Obituaries

Raymond Pietraszewski
Mar 5, 2008
CUYAHOGA FALLS -Raymond A. Pietraszewski, 83, died March 5, 2008. Mr. Pietraszewski was born in Bisbee, AZ where he resided most of his life and lived in Cuyahoga Falls the past 5 years. He had been an assayer for Phelps-Dodge Mining Corp for over 30 years, was a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary and a Veteran of WW2 having...
Dorothy Vujanov
Mar 3, 2008
CUYAHOGA FALLS - Dorothy Vujanov, 81, passed away March 3, 2008. Dorothy was born in Akron, Ohio and had resided most of her life in Cuyahoga Falls. She retired as head bookkeeper for Richmond Brothers at Chapel Hill. She was a member of Falls Cancer Club for over 35 years and volunteered as a poll worker for the Democratic Party...
Miriam Willis
Mar 2, 2008
CUYAHOGA FALLS -Miriam Jean Willis, 84, passed away March 2, 2008. Mrs. Willis was born in Cuyahoga Falls where she had resided her entire life. She had worked as an administrative secretary to the Assistant Superintendent for the Cuyahoga Falls Board of Education for 31 years, had previously worked for Firestone Tire and Rubber for 10 years and was a...

John Jarvis
Feb 29, 2008
CUYAHOGA FALLS -John M. Jarvis, 80, died February 29, 2008. Mr. Jarvis was born in Jarvisville, WV and had resided in Cuyahoga Falls most of his life. He retired in 1987 as a crane operator for Ford Motor Co. Walton Hills Plant with 32 years service, was a member of Lighthouse Christian Fellowship and was a Veteran of WW2 having...
Betty Pascher
Feb 29, 2008
TOGETHER AGAIN CUYAHOGA FALLS - Betty J. Pascher, 88 years old, passed away quietly Friday morning, February 29, 2009. She was preceded in her death by her husband of 65 years Fred A. Pascher three years ago. Betty was a member of New Life ministries, with Pastor David Jellel. She leaves behind her son, Terry T. Pascher and her daughter,...

Donald Fleming
Feb 27, 2008
CUYAHOGA FALLS -Donald H. Fleming, 69, born October 12, 1938 in Akron, OH, died February 27, 2008. A U. S. Navy Veteran, he was self-employed until his health forced him to retire. He was preceded in death by his parents, Herbert D. and Angela Fleming, an infant son, Patrick and two brothers, Leo B. and Gerald F. Fleming. He is...
John Bena
Jan 30, 2008
CUYAHOGA FALLS -John Peter Bena crossed over peacefully on Jan. 30, 2008 surrounded by priest and loved ones. He was born on Oct. 17, 1922 in N.Y., N.Y. Son of John and Therese. Brother to Frank, Rudy, Annie and Eleanor. A devout Catholic, family man and patriot with a passion for history, science , travel and the ocean. Attended parochial...
Robert Archer
Jan 13, 2008
Austinburg - Bob Archer was born in July 31, 1924 in Akron, Ohio and passed away January 13, 2008 at home in Austinburg, OH. Bob is preceded in death by brothers Raymond II and William. He leaves behind his daughter Lynn Archer of Santa Fe, NM; brother, Preston Archer of Taylorsville, NC and many nieces, nephews and friends. At 19...
Reynold Schendel
Dec 13, 2007
CUYAHOGA FALLS - Reynold W. Schendel, 92, passed away December 13, 2007 after a long illness. He was born December 2, 1915 in Willmar, Saskatchewan, Canada and had resided in Cuyahoga Falls since 1985. Mr. Schendel was an auto mechanic who owned and operated Dale's Garage in Downer's Grove, Illinois, retiring in 1982. He married Florence B. Gerlib in 1939,...
William Long
Dec 10, 2007
William E. Long, 84 passed away December 10, 2007. Mr. Long was born in Detroit, Michigan and had attended Kent State and Bowling Green Universities, then served in the US Navy in the Philippines during WWII and later attended Western Reserve University before being call back to service for Korea. He worked in aircraft and satellite design before retiring from...

Anna Wiley
Nov 6, 2007
Hudson-Anna Maria Wiley, 83, passed away November 6, 2007. Anna emigrated to the United States from Italy in 1950 and lived with her husband and son in Manhattan until making her home in Hudson in 1974. She was active in community affairs and touched many lives. She was an accomplished seamstress, cook, and poet. Preceded in death by her parents,...
Joanne Clausen
Oct 1, 2007
Joanne E. Clausen, 77, passed away October 1, 2007. Mrs. Clausen was born in Greenville, MI and had resided in the Akron area most of her life. She graduated from the Isabelle Firestone School of Nursing and retired from Fallsview Psychiatric Hospital as an RN in March of 1996. She had previously worked at Akron City and Akron General Hospitals....
Lawrence Knapp
Oct 1, 2007
Lawrence E. Knapp, 73, passed away October 1, 2007. Mr. Knapp was born in Akron where he had resided the past 38 years. He retired in 1991 from B. F. Goodrich with 43 years service. He was preceded in death by his wife, Janet "Mary" and daughter, Karen Knapp and is survived by his sons, Thomas, Michael and James and...
John Haines
Sep 30, 2007
CUYAHOGA FALLS -John E. "Jack" Haines, 84, died at his residence September 30, 2007. Mr. Haines was born in Cuyahoga Falls where he had resided his entire life. He was a Veteran of WW2 having served in the Army Air Corps in China, Burma and India and was the recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross with one Oak Leaf Cluster...

Terence Cumpson
Sep 29, 2007
Terence "Terry" Michael Cumpson, 61, passed away September 29, 2007 Born in Akron, Terry was a highway worker with the Ohio Department of Transportation, retiring with over 30 years service. Preceded in death by his father Neil Cumpson, Terry is survived by his wife of 37 years, Hazel; mother and step-father, Juanita and Pete Dimoff; brothers Keith Dimoff and Tim...
Mary Leimeister
Sep 26, 2007
CUYAHOGA FALLS -Mary Jane Leimeister (Jacobs), 87, passed away September 26, 2007. She was born in Indianapolis, IN to the late Thomas and Ethel Sullivan, on May 13, 1920. She graduated from St. John's Academy in Indianapolis, and worked for the State of Indiana before moving to Cuyahoga Falls in 1947 where she still resides. Mary Jane was a medical...
Philip Hamilton
Sep 22, 2007
SILVER LAKE -Philip M. Hamilton, 74, passed away September 22, 2007. Mr. Hamilton was born in Akron and had resided in Silver Lake the past 36 years, moving there from Cuyahoga Falls. He retired in 1995 from Evans Savings Bank (now Key Bank) with 35 years service and was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Cuyahoga Falls....
David Kline
Sep 21, 2007
CUYAHOGA FALLS -David A. Kline, 52, aka "Mr. Clown Around", loving husband, father, brother and faithful friend, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, September 21, 2007. Born in Warren, Ohio on New Year's Eve in 1954, David lived his life with fun, pleasure and kindness. Raised in Portage County he resided in Cuyahoga Falls since 1980, with his wife and three...
Ellen Limbach
Sep 17, 2007
CUYAHOGA FALLS - Ellen Joy Limbach (nee Schmiedel), 84 passed away September 17, 2007. Mrs. Limbach was born in Cleveland, graduated from Barber School in Akron in 1937 and East High School in 1941. A long time resident of Cuyahoga Falls she worked at Hardware and Supply Company, for the Navy Department at Goodyear Aircraft during WWII and retired from...

John Jones
Sep 17, 2007
CUYAHOGA FALLS -John Frank Jones died suddenly on Monday, September 17, 2007. He was born February 24, 1922 in Carrington, North Dakota. John served in the Army Air Corps flying the "Hump" during World War II. He graduated from the University of North Dakota, where he met his wife Sally, and they were married after his graduation in 1947. John...