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Obituaries for The Billow Funeral Homes & Crematory
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Gabriel Richard Davis
Jul 22, 2011
Our sweet, strong, beautiful ``son'shine, Gabriel, who was named after the archangel, went from taking his last breath in his parent's loving arms, into the loving arms of his Heavenly Father on Friday July 22, 2011. In his 78 days here on earth, he enhanced so many lives through his strength, sweet spirit and perseverance. We will always remember him...
Sunita Arora
Jul 22, 2011
``Teacher, Wife, Mother, Grandma and Friend.' Mrs. Sunita Arora nee Harinder Chawla, 70, passed away on July 22, 2011 after a long, courageous battle with cancer. Mrs. Arora was born October 10, 1940 in Lahore, in what was at that time British India. She earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Delhi and moved to Kent with her family...
Donald Mcnear Knight
Jul 18, 2011
Donald McNear Knight, 85, passed away peacefully on July 18, 2011. Born in Wheeling, W.Va. on February 16, 1926, he served in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II and graduated from West Virginia University. An Akron resident since 1952, he worked as a financial analyst for the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Preceded in death by his...
Miriam Frantz Montgomery Viall
Jul 15, 2011
Miriam Frantz Montgomery Viall was born December 1, 1915 in Roadside, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Bernard and Ada Frantz and the last surviving sibling of eleven, passed away July 15, 2011. Services Wednesday, July 20th, 12 noon at Billow FAIRLAWN Chapel, 85 N. Miller Rd., Akron. Burial at Rose Hill Burial Park. Friends may call one hour prior to the...
Carol S Foley
Jul 11, 2011
Carol S. Foley, 90, passed away July 11, 2011. She was born in Charles City, Iowa. Preceded in death by parents, Ernest and Faith Snyder Sheldon; sister, Alice Hauser; and husband of 40 years, Dr. Howard K. Foley, Jr.; she is survived by brother, Allen C. Sheldon of Pittsburgh, Pa.; daughter, Karen S. Foley of Cuyahoga Falls; and son, Keith...
Frederick A Smead
Jul 10, 2011
Frederick A. ``Fritz' Smead, 85, passed away Sunday, July10, 2011. Frederick Anthony Smead was born January 27, 1926 and was a lifelong resident of the Akron area. Fritz left high school at age 17 to join the U.S. Navy, where he proudly served his country. Stationed in the Philippines during World War II, Fritz flew many missions as the nose...
Eudora Croysdale Haas
Jul 8, 2011
Eudora ``Dolly' Croysdale Haas, 93, passed away peacefully on July 8, 2011 at Summa Western Reserve Hospital. Her family was with her. Born July 30, 1917 in Toledo, Ohio, she was raised in Lexington, Ky. where she graduated The Sayer School. After graduating from Western College for Women with a degree in Dietetics, she married and moved to Akron in...
Claire P Simpson
Jul 8, 2011
Claire P. Simpson, 54, died July 8, 2011 after a courageous 3 year battle with lung cancer. Born in Amarillo, Texas, she lived most of her life in Akron. Claire loved her job as a mammo-grapher with Reflections. Preceded in death by brother, Mark, she is survived by daughter, Sarah Craig Spencer; grandson, Henry; father, John; mother, Mary Kapper; siblings,...
Willis Richard Wolf
Jul 7, 2011
Willis passed away on July 7, 2011 at the age of 91. Services will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, July 10th at the Billow FAIRLAWN Chapel, 85 N. Miller Rd., Akron, with Rev. Diane Walker officiating, followed by military honors conducted by Firestone VFW 3383. Friends may call 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. In lieu of...
Doris Clay
Jul 5, 2011
Doris Clay nee Dudich, 86, died July 5, 2011. She was born on July 8, 1924, in Barberton, and lived her whole life in the Akron area, mostly in Bath Township. She taught French and Spanish in the Revere School District for many years and will be remembered by many as a dedicated teacher who was passionately interested in her...
Richard Harold Backderf
Jul 3, 2011
Richard H. Backderf, passed away peacefully on July 3, his birthday. He was 84. Richard was the only child of a B.F. Goodrich plant manager and a career stenographer. He grew up on W. Long St., in the middle-class neighborhood just north of the Firestone plant. His childhood was a happy one and several of his boyhood chums remained lifelong...
Henry Bernard Piekarski
Jul 2, 2011
Henry B. Piekarski, age 87, of Etna, passed away on Saturday, July 2, 2011. He was the husband of the late Leocadia Piekarski; beloved father of Gene Micheline, Dave Bobbie, Bill and Rich Susan Piekarski; beloved grandfather of Troy, Marc, Derek, Alissa, Richie, Garrett, Jacqueline, Michael and the late Zak; great-grandfather of Maximus, Evelyn, Adriana; brother of Irene Karausky and...
Virginia M. Knowlton
Jun 30, 2011
Virginia M. Knowlton, 84, passed away June 30, 2011. Born in Akron, August 15, 1926 to Arnold and Leticia Farkas, she was a graduate of the University of Akron. She was a member and past president of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, the Akron Woman's City Club, and had belonged to the Women's Committee of the University of Akron. Virginia lived...
Dottie Dexter
Jun 26, 2011
Dottie Dexter, 66, passed away June 26, 2011. Born in Cleveland, she graduated from Cuyahoga Falls High School. Dottie was a dedicated homemaker and mother, and had been employed for 20 years at First Merit Bank. Preceded in death by her loving husband of 46 years, Jerry; she is survived by her daughter, Caron Ed Harrison; son, Doug Tonna Dexter;...
Ruth E. Sheldon
Jun 21, 2011
Ruth E. Sheldon, 95, died peacefully on June 21, 2011. Preceded in death by infant girl; husband, Howard; mother, father, sister and two brothers of Cleveland, Ohio; Ruth leaves daughter, Melissa Sheldon Paul; son, Scott Sheldon; grandsons, Jason Sheldon Jennifer and Ryan Paul; great grandson, Max Sheldon; friends, Sabra and Stephanie Sheldon; and her beloved and incorrigible cat, Sammy. Ruth...
Ruth E Sheldon
Jun 21, 2011
Ruth E. Sheldon, 95, died peacefully on June 21, 2011. Preceded in death by infant girl, husband, Howard, mother, father, sister and two brothers of Cleveland, Ohio, Ruth leaves daughter, Melissa Sheldon Paul; son, Scott Sheldon; grandsons, Jason Sheldon Jennifer and Ryan Paul; great-grandson, Max Sheldon; friends, Sabra and Stephanie Sheldon; and her beloved and incorrigible cat, Sammy. Ruth was...
Madeline Rae Renner
Jun 19, 2011
Madeline was born on her mother's birthday, May 11, 2011 and left us on Father's Day, June 19, 2011. She was here a short time, but will be loved forever by her parents, Trevor and Amy and sister, Lucy; also loved by her grandparents, aunts, uncles and a very large extended family. Services will be held 10 a.m. SATURDAY at...
Louise Anna Purcell
Jun 19, 2011
Louise Anna Purcell nee Wahl, 79, passed away June 19, 2011. She was born January 31, 1932 in Norwalk, Ohio, to Erich and Margaret Wahl. Louise grew up in Detroit, Michigan, and attended Bowling Green State University where she met her loving husband and soul mate Robert C. Purcell ``Bob.' They were married in 1953. Moving to Akron, Bob and...
Louise A. Purcell
Jun 19, 2011
Louise Anna Purcell nee Wahl, 79, passed away June 19, 2011. She was born January 31, 1932 in Norwalk, Ohio, to Erich and Margaret Wahl. Louise grew up in Detroit, Michigan, and attended Bowling Green State University where she met her loving husband and soul mate Robert C. Purcell "Bob." They were married in 1953. Moving to Akron, Bob and...
Gabriel Richard Davis
Jul 22, 2011
Our sweet, strong, beautiful ``son'shine, Gabriel, who was named after the archangel, went from taking his last breath in his parent's loving arms, into the loving arms of his Heavenly Father on Friday July 22, 2011. In his 78 days here on earth, he enhanced so many lives through his strength, sweet spirit and perseverance. We will always remember him...
Sunita Arora
Jul 22, 2011
``Teacher, Wife, Mother, Grandma and Friend.' Mrs. Sunita Arora nee Harinder Chawla, 70, passed away on July 22, 2011 after a long, courageous battle with cancer. Mrs. Arora was born October 10, 1940 in Lahore, in what was at that time British India. She earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Delhi and moved to Kent with her family...
Donald Mcnear Knight
Jul 18, 2011
Donald McNear Knight, 85, passed away peacefully on July 18, 2011. Born in Wheeling, W.Va. on February 16, 1926, he served in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II and graduated from West Virginia University. An Akron resident since 1952, he worked as a financial analyst for the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Preceded in death by his...
Miriam Frantz Montgomery Viall
Jul 15, 2011
Miriam Frantz Montgomery Viall was born December 1, 1915 in Roadside, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Bernard and Ada Frantz and the last surviving sibling of eleven, passed away July 15, 2011. Services Wednesday, July 20th, 12 noon at Billow FAIRLAWN Chapel, 85 N. Miller Rd., Akron. Burial at Rose Hill Burial Park. Friends may call one hour prior to the...
Carol S Foley
Jul 11, 2011
Carol S. Foley, 90, passed away July 11, 2011. She was born in Charles City, Iowa. Preceded in death by parents, Ernest and Faith Snyder Sheldon; sister, Alice Hauser; and husband of 40 years, Dr. Howard K. Foley, Jr.; she is survived by brother, Allen C. Sheldon of Pittsburgh, Pa.; daughter, Karen S. Foley of Cuyahoga Falls; and son, Keith...
Frederick A Smead
Jul 10, 2011
Frederick A. ``Fritz' Smead, 85, passed away Sunday, July10, 2011. Frederick Anthony Smead was born January 27, 1926 and was a lifelong resident of the Akron area. Fritz left high school at age 17 to join the U.S. Navy, where he proudly served his country. Stationed in the Philippines during World War II, Fritz flew many missions as the nose...
Eudora Croysdale Haas
Jul 8, 2011
Eudora ``Dolly' Croysdale Haas, 93, passed away peacefully on July 8, 2011 at Summa Western Reserve Hospital. Her family was with her. Born July 30, 1917 in Toledo, Ohio, she was raised in Lexington, Ky. where she graduated The Sayer School. After graduating from Western College for Women with a degree in Dietetics, she married and moved to Akron in...
Claire P Simpson
Jul 8, 2011
Claire P. Simpson, 54, died July 8, 2011 after a courageous 3 year battle with lung cancer. Born in Amarillo, Texas, she lived most of her life in Akron. Claire loved her job as a mammo-grapher with Reflections. Preceded in death by brother, Mark, she is survived by daughter, Sarah Craig Spencer; grandson, Henry; father, John; mother, Mary Kapper; siblings,...
Willis Richard Wolf
Jul 7, 2011
Willis passed away on July 7, 2011 at the age of 91. Services will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, July 10th at the Billow FAIRLAWN Chapel, 85 N. Miller Rd., Akron, with Rev. Diane Walker officiating, followed by military honors conducted by Firestone VFW 3383. Friends may call 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. In lieu of...
Doris Clay
Jul 5, 2011
Doris Clay nee Dudich, 86, died July 5, 2011. She was born on July 8, 1924, in Barberton, and lived her whole life in the Akron area, mostly in Bath Township. She taught French and Spanish in the Revere School District for many years and will be remembered by many as a dedicated teacher who was passionately interested in her...
Richard Harold Backderf
Jul 3, 2011
Richard H. Backderf, passed away peacefully on July 3, his birthday. He was 84. Richard was the only child of a B.F. Goodrich plant manager and a career stenographer. He grew up on W. Long St., in the middle-class neighborhood just north of the Firestone plant. His childhood was a happy one and several of his boyhood chums remained lifelong...
Henry Bernard Piekarski
Jul 2, 2011
Henry B. Piekarski, age 87, of Etna, passed away on Saturday, July 2, 2011. He was the husband of the late Leocadia Piekarski; beloved father of Gene Micheline, Dave Bobbie, Bill and Rich Susan Piekarski; beloved grandfather of Troy, Marc, Derek, Alissa, Richie, Garrett, Jacqueline, Michael and the late Zak; great-grandfather of Maximus, Evelyn, Adriana; brother of Irene Karausky and...
Virginia M. Knowlton
Jun 30, 2011
Virginia M. Knowlton, 84, passed away June 30, 2011. Born in Akron, August 15, 1926 to Arnold and Leticia Farkas, she was a graduate of the University of Akron. She was a member and past president of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, the Akron Woman's City Club, and had belonged to the Women's Committee of the University of Akron. Virginia lived...
Dottie Dexter
Jun 26, 2011
Dottie Dexter, 66, passed away June 26, 2011. Born in Cleveland, she graduated from Cuyahoga Falls High School. Dottie was a dedicated homemaker and mother, and had been employed for 20 years at First Merit Bank. Preceded in death by her loving husband of 46 years, Jerry; she is survived by her daughter, Caron Ed Harrison; son, Doug Tonna Dexter;...
Ruth E. Sheldon
Jun 21, 2011
Ruth E. Sheldon, 95, died peacefully on June 21, 2011. Preceded in death by infant girl; husband, Howard; mother, father, sister and two brothers of Cleveland, Ohio; Ruth leaves daughter, Melissa Sheldon Paul; son, Scott Sheldon; grandsons, Jason Sheldon Jennifer and Ryan Paul; great grandson, Max Sheldon; friends, Sabra and Stephanie Sheldon; and her beloved and incorrigible cat, Sammy. Ruth...
Ruth E Sheldon
Jun 21, 2011
Ruth E. Sheldon, 95, died peacefully on June 21, 2011. Preceded in death by infant girl, husband, Howard, mother, father, sister and two brothers of Cleveland, Ohio, Ruth leaves daughter, Melissa Sheldon Paul; son, Scott Sheldon; grandsons, Jason Sheldon Jennifer and Ryan Paul; great-grandson, Max Sheldon; friends, Sabra and Stephanie Sheldon; and her beloved and incorrigible cat, Sammy. Ruth was...
Madeline Rae Renner
Jun 19, 2011
Madeline was born on her mother's birthday, May 11, 2011 and left us on Father's Day, June 19, 2011. She was here a short time, but will be loved forever by her parents, Trevor and Amy and sister, Lucy; also loved by her grandparents, aunts, uncles and a very large extended family. Services will be held 10 a.m. SATURDAY at...
Louise Anna Purcell
Jun 19, 2011
Louise Anna Purcell nee Wahl, 79, passed away June 19, 2011. She was born January 31, 1932 in Norwalk, Ohio, to Erich and Margaret Wahl. Louise grew up in Detroit, Michigan, and attended Bowling Green State University where she met her loving husband and soul mate Robert C. Purcell ``Bob.' They were married in 1953. Moving to Akron, Bob and...
Louise A. Purcell
Jun 19, 2011
Louise Anna Purcell nee Wahl, 79, passed away June 19, 2011. She was born January 31, 1932 in Norwalk, Ohio, to Erich and Margaret Wahl. Louise grew up in Detroit, Michigan, and attended Bowling Green State University where she met her loving husband and soul mate Robert C. Purcell "Bob." They were married in 1953. Moving to Akron, Bob and...
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