Obituaries

Ethel Pennell

Ethel Pennell

Feb 5, 2015

CUYAHOGA FALLS - Ethel Jean Pennell, 89, passed away February 5, 2015. Jean was born in Cuyahoga Falls to Joseph and Myrtle Robb. She lived most of her life in Cuyahoga Falls, worked at Goodyear Aircraft and retired from the Cuyahoga Falls Board of Education. She was a lifelong member of the United Presbyterian Church of Cuyahoga Falls. She loved...

James Curley Jr

James Curley Jr

Feb 4, 2015

CUYAHOGA FALLS - James A. Curley Jr., 76, passed away February 4, 2015. He was born in St. Mary's, PA and resided in Cuyahoga Falls for the past 59 years. James served his country in the U.S. Army and worked in Consumer Relations for the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., retiring after 44 years of service. He was a member...

Paul Taylor

Paul Taylor

Feb 3, 2015

CUYAHOGA FALLS-Paul Taylor, 82, passed away February 3, 2015. Private services will be held at the convenience of the family. Services entrusted to Clifford-Shoemaker Funeral Home, 330-928-2147.

Goldie Rose

Goldie Rose

Jan 29, 2015

CUYAHOGA FALLS - Goldie Rose, 95, passed away January 29th, 2015. She was born in Sutton West Virginia and resided in Cuyahoga Falls for the past 53 years. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and will be greatly missed by not only her family, but friends and neighbors whose life she touched. Goldie was an expert seamstress,...

Kathleen Tandy

Kathleen Tandy

Jan 29, 2015

STOW - Kathleen Tandy, 87, passed away suddenly January 29, 2015. Kathleen was born in Summerfield. Ohio to Ernest and Agnes Ritterbeck. She graduated from Summerfield High School and worked at the Roseville Pottery Company. She moved to the Akron area in the late 1950's and has resided in Stow since 1992. She was very active and healthy her entire...

Cynthia Seikel

Cynthia Seikel

Jan 28, 2015

Cuyahoga Falls-Cynthia Seikel, 54, passed away January 28, 2015. She was born in Akron and was a life-long Cuyahoga Falls resident. She deeply loved her family and her nieces and nephews were a source of great pride to her. Many thanks to her friends who supported her on her journey, most especially her cousin Patrick Neman whose daily calls were...

Mildred Duch

Mildred Duch

Jan 27, 2015

MILDRED LaVERNE DUCH, 86, passed away Tues. Jan. 27th to be with the Lord and reunite with her loving husband, Robert Sr. and her daughter, June Ashton. She is survived by her son Robert Jr; granddaughter, Dawn Swank; grandson, Robert Anthony Duch; great-grandchildren Alec, Dylan and Logan Swank; along with sister, Elenore; nieces, Cynthia, Leslie and Laurie. She loved her...

Levona Erickson

Levona Erickson

Jan 24, 2015

October 23, 1915 - January 24, 2015 Born in Glady, West Virginia to Paul Michael Clark and Marie Ella Ratzer, Levona was the eldest of 5 children: Maxine, Pauline, Robert and Bernice. Her father's family was Irish-American and her mother's Swiss-American. Levona met her husband, Edward O. Erickson, while training to become a nurse at Akron City Hospital. They married...

Evelyn Armour

Evelyn Armour

Jan 24, 2015

Canal Fulton - Evelyn M. Armour, 90, passed away at her residence January 24, 2015. Mrs. Armour was born in Akron and had resided in Canal Fulton since 1988 moving there from Akron. She was a member of Phillip and James Catholic Church in Canal Fulton and LAOH Hibernian Margaret Judge Division and the Alter and Rosary Society. Preceded in...

Mary Seymour

Mary Seymour

Jan 22, 2015

STOW - Mary Elizabeth Seymour fell asleep in the arms of Jesus January 22, 2015 and now knows the great mystery of eternity. She was born the only child of Aud Benjamin Chastain and Mary Lillian (Souther) Chastain September 4, 1948 in Akron, Ohio. She is survived by her loving husband of 43 years John Ralph Seymour whom she married...

Grace Kaiser

Grace Kaiser

Jan 14, 2015

CUYAHOGA FALLS - Grace Blackwell Kaiser (nee Decker) age 98, died peacefully at Cumberland Crossings retirement home in Carlisle, Pennsylvania on January 14, 2015. She was born on March 31, 1916 in Woodsfield, Ohio to her parents, James Adam Decker and Nora Marie Stoehr. Preceded in death by; her first husband Lawrence H. Blackwell to whom she was married for...

Silvester Schultz

Silvester Schultz

Jan 14, 2015

Silvester Schultz lost one of the hardest battles of his life on January 14, 2015 to Alzheimer's at age 87. Born in Czechoslovakia, he came to America in 1952 and lived in Akron the rest of his life. A cabinet maker by trade, Silvester retired from Prospect Mold at age 66. He had many innovative ideas and enjoyed designing furniture,...

John Creek

John Creek

Jan 12, 2015

CUYAHOGA FALLS - John W. Creek, 39, passed away January 12, 2015. He was born in Akron and was a life-long Cuyahoga Falls resident. John was a 1994 graduate of Cuyahoga Falls High School going on to work for Plastic Processing Equipment of Macedonia. He was a devoted Cleveland sports fan who enjoyed life to the best of his ability...

Michael Smith

Michael Smith

Jan 11, 2015

CUYAHOGA FALLS - Michael R. Smith, 69, passed away January 11, 2015. He was born in Anacortes, WA and was a life-long Cuyahoga Falls resident. Mike Graduated from Cuyahoga Falls High School in 1963 and served his country in the U.S. Navy. He was a Lieutenant and EMT on the Cuyahoga Falls Fire Dept. retiring after 28 years of service....

Kathleen Ramskugler

Kathleen Ramskugler

Jan 10, 2015

CUYAHOGA FALLS- Kathleen A. Ramskugler, 85, passed away January 10, 2015. Mrs. Ramskugler was born in Phillips, WI and had resided in Cuyahoga Falls the past 14 years, moving here from Milwaukee, WI. She had been manager of Chuck Smith and Associates Insurance Agency and loved baking, cooking, reading and especially her grandchildren. She is survived by her husband of...

Pamela Haywood

Pamela Haywood

Jan 7, 2015

CUYAHOGA FALLS - Pamela Ann Haywood, 53, passed away peacefully January 7, 2015 at home. She was a graduate of Woodridge High School, class of 1979. She was an artist, a lover of animals, and a loving daughter, sister, mother, and grandmother. She was born in Akron to Donald E. and Cora B. Haywood in May of 1961 and is...

Barbara Patterson

Barbara Patterson

Jan 5, 2015

CUYAHOGA FALLS - Barbara A. Patterson, 87, passed away peacefully on January 5, 2015 with the family who loved her by her side. She was born in Akron on May 12, 1927 and lived in Akron and Cuyahoga Falls her entire life. Her pleasures in life were simple- reading, watching football, and working puzzles. By far her biggest pleasure was...

Robert Thom

Robert Thom

Jan 5, 2015

CUYAHOGA FALLS - Robert M. Thom, 82, passed away at home on January 5, 2015. Mr. Thom was born in Barre, Vermont in 1932 and moved to Ohio around 1935. He graduated from Hower Technical School, served in the US Navy during the Korean Conflict and was a die maker at the Twinsburg Chrysler Stamping Plant for over 30 years...

Thomas Washell

Thomas Washell

Jan 4, 2015

FLORIDA - Thomas E. Washell, 79, passed away in Winter Haven, Florida, on January 4, 2014; he was born on March 29, 1935 in Beccaria, Pennsylvania, and was the son of Andrew J. and Pauline M. Washell. He worked at General Motors for over 30 years retiring in1995 and served in the United States Army receiving an honorable discharge in...

Jerry Menasian

Jerry Menasian

Jan 4, 2015

CUYAHOGA FALLS - Jerry Bruce Menasian, 79, passed away January 4, 2014. He was born in Akron and resided in Cuyahoga Falls for the past 47 years. Jerry served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, going onto to work as a teacher and later for Bridgestone/Firestone. He enjoyed golfing, especially with his F.O.G. buddies, and cherished the memories...