
Dorthy Johnson
Jan 1, 0001
Dorthy Mae Johnson, age 92, of Alliance, passed away at 5:03 a.m. Sunday, April 8, 2012 at the home of her daughter and son-in-law. Dorthy, or Tommy, as many knew her, was born September 5, 1919 in Alliance, Ohio to Frank and Alta (Grimes) Sutton. A resident of Washington Twp. all her life, Dorthy graduated from Alliance High School and...
Duane Austin
Jan 1, 0001
Duane Vincent Austin, age 87, of Limaville, died Friday, December 14, 2012, at his home. He was born March 9, 1925, in Marlboro, Ohio, to Ray and Anna (Leitner) Austin. Duane graduated in 1946 from Alliance High School after serving three years in the European Theater during World War II in the United States Army. Three bronze stars were earned...

George Phillips
Jan 1, 0001
George L. Phillips, age 70, of Damascus, died at 5:47 a.m. Sunday, September 23, 2012, at Pleasant View North Retirement Center. He was born April 13, 1942, in Alliance, to Robert James and Ethel Marie (Coe) Phillips. George was a member of the Alliance Nazarene Church and past president of the Residence Council at Pleasant View North. He loved to...
Margaret Cosma
Jan 1, 0001
Margaret B. Cosma, age 89, of Alliance, died at 1:25 p.m. Wednesday, October 31, 2012, at McCrea Manor. She was born July 14, 1923, in Alliance, to David M. and Gladys (Saulisbury) Baker. Margaret attended Alliance Public Schools and retired in 1983 as a custodian. She was a member of the Alliance Freewill Baptist Church and the Ohio Association of...
Sherry (Mason) Edgar
Jan 1, 0001
Sherry A. Mason Edgar, age 69 of Alliance, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, October 5, 2012. She will join her life partner, Alan Venables, parents, sister, and other family members in heaven. Sherry was born December 21, 1942 in Alliance, Ohio to Linus and Hazel (Vanhorn) Mason. Sherry graduated from Kent State University and worked as...
David Rotuna
Jan 1, 0001
David S. Rotuna, age 48, of Alliance, passed away at 6:19 a.m. Tuesday, July 17, 2012, at Alliance Community Hospital. He was born August 9, 1963, in Alliance, Ohio, to James August Rotuna and Betty L. (Greiner) Rotuna. After high school, David started working at the Alliance Country Club, Groves Appliance, and First Christian Church for 14 years. He was...
Margie Marie
Jan 1, 0001
Margie Marie Bon, age 82, of Hanoverton, died at 2:49 p.m. Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at Cleveland Clinic. She was born August 15, 1929, in Alliance, to Wilbur Theodore Jefferys and Fern (Brown) Jefferys. Margie was a graduate of the former Fairmount School and enjoyed sewing, crocheting, cooking and making crafts. Margie worked alongside her husband at T & C...

Bonnie Jones
Jan 1, 0001
Bonnie Mae Jones, age 67, of Summersville, West Virginia, died Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at her home. She was born January 19, 1945, in Rainelle, West Virginia, to Orbie C. and Laura Mae (Brown) Holley. Bonnie was a former licensed activity therapist in Alliance where she attended the New Zion Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Fred A. Jones, whom...
Rosalyn Brown
Jan 1, 0001
Rosalyn Louise (McGirr) Natale Brown, age 83, of Alliance, with her family at her side went to be with her Lord at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, December 18, 2011 at her home. This past year was challenging for Rosalyn and her family. She was born June 18, 1928, to Olan George and Leonore (Mueller) McGirr. A 1946 graduate of Alliance High...

Jaime McGee
Jan 1, 0001
Jaime A. McGee, age 54, of Alliance passed away at 11:55 p.m. Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at Altercare of Alliance. He was born June 24, 1955 in Alliance to James A. and Corrine (Daniels) McGee. Jamie was a graduate of Marlington High School. He went on to Kent State University and earned a bachelor's in political science and a master's...
Genevieve Oyster
Jan 1, 0001
Genevieve I. Oyster, age 80, of Sebring, died at 1:25 a.m. Wednesday, November 9, 2011, at University Hospital in Cleveland. She was born January 3, 1931, in Velke Kapusani, Czechoslovokia, to George and Anna (Koval) Varkonda. She was a 1949 graduate of Alliance High School and attended Kent State University. She was formerly employed by Midland Buckeye Savings and Loan...
Neal Hunt
Jan 1, 0001
Neal D. Hunt, age 86, of Sebring, formerly of Alliance, died at 9:45 p.m. Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at Crandall Medical Center. He was born November 26, 1925, in Alliance, to Carl and Estella (Lynch) Hunt. A graduate of Alliance High School, Neal retired from Giant Eagle (formerly Buckeye Village) in September of 2000, and worked for Purity Dairy, and...
Nora Stolarik
Jan 1, 0001
Nora Helen Stolarik, age 92, of Canton, formerly of Alliance, died at 12:30 a.m. Thursday, March 29, 2012, at Mercy Medical Center. She was born February 1, 1920, in Tyler County, West Virginia, to Edward and Cora (Williamson) Mikes. A 1938 graduate of Sistersville High School, Nora worked at Aultman Home Health Care, the former Dalton Sportswear and Sherwood Manufacturing,...

Ruth Leyda
Jan 1, 0001
Ruth Leyda, passed away Sunday, March 11, 2012, in Kent, Ohio. Born in 1917 in Akron, Ruth moved to Alliance with her husband Bill, where she became a mother and then a teacher. Named a Jennings Scholar, Ruth taught fourth and fifth grades at Rockhill School for many years. She also belonged to the Alliance Women's Club, the YWCA, the...
Vasile Vasu
Jan 1, 0001
Vasile Vasu, age 78, of Alliance, died at 9 a.m. Tuesday, August 23, 2011, at his home. He was born July 13, 1933, in Arpasu De Jos, Romania, to Vartolomeu Leon and Maria (Pavel) Vasu. Vasile was employed in the railroad industry in Romania in freight handling until his retirement in 1989. He was a member of St. Nicholas Romanian...
Betty Boyd
Jan 1, 0001
Betty Jane Boyd, age 72, of Alliance, died at 9:56 p.m. Saturday, July 7, 2012, at her home. She was born January 15, 1940, in Fairview, West Virginia, to William Isaac Chadwick and Betty Jerldine (Glover) Chadwick. Betty was a 1958 graduate of Canton McKinley High School and worked at Coastal Pet Products until retiring in July of 2011. She...

Alfred Anderson
Jan 1, 0001
Alfred John Anderson, age 82, of Alliance, died at 10:42 a.m. Thursday, June 7, 2012, at Canterbury Villa. He was born October 6, 1929, in Alliance, to Alfred T. and Marie (Williams) Anderson and was a lifelong Alliance resident. John was a member of the Trinity Episcopal Church. He was a U.S. Army Veteran having served in the Korean War....
Mary Gampo
Jan 1, 0001
Mary Jane Gampo, age 83, of Alliance, died at 11:45 a.m. Monday, May 28, 2012, at Alliance Community Hospital. She was born December 14, 1928, in Darlington, Pennsylvania, to Pete and Anna (Mirron) Nutial. Mary Jane graduated from Alliance High School and previously worked at the Ravenna Arsenal as a Security Guard. Survivors include her children, Wesley P. Gampo, John...
Irene Mainwaring
Jan 1, 0001
Irene Goldie Mainwaring died at her residence at Altera-Sterling House in Alliance, December 5, 2011. She was ninety years old. She was the youngest of four children born to Michael and Meri Bilcze, and graduated from Alliance High School in 1939. Her promised graduation gift of a visit to her grandparents in Hungary dissolved when war was declared that autumn....
Nancy Oesch
Jan 1, 0001
Nancy A. (Siddons) Oesch, age 80, of Alliance, died at 4:40 p.m. Thursday, April 26, 2012, at her home. She was born November 7, 1931, in Brooklyn, New York, to James and Nan (Mullen) Siddons and has resided in Alliance for 52 years. Nancy was a graduate of Bay Ridge High School and Pratt School of Business. She worked for...