DEMOCRATS

DEMOCRATS
RUSSELL NOGA
Age: 36
Home: 326 Hearthstone Drive, New Castle.
Employment: Funeral director, Noga Funeral Home Inc., since 1994; acting Lawrence County coroner since December, 2001.
Education: Graduate of Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, funeral director; bachelor's degree in allied health-prehospital care, Youngstown State University; Wilmington Area High School graduate.
Family: Wife, Anne; two children.
Priority: Keep the coroner's budget low by converting to a paperless office. I will integrate technology of software with the office, to enable myself, the pathologists and deputies to communicate and execute the duties of the office more efficiently.ROGER M. DECARBO JR.
Age: 30.
Home: 303 Hearthstone Drive, New Castle.
Employment: Licensed funeral director, licensed life insurance agent, William F. and Roger M. DeCarbo Funeral Home Inc., since 1994.
Education: Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, mortuary science diploma; bachelor's in business administration-finance, Bowling Green State University; Shenango High School graduate.
Family: Wife, Alissa; four children.
Priority: To provide proactive leadership from this office for residents of Lawrence County. New techniques, technologies, education courses and modern ideas must and will be implemented to modernize and make the coroner's office more efficient and worthwhile.