All Obituaries

Donald J. Figurella 1936-2023 Age 86 of Canton, died peacefully on Wednesday, January 25, 2023, following an extended illness. He was born in Sharon, PA on March 20, 1936, the eldest son of Patsy and Amelia (Ficcalia) Figurella. He was a 1954 graduate of Brookfield High School, Brookfield, Ohio, and attended the University of Massachusetts, studying Turf Management. In 1956, he married his high school sweetheart, Nancy Coppage. Together, they had three children, son Terry, and daughters...

William H. Wittmer, age 75, of Hartville, went home to be with the Lord on Monday January 23, 2023. He was born on March 27, 1947 in Canton to the late Willis and Mattie (Yoder) Wittmer. A life time career in construction and concrete, in more recent years he worked for the Village of Hartville at Memorial Park. He was a member of Evermore Community Church and could be found evangelizing the good word to everyone everywhere. With church he loved greeting people and served in mission work in...

Marianne Mongiardo Changet, age 95, of Canton passed away on January 16, 2023. She was born October 29, 1927, to Italian immigrants and moved to canton as a young girl where she spent the remainder of her life. She graduated from Timken High School and after her children were raised, she received her LPN degree from Canton City Schools. She was a devoted wife and mother and took great pleasure tending to the home for her family. Following the death of her husband in 1978, she began her...

Ann K. Hilscher, age 77, of Canton passed away January 12, 2023, following a 2-year courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born in Canton on November 8, 1945, and is a graduate of Lehman High School and Kent State University. She spent her career as a medical technologist at Aultman Hospital and Massillon Community Hospital in the virology and bacteriology departments. Ann was an avid reader, loved to travel, and loved to garden. She was also known for her love of family and...

Michael Daniel Burke, age 95, of Hartville, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday January 10, 2023 at Altercare of Hartville. He was born in Summerhill, Pennsylvania on September 27, 1927 to the late James Arthur and Martha (Fifield) Burke. His earlier years were spent in Beaverton, Pennsylvania. He served in both the US Navy and US Army where he was a paratrooper. He held many different jobs and was a member of Evermore Community Church. He was one of 11 children and was...

Kory Blake Huffman, age 38, of New Franklin, passed away on Tuesday January 10, 2023. He was born in Alliance, Ohio on February 7, 1984 and graduated from Norton High School in 2003 where he was on the track team. His hobbies were boating with his parents, Ohio State Football and being a father to his boys.  He is survived by his mother and father Robyne and Kevin Huffman; boys Logan Jackson and Kaiden Huffman; grandmothers Shirley Powell and Sherrie Huffman; and other relatives and...

Helena R. Jenkins, age 78, of Canton passed away Tuesday morning January 10, 2023, in Altercare of Navarre. She was born February 25, 1944 in Mansfield to Carl and Betty Jenkins. Helena was a bearing inspector at the Timken Company, retiring after 30 years of service. Preceded in death by grandson, James B Jenkins of Canton. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, James and Janet Jenkins of Canton; brother and sister-in-law, Clifford and Tina Luckett of Canton; sister and...

David K. Dull Sr., age 74, of Canton, passed away on January 9, 2023, in his home. He was born August 27, 1948, and following graduation from North Canton Hoover High School, David served in Vietnam as a member of the Navy. David began his career at Republic Steel and then joined Timken Steel where he ultimately retired from following over 30 years. He loved riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle with his local riding clubs and with family and friends. He was an active member of Canton Lodge...

Joey W. Henderson, age 68, of North Canton, passed away unexpectedly on January 9, 2023. He was born August 25, 1954, in East Liverpool Ohio to the late Ralph and Barbara (Webb) Henderson. Joey graduated from East Liverpool High School, where he played both football and baseball. He continued his baseball career at Mt. Union College, where he earned First Team All American Honors, two seasons in a row, as an outfielder. Joey earned his CPA designation and spent the majority of his career in...

Josephine M. (Gauldin) Stone, age 104, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday January 7, 2023. She was born August 30, 1918 in Peru, Indiana to Samuel Gauldin and Lucy M. (Aldredge) Gauldin Gross. Jo, as she was known, graduated from Northridge High School, Dayton, Ohio and attended the Miami Jacobs Business School in Dayton. She was a long time member of the EUB Church which merged with the Methodist Church--her latest church home was Asbury United Methodist Church in Delaware, Ohio. Jo...