Obituaries

Rich Duro

Rich Duro

Jan 1, 0001

Richard B. "Rich" Duro, age 47 of Alliance, died at his home at 7:10 a.m. Wednesday, February 8, 2006. He was born Dec. 4, 1958 in Alliance, Ohio to Richard A. and Bea (Farmer) Duro and was a lifelong resident. Rich graduated in 1977 from Alliance High School and attended Mount Union College and Kent State University Stark Campus. He...

Kahlil Davis

Kahlil Davis

Jan 1, 0001

Kahlil Nicholas Davis, infant son of Thomas and Leanne (Vargo) Davis was stillborn at 4:25 p.m., January 24, 2008 at Alliance Community Hospital. Kahlil will be loved and sadly missed by his parents; three brothers, Joey, Kayden and K'Vaughn; two sisters, Shiann and Kylie of the home; maternal grandparents, James and Madeline Porter of Newton Falls; maternal great grandmother Joyce...

Bonnie Runk

Bonnie Runk

Jan 1, 0001

Bonnie Runk, age 61 of New Hope, Pennsylvania, died at 11:10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 7, 2005 at Somerset Medical Center from cancer. She was born May 4, 1944 at her family's home near New Alexander, Ohio to Elwin and Hazel (Haas) Hawk Sr., and lived in Sebring from 1972 to 2000. A graduate of United High School, Bonnie worked at...

John Lins

John Lins

Jan 1, 0001

John H. Jack Lins aka Crash and Burn, age 66 of Alliance, died after a long battle with cancer at 5:38 a.m. Jan. 2, 2006 at Alliance Community Hospital. He was born August 7, 1939 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Clarence and Alice (Linn) Lins and lived in Alliance most of his life. A 1959 graduate of Alliance High School, Mr....

Ruth Kuntzman

Ruth Kuntzman

Jan 1, 0001

Ruth V. Kuntzman, age 92 of Indiana, and formerly of Alliance, died at 9:25 a.m. Saturday, October 22, 2005 in Goshen General Hospital, in Goshen, Indiana. She was born October 7, 1913 in Alliance, Ohio to Emmett and Frances (Weise) Wallace. Mrs. Kuntzman was a member of First Christian Church in Alliance. She is survived by one daughter, Marilyn (Doney)...

Catherine Egli

Catherine Egli

Jan 1, 0001

Catherine "Kate" Eglie, age 71, of Homeworth, died at 10:16 a.m. June 10, 2007 at Alliance Community Hospital. She was born February 4, 1936 in Homeworth to Albert and Belle (Hoskins) Yennie and was a lifelong resident. Mrs. Eglie graduated from Alliance High and retired after being a long-time dispatcher for the Homeworth Fire Department. Mrs. Eglie was a member...

Violeta Rashinar

Violeta Rashinar

Jan 1, 0001

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...

Linda Pitts

Linda Pitts

Jan 1, 0001

Linda passed away on Wednesday, February 23, 2011. Linda was a resident of Ohio.

Richard Mergenthaler

Richard Mergenthaler

Jan 1, 0001

Richard G. Mergenthaler, age 83, of Columbus, formerly of Alliance, died Sunday morning, April 20, 2008 at his home. He was born November 13, 1924 in Alliance Ohio to Earl and Mabel (Myers) Mergenthaler. Richard graduated from Alliance High School and was a Tool & Die Maker at Alliance Steel Products until his retirement in 1992. He was a member...

Carol Anderson

Carol Anderson

Jan 1, 0001

Carol A. Anderson, age 61, of Alliance, died at 5:38 a.m. Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at Alliance Community Hospital. She was born June 10, 1946 in Alliance to Joseph Sr. and Olantha (Graves) Andrews and was a lifelong resident. Carol was a graduate of Alliance High School. She was a Jehovah Witness of the Kingdom Hall, Alliance East Congregation. She...

Susan Pendergast

Susan Pendergast

Jan 1, 0001

Susan K. Pendergast, age 54 of Riverside, Rhode Island and formerly of Alliance, died at the Rhode Island Hospital on May 17, 2006. She was born May 10, 1952 in Alliance, Ohio to Rudolph Sigmund and Helen Margaret (Montan) Kotzbacher. Susan attended Alliance High School and retired from AT&T in Rhode Island. She was a member of the Alliance of...

C. Ermlich

C. Ermlich

Jan 1, 0001

C. Ted Ermlich, age 90 of Alliance, passed away at 8:10 a.m. Friday, December 25, 2009 at Sterling House. He was born July 7, 1919 in Elwood City, Pennsylvania to Gustave and Stella (Bacon) Ermlich. A graduate of Boardman High School, Ted received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1940 from Mount Union College. Mr. Ermlich was the founder of...

Karen Conrad

Karen Conrad

Jan 1, 0001

Karen S. Conrad, 55, of Allentown, Pa., and formerly of Alliance, died Tuesday with her family by her side after a brief battle with cancer. Karen had a gentle smile and always had a kind word for everyone. She was born June 27, 1954, in Minerva to H. Shearon Greene and June A. (Reeder) Greene. She graduated in 1972 from...

Errol Welsh

Errol Welsh

Jan 1, 0001

Errol 'Butch' Welsh, age 67, of Alliance and Bradenton, Florida, died at his home in Alliance at 4:47 a.m. May 5, 2007. He was born July 22, 1939 in Alliance, to Walter and Verdie (Miner) Welsh and graduated in 1957 from Alliance High School. Mr. Welsh worked as a Golf Pro, teaching at Tannenhauf Golf Course and Atlantis Country Club...

Bessie Beans

Bessie Beans

Jan 1, 0001

Bessie E. (Keller) Beans, age 96, of Alliance, passed away at 1:23 p.m. Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at Sterling House of Alliance. She was born February 28, 1913 in Randolph to Frederick M. and Stella M. (Dibble) Keller and resided most of her life in Atwater, with the past eight years at Sterling House of Alliance. She was a graduate...

Jane Evans

Jane Evans

Jan 1, 0001

Jane Evans went home to be with the Lord after a long and courageous battle with cancer at her home at 4:55 p.m. on June 23, 2007. Jane was the devoted wife of Carl for 48 years, loving mother of Carla and doting MiMi of her grandsons, Evan and Eric. She was born Nov. 28, 1938 in Adena, Ohio to...

Promise Jones

Promise Jones

Jan 1, 0001

Promise Shawntez Jones, infant daughter of Shawndease Lynnyale Hicks and Damien Dwaine Jones died at 1:46 p.m. Monday, May 30, 2011 at Alliance Community Hospital. Promise is survived by her parents, of Alliance; one brother, Damien Dwaine Jones Jr. of the home; maternal grandmother, Melissa Korosy of Pittsburgh, Pa., maternal grandfather, Christopher Hicks of Alliance, paternal grandmother, Era Fisher of...

Lynn Branfield

Lynn Branfield

Jan 1, 0001

Lynn Ann Branfield, age 71, of Port Richey, Florida and formerly of Alliance, died at 10:45 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at her home in Port Richey. She was born Aug. 1, 1935 in Alliance, Ohio to John B. and Nellie (Earp) Briggs and lived in Alliance most of her life. A graduate of Mount Union College, where she was...

Carl Orwick

Carl Orwick

Jan 1, 0001

Carl Dale Orwick, age 90, of Sebring, formerly of Alliance, passed away at 4:50 a.m. Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at Crandall Medical Center. He was born August 9, 1921, in Carroll County, Ohio, to Warren and Vera (Marshall) Orwick and has resided in the vicinity since 1927. Carl was a graduate of Alliance High School and Mount Union College, where...

Fannie Dreisinger

Fannie Dreisinger

Jan 1, 0001

Fannie Margaret Dreisinger passed away at Oak Tree Villas Nursing Home in Jefferson City, Missouri on April 26, 2006. She joins her mother and father Flora and William Arnott; her five brothers and sisters Frank, Jack, Bill, Nell and Lillian Arnott; and her loving husband Dr. Edward J. Dreisinger, in a better place. She was born October 13, 1912 in...