All Obituaries

Charles Edward Ring Jr. of Brookfield, passed away on Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at 7:04 p.m. in St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital. He was 66. Charles was born in Cambridge, OH on July 25, 1951, the son of the late Charles E. Sr. and Eunice Munhollon Ring. Mr. Ring was a 1969 graduate of Niles McKinley High School. He was employed as the Chief Engineer for WPIC in Sharon, PA for over 25 years. Prior to his...

Donald L. Nicholl Sr. of Masury, passed away on Thursday, June 14, 2018 at 6:45 a.m. in his son’s residence in Cortland surrounded by his family. He was 60. Donald was born May 26, 1958 in Warren, the son of the late James and Mae Phillips Nicholl. He was a graduate of Western Reserve High School. Mr. Nicholl was employed for over 30 years at PI & I Motor Express. At the beginning of his employment, Donald worked as a...

William “Bill” A.  Esmond Sr. of Niles, formerly of Masury, passed away on Thursday, June 7, 2018 at 2:12 a.m. at Trumbull Memorial Hospital. He was 78. Bill was born on April 1, 1940 in Sharon,PA the son of the late Leo and Mary Stefanic Esmond. Mr. Esmond was a truck driver and was employed by many companies over the years. Most recently he worked for B-Line Trucking Co. He loved spending...

Shane McDonough, beloved son and brother, of Niles passed away on Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at 7:57 a.m. in his residence. He was 25. He was born in Warren on August 14, 1992, the son of Patrick and Sharon Hanna McDonough. Shane attended Niles McKinley High School. He worked at a housepainter for Star Quality Painting. In his spare time, Shane enjoyed listening to all types of music, watching comedy’s and...

Edward John Knapick of Youngstown passed away on Wednesday, June 6 at 7:45 p.m. at his residence. He was 92. Mr. Knapick was born in Shamokin, PA on December 27, 1925, the son of the late Joseph and Lucy Dusman Knapich. Edward was of Catholic Faith. He attended Youngstown State University and Cleveland Community College studying courses involving Business and Real Estate. He worked as a truck driver for...

Richard Ray Hughes of Niles passed away on Monday, June 4 at 5:42 a.m. in Niles. He was 83. Mr. Hughes was born in Niles on March 15, 1935, the son of the late Raleigh and Irene Oren Hughes. Richard was a graduate of Niles McKinley High School. He was owned and operated a local plumbing company for many years, following his retirement Richard was employed at A to Z Plumbing as a plumber and estimator. He spoke fondly of his years...

Carl “Bo” Michael Porter Sr. of Niles, passed away on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 4:43 p.m. in the Cleveland Clinic. He was 56. Bo was born on November 16, 1961 in Warren, the son of the late Lester and Lucille Wagner Porter. Mr. Porter was a graduate of Niles McKinley High School. He was the owner and operator of BP Shirt Company, where he did screen printing for many years. He had a passion for...

Leland Wayne May of Warren was born and passed away on June 1, 2018 in Mercy Health St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital, to the loving parents of Louis May and Maria Daisy Tyler of Warren. In addition to his parents, Leland is survived by 2 brothers, Elijah and Xavier; his maternal grandparents, Wayne R. and Kelly L. Tyler of Warren; paternal grandparents, Paula Jean Jackson of Niles and Harold May of Canfield; a great grandfather, Robert Lewis Hites; and a...

William “Bill” D. Bussey of New Castle, passed away on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. in Windsor House at Parkside Health Care Center Columbiana, OH. He was 62. Bill was born on September 12, 1955 in New Castle, the son of the late William E. and Alice J. Harper Bussey. He attended Union School Systems. Mr. Bussey was employed as a laborer for the Salvation Army Warehouse and assisted in cleaning and stocking...

Kenneth C. Jones Sr of Niles passed away on Monday, April 30, 2018 at 6:03 a.m. in St. Joseph’s Hospital. He was 73. Kenny was born on November 17, 1944 in Austintown, the son of the late Glen and Edith Reinhart Jones. He attended Austintown School Systems. Earlier in life Kenny was employed at Rockwell Automotive and Luxair. For the past 22 years, alongside his wife, Kenny owned and operated...