Former Linton Funeral Home to be razed

Photo by: Lisa-Ann Ishihara

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CLOSING PRAYER: Pastor Edward P. Noga, a member of ACTION, gives the closing prayer at an event in front of the former Linton Funeral Home on Youngstown’s North Side. The city will demolish the structure shortly. Holding hands with the priest are, from left, Caitlyn Cominsky, 15, and her sister, Haylee, 11, both of Youngstown.

YOUNGSTOWN — The prayers of members of Sts. Peter & Paul Church and an area faith-based community organization apparently have been answered.

The city will pay to have a long-abandoned and dilapidated funeral home on the North Side demolished.

If the former Linton Funeral Home on Arlington Street has no asbestos, it will be down in three weeks, Councilwoman Annie Gillam, D-1st, whose ward includes that neighborhood, said today.

If tests of the 94-year-old building show it has asbestos, the demolition would take place in about six weeks, she said.

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