Obituaries
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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...
Yvonne "Vonnie" Renner Brecht
Mar 31, 2018
Yvonne Renner Brecht Yvonne "Vonnie" Renner Brecht passed away peacefully on March 31, 2018, in hospice care at her residence in Parker, CO. She was born February 4, 1921, in Canton, Ohio to Dr. Warren F. and Ethelyne Yarger Renner. A graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University with a degree in education, she was a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority....
Joyce Anne (Merryweather) Wakeford
Mar 30, 2018
Joyce Anne Wakeford Joyce (Merryweather) Wakeford passed away Friday, March 30, 2018. Joyce was born on November 2, 1930 to Clyde and Dorothy Merryweather of Akron. As an adult, Joyce lived in New York, Alabama, Maryland, West Virginia and Delaware before retiring back to Akron in 2003. She had been employed as a flight attendant with Eastern Airlines, as a...
Robert E. Myers
Mar 29, 2018
Robert E. Myers, Jr., 98, died March 29, 2018. Born in Akron, Ohio in 1919 to Robert E. and Viola M. Reemsnyder Myers, he was a World War II veteran who served with Company C, 395th Infantry Regiment attached to the First Army in the Battle of the Bulge and Rhineland Campaigns. He was a member of Adoniram-Joppa Lodge #517...
Margot J. Reynolds
Mar 22, 2018
Margot J. Reynolds (nee Breitmeyer), 92, passed away March 22, 2018 at the Village at St. Edward. She was born on September 18, 1925 in Mt. Clemens, Michigan, Preceded in death by her husband of 68 years, Robert H. Reynolds in 2013, and daughter and son-in-law, Joy and Frank Blumenthal; she is survived by her daughter, Nancy (Dave) May of...
Harold Evans
Mar 21, 2018
Harold Evans Harold Evans was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on November 23, 1922. He served in the Navy, as a tail gunner on B-24 bombers during WWII, in the Pacific Theater. He attended the University of Cincinnati and earned his bachelor's degree in Aeronautical Engineering. He had a long, successful career at Goodyear Aerospace and retired in 1988. He married...
Elmer J. Guran
Mar 20, 2018
Elmer J. Guran died in Akron, OH March 20, 2018. He was born in Akron, OH on February 12, 1928, son of Mathew B. and Maria Kuska Guran. Elmer graduated from Akron Central High School, Cornell University: Bachelor of Architecture, and the University of Pittsburgh: Master of Urban and Regional Planning. He married Marice Anne Deming, a Cornell classmate, in...
Mitchell G Monte
Mar 17, 2018
Mitchell Giovanni Monte, 22, was born on April 8, 1995 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He passed away unexpectedly on March 17, 2018. He graduated from Revere High School in 2013 and attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Mitchell was a firecracker of light and laughter. He always had a twinkle in his eye and made everyone laugh with his quick wit,...
Charles B. "Chuck" Vanleer
Mar 17, 2018
Charles B. "Chuck" VanLeer "Friends are the Flowers of Life" Charles B. "Chuck" VanLeer, 85, passed away March 17, 2018. He was born May 3, 1932 to the late George VanLeer Sr. and Edna VanLeer nee Tippie. He was a graduate of Manchester High School, class of 1951. He was employed at A&P for 16 years and retired from Giant...
Jack A. Rodgers
Mar 17, 2018
Jack A. Rodgers, Akron native and long-time resident of Ft Lauderdale, FL, passed away on March 17, 2018 at age 98. Jack grew up in Akron and eventually joined Yankee Lines, a trucking company founded by his parents Howard and Florence. Along with his sister, Gayle, the four of them grew the company into a large concern, serving the markets...
Betty Sibley Watts Wetterau
Mar 14, 2018
Betty Sibley Watts Wetterau, 95, of Hudson, Ohio passed away peacefully March 14, 2018. She was born October 11, 1922 in Huntsville, Ohio to Margaret and Philip Sibley. Betty was devoted to her family who cherished her kindness, generosity, and joyful spirit. Her nature was to be there for others, always generous with her time. An accomplished athlete, Betty was...
Betty Jane (Burgner) Miklos
Mar 14, 2018
Betty Jane (Burgner) Miklos, 96 Betty Jane Miklos, age 96, of Cuyahoga Falls, OH passed on to be with the Lord on March 14, 2018. She was born September 25, 1921 in Akron, OH, the daughter of Orrie Russell Burgner and Ida Mae (Corp) Burgner. She graduated from South High School, Akron, OH in 1939. After graduation, she attended Kent...
Rena Mae Patterson
Mar 12, 2018
Rena Mae Patterson Born - Russellville, Arkansas September 22, 1930 - Died March 12, 2018. Loving Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother who touched many lives with her kind smile, helping hand and her gifts of homemade baked goods. Survived by a sister, Dorothy McDonald; two daughters, Sharon Serkedakis (Michael) and Marti Oblisk (Larry); and two sons, Brian Ruppel and Bruce...
Jackson Ellwood Casteel
Mar 12, 2018
Jackson Ellwood Casteel, 84, of Cuyahoga Falls, passed away on Monday, March 12, 2018 at the Cleveland Clinic. Born in Dungannon, Virginia to Omar and Ethel Casteel, he lived most of his life in Cuyahoga Falls. He was a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Cuyahoga Falls. He was an avid outdoorsman and loved fishing. He was a...
Richard L Sikula
Mar 11, 2018
Richard L. Sikula passed away on March 11, 2018 at the age of 80. He was currently residing back in Cuyahoga Falls, OH, formerly having resided in Garden City Michigan and Northampton Township. Richard was born on November 24, 1937 in Akron, OH, "on a cloudy Wednesday morning the day before Thanksgiving on the second floor in a round room...
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...
Yvonne "Vonnie" Renner Brecht
Mar 31, 2018
Yvonne Renner Brecht Yvonne "Vonnie" Renner Brecht passed away peacefully on March 31, 2018, in hospice care at her residence in Parker, CO. She was born February 4, 1921, in Canton, Ohio to Dr. Warren F. and Ethelyne Yarger Renner. A graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University with a degree in education, she was a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority....
Joyce Anne (Merryweather) Wakeford
Mar 30, 2018
Joyce Anne Wakeford Joyce (Merryweather) Wakeford passed away Friday, March 30, 2018. Joyce was born on November 2, 1930 to Clyde and Dorothy Merryweather of Akron. As an adult, Joyce lived in New York, Alabama, Maryland, West Virginia and Delaware before retiring back to Akron in 2003. She had been employed as a flight attendant with Eastern Airlines, as a...
Robert E. Myers
Mar 29, 2018
Robert E. Myers, Jr., 98, died March 29, 2018. Born in Akron, Ohio in 1919 to Robert E. and Viola M. Reemsnyder Myers, he was a World War II veteran who served with Company C, 395th Infantry Regiment attached to the First Army in the Battle of the Bulge and Rhineland Campaigns. He was a member of Adoniram-Joppa Lodge #517...
Margot J. Reynolds
Mar 22, 2018
Margot J. Reynolds (nee Breitmeyer), 92, passed away March 22, 2018 at the Village at St. Edward. She was born on September 18, 1925 in Mt. Clemens, Michigan, Preceded in death by her husband of 68 years, Robert H. Reynolds in 2013, and daughter and son-in-law, Joy and Frank Blumenthal; she is survived by her daughter, Nancy (Dave) May of...
Harold Evans
Mar 21, 2018
Harold Evans Harold Evans was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on November 23, 1922. He served in the Navy, as a tail gunner on B-24 bombers during WWII, in the Pacific Theater. He attended the University of Cincinnati and earned his bachelor's degree in Aeronautical Engineering. He had a long, successful career at Goodyear Aerospace and retired in 1988. He married...
Elmer J. Guran
Mar 20, 2018
Elmer J. Guran died in Akron, OH March 20, 2018. He was born in Akron, OH on February 12, 1928, son of Mathew B. and Maria Kuska Guran. Elmer graduated from Akron Central High School, Cornell University: Bachelor of Architecture, and the University of Pittsburgh: Master of Urban and Regional Planning. He married Marice Anne Deming, a Cornell classmate, in...
Mitchell G Monte
Mar 17, 2018
Mitchell Giovanni Monte, 22, was born on April 8, 1995 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He passed away unexpectedly on March 17, 2018. He graduated from Revere High School in 2013 and attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Mitchell was a firecracker of light and laughter. He always had a twinkle in his eye and made everyone laugh with his quick wit,...
Charles B. "Chuck" Vanleer
Mar 17, 2018
Charles B. "Chuck" VanLeer "Friends are the Flowers of Life" Charles B. "Chuck" VanLeer, 85, passed away March 17, 2018. He was born May 3, 1932 to the late George VanLeer Sr. and Edna VanLeer nee Tippie. He was a graduate of Manchester High School, class of 1951. He was employed at A&P for 16 years and retired from Giant...
Jack A. Rodgers
Mar 17, 2018
Jack A. Rodgers, Akron native and long-time resident of Ft Lauderdale, FL, passed away on March 17, 2018 at age 98. Jack grew up in Akron and eventually joined Yankee Lines, a trucking company founded by his parents Howard and Florence. Along with his sister, Gayle, the four of them grew the company into a large concern, serving the markets...
Betty Sibley Watts Wetterau
Mar 14, 2018
Betty Sibley Watts Wetterau, 95, of Hudson, Ohio passed away peacefully March 14, 2018. She was born October 11, 1922 in Huntsville, Ohio to Margaret and Philip Sibley. Betty was devoted to her family who cherished her kindness, generosity, and joyful spirit. Her nature was to be there for others, always generous with her time. An accomplished athlete, Betty was...
Betty Jane (Burgner) Miklos
Mar 14, 2018
Betty Jane (Burgner) Miklos, 96 Betty Jane Miklos, age 96, of Cuyahoga Falls, OH passed on to be with the Lord on March 14, 2018. She was born September 25, 1921 in Akron, OH, the daughter of Orrie Russell Burgner and Ida Mae (Corp) Burgner. She graduated from South High School, Akron, OH in 1939. After graduation, she attended Kent...
Rena Mae Patterson
Mar 12, 2018
Rena Mae Patterson Born - Russellville, Arkansas September 22, 1930 - Died March 12, 2018. Loving Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother who touched many lives with her kind smile, helping hand and her gifts of homemade baked goods. Survived by a sister, Dorothy McDonald; two daughters, Sharon Serkedakis (Michael) and Marti Oblisk (Larry); and two sons, Brian Ruppel and Bruce...
Jackson Ellwood Casteel
Mar 12, 2018
Jackson Ellwood Casteel, 84, of Cuyahoga Falls, passed away on Monday, March 12, 2018 at the Cleveland Clinic. Born in Dungannon, Virginia to Omar and Ethel Casteel, he lived most of his life in Cuyahoga Falls. He was a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Cuyahoga Falls. He was an avid outdoorsman and loved fishing. He was a...
Richard L Sikula
Mar 11, 2018
Richard L. Sikula passed away on March 11, 2018 at the age of 80. He was currently residing back in Cuyahoga Falls, OH, formerly having resided in Garden City Michigan and Northampton Township. Richard was born on November 24, 1937 in Akron, OH, "on a cloudy Wednesday morning the day before Thanksgiving on the second floor in a round room...
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