Mary Martha (Sobinovsky) Yurco

NORTH LIMA – Mary Martha Yurco, 93, passed away peacefully Wednesday morning, February 11, 2026.  She was born on January 14, 1933, in Youngstown, a daughter of the late Louis and Anna Klein Sobinovsky.  Mary attended St. Matthias School grade school. She also attended Woodrow Wilson High School, graduating in 1951.

Mary enjoyed travelling with her husband Michael.  She won many ribbons at the Canfield Fair for her quilts.  Mary enjoyed cooking and appeared on the Casey Malone Show making crepes stuffed with mashed potatoes and she was Cook of the Week in the Youngstown Vindicator.  She was also known for her homemade jelly. A lifelong parishioner of St. Matthias Church, St. Mary Magdelene Parish, Mary was also a member of the First Catholic Slovak Ladies Association (FCSLA) and Quilters Club, and a former leader of Girl Scout troops.  Mary had a talent for quilting, crocheting afghans, and sewing travel pillows. She was known to have a great sense of humor. Mary highly enjoyed giving out $ 2 bills to people she thought were kind.

She is survived by children, Nancy (Clem) Clausen of Austintown, Michael ‘Mickey’ (Joanne) Yurco, Jr. of Canfield, Ken (Laura) Yurco of New Middletown; grandchildren Gina, Ryan, Amy, Mikey, Jonathan, Melissa, Sarah, Lyanne, and Issac; great-grandchildren Jackson, Jillian, Rose, Charlotte, Aubrey, Megumi, Robbie, Elise, Rex, Niko, Asher, Gideon, Moira, and Cherry Grace; including extended family, dear nieces, nephews, and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband Michael A. Yurco Sr., whom she married in 1951 and passed away December 9, 2004; an infant son Robert Yurco, brothers Aloysius ‘Al’ (Mary), Joseph (Violet), Andrew (Marie), Louis ‘Lou’ (Helen), and John (Dorothy) Sobinovsky, sister Virginia (James) Christopher and three triplets in infancy – Cecilia, Anna, and Pauline.

Friends may call Monday, February 16, 2026, from 5:00 to 7:00 pm at Kubina Yuhasz Funeral Home, 5925 Market St., Boardman.

A Mass of Christian Burial at St. Matthias Church, St. Mary Magdalene Parish, 915 Cornell St., Youngstown, OH, will be celebrated by Rev. John Jerek at 11:00 am, Tuesday, February 17.

She will be laid to rest next to her husband at Calvary cemetery.

Material tributes may be made in her memory to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN, 38105.

The family has trusted their loved one to Kubina Yuhasz Funeral Home.

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