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Cecelia Hope Lee
Jan 22, 2013
Cecilia Hope Lee, born November 6, 2012, passed away peacefully in the arms of her loving parents on January 22, 2013. Cece is deeply loved by her parents, Katie and Christopher Lee; grandparents, James and Linda Hultz and Keen and Judith Lee; aunt and uncle, Kim and Brian Merriman and their children, Abigail and T.J.; aunt and uncle, Jennifer and...
Marjorie Grace Schmidt
Jan 21, 2013
Marjorie Grace Schmidt, 92, died at home January 21, surrounded by family and listening to the music of Benny Goodman. Marjorie was born at home in Kenmore on July 15, 1920, to Paul Hollinger, Kenmore's last mayor before annexation by Akron, and Ethel Cox Hollinger. She attended Lawndale Elementary and Kenmore High School where she played alto sax and clarinet...
Muriel Fleck Gentsch
Jan 21, 2013
Muriel Fleck Gentsch, 86, was reunited in death with her beloved husband, Fred, on January 21, 2013. Muriel was born in New York City to Julia Marie and Walter Anton Fleck. She attended the College of Mount Saint Vincent, Hunter College of the City of New York, and the University of Akron. Muriel met her husband, Fred Gentsch, at a...
Mary Ruth Neff
Jan 21, 2013
Mary Ruth Neff, 89, born August 7, 1923, passed away January 21, 2013. Born in Akron, she graduated from North H.S. and lived in Akron all of her life. Mary Ruth was a homemaker, caregiver and a volunteer for many local organizations. Preceded in death by her husband, Earl, she is survived by sons, Thomas (Claudia), John (Wendy); daughters, Christine...
Florence V Coughlin
Jan 19, 2013
Florence V. Coughlin, 94, passed away January 19, 2013. Born in Akron, her work with Sheraton Hotels took her to Miami, FL where she resided for nearly 40 years before returning to Cuyahoga Falls in late 2003. Her vitality and zest for life made Florence beloved of all who knew her. Welcoming and always hospitable, Florence was a giving and...
Josephine (Jo) M. Stafinski
Jan 18, 2013
Josephine (Jo) M. Stafinski, 92, a celebrated Akron bowler, died Friday, January 18, 2013. Born in Akron on October 23, 1920, Jo graduated from Central High School and retired from Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. Jo was a champion on the women's bowling circuit in the early 1950's with the renowned ABC Cleaners team and the Beacon Journal Ladies All-Star...
Beverly M Mulrooney
Jan 17, 2013
Beverly M. Mulrooney, 76, of Akron, passed away 2013 at the Hospice of VNS in Fairlawn. Beverly fought a valiant fight against Cancer (MDS) but was unable to defeat this disease. Beverly was the daughter of George A. Smith and Margaret (Petrasek) Smith, who pre-deceased her. She was born May 31, 1936 in Akron, Ohio, and lived her entire life...
Paul August Urbank
Jan 13, 2013
Paul August Urbank, 88, died Jan. 13, 2013. Paul August Urbank, born April 19, 1924, named for Paul Revere, was fitting for a man who loved history and politics his entire life. He graduated from Hudson High School in 1942 as the class president. He served in the Army in World War II in the Pacific Theater. Upon his return,...
Miran "Mike" Tutelian
Jan 13, 2013
Miran "Mike" Tutelian, 85, died January 13, 2013. A U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, he was a graduate of Toledo DeVilbiss High School in 1945 and the University of Toledo in 1950 and was a life member of its Alumni Association. He was a 32nd degree Mason, member of the Scottish Rite and the Toledo Zenobia Shrine. A...
Beverly Jean Linn
Jan 13, 2013
Beverly Jean Linn, 74, died January 13, 2013. A graduate of Ohio University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism, she was an assistant buyer for millinery at the M.O'Neil Co., worked as a headline writer at the Brunswick Leader Post, a reimbursable supply clerk for the 2nd Army area, but her greatest job of all was being a...
Ruth A. Kindelberger
Jan 9, 2013
Ruth A. Kindelberger (nee Zimmer), 90, departed this world for her heavenly home early Wednesday morning, January 9, 2013. Born March 1, 1922 in Livingston County, Ill., Ruth grew up in West Akron and graduated from Buchtel High School in 1939. She also attended Hammel Business College graduating in 1941. Married in 1947 to Albert, the couple resided in Cuyahoga...
Frank Winkler
Jan 9, 2013
Frank Winkler, 95, passed away January 9, 2013. Frank was born in 1917 and lived in the greater Akron area all of his life. He was retired from Akron Equipment where he was a tool and die maker for more than 40 years which included working on tire molds for critical military planes and vehicles during World War II. He...
Helen Killory Qammar
Jan 7, 2013
Helen Killory Qammar, 54, passed away Monday evening in Akron. Born in Syracuse, N.Y., she lived in Akron for most of her adult life. She worked for 23 years as a Professor of Chemical Engineering at The University of Akron, and for the last six years served as Director of the Institute for Teaching and Learning on campus. She was...
Piyush Vakil
Jan 7, 2013
Piyush Vakil, 71, of Bath, passed away on January 7, 2013. He was born in Ahmedabad, India on June 1, 1941. Piyush came to the U.S. in 1960 to study Chemical Engineering at UC Berkeley where he earned a Master's Degree. After a long career in the plastics industry, he retired from Newell Rubbermaid in 2005. A nationally renowned bridge...
Dolores Estella Puican
Jan 4, 2013
Dolores Estella Puican (née Leaman), 82, of Akron, passed away on Friday, January 4, 2013, of complications resulting from Alzheimer's. Born to Reformed Mennonite parents, she and her brothers and sister grew up in their family home in Waynesboro, Pa. She met Mike Puican, her husband of 62 years, in high school. However, the two waited to get married until...
Irene Faye Fazio
Jan 3, 2013
Irene Faye Fazio, 76, passed away at home January 3, 2012. Born in Akron, she was a longtime resident of Cuyahoga Falls. Irene was a devoted and loving wife, mother and grandmother. After almost five years of separation, Irene is finally reunited with her loving husband Joe, and also joins her parents, Leona and Owen Hill; sister, Patty Butler and...
Susan Marie Schoenstein
Jan 2, 2013
Susan Marie VanAntwerp Schoenstein, age 59, of Bath, suddenly passed away on January 2, 2013. She was born in Akron on August 22, 1953 to John and Milora Beachy VanAntwerp. She is survived by her children, Heather (Brian) Oakes, Holly (Shawn Turner) Schoenstein, Kara (Christopher) Jackowski; loving grandchildren, Jayden and Carson Oakes, Marit Schoenstein Turner, Anna and Colin Jackowski; siblings,...
Norma K. Bock
Jan 2, 2013
Norma Bock, a lifetime resident of Copley, passed away on January 2, 2013. Norma worked in the office of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. for 36 years. After retirement, she continued to do the paper work for her husband's Sunoco station in Copley. She and her sister, Mae Steinbach, were avid volunteers at Stan Hywett Hall especially the Spring &...
Marilyn J. Dunkler
Jan 1, 2013
Marilyn J. Dunkler, 73, died Jan. 1, 2013. She was a lifetime fixture of Dunkler Farms. Marilyn is survived by husband, Rudy; sons, William (Teresa) and Robert (Amy); grandchildren, Emily and Hannah; 6 sisters and brothers; and many nieces and nephews, Services will be held 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Billow FAIRLAWN Chapel, 85 N. Miller Rd., with Rev. Charles...
Mark S. Kaiser
Jan 1, 2013
Mark S. Kaiser, 47, passed away January 1, 2013. Born in Akron, he was a 1984 graduate of Norton High School and a resident of Barberton. Preceded in death by his mother, Nina and cousin, Nick Kaiser; he is survived by his wife, Kara Dugan Kaiser; father, Frank (Linda); brothers, Frank and Peter (Tanya); sister, Sonia (Bruce) Corpening; nieces and...
Cecelia Hope Lee
Jan 22, 2013
Cecilia Hope Lee, born November 6, 2012, passed away peacefully in the arms of her loving parents on January 22, 2013. Cece is deeply loved by her parents, Katie and Christopher Lee; grandparents, James and Linda Hultz and Keen and Judith Lee; aunt and uncle, Kim and Brian Merriman and their children, Abigail and T.J.; aunt and uncle, Jennifer and...
Marjorie Grace Schmidt
Jan 21, 2013
Marjorie Grace Schmidt, 92, died at home January 21, surrounded by family and listening to the music of Benny Goodman. Marjorie was born at home in Kenmore on July 15, 1920, to Paul Hollinger, Kenmore's last mayor before annexation by Akron, and Ethel Cox Hollinger. She attended Lawndale Elementary and Kenmore High School where she played alto sax and clarinet...
Muriel Fleck Gentsch
Jan 21, 2013
Muriel Fleck Gentsch, 86, was reunited in death with her beloved husband, Fred, on January 21, 2013. Muriel was born in New York City to Julia Marie and Walter Anton Fleck. She attended the College of Mount Saint Vincent, Hunter College of the City of New York, and the University of Akron. Muriel met her husband, Fred Gentsch, at a...
Mary Ruth Neff
Jan 21, 2013
Mary Ruth Neff, 89, born August 7, 1923, passed away January 21, 2013. Born in Akron, she graduated from North H.S. and lived in Akron all of her life. Mary Ruth was a homemaker, caregiver and a volunteer for many local organizations. Preceded in death by her husband, Earl, she is survived by sons, Thomas (Claudia), John (Wendy); daughters, Christine...
Florence V Coughlin
Jan 19, 2013
Florence V. Coughlin, 94, passed away January 19, 2013. Born in Akron, her work with Sheraton Hotels took her to Miami, FL where she resided for nearly 40 years before returning to Cuyahoga Falls in late 2003. Her vitality and zest for life made Florence beloved of all who knew her. Welcoming and always hospitable, Florence was a giving and...
Josephine (Jo) M. Stafinski
Jan 18, 2013
Josephine (Jo) M. Stafinski, 92, a celebrated Akron bowler, died Friday, January 18, 2013. Born in Akron on October 23, 1920, Jo graduated from Central High School and retired from Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. Jo was a champion on the women's bowling circuit in the early 1950's with the renowned ABC Cleaners team and the Beacon Journal Ladies All-Star...
Beverly M Mulrooney
Jan 17, 2013
Beverly M. Mulrooney, 76, of Akron, passed away 2013 at the Hospice of VNS in Fairlawn. Beverly fought a valiant fight against Cancer (MDS) but was unable to defeat this disease. Beverly was the daughter of George A. Smith and Margaret (Petrasek) Smith, who pre-deceased her. She was born May 31, 1936 in Akron, Ohio, and lived her entire life...
Paul August Urbank
Jan 13, 2013
Paul August Urbank, 88, died Jan. 13, 2013. Paul August Urbank, born April 19, 1924, named for Paul Revere, was fitting for a man who loved history and politics his entire life. He graduated from Hudson High School in 1942 as the class president. He served in the Army in World War II in the Pacific Theater. Upon his return,...
Miran "Mike" Tutelian
Jan 13, 2013
Miran "Mike" Tutelian, 85, died January 13, 2013. A U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, he was a graduate of Toledo DeVilbiss High School in 1945 and the University of Toledo in 1950 and was a life member of its Alumni Association. He was a 32nd degree Mason, member of the Scottish Rite and the Toledo Zenobia Shrine. A...
Beverly Jean Linn
Jan 13, 2013
Beverly Jean Linn, 74, died January 13, 2013. A graduate of Ohio University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism, she was an assistant buyer for millinery at the M.O'Neil Co., worked as a headline writer at the Brunswick Leader Post, a reimbursable supply clerk for the 2nd Army area, but her greatest job of all was being a...
Ruth A. Kindelberger
Jan 9, 2013
Ruth A. Kindelberger (nee Zimmer), 90, departed this world for her heavenly home early Wednesday morning, January 9, 2013. Born March 1, 1922 in Livingston County, Ill., Ruth grew up in West Akron and graduated from Buchtel High School in 1939. She also attended Hammel Business College graduating in 1941. Married in 1947 to Albert, the couple resided in Cuyahoga...
Frank Winkler
Jan 9, 2013
Frank Winkler, 95, passed away January 9, 2013. Frank was born in 1917 and lived in the greater Akron area all of his life. He was retired from Akron Equipment where he was a tool and die maker for more than 40 years which included working on tire molds for critical military planes and vehicles during World War II. He...
Helen Killory Qammar
Jan 7, 2013
Helen Killory Qammar, 54, passed away Monday evening in Akron. Born in Syracuse, N.Y., she lived in Akron for most of her adult life. She worked for 23 years as a Professor of Chemical Engineering at The University of Akron, and for the last six years served as Director of the Institute for Teaching and Learning on campus. She was...
Piyush Vakil
Jan 7, 2013
Piyush Vakil, 71, of Bath, passed away on January 7, 2013. He was born in Ahmedabad, India on June 1, 1941. Piyush came to the U.S. in 1960 to study Chemical Engineering at UC Berkeley where he earned a Master's Degree. After a long career in the plastics industry, he retired from Newell Rubbermaid in 2005. A nationally renowned bridge...
Dolores Estella Puican
Jan 4, 2013
Dolores Estella Puican (née Leaman), 82, of Akron, passed away on Friday, January 4, 2013, of complications resulting from Alzheimer's. Born to Reformed Mennonite parents, she and her brothers and sister grew up in their family home in Waynesboro, Pa. She met Mike Puican, her husband of 62 years, in high school. However, the two waited to get married until...
Irene Faye Fazio
Jan 3, 2013
Irene Faye Fazio, 76, passed away at home January 3, 2012. Born in Akron, she was a longtime resident of Cuyahoga Falls. Irene was a devoted and loving wife, mother and grandmother. After almost five years of separation, Irene is finally reunited with her loving husband Joe, and also joins her parents, Leona and Owen Hill; sister, Patty Butler and...
Susan Marie Schoenstein
Jan 2, 2013
Susan Marie VanAntwerp Schoenstein, age 59, of Bath, suddenly passed away on January 2, 2013. She was born in Akron on August 22, 1953 to John and Milora Beachy VanAntwerp. She is survived by her children, Heather (Brian) Oakes, Holly (Shawn Turner) Schoenstein, Kara (Christopher) Jackowski; loving grandchildren, Jayden and Carson Oakes, Marit Schoenstein Turner, Anna and Colin Jackowski; siblings,...
Norma K. Bock
Jan 2, 2013
Norma Bock, a lifetime resident of Copley, passed away on January 2, 2013. Norma worked in the office of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. for 36 years. After retirement, she continued to do the paper work for her husband's Sunoco station in Copley. She and her sister, Mae Steinbach, were avid volunteers at Stan Hywett Hall especially the Spring &...
Marilyn J. Dunkler
Jan 1, 2013
Marilyn J. Dunkler, 73, died Jan. 1, 2013. She was a lifetime fixture of Dunkler Farms. Marilyn is survived by husband, Rudy; sons, William (Teresa) and Robert (Amy); grandchildren, Emily and Hannah; 6 sisters and brothers; and many nieces and nephews, Services will be held 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Billow FAIRLAWN Chapel, 85 N. Miller Rd., with Rev. Charles...
Mark S. Kaiser
Jan 1, 2013
Mark S. Kaiser, 47, passed away January 1, 2013. Born in Akron, he was a 1984 graduate of Norton High School and a resident of Barberton. Preceded in death by his mother, Nina and cousin, Nick Kaiser; he is survived by his wife, Kara Dugan Kaiser; father, Frank (Linda); brothers, Frank and Peter (Tanya); sister, Sonia (Bruce) Corpening; nieces and...
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