Obituaries
Mary Biroschak
Nov 8, 2012
BOARDMAN - Prayers will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Poland Chapel, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. at the Holy Family Church, for Mary Castranova Biroschak, 80, who passed away Thursday at Greenbriar Health Care Center. Mary was born on Aug. 19, 1932, in Youngstown, to Joseph and Mary Opalko Oriel. She...
Betty Kelly
Nov 6, 2012
AUSTINTOWN - Funeral services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Boardman for Betty Jane Morley Kelly, 89, who passed away Tuesday evening at Hospice House. Betty was born June 18, 1923, in Youngstown, a daughter of the late Alfred and Alice Hollen Morley. Betty was a 1941 graduate of South High School and...
Mary Youssef
Nov 6, 2012
MARY A. YOUSSEF CANFIELD - Services will be Saturday at noon at the Old North Church in Canfield for Mary A. Youssef, 82, who died Tuesday at Trumbull Memorial Hospital. Mary was born Aug. 25, 1930, in Cairo, Egypt, the daughter of Aziz and Monira Girgis. She had traveled from America to Egypt frequently for the past 40 years before...
Mary Moran
Nov 4, 2012
AUSTINTOWN - A prayer service will be held at 9:15 a.m. on Thursday at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Home, Boardman-Canfield Chapel, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at St. Dominic Catholic Church in Youngstown for Mrs. Mary Louise Moran, 93, who died Sunday afternoon at Humility House. She was born Nov. 5, 1918, in Youngstown, a daughter...
Gloria Gotay
Nov 3, 2012
GLORIA GOTAY YOUNGSTOWN - Services will be held Wednesday morning at 11 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Austintown Chapel, for Gloria Gotay, 91, who passed away Saturday at Camelot Arms Care Center. Gloria was born on Aug. 9, 1921, in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, to Benigno and Comdelaua Romero Gotay, and later came to Youngstown. She is survived by a...
Viive Sontich
Nov 2, 2012
POLAND - A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by the Rev Joseph S. Rudjak Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Sts. Peter and Paul Church Holy Apostles Parish, 421 Covington St., Youngstown, for Viive Sontich, 80, who died peacefully at her home Friday evening of progressive supranuclear palsy. Viive was born March 17, 1932, in Tallinn, Estonia, the daughter...
Nancy Ferry
Nov 1, 2012
AUSTINTOWN - Prayers will be held on Monday at 12:15 p.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Austintown Chapel followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 1 p.m. at St. Angela Merici Parish formerly Sacred Heart Church, 400 Lincoln Park Drive in Youngstown, for Nancy A. Ferry, 74, who passed away Thursday morning at Hospice House. Nancy was born Aug....
Mary Simpson
Oct 31, 2012
MARY FRANCES SIMPSON AUSTINTOWN - Services will be held on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Austintown Chapel, for Mary Frances Simpson, 83, who passed away Wednesday morning at ValleyCare Northside Medical Center. Mary was born May 20, 1929, in Youngstown, a daughter of the late William and Florence Salen Reiley. She was a graduate of Wilson...
Dorothy Pfau
Oct 28, 2012
HURON - Dorothy Virginia Carter Pfau, 92, passed away on Oct. 28, 2012, at St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center. She was born Sept. 28, 1920, in Youngstown, the daughter of the late Joseph Henry and Clare Ray Carter. Dorothy graduated from the Ellis School in Pittsburgh in 1939, and from Wheelock College in Boston in 1943. After earning her B.A.,...
Thomas Mccarthy
Oct 23, 2012
BOARDMAN - A memorial Mass will be held Saturday, Nov. 3, at 11 a.m. at St. Charles Borromao Catholic Church for Thomas J. McCarthy, 85, formerly of Pittsburgh and The Villages in Florida, who died Tuesday afternoon at the Victoria House. "Tom" was born May 22, 1927, in Pittsburgh, the son of Joseph and Agnes Hartwick McCarthy. He had served...
Michael Maskarinec
Oct 23, 2012
AUSTINTOWN - Prayers will be held Friday at 12:15 p.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Austintown Chapel, followed by a funeral Mass at 1 p.m. at St. Mary's Byzantine Catholic Church on S. Belle Vista Avenue for Michael G. Maskarinec, 87, who passed away Tuesday evening at Heritage Manor, where he resided for over the past two years. Michael was...
Anne Murphy
Oct 20, 2012
YOUNGSTOWN - Prayers will be held on Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Boardman-Canfield Chapel, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at noon at St. Christine Church for Anne Murphy, 70, who passed away unexpectedly early Saturday morning. Anne was born Jan. 24, 1942, in Youngstown, a daughter of Elmo and Mary McCormick Holleran. Anne graduated...
Harold Shaffer
Oct 19, 2012
BOARDMAN - Prayers will begin Wednesday morning at 10:30 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Boardman-Canfield Chapel followed by a Mass of Christian Burial celebrated at 11 a.m. at St. Charles Church for Harold "Dutch" Shaffer, 75, who died Friday evening at his home. Harold was born March 16, 1937, in Youngstown, the son of Harold and Elsie McHugh Shaffer....
Albert Gallo Jr
Oct 18, 2012
BOARDMAN - Services will be held Monday morning at 11 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Home, Boardman-Canfield Chapel for Albert "Al" Joseph Gallo Jr., who passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012, and is now with his Lord and Savior in Heaven. Al was born Sept. 2, 1951, the son of Dorothy Gallo and the late Albert...
Frank Lawrence
Oct 18, 2012
YOUNGSTOWN - Prayers will be held Monday at 9:30 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Austintown Chapel followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph Church for Frank T. Lawrence, 72, who passed away Thursday morning at Shepard of the Valley in Boardman. Frank was born Feb. 25, 1940, in Youngstown, a son of the late...
Danielle Samarco
Oct 18, 2012
AUSTINTOWN - Services will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Austintown Chapel for Danielle Samarco, 38, who died early Thursday morning at the Hospice House after a long a courageous battle with ovarian cancer. Danielle was born April 5, 1974, in Youngstown, the daughter of Thomas and Pamela A. Boncyk Samarco. She was a 1992 graduate...
Viola Conway
Oct 17, 2012
AUSTINTOWN - Services will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Home, Austintown Chapel, for Viola "Pat" M. Conway, 90, who died Wednesday morning at Hospice House. She was born May 3, 1922, in Youngstown, a daughter of the late Luman and Mabel George Hines. Pat was a graduate of The Rayen School. She was a member...
Dolores Moorhead
Oct 14, 2012
DOLORES 'DEE' J. SMITH MOORHEAD CANFIELD - Dolores "Dee" J. Smith Moorhead, 85, passed away Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012, at her home following a long battle with cancer. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend. Dee was born on Dec. 5, 1936, in Youngstown to Lauren C. and Margaret Fullerton Smith. She was a 1945 graduate...
Mary Nagle
Oct 14, 2012
CANFIELD - Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at the Good Hope Lutheran Church in Boardman for Mrs. Mary Jane Buonpane Nagle, 101, who died Sunday morning at Shepherd of the Valley. She was born July 27, 1911, in Youngstown, a daughter of Elpidio and Mary Jane A'Rizzouto Buonpane. Mary Jane had worked at Youngstown Sheet and...
James Martin
Oct 12, 2012
POLAND - Prayers will begin Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Poland Chapel, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial celebrated at 10 a.m. at the Holy Family Church, for James F. Martin, 78, of Sunrise Assisted Living, who died Friday morning at Sunrise surrounded by family. James was born Aug. 31, 1934, in Reading, Pa....
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