Theodore Kost
May 12, 2013
Theodore Kost, 91, passed away Sunday, May 12, 2013. He was born in Busowisko, Ukraine and came to the United States and Atwater in 1949. Mr. Kost was the owner- operator of Atwater Nursery for 36 years until his retirement. He was a member of Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Church. Mr. Kost was also an established musician and artist....
Roy Edward Gracy
May 10, 2013
Roy Edward Gracy, 95, of Green, Ohio passed away Friday, May 10, 2013. Roy was born May 22, 1917 to Earl and Ellen (Hodapp) Gracy in Canton, Ohio. He was employed by Berger Division of Republic Steel for 32 years and Sears Roebuck in Alliance for 14 years. Roy is survived by wife of 70 years, Marie; nephew, Bud (Astrid)...
L. W. Dannemiller
May 9, 2013
L. W. (Roy) Dannemiller, 89, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2013 at Akron City Hospital after a brief illness. Roy was born July 22, 1923 in Akron to Leo and Anna (Seidel) Dannemiller and had been an Akron resident his entire life. He was employed by Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. for 38 years retiring in 1982. He was...
Mark Sieverding
May 8, 2013
Mark Sieverding, 56, passed away Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at Hospice of Summa. Mark leaves to mourn his passing his wife, three children, a grandson, his father and seven siblings. He joins in heaven his mother and granddaughter. A Funeral Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated Saturday at 10 a.m. in Queen of Heaven Catholic Church, 1800 Steese...
Lawrence J. 'Shorty' Bohm
May 6, 2013
Lawrence Bohm, 94, passed away on May 6, at the Hospice Care Center in Copley surrounded by family. Born in Akron on August 18, 1918 to the late Frank & Therezia Bohm, Larry had been a lifetime area resident. He was employed as a machinist for 47 years at Babcock & Wilcox, retiring in 1983. Larry served our country...
Mildred Tumbas
May 5, 2013
Mildred Tumbus, 95, passed away on Orthodox Easter Sunday, May 5, 2013. "Christ is Risen." Mildred was born to the late Obrad and Dafina (Telecka) Malencic in Akron on January 12, 1918. Mildred was a lifetime and very active member of St. Demetrius Serbian Orthodox Church. She was a former treasurer of the church and a charter member and...
Ann Marie Segedy
May 4, 2013
After a long, difficult and courageous battle with multiple sclerosis, Ann Marie went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Ann Marie was born August 29, 1945 to Anthony L. and Bette H. Destro in Sault Ste. Marie, MI and had been an Akron resident for most of her life. She was a 1963 graduate of...
Patricia Ann 'Patsy' Davis
May 2, 2013
Patricia 'Patsy' Davis, 77, passed away peacefully at her home on May 2, 2013. Born in Akron on October 11, 1935 to the late Harold & Gladys Phillips, Patsy had been a Northampton resident for most of her life. She was a graduate of Hudson High School and the Good Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing in Lexington, KY. She...
Deborah K. Benedict
Apr 28, 2013
Deborah (Bulgrin) Benedict, 59, passed away on April 28, 2013 in Zephyr Hills, Florida. She was born in Akron. Deborah was preceded in death by her father, Arthur L. Bulgrin; and step-father, Marvin Benson. She is survived by her mother, Betty (Stott) Benson; daughter, Jennifer Mitchell; sons, Michael Comp and Tony Mitchell; grandchildren, Alex Comp, Dylan Westfall and Gabrielle...
Susan Margaret Myers
Apr 27, 2013
Susan M. Myers, 96, passed away Saturday, April 27, 2013. She was born in Avella, Pennsylvania and retired from the Manchester Tool Company after 20 years of service. She enjoyed cooking, gardening and the outdoors. Her life was her family. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph; brothers, Louis, Ben and Al Kovach; and sister, Josephine Makkos....
Anna J. Defago
Apr 25, 2013
Anna was born on December 13, 1926 and she passed away with grace and dignity at high noon on Thursday, April 25, 2013 surrounded by all her granddaughters, their parents, and friends, as well as her awesome clinical team at Summa's Western Reserve Hospital following a brief illness. Known as Ann to her family and friends, she spent her...
William F. Gay
Apr 25, 2013
William F. Gay, 92, passed away Thursday April 25, 2013. William was born October 11, 1920 to Frank E. and Clara (Gillingham) Gay in Youngstown, Ohio and had been an Akron resident for most of his life. He was employed as an engineering writer by Goodyear Aerospace for 32 years retiring in 1985 and had been a radio announcer...
Susan Dawn Costello
Apr 24, 2013
Susan Dawn Costello, 54, passed away unexpectedly on April 24, 2013. She was born in Akron. She was preceded in death by her mother, Barbara (Brany); sister, Patricia Dawn Costello; and brother, Michael. She is survived by her father, Raymond R.; daughter, Patricia Boser; brothers, Sean and Tim Costello; sisters, Charlene (David) Winebrenner and Donna Costello; and niece, Tracey...
Carol L. Gander
Apr 23, 2013
CUYAHOGA FALLS - Carol L. Gander, 77, passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2013. She was born in Canton, Ohio and was a library technician with the Akron Public School System at Seiberling Elementary School in Akron retiring after 25 years of service. She most recently was the executive director of the Northeastern Ohio Tennis Association for 11 1/2 years....
Gerald Arthur 'Jerry' Pitz
Apr 22, 2013
Beloved husband and father, Gerald Arthur (Jerry) Pitz, 77, of Cuyahoga Falls went home to God on April 22, 2013 after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease. He was born in Akron on March 31, 1936 to Mildred and James E. Pitz, and was a lifelong resident of the area. He attended North High School, and worked for the...
Elizabeth Anne Triola
Apr 20, 2013
Elizabeth Ann Triola, 92, passed away Saturday, April 20, 2013 at the Hospice Care Center. Elizabeth was born May 4, 1920 to John and Jane (McKie) Chapman in Oak Bank, Scotland. She moved to Australia from ages of 5 to 15, returned to Scotland and came to the United States and Akron in 1947. She was a member of...
Cary Douglas Caesar
Apr 20, 2013
C. Douglas Caesar, 69, passed away on April 20, 2013 after a nine year battle with a glioblastoma (brain tumor). Born in Akron on October 13, 1943 to the late William and Virginia Caesar, Doug was a 1961 graduate of Cuyahoga Falls High School. In 1965, he graduated from the Cinncinati Conservatory of Music and went on to teach...
Rosalia Luc
Apr 18, 2013
Rosalia "Babcia" (Ukrainiec) Luc, 91, passed away Thursday, April 18, 2013 at Maison Aine. Rosalia, one of 8 children was born in 1925 on Christmas Day in Busowysko, Ukraine to Michael and Maria (Lach) Ukrainiec. At the age 20, she was made to leave her family and home in the Ukraine to work in forced labor. In 1946, she...
Katherine Elizabeth Eggert
Apr 17, 2013
Katherine Elizabeth (Cintavy) Eggert passed away Wednesday April 17, 2013 after a long life of love and blessings. She left us with the gifts the ability to care for others, sacrifice, faith in the Lord and her ornery nature. Katherine was born November 24, 1919 to Peter and Elizabeth (Barecic) Cintavy in Barberton and had been an area resident...
Verna Buckshaw
Apr 17, 2013
Verna Buckshaw, 84, passed away Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at Cuyahoga Falls General Hospital. She was born in Windber, Pennsylvania. She was preceded in death by her parents, Andy and Mary (Polash) Mauger. She is survived by her husband of 66 years, Alex Buckshaw, Sr; sons, Alex, Jr. (Peggy) and Jerry (Phyllis) Buckshaw; daughters, Janet Thomas and Judy (Ben)...