All Obituaries

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...

STRUTHERS – A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m., Friday, at St. John The Baptist Church in Campbell celebrated by Monsignor Peter Polando for Helen K. Garchar, 94, of Struthers who passed away at the emergency room of St. Elizabeth Hospital Main Campus on Sunday morning. Mrs. Garchar was born Oct. 18,1923 in Fort Dodge, Iowa, a daughter of George A. and Mary Gavalinski Ziobert and came to the area as a child. Mrs. Garchar was employed by the Struthers Board of Education as a...

MOUNT PLEASANT, SOUTH CAROLINA - Marian McVean “Tad” Josef, 94, of Franke at Seaside, Mount Pleasant, SC , formerly of Lorain, Ohio and Youngstown, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, June 13, 2018, after a short illness. Family and friends are invited to attend her visitation on Monday, June 18, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. and Catholic Mass at 11 a.m. at St. Edward Church, 240 Tod Lane, Youngstown, Ohio 44504, with burial immediately following at Calvary Cemetery, 248 South...

Sister Barbara Sitko, H.M., 79, formerly Sr. M. Dolorosa, died Sunday, May 27, 2018 at McGee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, Pittsburgh.  A Cleveland native, she entered the Sisters of the Humility of Mary Congregation in 1956.   Sr. Barbara completed her BA in English and French graduating magna cum laude from Notre Dame College of Cleveland in 1962.  Her MA in literature in 1976 was from Bucknell University, Lewiston PA. She was awarded her PhD in rhetoric in 1990 from...

VILLA MARIA - Sister Jean Babeaux, H.M., 91, formerly Sr. Mary Irene, died Friday, May 18, 2018 at Villa Maria Community Center, Villa Maria, PA.  A graduate of Mt. Marie Academy, Canton, she entered the Sisters of the Humility of Mary Congregation in 1946.    Sr. Jean dedicated her 49 years of ministry as an educator, high school librarian, minister of hospitality and director of the Villa Maria Circle of Prayer. She taught at St. Patrick, Hubbard; St. Paul, Salem; St....

GLOUCESTER, VIRGINIA – Michael ‘Mike’ Reilley 49, passed away suddenly on Thursday May 17, 2018 at Mary Immaculate Hospital, Newport News, VA. Michael was born in Youngstown and was a son of Joann and Charles Reilley and settled in Gloucester, VA after retiring from the US Coast Guard in 2006.  Michael was preceded in death by his father, Charles; brothers, Sean, Patrick and Charles Jr. Michael was a loving, kind and gentle man and  saw the good in everyone and...

YOUNGSTOWN--A Mass of Christian Burial celebrated by Monsignor Robert Siffrin, will be held at noon on Monday, May14, at St. Edward Church for Mary Agnes McLaughlin, 89, who passed away peacefully on May 10, 2018 while in hospice care at Park Vista of Youngstown. Born on March 29, 1929, Mary Agnes was the only child of George and Mary (Kosturak) Hatagan of Campbell, Ohio. She was a 1946 honors graduate of Ursuline High School and a 1950 graduate of Youngstown College, now Youngstown State...

Sister Jane McDowell, H.M., 78, formerly Sr. Mary Gael, died Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at Villa Maria Community Center, Villa Maria, PA.  A graduate of Canton Central Catholic High School, she entered the Sisters of the Humility of Mary Congregation in 1957.   Sr. Jane served as a teacher and principal for 24 years before focusing her talents as a pastoral minister in a parish. The next chapter in her life was written in the hills of Appalachia where she gave 18 years serving in rural...

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP – A Mass of Christian Burial will be 1:00 p.m. Monday in St. Edward Church, celebrated by Monsignor Robert Siffrin, for Charles J. Popa, Sr. 92, who passed away Thursday morning at Heritage Manor with his family by his side. Mr. Popa was born October 19, 1925 in Pulaski Township, Pennsylvania and was a son of John and Anna Nyerges Popa and was a lifelong member of the area. He was the owner and operator as an independent truck driver for more than 36 years in which...

    William D. O’Brien of Youngstown, an avid golfer, family man, and talented hobbyist, passed from this life the morning of April 25 in the presence of his four loving children.     Bill, affectionately known as “Pop,” was born on Nov. 14, 1931 to parents William John and Mary Elizabeth Kent O’Brien and grew up in Girard. He graduated from Girard High School in 1949, where he played on the school’s golf team, while spending his...