Obituaries

Susan Gregor

Susan Gregor

Feb 16, 2011

Susan Gregor, age 49, of Alliance, died at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, February 16, 2011, at Community Care Center. She was born July 24, 1961, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to James and Nancy (Hostetler) Bishop. Susan graduated from the University of Mount Union with a Bachelor's Degree. She was a Certified Public Accountant, employed at Alliance Community Hospital as an Assistant Comptroller...

Dorothy Severance

Dorothy Severance

Feb 12, 2011

Dorothy J. Severance, age 88, of Alliance, passed away on her husband's birthday, Saturday, February 12, 2011 at her home. She was born November 22, 1922 in Alliance to Edwin and Emily (Bichsel) Gfeller and was a lifelong resident. During the 1940's, Dorothy worked at Amour's, during the 1950's she and her late husband had a radio store on Main...

Adolph Andrews

Adolph Andrews

Feb 12, 2011

Adolph A. Andrews, age 72, of Alliance, passed away at 12:30 a.m. Saturday, February 12, 2011 at Aultman Hospital after a long illness. He was born April 26, 1938 in Piney Fork, Ohio to Joseph Sr. and Olantha (Graves) Andrews. Adolph attended Alliance Schools and was a Jehovah Witness of the Kingdom Hall, Alliance East Congregation. Adolph retired as a...

Mary Rach

Mary Rach

Feb 11, 2011

Mary Rach, age 93, of Alliance died at 4:10 a.m. Friday, February 11, 2011 at McCrea Manor. She was born January 30, 1918, in Crossingville, Pa., to Michael and Betta (Jaros) Cubon and has resided in Deerfield most of her life. Mrs. Rach and her husband, Thomas, were former co-owners of Parkview Restaurant at Deerfield Circle from 1947 to 1953...

Jeffrey J. Johanning

Jeffrey J. Johanning

Feb 11, 2011

Jeffrey J. Johanning, age 49, of Alliance, passed away at 1:50 a.m., Friday, February 11, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center. He was born November 29, 1961, in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Louis Jerome and Mary Lou (Hoobler) Johanning. Jeffrey was employed by Bob Evans Family Restaurant for the past 9 years. A Memorial Service will be held at 4 p.m. Monday,...

Ronald Grisez

Ronald Grisez

Feb 10, 2011

Ronald R. Grisez, age 69, of Alliance, died at 4 p.m. Thursday, February 10, 2011, at Alliance Community Hospital. He was born February 17, 1941, in Akron, to Raymond Grisez and Miriam (O'Dell) Grisez Fawcett. Ronald was a 1959 graduate of Springfield High School in Akron and attended Kent State University. He was Manager of Purchasing for Morgan Engineering. A...

Myrtle Marie Rittenhouse

Myrtle Marie Rittenhouse

Feb 8, 2011

Myrtle Marie Rittenhouse, age 80, of Bonita Springs, Fla, joined her sister, Wilma Hardy, in heaven at 7:08 a.m. Tuesday, February 8, 2011. She was born April 6, 1930, in Sebring, Oh., to Zephia B. "Bert" and Myrtle (Sutcliff) Martin and was a lifelong Alliance resident. Myrtle was a 1948 graduate of Alliance High School. She and her husband, Jim,...

Irene Hampu

Irene Hampu

Feb 7, 2011

Irene G. Hampu, age 95, of Alliance, died at 3:55 a.m. Monday, February 7, 2011, at Altercare of Alliance. She was born September 27, 1915, in Louisville, to Petru and Ana (Apati) Greavu and resided in Alliance her entire life. Irene was an Alliance High School graduate. She was a member of the St. Nicholas Romanian Orthodox Church and of...

Norma Schwinn

Norma Schwinn

Feb 2, 2011

Norma Jean Schwinn, age 73, of Marlboro, died at 11 a.m. Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at Altercare of Alliance. She was born February 3, 1937, in Marlboro, to Clyde L. and Ruth E. (Miller) Hoff. Norma attended the former Marlboro High School and was formerly employed at Cutty's Sunset Park for over 15 years. She was a member of the...

Charles Grove

Charles Grove

Jan 30, 2011

Charles David Grove, age 82, of Alliance, died Sunday morning in Bonita Springs, Florida with his loving wife and daughters by his side. He was born January 22, 1929, in Pasadena, California, to Eber and Murel (Moore) Grove. A 1947 graduate of Alliance High School, Charlie graduated in 1951 from Duke University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He was...

Margaret Sanders

Margaret Sanders

Jan 29, 2011

Margaret E. Sanders, age 89, of Alliance, passed away at 4:45 p.m. Saturday, January 29, 2011, at Alliance Community Hospital. She was born November 19, 1921, in Alliance, to William G. and Elizabeth (Pritchard) Williams. Margaret was an active member of the Vine Street United Methodist Church. She was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Survivors...

Ellen Lalu

Ellen Lalu

Jan 28, 2011

Ellen Marie Lalu, age 62, of Alliance, died at 7:08 a.m. Friday, January 28, 2011, at Aultman Hospital. She was born April 19, 1948 in Ravenna, Ohio to Earl Ralph and Shirleymae Rose (Reber) Gardner and lived most of her adult life in Alliance. Ellen Marie graduated in 1966 from Ravenna High School and was a member of the American...

David P. Sano, Sr

David P. Sano, Sr

Jan 22, 2011

David P. Sano, Sr., age 79, of Alliance, died at 12:20 p.m., January 22, 2011, at Astoria Skilled Nursing Center in Canton, Ohio. He was born June 4, 1931, in Youngstown, Ohio, to Michael and Mary (Yaske) Sano. David was a graduate of Ohio Northern University's Raabe School of Pharmacy. A member of the Phi Mu Delta Fraternity, he was...

Miriam Wendell

Miriam Wendell

Jan 22, 2011

Miriam E. Wendell, age 89, a resident of Alliance since 1943, passed away peacefully in her home with her family by her side on January 22, 2011 at 11:35 p.m. She was born August 28, 1921 in Verona, Pennsylvania to Mathias and Helen (Scott) Murray. She was a graduate of Verona High School and Walsh College. Miriam was a teacher...

Mary Jo Maurer

Mary Jo Maurer

Jan 19, 2011

Mary Jo Maurer, age 67, of Alliance, passed away Wednesday, January 19, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center. She was born August 20, 1943 in Cadiz, Ohio to Woodrow and Irene (Barker) Laughlin. She was a graduate of Cadiz High School, enjoyed her grandchildren and her church. Mary was a founding member of the Truth Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband,...

Ellen Wallace

Ellen Wallace

Jan 18, 2011

Ellen Mae Wallace, age 85, of Homeworth, Ohio, died at 10:10 a.m. Tuesday, January 18, 2011, at Alliance Community Hospital. She was born February 27, 1925, in Homeworth to Floyd and Opal (Keister) Wallace. Ellen was a graduate of Minerva High School and Canton Business College. She was employed at McCaskey Register, Midland Buckeye Savings and Loan, Bill Hoover's Construction...

Earl C. Thurmond, Sr

Earl C. Thurmond, Sr

Jan 18, 2011

Earl C. Thurmond Sr., departed this life Tuesday, January 18, 2011, at 12:20 p.m. at Alliance Community Hospital after a long illness. Earl was born October 11, 1934, in Brownsville, Tennessee, the third child of Joseph Cecil and Ossie Bell (Hess) Thurmond Sr., and was 76 years young. Earl came to Ohio at the age of 18. He took a...

Pauline Keen

Pauline Keen

Jan 17, 2011

Pauline C. (Baab) Keen, age 88, of Sebring, formerly of Alliance, died at 8:10 p.m. Monday, January 17, 2011 at Crandall Medical Center. She was born in Baltic, Ohio, April 5, 1922, to Valentine E. and Caroline E. (Ott) Baab and has resided in the vicinity since 1945. Pauline was a 1940 graduate of Baltic High School and a 1945...

Catherine Dawson

Catherine Dawson

Jan 14, 2011

Catherine Ryan Dawson, passed away at Alliance Community Hospital with family and her priest at her side, on January 14, 2011, after a long illness. Mrs. Dawson, 89, was born and lived in Alliance, Ohio her entire life. She graduated from Alliance High School in 1939, and the Mercy School of Nursing in 1942. She served in the U.S. Army...

Mary Edgecombe

Mary Edgecombe

Jan 13, 2011

Mary Louise Ryan Cooey Edgecombe, 90 of Alliance, Ohio and Port St. Lucie, Fla., died Thursday, Jan. 13 in Alliance following an extended illness. Born Jan. 31, 1920 in Alliance, she was a 1937 graduate of Alliance High School and attended what was then Walsh College in Canton. Mrs. Edgecombe was an executive secretary most of her working life, including...