Dorothy M. Swiner
Aug 31, 2015
Dorothy M. Swiner, age 80, of Alliance, passed away at 12:04 a.m., Monday, August 31, 2015, at Salem Regional Medical Center. She was born October 17, 1934, in Alliance, Ohio, to Frank Householder and Pearl (Dutton) Householder Giffin. Dorothy was employed with Cintas Uniform Service for 32 years. She enjoyed playing cards and spending time with her grandchildren. Survivors include...
Geraldine R. Baughman
Aug 31, 2015
Geraldine Ruth (Sellers) Baughman, age 90, of Alliance, passed away at 8:37 a.m., Monday, August 31, 2015, at Alliance Community Hospital. She was born July 2, 1925, in Alliance, Ohio, to Howell and May (Cobb) Sellers and lived in Alliance all her life. Geraldine graduated from Alliance High School in the class of 1943. She was a former employee of...
Quentin L. Durell
Aug 29, 2015
Quentin L. Durell, age 96, of Alliance, died at 7:13 a.m. Saturday, August 29, 2015 at Altercare of Alliance. He was born June 11, 1919 in Alliance, to Arthur and Sarah Hazel (Peterman) Durell. A graduate of Alliance High School, Mr. Durell worked as a Machinist at Morgan Engineering. A WWII U.S. Army veteran, he was a member of the...
Robert W. Hoffmaster
Aug 28, 2015
Robert W. Hoffmaster, age 95, of Alliance, passed away at 5:20 a.m., Friday, August 28, 2015, at McCrea Manor. He was born January 8, 1920, in Salem, Ohio, to Lloyd and Phoebe (Spink) Hoffmaster and resided most of his life in the Alliance area. A 1939 graduate of Alliance High School, Bob had been a photographer with his business Blencolor...
Edward L. Russell
Aug 26, 2015
Edward L. Russell, age 77, of Alliance, passed away at 2:58 p.m., Wednesday, August 26, 2015, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born August 10, 1938, in Alliance, Ohio, to Fred M. and Mildred (Hawkins) Russell and was a lifelong Alliance resident. Ed had retired from Transue and Williams Forge after 32 years, and also had an...
Evelyn M. Bolen
Aug 22, 2015
Evelyn M. Bolen, age 90, of Alliance, passed away at 8:05 a.m., Saturday, August 22, 2015, at Summa Health System in Akron. She was born August 11, 1925, in Amsterdam, Ohio, to John and Amy (Roudebush) Shepherd. Evelyn retired from the Alliance Machine Company where she was an accountant for 25 years. For more than 50 years, Evelyn was a...
Charles Virgil McCammon
Aug 22, 2015
Charles Virgil McCammon, age 89, of Alliance, passed away at 5:50 a.m., Saturday, August 22, 2015, at Alliance Community Hospital. He was born January 21, 1926, in Alliance, Ohio, to Charles E. and Josephine (Sylvester) McCammon. Virgil was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, and for the past 60 years, was owner/operator of McCammon Heating and Air Conditioning, which is...
Ruth Smith Sweitzer
Aug 21, 2015
Ruth Smith Sweitzer, age 94, of Jacksonville, Texas, died of natural causes August 21, 2015, in Jacksonville. She was born May 6, 1921, in Marlboro, Ohio, to Forrest and Mary Smith. She graduated from Marlboro High School in 1939 and was a member of First Christian Church of Alliance. Ruth was an avid bridge player and Ohio State Buckeyes and...
Laura Jo Dalton
Aug 18, 2015
Laura Jo Dalton, age 83, of Sebring, passed away at 2:20 a.m., Tuesday, August 18, 2015, at Copeland Oaks. She was born August 9, 1932, in Alliance, Ohio to Joseph and Marian H. (Morrow) Dalton. Laura was a 1950 graduate of Alliance High School and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Kent State University. She also did...
Willie Mae Jones
Aug 17, 2015
Willie Mae Jones, age 74, of Alliance, passed away at 2:25 P. M., Monday, August 17, 2015, at Community Care Center. She was born September 25, 1940 in Alliance, Ohio, to the union of Frank and Aria (Canada) Jones. Willie was a member of the New Zion Baptist Church and a lifetime member of the Gladys Merrill Temple No. 1049....
Margaret Ann Bittner
Aug 16, 2015
Margaret Ann Bittner, age 69, of Atwater, passed away at 1:20 A.M., Sunday, August 16, 2015, at University Hospital Portage Medical Center (formerly Robinson Memorial Hospital). She was born July 24, 1946 in Alliance, Ohio to Glen and Mary (Donohoe) Baker. A graduate of Alliance High School, she had been employed at Alliance Baptist Temple with the Temple Tots, Alliance...
Helen M. Magrath
Aug 16, 2015
Helen M. Magrath age 91, of Alliance, passed away at 5:40 p.m., Sunday, August 16, 2015 at her home. She was born April 18, 1924 in Alliance, Ohio to Verne Syme and Erma (Grimes) Syme Burt. A graduate of Alliance High School, Mrs. Magrath graduated from the Canton Academy of Beauty Culture and was the owner and operator of the...
Juanita June Shutler
Aug 15, 2015
Juanita June Shutler, 101 years young and beloved by all who were blessed by her presence, went to be with her Lord August 15, 2015 at 4:44 a.m. after a brief illness. Juanita was born March 12, 1914 in a log cabin during a heavy snowstorm in Mansfield Township, Ohio to Pearl and James A. Hahn. She was a devoted...
Margaret Sue Beltrami
Aug 15, 2015
Margaret Sue Beltrami, age 63, of Eden NC and formerly of Alliance, passed away Saturday, August 15, 2015 at Alliance Community Hospital. She was born August 25, 1951 in Olive Hill, Kentucky to Joe Cannon and Gladys Ruth (Tackett) Boggs. A 1969 graduate of Alliance High School, Sue graduated from Hannah Mullins School of Practical Nursing in 1992. Sue had...
Lloyd T. "Tom" Myers Jr
Aug 14, 2015
Lloyd T. "Tom" Myers Jr. age 39 of Alliance, passed away at his home on Friday, August 14, 2015. He was born February 16, 1976 in Alliance, Ohio to Lloyd T. Myers Sr. and Joyce L. (Thomas) Myers Bland. Tom attended Alliance Schools and was a member of Damascus Friends Church. He loved his boys dearly; they meant the world...
John G. Walker
Aug 13, 2015
John G. Walker, 85, of Limaville, passed away at 2:10 p.m., Thursday, August 13, 2015, at Alliance Community Care Center. He was born September 20, 1929, in Cadiz, Ohio, to John Rusk and Mildred (Goedel) Walker. John was an Inspector at Ford Motor Company retiring after 39½ years of service. He was a member of the PBA Bowling Tour from...
Tracy Lynn Holmes
Aug 13, 2015
Tracy Lynn Holmes, age 46, of Newark, Delaware, passed away at 4:22 a.m., Thursday, August 13, 2015, at Alliance Community Hospital. She was born November 30, 1968, in Spring Lake, North Carolina, to Donald H. and Connie L. (Antoline) Holmes. Tracy was a 1987 graduate of Louisville High School, 1994 graduate of Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, and was formerly...
Lynn A. Miller
Aug 13, 2015
Lynn A. Miller, age 62, of Alliance, passed away after a long illness on August 13, 2015, at her daughter's house surrounded by her family. She was born September 28, 1952, in Alliance, Ohio to Charles C. and Nancy C. (Tussa) Davis. A West Branch High School graduate, Lynn enjoyed many occupations, but her greatest passion was helping her sister...
Lucile L. Wilson
Aug 12, 2015
Lucile L. Wilson, age 93, of Sebring, passed away at 8:12 a.m., Wednesday, August 12, 2015, at Copeland Oaks. She was born October 20, 1921, in Bradford, Pennsylvania, to Lowell and Lizbeth (Lutrell) Langworthy and has resided in the Alliance area since 1946. Lucile was employed at Alliance City Hospital in the radiology department for many years. She was a...
Walter C. Kesterke
Aug 11, 2015
Walter C. Kesterke, age 90, of Alliance, passed away at 12:23 p.m., Tuesday, August 11, 2015, at his home. He was born January 17, 1925 in Louisville, Ohio to Charles T. and Alta E. (Oyster) Kesterke. A graduate of Marlboro High School, Mr. Kesterke was a U.S. Army WWII veteran; self-employed farmer and truck driver for Clem Lumber. Mr. Kesterke...


