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Martha B Siefkas
Sep 23, 2014
Martha B. Siefkas, 90, died September 23, 2014. Martha was born in Parkville, Missouri on January 15, 1924. Preceded in death by husband of 60 years, John; sisters, Nadine and Katy; and brother, Lloyd, she is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Mary and Paul Held and Linda Siefkas and Donald Slowik; nieces and nephews; and devoted friend, John Jesenko. An...
John R. Wilson
Sep 22, 2014
John Robert Wilson, 84, of Akron passed away Sept. 22, 2014. He was born April 15, 1930 in Doraville, Georgia to the late John and Sarah Wilson. John was a chemist at Goodyear Research. He enjoyed tennis and golfing and was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church. John is survived son, David (Lynne); and grandchildren, Riley and Andrew. Services will...
Edward Zuendel
Sep 19, 2014
Edward A. Zuendel, age 89, of Silver Lake passed away on Friday, September 19, 2014. Born February 17, 1925 in Akron, he was the son of William G. and Caroline J. (McMullen) Zuendel. Edward served during WWII with the U.S. Navy aboard the U.S.S. Peiffer, he was honorably discharged in 1946. He was a graduate of the Squad at Goodyear....
Anna Arfaras
Sep 18, 2014
Anna Arfaras Anna Arfaras died September 18, 2014 surrounded by her loving nieces and family. Born in Akron, she was a member of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, the Daughters of Penelope, the Akron Woman's City Club and had been very active with the Children's Hospital Day at the Races. Miss Arfaras retired from General Tire as an Executive Secretary....
Macklin Conner Smith
Sep 17, 2014
Macklin Conner Smith, age 15, of Copley passed away on Wednesday, September 17, 2014. Born November 12, 1998 in Akron, he was the son of Christopher Smith and Michele Corathers-Flory. Macklin was a sophomore at Copley High School. He was an active member of the Grace Church Youth group as well as Graham Road Baptist Church in Cuyahoga Falls; he...
Stephen Laning
Sep 15, 2014
Stephen H. Laning, Ph.D., 95, died September 15, 2014. Born in Colonie (Albany), New York, October 18, 1918, to Henry Julius Laning and Maybelle Grounds Laning, he had resided in Akron since 1946. He graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1941, and earned his Ph.D. from Rutgers University in 1947. He was a member of the Society of...
Mildred Hagar
Sep 14, 2014
Mildred E. Hager Mildred E. Hager, 98, passed away September 14, 2014 with her loving children at her side. She was a lifelong Akron area resident. Preceded in death by her husband, Frank; she is survived by her children, Jacquie Kuder (Burt Sirota), Marilyn (Gordon) Graham, Frank (Nel) Hager, Carol (Bob) Fry, Linda (Chuck) Ingersoll, and Millie Telford; 13 grandchildren...
George T Manos
Sep 13, 2014
George T. Manos, 87, beloved husband, father, grandfather and uncle passed away peacefully on September 13, 2014. George was born in Akron, Ohio to Emanuel and Julia Manos. He graduated from West High School, the University of Akron and the University of Cincinnati-College of Law. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Air Force and received numerous military...
Shirley Sikula
Sep 8, 2014
Shirley Ann Sikula, age 77, of Garden City, MI (formerly of Middlefield and Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) died Sept, 8, 2014. Shirley was born on January 1, 1937 in Burton, Ohio. She was the beloved wife of Richard; loving mother of Michael Dean Sikula, Lisa Marie (Arthur) Gutowski, Ann (Bob) Skoschir, Carol Hilton and Richard L. Sikula II; dear grandmother of...
Vera Belden
Sep 8, 2014
Vera I. Belden, age 83, died September 8,2014 in Myrtle Beach, SC. Vera was born July 3,1931 and married Wade A. Belden in 1951. She was a beloved wife to Wade for 55 years until his death in 2006, and a loving mother to her children. Vera was very active in the Church of Our Saviour, Akron, OH where she...
John Kuentz
Sep 8, 2014
John C. "Jack" Kuentz, 88, died early Monday morning, September 8, 2014 at Akron City Hospital (Summa) where he had been a patient for one week. Born October 5, 1925 in Cleveland, Jack was an Eagle Scout, a US Navy veteran, and a graduate of Allegheny College in 1947. Following graduation he joined his father, John Sr., in the family...
Jeanette Dixon
Sep 8, 2014
Private Graveside service to be held. Cemetery Details Rose Hill Burial Park 3653 W. Market St. Fairlawn, OH, 44333
Kenneth F Swanson
Sep 6, 2014
KENNETH F. SWANSON, M.D. Surrounded by close friends, Dr. Kenneth Swanson passed away peacefully on September 6, 2014. He had been ill for two years. Cremation has taken place. Dr. Swanson was born in Chicago, July 31, 1935. His parents, Carl and Emily Swanson, preceded him in death. His only sibling, Carl, also preceded him in death. In 1966, Dr....
Philip C Mccauley
Sep 4, 2014
Dr. Philip C. McCauley, 88, passed away Sept. 4, 2014. Born May 24, 1926 in Akron, he graduated in 1944 from Copley High School and 1950 from The Ohio State University College of Dentistry where he was inducted into the Omicron Kappa Upsilon Dental Honorary. Dr. McCauley practiced dentistry in Copley for 44 years, retiring in 1994. He was a...
John W. Palazzo
Sep 3, 2014
John W. Palazzo John W. Palazzo, 84, passed away peacefully September 3, 2014. Born April 17, 1930 in Akron to the late Benjamin and Angeline Palazzo, he was a graduate of West High School, attended Kent State and Ohio Northern University and was a U.S. Navy veteran. He retired from Logan Machine as vice president and general manager after over...
Roy R Belknap
Sep 2, 2014
Roy R. Belknap, age 68, passed away on Tuesday, September 2, 2014. Born March 21, 1946 in Gassaway, W. Va., Roy was the son of Oscar and Esta (Blosser) Belknap. He served in the U.S. Army, he retired in 2009 from the Eaton Corporation after 41 yrs of service. He was preceded in death by his parents, seven brothers, five...
Eileen J. Crist
Sep 1, 2014
Eileen J. Crist, 95, died September 1, 2014. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Eileen worked at Goodyear Aircraft during World War II where she met her future husband, Harry J. Crist. They were married Jan. 25, 1947. She went back to work in 1960 at a small company, Morgan Adhesives in Stow, Ohio. She worked there until she retired in...
Lynn Warley Louth
Aug 31, 2014
Lynn Warley Louth, 47, died Aug. 31, 2014. A graduate of Ellet High School and the University of Akron, she was employed at Stark County Children's Services and enjoyed scrapbooking and camping. Preceded in death by mother, Patti Ann Warley; she is survived by husband, Robert; children, Paige and Jaret; father, Ralph (Carol) Warley; brother, Darren Warley; father and mother-in-law,...
Virginia A/ Harley
Aug 30, 2014
Virginia A. "Ginny" Harley, Hudson, OH, formerly Norristown, PA, passed away August 30. The daughter of the late Warren E. and Grace (Sims) Harley, Conshohocken and Philadelphia, PA, she was a graduate of Pierce Business School, worked in various secretarial positions with Montgomery County, PA. and was named "Volunteer of the Year 2005" at the Church of the Nazarene, Fairview...
Chester Lamont
Aug 29, 2014
Chester Lamont, 88, died August 29, 2014. Chet was born in 1926 in Cleveland, Ohio to the late Jan and Josephine Lamont (Wienckewicz). Chet served in the US Army - 29th Infantry Div from 1945-1947. Chet retired from Revere Board of Education, where he worked maintenance for 22 years and, along with his wife Jean, provided field maintenance and gate...
Martha B Siefkas
Sep 23, 2014
Martha B. Siefkas, 90, died September 23, 2014. Martha was born in Parkville, Missouri on January 15, 1924. Preceded in death by husband of 60 years, John; sisters, Nadine and Katy; and brother, Lloyd, she is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Mary and Paul Held and Linda Siefkas and Donald Slowik; nieces and nephews; and devoted friend, John Jesenko. An...
John R. Wilson
Sep 22, 2014
John Robert Wilson, 84, of Akron passed away Sept. 22, 2014. He was born April 15, 1930 in Doraville, Georgia to the late John and Sarah Wilson. John was a chemist at Goodyear Research. He enjoyed tennis and golfing and was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church. John is survived son, David (Lynne); and grandchildren, Riley and Andrew. Services will...
Edward Zuendel
Sep 19, 2014
Edward A. Zuendel, age 89, of Silver Lake passed away on Friday, September 19, 2014. Born February 17, 1925 in Akron, he was the son of William G. and Caroline J. (McMullen) Zuendel. Edward served during WWII with the U.S. Navy aboard the U.S.S. Peiffer, he was honorably discharged in 1946. He was a graduate of the Squad at Goodyear....
Anna Arfaras
Sep 18, 2014
Anna Arfaras Anna Arfaras died September 18, 2014 surrounded by her loving nieces and family. Born in Akron, she was a member of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, the Daughters of Penelope, the Akron Woman's City Club and had been very active with the Children's Hospital Day at the Races. Miss Arfaras retired from General Tire as an Executive Secretary....
Macklin Conner Smith
Sep 17, 2014
Macklin Conner Smith, age 15, of Copley passed away on Wednesday, September 17, 2014. Born November 12, 1998 in Akron, he was the son of Christopher Smith and Michele Corathers-Flory. Macklin was a sophomore at Copley High School. He was an active member of the Grace Church Youth group as well as Graham Road Baptist Church in Cuyahoga Falls; he...
Stephen Laning
Sep 15, 2014
Stephen H. Laning, Ph.D., 95, died September 15, 2014. Born in Colonie (Albany), New York, October 18, 1918, to Henry Julius Laning and Maybelle Grounds Laning, he had resided in Akron since 1946. He graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1941, and earned his Ph.D. from Rutgers University in 1947. He was a member of the Society of...
Mildred Hagar
Sep 14, 2014
Mildred E. Hager Mildred E. Hager, 98, passed away September 14, 2014 with her loving children at her side. She was a lifelong Akron area resident. Preceded in death by her husband, Frank; she is survived by her children, Jacquie Kuder (Burt Sirota), Marilyn (Gordon) Graham, Frank (Nel) Hager, Carol (Bob) Fry, Linda (Chuck) Ingersoll, and Millie Telford; 13 grandchildren...
George T Manos
Sep 13, 2014
George T. Manos, 87, beloved husband, father, grandfather and uncle passed away peacefully on September 13, 2014. George was born in Akron, Ohio to Emanuel and Julia Manos. He graduated from West High School, the University of Akron and the University of Cincinnati-College of Law. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Air Force and received numerous military...
Shirley Sikula
Sep 8, 2014
Shirley Ann Sikula, age 77, of Garden City, MI (formerly of Middlefield and Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) died Sept, 8, 2014. Shirley was born on January 1, 1937 in Burton, Ohio. She was the beloved wife of Richard; loving mother of Michael Dean Sikula, Lisa Marie (Arthur) Gutowski, Ann (Bob) Skoschir, Carol Hilton and Richard L. Sikula II; dear grandmother of...
Vera Belden
Sep 8, 2014
Vera I. Belden, age 83, died September 8,2014 in Myrtle Beach, SC. Vera was born July 3,1931 and married Wade A. Belden in 1951. She was a beloved wife to Wade for 55 years until his death in 2006, and a loving mother to her children. Vera was very active in the Church of Our Saviour, Akron, OH where she...
John Kuentz
Sep 8, 2014
John C. "Jack" Kuentz, 88, died early Monday morning, September 8, 2014 at Akron City Hospital (Summa) where he had been a patient for one week. Born October 5, 1925 in Cleveland, Jack was an Eagle Scout, a US Navy veteran, and a graduate of Allegheny College in 1947. Following graduation he joined his father, John Sr., in the family...
Jeanette Dixon
Sep 8, 2014
Private Graveside service to be held. Cemetery Details Rose Hill Burial Park 3653 W. Market St. Fairlawn, OH, 44333
Kenneth F Swanson
Sep 6, 2014
KENNETH F. SWANSON, M.D. Surrounded by close friends, Dr. Kenneth Swanson passed away peacefully on September 6, 2014. He had been ill for two years. Cremation has taken place. Dr. Swanson was born in Chicago, July 31, 1935. His parents, Carl and Emily Swanson, preceded him in death. His only sibling, Carl, also preceded him in death. In 1966, Dr....
Philip C Mccauley
Sep 4, 2014
Dr. Philip C. McCauley, 88, passed away Sept. 4, 2014. Born May 24, 1926 in Akron, he graduated in 1944 from Copley High School and 1950 from The Ohio State University College of Dentistry where he was inducted into the Omicron Kappa Upsilon Dental Honorary. Dr. McCauley practiced dentistry in Copley for 44 years, retiring in 1994. He was a...
John W. Palazzo
Sep 3, 2014
John W. Palazzo John W. Palazzo, 84, passed away peacefully September 3, 2014. Born April 17, 1930 in Akron to the late Benjamin and Angeline Palazzo, he was a graduate of West High School, attended Kent State and Ohio Northern University and was a U.S. Navy veteran. He retired from Logan Machine as vice president and general manager after over...
Roy R Belknap
Sep 2, 2014
Roy R. Belknap, age 68, passed away on Tuesday, September 2, 2014. Born March 21, 1946 in Gassaway, W. Va., Roy was the son of Oscar and Esta (Blosser) Belknap. He served in the U.S. Army, he retired in 2009 from the Eaton Corporation after 41 yrs of service. He was preceded in death by his parents, seven brothers, five...
Eileen J. Crist
Sep 1, 2014
Eileen J. Crist, 95, died September 1, 2014. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Eileen worked at Goodyear Aircraft during World War II where she met her future husband, Harry J. Crist. They were married Jan. 25, 1947. She went back to work in 1960 at a small company, Morgan Adhesives in Stow, Ohio. She worked there until she retired in...
Lynn Warley Louth
Aug 31, 2014
Lynn Warley Louth, 47, died Aug. 31, 2014. A graduate of Ellet High School and the University of Akron, she was employed at Stark County Children's Services and enjoyed scrapbooking and camping. Preceded in death by mother, Patti Ann Warley; she is survived by husband, Robert; children, Paige and Jaret; father, Ralph (Carol) Warley; brother, Darren Warley; father and mother-in-law,...
Virginia A/ Harley
Aug 30, 2014
Virginia A. "Ginny" Harley, Hudson, OH, formerly Norristown, PA, passed away August 30. The daughter of the late Warren E. and Grace (Sims) Harley, Conshohocken and Philadelphia, PA, she was a graduate of Pierce Business School, worked in various secretarial positions with Montgomery County, PA. and was named "Volunteer of the Year 2005" at the Church of the Nazarene, Fairview...
Chester Lamont
Aug 29, 2014
Chester Lamont, 88, died August 29, 2014. Chet was born in 1926 in Cleveland, Ohio to the late Jan and Josephine Lamont (Wienckewicz). Chet served in the US Army - 29th Infantry Div from 1945-1947. Chet retired from Revere Board of Education, where he worked maintenance for 22 years and, along with his wife Jean, provided field maintenance and gate...
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