Obituaries
Obituaries for The Billow Funeral Homes & Crematory
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Marjorie Ann Stuchel
Oct 5, 2022
Marjorie Ann Stuchel , of Akron, passed away peacefully on October 5, 2022, just two days shy of her 94th birthday. She was born October 7, 1928, in Quebec, Canada to Hugh and Charlotte Collins. The middle of three children, she was preceded in death by her older sister Dorothy and her younger brother Robert and her...
Carolyn Jean Grinter
Oct 5, 2022
Carolyn Jean Grinter , age 88, of Akron, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 5, 2022.
Born in Rapid City, SD on July 3, 1934, to Emil and Myrtle Linstrom. Carolyn was very proud of her roots, growing up in the Black Hills of South Dakota, the youngest of eight children. She later moved to...
Mary Frances Evans
Sep 27, 2022
Mary Frances Evans passed away at 88 years old on September 27, 2022, after a lengthy illness, joining her parents, Dr. John T. Evans and Olive Krill Evans; and brothers, John, Tom, and Bill.
She is survived by her daughters, Fran, Kathleen, and Susan Figetakis; Susan’s partner, Ernie Planck; sisters, Peg Hopf and Judy Funk;...
Christopher Andrew Guy
Sep 27, 2022
Christopher Andrew Guy, 40, of Akron, passed away on September 27, 2022. He was born on April 13, 1982 in Akron to parents, John and Donamari Guy.
Chris enjoyed spending time with family and friends at Bay Point. He was always happiest on Lake Erie with his boat. He was a loving son, brother and uncle. He...
Thomas "Tom" William Dindo
Sep 26, 2022
Thomas "Tom" William Dindo, 76, passed away unexpectedly on September 26th, 2022. He is survived by his wife, Kathryn "Kitty" (Warther); sons Carl (Maggie) and Paul (Erika); daughter Joyce (Sean) McKinniss; and his beloved grandchildren: Flora, Alice Bea, Rowan, Remy, Garth and Kayleigh. He was the devoted son of Gladys (Foster) and Gene Dindo and brother to Dorothy "Dot"...
Lois A. Simmons
Sep 26, 2022
Lois Seesdorf Simmons Lois A.Simmons died on September 26, 2022, at the age of 96. She was born in Akron, Ohio and lived 60 years in Bath, Ohio. She attended Bath UCC for those 60 years. She graduated from Buchtel High School in 1945 and received Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Akron. She taught...
Carol Marie Ash
Sep 25, 2022
Carol Marie Ash died September 25, 2022, of natural causes at her home in Akron, Ohio. Born April 23, 1934 in Akron, Ohio, she was the daughter of Earl and Marie Busenberg and lived not only in Akron, but also Texas and Michigan. She graduated from Miami University (OH) and taught art for several years in the...
Samuel Taylor Snyder
Sep 24, 2022
Our beloved son, Samuel Taylor Snyder , born April 3,1994, passed into God's loving arms on September 24, 2022. Sam was a kind-hearted, passionate and loving young man with a beautiful soul. He was extremely generous, always doing for others, never saying no to anyone who needed his help.
A natural athlete, Sam loved running...
Shirley Foltz Svenson
Sep 22, 2022
Shirley Foltz Svenson passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 22, 2022.
Shirley was a life-long resident of Akron, Ohio. She attended King School (where she was later a fifth-grade teacher) and West High School. She graduated from Smith College of Northampton, Massachusetts with a Bachelor’s degree in Education. She received her Master’s degree in Education from the...
Donna M Sevald
Sep 19, 2022
Donna M. Sevald , age 90, passed away peacefully on September 19, 2022.
Beloved wife of the late Robert J. Sevald for 54 years; loving mother of Anne Sekerak (Michael), Robert W. (Cheri), Janette Shields (Matthew) and Matthew (Jennifer); cherished grandmother of Sara (Eric), Elisabeth, Rachel (Jared), Isabelle, Audrey and Evelyn; great-grandmother of...
Kenneth "Kenny" A. Medkeff
Sep 19, 2022
Kenneth A. Medkeff, age 91, of Granger Township, went to be with the Lord, and joined his wife of 66 years, Nancy, and daughter, Holly in heaven on Monday, September 19, 2022. He is survived by his sister, Norma Brisbin, of Columbus. Kenny is the son of the late Evelyn and Robert Medkeff. Kenny enjoyed working in the construction...
Agnes Baric
Sep 18, 2022
Agnes Baric , 93, of Akron, born December 12, 1928 passed away on September 18, 2022.
Born in Deerfield, OH, Agnes then spent most of her life in Akron. After graduating from South High in 1946 she took classes and became an air traffic controller for National Airlines in New York. Several years later she...
Paul Minor Hall, Jr.
Sep 15, 2022
Paul M. Hall of Hudson, Ohio, died Thursday, September 15, 2022, at the Justin T. Rogers Hospice Care Center after a brief illness. He was 90 years old.
He was born January 19, 1932, in Akron, Ohio, to Paul M. Hall, Sr. and Eithel (Jackson) Hall, the oldest of 3 children. He grew up in Barberton, graduating...
Judith J Rots
Sep 14, 2022
Judith J. Rots , age 85, of Copley, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 14, 2022. She was born July 19, 1937, in Pittsburgh, PA, daughter of the late David and Lillian Johnson. Judy moved 27 times in her life but made a home in each location. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, she was a proud Steeler’s...
Shondrea Marie Unique Cain
Sep 12, 2022
Shondrea Marie Unique Cain, Our Bright & Shining Star: BabyGirl, Bug, Boo, Bae. Came into this world on January 10, 2012. Passed away peacefully while sleeping, into the arms of Jesus; September 12, 2022. Shondrea was an energetic child, always happy and always busy, she was involved in many activities at one time or another - Swimming Highest Level...
Donald Dean Farrow
Sep 10, 2022
Donald Dean Farrow, age 90, of Copley, Ohio, passed away on September 10, 2022 at the Hospice Care Center on Ridgewood Road. Donald Dean Farrow was born in Clear Lake, Iowa to Samuel and Irene (Bower) Farrow on August 16, 1932. He attended Adel High School and graduated in 1950. He served in the US...
Elizabeth "Betsy" Buzby Emack
Sep 9, 2022
Elizabeth “Betsy” Buzby Emack, 97, died September 9, 2022.
Born February 10, 1925 in Atlantic City, NJ to J. Howard and Elizabeth D. Gage Buzby, she was a graduate of Westtown School, Westtown, PA and Rutgers University, NJ. She was a birthright member of the Society of Friends (Quaker). On April 23, 1949, she married John B....
Shirley A. Kidd
Sep 9, 2022
Shirley Kidd passed away peacefully on September 9, 2022, at the age of 78, after a brief illness.
Shirley is survived by her husband of 58 years, Richard; daughter Karen Kirk and her husband Jeffrey Kirk; grandchildren Tyler Kirk, Chelsea Kirk, Sarah Kidd, and Rachel Kidd; sisters Donna Grover and Mary Kay Hemming; and many...
Patricia J Ramsey
Sep 7, 2022
Patricia J. Ramsey (née Byers) passed away on September 7, 2022, nearly a year after her beloved husband, Roger, to whom she was married for almost 40 years. She was born to Edward and Mary Byers on October 24, 1942, in Cleveland, Ohio. After graduating in 1961 from Cleveland South High School, she went on to attend...
Nicholas D. Goshen, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army
Sep 6, 2022
U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas D. Goshen, age 40, died on September 6, 2022 while deployed to Eastern Europe with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) stationed at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania.
Nick was born in Akron, Ohio on October 26th, 1981, the youngest of three children born to David Goshen and Rosalie Adams. He grew...
Marjorie Ann Stuchel
Oct 5, 2022
Marjorie Ann Stuchel , of Akron, passed away peacefully on October 5, 2022, just two days shy of her 94th birthday. She was born October 7, 1928, in Quebec, Canada to Hugh and Charlotte Collins. The middle of three children, she was preceded in death by her older sister Dorothy and her younger brother Robert and her...
Carolyn Jean Grinter
Oct 5, 2022
Carolyn Jean Grinter , age 88, of Akron, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 5, 2022.
Born in Rapid City, SD on July 3, 1934, to Emil and Myrtle Linstrom. Carolyn was very proud of her roots, growing up in the Black Hills of South Dakota, the youngest of eight children. She later moved to...
Mary Frances Evans
Sep 27, 2022
Mary Frances Evans passed away at 88 years old on September 27, 2022, after a lengthy illness, joining her parents, Dr. John T. Evans and Olive Krill Evans; and brothers, John, Tom, and Bill.
She is survived by her daughters, Fran, Kathleen, and Susan Figetakis; Susan’s partner, Ernie Planck; sisters, Peg Hopf and Judy Funk;...
Christopher Andrew Guy
Sep 27, 2022
Christopher Andrew Guy, 40, of Akron, passed away on September 27, 2022. He was born on April 13, 1982 in Akron to parents, John and Donamari Guy.
Chris enjoyed spending time with family and friends at Bay Point. He was always happiest on Lake Erie with his boat. He was a loving son, brother and uncle. He...
Thomas "Tom" William Dindo
Sep 26, 2022
Thomas "Tom" William Dindo, 76, passed away unexpectedly on September 26th, 2022. He is survived by his wife, Kathryn "Kitty" (Warther); sons Carl (Maggie) and Paul (Erika); daughter Joyce (Sean) McKinniss; and his beloved grandchildren: Flora, Alice Bea, Rowan, Remy, Garth and Kayleigh. He was the devoted son of Gladys (Foster) and Gene Dindo and brother to Dorothy "Dot"...
Lois A. Simmons
Sep 26, 2022
Lois Seesdorf Simmons Lois A.Simmons died on September 26, 2022, at the age of 96. She was born in Akron, Ohio and lived 60 years in Bath, Ohio. She attended Bath UCC for those 60 years. She graduated from Buchtel High School in 1945 and received Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Akron. She taught...
Carol Marie Ash
Sep 25, 2022
Carol Marie Ash died September 25, 2022, of natural causes at her home in Akron, Ohio. Born April 23, 1934 in Akron, Ohio, she was the daughter of Earl and Marie Busenberg and lived not only in Akron, but also Texas and Michigan. She graduated from Miami University (OH) and taught art for several years in the...
Samuel Taylor Snyder
Sep 24, 2022
Our beloved son, Samuel Taylor Snyder , born April 3,1994, passed into God's loving arms on September 24, 2022. Sam was a kind-hearted, passionate and loving young man with a beautiful soul. He was extremely generous, always doing for others, never saying no to anyone who needed his help.
A natural athlete, Sam loved running...
Shirley Foltz Svenson
Sep 22, 2022
Shirley Foltz Svenson passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 22, 2022.
Shirley was a life-long resident of Akron, Ohio. She attended King School (where she was later a fifth-grade teacher) and West High School. She graduated from Smith College of Northampton, Massachusetts with a Bachelor’s degree in Education. She received her Master’s degree in Education from the...
Donna M Sevald
Sep 19, 2022
Donna M. Sevald , age 90, passed away peacefully on September 19, 2022.
Beloved wife of the late Robert J. Sevald for 54 years; loving mother of Anne Sekerak (Michael), Robert W. (Cheri), Janette Shields (Matthew) and Matthew (Jennifer); cherished grandmother of Sara (Eric), Elisabeth, Rachel (Jared), Isabelle, Audrey and Evelyn; great-grandmother of...
Kenneth "Kenny" A. Medkeff
Sep 19, 2022
Kenneth A. Medkeff, age 91, of Granger Township, went to be with the Lord, and joined his wife of 66 years, Nancy, and daughter, Holly in heaven on Monday, September 19, 2022. He is survived by his sister, Norma Brisbin, of Columbus. Kenny is the son of the late Evelyn and Robert Medkeff. Kenny enjoyed working in the construction...
Agnes Baric
Sep 18, 2022
Agnes Baric , 93, of Akron, born December 12, 1928 passed away on September 18, 2022.
Born in Deerfield, OH, Agnes then spent most of her life in Akron. After graduating from South High in 1946 she took classes and became an air traffic controller for National Airlines in New York. Several years later she...
Paul Minor Hall, Jr.
Sep 15, 2022
Paul M. Hall of Hudson, Ohio, died Thursday, September 15, 2022, at the Justin T. Rogers Hospice Care Center after a brief illness. He was 90 years old.
He was born January 19, 1932, in Akron, Ohio, to Paul M. Hall, Sr. and Eithel (Jackson) Hall, the oldest of 3 children. He grew up in Barberton, graduating...
Judith J Rots
Sep 14, 2022
Judith J. Rots , age 85, of Copley, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 14, 2022. She was born July 19, 1937, in Pittsburgh, PA, daughter of the late David and Lillian Johnson. Judy moved 27 times in her life but made a home in each location. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, she was a proud Steeler’s...
Shondrea Marie Unique Cain
Sep 12, 2022
Shondrea Marie Unique Cain, Our Bright & Shining Star: BabyGirl, Bug, Boo, Bae. Came into this world on January 10, 2012. Passed away peacefully while sleeping, into the arms of Jesus; September 12, 2022. Shondrea was an energetic child, always happy and always busy, she was involved in many activities at one time or another - Swimming Highest Level...
Donald Dean Farrow
Sep 10, 2022
Donald Dean Farrow, age 90, of Copley, Ohio, passed away on September 10, 2022 at the Hospice Care Center on Ridgewood Road. Donald Dean Farrow was born in Clear Lake, Iowa to Samuel and Irene (Bower) Farrow on August 16, 1932. He attended Adel High School and graduated in 1950. He served in the US...
Elizabeth "Betsy" Buzby Emack
Sep 9, 2022
Elizabeth “Betsy” Buzby Emack, 97, died September 9, 2022.
Born February 10, 1925 in Atlantic City, NJ to J. Howard and Elizabeth D. Gage Buzby, she was a graduate of Westtown School, Westtown, PA and Rutgers University, NJ. She was a birthright member of the Society of Friends (Quaker). On April 23, 1949, she married John B....
Shirley A. Kidd
Sep 9, 2022
Shirley Kidd passed away peacefully on September 9, 2022, at the age of 78, after a brief illness.
Shirley is survived by her husband of 58 years, Richard; daughter Karen Kirk and her husband Jeffrey Kirk; grandchildren Tyler Kirk, Chelsea Kirk, Sarah Kidd, and Rachel Kidd; sisters Donna Grover and Mary Kay Hemming; and many...
Patricia J Ramsey
Sep 7, 2022
Patricia J. Ramsey (née Byers) passed away on September 7, 2022, nearly a year after her beloved husband, Roger, to whom she was married for almost 40 years. She was born to Edward and Mary Byers on October 24, 1942, in Cleveland, Ohio. After graduating in 1961 from Cleveland South High School, she went on to attend...
Nicholas D. Goshen, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army
Sep 6, 2022
U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas D. Goshen, age 40, died on September 6, 2022 while deployed to Eastern Europe with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) stationed at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania.
Nick was born in Akron, Ohio on October 26th, 1981, the youngest of three children born to David Goshen and Rosalie Adams. He grew...