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Obituaries for The Billow Funeral Homes & Crematory
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones
Elma Arlene Gsellman
Nov 13, 2010
Elma was called home by her Savior on November 13 at the age of 93. She was born on May 11, 1917 in Marshallville, Ohio to Noah and Anna Musser and raised on a farm with her seven sisters and one brother. Elma married Richard Andrew Gsellman in 1936 and raised three children in Akron, moving to Wadsworth in 1968....
Mildred Lucille Hensel
Nov 12, 2010
Mildred L. Hensel, 89, died November 12, 2010. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Ray Hensel. She is survived by daughter, Pam Gary Williams; son, Richard Melody Hensel; grandson, Robert Jill Hensel; and her dear friends at the Carlton House. Cremation has taken place and there will be no services, per her wishes. Billow FAIRLAWN Chapel
Elizabeth B Gleim
Nov 8, 2010
Elizabeth B. Gleim, 83, died Nov. 8, 2010. Born May 2, 1927 in McKees-port, Pennsylvania, she lived most of her life in the Akron area. She was a member of the U.S. Power Squadron, Bath Goodtime Club, and was past president of the Iradale Garden Club. Preceded in death by husband, Clyde E. and sisters, Elsie Warren and Margaret Juhasz,...
James Earl Carlson
Nov 7, 2010
James Earl ``Jimmy' Carlson, entered the gates of Heaven on Sunday, November 7, 2010 to be with the Lord and to be reunited with his loved ones. He was three days short of celebrating his 59th birthday. Despite a lifetime of physical struggles related to Cerebral Palsy and eleven years of compromised health, his positive attitude regarding life and the...
Rita A Sheehan
Nov 6, 2010
Rita Sheehan, 78, died Nov. 6, 2010 after a lengthy illness. Born in Cleveland, Rita grew up in Akron and attended Garfield High School. A graduate of Akron City Hospital Idabelle Firestone School of Nursing, Rita was a registered nurse. She raised her family in Hudson and moved to Sandusky eight years ago to be near her daughter. Rita loved...
Gary Michael Menhorn
Nov 5, 2010
Gary Michael Menhorn, 59, died November 5, 2010 after a courageous battle with ALS. Services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, 129 S. Union St., Akron with Rev. Fr. Jerry F. Hall officiating. Interment at Rose Hill Burial Park. Friends may call 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, at the Billow FAIRLAWN Chapel, 85 N....
Howard W. Ryder
Nov 5, 2010
Howard W. Ryder, III, 81, died Nov. 5, 2010. A graduate of Kent State University, he was president of the Kent State University Foundation, a member of Christ United Methodist Church, Portage Country Club, Bluecoats and was a founding member of Firestone Country Club. Howard was a Korean war army veteran, was president of Coastal Tank Line, vice president of...
Angela L Kelly
Nov 4, 2010
Angela Arnone Kelly, born May 24, 1919, died November 4, 2010. Angie lived her entire life in Akron, attended Garfield High School and held 'Rosie the riveter' and other jobs until 1950 when she married Jim. Her life was her children, husband and the amazing family created by the marriage of an Italian woman with six siblings to a Lebanese...
Mary Knight Wetsel
Nov 2, 2010
Mary Knight Wetsel, 91, passed away November 2, 2010. Born in Cleveland, Ohio February 28, 1919 to Hal G. and Mary I. Knight. She was a graduate of Old Trail School in Fairlawn, Ohio and Skidmore College. Mary was a member of Junior League of Akron, on the Women's Board of City Hospital, on the Board of Sumner Home, Board...
Paul G Simmons
Oct 31, 2010
Paul G. Simmons, 85, died October 31, 2010. Born in Amsterdam, Ohio, May 24, 1925, he resided in Bath Township for 56 years. A U.S. Army veteran of World War II, he attended the University of Akron, Cincinnati College of Embalming and the National Foundation of Funeral Service Management School in Evanston, Ill. Paul was a member of The Bath...
Margery S Wright
Oct 31, 2010
Margery S. Wright Sturdevant passed away at home on Sunday, October 31, after a short illness. She was born January 1, 1931 in Couders-port, Pa. and resided in W. Akron for most of her life. She was a 1948 graduate of Buchtel High and The University of Akron Class of 1952. She was secretary to the Vice President of AC&Y...
Marianne Virginia Herman
Oct 30, 2010
Marianne Virginia Herman, 70, passed away October 30, 2010. Marianne Virginia Herman was born to Stanley and Agnes Martin. The family lived in Bath, on Yellow Creek Road, in the big redwood house her father built. Marianne graduated from Revere High School and from there became a stewardess for United Airlines. On a plane headed to New York, she met...
Ada M Dever
Oct 30, 2010
Ada Dever, of Akron, age 91, passed away October 30, 2010. Preceded in death by her husband, Jerry Dever and her brothers and sisters, she is survived by daughter, Pat Craig Duane and son, Douglas Dever Jacqueline; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. No calling hours. There is to be a small service for immediate family only. Billow FAIRLAWN Chapel
Leola Hoover
Oct 30, 2010
Lee Hoover Mashburn passed away suddenly on October 30, 2010. Graveside services will be held 11 a.m. TUESDAY, November 2nd at Rose Hill Burial Park, 3653 W. Market St., Akron 44333. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to your favorite charity. FAIRLAWN Chapel
Dorothy S Wright
Oct 29, 2010
Dorothy S. Wright nee Season, 93, died October 29, 2010. Born October 14, 1917 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio she was a graduate of Cuyahoga Falls High School and Kent State University. She was an elementary school teacher retired from the Cuyahoga Falls School System. She also taught in Stow, Green and Oberlin, Ohio and was named a Jennings Scholar in...
Elna Clara Stoner
Oct 28, 2010
Elna C. Stoner, 93, passed away October 28, 2010. She was born in East Cleveland and had resided in Akron since 1959. A member of Christ United Methodist Church and the V.F.W., she was a World War II Army veteran and retired as an R.N. from Hillhaven Convalescent Home. She is survived by her daughters, Judith Harris and Dorothy Mark...
Lloyd C. Grenzow
Oct 26, 2010
Lloyd C. Grenzow, 73, passed away October 26, 2010. He was born in Akron and lived most of his life in Richfield. Mr. Grenzow retired from Consolidated Freightways with over 40 years of service. Preceded in death by his wife, Beverly; he is survived by his mother, Ruth; children, Brent Becky and Brenda; grandchildren, Shelby and Baylee; brother, Kim Kathy...
Katherine Irene Keirns Saddler
Oct 22, 2010
Katherine Irene Keirns Saddler Katherine Irene Keirns Saddler, age 95, was born January 22, 1915 and went home to be with the Lord on October 22, 2010. Katherine had been a resident of Elyria for the past sixty years and was a resident of AbbeWood Senior Living Community for the past ten. She was born in Athens, Ohio to Dayton...
Maurice H Converse
Oct 19, 2010
Maurice H. Converse, M.D., 85, died Oct. 19, 2010. Born in Massillon, he was a retired physician, a World War II U.S. Navy Veteran who served in the Pacific Theater and a member of the VFW Post 349. He was an avid gardener, photographer, OSU Buckeyes and Massillon Tigers fan and alumnus. Preceded in death by parents, Charles and Emma...
Nina Armstrong
Oct 18, 2010
Nina Stubblefield Armstrong, 96, of Akron, Ohio and formerly of Normal, Illinois, passed away Monday, October 18, 2010 at Rockynol Retirement Community. She was born August 8, 1914 in Bloomington, Illinois and grew up on the family farm near Covell, Illinois. After attending a one room school house, she graduated from Bloomington High School and went on to Illinois State...
Elma Arlene Gsellman
Nov 13, 2010
Elma was called home by her Savior on November 13 at the age of 93. She was born on May 11, 1917 in Marshallville, Ohio to Noah and Anna Musser and raised on a farm with her seven sisters and one brother. Elma married Richard Andrew Gsellman in 1936 and raised three children in Akron, moving to Wadsworth in 1968....
Mildred Lucille Hensel
Nov 12, 2010
Mildred L. Hensel, 89, died November 12, 2010. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Ray Hensel. She is survived by daughter, Pam Gary Williams; son, Richard Melody Hensel; grandson, Robert Jill Hensel; and her dear friends at the Carlton House. Cremation has taken place and there will be no services, per her wishes. Billow FAIRLAWN Chapel
Elizabeth B Gleim
Nov 8, 2010
Elizabeth B. Gleim, 83, died Nov. 8, 2010. Born May 2, 1927 in McKees-port, Pennsylvania, she lived most of her life in the Akron area. She was a member of the U.S. Power Squadron, Bath Goodtime Club, and was past president of the Iradale Garden Club. Preceded in death by husband, Clyde E. and sisters, Elsie Warren and Margaret Juhasz,...
James Earl Carlson
Nov 7, 2010
James Earl ``Jimmy' Carlson, entered the gates of Heaven on Sunday, November 7, 2010 to be with the Lord and to be reunited with his loved ones. He was three days short of celebrating his 59th birthday. Despite a lifetime of physical struggles related to Cerebral Palsy and eleven years of compromised health, his positive attitude regarding life and the...
Rita A Sheehan
Nov 6, 2010
Rita Sheehan, 78, died Nov. 6, 2010 after a lengthy illness. Born in Cleveland, Rita grew up in Akron and attended Garfield High School. A graduate of Akron City Hospital Idabelle Firestone School of Nursing, Rita was a registered nurse. She raised her family in Hudson and moved to Sandusky eight years ago to be near her daughter. Rita loved...
Gary Michael Menhorn
Nov 5, 2010
Gary Michael Menhorn, 59, died November 5, 2010 after a courageous battle with ALS. Services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, 129 S. Union St., Akron with Rev. Fr. Jerry F. Hall officiating. Interment at Rose Hill Burial Park. Friends may call 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, at the Billow FAIRLAWN Chapel, 85 N....
Howard W. Ryder
Nov 5, 2010
Howard W. Ryder, III, 81, died Nov. 5, 2010. A graduate of Kent State University, he was president of the Kent State University Foundation, a member of Christ United Methodist Church, Portage Country Club, Bluecoats and was a founding member of Firestone Country Club. Howard was a Korean war army veteran, was president of Coastal Tank Line, vice president of...
Angela L Kelly
Nov 4, 2010
Angela Arnone Kelly, born May 24, 1919, died November 4, 2010. Angie lived her entire life in Akron, attended Garfield High School and held 'Rosie the riveter' and other jobs until 1950 when she married Jim. Her life was her children, husband and the amazing family created by the marriage of an Italian woman with six siblings to a Lebanese...
Mary Knight Wetsel
Nov 2, 2010
Mary Knight Wetsel, 91, passed away November 2, 2010. Born in Cleveland, Ohio February 28, 1919 to Hal G. and Mary I. Knight. She was a graduate of Old Trail School in Fairlawn, Ohio and Skidmore College. Mary was a member of Junior League of Akron, on the Women's Board of City Hospital, on the Board of Sumner Home, Board...
Paul G Simmons
Oct 31, 2010
Paul G. Simmons, 85, died October 31, 2010. Born in Amsterdam, Ohio, May 24, 1925, he resided in Bath Township for 56 years. A U.S. Army veteran of World War II, he attended the University of Akron, Cincinnati College of Embalming and the National Foundation of Funeral Service Management School in Evanston, Ill. Paul was a member of The Bath...
Margery S Wright
Oct 31, 2010
Margery S. Wright Sturdevant passed away at home on Sunday, October 31, after a short illness. She was born January 1, 1931 in Couders-port, Pa. and resided in W. Akron for most of her life. She was a 1948 graduate of Buchtel High and The University of Akron Class of 1952. She was secretary to the Vice President of AC&Y...
Marianne Virginia Herman
Oct 30, 2010
Marianne Virginia Herman, 70, passed away October 30, 2010. Marianne Virginia Herman was born to Stanley and Agnes Martin. The family lived in Bath, on Yellow Creek Road, in the big redwood house her father built. Marianne graduated from Revere High School and from there became a stewardess for United Airlines. On a plane headed to New York, she met...
Ada M Dever
Oct 30, 2010
Ada Dever, of Akron, age 91, passed away October 30, 2010. Preceded in death by her husband, Jerry Dever and her brothers and sisters, she is survived by daughter, Pat Craig Duane and son, Douglas Dever Jacqueline; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. No calling hours. There is to be a small service for immediate family only. Billow FAIRLAWN Chapel
Leola Hoover
Oct 30, 2010
Lee Hoover Mashburn passed away suddenly on October 30, 2010. Graveside services will be held 11 a.m. TUESDAY, November 2nd at Rose Hill Burial Park, 3653 W. Market St., Akron 44333. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to your favorite charity. FAIRLAWN Chapel
Dorothy S Wright
Oct 29, 2010
Dorothy S. Wright nee Season, 93, died October 29, 2010. Born October 14, 1917 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio she was a graduate of Cuyahoga Falls High School and Kent State University. She was an elementary school teacher retired from the Cuyahoga Falls School System. She also taught in Stow, Green and Oberlin, Ohio and was named a Jennings Scholar in...
Elna Clara Stoner
Oct 28, 2010
Elna C. Stoner, 93, passed away October 28, 2010. She was born in East Cleveland and had resided in Akron since 1959. A member of Christ United Methodist Church and the V.F.W., she was a World War II Army veteran and retired as an R.N. from Hillhaven Convalescent Home. She is survived by her daughters, Judith Harris and Dorothy Mark...
Lloyd C. Grenzow
Oct 26, 2010
Lloyd C. Grenzow, 73, passed away October 26, 2010. He was born in Akron and lived most of his life in Richfield. Mr. Grenzow retired from Consolidated Freightways with over 40 years of service. Preceded in death by his wife, Beverly; he is survived by his mother, Ruth; children, Brent Becky and Brenda; grandchildren, Shelby and Baylee; brother, Kim Kathy...
Katherine Irene Keirns Saddler
Oct 22, 2010
Katherine Irene Keirns Saddler Katherine Irene Keirns Saddler, age 95, was born January 22, 1915 and went home to be with the Lord on October 22, 2010. Katherine had been a resident of Elyria for the past sixty years and was a resident of AbbeWood Senior Living Community for the past ten. She was born in Athens, Ohio to Dayton...
Maurice H Converse
Oct 19, 2010
Maurice H. Converse, M.D., 85, died Oct. 19, 2010. Born in Massillon, he was a retired physician, a World War II U.S. Navy Veteran who served in the Pacific Theater and a member of the VFW Post 349. He was an avid gardener, photographer, OSU Buckeyes and Massillon Tigers fan and alumnus. Preceded in death by parents, Charles and Emma...
Nina Armstrong
Oct 18, 2010
Nina Stubblefield Armstrong, 96, of Akron, Ohio and formerly of Normal, Illinois, passed away Monday, October 18, 2010 at Rockynol Retirement Community. She was born August 8, 1914 in Bloomington, Illinois and grew up on the family farm near Covell, Illinois. After attending a one room school house, she graduated from Bloomington High School and went on to Illinois State...
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