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Mark Wolff
Nov 24, 2016
Mark A. Wolff, 58, of Kent, passed away Thursday, November 24, 2016 at UH Portage Medical Center in Ravenna. He was born May 29, 1958 in Clarion, PA to William E. and Wilda Christina (Hunsberger) Wolff. He is survived by his wife, Leora (Watson) Wolff; brothers, Don (Laura) Wolff of Lodi and Raymond Wolff of Knox, PA; brother-in-law, James Gillette...
Betty Ann Spicer
Nov 20, 2016
Betty Ann Spicer, 84, of Jackson, MI, died Sunday, November 20, 2016 at Henry Ford Allegiance Health in Jackson. She was born December 20, 1931 in Akron to Vincent and Sue (Schaffer) Muth. She was a school bus driver for Chapel Hill Christian School and Cuyahoga Falls Public Schools. After retirement she was a full time RVer and traveled the...
Andrea Casamento
Nov 17, 2016
Andrea Casamento, 67, of Kent, died Thursday, November 17, 2016 at her home. She was born January 21, 1949 in Ravenna. She is survived by her husband, Joseph R. Casamento, whom she married on July 22, 1991; daughter, Tonya Cadle; brothers, Rusty Wilson, Fredrick Craft II, and Tim Craft; sister, Kim Retych; and many grandchildren and great grandchildren that she...
Paul Vito Amodio
Nov 17, 2016
Paul Vito Amodio, 86, of Kent, died Thursday, November 17, 2016 at UH Portage Medical Center in Ravenna. He was born July 20, 1930 in Kent to Leonard and Mary (Pirolozzi) Amodio. He was a member of the US Navy and served as a Diplomatic Courier. A 1948 Roosevelt graduate, he was an outstanding athlete and captain of the football...
Phyllis Hilston Wise
Nov 15, 2016
Phyllis Hilston-Wise Phyllis Marie Hilston-Wise passed away November 15th, 2016 at the Gardens of Western Reserve of Streetsboro. Phyllis was born on February 6, 1923 to Roy and Virginia (Fritz) Kresge in Cleveland. Phyllis fulfilled her childhood dream of becoming a nurse when she graduated from Glenville Hospital School of Nursing in Cleveland August of 1944. She worked as a...
Owen " Anderson" Millsaps
Nov 14, 2016
Anderson Owen Millsaps age 62 passed away suddenly Monday November 14, 2016. He was born in Sweetwater TN, but lived in the Akron area most of his life. Owen's favorite things in life were spending time with his grandkids (especially on Movie Mondays), making everyone laugh, drumming with his friends and always telling a tale or two. He will be...
Paul Reeves Weigand
Nov 11, 2016
Paul Reeves Weigand, 64, passed away in his sleep at home on Friday, November 11, 2016. He leaves behind his beloved wife of 41 years, Carol Fanning Weigand; daughter, Sarah (Carey) McDonald, grandson, Julian James McDonald; son, Michael (Annie McDonnell) Weigand; sister, Ann (Edward) Weigand LaTour; sister, Mary Jane (Jeff) Weigand Tanaka; John (Jan) Weigand; sister-in-law, Kay (Chris McLaughlin) Fanning....
Carl William Shallenberger
Nov 6, 2016
Carl William Shallenberger, 82, of Mogadore, died Sunday, November 6, 2016 at the Gardens of Western Reserve in Streetsboro. He was born September 21, 1934 in Boston, MA to Carl W. and Alice C. (Kranz) Breithaupt. He was a veteran of the Army. He was a member and Past President of Twin Lakes Country Club, Kent Area Chamber of Commerce,...
Robert L. Wright
Nov 6, 2016
Robert L. Wright, 64, of Kent, died Sunday, November 6, 2016 at UH Portage Medical Center. He was born December 20, 1951 in Ravenna, to Karl Jones and Printellis Wright. He was a veteran of the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. Robert was employed by the Kent City Schools for over 25 years and was a Supervisor of the...
Pauline M. Wilke
Nov 6, 2016
Pauline M. Wilke, 94, of Brimfield, passed away Sunday, November 6th, 2016. She was born December 23, 1921, to the late Michael and Jane (Brady) Koby. Pauline was also preceded in death by her husband, Frederick A Wilke; and her daughter, Pamela (Wayne) Wilson. She is survived by her sons: Frederick (Carol) Wilke of Hudson, Richard (Joyce) Wilke of Tallmadge;...
Marian Axelson Trueman
Nov 5, 2016
Marian A Trueman, 101, of Kent, passed away Saturday, November 5, 2016 at Avenue at Aurora in Aurora. She was born July 21 1 1915 in Youngstown, to A. Robert and Isabelle Mary (Kenvin) Axelson. She was preceded by her parents, her husband, James H. Trueman, her brother Robert (Gloria) Axelson and sister Mildred (Joseph) Sheehan. A graduate of Lake...
Jane Bernice (Horrocks) Kraft
Nov 5, 2016
Jane B. Kraft 73, of Kent, passed away peacefully at her home on November 5, 2016. A Kent resident since 1992 she was born in Lakewood, to Raymond and Lucille Horrocks, on November 18, 1942. She graduated from Lakewood High School in June of 1961. Jane was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She loved gardening, crocheting, reading, sewing and...
Carolyn Sue Getson
Nov 5, 2016
Carolyn Sue Getson, 62, of Copley, died Saturday, November 5, 2016, with her husband Tim, brother Blake, sister-in-law Linda and brother-in-law Joe at her side. She was born April 12, 1954, in Cleveland to Russell Frank and Margaret Ann (Winter) Getson. Carolyn was most proud to have taught two successive classes of students, from their first through eighth grades, at...
Gertrude "Trudy" Pierce
Nov 3, 2016
Gertrude R. "Trudy" Pierce Gertrude R. "Trudy" Pierce, 97, of Kent, passed away peacefully on November 3rd, 2016. A Kent resident since 1957, she was born June 28, 1919 in Russia Township (Oberlin), OH to Charles and Edna (Sedelke) Squires. A 1936 graduate of Oberlin High School and 1940 graduate of Kent State University, Trudy enjoyed a career in accounting...
Titus Jackman
Nov 2, 2016
Titus Jackman, 87, of Kent, died Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at University Hospital in Cleveland. He was born August 8, 1929 in Kent to John and Margaret (Iarussi) Jackman. He was a 1947 Kent Roosevelt graduate, and a graduate of Kent State University and The Ohio State University Law. He started practice in 1954, serving 62 years in the same...
James C. Baker
Oct 31, 2016
James C. Baker died at age 81 on October 31, 2016, having been born March 10, 1935 in Windfall, Indiana. He is survived by his wife, Phyllis Jean (Harris) Baker of Kent; daughters, Janet Rader and Jolie Baker of Kent; and son R. Jefferson Baker (Joyce) of Garrettsville; grandchildren E. Jean Wills (Jason) of Kent, James Rinehart (Jill) of Morristown,...
E. Alan Simpson
Oct 29, 2016
E. Alan Simpson, 92, of Stow, died Saturday, October 29, 2016 at his home. He was born September 4, 1924 in Piney Fork, to Lincoln and Kathryn (Larmer) Simpson. As a young boy, his family moved to Nottingham where his parents owned Simpson's Serview Inn, a combination restaurant, small grocery store, and gasoline station. Alan had many wonderful memories growing...
Richard Emory Vance
Oct 26, 2016
Richard Emory Vance passed away suddenly at age 63 on October 26 at his South Lincoln Street home in Kent. To know Rick was to love him. The son of the late Emory Vance and Eva Vance, Rick was born Dec. 18, 1953, and is survived by his mother, Eva, beloved wife of 35 years Donna, son Ben and daughter-in-law...
Frank J Smetak
Oct 26, 2016
Frank J. Smetak, 74, of Ravenna, passed away Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at VA Medical Center Cleveland. He was born January 14, 1942 in Cleveland. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving on the USS Cambria, during the Vietnam War. "HE WAS ALWAYS ONE STEP OVER THE LINE." He drove truck for Spector, PIE, and retired from CF....
Phillip D. Noble
Oct 24, 2016
Phillip D. Noble, 70, of Ravenna, passed away Monday, October 24, 2016 at Hospice of Medina County in Medina. He was born August 23, 1946 in Ravenna, to Joseph and Helen (Zalewski) Noble. Phillip attended St. Patrick School, Theodore Roosevelt High School, and received a Bachelor's degree in Marketing from Kent State University. His interest in cars began with the...
Mark Wolff
Nov 24, 2016
Mark A. Wolff, 58, of Kent, passed away Thursday, November 24, 2016 at UH Portage Medical Center in Ravenna. He was born May 29, 1958 in Clarion, PA to William E. and Wilda Christina (Hunsberger) Wolff. He is survived by his wife, Leora (Watson) Wolff; brothers, Don (Laura) Wolff of Lodi and Raymond Wolff of Knox, PA; brother-in-law, James Gillette...
Betty Ann Spicer
Nov 20, 2016
Betty Ann Spicer, 84, of Jackson, MI, died Sunday, November 20, 2016 at Henry Ford Allegiance Health in Jackson. She was born December 20, 1931 in Akron to Vincent and Sue (Schaffer) Muth. She was a school bus driver for Chapel Hill Christian School and Cuyahoga Falls Public Schools. After retirement she was a full time RVer and traveled the...
Andrea Casamento
Nov 17, 2016
Andrea Casamento, 67, of Kent, died Thursday, November 17, 2016 at her home. She was born January 21, 1949 in Ravenna. She is survived by her husband, Joseph R. Casamento, whom she married on July 22, 1991; daughter, Tonya Cadle; brothers, Rusty Wilson, Fredrick Craft II, and Tim Craft; sister, Kim Retych; and many grandchildren and great grandchildren that she...
Paul Vito Amodio
Nov 17, 2016
Paul Vito Amodio, 86, of Kent, died Thursday, November 17, 2016 at UH Portage Medical Center in Ravenna. He was born July 20, 1930 in Kent to Leonard and Mary (Pirolozzi) Amodio. He was a member of the US Navy and served as a Diplomatic Courier. A 1948 Roosevelt graduate, he was an outstanding athlete and captain of the football...
Phyllis Hilston Wise
Nov 15, 2016
Phyllis Hilston-Wise Phyllis Marie Hilston-Wise passed away November 15th, 2016 at the Gardens of Western Reserve of Streetsboro. Phyllis was born on February 6, 1923 to Roy and Virginia (Fritz) Kresge in Cleveland. Phyllis fulfilled her childhood dream of becoming a nurse when she graduated from Glenville Hospital School of Nursing in Cleveland August of 1944. She worked as a...
Owen " Anderson" Millsaps
Nov 14, 2016
Anderson Owen Millsaps age 62 passed away suddenly Monday November 14, 2016. He was born in Sweetwater TN, but lived in the Akron area most of his life. Owen's favorite things in life were spending time with his grandkids (especially on Movie Mondays), making everyone laugh, drumming with his friends and always telling a tale or two. He will be...
Paul Reeves Weigand
Nov 11, 2016
Paul Reeves Weigand, 64, passed away in his sleep at home on Friday, November 11, 2016. He leaves behind his beloved wife of 41 years, Carol Fanning Weigand; daughter, Sarah (Carey) McDonald, grandson, Julian James McDonald; son, Michael (Annie McDonnell) Weigand; sister, Ann (Edward) Weigand LaTour; sister, Mary Jane (Jeff) Weigand Tanaka; John (Jan) Weigand; sister-in-law, Kay (Chris McLaughlin) Fanning....
Carl William Shallenberger
Nov 6, 2016
Carl William Shallenberger, 82, of Mogadore, died Sunday, November 6, 2016 at the Gardens of Western Reserve in Streetsboro. He was born September 21, 1934 in Boston, MA to Carl W. and Alice C. (Kranz) Breithaupt. He was a veteran of the Army. He was a member and Past President of Twin Lakes Country Club, Kent Area Chamber of Commerce,...
Robert L. Wright
Nov 6, 2016
Robert L. Wright, 64, of Kent, died Sunday, November 6, 2016 at UH Portage Medical Center. He was born December 20, 1951 in Ravenna, to Karl Jones and Printellis Wright. He was a veteran of the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. Robert was employed by the Kent City Schools for over 25 years and was a Supervisor of the...
Pauline M. Wilke
Nov 6, 2016
Pauline M. Wilke, 94, of Brimfield, passed away Sunday, November 6th, 2016. She was born December 23, 1921, to the late Michael and Jane (Brady) Koby. Pauline was also preceded in death by her husband, Frederick A Wilke; and her daughter, Pamela (Wayne) Wilson. She is survived by her sons: Frederick (Carol) Wilke of Hudson, Richard (Joyce) Wilke of Tallmadge;...
Marian Axelson Trueman
Nov 5, 2016
Marian A Trueman, 101, of Kent, passed away Saturday, November 5, 2016 at Avenue at Aurora in Aurora. She was born July 21 1 1915 in Youngstown, to A. Robert and Isabelle Mary (Kenvin) Axelson. She was preceded by her parents, her husband, James H. Trueman, her brother Robert (Gloria) Axelson and sister Mildred (Joseph) Sheehan. A graduate of Lake...
Jane Bernice (Horrocks) Kraft
Nov 5, 2016
Jane B. Kraft 73, of Kent, passed away peacefully at her home on November 5, 2016. A Kent resident since 1992 she was born in Lakewood, to Raymond and Lucille Horrocks, on November 18, 1942. She graduated from Lakewood High School in June of 1961. Jane was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She loved gardening, crocheting, reading, sewing and...
Carolyn Sue Getson
Nov 5, 2016
Carolyn Sue Getson, 62, of Copley, died Saturday, November 5, 2016, with her husband Tim, brother Blake, sister-in-law Linda and brother-in-law Joe at her side. She was born April 12, 1954, in Cleveland to Russell Frank and Margaret Ann (Winter) Getson. Carolyn was most proud to have taught two successive classes of students, from their first through eighth grades, at...
Gertrude "Trudy" Pierce
Nov 3, 2016
Gertrude R. "Trudy" Pierce Gertrude R. "Trudy" Pierce, 97, of Kent, passed away peacefully on November 3rd, 2016. A Kent resident since 1957, she was born June 28, 1919 in Russia Township (Oberlin), OH to Charles and Edna (Sedelke) Squires. A 1936 graduate of Oberlin High School and 1940 graduate of Kent State University, Trudy enjoyed a career in accounting...
Titus Jackman
Nov 2, 2016
Titus Jackman, 87, of Kent, died Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at University Hospital in Cleveland. He was born August 8, 1929 in Kent to John and Margaret (Iarussi) Jackman. He was a 1947 Kent Roosevelt graduate, and a graduate of Kent State University and The Ohio State University Law. He started practice in 1954, serving 62 years in the same...
James C. Baker
Oct 31, 2016
James C. Baker died at age 81 on October 31, 2016, having been born March 10, 1935 in Windfall, Indiana. He is survived by his wife, Phyllis Jean (Harris) Baker of Kent; daughters, Janet Rader and Jolie Baker of Kent; and son R. Jefferson Baker (Joyce) of Garrettsville; grandchildren E. Jean Wills (Jason) of Kent, James Rinehart (Jill) of Morristown,...
E. Alan Simpson
Oct 29, 2016
E. Alan Simpson, 92, of Stow, died Saturday, October 29, 2016 at his home. He was born September 4, 1924 in Piney Fork, to Lincoln and Kathryn (Larmer) Simpson. As a young boy, his family moved to Nottingham where his parents owned Simpson's Serview Inn, a combination restaurant, small grocery store, and gasoline station. Alan had many wonderful memories growing...
Richard Emory Vance
Oct 26, 2016
Richard Emory Vance passed away suddenly at age 63 on October 26 at his South Lincoln Street home in Kent. To know Rick was to love him. The son of the late Emory Vance and Eva Vance, Rick was born Dec. 18, 1953, and is survived by his mother, Eva, beloved wife of 35 years Donna, son Ben and daughter-in-law...
Frank J Smetak
Oct 26, 2016
Frank J. Smetak, 74, of Ravenna, passed away Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at VA Medical Center Cleveland. He was born January 14, 1942 in Cleveland. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving on the USS Cambria, during the Vietnam War. "HE WAS ALWAYS ONE STEP OVER THE LINE." He drove truck for Spector, PIE, and retired from CF....
Phillip D. Noble
Oct 24, 2016
Phillip D. Noble, 70, of Ravenna, passed away Monday, October 24, 2016 at Hospice of Medina County in Medina. He was born August 23, 1946 in Ravenna, to Joseph and Helen (Zalewski) Noble. Phillip attended St. Patrick School, Theodore Roosevelt High School, and received a Bachelor's degree in Marketing from Kent State University. His interest in cars began with the...
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