Obituaries
Obituaries for Bissler & Sons' Funeral Home and Crematory
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Jack Burdette Kurtz
May 4, 2015
Jack Burdette (J.B.) Kurtz passed away peacefully in his sleep on May 4, 2015 just hours after celebrating his 85th birthday with family and friends, enjoying a glass of wine and playing a few games of double-solitaire with his fiancé and best friend, Judy Harder, at their residence in Stow. Born in Greentown, Ohio on April 25, 1930, he was...
Jack K. Morrison
May 3, 2015
Jack K. Morrison 87 of Cuyahoga Falls passed away on Sunday, May 3, 2015. He was born in Clearfield, PA and is survived by his wife Rose (Trifero) of 56 years; daughter, Diane and Harold Rhines of Jackson Twp; granddaughters, Erica Rose and Lauren Ann; brother, L.H. and Dorothy Morrison of North Carolina; sister and brothers-in-law, Carol McKeivier of Circleville,...
Orville "O.B." Shaffer
May 3, 2015
Orville B. Shaffer, "O.B.", passed away at home on Sunday, May 3, 2015. Born October 6, 1926 in Middleburg, PA to Florence (Rhine) and LeRoy Shaffer. He has lived in the Kent area since the age of three. O.B. graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School in 1944. A WWII veteran, O.B. served in the United States Navy aboard destroyer USS...
Ellen Spiker
May 2, 2015
Ellen Spiker, 73, of Stow and formerly of Kent, died Saturday, May 2, 2015 at Western Reserve Hospital in Cuyahoga Falls. She was born May 3, 1941 in Germany, to Alfred and Elsie (Biegner) Kuderna. She was a wonderful mother and grandmother who enjoyed spending time with her family. Ellen will be greatly missed by her family and many friends....
George A. Seavers
Apr 30, 2015
George A. Seavers, 90, formerly of Brimfield, died Thursday, April 30, 2015 at Kent Healthcare Center. He was born March 17, 1925 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, to Albert and Christiana (Chester) Seavers. He attended Hanson and Lapage High Schools. He worked in the grocery trade and later in the carpentry and undertaking trade as an apprentice. He served in...
Nicole Elysabethe Corsello
Apr 29, 2015
Nicole Elysabethe Corsello went to rest in the arms of the Lord on Wednesday, April 29th. Nicole was born November 26, 1996, and is the beloved daughter of James (Jeff) and Terry Corsello. She will be greatly missed by her brothers, Alexander Martin of Mantua, and Zachariah Kissel of Kent; and her sisters, Kim Kissel of Kent, and Rachel Corsello...
Richard W. Hansford
Apr 29, 2015
Richard W. Hansford, 65, of Sarasota, FL, died Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at Sarasota Memorial Hospital. He was born January 3, 1950 in Ravenna to Robert E. and June L. (Enoch) Hansford. He joined the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and continued making a career of the Army. He is survived by son, Christopher Hansford of Friday Harbor, WA;...
Joanne L. Thur
Apr 28, 2015
Joanne Louise Thur, 74, of Brimfield, died Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at her home. She was born June 23, 1940 in Akron, to Alex and Elizabeth Brunton. She is survived by her husband, John Thur, whom she married on June 11, 1960; sons, John Thur, Edward (Jodi) Thur, Douglas (Tracy) Thur; ten grandchildren; three great grandchildren; sisters, Betty Jean Smith...
John Peter Donachie,
Apr 22, 2015
John Peter Donachie Jr., 69, of Kent, passed away peacefully after his battle with cancer on Wednesday, April 22, 2015. He was known by the names, John, TJ and Johnny. A loving man with a gentle soul, he is survived by his wife, Diane Marksz; his daughter and son in law, Donna and Michael McNeill; his grandchildren, Michael Jon and...
Margaret Flogge Chiarucci
Apr 18, 2015
Margaret (Flogge) Chiarucci, 93, loving mother and grandmother and former resident of Jessie Avenue, Kent, died Saturday, April 18th, 2015 at The Gables of Kent Ridge, surrounded by her loving family. She was born November 19th, 1921, in Munroe Falls to Joseph and Mary (Polite) Flogge. She and her husband Joseph were members of St Patrick Church in Kent for...
Kay Young Herring Mcfarland
Apr 15, 2015
Kay Young Herring McFarland, born July 11, 1947 in Ravenna and residing most of her life in Kent, died quietly from complications of cancer treatment on April 15th surrounded by loved ones and family. Kay's parents, Dayton and Helen (Haines) Young and her older brother Bob, all having been life-long residents of Kent, had died several years earlier. After graduating...
Lawrence M. Cunningham
Apr 14, 2015
Lawrence M. Cunningham, 61, of Kent, died Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at Akron City Hospital. He was born April 22, 1953 in Detroit, MI to Richard Lawrence and Pauline Agnes (Fina) Cunningham. He was a veteran of the Army and was stationed in West Germany. Lawrence was a Computer Analyst for Marathon Petroleum in Findlay. He was a member of...
John A
Apr 13, 2015
John A. Coe, 67, of Ravenna, Ohio, passed away Monday, April 13, 2015 at Robinson Memorial Hospital. He was born November 10, 1947, in Marion, Ohio to the late Robert William and Florine (Cotner) Coe of Kent. A graduate of Kent State University majoring in accounting he remained an avid follower of Kent State sports. John and Diane shared a...
Evelyn Tuuri Trimble
Apr 11, 2015
Evelyn Jeanette Trimble, 86, of Kent, died Saturday, April 11, 2015, at the Gables of KentRidge. She was born December 4, 1928, in Kent, Ohio, to John and Lena Tuuri. She and her husband Gene were the former owners and operators of Kent Floral. Her dedication to work and family will be forever remembered. Evelyn was a member of the...
Troy Allen Kirkland
Apr 10, 2015
Troy Allen Kirkland, 23 of Kent, OH. passed away Friday April 10, 2015 at home in Kent. He was born July15, 1991 in Akron, OH. to Robert and Sherri L. (Atkinson) Kirkland. He is survived by his parents and brother Christopher (Brooke) Kirkland of Las Vegas, grandmother Suzanne Kirkland, and grandfather Lloyd E. Atkinson. Private family services.
Donald E. Strayer
Apr 9, 2015
Donald E. Strayer, 84, of Ravenna, died Thursday, April 9, 2015 at Akron City Hospital Medical Center. He was born November 21, 1930 in Kent, to Hubert G. and Celia (Kapella) Strayer. Donald attended Happy Day School and was one of their first students. He retired from Kent State University after working for over 20 years. A very faithful person...
R. Patricia Ward
Apr 6, 2015
R. Patricia Ward, 90, of Homeworth, and formerly of Kent died Monday, April 6, 2015 at Country Lawn Nursing Home. She was born March 9, 1925 in Union Furnace, to James and Rita (Eberst) Callahan. Patricia was a cook at Davey Jr. High School. She was a volunteer at Alliance Community Hospital and worked with the Alliance Hospice. She is...
Heinrich E. "Henry" Kluenker
Apr 6, 2015
Heinrich E. 'Henry' Kluenker, 82, of Kent, passed away peacefully Monday, April 6, 2015, at Akron City Hospital's Palliative Care Unit. He was born January 19, 1933 in Hannover, Germany, to Heinrich and Alma Kluenker. Heinrich immigrated to the United States in 1963, two years prior to his longtime love and wife Karin of 49 years. They resided in Kent,...
Rita C. Moeller
Mar 30, 2015
Rita C. Moeller, 96, of Brimfield, died peacefully at home March 30, 2015 surrounded by the love of her family. She was born November 18, 1918 in Brimfield to John and Katharina (Leo) Brooker. She grew up on a celery farm, working hard and living modestly. She will be greatly missed by all of her children. We had the utmost...
Evelyn Ruston
Mar 27, 2015
Evelyn Elizabeth Ruston, 96, formerly of Akron, died Friday, March 27, 2015 at Stow Glen Retirement Center. She was born August 27, 1918 in Hopewell. In her Junior and Senior years of High School (1937-38), she was invited to study music at the Interlochen Music Camp under Cecil Leeson. She was a member of Christ United Methodist Church and Evangelical...
Jack Burdette Kurtz
May 4, 2015
Jack Burdette (J.B.) Kurtz passed away peacefully in his sleep on May 4, 2015 just hours after celebrating his 85th birthday with family and friends, enjoying a glass of wine and playing a few games of double-solitaire with his fiancé and best friend, Judy Harder, at their residence in Stow. Born in Greentown, Ohio on April 25, 1930, he was...
Jack K. Morrison
May 3, 2015
Jack K. Morrison 87 of Cuyahoga Falls passed away on Sunday, May 3, 2015. He was born in Clearfield, PA and is survived by his wife Rose (Trifero) of 56 years; daughter, Diane and Harold Rhines of Jackson Twp; granddaughters, Erica Rose and Lauren Ann; brother, L.H. and Dorothy Morrison of North Carolina; sister and brothers-in-law, Carol McKeivier of Circleville,...
Orville "O.B." Shaffer
May 3, 2015
Orville B. Shaffer, "O.B.", passed away at home on Sunday, May 3, 2015. Born October 6, 1926 in Middleburg, PA to Florence (Rhine) and LeRoy Shaffer. He has lived in the Kent area since the age of three. O.B. graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School in 1944. A WWII veteran, O.B. served in the United States Navy aboard destroyer USS...
Ellen Spiker
May 2, 2015
Ellen Spiker, 73, of Stow and formerly of Kent, died Saturday, May 2, 2015 at Western Reserve Hospital in Cuyahoga Falls. She was born May 3, 1941 in Germany, to Alfred and Elsie (Biegner) Kuderna. She was a wonderful mother and grandmother who enjoyed spending time with her family. Ellen will be greatly missed by her family and many friends....
George A. Seavers
Apr 30, 2015
George A. Seavers, 90, formerly of Brimfield, died Thursday, April 30, 2015 at Kent Healthcare Center. He was born March 17, 1925 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, to Albert and Christiana (Chester) Seavers. He attended Hanson and Lapage High Schools. He worked in the grocery trade and later in the carpentry and undertaking trade as an apprentice. He served in...
Nicole Elysabethe Corsello
Apr 29, 2015
Nicole Elysabethe Corsello went to rest in the arms of the Lord on Wednesday, April 29th. Nicole was born November 26, 1996, and is the beloved daughter of James (Jeff) and Terry Corsello. She will be greatly missed by her brothers, Alexander Martin of Mantua, and Zachariah Kissel of Kent; and her sisters, Kim Kissel of Kent, and Rachel Corsello...
Richard W. Hansford
Apr 29, 2015
Richard W. Hansford, 65, of Sarasota, FL, died Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at Sarasota Memorial Hospital. He was born January 3, 1950 in Ravenna to Robert E. and June L. (Enoch) Hansford. He joined the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and continued making a career of the Army. He is survived by son, Christopher Hansford of Friday Harbor, WA;...
Joanne L. Thur
Apr 28, 2015
Joanne Louise Thur, 74, of Brimfield, died Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at her home. She was born June 23, 1940 in Akron, to Alex and Elizabeth Brunton. She is survived by her husband, John Thur, whom she married on June 11, 1960; sons, John Thur, Edward (Jodi) Thur, Douglas (Tracy) Thur; ten grandchildren; three great grandchildren; sisters, Betty Jean Smith...
John Peter Donachie,
Apr 22, 2015
John Peter Donachie Jr., 69, of Kent, passed away peacefully after his battle with cancer on Wednesday, April 22, 2015. He was known by the names, John, TJ and Johnny. A loving man with a gentle soul, he is survived by his wife, Diane Marksz; his daughter and son in law, Donna and Michael McNeill; his grandchildren, Michael Jon and...
Margaret Flogge Chiarucci
Apr 18, 2015
Margaret (Flogge) Chiarucci, 93, loving mother and grandmother and former resident of Jessie Avenue, Kent, died Saturday, April 18th, 2015 at The Gables of Kent Ridge, surrounded by her loving family. She was born November 19th, 1921, in Munroe Falls to Joseph and Mary (Polite) Flogge. She and her husband Joseph were members of St Patrick Church in Kent for...
Kay Young Herring Mcfarland
Apr 15, 2015
Kay Young Herring McFarland, born July 11, 1947 in Ravenna and residing most of her life in Kent, died quietly from complications of cancer treatment on April 15th surrounded by loved ones and family. Kay's parents, Dayton and Helen (Haines) Young and her older brother Bob, all having been life-long residents of Kent, had died several years earlier. After graduating...
Lawrence M. Cunningham
Apr 14, 2015
Lawrence M. Cunningham, 61, of Kent, died Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at Akron City Hospital. He was born April 22, 1953 in Detroit, MI to Richard Lawrence and Pauline Agnes (Fina) Cunningham. He was a veteran of the Army and was stationed in West Germany. Lawrence was a Computer Analyst for Marathon Petroleum in Findlay. He was a member of...
John A
Apr 13, 2015
John A. Coe, 67, of Ravenna, Ohio, passed away Monday, April 13, 2015 at Robinson Memorial Hospital. He was born November 10, 1947, in Marion, Ohio to the late Robert William and Florine (Cotner) Coe of Kent. A graduate of Kent State University majoring in accounting he remained an avid follower of Kent State sports. John and Diane shared a...
Evelyn Tuuri Trimble
Apr 11, 2015
Evelyn Jeanette Trimble, 86, of Kent, died Saturday, April 11, 2015, at the Gables of KentRidge. She was born December 4, 1928, in Kent, Ohio, to John and Lena Tuuri. She and her husband Gene were the former owners and operators of Kent Floral. Her dedication to work and family will be forever remembered. Evelyn was a member of the...
Troy Allen Kirkland
Apr 10, 2015
Troy Allen Kirkland, 23 of Kent, OH. passed away Friday April 10, 2015 at home in Kent. He was born July15, 1991 in Akron, OH. to Robert and Sherri L. (Atkinson) Kirkland. He is survived by his parents and brother Christopher (Brooke) Kirkland of Las Vegas, grandmother Suzanne Kirkland, and grandfather Lloyd E. Atkinson. Private family services.
Donald E. Strayer
Apr 9, 2015
Donald E. Strayer, 84, of Ravenna, died Thursday, April 9, 2015 at Akron City Hospital Medical Center. He was born November 21, 1930 in Kent, to Hubert G. and Celia (Kapella) Strayer. Donald attended Happy Day School and was one of their first students. He retired from Kent State University after working for over 20 years. A very faithful person...
R. Patricia Ward
Apr 6, 2015
R. Patricia Ward, 90, of Homeworth, and formerly of Kent died Monday, April 6, 2015 at Country Lawn Nursing Home. She was born March 9, 1925 in Union Furnace, to James and Rita (Eberst) Callahan. Patricia was a cook at Davey Jr. High School. She was a volunteer at Alliance Community Hospital and worked with the Alliance Hospice. She is...
Heinrich E. "Henry" Kluenker
Apr 6, 2015
Heinrich E. 'Henry' Kluenker, 82, of Kent, passed away peacefully Monday, April 6, 2015, at Akron City Hospital's Palliative Care Unit. He was born January 19, 1933 in Hannover, Germany, to Heinrich and Alma Kluenker. Heinrich immigrated to the United States in 1963, two years prior to his longtime love and wife Karin of 49 years. They resided in Kent,...
Rita C. Moeller
Mar 30, 2015
Rita C. Moeller, 96, of Brimfield, died peacefully at home March 30, 2015 surrounded by the love of her family. She was born November 18, 1918 in Brimfield to John and Katharina (Leo) Brooker. She grew up on a celery farm, working hard and living modestly. She will be greatly missed by all of her children. We had the utmost...
Evelyn Ruston
Mar 27, 2015
Evelyn Elizabeth Ruston, 96, formerly of Akron, died Friday, March 27, 2015 at Stow Glen Retirement Center. She was born August 27, 1918 in Hopewell. In her Junior and Senior years of High School (1937-38), she was invited to study music at the Interlochen Music Camp under Cecil Leeson. She was a member of Christ United Methodist Church and Evangelical...
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