Obituaries
Obituaries for The Billow Funeral Homes & Crematory
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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 was...
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...
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...
Robert H. Svenson
Jun 19, 2011
Robert H. Svenson, Jr. Robert Henry Svenson, Jr. born May 31, 1921 in Baltimore, Maryland, passed away peacefully on Fathers Day, June 19th 2011, surrounded by the love of his family at VNS Hospice. Bob celebrated his 90th birthday at home with friends and family three weeks earlier. He was a kind, gentle, caring person with a great sense of...
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 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...
Gregory A. Madanski
Jun 19, 2011
Greg A. Madanski, 61, joined his wife, Nan, in heaven on June 19, 2011. Born in Cleveland, he lived most of his life in Akron. Greg was a proud retiree from AT&T and served in the US Marines during Vietnam. He will be remembered as a loving father and grandfather and he will be greatly missed. Preceded in death by...
Fred G. Pockrandt
Jun 13, 2011
Fred G. Pockrandt, 93, passed away June 13, 2011. Born in Akron, he was a lifetime area resident. A U.S. Army Veteran of World War II, he was Vice President of Albrecht Grocery Co., Acme with 37 years service, retiring in 1983. Preceded in death by his wife, Ida Mae; sister, Jane Arnold; grandson, Larry F. Heard II and son-in-law,...
Margaret E Pfromm
Jun 12, 2011
Margaret Pfromm, 96, passed away June 12, 2011. Margaret graduated from City Hospital of Akron, School of Nursing, in 1938. She worked all of her nursing career at Akron City Hospital. Preceded in death by husband, Herbert; eldest son, George; and sister, Dorothy Lemmerbrock; Margaret is survived by sons, Richard Nancy and Carl; sister, Hazel Blosser; and brother, Edward Rothrock....
Rose Marie Pursley
Jun 8, 2011
On June 8, 2011, Rose Marie Pursley, 80, was reunited with the love of her life, Donald L. Pursley 1924-1986. Born on March 15, 1931, Rose died after a brief illness, surrounded by the love of her daughter, Donna Lynn Suscinski Paul and her son, David Pursley Cheryl. We are sure that she is already hard at work in her...
Rita Anne Bichek
Jun 8, 2011
Rita Anne Ranftl Bichek, 84, passed away June 8, 2011. Rita was born in Cleveland on July 13, 1926. Preceded in death by husbands, Robert T. Ranftl and Joseph Bichek; parents, Andrew and Clara Kleinschnitz; sister, Dorothy Dietz; she is survived by her daughter, Sandra L. Ranftl; son, James R. Marjorie Ranftl; grandson, Tommy; brothers, Donald and Andrew, Jr. Kleinschnitz;...
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 was...
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...
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...
Robert H. Svenson
Jun 19, 2011
Robert H. Svenson, Jr. Robert Henry Svenson, Jr. born May 31, 1921 in Baltimore, Maryland, passed away peacefully on Fathers Day, June 19th 2011, surrounded by the love of his family at VNS Hospice. Bob celebrated his 90th birthday at home with friends and family three weeks earlier. He was a kind, gentle, caring person with a great sense of...
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 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...
Gregory A. Madanski
Jun 19, 2011
Greg A. Madanski, 61, joined his wife, Nan, in heaven on June 19, 2011. Born in Cleveland, he lived most of his life in Akron. Greg was a proud retiree from AT&T and served in the US Marines during Vietnam. He will be remembered as a loving father and grandfather and he will be greatly missed. Preceded in death by...
Fred G. Pockrandt
Jun 13, 2011
Fred G. Pockrandt, 93, passed away June 13, 2011. Born in Akron, he was a lifetime area resident. A U.S. Army Veteran of World War II, he was Vice President of Albrecht Grocery Co., Acme with 37 years service, retiring in 1983. Preceded in death by his wife, Ida Mae; sister, Jane Arnold; grandson, Larry F. Heard II and son-in-law,...
Margaret E Pfromm
Jun 12, 2011
Margaret Pfromm, 96, passed away June 12, 2011. Margaret graduated from City Hospital of Akron, School of Nursing, in 1938. She worked all of her nursing career at Akron City Hospital. Preceded in death by husband, Herbert; eldest son, George; and sister, Dorothy Lemmerbrock; Margaret is survived by sons, Richard Nancy and Carl; sister, Hazel Blosser; and brother, Edward Rothrock....
Rose Marie Pursley
Jun 8, 2011
On June 8, 2011, Rose Marie Pursley, 80, was reunited with the love of her life, Donald L. Pursley 1924-1986. Born on March 15, 1931, Rose died after a brief illness, surrounded by the love of her daughter, Donna Lynn Suscinski Paul and her son, David Pursley Cheryl. We are sure that she is already hard at work in her...
Rita Anne Bichek
Jun 8, 2011
Rita Anne Ranftl Bichek, 84, passed away June 8, 2011. Rita was born in Cleveland on July 13, 1926. Preceded in death by husbands, Robert T. Ranftl and Joseph Bichek; parents, Andrew and Clara Kleinschnitz; sister, Dorothy Dietz; she is survived by her daughter, Sandra L. Ranftl; son, James R. Marjorie Ranftl; grandson, Tommy; brothers, Donald and Andrew, Jr. Kleinschnitz;...
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