Kennedy memorial service Saturday in Medina

A memorial service for Bill Kennedy will be at noon on Saturday at Waite and Son Funeral Home, 765 N. Court St. in Medina. Contributions can be made to MD Anderson Cancer Center, Sarcoma Medical Oncology, P.O Box 4486, Houston, TX. A full obituary is now online at...

Remembering Ramón Owens

Our sympathy to the family and friends of Ray Owens, who worked with many of us in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He died last Thursday of a heart attack in Oregon, where he had recently moved. He was 48. His obituary follows…Ramón Mena OwensNov. 3, 1960-May 21,...

Life Member Don S. Mathews dies

ONPA Life Member Don S. Mathews died Monday in Newark at age 88.Mathews worked at the Newark Advocate for eight years and was a reporter/photographer at The Columbus Dispatch for 25 years. Mathews obituary in the Newark Advocate today states that Mathews was the first...

Remembering Marci Piltz

Marci Piltz, a (Ravenna) Record-Courier reporter, died tragically on Thursday afternoon March 19, 2009 following a house fire in Randolph, Ohio.  Marci was a devoted mother, her boys, Alex and Zachery, meant everything to her. Marci was an honest and diligent...

Remembering Paul R. Schell

It is with much sadness I share the news of the passing of ONPA Life Member Paul R. Schell who died Monday evening at the age of 86. Schell retired from The (Youngstown) Vindicator in 1985 after working there for 29 years.With the passing of time there are probably...