Obituaries
Obituaries for The Billow Funeral Homes & Crematory
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Harold R Rex
Mar 3, 2019
Harold R. Rex
September 1, 1926 – March 3, 2019
Harold R. Rex, 92, died at home surrounded by loved ones following a life filled with love and adventure.
He was born in Pittsburgh in 1926, where his father ran a lumber business. He was close to his older...
Dr. Arkadii Leonov
Mar 2, 2019
Dr. Arkadii Leonov, 83, passed away peacefully at home on March 2, 2019.
He was born May 11, 1935 to Ilya T. Leonov and Fira M. Trakhtenberg in Moscow, Russia. He devoted over 60 years of his life to his scientific passions: polymer continuum mechanics, polymer rheology and fluid mechanics, mathematical sociology and oceanology. Dr....
Christian Matthias Bott
Feb 27, 2019
Christian Matthias Bott, 40, passed away February 27, 2019.
He was born March 1, 1978 in Akron, OH and graduated from Copley High School. He was a self-employed artist, glassblower and multi-instrumentalist musician. Chris had performed with the bands, The Unholy Three, Don Austin, Dead Body Chuckers, and Hell’s Information.
Preceded...
Ann Louise Colley
Feb 27, 2019
Ann Louise Colley, 89, passed away February 27, 2019 at Concordia at Sumner of kidney failure.
She was born November 10, 1929 to Harold C. Colley and Rebecca Wilson in Columbus, OH. She grew up in Akron graduating from Rankin, Buchtel and the University of Akron where she was a member of Delta Gamma Sorority. She was...
Deana Parks-Goeldi
Feb 24, 2019
Deana Parks-Goeldi, 49, passed away Sunday, February 24, 2019, at the Justin T. Rogers Hospice Care Center in Akron, OH after a long courageous battle with cancer.
Deana was one of five daughters born to the late Dean and Lois Sheats Parks on March 31, 1969, in East Liverpool, Ohio. She was a 1987 graduate of East...
H. Pauline (Himelrigh) Larsen
Feb 22, 2019
On February 22, 2019, Pauline passed away at John Knox Village in Pompano Beach, FL at the age of 91.
H. Pauline (Himelrigh) Larsen of Copley, Ohio, and Pompano Beach, Florida, was born near Barberton, Ohio, on April 20, 1927 and lived there in her early years and graduated from Clinton High School. She received her degree...
Laura J. (Hamilton) Winnett
Feb 17, 2019
Laura (Hamilton) Winnett, 82, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on February 17th, 2019. She has been reunited with her late husband, Edd. She was also preceded in death by her sons, James and Michael; and brother, Dale. Laura is survived by her son, Lee (Kelly); daughter, Laurie; brother, Ronnie; sisters, Joann, Geri, Faye, Kay and Karen; grandchildren, Ryan (Brandi),...
Lydia "Tiny" Hrubik
Feb 14, 2019
Lydia V. “Tiny” (Tiffan) Hrubik, 92, of Scottsdale, AZ, passed to the presence of her Lord and Savior on February 14, 2019, after an extended illness. Born on July 24, 1926, she grew up in Akron as the youngest daughter in a family of ten children. After schooling, she was employed as a secretary with Firestone Tire & Rubber....
Pauline Ann Fontanarosa
Feb 13, 2019
Pauline Ann Fontanarosa On February 13, 2019, our family lost our amazing mother and "Nana," Pauline Ann Fontanarosa nee Canale. She was an inspiration to everyone who knew her, with her elegance, selflessness, perseverance, incredible cooking, and above all, her dedication to family. Pauline was born in Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, and moved to Youngstown, Ohio in her childhood. She attended East...
Donald Leonard Kinzel
Feb 13, 2019
Donald Leonard Kinzel, beloved husband, father, brother, grandfather, and uncle, passed away on February 13, 2019 at the age of 69. An avid outdoorsman, Don could often be found swinging around trees on his property, walking his dogs, building a new piece of furniture, or stoking a bonfire. He was born in Akron, Ohio to parents Leonard (Bud) and Erica...
Roger A Lipster
Feb 8, 2019
Roger A. Lipster, 83, died February 8, 2019. Born September 12, 1935 in Cleveland, Ohio to Herbert and Florence Dose Lipster, he was a U.S. Army veteran. A member of Redeemer Lutheran Church, he retired from AT&T after 40 years of service, having started at Ohio Bell at the age of 18. Preceded in death by his wife of 51...
Ivy Patricia "Pat" Aldridge
Feb 8, 2019
Ivy Patricia "Pat" Aldridge, 97, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, passed away on February 8, 2019, at Ohio Living Rockynol, Akron, Ohio. Pat was born in Rhoose, South Wales, UK, on April 14, 1921, the only child of Dorothy and Penry Williams. She grew up in Newport, South Wales. She enjoyed sports, participating and watching (even American football). She served five...
Elmer William "Bill" Glause
Feb 4, 2019
Elmer William "Bill" Glause Jr., age 89 passed away peacefully into eternal life on February 4, 2019. He had been a resident of Ohio Living at Rockynol, Akron, for the last several years. He was born on July 16, l929, in Cleveland, Ohio, to the late Elmer William Glause, Sr. and Gertrude (Huge) Glause. Bill was a United States Army...
William R. Baird
Feb 4, 2019
William R. Baird, 84, of Akron died on Monday, February 4, 2019 after a lifetime of public and community service. Born in Akron, Ohio, on December 29, 1934, he was the son of Annabel Ridenour and Samuel Pond Baird. He leaves behind his loving wife of nearly 58 years, Patricia; and daughters, Sally M. Baird (Sharon McKew) of Vienna,...
Carmen Russell Pierson
Feb 2, 2019
Carmen Russell Pierson, age 88, died February 2, 2019, after a short illness. She was born in Akron on September 25, 1930. Her parents, the late Euphrosyne and James Russell, were both Greek immigrants ultimately drawn like many others in the first half of the twentieth century to the industrial boomtown. She graduated from Old Trail School and then Vassar...
Slobodan Budimlic
Feb 1, 2019
No obituary will be published. Cemetery Details Copley Township Cemetery 3772 Copley Rd. Copley, OH, 44321
Visitation for Family and Friends
FEB 9. 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Billow Fairlawn Chapel
85 N Miller Rd
Fairlawn, OH, 44333
Funeral Service
FEB 9. 1:00 PM
Billow...
Doris Dean Patterson
Jan 28, 2019
Doris Dean Patterson, 95, died January 28, 2019. She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Arthur E. (Pat) Patterson and her daughter, Tracy Patterson Bragg. Dean is survived by her sisters, Helen Redhair and Jane Willson of Denver, Colorado; her son and daughter-in-law, Arthur E. (Buzz) Patterson and Jeannette Patterson of Akron; her son-in-law, Thomas A....
Mary Louise " Dottie" Wilcox Mckisson
Jan 27, 2019
Mary Louise Wilcox McKisson "I Think I Can" "Gee Wiz X3" Dottie loved to be with others. She was born in Akron and attended North High School. She was employed by Goodyear Tire and Rubber where she met and married Earl. She went from a city girl to a country girl. She and Earl raised four children. Later, she worked...
Judith A. Hooper
Jan 24, 2019
Judith A. Hooper Judi passed away January 24,2019 Judi was born in Akron on Jan 14,1943 to Harold and Harriet Nelson. As a child she took dance lessons at Mary Pollocks dance studio for 12 years which attributed to the grace and poise she always displayed throughout her life. Graduated Akron Buchtel High School in 1961. Judi attended the University...
Ruth Elizabeth Cook
Jan 24, 2019
Ruth Elizabeth Cook, 98, died Jan. 24, 2019. Ruth was a member of Bath Church, United Church of Christ, Billow Chapter #483 Order of Eastern Star, Kadesh Court, and was an avid supporter of the Boy Scouts of America. Preceded in death by parents, Paul and Etta Zeisig; husband of 59 years, Ray; and son, John P. Cook; she is...
Harold R Rex
Mar 3, 2019
Harold R. Rex
September 1, 1926 – March 3, 2019
Harold R. Rex, 92, died at home surrounded by loved ones following a life filled with love and adventure.
He was born in Pittsburgh in 1926, where his father ran a lumber business. He was close to his older...
Dr. Arkadii Leonov
Mar 2, 2019
Dr. Arkadii Leonov, 83, passed away peacefully at home on March 2, 2019.
He was born May 11, 1935 to Ilya T. Leonov and Fira M. Trakhtenberg in Moscow, Russia. He devoted over 60 years of his life to his scientific passions: polymer continuum mechanics, polymer rheology and fluid mechanics, mathematical sociology and oceanology. Dr....
Christian Matthias Bott
Feb 27, 2019
Christian Matthias Bott, 40, passed away February 27, 2019.
He was born March 1, 1978 in Akron, OH and graduated from Copley High School. He was a self-employed artist, glassblower and multi-instrumentalist musician. Chris had performed with the bands, The Unholy Three, Don Austin, Dead Body Chuckers, and Hell’s Information.
Preceded...
Ann Louise Colley
Feb 27, 2019
Ann Louise Colley, 89, passed away February 27, 2019 at Concordia at Sumner of kidney failure.
She was born November 10, 1929 to Harold C. Colley and Rebecca Wilson in Columbus, OH. She grew up in Akron graduating from Rankin, Buchtel and the University of Akron where she was a member of Delta Gamma Sorority. She was...
Deana Parks-Goeldi
Feb 24, 2019
Deana Parks-Goeldi, 49, passed away Sunday, February 24, 2019, at the Justin T. Rogers Hospice Care Center in Akron, OH after a long courageous battle with cancer.
Deana was one of five daughters born to the late Dean and Lois Sheats Parks on March 31, 1969, in East Liverpool, Ohio. She was a 1987 graduate of East...
H. Pauline (Himelrigh) Larsen
Feb 22, 2019
On February 22, 2019, Pauline passed away at John Knox Village in Pompano Beach, FL at the age of 91.
H. Pauline (Himelrigh) Larsen of Copley, Ohio, and Pompano Beach, Florida, was born near Barberton, Ohio, on April 20, 1927 and lived there in her early years and graduated from Clinton High School. She received her degree...
Laura J. (Hamilton) Winnett
Feb 17, 2019
Laura (Hamilton) Winnett, 82, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on February 17th, 2019. She has been reunited with her late husband, Edd. She was also preceded in death by her sons, James and Michael; and brother, Dale. Laura is survived by her son, Lee (Kelly); daughter, Laurie; brother, Ronnie; sisters, Joann, Geri, Faye, Kay and Karen; grandchildren, Ryan (Brandi),...
Lydia "Tiny" Hrubik
Feb 14, 2019
Lydia V. “Tiny” (Tiffan) Hrubik, 92, of Scottsdale, AZ, passed to the presence of her Lord and Savior on February 14, 2019, after an extended illness. Born on July 24, 1926, she grew up in Akron as the youngest daughter in a family of ten children. After schooling, she was employed as a secretary with Firestone Tire & Rubber....
Pauline Ann Fontanarosa
Feb 13, 2019
Pauline Ann Fontanarosa On February 13, 2019, our family lost our amazing mother and "Nana," Pauline Ann Fontanarosa nee Canale. She was an inspiration to everyone who knew her, with her elegance, selflessness, perseverance, incredible cooking, and above all, her dedication to family. Pauline was born in Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, and moved to Youngstown, Ohio in her childhood. She attended East...
Donald Leonard Kinzel
Feb 13, 2019
Donald Leonard Kinzel, beloved husband, father, brother, grandfather, and uncle, passed away on February 13, 2019 at the age of 69. An avid outdoorsman, Don could often be found swinging around trees on his property, walking his dogs, building a new piece of furniture, or stoking a bonfire. He was born in Akron, Ohio to parents Leonard (Bud) and Erica...
Roger A Lipster
Feb 8, 2019
Roger A. Lipster, 83, died February 8, 2019. Born September 12, 1935 in Cleveland, Ohio to Herbert and Florence Dose Lipster, he was a U.S. Army veteran. A member of Redeemer Lutheran Church, he retired from AT&T after 40 years of service, having started at Ohio Bell at the age of 18. Preceded in death by his wife of 51...
Ivy Patricia "Pat" Aldridge
Feb 8, 2019
Ivy Patricia "Pat" Aldridge, 97, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, passed away on February 8, 2019, at Ohio Living Rockynol, Akron, Ohio. Pat was born in Rhoose, South Wales, UK, on April 14, 1921, the only child of Dorothy and Penry Williams. She grew up in Newport, South Wales. She enjoyed sports, participating and watching (even American football). She served five...
Elmer William "Bill" Glause
Feb 4, 2019
Elmer William "Bill" Glause Jr., age 89 passed away peacefully into eternal life on February 4, 2019. He had been a resident of Ohio Living at Rockynol, Akron, for the last several years. He was born on July 16, l929, in Cleveland, Ohio, to the late Elmer William Glause, Sr. and Gertrude (Huge) Glause. Bill was a United States Army...
William R. Baird
Feb 4, 2019
William R. Baird, 84, of Akron died on Monday, February 4, 2019 after a lifetime of public and community service. Born in Akron, Ohio, on December 29, 1934, he was the son of Annabel Ridenour and Samuel Pond Baird. He leaves behind his loving wife of nearly 58 years, Patricia; and daughters, Sally M. Baird (Sharon McKew) of Vienna,...
Carmen Russell Pierson
Feb 2, 2019
Carmen Russell Pierson, age 88, died February 2, 2019, after a short illness. She was born in Akron on September 25, 1930. Her parents, the late Euphrosyne and James Russell, were both Greek immigrants ultimately drawn like many others in the first half of the twentieth century to the industrial boomtown. She graduated from Old Trail School and then Vassar...
Slobodan Budimlic
Feb 1, 2019
No obituary will be published. Cemetery Details Copley Township Cemetery 3772 Copley Rd. Copley, OH, 44321
Visitation for Family and Friends
FEB 9. 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Billow Fairlawn Chapel
85 N Miller Rd
Fairlawn, OH, 44333
Funeral Service
FEB 9. 1:00 PM
Billow...
Doris Dean Patterson
Jan 28, 2019
Doris Dean Patterson, 95, died January 28, 2019. She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Arthur E. (Pat) Patterson and her daughter, Tracy Patterson Bragg. Dean is survived by her sisters, Helen Redhair and Jane Willson of Denver, Colorado; her son and daughter-in-law, Arthur E. (Buzz) Patterson and Jeannette Patterson of Akron; her son-in-law, Thomas A....
Mary Louise " Dottie" Wilcox Mckisson
Jan 27, 2019
Mary Louise Wilcox McKisson "I Think I Can" "Gee Wiz X3" Dottie loved to be with others. She was born in Akron and attended North High School. She was employed by Goodyear Tire and Rubber where she met and married Earl. She went from a city girl to a country girl. She and Earl raised four children. Later, she worked...
Judith A. Hooper
Jan 24, 2019
Judith A. Hooper Judi passed away January 24,2019 Judi was born in Akron on Jan 14,1943 to Harold and Harriet Nelson. As a child she took dance lessons at Mary Pollocks dance studio for 12 years which attributed to the grace and poise she always displayed throughout her life. Graduated Akron Buchtel High School in 1961. Judi attended the University...
Ruth Elizabeth Cook
Jan 24, 2019
Ruth Elizabeth Cook, 98, died Jan. 24, 2019. Ruth was a member of Bath Church, United Church of Christ, Billow Chapter #483 Order of Eastern Star, Kadesh Court, and was an avid supporter of the Boy Scouts of America. Preceded in death by parents, Paul and Etta Zeisig; husband of 59 years, Ray; and son, John P. Cook; she is...
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