Obituaries

Vivian Jean Vosi

Vivian Jean Vosi

Oct 31, 2013

Vivian J. Vosi, age 79, of Minerva died Thurs., Oct. 31, 2013 in Aultman's Compassionate Care Center. She was born June 23, 1934 in Minerva to Wilbur and Dorothy (Shaw) Pearson. She was a homemaker and member of the Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church. She graduated from Minerva High School in 1953, is a member of the Brown Frame Community...

Albert Joseph Spada

Albert Joseph Spada

Oct 26, 2013

Albert J. Spada Age 91, of Alliance, died Sat. Oct. 26, 2013 in the Alliance Community Hospital. He was born Oct. 24, 1922 in Alliance to Joseph and Mary (Zaina) Spada. He retired from Alliance Machine where he had worked for 42 years. He was a US Army Veteran of WWII and a member of the North Canton Eagles Aerie...

Mabel Ann Lilley

Mabel Ann Lilley

Oct 23, 2013

Mabel A. Lilley, age 82, of Minerva, died Wed., Oct. 23, 2013 in the Alliance Community Hospital. She was born Dec. 26, 1930 in Moundsville, WV to Floyd and Alma (Dunlap) McCoy. She had worked for Violet Ray Cleaners in Alliance for 20 years and Peacock Cleaners. She is survived by 3 daughters, Linda (Tony) Confalone of Canton, Barbara (Randall)...

Garry Dean Stone

Garry Dean Stone

Oct 19, 2013

Garry D. Stone Age 72, of Minerva, died Saturday Oct. 19, 2013 in the Great Trail Care Center. He was born Feb. 27, 1941 in Amsterdam to Harry and Margaret (Brown) Stone. He had worked for Franklin Furniture in Columbiana for 15 years and Winters Industry in Alliance for 10 years. He is a US Navy Veteran of Vietnam and...

Frank Graham Henry

Frank Graham Henry

Oct 14, 2013

Frank Henry, age 74, passed away at home in Massillon Oct. 14, 2013. He was born in Carrollton the son of the late William Henry and Gertrude (Leyda) Kapp. Frank held many jobs in his life from carnival worker to restaurant manager, factory worker to security guard, craftsman to business owner. Frank was a proud Mason and will be fondly...

Thomas James Lutz

Thomas James Lutz

Oct 8, 2013

Tom J. Lutz, age 57, of Minerva, died Oct. 8, 2013. He was born Dec. 5, 1955 in Canton to Mark H. Lutz of Minerva and the late Grace "Betty" (Colopy) Lutz. He had been an equipment operator for National Lime and Stone and an employee of R.C. Miller Refuse. He was extremely patriotic and loved being the Masterblaster at...

Gerald Lee Vandegrift

Gerald Lee Vandegrift

Oct 5, 2013

Jerry L. Vandegrift, age 61, of Malvern, died Sat., Oct. 5, 2013. He was born Jan. 28, 1952 in Canton to the late Melvin and Norma (Doak) Vandegrift. He worked maintenance for the Carroll County District Library for the last 10 years and had worked at Vandegrift Excavating for 34 years. He is a member of the Minerva Church of...

William J. Severn

William J. Severn

Oct 4, 2013

William J. Severn Age 92, of Minerva, died Friday, Oct. 4, 2013 in Minerva Eldercare. He was born June 24, 1921 in Coshocton to William and Agnes (Stewart) Severn. He retired from the Minerva Wax Paper where he was an electrician for over 30 years. He is a US Army Air Corp. Veteran of WWII, past commander of Minerva VFW...

Delmer E. Little

Delmer E. Little

Oct 2, 2013

Delmer E. Little Age 84, of East Rochester, died Wed. Oct. 2, 2013 in Webster, Wisconsin. He was born July 14, 1929 at home in Wild Duck Hollow to Clyde and Mildred (Hahlen) Little. He was retired as the owner of Wild Duck Hollow Farms which has been in his family for 106 years. He also retired from PCC Airfoils...

Perry Pete Kireta

Perry Pete Kireta

Oct 2, 2013

Perry "Pete" Kireta, age 90, of Louisville, died Wednesday, October 2, 2013 in the Auburn Skilled Nursing and Rehab Center in Damascus, OH. He was born July 25, 1923 in Millport, OH to Joseph and Eva (Garvich) Kireta. He retired in 1984 as a millwright for Morgan Engineering, was a US Army veteran of WWII, member of American Legion Post...

James Henry Brown

James Henry Brown

Oct 1, 2013

James H. Brown, age 61, of the Minerva Senior Center, died Tuesday, October 1, 2013. He was born June 6, 1952 in Dover, Ohio to the late John and Nellie (Bayer) Brown. He loved music and dancing and became known around town as "Jumping Jimmy". He was also a member of St. Gabriel Catholic Church. He is survived by a...

Kim R. Fowler

Kim R. Fowler

Oct 1, 2013

Kim R. Fowler, age 64, of Minerva, died Tuesday, October 1, 2013 in the Carroll Healthcare Center in Carrollton. He was born Nov. 26, 1948 in Westlake, Ohio to the late Russell Fowler and June (Miller) Fowler of Washington State. After graduation from Jefferson High School, he enlisted in the US Army and served 2 years in Viet Nam where...

Marilyn Catherine Zwick

Marilyn Catherine Zwick

Sep 29, 2013

Marilyn C. Zwick, age 75, of East Rochester, died Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013 in the Great Trail Care Center in Minerva. She was born Oct. 11, 1937 in Louisville to Andrew "Pete" and Lillian (Rupple) Hupp. She was a homemaker and was a teacher's aide for the Minerva Local School District at West Elementary for 18 years. She is a...

Robert Fredrick Jewell

Robert Fredrick Jewell

Sep 28, 2013

Robert F. Jewell, age 75, of Minerva, died Sat., Sept. 28, 2013 in his home surrounded by his family. He was born July 20, 1938 in Alliance to Robert and Helen (McKee) Jewell. He retired from PCC in Minerva where he had worked for 40 years. He graduated from Alliance High School in 1958, and is a member of the...

Dennis Lynn Goddard

Dennis Lynn Goddard

Sep 28, 2013

Dennis Goddard, age 60, of Minerva, died Saturday, September 28, 2013. He was born November 30, 1952 in Canton, Ohio to the late Calvin and Muriel (Robinson) Goddard. He retired from the Village of Minerva Street and Water Departments where he worked for 27 years, had worked for the Minerva Wax Paper, and was a US Army veteran. He is...

Homer Royal Unkefer

Homer Royal Unkefer

Sep 27, 2013

Homer Unkefer age 98, of Minerva, died Friday, September 27, 2013. He was born February 27, 1915 in Minerva, Oh to the late Charles and Jessie (Jarrett) Unkefer. He was the President of Homer Unkefer Farm Machinery in Minerva, was a 1934 graduate of Minerva High School where he was an Alumni and Hall of Fame Member, a 1939 graduate...

Virginia Jane Ricketts

Virginia Jane Ricketts

Sep 26, 2013

Virginia J. Ricketts, age 90, of Minerva, died Thursday, September 26, 2013 in the Minerva Eldercare Center. She was born June 1, 1923 in Salem, Oh to the late Jay and Alice (Flitcraft) Ricketts. She is survived by a sister, Patricia Snyder of Minerva; several nieces and a nephews She is preceded in death by 3 sisters, Judy Hill, Eleanor...

Paul Wackerly

Paul Wackerly

Sep 26, 2013

Paul Wackerly, Jr., age 60, of Minerva, died Thursday, September 26, 2013 in Alliance Community Hospital surrounded by his family. He was born Feb. 2, 1953, in Canton, Ohio to Paul and Georgia (Austin) Wackerly, Sr. He had worked at the Ford Motor Co. for over 15 years, but most recently as a Golf Course superintendent from which he retired...

Janet Ruth Englant

Janet Ruth Englant

Sep 25, 2013

Janet Ruth Englant (nee Ritchey), age 77, of Robertsville, passed from the arms of her loving family into the arms of the Lord Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at the Great Trail Care Center in Minerva after a long and courageous struggle with cancer. She was born June 5, 1936, in East Canton, Ohio to the late Roy and Ruth (Hane)...

Yola Buzzelli

Yola Buzzelli

Sep 21, 2013

Yola Buzzelli Age 87, of Malvern died Sat. Sept. 21, 2013 in Aultman Hospital. She was born March 30, 1926 in Malvern to Jiacomo "Jack" and Assunta (DiMenno) Buzzelli. She retired from VRE in Malvern and had worked as a secretary for Metropolitan Brick in Minerva. She is a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Malvern, the Catholic...