Obituaries

Mabel Matz

Mabel Matz

Nov 16, 2010

Mabel L. Matz, age 94, of Sebring, died at 8:05 a.m. Tuesday, November 16, 2010, at Alliance Community Hospital. She was born May 9, 1916, in Canton, Ohio, to John and Emma (Leopold) O'berlin. She was a graduate of Louisville High School and formerly employed at Ohio Drill & Tool and John Liber Meats. Mrs. Matz was a member of...

Maria Cristian

Maria Cristian

Nov 15, 2010

Maria Anna Cristian, age 91, of Alliance, died at 8:38 a.m. Monday, November 15, 2010, at Community Care Center. She was born January 19, 1919, in Romania to Gheorge and Anna (Vasu) Smadu and came to the United States in 1987, having lived the last 16 years in Alliance. She was a high school graduate and a graduate of the...

Lawrence N. Mitchell, DPM

Lawrence N. Mitchell, DPM

Nov 15, 2010

Lawrence N. Mitchell, DPM, age 81, of Alliance, died at 5:18 a.m., Monday, November 15, 2010 at Alliance Community Hospital. He was born May 16, 1929 in Sharon, Pa., to Robert C. and Nancy (Enwistle) Mitchell. A 1947 graduate of Sharpsville High School, he attended Youngstown University and was a 1954 graduate of Ohio College of Podiatry in Cleveland, Ohio....

Marguerite Schreiner

Marguerite Schreiner

Nov 12, 2010

Marguerite E. Schreiner, age 87, of Alliance, died at 9:55 p.m. Friday, November 12, 2010, at Canterbury Villa. She was born June 8, 1923, in South Fayette Township in Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania to WIlliam H. and Sarah (Davis) Leonard. A graduate of Robinson High School, Marguerite attended Westminster College. She was an Executive Assistant for the Redevelopment Authority for Allegheny...

Howard Johnson

Howard Johnson

Nov 12, 2010

Howard R. Johnson, age 93, of Alliance, formerly of Deerfield, Ohio died at 9:30 a.m. Friday, November 12, 2010 at Altercare of Alliance. He was born April 15, 1917, in Dubois, PA, to Charles Ernest Johnson and Lelia Catherine (Reed) Johnson. He has resided in Deerfield and vicinity since 1941. Howard was a high school graduate. He was employed as...

Della West

Della West

Nov 8, 2010

Della Jean (Ross) West, age 77, of Atwater, Ohio, died at 9:50 p.m. Monday, November 8, 2010 at her home with her daughter by her side. She was born April 10, 1933, in Flat Gap, Kentucky, to Glen and Bertha (Dixson) Ross. Della retired from General Motors in Lordstown after 16 years of service. She enjoyed spending time with her...

Theresa Springer

Theresa Springer

Nov 7, 2010

Theresa Ann (Moreland) Springer, age 55, of Minerva, passed away at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, November 7, 2010 at her home. She was born February 21, 1955 in Alliance, Ohio, to Floyd Sr. and Ruth Ann (Mowen) Moreland. Theresa was a member of Marlboro Christian Church. She was a 1973 graduate of Marlington High School and attended Malone College. She was...

William H. Sampson

William H. Sampson

Nov 5, 2010

William H. Sampson, age 93 of Sebring, and formerly of Alliance, passed away at 9:00 p.m. Friday, November 5, 2010 at Crandall Medical Center. He was born October 20, 1917 in Deerfield, Ohio to William H. and Lottie (Jenkins) Sampson, and resided in Alliance for 63 years. A graduate of Deerfield High School, Mr. Sampson worked as a press operator...

Norbert Kress

Norbert Kress

Nov 2, 2010

Norbert L. "Shorty" Kress, age 91, of Alliance, died peacefully at his home on November 2, 2010. He was born April 8, 1919, in Louisville, Ohio, to John and Erma (Haidet) Kress. Shorty attended St. Louis and Sacred Heart of Mary Catholic Schools. His passion was cars, selling in the Alliance area for 32 years, retiring in 1985. He was...

Lena Wiggs

Lena Wiggs

Oct 31, 2010

Lena Wiggs, age 93, of Atwater, Ohio, died at 8:50 a.m. Sunday, October 31, 2010, at Longmeadow Care Center in Ravenna, Ohio. She was born September 24, 1917, in Taylor County, West Virginia to Lawrence Mead and Bettie Clay (Benton) Ford and has resided in the vicinity for the past 66 years. Lena graduated from Beelington West Virginia High School...

Joyce Summers

Joyce Summers

Oct 30, 2010

Joyce Ann Summers, age 72, died Saturday, October 30, 2010. She was surrounded by her family who will miss her but is comforted to know she is again with Bruce. She was born August 6, 1938, in Alliance, Ohio. Joyce was the daughter of Ruhl Moneypenny, Mable (Bell) Moneypenny-Betz and Charles "Chiz" Betz. She graduated from Alliance High School in...

Gerald B. Lare

Gerald B. Lare

Oct 29, 2010

Gerald B. "Jerry" Lare, age 77, of Tavares, Florida, formerly of Alliance, died at 8:40 a.m., Friday, October 29, 2010 at Florida Hospital Waterman in Tavares, Florida. He was born February 24, 1933, in Alliance, Ohio, to Burdette H. and Gladys H. (Schwinn) Lare. Jerry was employed as a supervisor at American Steel Foundry prior to moving to Florida where...

Paul H. Thompson II

Paul H. Thompson II

Oct 26, 2010

Paul H. Thompson, II, age 56, of Hartville, died Tuesday afternoon, October 26, 2010 at his home. He was born December 25, 1953 in Alliance, Ohio, to Paul H. Thompson, I and Lois E. (Wank) Thompson. Paul was a 1972 graduate of Alliance High School. He was employed as a journeyman diesinker at Canton Drop Forge and formerly employed by...

Elmer Buehler

Elmer Buehler

Oct 23, 2010

Elmer Robert Buehler, age 90, of Alliance, passed away at 9:50 a.m. Saturday, October 23, 2010 at Community Care Center. He was born March 10, 1920, in Sebring, Ohio, to Frank and Marie (Moran) Buehler. Mr. Buehler graduated from Sebring High School and attended Ohio State Dental School. He was a Chartered Life Underwriter, and worked for Prudential Insurance Company...

Frances Formby Walter

Frances Formby Walter

Oct 23, 2010

Frances Louise Formby Walter, age 88, of Alliance, passed away at 12:30 a.m. Saturday, October 23, 2010 at Crandall Medical Center. She was born November 17, 1921, in Rome, Georgia, to Clark Howell and Tidie (Griffin) Formby. Frances lived in Florida from six weeks of age until her marriage to Floyd C. Walter of Alliance, Ohio on April 18, 1948....

Naomi Mason

Naomi Mason

Oct 22, 2010

Naomi Elizabeth Mason, age 87, of Alliance died at 3:15 a.m. Friday, October 22, 2010 at Roselawn Terrace. She was born March 10, 1923 in New Matamoras, Ohio, to Oren Brice and Alice Marie (Vaughn) Kennedy and has resided in the Alliance area since 1946. Naomi graduated from Troy High School in Coolville, Ohio. She worked for the Department of...

Betty Shea

Betty Shea

Oct 19, 2010

Betty Jane (Nease) Shea, age 86, of Alliance, died at 8:48 p.m. Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at Rose Lawn Terrace Rehab Center. Betty was born to Glen and Lois (Perkins) Nease on June 15, 1924, in Maximo, Ohio. She attended Maximo Public Schools and Alliance High School. She became the youngest appointed Postmaster in 1946, serving the Maximo Post Office...

Elvin Springer

Elvin Springer

Oct 18, 2010

Elvin O. Springer, age 88, of Alliance, died at 6:35 p.m. Monday, October 18, 2010 at his home. He was born February 17, 1922 in Alliance, Ohio, to Lindsay Lawrence and Mary Pearl (Keller) Springer. Elvin graduated from Alliance High School in the class of 1940. Employed as a senior systems engineer by Sperry Univac (UNISYS), he retired in 1985....

Eleanore B. Lautzenheiser Cox

Eleanore B. Lautzenheiser Cox

Oct 17, 2010

Eleanore B. Lautzenheiser Cox, age 94, of Sebring, died at 1:45 a.m., Sunday, October 17, 2010 at Crandall Medical Center. She was born March 30, 1916 in Alliance, Ohio to Clyde and Ila (McLean) Devers. Eleanore attended Alliance High School. She was employed by Mt. Union College and Copeland Oaks. She enjoyed crafting, (latchhook and beadwork), her flower gardens, getting...

Violeta Rashinar

Violeta Rashinar

Oct 14, 2010

Violeta Rasinar, age 52, lost her two-year battle with pancreatic cancer on October 14, 2010 in Uniontown, Ohio. She was surrounded by family in her home at the time of her death. Violeta was born in Bucharest, Romania, on May 2, 1958. She later met and married her husband in 1982, and gave birth to her daughter in 1983. Along...