Obituaries
Obituaries for The Billow Funeral Homes & Crematory
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Thomas J. Bracken
Apr 17, 2018
Thomas J. Bracken, proud veteran, brother and uncle, formerly of Cuyahoga Falls, OH and Pontiac, MI, died peacefully at the Gables of Kentridge in Kent, OH, on April 17, 2018, at the age of 87, after a long and courageous battle with vascular dementia and multiple myeloma. He will be dearly missed by his family and is survived by his...
Barry Collier
Apr 13, 2018
Barry Collier died April 13, 2018 at home surrounded by family and friends. He was born in Detroit Michigan June 17, 1935 to Amy and Bruce Collier. He graduated with an engineering degree from the University of Michigan. His entire working career was spent in the tire industry. After retiring from Michelin, he taught computer classes for SeniorNet and was...
Patricia Seed Sovacool Giovanelli
Apr 10, 2018
Patricia Seed Sovacool Giovanelli Patricia Seed Sovacool Giovanelli passed away on April 10 surrounded by family. She was born Dec. 16, 1929 in Akron to Robert and Monica (Doyle) Seed. Pat attended the University of Akron and earned her bachelor's degree in teaching. She also taught accordion early in her career. Pat was a reading specialist for Redeemer Lutheran School...
Ruth Cundiff (Nee Sterley)
Apr 9, 2018
Ruth Cundiff (nee Sterley), 94, went home to be with the Lord on April 9, 2018 as the flowers were coming into bloom outside her window, just as she would have loved. Born September 19, 1923 in Akron, OH, Ruth lived a full life and charmed every person she met. Ruth was a force to be reckoned with. As an...
Barbara Jean Morehouse (Brock)
Apr 7, 2018
Barbara Jean Morehouse (Brock) Barbara Jean Brock Morehouse, daughter of Clarence M. and Marion L. Brock, was born on January 21, 1931 and passed away on April 7, 2018. She attended Bath High School where she met her husband Thomas M. Morehouse. They were married on her birthday in 1951. She and Tom lived in Peninsula for 62 years. She...
Elleen French Lease
Apr 7, 2018
Elleen French Lease, age 87, loving wife, mother, daughter, grandmother and great-grandmother, left this life peacefully at home in Bradenton, FL on Saturday, April 7, 2018. Elleen was born Feb. 6,1931 in Cape May, NJ and lived in OH until her retirement from Ohio Bell when she moved to FL near her parents, sister and daughter. She was a member...
Judith L. "Judy" Armocida
Apr 6, 2018
Judith L. Armocida Judith "Judy" Armocida, 60, passed away surrounded by family on April 6, 2018. Judy was a lifelong resident of Akron's North Hill. Those who knew her recognized her strong work ethic, and constant dedication to her family, friends, and employees. In her free time Judy enjoyed relaxing in her North Hill home, and vacationing with friends and...
Don Hensley
Apr 6, 2018
Don Hensley, 56, passed away on Friday, April 6, 2018. Don spent his most of his years in West Akron and was a landscaper and did lawn maintenance work. He was a cat lover and cared for many stray and abandoned cats over his lifetime. Preceded in death by his parents, Harold and Imogene Hensley; and his brother, David Hensley;...
Fred L. Center
Apr 6, 2018
Fred L. Center passed away at home on April 6, 2018, with his wife, Gerda, at his side. He was born in Buffalo, New York on January 8, 1933, to the late Fred and Florence Center. As a child, he enjoyed spending time with his grandparents in Paint Lick, Kentucky, where both of his parents were born. He graduated from...
David A Wiedie
Apr 5, 2018
David A. Wiedie David Wiedie passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, April 5, 2018. He was born September 12, 1955 in Akron, Ohio, the son of the late David A. Wiedie and Eleanor (DeLong) Wiedie. Dave is a graduate of Firestone High School, Denison University and Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine. Dave had many passions over the years....
Anne Elizabeth Henshaw Ferreri
Apr 4, 2018
Ann Elizabeth Henshaw Ferreri, 63, passed away peacefully on April 4, 2018 due to complications of Multiple Sclerosis. Ann was a graduate of Woodridge High School and received her bachelor's degree from Ohio University and her master's degree from the University of Akron in Speech Pathology. She was retired from the East Liverpool, Ohio City School System. Ann was never...
Max Hertig
Apr 4, 2018
Max Hertig Max Hertig was born to Alfred and Elizabeth Hertig on May 24, 1924. He was their 7th child joining Hans, Greta, Otto, Paul, Clare, and Fred. He was raised in the small town of Trubschachen, Switzerland where he attended the Apostolic Christian Church and went to school. He graduated from college in Zurich with a degree in Electrical...
Teresa S Tibbs
Apr 4, 2018
Teresa S. Tibbs Teresa S. Tibbs, 86, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 04, 2018. Teresa was born on December 3, 1931 to Dominic and Argentina Cicione in Akron, OH. She was a South High graduate. Teresa was a faithful and active member of St. Andrew's Church. She had a passion for her family, grandchildren and...
Hunter Smith
Apr 3, 2018
Hunter Y. Smith Hunter Y. Smith, 80, died in Barberton, OH on April 3, 2018. He was born in Rochester, NY. He proudly served in the United States Army prior to the outbreak of the Vietnam War. He was educated in Wheeling, West Virginia before moving north with his family to Northeast Ohio, where he spent most of his life....
Joseph A. Verderber
Apr 3, 2018
Joseph A. Verderber died of heart failure on April 3, 2018. Joe was born in 1938 to the late Joe and Dorothy Verderber and was an only child. He was one of the first winners of a National Merit Scholarship in 1956 and attended The Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Joe married the late Anita (nee Barto) in 1960 and they...
Mary R Dietz
Apr 3, 2018
Mary R. Dietz, age 89, died Tuesday, April 3, 2018, in Akron, OH. Mary was born on January 31, 1929, in McMinnville, TN, and moved with her family in 1930 to Cincinnati, OH, where she grew up. She met her future husband, Harold Dietz, in kindergarten. They were married in 1948. In 1954 Harold accepted a commission in the U.S....
Rick Blocher
Apr 2, 2018
Rick Blocher, Jr. Rick Blocher, Jr., 63, passed away April 2, 2018. He graduated from Copley High School in 1973. After graduation he served on an U. S. Coast Guard icebreaker, traveling to both the Arctic and Antarctic Oceans. He then continued his education, graduating from Hocking College. For many years he worked as a dry wall finisher. Wherever he...
Kate Lieberth Lytton
Apr 1, 2018
KATE LIEBERTH LYTTON The world lost an accomplished young teacher of classical and modern ballet on Easter Sunday morning, and young women lost a ballet instructor, friend and a mentor in the lessons of life. Born Kathryn Moffatt Lieberth, Kate Lytton died two weeks shy of her 38th birthday following a year-long battle with breast cancer, a fight that she...
Muriel Snidewind ( Mimi ) Hutchinson
Mar 31, 2018
Muriel Snidewind (Mimi) Hutchinson, age 95, died March 31, 2018 at Laurel Lake in Hudson, OH. A resident of Akron, OH for 61 years, Mimi was married for 55 years to the late Joseph F. Hutchinson, Sr. She is the mother of Laurie Jacobs (Les) of Gates Mills, OH, Joseph, Jr. (Jan) of Richfield, OH, and James (Donna) of Hinsdale,...
Mary A Durkee
Mar 31, 2018
Mary A. Durkee Mary A. Durkee, 90, was called to join our Lord and Savior on March 31, 2018. She was born in Cleveland and resided in Stow for the last 68 years. After raising her family, she put herself through school becoming a Licensed Practical Nurse and retired from Cuyahoga Falls General Hospital. She enjoyed attending her grandchildren's many...
Thomas J. Bracken
Apr 17, 2018
Thomas J. Bracken, proud veteran, brother and uncle, formerly of Cuyahoga Falls, OH and Pontiac, MI, died peacefully at the Gables of Kentridge in Kent, OH, on April 17, 2018, at the age of 87, after a long and courageous battle with vascular dementia and multiple myeloma. He will be dearly missed by his family and is survived by his...
Barry Collier
Apr 13, 2018
Barry Collier died April 13, 2018 at home surrounded by family and friends. He was born in Detroit Michigan June 17, 1935 to Amy and Bruce Collier. He graduated with an engineering degree from the University of Michigan. His entire working career was spent in the tire industry. After retiring from Michelin, he taught computer classes for SeniorNet and was...
Patricia Seed Sovacool Giovanelli
Apr 10, 2018
Patricia Seed Sovacool Giovanelli Patricia Seed Sovacool Giovanelli passed away on April 10 surrounded by family. She was born Dec. 16, 1929 in Akron to Robert and Monica (Doyle) Seed. Pat attended the University of Akron and earned her bachelor's degree in teaching. She also taught accordion early in her career. Pat was a reading specialist for Redeemer Lutheran School...
Ruth Cundiff (Nee Sterley)
Apr 9, 2018
Ruth Cundiff (nee Sterley), 94, went home to be with the Lord on April 9, 2018 as the flowers were coming into bloom outside her window, just as she would have loved. Born September 19, 1923 in Akron, OH, Ruth lived a full life and charmed every person she met. Ruth was a force to be reckoned with. As an...
Barbara Jean Morehouse (Brock)
Apr 7, 2018
Barbara Jean Morehouse (Brock) Barbara Jean Brock Morehouse, daughter of Clarence M. and Marion L. Brock, was born on January 21, 1931 and passed away on April 7, 2018. She attended Bath High School where she met her husband Thomas M. Morehouse. They were married on her birthday in 1951. She and Tom lived in Peninsula for 62 years. She...
Elleen French Lease
Apr 7, 2018
Elleen French Lease, age 87, loving wife, mother, daughter, grandmother and great-grandmother, left this life peacefully at home in Bradenton, FL on Saturday, April 7, 2018. Elleen was born Feb. 6,1931 in Cape May, NJ and lived in OH until her retirement from Ohio Bell when she moved to FL near her parents, sister and daughter. She was a member...
Judith L. "Judy" Armocida
Apr 6, 2018
Judith L. Armocida Judith "Judy" Armocida, 60, passed away surrounded by family on April 6, 2018. Judy was a lifelong resident of Akron's North Hill. Those who knew her recognized her strong work ethic, and constant dedication to her family, friends, and employees. In her free time Judy enjoyed relaxing in her North Hill home, and vacationing with friends and...
Don Hensley
Apr 6, 2018
Don Hensley, 56, passed away on Friday, April 6, 2018. Don spent his most of his years in West Akron and was a landscaper and did lawn maintenance work. He was a cat lover and cared for many stray and abandoned cats over his lifetime. Preceded in death by his parents, Harold and Imogene Hensley; and his brother, David Hensley;...
Fred L. Center
Apr 6, 2018
Fred L. Center passed away at home on April 6, 2018, with his wife, Gerda, at his side. He was born in Buffalo, New York on January 8, 1933, to the late Fred and Florence Center. As a child, he enjoyed spending time with his grandparents in Paint Lick, Kentucky, where both of his parents were born. He graduated from...
David A Wiedie
Apr 5, 2018
David A. Wiedie David Wiedie passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, April 5, 2018. He was born September 12, 1955 in Akron, Ohio, the son of the late David A. Wiedie and Eleanor (DeLong) Wiedie. Dave is a graduate of Firestone High School, Denison University and Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine. Dave had many passions over the years....
Anne Elizabeth Henshaw Ferreri
Apr 4, 2018
Ann Elizabeth Henshaw Ferreri, 63, passed away peacefully on April 4, 2018 due to complications of Multiple Sclerosis. Ann was a graduate of Woodridge High School and received her bachelor's degree from Ohio University and her master's degree from the University of Akron in Speech Pathology. She was retired from the East Liverpool, Ohio City School System. Ann was never...
Max Hertig
Apr 4, 2018
Max Hertig Max Hertig was born to Alfred and Elizabeth Hertig on May 24, 1924. He was their 7th child joining Hans, Greta, Otto, Paul, Clare, and Fred. He was raised in the small town of Trubschachen, Switzerland where he attended the Apostolic Christian Church and went to school. He graduated from college in Zurich with a degree in Electrical...
Teresa S Tibbs
Apr 4, 2018
Teresa S. Tibbs Teresa S. Tibbs, 86, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 04, 2018. Teresa was born on December 3, 1931 to Dominic and Argentina Cicione in Akron, OH. She was a South High graduate. Teresa was a faithful and active member of St. Andrew's Church. She had a passion for her family, grandchildren and...
Hunter Smith
Apr 3, 2018
Hunter Y. Smith Hunter Y. Smith, 80, died in Barberton, OH on April 3, 2018. He was born in Rochester, NY. He proudly served in the United States Army prior to the outbreak of the Vietnam War. He was educated in Wheeling, West Virginia before moving north with his family to Northeast Ohio, where he spent most of his life....
Joseph A. Verderber
Apr 3, 2018
Joseph A. Verderber died of heart failure on April 3, 2018. Joe was born in 1938 to the late Joe and Dorothy Verderber and was an only child. He was one of the first winners of a National Merit Scholarship in 1956 and attended The Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Joe married the late Anita (nee Barto) in 1960 and they...
Mary R Dietz
Apr 3, 2018
Mary R. Dietz, age 89, died Tuesday, April 3, 2018, in Akron, OH. Mary was born on January 31, 1929, in McMinnville, TN, and moved with her family in 1930 to Cincinnati, OH, where she grew up. She met her future husband, Harold Dietz, in kindergarten. They were married in 1948. In 1954 Harold accepted a commission in the U.S....
Rick Blocher
Apr 2, 2018
Rick Blocher, Jr. Rick Blocher, Jr., 63, passed away April 2, 2018. He graduated from Copley High School in 1973. After graduation he served on an U. S. Coast Guard icebreaker, traveling to both the Arctic and Antarctic Oceans. He then continued his education, graduating from Hocking College. For many years he worked as a dry wall finisher. Wherever he...
Kate Lieberth Lytton
Apr 1, 2018
KATE LIEBERTH LYTTON The world lost an accomplished young teacher of classical and modern ballet on Easter Sunday morning, and young women lost a ballet instructor, friend and a mentor in the lessons of life. Born Kathryn Moffatt Lieberth, Kate Lytton died two weeks shy of her 38th birthday following a year-long battle with breast cancer, a fight that she...
Muriel Snidewind ( Mimi ) Hutchinson
Mar 31, 2018
Muriel Snidewind (Mimi) Hutchinson, age 95, died March 31, 2018 at Laurel Lake in Hudson, OH. A resident of Akron, OH for 61 years, Mimi was married for 55 years to the late Joseph F. Hutchinson, Sr. She is the mother of Laurie Jacobs (Les) of Gates Mills, OH, Joseph, Jr. (Jan) of Richfield, OH, and James (Donna) of Hinsdale,...
Mary A Durkee
Mar 31, 2018
Mary A. Durkee Mary A. Durkee, 90, was called to join our Lord and Savior on March 31, 2018. She was born in Cleveland and resided in Stow for the last 68 years. After raising her family, she put herself through school becoming a Licensed Practical Nurse and retired from Cuyahoga Falls General Hospital. She enjoyed attending her grandchildren's many...
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