Obituaries

Donald Harold Eye

Donald Harold Eye

Mar 17, 2010

Donald Harold Eye, age 52, of Alliance, passed away at 9:25 p.m., Wednesday, March 17, 2010, at his home. He was born January 30, 1958 in Alliance, Ohio, to Harold H. and Theresa R. (Zwick) Eye. He attended Alliance City Schools. He was a former employee of the City of Canton street department for 12 years and Carrollton Graphics. Donald...

Barbara Jane Spahlinger Alton

Barbara Jane Spahlinger Alton

Mar 17, 2010

Barbara Jane Spahlinger Alton, age 78, of Mansfield, formerly of Alliance, passed away at 11:50 a.m. Wednesday, March 17, 2010, at MedCentral Health System in Mansfield. She was born March 19, 1931, in Alliance, Ohio, to Edwin Jerry Trott and Bertine (Huntley) Trott. A graduate of Alliance High School, Barbara earned her Bachelor of Arts at Mount Union College and...

Donald Harold

Donald Harold

Mar 17, 2010

Donald Harold Eye, age 52, of Alliance, passed away at 9:25 p.m., Wednesday, March 17, 2010, at his home. He was born January 30, 1958 in Alliance, Ohio, to Harold H. and Theresa R. (Zwick) Eye. He attended Alliance City Schools. He was a former employee of the City of Canton street department for 12 years and Carrollton Graphics. Donald...

Barbara Spahlinger Alton

Barbara Spahlinger Alton

Mar 17, 2010

Barbara Jane Spahlinger Alton, age 78, of Mansfield, formerly of Alliance, passed away at 11:50 a.m. Wednesday, March 17, 2010, at MedCentral Health System in Mansfield. She was born March 19, 1931, in Alliance, Ohio, to Edwin Jerry Trott and Bertine (Huntley) Trott. A graduate of Alliance High School, Barbara earned her Bachelor of Arts at Mount Union College and...

Janet Barber

Janet Barber

Mar 16, 2010

Janet Elaine Barber, age 72, of Alliance, passed away at 4:09 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at Alliance Community Hospital. She was born January 30, 1938, in Canton, Ohio, to Daniel and Ardith (Brown) Rhodes. Janet was employed by the former Campro in Canton. She worked as Lexington Township Clerk for 20 years and also served as radio dispatcher for...

Mary Tallman

Mary Tallman

Mar 15, 2010

Mary Wilma Tallman, age 77, of Alliance, passed away at 3:00 a.m., Monday, March 15, 2010 at her home. She was born December 30, 1932, in Woodsfield, Ohio, to Charles and Mary (Conger) Steen. Mary was a member of the VFW Post 1036 of Sebring Ladies Auxiliary and was an avid bowler. She loved cooking, and being with her grandchildren...

Merriam Harrell

Merriam Harrell

Mar 14, 2010

Merriam Harrell, age 90, of Alliance, passed away at 11:15 p.m. Sunday, March 14, 2010 at McCrea Manor. She was born March 26, 1919, in Richmond, Virginia, to John and Alice (Kennedy) Davis and resided in Alliance since 1949. Merriam was a high school graduate and was formerly employed at Alliance Manufacturing Company as an assembler until her retirement in...

Melinda Rayburn

Melinda Rayburn

Mar 13, 2010

Melinda S. Rayburn, age 48, passed away peacefully at her home at 9 p.m. Saturday, March 13, 2010, surrounded by her loving family and friends after a long illness. Melinda was born December 4, 1961, in Alliance, Ohio, to Tom and Millie (George) Park and was a lifelong area resident. Melinda attended West Branch Schools and was a former manager...

Linda Wiggs

Linda Wiggs

Mar 13, 2010

Linda Wiggs, age 69, of Uniontown, Ohio went home to be with the Lord at Justin T. Rogers Hospice on March 13, 2010. She was born February 5, 1941 in Alliance, Ohio to Edwin and Esther (Davies) Clapsaddle. She was a graduate of Alliance High School. She was a very loving and caring mother, grandmother, sister and friend. She enjoyed...

Anna Osco

Anna Osco

Mar 9, 2010

Anna Osco, beloved mother, wife, grandmother, great-grandmother and aunt, passed away at 11:15 p.m. on Friday, March 5, 2010, at her home in Alliance, at the age of 96. She was born December 10, 1913 in Atwater, Ohio (Randolph Township), to John and Barbara (Kanza) Zofchak, immigrants from Slovakia. Anna was a lifelong resident of the Akron and Alliance area,...

Betty Wells

Betty Wells

Mar 6, 2010

Betty E. Wells, age 85, of Alliance passed away at 11:26 a.m. Saturday, March 6, 2010 at Alliance Community Hospital. She was born November 17, 1924 in Carrollton, Ohio to Harry and Laura (Nelson) Kirby. Betty graduated from Alliance High School and was employed by B&W Research as a receptionist until retiring. She was a member of First Baptist Church,...

Amaya Weiss

Amaya Weiss

Mar 6, 2010

Amaya Jade Weiss, infant daughter of Robert James Weiss Jr. and Samantha Kay Cummings was born at 11:09 a.m. and passed away at 12:15 p.m., Saturday, March 6, 2010, at Mercy Medical Center. Amaya is survived by her parents of Canton; maternal grandparents, Louis J. Cummings of Port Washington and Dianne Cummings of Canton; paternal grandparents, Robert James Weiss Sr....

Donald Riebold

Donald Riebold

Mar 5, 2010

Donald L. Riebold, age 75, of Alliance, passed away at 2:35 a.m. Friday, March 5, 2010 at Salem Community Hospital. He was born, August 25, 1934, in Martins Ferry, Ohio, to Louis and Elvie (Dawson) Riebold. Donald was a 1953 graduate of Alliance High School and a United States Air Force Veteran. He was employed by Babcock and Wilcox Tube...

Wilbur Couchie

Wilbur Couchie

Mar 5, 2010

Wilbur E. Couchie, age 89, of Alliance, passed away at 12:55 p.m. Friday, March 5, 2010, at Alliance Community Hospital. Born March 31, 1920 in Columbiana, Ohio, to Charles C. and Stella (Tyson) Couchie, Wilbur has resided in Alliance since 1950. Wilbur was a 1938 graduate of Leetonia High School, received his Bachelors from Mount Union College in 1942, and...

Ethel Ritchie

Ethel Ritchie

Mar 4, 2010

Ethel C. Ritchie, age 94, of Alliance, passed away at 10:15 p.m. Thursday, March 4, 2010, at Aultman Hospital. She was born July 7, 1915, in Lexington, Ohio, to Clyde Arthur and Mabel Leona (Hartenstein) Ritchie and was a lifelong Alliance resident. A 1933 graduate of Alliance High School, Ethel attended Mount Union College. She was employed at the former...

Margaret Hickman

Margaret Hickman

Mar 2, 2010

Margaret A. Hickman, age 73, passed away at 11:45 a.m. Tuesday, March 2, 2010, at St. Joseph Emergency and Diagnostics Center. She was born September 10, 1936, in Baltimore, Maryland to Charles and Margaret (Ahrens) Oneil. Survivors include her children, Faron (Linda) Hickman of New Hampshire, Marvin (Lora White) Hickman of N. Benton, Clifford (Stacy) Hickman of Alliance, John Hickman...

Wayne Tallman

Wayne Tallman

Feb 26, 2010

Wayne Allen Tallman, age 83, of Alliance, passed away at 8:45 a.m. Friday, February 26, 2010 at his home. He was born January 23, 1927 in Middlebourne, West Virginia to Harold and Dorothy (Kinney) Tallman. Wayne was employed by Babcock and Wilcox Manufacturing as a crane operator and tool crib attendant until his retirement in 1983. He was a part...

William Monroe

William Monroe

Feb 24, 2010

William Monroe, age 72, of Alliance, passed away at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at his home. Born June 22, 1937 in Alam, West Virginia, to Joseph and Dorothy (McCune) Monroe, William was an Alliance resident since 1950. He was employed by American Steel Foundries for 32 years before his retirement in January of 1997. William was in the...

Marie Bilcze

Marie Bilcze

Feb 21, 2010

Marie M. Bilcze, age 91, of Alliance, passed away Sunday, February 21, 2010 at her home. She was born January 14, 1919, in Switzerland, to Adolph and Marie (Schneider) Schott and resided in Alliance most of her life. Marie was a cafeteria aid for Alliance Public Schools until her retirement. A member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Marie was active...

Harold Blake

Harold Blake

Feb 20, 2010

Harold D. Blake, age 83, of Alliance, passed away peacefully at 8:57 p.m. Sunday, February 28, 2010, at Alliance Community Hospital with his loving family at his side. He was born May 14, 1926, in Solon, Ohio to Harold D. Sr. and Thelma Elsie (Goodrich) Blake and was an Alliance resident for 51 years. A graduate of West Tech in...