Calling hours for Edna Pincham today; funeral Wednesday
YOUNGSTOWN — Edna Pincham, the first black woman in the mayor’s Cabinet, will be laid to rest Wednesday morning.
Calling hours are 4 to 8 p.m. today and 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday in Third Baptist Church, 1177 Park Hill Drive. A service at the church will follow Wednesday’s calling hours.
Arrangements are by F.D. Mason Memorial Funeral Home.
Pincham was the first woman and black person to be named to the Youngstown mayor’s Cabinet, serving 12 years as then-Mayor Patrick Ungaro’s administrative aide.
She also was the first black woman elected to the city’s board of education, serving 16 years. She also served as board president.
Pincham was the first and only black woman to run for mayor, losing to George M. McKelvey in the 1997 Democratic primary.
She died June 24 after battling breast cancer. She was 72.