Obituaries
Obituaries for The Billow Funeral Homes & Crematory
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Dorothy B Francis
Jun 25, 2018
Loved ones and friends gathered together on Sunday August 5, 2018 to celebrate the life of Dorothy B. Francis (born Dorothy Vera Beever) who passed on June 25, 2018 after a short illness. Dorothy was born on July 2, 1929 in a Garden Cottage at a major English Country Estate in Gisburn, County of York in the United Kingdom where...
Roberta Ann Seeds "Bobbie" Christman
Jun 19, 2018
Roberta Ann Seeds Christman "Bobbie" Silver Lake- Roberta (nee Seeds) Christman left this world peacefully to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. She was born in Akron in 1918 to Robert H. and Martha (Schumm) Seeds, and received her early schooling in Boston, Mass. and Columbus, Ohio. The Seeds Family moved to Silver...
Winston E Kirkland
Jun 19, 2018
Dr. Winston E. Kirkland, 76, of Silver Lake was called to Heaven Tuesday, June 19, 2018 after a courageous battle with cancer. Winston dedicated his life to caring for his family. He worked as a chaplain at Western Reserve Psychiatric Hospital for 31 years. He loved spending time with his family, fly fishing and traveling. He is survived by his...
Paul William Swain
Jun 18, 2018
Paul William Swain answered, "When the roll was called up yonder", he was there 90 years old. He passed away June 18, 2018 at the Western Reserve Masonic Community in Medina. He was 90 years old. Time just caught up with that old Marine, he was tired and ready to meet his loving Maker. He was born December 5, 1928...
H. James "Jim" Scranton
Jun 16, 2018
H. James "Jim" Scranton of Akron, OH passed away June 16, 2018 after a short illness. Jim graduated from Beaver Falls High School, attended Valparaiso Technical Institute and retired as an Electrical Engineer. He served in the US Navy, was involved in Amateur radio and attended Tallmadge Lutheran Church. Preceded in death by his parents, Harry and Louise Scranton; sister,...
Ann Nolan
Jun 15, 2018
Ann Nolan, 91, passed away June 15, 2018. Born in Skopia, Greece in 1927, Antigone (Ann) Nolan, was one of four children. She was a strong and loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and a friend to all. Known for her generosity and home cooking, if Ann wasn't feeding somebody then she was knitting them a soft blanket...
Virginia May Mellion
Jun 14, 2018
Virginia May Mellion, 97, of Akron, passed away peacefully on June 14, 2018 in Akron, OH. Virginia was born in Youngstown, OH to Paul and Niki Janaq on May 13, 1921. She attended school in Youngstown and Akron graduating from Buchtel High School in 1938. She went on to earn a Jewel Degree and worked as a beauty consultant and...
Sue Mayes
Jun 12, 2018
Sue Mayes, 91, passed away peacefully on June 12, 2018 in Fairlawn, Ohio. She was born on October 23, 1926 in Harlan, KY. She was married to Ralph Mayes who preceded her in his exit from this world. She lived her life with grace, dignity and compassion and her light shone on all who knew her. She was always a...
Ruth Phillips Strayer
Jun 8, 2018
Ruth Phillips Strayer Ruth Strayer, 90, passed away peacefully on June 8, 2018 in Akron Ohio. Ruth was born in Akron, Ohio on May 21, 1928. She graduated from Buchtel High in 1946. Ruth was a trailblazer working for American Optical and later as an account representative at Blue Cross. She generously donated to many charitable organizations. Ruth was a...
Margaret "Reb" Baldwin
Jun 4, 2018
Margaret "Reb" Baldwin Reb passed away peacefully on June 4th, and went to join her true soul mate husband, Yank, who pre-deceased her 14 years ago. Born Mary Margaret Herrington in Floresville, Texas, on October 12, 1924, she graduated from Corpus Christi High School at 16 years old, and from the University of Texas, Austin, at just 19 years old,...
Patricia Ann Varga
Jun 1, 2018
PATRICIA ANN VARGA (nee Muldoon), age 82; beloved wife for 60 years of James Varga; loving mother of Chris Varga (Sonya), Elizabeth Lauro, and Jennifer Hathaway (Kenneth); devoted grandmother of Nicolas, Catherine, CJ, Dylan and Zoey; and friend to many. Pat was born March 16, 1936 in Steubenville, Ohio and passed away on June 1, 2018. She was a resident...
Margaret "Marjean" Moore
May 31, 2018
Margaret Jean "Marjean" Moore (Nee Wilt) Margaret Jean "Marjean" Moore passed away peacefully May 31, 2018 at the age of 91. Born in Akron, she resided in Cuyahoga Falls and Silver Lake. A graduate of Cuyahoga Falls High School, she attended Kent State University, afterward marrying the love of her life Bill (William T.) Moore in 1946. She enjoyed dancing,...
Wayne Herbruck
May 22, 2018
Wayne Herbruck "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints." "Absent from the body, present with the Lord Jesus Christ" "Hallelujah, what a Savior" Wayne Herbruck, 87, went home to be with his Lord and Savior May 22, 2018. Born in Northampton September 12, 1930 to John and Beulah Herbruck, he lived most of his...
Charles B. (Chuck) Thomas
May 22, 2018
Charles (Chuck) Thomas passed away at the age of 86 on May 22, 2018, after a two-month battle with cancer. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Dale Thomas Bouton; parents, Wilma and Joseph Thomas; and he is survived by his wife of 65 years, Phyllis Thomas; sister, Shirley Carter; daughter, Diane Thomas; son, Joseph Howard Thomas and daughter-in-law,...
William Martin Glazier
May 21, 2018
William M. Glazier, Ph.D. William Martin Glazier, 93, passed away on May 21, 2018. Bill was born in Grand Rapids, MI to the late William M. and Margaret Glazier. One month after Pearl Harbor, Bill, at the age of 17, dropped out of High School and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he served a four-year enlistment. As a...
Norman Naseem Elias
May 14, 2018
Norman Naseem Elias "We will continue to love God and love one another," were some of the last words Norman Naseem Elias, 84, heard from his children and grandchildren before he was delivered into the hands of his Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. His wife Alice of 56 years and all his family surrounded him when he passed away May...
Elizabeth K. Kime
May 12, 2018
Elizabeth K. Kime, 98 years old, a lifelong resident of Akron, died May 12, 2018. Elizabeth, a graduate of the University of Akron where she was a member of Delta Gamma Sorority, retired from the Akron Public Schools where she was a home economics teacher until her retirement in 1976. In addition, she was actively involved with Akron Family Services,...
Thomas Dobson
May 10, 2018
Thomas Dobson, 81, of Akron passed away May 10, 2018. He was born November 16, 1936 to Allen and Jean Dobson. He was a U. S. Marine Corps veteran, loved woodworking, and retired in December 2012 from the Taxation Department of the City of Akron. He is survived by his wife, Dottie; children, Debbie (boyfriend, Mark) and David (Susanna); two...
Dorothy B Francis
Jun 25, 2018
Loved ones and friends gathered together on Sunday August 5, 2018 to celebrate the life of Dorothy B. Francis (born Dorothy Vera Beever) who passed on June 25, 2018 after a short illness. Dorothy was born on July 2, 1929 in a Garden Cottage at a major English Country Estate in Gisburn, County of York in the United Kingdom where...
Roberta Ann Seeds "Bobbie" Christman
Jun 19, 2018
Roberta Ann Seeds Christman "Bobbie" Silver Lake- Roberta (nee Seeds) Christman left this world peacefully to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. She was born in Akron in 1918 to Robert H. and Martha (Schumm) Seeds, and received her early schooling in Boston, Mass. and Columbus, Ohio. The Seeds Family moved to Silver...
Winston E Kirkland
Jun 19, 2018
Dr. Winston E. Kirkland, 76, of Silver Lake was called to Heaven Tuesday, June 19, 2018 after a courageous battle with cancer. Winston dedicated his life to caring for his family. He worked as a chaplain at Western Reserve Psychiatric Hospital for 31 years. He loved spending time with his family, fly fishing and traveling. He is survived by his...
Paul William Swain
Jun 18, 2018
Paul William Swain answered, "When the roll was called up yonder", he was there 90 years old. He passed away June 18, 2018 at the Western Reserve Masonic Community in Medina. He was 90 years old. Time just caught up with that old Marine, he was tired and ready to meet his loving Maker. He was born December 5, 1928...
H. James "Jim" Scranton
Jun 16, 2018
H. James "Jim" Scranton of Akron, OH passed away June 16, 2018 after a short illness. Jim graduated from Beaver Falls High School, attended Valparaiso Technical Institute and retired as an Electrical Engineer. He served in the US Navy, was involved in Amateur radio and attended Tallmadge Lutheran Church. Preceded in death by his parents, Harry and Louise Scranton; sister,...
Ann Nolan
Jun 15, 2018
Ann Nolan, 91, passed away June 15, 2018. Born in Skopia, Greece in 1927, Antigone (Ann) Nolan, was one of four children. She was a strong and loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and a friend to all. Known for her generosity and home cooking, if Ann wasn't feeding somebody then she was knitting them a soft blanket...
Virginia May Mellion
Jun 14, 2018
Virginia May Mellion, 97, of Akron, passed away peacefully on June 14, 2018 in Akron, OH. Virginia was born in Youngstown, OH to Paul and Niki Janaq on May 13, 1921. She attended school in Youngstown and Akron graduating from Buchtel High School in 1938. She went on to earn a Jewel Degree and worked as a beauty consultant and...
Sue Mayes
Jun 12, 2018
Sue Mayes, 91, passed away peacefully on June 12, 2018 in Fairlawn, Ohio. She was born on October 23, 1926 in Harlan, KY. She was married to Ralph Mayes who preceded her in his exit from this world. She lived her life with grace, dignity and compassion and her light shone on all who knew her. She was always a...
Ruth Phillips Strayer
Jun 8, 2018
Ruth Phillips Strayer Ruth Strayer, 90, passed away peacefully on June 8, 2018 in Akron Ohio. Ruth was born in Akron, Ohio on May 21, 1928. She graduated from Buchtel High in 1946. Ruth was a trailblazer working for American Optical and later as an account representative at Blue Cross. She generously donated to many charitable organizations. Ruth was a...
Margaret "Reb" Baldwin
Jun 4, 2018
Margaret "Reb" Baldwin Reb passed away peacefully on June 4th, and went to join her true soul mate husband, Yank, who pre-deceased her 14 years ago. Born Mary Margaret Herrington in Floresville, Texas, on October 12, 1924, she graduated from Corpus Christi High School at 16 years old, and from the University of Texas, Austin, at just 19 years old,...
Patricia Ann Varga
Jun 1, 2018
PATRICIA ANN VARGA (nee Muldoon), age 82; beloved wife for 60 years of James Varga; loving mother of Chris Varga (Sonya), Elizabeth Lauro, and Jennifer Hathaway (Kenneth); devoted grandmother of Nicolas, Catherine, CJ, Dylan and Zoey; and friend to many. Pat was born March 16, 1936 in Steubenville, Ohio and passed away on June 1, 2018. She was a resident...
Margaret "Marjean" Moore
May 31, 2018
Margaret Jean "Marjean" Moore (Nee Wilt) Margaret Jean "Marjean" Moore passed away peacefully May 31, 2018 at the age of 91. Born in Akron, she resided in Cuyahoga Falls and Silver Lake. A graduate of Cuyahoga Falls High School, she attended Kent State University, afterward marrying the love of her life Bill (William T.) Moore in 1946. She enjoyed dancing,...
Wayne Herbruck
May 22, 2018
Wayne Herbruck "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints." "Absent from the body, present with the Lord Jesus Christ" "Hallelujah, what a Savior" Wayne Herbruck, 87, went home to be with his Lord and Savior May 22, 2018. Born in Northampton September 12, 1930 to John and Beulah Herbruck, he lived most of his...
Charles B. (Chuck) Thomas
May 22, 2018
Charles (Chuck) Thomas passed away at the age of 86 on May 22, 2018, after a two-month battle with cancer. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Dale Thomas Bouton; parents, Wilma and Joseph Thomas; and he is survived by his wife of 65 years, Phyllis Thomas; sister, Shirley Carter; daughter, Diane Thomas; son, Joseph Howard Thomas and daughter-in-law,...
William Martin Glazier
May 21, 2018
William M. Glazier, Ph.D. William Martin Glazier, 93, passed away on May 21, 2018. Bill was born in Grand Rapids, MI to the late William M. and Margaret Glazier. One month after Pearl Harbor, Bill, at the age of 17, dropped out of High School and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he served a four-year enlistment. As a...
Norman Naseem Elias
May 14, 2018
Norman Naseem Elias "We will continue to love God and love one another," were some of the last words Norman Naseem Elias, 84, heard from his children and grandchildren before he was delivered into the hands of his Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. His wife Alice of 56 years and all his family surrounded him when he passed away May...
Elizabeth K. Kime
May 12, 2018
Elizabeth K. Kime, 98 years old, a lifelong resident of Akron, died May 12, 2018. Elizabeth, a graduate of the University of Akron where she was a member of Delta Gamma Sorority, retired from the Akron Public Schools where she was a home economics teacher until her retirement in 1976. In addition, she was actively involved with Akron Family Services,...
Thomas Dobson
May 10, 2018
Thomas Dobson, 81, of Akron passed away May 10, 2018. He was born November 16, 1936 to Allen and Jean Dobson. He was a U. S. Marine Corps veteran, loved woodworking, and retired in December 2012 from the Taxation Department of the City of Akron. He is survived by his wife, Dottie; children, Debbie (boyfriend, Mark) and David (Susanna); two...
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