Obituaries

Irene Thomas

Irene Thomas

Mar 23, 2006

Irene E. Thomas, 83, passed away March 23, 2006. Mrs. Thomas was born in Cumberland, MD and had resided most of her life in Cuyahoga Falls, graduating from Cuyahoga Falls High School in 1940. She retired from Ohio Bell in 1983 with 25 years of continuous service where she had held numerous positions and was a member of the Telephone...

Kathryn Kraft

Kathryn Kraft

Mar 22, 2006

CUYAHOGA FALLS -Kathryn "Kitty" Kraft, 81, passed away March 22, 2006. Kitty, as everyone knew her, was born January 19, 1925 in Crucible, PA and spent her early years in Moon Run, PA. Her family then moved to Akron and she lived her last 53 years in Cuyahoga Falls. Kitty lived a very colorful and eventful life. In addition to...

Audrey Cross

Audrey Cross

Mar 21, 2006

CUYAHOGA FALLS -Audrey "Korky" Cross, 60, died March 21, 2006. Korky was born in Akron and had resided in Cuyahoga Falls most of her life. She retired as a secretary for Carousel Dinner Theater. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas M. Sr, brother, Jim Snyder and sisters, Mary Ruth Snyder and Jacqueline Bosso and is survived by...

James Raupach

James Raupach

Mar 9, 2006

James E. Raupach, 73, died March 9, 2006. Mr. Raupach was born in Flintstone, MD and had resided in Cuyahoga Falls since 1956. He was a self-employed barber at State Road Barber Shop for 20 years and later retired from Product Development. He was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church and was a Veteran of the Korean War having...

Edward Montgomery

Edward Montgomery

Mar 4, 2006

Edward C. Montgomery, 85, passed away March 4, 2006. Mr. Montgomery was born in Framingham, Mass and had resided in Cuyahoga Falls since 1954. He had served with the U. S. Air Force during WW2 as 2nd Lieutenant as a navigator with the 337th Bombardment Squadron, 96th Bombardment Group. He completed 11 combat missions, was shot down in combat and...

Eva Myers

Eva Myers

Mar 3, 2006

CUYAHOGA FALLS -Eva G. Myers, 88, passed away March 3, 2006. Mrs. Myers was born in Akron and had resided in Northampton/Cuyahoga Falls her entire life. She was a member of Northampton United Methodist Church and had worked in the cafeteria for the Woodridge Board of Education. She enjoyed bowling and golfing and enjoyed serving in her community through PTO,...

Carl Mcnair

Carl Mcnair

Mar 3, 2006

Carl E. McNair, 85, passed away March 3, 2006. Mr. McNair was born in LaTrobe, PA and had resided in Cuyahoga Falls most of his life. He retired in 1982 from B. F. Goodrich, having worked in the Belt Room with 40 years service. He was a Veteran of WW2 having served with the U. S. Army, was a member...

Gladys Norris

Gladys Norris

Mar 1, 2006

Gladys L. "Midge" Norris, 80, passed away March 1, 2006. Mrs. Norris was born in Cuyahoga Falls where she had resided most of her life. She was a member of the Cuyahoga Falls Church of the Nazarene where she had taught Sunday School and attended several prayer groups. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Franklin and is...

Harold Bollinger

Harold Bollinger

Feb 28, 2006

CUYAHOGA FALLS -Harold H. Bollinger, 98, passed away February 28, 2006. Mr. Bollinger was born in Akron and had resided in the Cuyahoga Falls and Akron areas his most of his life. He retired from Ohio Edison in 1972 as Asst. Comptroller with 45 years service, was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Cuyahoga Falls where he...

Ruth Makebakken

Ruth Makebakken

Feb 25, 2006

CUYAHOGA FALLS -Ruth T. Makebakken, 89, passed away February 25, 2006. Mrs. Makebakken was born in Akron and had resided in Cuyahoga Falls since 1955. She had worked as a clerk for Ace Hardware in Hudson and was a member of North Haven Covenant Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold and is survived by her sons...

Gertrude Garinger

Gertrude Garinger

Feb 24, 2006

Gertrude L. Garinger (Blower) nee Martin, 84, passed away at her residence February 24, 2006. Mrs. Garinger was born in Akron, where she had resided her entire life. She had been Rosie the Riveter and later had worked for Armour Star Meats. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard L (Red) in 1998, brothers, Merrill, Clyde, Richard, Clarence,...

Jean Miller

Jean Miller

Feb 23, 2006

STOW -Jean Marie Miller, 81, died February 23, 2006. Born in New York City, NY, she had resided in Stow for 28 years, moving there from Cuyahoga Falls. She was a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary. She is survived by her daughters, Jeanne (Vincent) Rubino of Cuyahoga Falls and Catherine Riley of San Francisco, CA; sister, Catherine Riplinger of...

William Diehl

William Diehl

Feb 16, 2006

CUYAHOGA FALLS -William R. Diehl, 69, passed away February 16, 2006. Mr. Diehl was born in Akron and had resided in Cuyahoga Falls since 1967, moving there from Akron. He had been a criminal bailiff in Summit County Domestic Relations Court and had been a Summit County Special Deputy for 33 years retired December 2005. He had previously worked for...

William Nees

William Nees

Feb 7, 2006

William Harding Nees, 82 Silver Lake. Born January 4th, 1924. They say old hardware men never die. Bill's earthly body gave way to his new one on Thursday, February 7th; and he is now with his Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ. Bill and his wife Dorothy closed their hardware store on E. Cuyahoga Falls Ave. in North Hill in 1972...

Wayne Wurzbacher

Wayne Wurzbacher

Feb 4, 2006

STOW -Wayne A. Wurzbacher, 71, died February 4, 2006. A private service will be conducted at a later date.

William Wessel

William Wessel

Jan 22, 2006

NORTH CANTON -William G. "Bill" Wessel, 81, died January 22, 2006. Mr. Wessel was born in Lakewood and had resided in Cuyahoga Falls for 46 years before moving to North Canton. He had been a sales representative of Metropolitan Life Ins. for 21 years and previously for Western-Southern Life, was a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary and was a...

Florence Risser

Florence Risser

Jan 21, 2006

CUYAHOGA FALLS -Florence C. Risser, 87, passed away January 21, 2006. Mrs. Risser was born in Akron and had resided in Cuyahoga Falls the past 55 years, moving here from Kalida, OH. She had been co-owner of Falls Welding Service and was a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary and previously St. Joseph's where she belonged to the Alter and...

Elizabeth Shepard

Elizabeth Shepard

Jan 5, 2006

CUYAHOGA FALLS - Elizabeth L. Shepard (nee Johnston), 79, passed away suddenly with family by her side on January 5, 2006. Mrs. Shepard was born in Neffs, Ohio and was a lifelong resident of Cuyahoga Falls. She was a member of American Legion Auxiliary Charles Faust Post 281 and the Polish American Club. She retired from Lamb Electric, was an...

Ray Mcdaniel

Ray Mcdaniel

Dec 5, 2005

Ray C. McDaniel, 46, died December 5, 2005. Mr. McDaniel was born in Cuyahoga Falls, graduated from Cuyahoga Falls High School in 1977 and was a longtime resident of Portage County. He had worked in Electronic Component Sales for Schuster Electronics in Twinsburg for over 10 years. Preceded in death by his Father, Gerald McDaniel, he is survived by his...

Mary Sands

Mary Sands

Dec 3, 2005

CUYAHOGA FALLS -Mary L. Sands, 82, died December 3, 2005. Mary was born in Calhoun Co., West Virginia, to Cecil and Essa Anne Lamb on October 5, 1923.She was an active member of Grandview United Methodist Church and was retired from the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. in Barberton with over 25 years service. Preceded in death by her beloved husband,...

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