Obituaries

Bruce Graybill

Bruce Graybill

Jan 1, 0001

Bruce R. Graybill, age 83, of Alliance, died at 7:15 p.m. Monday, December 24, 2007 at Crandall Medical Center. He was born in Alliance, March 9, 1924, to Henry Harold and Lena Gehret Graybill. Mr. Graybill was a graduate of Alliance High School and received his Bachelor of Science degree from Kent State University in Bio-Chemistry in 1951. He was...

Thelma Carpenter

Thelma Carpenter

Jan 1, 0001

Thelma Carpenter, age 91, of Salem, passed away at 3:25 p.m. Thursday, January 26, 2012 at Alliance Community Hospital. She was born March 29, 1920, in Deerfield, Ohio to Harvey and Verda (Woodward) Williams. Mrs. Carpenter was formerly employed at Alliance Manufacturing, and Strong Enamel in Sebring. Thelma enjoyed playing cards, fishing, bowling, traveling, camping, going to the theatre, and...

M. Albu

M. Albu

Jan 1, 0001

M. Jane Albu, age 89, of Sebring, formerly of Alliance, passed away Sunday, January 29, 2012, at Crandall Medical Center. She was born April 27, 1922, in Akron to Clifton Andrew and Helen (Pursell) Andrew and was a lifelong area resident. Jane was a graduate of Garfield High School in Akron. She was employed as a cook for Alliance schools,...

William Davis

William Davis

Jan 1, 0001

William H. Davis, age 86, passed away unexpectedly and went to be with his Lord and Savior at 7:28 AM on Monday, November 28, 2011. A life-long resident of Alliance, Ohio, he was born on July 15, 1925 to Howard James and Jane (McCreadie) Davis. Bill was a January 1947 graduate of Alliance High School after proudly serving three years...

William Moore

William Moore

Jan 1, 0001

William C. Moore, a longtime resident of Alliance, died on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at Windsong Care Center in Akron. He was 90 years old. Bill was a graduate of Minerva High School and Fenn College (Cleveland State) and worked as a mechanical engineer at Morgan Engineering and Alliance Machine. He helped coordinate several of his high school reunions, was...

Edward Cross

Edward Cross

Jan 1, 0001

Edward Paul Cross, age 83, of Alliance, died July 26, 2008 at Alliance Community Hospital. Mr. Cross was born March 1, 1925 in Alliance, Ohio to Edward and Wilma (Smith) Cross. He was a graduate of Alliance High School. Mr. Cross was also the co-owner of Plajer and Cross Photography, retiring in 1986 and was a member of the First...

Dale Seevers

Dale Seevers

Jan 1, 0001

Dale Wayne Seevers, age 80, of Henderson, NV, formerly of Alliance, OH, died at 12:40 a.m. Friday, July 16, 2010, at TLC Care Center in Henderson, NV. He was born February 1, 1930, in Alliance, OH, to Wayne M. and Valentina (Oswalt) Seevers. Dale was a brick mason for Transue and Williams Co., in Alliance for 23 years until his...

Robert Wiese ,

Robert Wiese ,

Jan 1, 0001

Longtime Alliance resident and former Mt. Union College professor Robert "Bob" G. Wiese, Jr., age 78, died Saturday, December 17, following his decade-long battle with Parkinson's disease. The son of Robert George and Esther Wurst Wiese, Bob was born and raised in Wellesley, Massachusetts. He received his Bachelor's degree in geology from Yale University in 1955 and subsequently earned a...

A. Kump

A. Kump

Jan 1, 0001

A. Christine Kump, age 79, of Alliance, died at 3:12 a.m. Thursday, June 17, 2010, at Aultman Hospital. She was born December 17, 1930 in Alliance, Ohio, to David and Alice (Porter) Lockhart. She was a 1948 graduate of Alliance High School and a member of the Aldersgate United Methodist Church. She was a member of "The Gang of Seven...

Anna Popovich

Anna Popovich

Jan 1, 0001

Anna Popovich, age 94, of Alliance, passed away, at 12:20 p.m. Monday January 30, 2012, at Crandall Medical Center in Sebring. Anna was born February 12, 1917, in Bobtown, Pennsylvania, to Charles and Mary (Kratky) Svoboda. She was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Alliance, where she ushered for more than 20 years. She enjoyed bowling, cooking,...

Earl T.

Earl T.

Jan 1, 0001

Earl T. Day, age 82, of Marlboro, went home to be with the Lord Saturday, January 21, 2012, at Aultman Hospital in Canton, Ohio. He was born March 14, 1929, in Elkins, West Virginia, to the late Isaac C. and Ourtilia May (Mallow) Day. Earl attended the Marlboro Assembly of God and was a veteran of the U.S. Army. After...

Gerald Lare

Gerald Lare

Jan 1, 0001

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...

John Snyder

John Snyder

Jan 1, 0001

John Snyder, age 41, of Alliance, died at 12:35 a.m. Wednesday, January 25, 2012, at Alliance Community Hospital after a year-long battle with cancer. He was born May 28, 1970, in Alliance, Ohio, to Edward G. Snyder and Marie (Bichsel) Snyder. John was a graduate of Western Reserve High School. He was employed as a carpenter for 16 years at...

Lillian (Mueller) Quillman

Lillian (Mueller) Quillman

Jan 1, 0001

Lillian Francis (Mueller) Quillman, age 80, of Alliance, died at 10:47 a.m. Monday, March 12, 2012, at Aultman Hospital. She was born April 7, 1931, in Alliance, to Carl T. Mueller and Fanny L. (Smith) Mueller. A 1948 graduate of Alliance High School, Lillian worked at First National Bank, Genie Company, (formerly Alliance Manufacturing) retiring in August of 1994 after...

Alan Venables,

Alan Venables,

Jan 1, 0001

Alan J. Venables, Sr., age 66, of Alliance, went Home to be with The Lord at 10:40 a.m. Sunday, February 19, 2012, at Aultman Compassionate Care Center in Canton. He was born April 12, 1945, to the late Arthur Venables and Mary ( ) Venables, and was a lifelong Alliance resident. A graduate of Alliance High School, Alan was co-owner...

Barbara "Bobi" (Reisch) Bodo

Barbara "Bobi" (Reisch) Bodo

Jan 1, 0001

Barbara E. "Bobi" (Reisch) Bodo, age 75, of Alliance, died at 1:45 p.m. Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at Alliance Community Hospital. She was born December 23, 1936, in Alliance, to Norman Reisch and Lucille Cordelia (Schrader) Reisch, and was a lifetime resident of Alliance. A 1954 graduate of Alliance High School, Bobi worked as a clerk for 30 years for...

William "Bill" Butcher

William "Bill" Butcher

Jan 1, 0001

William Jackson "Bill" Butcher, age 70, of Beloit, was called home to be with the Lord at 4:55 a.m. June 23, 2012 at his home with his family by his side. He was born July 28, 1941, in Hundred, West Virginia, to Charles and Dorothy (McDonald) Butcher. A 1959 graduate of Hundred High School, Bill retired after 35 years of...

Gabriel Castle

Gabriel Castle

Jan 1, 0001

Gabriel Jay Castle, son of James J. and Sandy L. (White) Castle, passed away at 7:37 a.m. Tuesday, June 5, 2012, at Aultman Hospital. Gabriel's family belongs to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and Foursquare Gospel Church. Gabriel will be loved and missed by his family, including his parents; brother, Caden B. Castle; maternal grandparents, Jonathon and...

Mary Nimereala

Mary Nimereala

Jan 1, 0001

Mary Ann Nimereala, age 85, of Alliance, died at 3:53 p.m. Monday, February 13, 2012, at Mercy Medical Center. She was born September 24, 1926, in Alliance, Ohio, to Nick Sandru and Helen (Silea) Sandru. A graduate of Alliance High School and the former Alliance City Hospital Nurses School, Mary retired in 1990, after working as an RN in Pediatrics,...

Ruth Hartzell

Ruth Hartzell

Jan 1, 0001

Ruth E. (Grant) Hartzell, age 88, of Alliance died at 11:10 p.m. Friday, June 1, 2012, at Aultman Hospital. She was born June 2, 1923, in Alliance, the daughter of the late Lew and Jennie Grant, and was a lifetime resident of Alliance. Ruth, a 1941 graduate of Louisville High School, was a seamstress, homemaker and a member of the...