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Joseph P. Galizio
Oct 25, 2011
Joseph P. Galizio, 88, of Kent, died Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at Akron City Hospital Medical Center. He was born November 2, 1922 in Akron to Benjamin and Fonda (Zito) Galizio. He retired as a Tire Test Technician from Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. He was a life member of the Kent Men's Garden Club; and a member of the...
Mary Jo Sosnowski
Oct 22, 2011
Mary Jo Sosnowski, 41, of Kent, died Saturday, October 22, 2011 at Robinson Memorial Hospital. She was born January 27, 1970 in Akron. She attended Our Lady of Victory in Tallmadge and was a member and past treasurer of the Women's Guild. She is survived by brother, Thomas (Keena) Sosnowski of Suffield; father, Ronald (Nancy Barber) Sosnowski of Dallas, GA;...
Richard Roszkowski
Oct 21, 2011
Richard M. Roszkowski "Poopers", 51, of Kent, died peacefully at home on his birthday, Friday, October 21, 2011, after a long courageous battle with brain cancer. He was born October 21, 1960 in Ravenna, to Michael R. and Geraldine M. (Schafer) Roszkowski. Rick was a journeyman machinist for 30 years, and worked at the Chrysler Stamping Plant in Twinsburg. He...
Lester Corley
Oct 21, 2011
Lester Corley, 63, of Cuyahoga Falls, died Friday, October 21, 2011 at his residence. He was born June 9, 1948 in Akron, to Joseph and Glenna Irene (Texter) Corley. Lester was a veteran of the Army serving during the Vietnam War. He enjoyed the outdoors especially camping, fishing and boating. He is survived by daughters, Dawn Elan (Jim) Simpson of...
Lori Trusso
Oct 20, 2011
Lori Ann Trusso, 47, of Kent, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving husband, two daughters and family by her side on Thursday, October 20, 2011, after a courageous two year battle with brain cancer. She was born June 16, 1964 in Akron, to Ernest and Emagene Elaine (Oldfield) Giles. She was a 1982 graduate of Roosevelt High...
Kathy A. Poots
Oct 20, 2011
Kathy A. Poots, 59, of Kent, died Thursday, October 20, 2011 at Akron City Hospital Medical Center. She was born July 8, 1952 in Ravenna to Gordon Jacob and Norma Doris (Krause) Poots. She was an Administrative Secretary in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University. She liked gardening, with the ability to make anything grow. She...
Donald Neal Beckett
Oct 19, 2011
Donald Neal Beckett, 53, of Brimfield, died Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at Robinson Memorial Hospital in Ravenna. He was born in Montgomery, WV to Forrest "Ebb" and Shirley Ann (Echols) Beckett. He graduated from Cuyahoga Falls High School in 1976. He started with SOHIO working at a gas station at the age of 16. He left BP, where he was...
Stanley R. Jarosz
Oct 17, 2011
Stanley R. Jarosz, 71, of Rootstown, died Monday, October 17, 2011 at Akron City Hospital Medical Center. He was born November 4, 1939 in Niagara Falls, NY to Leo W. and Wanda (Waclawek) Jarosz. Stan was a graduate of Erie County Technical Institute in Buffalo, NY. He co-founded Pro-Fab, Inc., a structural and miscellaneous steel company, with his partner and...
Thomas D. Moore,
Oct 17, 2011
Thomas D. Moore, 74, of Kent, passed from our lives on Monday, October 17, 2011 at Robinson Memorial Hospital. He was born July 26, 1937 in Rochester, NY to Robert and Hilda (Kennedy) Moore. He earned his Doctorate at Rutgers University in New Jersey. He is an Emeritus Professor of Educational Philosophy and also served as Vice President and Provost...
Jeannine Herblot
Oct 16, 2011
Jeannine Herblot, 69, of Cleveland, died Sunday, October 16, 2011 at Maison Aine Care Center in Stow. She was born January 6, 1942 in Paris, France, to Raymond and Martha (Oates) Herblot. She is survived by daughter: Francine Murphy of Kent; granddaughter, Hannah Kascle of Streetsboro; brother, Claude (Mary Ellen) Herblot of Panama City, FL. Private family services. Memorial contributions...
John Sanford Dague
Oct 16, 2011
John Sanford Dague, 51, went home to be with his Lord on October 16, 2011. John was born March 4, 1960, to Charles and Kay (Styer) Dague. He was a 1979 graduate of Kent Roosevelt High School. He was employed by the Akron Beacon Journal (home delivery). His hobbies included football, working in the yard and spending time with his...
Ruth Warner
Oct 15, 2011
Ruth C. Warner, 92, of Kent, died Saturday, October 15, 2011 at KentRidge At Golden Pond. She was born March 25, 1919 in Ravenna to Henry and Sylvia (Fifer) Carroll. She worked the lunch counter/ child care attendant at Kent Lanes, sales/ teacher at Audrey Pearson's Yarn Shop and cook at Story Book House Day Care. Ruth was a proud...
Elizabeth Joan "Betty" Hegedus
Oct 11, 2011
Elizabeth Joan "Betty" Hegedus, 79, of Cuyahoga Falls, after a long struggle with pulmonary fibrosis, was released from this life to the next on Tuesday, October 11, 2011. She was born September 30, 1932 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, to Benjamin W. and Fannie Edith (Murcell) Butt. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Kent, KSU Retired Nurses,...
Edwin Sheldon Gould
Oct 11, 2011
Dr. Edwin Sheldon Gould died this Tuesday at his home in Kent, OH. He was 85, and had only just this summer retired from his teaching post at Kent State University, where he had taught chemistry since 1967. He was granted the position of University Professor in 1982, the Distinguished Honors Faculty Teaching Award in 1996 and the Distinguished Scholar...
Richard Dennis Matthews
Oct 7, 2011
Richard Dennis Matthews, 54, of Streetsboro, passed away Friday, October 7, 2011 at his residence, with his family by his side. He was born October 21, 1956 in Warren, to Ronald W. and Patricia F. (Powers) Matthews. Rick received an Associates Degree in Respiratory Therapy and was employed by Medical Service Company as a respiratory therapist. He was a veteran...
Valjean Virginia Sayre
Oct 7, 2011
Valjean Virginia Sayre, 80, of Brimfield, died Friday, October 7, 2011 at Robinson Memorial Hospital in Ravenna. She was born February 14, 1931 in Akron to Lester Henry and Pearl Frances (Freshwater) Sayre. She had been active in the Eastern Star and the DeMolay Mother's Club. She is survived by her husband, Chester "Chet"; son, Charles B. "Clyde" Sayre of...
Sally Kayle
Oct 6, 2011
Sally A. Kayle, 77, of Brimfield, died Thursday, October 6, 2011, at Lake Med in Painesville. She was born December 31, 1933, in Cleveland, Ohio, to George and Nellie (Meilunaise) Pechulis, and grew up in Lorain, Ohio. Sally was a member of St. Patrick Church in Kent. She was employed by Kent State University in the 1960s as a secretary...
Carol Lynn Hursell
Oct 4, 2011
Carol Lynn Hursell, 52, of Stow, died Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at University Hospital in Cleveland. She was born October 28, 1958 in Buffalo, NY to Robert and Ruth E. (Harritt) Shupe. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tallmadge. Her whole life centered around her family. She is survived by her husband,...
Ruth Stauffer Berry
Oct 2, 2011
Ruth S. Berry, 87, of Stow died Sunday, October 2, 2011 at Traditions At Bath Road in Cuyahoga Falls. She was born August 9, 1924 in Kent to George Joseph and Marguerite Ellen (Jones) Stauffer. Ruth was a member of Olive Chapter #53 Order Of The Eastern Star and Kent Coterie One. She loved flowers, gardening, traveling, collecting pigs, strawberries...
Thomas Gene Sommers
Oct 1, 2011
Thomas Gene Sommers, 79, of Kent, died Friday, September 30, 2011 at Akron City Hospital Medical Center. He was born November 14, 1931 in Akron to Hans and Loreene (Culver) Sommers. He was a veteran of the Army during the Korean War. He retired from Ametek/Lamb Electric where he was a computer programmer. He was a member of the Sons...
Joseph P. Galizio
Oct 25, 2011
Joseph P. Galizio, 88, of Kent, died Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at Akron City Hospital Medical Center. He was born November 2, 1922 in Akron to Benjamin and Fonda (Zito) Galizio. He retired as a Tire Test Technician from Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. He was a life member of the Kent Men's Garden Club; and a member of the...
Mary Jo Sosnowski
Oct 22, 2011
Mary Jo Sosnowski, 41, of Kent, died Saturday, October 22, 2011 at Robinson Memorial Hospital. She was born January 27, 1970 in Akron. She attended Our Lady of Victory in Tallmadge and was a member and past treasurer of the Women's Guild. She is survived by brother, Thomas (Keena) Sosnowski of Suffield; father, Ronald (Nancy Barber) Sosnowski of Dallas, GA;...
Richard Roszkowski
Oct 21, 2011
Richard M. Roszkowski "Poopers", 51, of Kent, died peacefully at home on his birthday, Friday, October 21, 2011, after a long courageous battle with brain cancer. He was born October 21, 1960 in Ravenna, to Michael R. and Geraldine M. (Schafer) Roszkowski. Rick was a journeyman machinist for 30 years, and worked at the Chrysler Stamping Plant in Twinsburg. He...
Lester Corley
Oct 21, 2011
Lester Corley, 63, of Cuyahoga Falls, died Friday, October 21, 2011 at his residence. He was born June 9, 1948 in Akron, to Joseph and Glenna Irene (Texter) Corley. Lester was a veteran of the Army serving during the Vietnam War. He enjoyed the outdoors especially camping, fishing and boating. He is survived by daughters, Dawn Elan (Jim) Simpson of...
Lori Trusso
Oct 20, 2011
Lori Ann Trusso, 47, of Kent, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving husband, two daughters and family by her side on Thursday, October 20, 2011, after a courageous two year battle with brain cancer. She was born June 16, 1964 in Akron, to Ernest and Emagene Elaine (Oldfield) Giles. She was a 1982 graduate of Roosevelt High...
Kathy A. Poots
Oct 20, 2011
Kathy A. Poots, 59, of Kent, died Thursday, October 20, 2011 at Akron City Hospital Medical Center. She was born July 8, 1952 in Ravenna to Gordon Jacob and Norma Doris (Krause) Poots. She was an Administrative Secretary in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University. She liked gardening, with the ability to make anything grow. She...
Donald Neal Beckett
Oct 19, 2011
Donald Neal Beckett, 53, of Brimfield, died Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at Robinson Memorial Hospital in Ravenna. He was born in Montgomery, WV to Forrest "Ebb" and Shirley Ann (Echols) Beckett. He graduated from Cuyahoga Falls High School in 1976. He started with SOHIO working at a gas station at the age of 16. He left BP, where he was...
Stanley R. Jarosz
Oct 17, 2011
Stanley R. Jarosz, 71, of Rootstown, died Monday, October 17, 2011 at Akron City Hospital Medical Center. He was born November 4, 1939 in Niagara Falls, NY to Leo W. and Wanda (Waclawek) Jarosz. Stan was a graduate of Erie County Technical Institute in Buffalo, NY. He co-founded Pro-Fab, Inc., a structural and miscellaneous steel company, with his partner and...
Thomas D. Moore,
Oct 17, 2011
Thomas D. Moore, 74, of Kent, passed from our lives on Monday, October 17, 2011 at Robinson Memorial Hospital. He was born July 26, 1937 in Rochester, NY to Robert and Hilda (Kennedy) Moore. He earned his Doctorate at Rutgers University in New Jersey. He is an Emeritus Professor of Educational Philosophy and also served as Vice President and Provost...
Jeannine Herblot
Oct 16, 2011
Jeannine Herblot, 69, of Cleveland, died Sunday, October 16, 2011 at Maison Aine Care Center in Stow. She was born January 6, 1942 in Paris, France, to Raymond and Martha (Oates) Herblot. She is survived by daughter: Francine Murphy of Kent; granddaughter, Hannah Kascle of Streetsboro; brother, Claude (Mary Ellen) Herblot of Panama City, FL. Private family services. Memorial contributions...
John Sanford Dague
Oct 16, 2011
John Sanford Dague, 51, went home to be with his Lord on October 16, 2011. John was born March 4, 1960, to Charles and Kay (Styer) Dague. He was a 1979 graduate of Kent Roosevelt High School. He was employed by the Akron Beacon Journal (home delivery). His hobbies included football, working in the yard and spending time with his...
Ruth Warner
Oct 15, 2011
Ruth C. Warner, 92, of Kent, died Saturday, October 15, 2011 at KentRidge At Golden Pond. She was born March 25, 1919 in Ravenna to Henry and Sylvia (Fifer) Carroll. She worked the lunch counter/ child care attendant at Kent Lanes, sales/ teacher at Audrey Pearson's Yarn Shop and cook at Story Book House Day Care. Ruth was a proud...
Elizabeth Joan "Betty" Hegedus
Oct 11, 2011
Elizabeth Joan "Betty" Hegedus, 79, of Cuyahoga Falls, after a long struggle with pulmonary fibrosis, was released from this life to the next on Tuesday, October 11, 2011. She was born September 30, 1932 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, to Benjamin W. and Fannie Edith (Murcell) Butt. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Kent, KSU Retired Nurses,...
Edwin Sheldon Gould
Oct 11, 2011
Dr. Edwin Sheldon Gould died this Tuesday at his home in Kent, OH. He was 85, and had only just this summer retired from his teaching post at Kent State University, where he had taught chemistry since 1967. He was granted the position of University Professor in 1982, the Distinguished Honors Faculty Teaching Award in 1996 and the Distinguished Scholar...
Richard Dennis Matthews
Oct 7, 2011
Richard Dennis Matthews, 54, of Streetsboro, passed away Friday, October 7, 2011 at his residence, with his family by his side. He was born October 21, 1956 in Warren, to Ronald W. and Patricia F. (Powers) Matthews. Rick received an Associates Degree in Respiratory Therapy and was employed by Medical Service Company as a respiratory therapist. He was a veteran...
Valjean Virginia Sayre
Oct 7, 2011
Valjean Virginia Sayre, 80, of Brimfield, died Friday, October 7, 2011 at Robinson Memorial Hospital in Ravenna. She was born February 14, 1931 in Akron to Lester Henry and Pearl Frances (Freshwater) Sayre. She had been active in the Eastern Star and the DeMolay Mother's Club. She is survived by her husband, Chester "Chet"; son, Charles B. "Clyde" Sayre of...
Sally Kayle
Oct 6, 2011
Sally A. Kayle, 77, of Brimfield, died Thursday, October 6, 2011, at Lake Med in Painesville. She was born December 31, 1933, in Cleveland, Ohio, to George and Nellie (Meilunaise) Pechulis, and grew up in Lorain, Ohio. Sally was a member of St. Patrick Church in Kent. She was employed by Kent State University in the 1960s as a secretary...
Carol Lynn Hursell
Oct 4, 2011
Carol Lynn Hursell, 52, of Stow, died Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at University Hospital in Cleveland. She was born October 28, 1958 in Buffalo, NY to Robert and Ruth E. (Harritt) Shupe. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tallmadge. Her whole life centered around her family. She is survived by her husband,...
Ruth Stauffer Berry
Oct 2, 2011
Ruth S. Berry, 87, of Stow died Sunday, October 2, 2011 at Traditions At Bath Road in Cuyahoga Falls. She was born August 9, 1924 in Kent to George Joseph and Marguerite Ellen (Jones) Stauffer. Ruth was a member of Olive Chapter #53 Order Of The Eastern Star and Kent Coterie One. She loved flowers, gardening, traveling, collecting pigs, strawberries...
Thomas Gene Sommers
Oct 1, 2011
Thomas Gene Sommers, 79, of Kent, died Friday, September 30, 2011 at Akron City Hospital Medical Center. He was born November 14, 1931 in Akron to Hans and Loreene (Culver) Sommers. He was a veteran of the Army during the Korean War. He retired from Ametek/Lamb Electric where he was a computer programmer. He was a member of the Sons...
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