Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application Pete's career in public service began with East Baton Rouge Coroner's office which transitioned into a Corporal for the Louisiana State Fire Marshal's Office he found his dream job as the Building Official for the city of Hammond Public service was his passion professionally but his true passion was family Chessa and his 4 children; Penny Rose (15) Emberly (2) and Gradyn (3 months) were his world not just in words but in everything he did with them and for them Pete and Chessa had a love that was enviable as he still made her breakfast in bed every single day Pete and Chessa were just beginning their life together when Pete tragically and unexpectedly lost his life in a car accident Chessa and their two children Emberly and Gradyn on the way to Texas Chessa believes he protected the three of them through the accident as he always put them above everything else The loss of Pete will be deeply felt in the community and his family.  Pete is preceded in death by by his father Anthony Christopher Lentini; his grandparents Christopher Anthony & Anne Filippazzo Lentini & Grady Ralph and Ruth Karcher McCrary; and his uncle and aunt The family would like to express a special thanks to the Marshall Fire Department all of the agencies who brought Pete back home and the witnesses from the wreck who got the babies out so quickly and held them the entire time until EMS got to us A celebration of life will be held at 5:00 p.m Arrangements have been entrusted to Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors Can a single community event spark togetherness stir up the embers of old memories and ignite a new enthusiasm for Springfield Township and Lakemore residents and schools That's a lot to ask, but organizer Tia Lentini hopes the April 26 event with the really long name of "Experience Springfield Township Carnival & Community Expo" will do just that has gathered some 40 businesses and groups to sponsor the event at Springfield High School on Canton Road I will support this,'" Covington said April 18 "… I think it's a great opportunity to show the community I support them." Covington said she plans to be a part of the carnival on an annual basis and says the theme of the carnival is in sync with her views is truly at the heart of everything I choose to do," she said Lentini said she fondly remembers such events, which have become less common in the township once known as a fun hot spot for Greater Akron. Throughout the early 1900s, Springfield Lake Park was a popular amusement park featuring a roller coaster that extended out over the lake "Feedback from the community has been super positive," Lentini said "They remember how much fun they had at their school carnivals." with a variety of food trucks in the triangle area of the school grounds an Akron-based act that performs circus-type acts like juggling and stilt walking and a cake walk with cakes from around the area Think musical chairs with a cake as the prize The event comes a little more than a week before the May 6 election, in which Springfield Local Schools has two levies on the ballot that narrowly failed in the November election Lentini hopes the carnival will stimulate conversation among attendees about the role schools play in the Springfield-Lakemore community "(We want to) foster that connection," she said Leave a message for Alan Ashworth at 330-996-3859 or email him at aashworth@gannett.com Follow him on Twitter at @newsalanbeaconj or Facebook at www.facebook.com/alan.newsman « Back Last year 32 native grass seedlings spent the summer on Francesca Calarco’s apartment balcony in Ossining all but a few survived drought and violent storms Calarco got her hands dirty helping to plant them as part of a habitat improvement project at a nearby state park “I can even go say hi to them again,” she says Calarco is one of more than 200 volunteers with Wild Woods Restoration Project a nonprofit that trains participants to collect wild seeds from local populations to help rebuild native plant communities many volunteers care for plants at their own homes—an approach that deepens their commitment to the effort says founder and president Linda Rohleder: “They get attached to those plants and want the project to succeed.” volunteers have grown more than 30,000 plants from seeds collected from the wild in the lower Hudson Valley and northern New Jersey They also help to install those seedlings in parks and preserves “It’s a relief to have such a pragmatic way to help,” says Sian Roberts who has volunteered for a little over a year “There’s something profoundly meditative and soothing about working with seedlings that will be planted for the purpose of ecological repair My climate despair gets a brief reprieve.” which requires seeds to be taken from healthy populations in quantities that won’t harm future seed generation and from plants throughout those populations to ensure genetic diversity Collecting their own seeds also allows Rohleder’s group to sidestep a nationwide problem: As demand for locally adapted seed has grown—driven in part by a growing federal push to restore native habitat degraded by wildfire and climate change—a supply crunch has become a major barrier to ecological restoration “Linda’s project is a good model for getting people involved in the entire restoration cycle from collecting seed and growing plants to planting the plants keeping in mind genetic diversity,” Lorimer says Wild Woods volunteers are preparing to restore parks and preserves with high hopes for the plants they carefully tended through the summer “I’m hoping that by volunteering for projects like this,” says program participant Doug Mancinelli “there will still be local natural forests for my children and grandchildren to enjoy.” A version of this piece originally ran in the Fall 2024 issue as “Home Grown.” To receive our print magazine, become a member by making a donation today Pledge to stand with Audubon to call on elected officials to listen to science and work towards climate solutions 1930 the daughter of Francis and Christine (Klinger) Rudtner and was raised there She and her husband lived in New Jersey for many years and then moved to South Carolina where they resided for 20 years She was a member of the auto club in South Carolina and enjoyed many outings with her husband Anthony Family includes her children Lucy Cartabona (Bob) of Deerfield She was predeceased by her husband Anthony V her daughter Donna Scheibner and her granddaughter Abbie Diamond Arrangements are entrusted to the Bryant Funeral Homes Online guestbook at www.bryantfuneralhome.net Executive Circle Awards James Lentini began his appointment as Molloy University’s seventh president in 2020 Molloy has moved from college to university status and set a record for the enrollment of first-year students Lentini led the creation of Molloy’s new Strategic Plan 2028 and has developed partnerships to more closely connect Molloy’s curriculum to regional healthcare systems and businesses record-setting levels of fundraising and grants have been achieved including a $3.5 million award from the National Science Foundation to support underrepresented students in STEM studies As an experienced and sought-after leader in higher education Lentini serves on boards that include the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities the Long Island Association and the Long Island Arts Alliance He is chair of the Lower Hudson Valley Catholic Colleges and Universities Consortium and vice president of the East Coast Conference athletic league’s president’s council As chair of the Dominican Higher Education Council he leads collaborative efforts among peer presidents from Catholic colleges and universities formed in the tradition of St Lentini’s innovative academic achievements included overseeing the formation and initial accreditation of the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine and creating the music technology degree program and recording facilities at Wayne State University In tandem with his achievements as a university leader Lentini is an award-winning composer and classical guitarist and is a voting member of the Recording Academy’s Grammy Awards Lentini holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Southern California Sign up for your daily digest of Long Island Business News Listen to this article Long Island Business News has announced that it has 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as president of the University of South Carolina for allegedly plagiarizing parts of a speech.) the fate of several cadets who overdosed on cocaine laced with fentanyl on Spring Break two years ago has never been publicly released again on privacy grounds.  I have an outstanding Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to determine their final disposition that has been pending for over a year now despite federal law requiring a response within 20 working days.  West Point’s public affairs officer cited privacy laws as the reason for the Academy’s stonewalling even though I specifically did not ask for their names only their punishment.  But their names should be released since drug abuse is a serious offense under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the cadets’ actions publicly discredited the United States Military Academy Something rotten is going on at West Point and within our military.  Why are some names released while others are not?  Why are sexual misconduct allegations and related court filings publicly disseminated while cadet drug abuse and West Point administrative failures are covered up My own FOIA request is now languishing in the “Initial Denial Authority” office of the Secretary of the Army at Ft providing only non-germane items); and 2) That a document search had uncovered no such documents.  By “completely bogus,” I mean that they lied West Point is a federally funded institution.  The Academy military traditionally and by law is subject to civilian control.  So why are they permitted to pick and choose which laws to obey and which to willfully ignore?  Why are they permitted to ignore legitimate taxpayer requests for information?  Why the disparity between releasing names in sexual assault cases but not in drug cases and administrative failures What is West Point covering up and why?  When and how will these lawbreaking officials be held to account?  And when is this once proud and honorable institution finally going to come clean Tony Lentini is a 1971 West Point graduate and a founding board member of the MacArthur Society of West Point Graduates.  He served five years in the Army and then spent his civilian career in the energy industry ultimately serving as vice president of public and international affairs for two independent oil and gas exploration and production companies When I attended West Point back in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s cadets used to joke that we got a “$50,000 education shoved up our a** a nickel at a time.”  Times have sure changed the cost of an education at the nation’s service academies has risen to an estimated quarter-of-a-million dollars per cadet or midshipman such an investment was more than worthwhile; West Point has produced such luminaries as Presidents Grant and Eisenhower political and business leaders ever since its inception in 1802 Not only has the taxpayer cost of a West Point education risen but the Academy’s moral and professional compass seems to have shifted Military Academy was the nation’s first engineering school because engineering is a crucial skill on the battlefield Soldiers must plan and build fortifications bridges and other infrastructure as well as find ways to destroy them the Academy has become more of a Liberal Arts College offering battlefield-irrelevant course materials in such areas as Diversity West Point now offers a minor in Diversity & Inclusion Studies Although sexual fraternization has been a problem ever since women were first admitted to the Academy in 1976 among its various “Affinity Clubs” West Point now sponsors a so-called “Spectrum Club” for homosexual and transexual cadets based solely on their sexual orientation such clubs for heterosexual males and females would not be tolerated The Cadet Honor Code used to be unequivocal: “A cadet will not lie or tolerate those who do.”  The penalty for violating the code was expulsion The Honor Code is still “managed” by cadets but punishment for violators is now solely the Superintendent’s purview Football players involved in a recent cheating scandal were not only retained but permitted to play in public competitions including the Army-Navy and Army-Air Force games both of which they “won.”  An athlete-cadet watch thief caught on camera at the Post Exchange was allowed to graduate The Superintendent has characterized the Honor Code as “aspirational” rather than absolute The same Superintendent recently excised the school’s “Duty Country” motto from West Point’s mission statement Each cadet company now has cadet “Respect Officers” reminiscent of Soviet Political Commissars to ensure that all bow to the Academy’s now-woke culture Admissions and advancement are now governed by race and gender over merit The school’s Diversity and Inclusion Department has been renamed (for political reasons) but still exists None of the speakers at last year’s Office of Diversity Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Leadership Conference expressed any divergent views regarding DEI a warrior’s sport if ever there was one I was a cadet when the USS Pueblo and its crew were seized in international waters by North Korea I rashly posted a map of Southeast Asia with a mushroom cloud replacing that communist country “Make South Korea an Island.”  My tactical officer required me to remove my overtly political statement and write an essay on the U.S military tradition of soldiers subservient to civilian control as it was clear that the poster questioned Commander-in-Chief Lyndon Baines Johnson’s authority Overlaying everything at West Point today is politics--Leftist politics which was formed to push back against woke policies that many of us believe are undermining our alma mater’s mission as well as Army recruiting.  My class president censored the email stating “I have reviewed the site and it’s (sic) information and I find it to be biased and highly political therefore not appropriate to be shared with the Class.”  This same class president emailed the class supporting the Superintendent’s decision to remove Duty Country from the mission statement and regularly distributes policy positions of current Air Force Secretary and classmate Frank Kendall I have no problem with such communications but opposing viewpoints also should be shared West Point staffers now routinely violate federal law:  The Freedom of Information Act requires citizen queries to be answered within 20 working days yet the Academy’s FOIA office now willfully ignores the law Judicial Watch had to sue to force West Point to share course materials promoting Critical Race Theory I and graduate friends of mine have unanswered FOIA requests going back one My own FOIA—to determine the fate of cadets who overdosed on fentanyl-laced cocaine on Spring Break two years ago—was completed by West Point in June of this year but now languishes in the “Initial Denial Authority” office at Ft The “Initial Denial Authority” refuses to respond to or acknowledge my emails and phone calls as a taxpayer funding these $250,000 educations Were they expelled and forced to repay their educational costs by serving as enlisted soldiers Are drug abusers now permitted to serve in the military at all And West Point and the Army refuse to enlighten us here we are: West Point’s officer leadership willfully ignores federal law The same is true at our other service academies Tony Lentini is a 1971 West Point graduate and then had a successful career in the energy industry eventually serving as vice president of public and international affairs at two independent oil and gas companies He is a founding board member of The MacArthur Society of West Point Graduates a daughter of the late Dominic and Carmela (Calapai) Lentini and was raised in the North End before moving to Dorchester as a teen  She was a graduate of Boston Girls Latin School and after that earned a certificate in bacteriology from the Boston Dispensary She worked as a lab technician and later as medical technologist  at Boston Floating Hospital and at Children's Hospital in Boston  In later years she worked at Waltham Hospital and at the Boston University Student Health Center 1955 she married North End native Francis J 'Frank' Bottari at Saint Margaret's Church in Dorchester and the pair enjoyed sixty happy years together until Frank's death in January They lived in Everett for ten years before making Waltham their lifelong home in 1966 Josephine was long active at Saint Jude Parish in Waltham where she and Frank were members of the Couples Club and where she belonged to the Ladies Sodality and participated in the parish Pre-Cana program  When her children were young she was a member of the Warrendale PTA and was a life member of the Regina Margherita Lodge #1402 of the Sons of Italy in Waltham In addition the couple were longtime election volunteers and were poll workers and wardens in Waltham's Ward 4 precincts During the summer months the family enjoyed yearly visits to the Cape and to Narragansett Angela Bottari and Sarah Bottari; her great-grandchildren Catalina Sanceda and Banks Bottari; her brother and sisters-in-law John and Lois Bottari of Wakefield and Maxine Lentini of Oregon and several nieces and nephews She was also the sister of the late Anthony Lentini Family and friends will honor and remember Josephine's life by gathering for calling hours in The Joyce Funeral Home June 21st before leaving in procession to Saint Jude Church Waltham where her Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m Memorial donations may be made to Catholic Charities of Boston, 275 W Broadway, Boston, MA 02127 or at ccab.org © 2025 BVM Sports. 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Check out more seasons and episodes here Mountain Rescue Service volunteer Joe Lentini’s life took a profound turn during a daring rescue mission gone wrong the impact of that fateful day continues to echo If you want to learn more about one of the climbers lost on Mt. Washinton, Dr. Hugh Herr, and how this event became the impetus for his pioneering career in biomechanics, click here Host: Welcome back to our special four part series dedicated to search and rescue This is episode four and the last in the series so if you haven’t listened to episodes one through three you’ll want to go back and start there Most search and rescue personnel don’t want to be referred to as heroes There’s a selflessness required to take to the mountains in all manner of poor conditions to help a stranger find their way home And as much as we’d like to believe it the heroes of our stories aren’t invincible but just as susceptible to the perils of nature It’s the hope of all search and rescue teams to never face that mortality on the job And I’ve been a professional climbing guide for 47 of those years I got into climbing because a childhood friend of mine from my hometown asked me if I wanted to go you learn how to ice climb and do mountaineering And then that turned into week long trips and month long trips And I lived an absolutely wonderful dirtbag climber life I lived in a friend’s garage in Colorado for many months with a friend living on brown rice and climbing every day he got a call from a friend inviting him back east to guide at a new climbing school at Eastern Mountain Sports in New Hampshire Joe was running the school and had become deeply involved in the New Hampshire climbing community I became a member of the Mountain Rescue Service That sort of went along with if you were a hardcore climber or a guide And you had demonstrated in front of other people who saw you out on the hill that you knew what you were doing that you were able to handle tough conditions that you were able to do what needed to be done It was a small group of professional climbers and hardcore climbers Joe is still a volunteer and team leader with MRS the Mountain Rescue Service was made up of a small group of professional or serious climbers who primarily worked together at the climbing school or local sporting goods store and spent their nights throwing darts and swapping tails with the pup One of those climbers and MRS volunteers was 28 year old Albert Dow Joe Lentini: who was working in the MS Retail Store and he was an exceptionally good human being I’m doing my normal climbing routine Washington are immensely popular this time of year I had three clients that I was taking up to the summit of Mt Most likely we would not be able to summit Host: Popularly known for the world’s worst weather Washington stands a modest 6,200 feet tall but has recorded some of the highest wind speeds ever measured on Earth creating a literal perfect storm environment where weather can move in quickly More than 160 people have died on the peak since 1849 Joe Lentini: It wasn’t so beautiful because visibility was fairly poor so now we’ve been traveling for probably about close to three hours Host: While Joe and his clients were making their way off the mountain another pair of climbers were still out in the worsening storm 20 year old Jeff Bouncer and 17 year old climbing prodigy Hugh Herr were due back at a backcountry cabin they were using as base camp while ice climbing on the mountain the cabin’s caretaker radioed the Mountain Rescue Service Joe got a call alerting him of the situation that evening Joe Lentini: We’re hoping these people are going to come walking back in but we don’t know that and we have to be ready and I meet with Fish and Game and Forest Service and some other team leaders Host: The cabin where the two young climbers were staying offered access to one of the premier ice climbing spots in the country as Joe’s team made their way up the Mt Washington Auto Road in a snowcat to search from above Joe Lentini: And it took us up to Treeline and our goal was to get up to and to search over the top of Huntington Ravine And because of the fresh snow and the high winds We went for quite a ways for quite a long time We started to get knocked down and we realized that was it We weren’t going to make it to the top of Huntington Ravine and one of us could very likely get hurt Host: The rescuers didn’t know that the climbers had reached the top of Huntington’s Ravine the previous afternoon the climbers attempted a quick dash for the summit leaving behind their overnight gear map and compass Strong winds blew them off course while descending leaving them and everyone else unaware of their location With the rescue effort unable to continue in the blinding snow It would be the Lost Climbers second night on the mountain Host: The group again split into four teams of two Rescuers Michael Hartrick and Albert Tao would check the ravine again from below Joe’s team again headed up in the snowcat to search a different area Joe Lentini: We go up as high as we can and then start to traverse across and manipulate the rope for the next person we got up probably 300 feet or more in the gully itself Because they’re often denser than the layers of snow underneath wind slabs pose a severe threat of avalanche Joe Lentini: We looked at it and I just said Albert and Michael had seen tracks at the top of Odell’s gully and they wanted to follow those Host: The tracks found by Michael and Albert were indeed made by the missing climbers two days prior Batzer and Herr had followed a partly concealed stream the wrong way down the slope as they tried to descend and escape the storm rationalizing down was still the best option Although Batzer was able to pull him out and offer him dry wool pants They sought shelter in some spruce branches by a rock This is where they were huddling while Joe and his team searched on the other side of the mountain Joe Lentini: We got back down to the bottom of the ravine where the snowcat was and we’re gonna drive down where the trail junction is and pick up Michael and Albert not that you’re visibly shaking and afraid but you’re constantly aware that this is not a safe place and you’re just relieved to be out of there and we hear Michael’s voice just yelling Avalanche!” And the world sometimes just flips a switch We send one group down to a first aid cache Michael had cleared snow from around his head and got an arm free and that’s how he got the radio out Host: A number of staffers from the Appalachian Mountain Club who had been on the mountain were already at the scene assisting Joe Lentini: And they were beginning to dig him out We did what’s called a hasty search where you go across the snow and you look for any signs and we didn’t see anything which are long aluminum tubes that you push down into the snow to feel if there’s anybody there Host: Time is critical when digging someone out from an avalanche the chance of survival is around 90 percent Every passing minute drastically reduces the likelihood of a successful rescue due to the risk of suffocation “Take a step probe and you push the probe down and you feel,” I’m going to say 10 We know we’re going to be digging here So we get in a line and we take turns digging through the avalanche Host: Packed snow is grueling and unpredictable It requires immense physical effort and the structure of the snow can shift suddenly posing additional risk to both the rescuer and the victim you go at 100 percent of your energy for 30 seconds then you just literally drop off to the side Host: Albert’s body was lying at an angle under the snow Joe Lentini: Michael had been dug out and been taken down and we can see that he’s not breathing Then we start to see he’s hit something It’s pretty clear to us at this point that when he got swept down through the trees that he had caught something and had probably broken his neck I can close my eyes and I can see the team members around me I jump off the machine and run to my car because I know that somebody has to tell Joanie And I get in my car and I drive to where they live I see her car stopped and another friend of ours has gotten there right before me And I get out of my car in the middle of the road and she’s just screaming I’ve just seen one of my friends die Joe felt a lingering sense of anger at the two missing climbers who Albert had sacrificed his life for Joe Lentini: I don’t know these people that are missing I know that there are two young climbers from Pennsylvania who have gone up and gotten lost And now Albert’s dead because of them Herr and Bater felt their death was imminent Herr would later say in an interview that they made the decision to stop huddling for warmth a young woman employed at the Pinkham notch camp with snowshoeing she followed them and found the two missing young men Herr was near death from the bitter cold and his legs frozen solid into the mid calf A New Hampshire National Guard helicopter braved the winds to lift them out Joe Lentini: Everybody processes things differently No one’s going to say he’s gone to a better place It’s just something that’s going to live with me I’ve lost a friend and I’m going to remember that friend Host: The climbers were facing the consequences of their mistakes as well Herr had severe frostbite on both lower legs both of his legs were amputated six inches below the knee Batzer eventually lost his right thumb and fingers and his left leg a few inches below his knee Herr was devastated by the loss he had caused and the loss of his legs He was quoted in Men’s Fitness saying “I thought it would be an insult to the memory of Albert Dow to pity myself and stay in a wheelchair.” Out of this came an enormous will to walk again He began pioneering and using artificial limbs he modified himself for the sport Joe began to learn more about the young man his friend had died for Joe Lentini: He’s an exceptional climber He’s not just a person who doesn’t know what they’re doing I realize that he’s a better climber than me I realized that it wasn’t stupid on their part And I saw a couple of climbers sitting there There’s a lot of emotions wrapped up in that and they’re contradictory emotions at times Host: As Joe journeyed towards empathy for the climbers they too found their paths were forever changed Batzer experienced his closest connection to God while trapped under Mt This pivotal moment led him to become a pastor focusing on counseling individuals facing crisis Herr channeled the same drive and dedication from climbing into academics He earned a master’s in mechanical engineering at MIT and completed a PhD in biophysics at Harvard Today Herr is a professor at MIT where he engineers bionic limbs that emulate the function of natural limbs He’s also an outspoken advocate for the use of technology to overcome physical limitations and his work continues to drive innovation in the field of prosthetics and biomechanics From those fateful days trapped on the mountain Hugh Herr and Jeff Batzer took a profound turn And while Albert Dow paid the ultimate price that day it’s evident neither man has forgotten each charting a new course influenced by his sacrifice but I was overwhelmed and I was pretty damn young and I saw that this is an incredible human being But you made a mistake that is not different from what a lot of us have done Host: Wrapping up our search and rescue series we’re reminded of the enduring impact these individuals have on lives and communities Search and rescue is risking it all on daring missions They’re the unsung heroes behind the scenes handling paperwork From rescuing lost hikers to all the logistics required to be ready to answer the call SAR teams forge a legacy of bravery and compassion with ripples that extend far beyond the challenging moments they encounter Thank you to all the members of Search and Rescue and especially those who we talked to for this series Thanks for joining us for this special series on Search and Rescue We’ll be back at the end of January with more Out Alive This episode of Out Alive was produced and written by me along with writing and editing by Zoe Gates Thank you to Joe Lentini for your time and for your service to your community If you have a survival story you want to share You can email me at out alive at outside inc Out alive is made possible by the members of outside Plus learn about all the benefits of membership at outsideonline.com/podplus The 30-mile thru-hike was the ideal trip for putting our backpacking and hiking candidates through the wringer This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page A man possessed of many talents and passions and heart to care for and heal his fellow man infusing a sense of humor and grace in all he did His impressive journey in medicine began in 1983 with his graduation from medical school Armed with a medical degree from Santiago University of Technology School of Medicine in the Dominican Republic and touching countless lives for 37 years and concluded with his retirement in 2020 Medicine was just one of Ross’s many passions he enjoyed throughout his life he was busy forging metal into art or jewelry using his remarkable carpentry skills or playing one of multiple instruments as part of bands he was associated with over the years While his accomplishments were undeniably impressive Ross’s greatest joy and legacy came from his family He cherished every moment spent with his family and friends finding solace and laughter in their presence Ross brought great joy to all who knew him let us cherish the memory of him not only as a doctor family member and friend who embraced life’s adventures with intelligence His memory will forever bring smiles to those who were fortunate enough to cross paths with him Along with his parents Salavtore and Johnetta Lentini Lisa Nicholson Lentini; sons: Michael Lentini and Salvatore (Beth) Lentini; grandchildren: Amanda John and Regis Auer; siblings: Maria (Tim) King Ross will also be missed by his brothers and sisters-in-law: Janet and Jerry A note of special thanks to his Primary Care Physician Dr as well as the staff of East Liverpool Hospital and Calcutta Healthcare but here is what Ross would say to all he knows and loves….”I’ll SEE YOU WHEN YOU ARE OLDER.” The Martin Chapel of Care Funeral & Cremation Specialists in Calcutta have been entrusted with arrangements Copyright © 2025 Ogden News Publishing of Ohio | https://www.reviewonline.com | 210 East Fourth St. MD passed away at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on November 14 she was the daughter of the late Dallas Wayne and Agnes Wampler Ball of Harford County.The day after graduating from Edgewood High School Barbara began what was supposed to be a summer only job at the former Edgewood Arsenal since she had already enrolled in the former Towson State Teachers College After buying herself a 1963 White Chevrolet Impala with red leather interior she had a car payment to make and forwent her teaching career to begin an amazing and fulfilling 42-year career with the Federal Government to include working at the Pentagon for the last 35 years of her career Barbara's last position at the Pentagon was serving as the Personal Assistant to the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Barbara was the recipient of numerous awards and commendations throughout her career.Barbara met her soulmate while he was assigned to the Military Police Company at Mountain Christian Church in what is now called Walker Chapel and they remained deeply in love for 40 years While members of Mountain Christian Church one year prior to Rick's death they were baptized together at Deer Creek by Senior Pastor Ben Cachiaras.Although she faced multiple medical challenges through most of her life she courageously battled her way through each one with her beloved husband by her side.Barbara is survived by her son and daughter-in-law Lentini of Abingdon; two precious granddaughters who were the light of her life WA; as well as a host of loving family and friends.In addition to her parents Barbara is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 40 years a contribution can be made to Mountain Christian Church a daughter of the late Dorsey and Betty Schilling Wells Blanche had worked as both a nurse’s aide and a school cafeteria person She was a past member of Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church in East Palestine and enjoyed camping and flower gardening she enjoyed her grandchildren and spending time with her family Mike Lentini and Sam (Beth) Lentini; two sisters Nancy (Stanley) Torkowski and Mary Lou Tackett; three brothers Also surviving are her five beloved grandchildren at the funeral home with Pastor Kari Lankford officiating Burial will take place at Crest Haven Memorial Gardens Arrangements have been entrusted to the 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