All Obituaries

Paul E. Plant, Jr., 71, of Burghill, passed away Friday night, November 25, 2022, at Sharon Regional Medical Center. He was born January 17,1951 in Warren, the son of Paul E. Plant, Sr. and Ernestine Post Plant. Paul was a truck driver, working for ECK Miller of Indiana for over 20 years. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. ,where he was also a truck driver. He attended the Hubbard Church of the Nazarene.  He belonged to the Hartford VFD and to the Hartford...

Patricia L. Barry, 88, formerly of Gustavus, passed away Monday morning, November 7, 2022, at the Legacy in Farmdale. She was born July 9, 1934 in Bemidji, Minnesota, the daughter of James and Inez Woodruff Davis. She was a homemaker and a bus driver for the Joseph Badger School District.  She retired after 23 years of driving. She was married to Willis Barry on December 23, 1953.  He preceded her in death on September 17, 2008. She loved crocheting and collecting...

Shirley A. Giering, 85, formerly of Cortland, passed away Sunday evening, November 6, 2022, at Shepherd of the Valley, Liberty campus. She was born September 24, 1937 in Vernon, the daughter of Thomas and Nellie Haun Apthorpe, Sr. She was a homemaker and she attended Cortland Trinity Baptist Church. She married Robert N. Giering on November 7, 1955.  He preceded her in death on August 9, 2010. She is survived by two daughters, Brenda Giering of Niles and Lynn (Paul) Smith of Niles;...

Dolores “Dolly” Jean Messersmith, 88, of Culleoka, Tennessee, formerly of Hartford, OH, passed away October 16, 2022 at her home with her children by her side. She was born July 1, 1934 in Pittsburgh, the daughter of the late Clarence and Ethel Mowry Dickman. Dolly made her home most recently in Culleoka, TN, close to her daughter, Joan.  She also lived in Kinsman for 20 years with her daughter, Donna and son-in-law, John Horodyski.  She raised five children and then...

Gilbert “Gene” Robinson, 90, of Orangeville, Ohio, passed away Tuesday evening, October 18, 2022, at Trumbull Memorial Hospital in Warren. He was born June 5, 1932 in Greenville, PA, the son of Roy and Jeannette DuMars Robinson. He was a Vernon High School graduate. He worked at Shenango Inc. in Sharpeville.  He was a crane operator and also worked with the furnaces pouring the iron.  After retirement, he went back to work as a watchman. He is survived by four...

Shirley Sarko, 86, of Cortland, formerly of Hartford, passed away at St. Joseph Health Center on Saturday, October 15, 2022. She was born May 20, 1936 in Vernon, the daughter of C. Dale and Jessie Hipkins Blair. She married Francis “Gene” Sarko on April 21, 1957.  He preceded her in death on November 27, 2002. She was a bus driver for the Joseph Badger school district for twenty-six years. She also was the church organist for St. Vincent DePaul in Vienna from 1975 to...

Lester P. Markle, 83, of Fowler, passed away Saturday, October 1, 2022, at his home. He was born January 4, 1939 in Warren, the son of Lester R. and Evelyn Murphey Markle. He was a U.S. Navy veteran stationed on the U.S.S. Brough, serving from 1957 to 1959. He married Shirley McDonald on May 3, 1958.  She preceded him in death on April 29, 2012. After 39 years, Lester retired from Thomas Steel in 2000, where he was a high lift operator. His love was his family and racing.  He...

Ailene Adele Beach, 94, of Burghill, passed away peacefully at the home of her daughter and son-in-law Tuesday, September 6, 2022. She was born November 11, 1927 in Gering, Nebraska, the daughter of Ralph A. and Ethel Bernice Foster Frailey. Ailene graduated from Mitchell High School in 1946.  She attended Scottsbluff Jr. College, Chadron State College and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education from Youngstown State University. She married Clarence E. Beach of...

James Roy Frantz, 73, of Kinsman, passed away at Addison Healthcare in Masury, Thursday night, September 1, 2022. He was born October 11, 1948 in Sharpsville, PA, the son of Joseph W. and Vesta Starkey Frantz. He retired from Malleable in Sharon, where he worked 11 years as a crane laborer. He married Norann Letcher Frantz on February 14, 2013.  She preceded him in death on February 19, 2016. He is survived by eight children, Brenda Carr, Linda Williams, John (Tracy) Frantz, James...

Sylvia Rondini, 86, formerly of Kinsman, passed away Wednesday evening, September 7, 2022, at her son Joseph’s house where she had been living for the last few years. She was born January 3, 1936 in Cleveland, the daughter of Steve and Sylvia Orr George. Almost everyone from the Kinsman area knew her as “Sally” as she drove school bus for the Badger School District for 20 years before retiring to Florida with her husband in 1995. She married Guido “Mike”...