Bruce A. Thompson
Aug 18, 2006
Bruce A. Thompson, age 68, of Ellsworth, died at 9:41 p.m. Aug. 18, 2006 at his home on Diehl Lake. He was born April 24, 1938 in Alliance, Ohio to George Otho and Gwendolyn Emily (Copeland) Thompson. Bruce spent his adult life in the west (Wyoming, Montana, Colorado and Texas) and then retired back to Ohio. Mr. Thompson earned his...
Mary Ann Denny
Aug 18, 2006
Mary Ann Denny, age 93, formerly of Alliance, Ohio died on Friday, August 18, 2006 at Crandall Medical Center. She was born June 22, 1913 in Alliance to Thomas L. and Myrtle Smith Bandy, and was the youngest of their four daughters. Mrs. Denny attended the Alliance City School System and graduated from Alliance High School in 1931. She earned...
Myron Harris
Aug 15, 2006
Pastor Myron L. Harris, age 91 of Crandall Medical Center, and formerly of Deerfield, died at 9:15 p.m. Aug. 15, 2006 at Crandall Medical Center. He was born Sept. 26, 1914 in Harrisburg, Ohio to Lewis L. and Mattie (Maloney) Harris and attended the former Connorville, Ohio public schools. He then completed four years at the former Cleveland Bible College,...
Richard J. Long
Aug 13, 2006
Richard J. "Dick" Long, age 85, of Alliance, went home to be with the Lord at 8:25 p.m. Aug. 13, 2006 at Roselawn Terrace. He was born March 26, 1921 in Salem, Ohio to Frances Earl and Marie (Judge) Long and was a lifelong area resident. Mr. Long graduated from Alliance High School, received his Bachelor's in Education from Mount...
Betty J. Frank
Aug 9, 2006
Betty J. Frank, age 75 of Alliance, died at 7:04 p.m. Aug. 9, 2006 at Alliance Community Hospital with her family at her side. She was born Dec. 22, 1930 in Alliance, Ohio to Irvin and Edna (Donnelly) Bell and was a lifelong Alliance resident. Betty worked 30 years in the Marlington Middle School Cafeteria. She was a member of...
Thelma Vaughn
Aug 8, 2006
Thelma Rexcene Vaughn, age 66 of Alliance, died at 5:50 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006 at Alliance Community Hospital. She was born Aug. 11, 1939 in Glen Easton, West Virginia to Lewis and Martha (Blake) Blake Randolph. Thelma had worked as a Cook at Horizon Meadows and later at Green Meadows. She enjoyed cooking, fishing, puzzles, and bingo. Survivors include...
Tarian Jarvis
Aug 7, 2006
Tarian Allen Jarvis, the infant son of Travon Gibbons and Christina Jarvis went home to the Lord on Monday Aug. 7, 2006 at Alliance Community Hospital. Tarian was born Aug. 7, 2006 in Alliance, Ohio and will be missed by his parents, Travon and Christina; his maternal grandparents, Bernice and Cqualin Hawkins of Alliance; maternal great-grandparents, Shirley Jarvis and Johnny...
Ernest L. Craig
Aug 5, 2006
Ernest L. Craig, age 79, of Alliance, died at 9 a.m. Aug. 5, 2006 at Alliance Community Hospital. He was born December 15, 1926 in Canton, Ohio to Dewy M. and Idah Mae (Tompkins) Craig and lived most of his life in Alliance. Ernest retired from SanCap after twenty-one years and was also previously employed at TRW as a security...
Carol Clark
Aug 2, 2006
Carol Yvonne Clark, age 62 of Alliance, died at 11:28 p.m. Aug. 2, 2006 at Alliance Community Hospital. She was born Aug. 27, 1943 in Barberton, Ohio to Donald A. Williams and Marilyn E. (Wingrove) Williams Czyzewski and moved to Alliance from Barberton in 1975. She was a Llama breeder since 1984 at her Peruvian Andes Llama Ranch. She also...
Gary Hoopes
Aug 2, 2006
Gary L. Hoopes, age 49 of Alliance, passed away at his home on Wednesday Aug. 2, 2006. He was born Aug. 24, 1956 in Salem, Ohio to Ramon and Velma (Caldwell) Hoopes and lived most of his life in Alliance. Gary graduated from Marlington High School and Stark State College. He was President and Founder of GNW Aluminum in Alliance...
Frances Sanker
Aug 1, 2006
Frances H. Sanker, age 89 of Granbury, Texas and formerly of Homeworth, Oh, and Dubois Pa., died Aug. 1, 2006 at Granbury Villa in Granbury, Texas. She was born Jan. 8, 1917 in Chestnut Grove, Pennsylvania to Frank and Louella (Smith) Hartzfeld and lived in Homeworth before residing in Texas. Mrs. Sanker went to school in Dubois, Pa., and was...
Dorothy Peterson Purdy Yost
Jul 31, 2006
Dorothy M. "Dot" Peterson Purdy Yost, age 81 of Alliance, died at 9:55 a.m. July 31, 2006 at her home. She was born March 21, 1925 in Marietta, Ohio, the daughter of Mirrel S. Oliver and Dorothy V. (Kidd) Hickman and lived in Alliance most of her life. Mrs. Yost graduated from Lawrence High School in Washington County and was...
Fred E. Skelley
Jul 28, 2006
Fred E. Skelley, age 70, died unexpectedly on the morning of July 28th, 2006 at his home. Fred spent most of the last few years battling his diabetic disorder and heart failure. Those who knew him couldn't help but love him and remember him as a very humorous man. He was a dedicated churchman of Fellowship Baptist Church since the...
Cecil Mcbeth
Jul 28, 2006
Cecil "Mac" McBeth, age 98, of Alliance, died at 10:40 a.m. July 28, 2006 at Bel-Air Care Center. He was born Aug. 18, 1907 in Brown County, Ohio, the only child of Walter and Dora (Love) McBeth. Mac's family moved to Higinsport, Ohio when he was very young, and in 1924, he graduated from Higinsport High School. After graduating from...
Walter Laskie
Jul 27, 2006
Walter L. Laskie, age 83 of North Georgetown, and formerly of Olmstead Falls, Ohio died at his home at 8 a.m. Thursday July 27, 2006. He was born June 11, 1923 in Bucyrus, Kansas to John and Nira (Kirby) Laskie and lived in the Alliance area for the past three years. A 1941 graduate of Bucyrus High School in Kansas,...
James H. Hoover
Jul 27, 2006
James H. Hoover, age 74 of Alliance, died at 2:41 a.m. July 27, 2006 at Alliance Community Hospital. Mr. Hoover was born July 10, 1932 in Alliance, Ohio to Herbert and Esther (Zyrd) Hoover and was a lifelong resident. A 1950 graduate of Alliance High School, Mr. Hoover retired in 2000 from Cope Farm Equipment after working there for 44...
Jennie V. Blotor
Jul 25, 2006
Jennie 'Jean' Blotor, age 90, of Alliance, died at 12:30 a.m. July 25, 2006 at McCrea Manor Nursing Center. She was born Feb. 15, 1916 in Woodlawn, Pennsylvania to Simion and Anna (Popovich) Blotor and lived in Alliance most of her life. A graduate of Aliquippa High School in Pa., Miss Blotor worked as a bookkeeper at Pittsburg Mercantile Co....
Kenneth W. Gustavel
Jul 23, 2006
Kenneth W. Gustavel, age 93, of Alliance, died at 2:30 a.m. July 23, 2006 at Roselawn Terrace. He was born May 23, 1911 in Akron Ohio to Henry and Lena (Amstutz) Gustavel and had lived in Alliance since 1939. Kenneth retired from P.I.E. as a truck driver after 26 years. Survivors include his daughter Mary Krabill of Alliance; eight grandchildren;...
William K. Keaton
Jul 22, 2006
William "Billy" Keaton, age 45 of Homeworth, died at his home at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, July 22, 2006. He was born July 7, 1961 in Akron, Ohio to Hubert B. and Opal M. (Ison) Keaton. Billy currently worked for H.M. Miller Construction, where he will be greatly missed by his friends there. He was a member of International Laborers Union...
Edward C. Fobean
Jul 20, 2006
Edward C. Fobean, age 76 of Alliance, died at 11:53 p.m. July 20, 2006 at Alliance Community Hospital. He was born Oct. 20, 1929 in Scranton, Pennsylvania to Joseph J. and Eva D. (Tranko) Fobean and lived in Alliance since 1934. Mr. Fobean graduated from Sebring McKinley High School and retired in 1992 from Akron Beacon Journal as a Supervisor...


