Obituaries
Obituaries for The Billow Funeral Homes & Crematory
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Dollie J. Ward
Jun 25, 2013
Dollie J. Ward (Anders) passed away June 25, 2013. She was born in Copley, Ohio on March 12, 1938. Dollie retired from Acme with 28 years service and remained close to many of her co-workers. She was a special lady with a big heart who will be missed by all. Preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Enie Anders;...
Edna T Buergler
Jun 22, 2013
Edna T. Buergler, 85, passed away June 22, 2013. Born in Charleston, WV, she had been an Akron resident since 1960. A member of Woodland United Methodist Church, Witan, Alpha Phi International Fraternity, Akron Woman's City Club and the University Club, she had been a board member, past president and president emerita of the Y.W.C.A. Preceded in death by husbands,...
Opal Marie Duncan
Jun 21, 2013
Opal Marie Duncan, 81, passed away June 21, 2013. Born May 15, 1932 in Charleston, W. Va., she was known for her bright smile and kind heart. Preceded in death by her parents, Ford and Oakley Casto; son, Edward Duncan; and sisters, Janet (Charles) Abernathy and Reba (Don) Abernathy; she leaves behind, her loving husband of 63 years, Carl; daughter,...
Viola M Skidmore
Jun 21, 2013
Viola Skidmore, 85 of Akron, Ohio passed away peacefully on Friday evening with her three sons by her side. Vi was a lifetime resident of Akron and graduated from Garfield High School in 1946. She joyfully served in the East Side and Bath congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses. She found great joy in studying and glorifying the word of Jehovah and...
Mary E Nilsen
Jun 20, 2013
Mary E. Nilsen, age 90, died peacefully on June 20, 2013, after a brief stay in hospice. While living a great deal of her life in Akron, Ohio, she also wintered in Deltona, FL and lived the last five years of her married life in Bucksport, Maine, before returning again to Akron as a resident for the past eleven years....
Roswell Branson Dorsett
Jun 20, 2013
Roswell Branson Dorsett, Jr., 89, died June 20, 2013. Born July 8, 1923 in Akron, he was a life resident. A U.S. Army Veteran of World War II with service in New Guinea, he was a 32nd degree Mason and member of Loyalty Lodge F&AM, past president of the West Akron Kiwanis and member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Mr....
Marva Bartholomew Armstrong
Jun 17, 2013
Marva Bartholomew Armstrong, died peacefully on June 17, 2013. She was born July 11, 1927 to Lillian Bown and Elmer Bartholomew in Fayette, Utah. She graduated from Snow Junior College in Ephraim, Utah, where she met her future husband, Jack Armond Armstrong, whom she married on June 6, 1947. She is survived by her four devoted children, Patrice (Lloyd) Clareman,...
Lewis H Walker
Jun 13, 2013
Lewis H. Walker, M.D. died Thursday June 13, 2013. He was born December 20, 1921 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Lew was a graduate of Washington High School, Butler University and the Indiana University School of Medicine class of 1944. He served with the United States occupation forces in Japan from 1946 to 1948 after World War II as a Captain in...
Alice Marie Hutson
Jun 12, 2013
Alice M. Hutson (nee Twigg), 78, passed away Wednesday, June 12, 2013 after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas E. Hutson Sr.; son, Thomas E. Hutson Jr.; and her sister Carol Twigg Byrd. She is survived by her children, Jerri Sauter (Howard), Michael, Patrick (Pam), Kathleen Francis (John), Erin O'Neill (Kevin); her...
La Vonne K. (Holland) Kottka Nee Mallison
Jun 9, 2013
La Vonne (Holland) Kottka nee Mallison On June 9th, 2013, two months shy of her 87th birthday, La Vonne Kottka closed her beautiful green eyes that she was known for and left us to rejoin family and friends, her Pom, Machu, and granddog, Muffie, waiting for her in Heaven. La Vonne was a North Hill girl, born and raised in...
Esther Elizabeth Kunce
Jun 6, 2013
Esther Elizabeth Kunce CUYAHOGA FALLS -- Esther Elizabeth Kunce, 82, passed away on June 6, 2013 after a brief illness. Esther was born March 24, 1931 to James & Fania (Fanny) McNeill in Washington, D.C., where she attended grade school and junior high school. She moved to Erie, PA in 1945, graduated from Erie East High School, with honors in...
Jo Ann Smith
Jun 5, 2013
Jo Ann Smith, 81, died June 5, 2013. A life resident of Akron, she was a graduate of Buchtel High School and Wittenberg College where she was a member of Chi Omega Sorority. She was a home economics teacher, a primitive antique dealer and a voracious decorator. She loved her family and grandchildren, following their activities and sports, and loved...
Virginia A Carrell
Jun 4, 2013
Virginia Andrews Carrell, 96, died June 4, 2013. Known to friends and family as "Bootie," Virginia was a devoted, innovative contributor to the Akron community. In addition to being a member of the Women's Board of Akron City Hospital, she served the Junior League and St. Paul's Episcopal Church. For 34 years Virginia was Director of Activities for Rockynol Retirement...
Dorothy W. Nagy
Jun 2, 2013
Dorothy Wallace Nagy January 28, 1918 - June 2, 2013 AKRON, OHIO-Dorothy Wallace Nagy, loving mother, devoted friend, lover of chocolate covered orange peels and cherries, dog lover and bird-watcher extraordinaire passed away on Sunday, June 2, 2013. Dorothy was a refined, graceful woman who left an indelible mark on those who knew her. She was born to the late...
Craig Popian
May 31, 2013
Craig A. Popian of Akron passed away Friday, May 31, 2013. The family will be having a private burial service. Please send all condolences to be shared with his family to P.O. Box 484 Wadsworth, OH 44282 care of Ashley Lautzenhiser. (Billow, 330-867-4141)
Mouna Silfani
May 30, 2013
Mouna Silfani (née Maroun) was born in Aitanit, Lebanon on January 30, 1936, emigrated to the United States in 1969, and passed away after an extended illness on May 30, 2013. Settling in Akron, Ohio she raised her family, owned a local business, and made her mark on this world. She was a devoted member of Our Lady of the...
Carolyn R Dumont
May 30, 2013
Carolyn Reagan (Nockengost) DuMont Carolyn Reagan (Nockengost) DuMont, 71, born in Uniontown, PA, the eldest daughter of the late Edward A. and Bertha P. Reagan, passed away on May 30, 2013. Carolyn is survived by her children, Kevin (Tari) Nockengost of Cuyahoga Falls, Keara (Gary) Mitchhart of Bath, Mary (Anders) DuMont-Thygesen of Saeby, Denmark; grandchildren, Samantha, Erika and Alexandra Nockengost,...
Donna Schoner
May 27, 2013
Donna Jean (Wells) Schoner, 90, born in Kent and a lifetime resident of the Akron area, passed from this life on May 27, 2013. Donna was born February 12, 1923 to Gilbert and Edith Mae Wells and was a life long member and volunteer at St John/St. Paul Lutheran Church. She also spent many hours as a volunteer at NEO...
Dollie J. Ward
Jun 25, 2013
Dollie J. Ward (Anders) passed away June 25, 2013. She was born in Copley, Ohio on March 12, 1938. Dollie retired from Acme with 28 years service and remained close to many of her co-workers. She was a special lady with a big heart who will be missed by all. Preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Enie Anders;...
Edna T Buergler
Jun 22, 2013
Edna T. Buergler, 85, passed away June 22, 2013. Born in Charleston, WV, she had been an Akron resident since 1960. A member of Woodland United Methodist Church, Witan, Alpha Phi International Fraternity, Akron Woman's City Club and the University Club, she had been a board member, past president and president emerita of the Y.W.C.A. Preceded in death by husbands,...
Opal Marie Duncan
Jun 21, 2013
Opal Marie Duncan, 81, passed away June 21, 2013. Born May 15, 1932 in Charleston, W. Va., she was known for her bright smile and kind heart. Preceded in death by her parents, Ford and Oakley Casto; son, Edward Duncan; and sisters, Janet (Charles) Abernathy and Reba (Don) Abernathy; she leaves behind, her loving husband of 63 years, Carl; daughter,...
Viola M Skidmore
Jun 21, 2013
Viola Skidmore, 85 of Akron, Ohio passed away peacefully on Friday evening with her three sons by her side. Vi was a lifetime resident of Akron and graduated from Garfield High School in 1946. She joyfully served in the East Side and Bath congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses. She found great joy in studying and glorifying the word of Jehovah and...
Mary E Nilsen
Jun 20, 2013
Mary E. Nilsen, age 90, died peacefully on June 20, 2013, after a brief stay in hospice. While living a great deal of her life in Akron, Ohio, she also wintered in Deltona, FL and lived the last five years of her married life in Bucksport, Maine, before returning again to Akron as a resident for the past eleven years....
Roswell Branson Dorsett
Jun 20, 2013
Roswell Branson Dorsett, Jr., 89, died June 20, 2013. Born July 8, 1923 in Akron, he was a life resident. A U.S. Army Veteran of World War II with service in New Guinea, he was a 32nd degree Mason and member of Loyalty Lodge F&AM, past president of the West Akron Kiwanis and member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Mr....
Marva Bartholomew Armstrong
Jun 17, 2013
Marva Bartholomew Armstrong, died peacefully on June 17, 2013. She was born July 11, 1927 to Lillian Bown and Elmer Bartholomew in Fayette, Utah. She graduated from Snow Junior College in Ephraim, Utah, where she met her future husband, Jack Armond Armstrong, whom she married on June 6, 1947. She is survived by her four devoted children, Patrice (Lloyd) Clareman,...
Lewis H Walker
Jun 13, 2013
Lewis H. Walker, M.D. died Thursday June 13, 2013. He was born December 20, 1921 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Lew was a graduate of Washington High School, Butler University and the Indiana University School of Medicine class of 1944. He served with the United States occupation forces in Japan from 1946 to 1948 after World War II as a Captain in...
Alice Marie Hutson
Jun 12, 2013
Alice M. Hutson (nee Twigg), 78, passed away Wednesday, June 12, 2013 after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas E. Hutson Sr.; son, Thomas E. Hutson Jr.; and her sister Carol Twigg Byrd. She is survived by her children, Jerri Sauter (Howard), Michael, Patrick (Pam), Kathleen Francis (John), Erin O'Neill (Kevin); her...
La Vonne K. (Holland) Kottka Nee Mallison
Jun 9, 2013
La Vonne (Holland) Kottka nee Mallison On June 9th, 2013, two months shy of her 87th birthday, La Vonne Kottka closed her beautiful green eyes that she was known for and left us to rejoin family and friends, her Pom, Machu, and granddog, Muffie, waiting for her in Heaven. La Vonne was a North Hill girl, born and raised in...
Esther Elizabeth Kunce
Jun 6, 2013
Esther Elizabeth Kunce CUYAHOGA FALLS -- Esther Elizabeth Kunce, 82, passed away on June 6, 2013 after a brief illness. Esther was born March 24, 1931 to James & Fania (Fanny) McNeill in Washington, D.C., where she attended grade school and junior high school. She moved to Erie, PA in 1945, graduated from Erie East High School, with honors in...
Jo Ann Smith
Jun 5, 2013
Jo Ann Smith, 81, died June 5, 2013. A life resident of Akron, she was a graduate of Buchtel High School and Wittenberg College where she was a member of Chi Omega Sorority. She was a home economics teacher, a primitive antique dealer and a voracious decorator. She loved her family and grandchildren, following their activities and sports, and loved...
Virginia A Carrell
Jun 4, 2013
Virginia Andrews Carrell, 96, died June 4, 2013. Known to friends and family as "Bootie," Virginia was a devoted, innovative contributor to the Akron community. In addition to being a member of the Women's Board of Akron City Hospital, she served the Junior League and St. Paul's Episcopal Church. For 34 years Virginia was Director of Activities for Rockynol Retirement...
Dorothy W. Nagy
Jun 2, 2013
Dorothy Wallace Nagy January 28, 1918 - June 2, 2013 AKRON, OHIO-Dorothy Wallace Nagy, loving mother, devoted friend, lover of chocolate covered orange peels and cherries, dog lover and bird-watcher extraordinaire passed away on Sunday, June 2, 2013. Dorothy was a refined, graceful woman who left an indelible mark on those who knew her. She was born to the late...
Craig Popian
May 31, 2013
Craig A. Popian of Akron passed away Friday, May 31, 2013. The family will be having a private burial service. Please send all condolences to be shared with his family to P.O. Box 484 Wadsworth, OH 44282 care of Ashley Lautzenhiser. (Billow, 330-867-4141)
Mouna Silfani
May 30, 2013
Mouna Silfani (née Maroun) was born in Aitanit, Lebanon on January 30, 1936, emigrated to the United States in 1969, and passed away after an extended illness on May 30, 2013. Settling in Akron, Ohio she raised her family, owned a local business, and made her mark on this world. She was a devoted member of Our Lady of the...
Carolyn R Dumont
May 30, 2013
Carolyn Reagan (Nockengost) DuMont Carolyn Reagan (Nockengost) DuMont, 71, born in Uniontown, PA, the eldest daughter of the late Edward A. and Bertha P. Reagan, passed away on May 30, 2013. Carolyn is survived by her children, Kevin (Tari) Nockengost of Cuyahoga Falls, Keara (Gary) Mitchhart of Bath, Mary (Anders) DuMont-Thygesen of Saeby, Denmark; grandchildren, Samantha, Erika and Alexandra Nockengost,...
Donna Schoner
May 27, 2013
Donna Jean (Wells) Schoner, 90, born in Kent and a lifetime resident of the Akron area, passed from this life on May 27, 2013. Donna was born February 12, 1923 to Gilbert and Edith Mae Wells and was a life long member and volunteer at St John/St. Paul Lutheran Church. She also spent many hours as a volunteer at NEO...
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