Obituaries

Nov 4, 2015

HUBBARD Monday at 10:00 AM at St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church with Fr. Michael Swierz officiating for William J. Matovina, 67, who died on Wednesday morning November 4, 2015 at the Cleveland Clinic. He was born May 28, 1948 in Sharon, PA, a son of John T. and Ursula M. McIntee Matovina and was a lifelong Hubbard resident. Mr. Matovina,...

Nov 1, 2015

BROOKFIELD Emma Ghirardi, 99, died Sunday evening, November 1, 2015, at Liberty Health Care. She was born June 11, 1916 in Farrell, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Stephen and Rose Nagy Salae and was a lifelong resident. Mrs. Ghirardi was a 1933 graduate of Farrell High School. She had worked as a sales associate in the Men's department at the former...

Nov 1, 2015

Biography

HUBBARD A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday at 12 Noon at St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church with Fr. Michael Swierz officiating for James A. Petrella, 89, who died Sunday morning November 1, 2015 at Liberty Health Care. He was born February 2, 1926 in Hubbard, a son of Salvatore and Maria Casasanta Petrella and...

Oct 26, 2015

HUBBARD Phillip Glen Thompson, Sr. went home to be with our Lord on Monday evening October 26, 2015. He was born November 23, 1958, in Warren, a son of the late Kenneth G. and Mildred M. Wagoner Thompson and had lived in Hubbard for 4 years, coming from Kent. Phillip served with the United States Air Force for 5 years...

Oct 21, 2015

HUBBARD Sarah J. McQuiston, 88, formerly of 115 Corll St. in Hubbard, died Wednesday morning October 21, 2015 at Windsor House. She was born October 17, 1927 in Hubbard, a daughter of Andrew and Edna Drake Knupp and was a lifelong area resident. Mrs. McQuiston worked in the admissions department at Trumbull Memorial Hospital for 10 years. Her husband, Warren...

Oct 20, 2015

HUBBARD Funeral services will be held on Monday at 11:00 AM at the Kelley-Robb-Cummins Funeral Home with Deacon John Bartos officiating for Virginia T. DePascale, 88, who died Tuesday evening October 20, 2015 at St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center. She was born April 19, 1927 at her home in Hubbard, a daughter of Newton V. and Mary Casale Ross...

Oct 20, 2015

HUBBARD A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday at 10:00 AM at St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church for Frank "Cheech" Rosile, Jr., 80, who passed away Tuesday evening October 20, 2015 with his loving family by his side following a brief illness. He was born April 10, 1935 in Hubbard, a son of Frank and Philomena Carsone...

Oct 17, 2015

A private military service will take place for Thomas "Tom" Jasen, 71, of Masury and formerly of Hubbard, who passed peacefully at home on, Saturday, October 16, 2015 at 5:00 a.m., after a brief battle with cancer. Tom was born on August 19, 1944 in Palmer, Massachusetts, the son of John T. and Celinda (Prouty) Jasen and was a 1964...

Oct 16, 2015

An Order of Christian Burial Service will be offered at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 20, 2015 in the Kelley-Robb-Cummins Funeral Home, for George S. Hovanec, 77, of Hubbard, who passed away at 10:00 p.m. Friday, October 16, 2015 at Vibra Hospital in Boardman following a long illness. George was born at home in Hubbard on April 15, 1938, the...

Oct 14, 2015

Debra Lynn Shilling, 60, of Hubbard, passed away suddenly, Wednesday evening, October 14, 2015 at 11:31 p.m. in the emergency room at St. Elizabeth Medical Center Main Campus in Youngstown, after falling ill at home. Debra was born in Warren on July 1, 1955, the daughter of the late James C. and Helen E. (Armstrong) Kowacich, Sr. and was a...

Oct 13, 2015

A Mass of Christian Burial, with Fr. Michael Swierz officiating, at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, October 16, 2015 at St. Patrick Church in Hubbard, preceded by closing prayers to be recited at 10:00 a.m. in the Kelley Robb Cummins Funeral Home, for Rita Bolchalk, 88, who passed away on Tuesday, October 13, 2015. Rita was born November 29, 1926 in...

Oct 12, 2015

A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 17, 2015 in St. Patrick Catholic Church in Hubbard with Fr. Michael Swierz officiating, for John S. Pieton, Jr., 78, of Hubbard, who passed away Monday, October 12, 2015 at 1:04 a.m. at St. Elizabeth Medical Center Main Campus in the surgical intensive care unit after suffering...

Oct 7, 2015

HUBBARD Private funeral services were held on Monday for Gerald E. Taafe, 92, who died Wednesday morning October 7, 2015 at Liberty Health Care. He was born May 20, 1923 in Youngstown, a son of Peter J. and Mary Mayhew Taafe and was a lifelong area resident. Mr. Taafe was a member of St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church and had...

Oct 2, 2015

HUBBARD Alan L. "Big Al" Pace Sr., 69, died Friday morning October 2, 2015 at his home. He was born May 5, 1946 in Painesville, OH, a son of Challie Elliott and Dixie Mae Hutchinson Pace and had lived in Hubbard for 8 years, coming from New York. Mr. Pace served with the United States Army during the Vietnam War...

Sep 19, 2015

HUBBARD Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday September 22, 2015 at the Hubbard Church of the Nazarene with Pastor Michael Byus officiating for Velma G. Snyder, 85, who died Saturday morning September 19, 2015 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born November 23, 1929 in Timblin, PA a daughter of Ellis and Pearl...

Sep 15, 2015

HUBBARD Memorial services will be held on Tuesday September 22, 2015 at 6:00 PM at the Kelley-Robb-Cummins Funeral home for Mary Elizabeth (Buck) Hough, 93, who died Tuesday afternoon September 15, 2015 at Elmwood Assisted Living where she had happily resided and was well cared for since May. Liz, as she preferred to be called, was born in Coalburg, Ohio...

Sep 9, 2015

HUBBARD Frank T. Petrek, 79, died Wednesday evening September 9, 2015, at his home, surrounded by his loved ones. He was born July 29, 1936 in Hubbard, OH, a son of John and Johanna Duncko Petrek and was a lifelong Hubbard resident. Mr. Petrek was a graduate of Hubbard High School and served with the United States Army. He owned...

Sep 3, 2015

HUBBARD A Mass of Christian burial will be held on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at 1:00 PM at the St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church with Fr. Michael Swierz officiating for John "Jack" Bednar, 81, who died Thursday afternoon September 3, 2015 at Sharon Regional Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was born August 22, 1934 in Youngstown, son of...

Aug 27, 2015

HUBBARD Rebecca Sue Wachtel, 53, died Thursday afternoon August 27, 2015 at St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center. She was born June 12, 1962 in Youngstown, a daughter of Edgar and Henrietta Houser Hivner and lived most of her life in Hubbard. Mrs. Wachtel, a homemaker, was of the Catholic faith. She enjoyed crossword puzzles, flower gardening, was an excellent cook...

Aug 13, 2015

GIRARD Anthony Joseph Davis, 15, died Thursday morning August 13, 2015 at Akron Children's Hospital. He was born December 3, 1999 in Youngstown, a son of Shawn M. and Kelly L. Stilson Davis. Anthony enjoyed playing video games, watching wrestling and beating up on his dad. He leaves his parents, Shawn and Kelly Davis of Girard; a half-brother, Kristopher Fiedler...