Obituaries

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Serving Families Throughout Summit And Stark Counties. Located In Akron, Cuyahoga Falls, And Green.

James Brian Cole

James Brian Cole

Sep 6, 2020

GREEN - James B. Cole, 63, passed away Sunday, September 6, 2020 at Mercy Medical Center after a brief illness. Jim was born June 16, 1957 to Robert and Doris (Recker) Cole in Akron and had been a Green resident most of his life. He was a graduate of Green High School in 1976. He worked for...

Carole Irene (Shopper) Merkl

Carole Irene (Shopper) Merkl

Sep 2, 2020

Carole I. Merkl, 79, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at Akron City Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Carole was born to Joseph and Ethel (Beres) Shopper on May 6, 1941 in Akron. A lifelong Akron resident, she attended Immaculate Conception School and graduated from St. Mary High School in 1959. Carole fell in love with...

Darla Jean (Walls) Nemith

Darla Jean (Walls) Nemith

Sep 2, 2020

Darla J. Nemith, 68, passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at her home. Darla was born August 22, 1952 and grew up in Akron. She graduated from Central High School in 1970. Darla married Joe Nemith Jr. in 1971 and together they raised their son JJ. She was a dedicated sports mom and never missed a softball,...

Charles Lee Clinebell

Charles Lee Clinebell

Sep 2, 2020

Charles Lee Clinebell, 88, passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2020. He was born in Elkins, West Virginia and was a member of the First Church of the Brethren of Akron. He retired from Firestone Tire and Rubber Company as a Plant Manager and Consultant. Mr. Clinebell was a veteran of the United States Army serving during the...

Barbara Luella (Cusick) Rhodes

Barbara Luella (Cusick) Rhodes

Aug 31, 2020

-CUYAHOGA FALLS Barbara L. Rhodes, 81 passed away peacefully on August 31, 2020. Barb was born on October 30, 1938 in Steubenville, OH to the late James P. & Martha E. Cusick. She was a graduate of Steubenville Central Catholic High School and had been a Cuyahoga Falls resident for over 50 years. Barb was a longtime parishioner of...

Walter Matthew Daniels

Walter Matthew Daniels

Aug 31, 2020

GREEN, OHIO - Walter Daniels, 94, passed away on August 31, 2020 at his son's home with family by his side. Walter was born August 10, 1926 in Scranton, PA to Simeon and Helen Daniels. He was a Pathologist at Mayview State Hospital, retiring in 1993. He was a member of Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church in...

James Philip Neidert

James Philip Neidert

Aug 30, 2020

James P. Neidert, Sr., 78, passed away Sunday, August 30, 2020 at his home. James was born December 29, 1941 to Philip and Elizabeth (Koch) Neidert in Akron and had been an area resident his entire life. He was a 1959 graduate of Garfield High School. James was a mechanic, starting at his father's garage, moving to...

Mark Alan Dannemiller

Mark Alan Dannemiller

Aug 29, 2020

-STOW Mark Alan Dannemiller, 48, passed away at home, surrounded by family on August 29, 2020. Mark was born in Akron on October 23, 1971 to Robert & Sharon Dannemiller. Mark began high school at St. Vincent St. Mary in Akron and graduated from Archbishop Alemany High School in 1990, after moving with his family to Northridge,...

Margaret M. Cornell

Margaret M. Cornell

Aug 24, 2020

Margaret "Peg" Steurer Cornell, 74, passed away on August 24, 2020 at her home in Arizona.  Born in Akron to the late George and Elizabeth Steurer, she had moved to Arizona 18 years ago.  She had attended St. Paul's Grade School and graduated from Coventry High School. Before her retirement she was a Staff Specialist for Allstate Insurance in Hudson. ...

Florene Batton

Florene Batton

Aug 24, 2020

Florene Batton, age 92, beloved daughter, sister, Auntie Flo and friend, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on August 24, 2020. Flo was born on November 15, 1927 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio and was a member of the Stow High School class of 1945. She started work for B.F. Goodrich at the age of...

Vivian E. Dicaudo

Vivian E. Dicaudo

Aug 23, 2020

Vivian E. DiCaudo, 85, of Silver Lake passed away on August 23, 2020. Born in Akron to the late Vincent and Rose Lalli, Mrs. DiCaudo was a lifetime area resident. She held a Masters Degree in Education and had taught for Cuyahoga Falls Schools. She was a member of Holy Family Parish. Preceded in death by her husband, Vincent, she...

Julie Gay (Iorio) Clegg

Julie Gay (Iorio) Clegg

Aug 23, 2020

Julie Clegg (Iorio), 67, passed away unexpectedly on August 23, 2020. Julie was born in Akron on May 23, 1953 to the late John & Jean Iorio. She was a 1971 graduate of Garfield High School. Julie worked for over 43 years as a pharmacy technician, retiring in 2015. She currently worked as a receptionist at the...

Ingeborg Margarete Wegner

Ingeborg Margarete Wegner

Aug 23, 2020

Ingeborg M. Wegner (nee Striebel), born June 12, 1933 in Pforzheim Germany, passed away on August 23, 2020, with family around her. She was the only child of Robert & Margarete Striebel (nee Urbanski). A child during WWII in Germany, she survived the war and horrific inhumanity she witnessed; yet never lost her deep compassion and love for others....

Beth Vandiver

Beth Vandiver

Aug 22, 2020

Donna Elizabeth "Beth" Vandiver, 67, passed away on August 22 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Born in Meridian, Miss. the daughter of the late Noble and Ruth Stevens, Beth had been an area resident for most of her life. She had worked as a health aid for Hattie Larlham. Her survivors include husband of 37 years, Daniel;...

Domenick Carl Felice

Domenick Carl Felice

Aug 22, 2020

Domenick Felice of Akron, Ohio passed away on Aug 22, 2020. His loved ones are composing his obituary, which you will be able to read here.

Jane Gracan

Jane Gracan

Aug 22, 2020

Jane Gracan, passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2020, at Maplewood at Cuyahoga Falls. Jane was born June 24, 1916, to Frank and Mary (Olczewski) Mileski. She attended St. Hedwig grade school, North High School and worked for B.F. Goodrich for over 40 years. During her employment, with her meticulous attention to detail, she was given the...

Robert William Yeager

Robert William Yeager

Aug 21, 2020

Robert W. Yeager, 89, passed away August 21, 2020 at Akron City Hospital. Robert was born February 19, 1931 to Aloysius and Genevieve (Mitsch) Yeager in Swissvale, PA and had been an Akron area resident most of his life. He was a veteran of the Air Force during the Korean War. He was employed as an engineer in the...

Richard C. Weisman

Richard C. Weisman

Aug 21, 2020

Richard C. Weisman, 77, passed away August 21, at Akron General ICU from kidney and liver failure due to complications from diabetes and also pneumonia. Richard was born in Canton, Ohio and moved to Akron/Barberton area at the age of 2, where he lived all his life. He attended Garfield High School and worked for trucking companies. He retired...

Mary Anne (Doherty) Nicholas

Mary Anne (Doherty) Nicholas

Aug 20, 2020

Mary Anne Nicholas (Doherty) Mary Anne Nicholas (Doherty), 54, passed away Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, in Akron, Ohio. Mary was born Feb. 18, 1966, in Cleveland, Ohio, and grew up in LA (Lower Akron) in Firestone Park. She attended Voris Elementary School, St. Paul School and Roswell Kent Junior High School before graduating from Garfield High School...

William G. Panchak

William G. Panchak

Aug 20, 2020

William G. Panchak, 88, passed away Thursday, August 20, 2020. He was born in Barberton, Ohio and was a member of St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church. Mr. Panchak retired from the Parker Hannifin Corporation in 1994 after 35 years of service. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving the Korean Conflict and was also a...