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Ann V. Fremon
Portage Lakes, Ohio-Ann V. Fremon (nee Adams), 78, died peacefully on Tuesday, May 13, 2020 and has now embarked on a new journey.  She was born on November 17, 1941 in Denver, Colorado and lived an extraordinary life full of travel and exploration with her loving husband of 55 years, Mike Fremon. She is...
Elaine G. Cherpas passed away peacefully on May 12, 2020. Born on January 6, 1929 in Patras, Greece to parents Nikos and Fotini Georgiou. Elaine came to the United States in 1948. She met and married James T. Cherpas on March 6, 1949.
Elaine was an active member of Annunciation Akron Greek Orthodox Church and Philoptochos. She...
Elizabeth Martha Klein Landers, 101, died May 11, 2020. She didn't quite make her 102nd birthday that would have been on May 22nd.
Born in Akron to John Charles and Bessie May Mitchell Klein, she lost her right hand in an industrial accident and worked for many years as a receptionist and secretary at Shamp’s Prosthetic Center...
Barbara Ann (nee Balson) Bauch of Cuyahoga Falls was called home to be with her Lord May 8, 2020.
Barbara was born Dec. 31, 1930, in Warren, Ohio. She graduated as salutatorian of her class at Warren G. Harding High School in January 1949. She attended Kent State University, where she was Chestnut Burr Queen, and graduated...
Joyce Freeman Marting passed away on May 7. She was born in 1924 in Albany, Georgia. She was the third child of Frederick Kemper Freeman and Blanche Smith Freeman. The death of her 4-year-old sister preceded her birth. She was predeceased by her brother, Frederick K. Freeman, Jr., many years later.
Joyce graduated from Agnes Scott College...
Mary Jane Hammond, 95, died May 5, 2020 after a ten year battle with dementia.
Born November 20, 1924 on the family farm in College Grove, TN, she attended Middle Tennessee State University. She joined the WWII war effort as a secretary for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation in Oak Ridge. It was there that she met and...
Marie Gladys Lowrey, born August 2, 1925 in Akron, Ohio passed away May 3, 2020.
Preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Grace Robertson; husband, Eugene Lowrey; sons, Rudy and Bobby Lowrey; and grandsons, Steven Lowrey and David Malcolm; Marie is survived by her son, David Lowrey; daughters, Bonnie Berisko (Ken), Linda Sloan (Bill) and Marlene...
Lee J. Vandenberg
Lee J. Vandenberg died on May 3, 2020. He was born in Paterson, NJ in 1928 and graduated from Clifton High School in 1946, receiving the Bausch and Lomb Award in Science. After serving in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Panama, he graduated from Ohio University summa cum laude with a B.S....
Olga Bebich, died on Thursday, April 30, 2020.
She was an Orthodox Christian lady who loved Jesus, her children and grandchildren. She was born in the country of Macedonia on February 10, 1928. She immigrated to America in 1963 with her two daughters.
She was a professional photographer for The Charles Mayer Studios in downtown...
Marie H. Wise, 95, passed away quietly April 28, 2020.
Born in Cleveland May 12, 1924 to Carl and Marie Noss Henkel, she married Paul H. Wise in 1959. Marie was an Executive Secretary at NASA for 15 years and was an office volunteer at Fairlawn West U.C.C. for 25 years.
She is survived by...
Vernon E. Massic
It is with great sadness that the family of Vernon E. Massic, 92 years, announce he passed away April 27, 2020 at home in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio after a very long fought illness.
Vern was a Veteran of the Air Force and served during the time of the Korean War 1951-1952. He...
William Gene Tenney died April 27, 2020.
Born June 7, 1933 in his grandparents' farmhouse in French Creek, West Virginia, Bill began his education in a two-room schoolhouse in the sawmill town of Ellamore, West Virginia, Â Â Â Â something he always was proud to tell people.
He graduated in 1951 from Barberton High School, where he excelled...
Raymond Spangle Patterson
Raymond S. Patterson, 77, went home to be with the Lord, Friday April 24, 2020. He passed away due to natural causes, peacefully, listening to his favorite song. A fight well fought in his last months, for moments worth fighting for.
He was born in Cambria, PA on Monday, August 10, 1942,...
Janice (Jan) Ann Clawson, 82, passed away peacefully on April 24, 2020, after a courageous battle with cancer. Â She was born Oct. 28, 1937, in Cincinnati to Lena and Ludwig Mattfeld. She married her high school sweetheart, Armond David (Fuzz) Clawson Jr., in April 1962. He preceded her in death in 2013, as did grandson Evan in 2014.
...
Judith Ann Fisher
Born in Akron, Ohio on June 25, 1928 to Alden and Margaret Fisher. Judy passed peacefully on April 22, 2020, at the age of 91. Judy lived her entire life in Akron. A graduate of Buchtel High School and Kent State University, she was a Member of Alpha Xi Delta Sorority. After graduation, Judy...
Marguerite Green, 94, passed away peacefully Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at Brookdale Bath Senior Living Center. Born Gertrude Marguerite Hiller in Knoxville, TN on August 17, 1925. After the presumed death of her father in 1927 in Flomaton, AL. Â Marguerite and her mother, Nellie Hiller (nee Rapier) settled with family in rural Tellico Plains, TN and like thousands of...
Adelene (Addie Shull) Grochowski
Addie Grochowski, 98, died April 21, 2020.
She was born August 3, 1921 in Cairnbrook, PA to John and Daisy Thomas Shull. A homemaker, she was a 30 plus year volunteer for North Hill Good Neighbors, past president of Patterson Park Fifty Plus Club, 10 year volunteer in the kitchen at...
Janet Kime Wright
1926 - 2020
Our dearly beloved passed away from the complications of old age on April 20, 2020.
A resident of Akron and Naples, Maine, Janet was the first wife of Richard B. Wright, and mother to his sons, Bruce and Robert.
Trained in New York City and...
James Manton Mather, 89, died on April 18, 2020. A lifetime resident of Akron, he was a graduate of Western Reserve Academy ’48 and Brown University ’52. He was a salesman for Dave Towell Cadillac for over 35 years.
Predeceased by his parents, Laona and Lauer Mather and his son, James Manton Mather, Jr. He is survived...
Mark E Pitts, 15, was born April 11, 2005 and died April 16, 2020. Preceded in death by his grandma, Lee Anne Grimes and his uncle, Mark A. Grebelsky; he is survived by his parents, Hannah (Steve Smolinski) Grebelsky and Steve (Melissa) Pitts; sisters, Adelynn and Arwyn Pitts and Steve’s children, Alex, Lily and Lucas Smolinski; grandparents, Mark and...
Ann V. Fremon
Portage Lakes, Ohio-Ann V. Fremon (nee Adams), 78, died peacefully on Tuesday, May 13, 2020 and has now embarked on a new journey.  She was born on November 17, 1941 in Denver, Colorado and lived an extraordinary life full of travel and exploration with her loving husband of 55 years, Mike Fremon. She is...
Elaine G. Cherpas passed away peacefully on May 12, 2020. Born on January 6, 1929 in Patras, Greece to parents Nikos and Fotini Georgiou. Elaine came to the United States in 1948. She met and married James T. Cherpas on March 6, 1949.
Elaine was an active member of Annunciation Akron Greek Orthodox Church and Philoptochos. She...
Elizabeth Martha Klein Landers, 101, died May 11, 2020. She didn't quite make her 102nd birthday that would have been on May 22nd.
Born in Akron to John Charles and Bessie May Mitchell Klein, she lost her right hand in an industrial accident and worked for many years as a receptionist and secretary at Shamp’s Prosthetic Center...
Barbara Ann (nee Balson) Bauch of Cuyahoga Falls was called home to be with her Lord May 8, 2020.
Barbara was born Dec. 31, 1930, in Warren, Ohio. She graduated as salutatorian of her class at Warren G. Harding High School in January 1949. She attended Kent State University, where she was Chestnut Burr Queen, and graduated...
Joyce Freeman Marting passed away on May 7. She was born in 1924 in Albany, Georgia. She was the third child of Frederick Kemper Freeman and Blanche Smith Freeman. The death of her 4-year-old sister preceded her birth. She was predeceased by her brother, Frederick K. Freeman, Jr., many years later.
Joyce graduated from Agnes Scott College...
Mary Jane Hammond, 95, died May 5, 2020 after a ten year battle with dementia.
Born November 20, 1924 on the family farm in College Grove, TN, she attended Middle Tennessee State University. She joined the WWII war effort as a secretary for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation in Oak Ridge. It was there that she met and...
Marie Gladys Lowrey, born August 2, 1925 in Akron, Ohio passed away May 3, 2020.
Preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Grace Robertson; husband, Eugene Lowrey; sons, Rudy and Bobby Lowrey; and grandsons, Steven Lowrey and David Malcolm; Marie is survived by her son, David Lowrey; daughters, Bonnie Berisko (Ken), Linda Sloan (Bill) and Marlene...
Lee J. Vandenberg
Lee J. Vandenberg died on May 3, 2020. He was born in Paterson, NJ in 1928 and graduated from Clifton High School in 1946, receiving the Bausch and Lomb Award in Science. After serving in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Panama, he graduated from Ohio University summa cum laude with a B.S....
Olga Bebich, died on Thursday, April 30, 2020.
She was an Orthodox Christian lady who loved Jesus, her children and grandchildren. She was born in the country of Macedonia on February 10, 1928. She immigrated to America in 1963 with her two daughters.
She was a professional photographer for The Charles Mayer Studios in downtown...
Marie H. Wise, 95, passed away quietly April 28, 2020.
Born in Cleveland May 12, 1924 to Carl and Marie Noss Henkel, she married Paul H. Wise in 1959. Marie was an Executive Secretary at NASA for 15 years and was an office volunteer at Fairlawn West U.C.C. for 25 years.
She is survived by...
Vernon E. Massic
It is with great sadness that the family of Vernon E. Massic, 92 years, announce he passed away April 27, 2020 at home in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio after a very long fought illness.
Vern was a Veteran of the Air Force and served during the time of the Korean War 1951-1952. He...
William Gene Tenney died April 27, 2020.
Born June 7, 1933 in his grandparents' farmhouse in French Creek, West Virginia, Bill began his education in a two-room schoolhouse in the sawmill town of Ellamore, West Virginia, Â Â Â Â something he always was proud to tell people.
He graduated in 1951 from Barberton High School, where he excelled...
Raymond Spangle Patterson
Raymond S. Patterson, 77, went home to be with the Lord, Friday April 24, 2020. He passed away due to natural causes, peacefully, listening to his favorite song. A fight well fought in his last months, for moments worth fighting for.
He was born in Cambria, PA on Monday, August 10, 1942,...
Janice (Jan) Ann Clawson, 82, passed away peacefully on April 24, 2020, after a courageous battle with cancer. Â She was born Oct. 28, 1937, in Cincinnati to Lena and Ludwig Mattfeld. She married her high school sweetheart, Armond David (Fuzz) Clawson Jr., in April 1962. He preceded her in death in 2013, as did grandson Evan in 2014.
...
Judith Ann Fisher
Born in Akron, Ohio on June 25, 1928 to Alden and Margaret Fisher. Judy passed peacefully on April 22, 2020, at the age of 91. Judy lived her entire life in Akron. A graduate of Buchtel High School and Kent State University, she was a Member of Alpha Xi Delta Sorority. After graduation, Judy...
Marguerite Green, 94, passed away peacefully Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at Brookdale Bath Senior Living Center. Born Gertrude Marguerite Hiller in Knoxville, TN on August 17, 1925. After the presumed death of her father in 1927 in Flomaton, AL. Â Marguerite and her mother, Nellie Hiller (nee Rapier) settled with family in rural Tellico Plains, TN and like thousands of...
Adelene (Addie Shull) Grochowski
Addie Grochowski, 98, died April 21, 2020.
She was born August 3, 1921 in Cairnbrook, PA to John and Daisy Thomas Shull. A homemaker, she was a 30 plus year volunteer for North Hill Good Neighbors, past president of Patterson Park Fifty Plus Club, 10 year volunteer in the kitchen at...
Janet Kime Wright
1926 - 2020
Our dearly beloved passed away from the complications of old age on April 20, 2020.
A resident of Akron and Naples, Maine, Janet was the first wife of Richard B. Wright, and mother to his sons, Bruce and Robert.
Trained in New York City and...
James Manton Mather, 89, died on April 18, 2020. A lifetime resident of Akron, he was a graduate of Western Reserve Academy ’48 and Brown University ’52. He was a salesman for Dave Towell Cadillac for over 35 years.
Predeceased by his parents, Laona and Lauer Mather and his son, James Manton Mather, Jr. He is survived...
Mark E Pitts, 15, was born April 11, 2005 and died April 16, 2020. Preceded in death by his grandma, Lee Anne Grimes and his uncle, Mark A. Grebelsky; he is survived by his parents, Hannah (Steve Smolinski) Grebelsky and Steve (Melissa) Pitts; sisters, Adelynn and Arwyn Pitts and Steve’s children, Alex, Lily and Lucas Smolinski; grandparents, Mark and...
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