Joseph and Veronica Sullivan Collins and was a lifelong member of the community. He was an engineer for CSX Railroad for 35 years...

YOUNGSTOWN – Private services were held for Mrs. Jacqueline C. Joy 67, who passed away Wednesday Oct. 19, 2018 at Ohio Living Park Vista with her loving family by her side. Mrs. Joy was born Jan. 8, 1951 in Pittsburgh, PA, was a daughter of Edward and Philomena Farbacher Reese and moved to valley from Wellsville in 1988. Mrs. Joy was a homemaker, a graduate of Allegheny Community College in Pittsburgh, PA, a member of St. Columba Cathedral Parish and was a foster parent for 12...

MCDONALD – A Private Family Service will be held Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, at Calvary Cemetery Chapel for Mary Riley, 80, who passed away Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018 at Omni Manor Health Center with her loving husband and family by her side. Mrs. Riley was born in Youngstown on Jan. 16, 1938, a daughter of John and Nora Colleran McGovern and was a lifelong member of the community. Mrs. Riley was a 1956 graduate of Ursuline High School. She was employed as a secretary for General...

YOUNGSTOWN—A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 11am, Monday, Sept. 10, at St Edward Church for Michael George Lowry, Jr., 34, who passed away last Wednesday at his residence. He was born on December 28, 1983, in Youngstown a son of Michael and Annie Miller Lowry and was a lifelong resident of the Mahoning Valley. Michael was a Chemical Dependence Counselor Assistant with Breaking Point and New Day. He was always known as an excellent counselor who showed extreme compassion and...

VILLA MARIA, PA - Sister Lucy Copeck, H.M., 76, formerly Sr. Mary Theola, died Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at Villa Maria Community Center, Villa Maria, PA. She was born in Conneaut, Ohio, and entered the Sisters of the Humility of Mary from Mother Cabrini Parish in 1959. Sr. Lucy ministered in elementary education for 37 years in the Cleveland and Youngstown dioceses, including St. Stephen, Niles, St. Paul, Salem, St. Pius X, Warren, and St. Patrick, Hubbard. She taught CCD in Conneaut and...

Private funeral services were held today at Green Haven Memorial Gardens for Judith A. Marsilio, 73, of Canfield, who passed away Friday afternoon at her residence. Mrs. Marsilio was born Feb. 16, 1945 in Cleveland and was a daughter of George and Jenny Tryzensyn Kukarola and came to this area in 1968. Her employment career spanned a number of fulfilling jobs such as the district manager for Mr. Chicken, JC Penney as a sales clerk in the candy department, a sorter at Handleman Record...

PUNTA GORDA, FL – A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Wednesday in St. Patrick Church -  Youngstown for Doris M. Vaughan, 93, who passed away Saturday morning. Mrs. Vaughan was a daughter of Martin and Hazel Kerr Acker was born Feb. 3, 1925 in Pittsburgh, PA. and came to this area in 1954. She was employed by the Youngstown Diocese as a secretary for over 11 years and was a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish while in Youngstown Mrs. Vaughan lived a full life as...

BOARDMAN – A Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. Saturday in St. Charles Borromeo Church celebrated by Father Gerald DeLucia for Bernice A. Rodgers, 94, who passed away Saturday morning at Sunrise of Poland with her daughter by her side. Mrs. Rodgers was born August 31, 1923 in Bellaire, Ohio, a daughter of Naeem and Nagla Kanaan Moosally and came to the Youngstown area as a child. Mrs. Rodgers was a presser in the family dry cleaning business which was known as Manhattan...