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Gordon Winston
Jan 20, 2009
Gordon Winston, age 80, of Canton passed away Tuesday January 20, 2009 in the comfort of his home with his wife by his side. He was born in Massillon on June 20, 1928 to Hyman and Bess Weinstein. He served in the reserves. He was a member of Temple Israel. A successful entrepreneur, Gordon Winston was President of Ace...
Nellie G. Warfield
Jan 20, 2009
Nellie G. Warfield, age 82, of Canton, passed away Tuesday morning, January 20, 2009 in Mercy Medical Center. Nellie was born in Diana, West Virginia to the late Blain and Mamie (Williams) Claypoole. She was a member of the Martindale Christian Fellowship Church. Preceded in death by a son Delmar Hall, sister Leona Gaul and brother Harold Claypoole. She...
Kurt W. Myers
Jan 19, 2009
Kurt W. Myers, Marine Veteran, age 70 of Hartville passed Monday January 19, 2009. Born in Canton to the late Emmet and Blanche (Pensato) Myers. Preceded in death by wife Dolly Myers, brother Robert; he will be deeply missed by his wife Nancy; step-son Derek Frame; sons Eric and Michael Myers; sister Carol (Paul) Kemp; other relatives and friends....
Allen J. Reed
Jan 19, 2009
Allen J. Reed, age 86, of Canton, died Monday evening in Aultman Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Canton to the late Cecil & Marcie (Justice) Reed he was a 1940 graduate of McKinley High School, and a graduate of Ohio University. Allen served in the Navy during WW II and was retired from the Timken Company in...
Ellen E. Kegg
Jan 18, 2009
Ellen E. Kegg, age 82, of Uniontown, OH died Sunday morning in Aultman Hospital after a brief illness. A life resident of Canton, she was a graduate of Timken High School, received her BS degree in education from Ohio State University and her Masters from Kent State University. Mrs. Kegg taught school at Grove City & Uniontown Elementary and...
Thomas Newman Capps
Jan 17, 2009
Thomas N. Capps Sr., age 72 of Hartville passed away Saturday, January 17, 2009. He was born July 24, 1936 in Dyersburg, Tennessee to the late Marvin Edward and Hilda Elizabeth (Palmer) Capps. After attending High School at Ellet, he served in the U.S. Army and then the U.S. Coast Guard. He received his Bachelor's Degree at the University...
Julia Geraldine Nieman
Jan 16, 2009
Julia Geraldine Nieman, age 90, a 40-year resident of Hartville passed away on Friday January 16, 2009. Born in Greentown on May 21, 1918 to the late Wesly and Josephine (Carroll) Scott, she was one of ten children and grew up on a farm in Mahoning County. She married Naseeb Nieman in May 1952 and he passed away January...
Dodrothy Mae Finefrock
Jan 14, 2009
Dorothy Mae (Johnson) Finefrock. Born November 23, 1923, passed away early Wednesday morning January 14, 2009 in Strongsville, Ohio. Born in East Liverpool, Ohio and raised in Weirton, West Virginia by her adoptive parents, Alverta and John Oliver. Moved to Canton, Ohio and met her husband, Roy, while both worked at Citizens Savings in Canton in 1948. Roy and...
Anna Mae Hershberger
Jan 12, 2009
Anna Mae Hershberger, age 83, of Hartville, went home to be with the Lord on Monday January 12, 2009. She was born August 22, 1925 in Canton, OH to the late John L. and Alta V. (Yoder) Sommers. She loved children, especially her grandchildren. She was a member of Cornerstone Mennonite Church. She is survived by her husband of...
Alice May May
Jan 11, 2009
Alice May May, age 88 of Hartville, passed away Sunday night January 11, 2009 with her family by her side. She was born in Providence, Rhode Island on June 3, 1920 to the late John and Mary (Thompson) Smith. She met and then married Dallas May Sr. March 16, 1957 while he was stationed in the Navy. Upon retirement...
Marlana Chaundra (Ricker) Kinser
Jan 11, 2009
Marlana Chaundra Kinser, age 19, and her infant son, Dylan Lane Kinser-Dusz, of Canton and formerly of Marion, went to be with their Heavenly Father unexpectedly on Sunday evening, January 11, 2009, at the Ohio State University Medical Center following a battle with a rare cancer that was undiagnosed. On July 22, 1989, Marlana was born in Canton, Ohio,...
Claudia Matthew Novoa
Jan 9, 2009
Claudia Matthew Novoa, age 92, of Canton passed on in the comfort of her home, Friday, January 9, 2009 with her family by her side. She was born August 23, 1916 in Rodas, Cuba to the late Robert J. Matthew Pike and Guillermina Rangel Hernandez. She was a retired teacher, a life-long student, and writer. Survived by her husband...
Florence Pauline Fleisher
Jan 6, 2009
Florence Fleisher Fleisher, Florence Pauline (Jacobson) Age 92, of Beachwood, OH Do not stop to gather flowers to keep them but walk on, for flowers will keep themselves blooming all your way. --Tagore Beloved daughter, wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, aunt and friend, passed away peacefully on January 6, at Menorah Park in Beachwood, OH at the age of 92....
Roberta Rankin
Jan 6, 2009
Roberta Jane Rankin, age 58 of Akron went home to be with the Lord Monday January 5, 2009. Born in Wadsworth on May 27, 1950 to the late Harold and Nellie (Logg) Rankin. She was cherished by her family. Survived by brother Tom (Linda) Rankin of Hartville; sisters Norma Jean Wilson of Mogadore, Sue Ann Duffield of Akron, Blanche...
Katherine Rankin
Jan 6, 2009
Katherine E. Rankin, age 98, of Hartville died Tuesday January 6, 2009. She was born December 30, 1910 in St. Marys, PA. A graduate of McKinley High, Mercy Hospital School of Nursing and The University of Akron, she was head nurse and supervisor at the former Little Flower Pediatric Hospital in Canton and she served as an instructor and...
Helen R. Tschantz
Jan 4, 2009
Helen R. Tschantz went to be with the Lord in Aultman Hospital, January 4, 2009. She was born in Harlem Springs, Ohio, May 16, 1924 to Charles and Floy (Knox) Willett. She graduated from Minerva High School in 1942 and Houghton College, Houghton, NY in 1946. She taught history at Minerva High School for 6 years and was librarian...
James E. Bargerstock
Jan 1, 2009
James E. Bargerstock, age 65, passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus January 1, 2009 at Mercy Medical Center while surrounded by his loving family. He was the youngest of 6 children born on July 28, 1943 to Orville and Mildred (Gilbert)Bargerstock in Carmichaels, PA. He was a longtime resident of Hartville and a member of Bethany Mennonite Church....
Dale Knowles
Dec 31, 2008
DALE W. KNOWLES Dale W. Knowles, 95, of Hartville, passed away on Wednesday evening, December 31, 2008 at Green Meadows Health and Wellness Center after a slow decline in health. A lifetime area resident, he was a 1931 graduate of Hartville High School. He was co-owner of The Knowles Press and The Hartville News from 1936 until his retirement...
Joseph E. Maxwell
Dec 31, 2008
Maxwell, Joseph E., age 92 of Canton died Wednesday in Aultman Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Mingo Junction, Ohio to the late David G. and Ina R. (Kline) Maxwell. Joseph was most known for being an amateur pianist; he was retired from National Steel Company in Weirton, West Virginia where he worked as an electronic Engineer for...
Esenta Worshil
Dec 30, 2008
Worshil, Esenta Age 94, of Palm Springs, California passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 30, 2008. Esenta (Kail) Worshil was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1914. During her many years in Canton, she found much joy and pride in her work in the Jewish community as President of Hadassah, Chairman of Women's Division of UJA, and Secretary of the...
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