Obituaries

Mar 25, 2022

Ronald McKay Shatzer

Age 81, of Minerva, died Friday, March 25, 2022. He was born May 9, 1940 in Barnesville to the late John and Phyllis (Gordon) Shatzer. He retired from PCC in Minerva after 44 years as an inspector.  He is a member of the Holloway Old Timers, a lifelong NRA member and gun...

Mar 24, 2022

Donald S. Smith

Age 71, of Hanoverton, died Thursday, March 24, 2022 in Aultman Hospital. He was born Jan. 19, 1951 in Canton to the late Ira and Doris (Beatty) Smith Jr. He retired from Republic Steel where he had worked for over 20 years. He is a US Army Vietnam Veteran and a member...

Mar 22, 2022

Anthony "Tony" Buzzelli

Age 93, of Minerva, died Tuesday, March 22, 2022 in St. Luke Lutheran Community in Minerva. He was born March 25, 1928 in Malvern to Jiacomo "Jack" and Assunta (DiMenno) Buzzelli. He worked for Metropolitan Brick in Minerva for 15 years, was owner and operator of T & H Beauty Shop and...

Mar 20, 2022

Cameron M. Marshall

age 19, of Hanoverton died Sunday, March 20, 2022 from injuries sustained in an accident.  He was born Feb. 14, 2003 in Salem to Mike Marshall and Nancy (Kuttler) Walters.  He works for Daystar in Malvern and was a 2021 graduate of United Local High School and the Columbiana County Career Center...

Mar 16, 2022

Lawence "Larry" Hanna

Lawrence "Larry" Hanna of Enterprise, Alabama, passed into the arms of his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at the age of 77. Larry was born December 15, 1944 in Minerva, Ohio, to the late Vic and Kay Swank Hanna.

After high school, he attended Embry...

Mar 13, 2022

Zane Allen Miller Jr.

Age 45, of Minerva, died Sunday, March 13 th at Aultman Hospital following a sudden illness.  He was born Nov. 16, 1976 in East Liverpool to the late Zane and Judy (McKenzie) Miller Sr. He works at Imperial Metal in Minerva.

He is preceded in death by his mother...

Mar 8, 2022

Evelyn M. Hahlen

Age 98, of Canton, died Tuesday, March 8, 2022 in the Canton Christian Home. She was born Sept. 13, 1923 in Cleveland to Ora and Elizabeth (Heyer) Lutz.  She was a meat cutter at Niuman Meats in Minerva and worked in Food Service at Johnson University for 17 years.  She is a...

Mar 7, 2022

Quinn Sharon Mashelle Tisevich

One year old daughter of Justin and Tara (Peters) Tisevich passed away Monday, March 7, 2022 in Akron Children's Hospital following a very short illness. She was born Feb. 25, 2021 in Canton.

In addition to her parents, she is survived by grandparents, Mashelle and Lee Snyder of Canton,...

Mar 3, 2022

Kathryn "Peg" Draher

Age 79, of Augusta, died Thursday, March 3, 2022 in Aultman Alliance Hospital. She was born Nov. 23, 1942 in Minerva to Robert and Kathryn (Distler) Rine. She was a housewife and formerly worked at the Minerva Convalescent Center. She loved spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren and rooting for...

Mar 3, 2022

Audrey J. Leasure

Age 82, of Minerva, died Thursday, March 3, 2022 in the Cleveland Clinic - Akron General Hospital. She was born Sept. 5, 1939 in Alliance to Harold and Hazel (Williams) Agnew. She was a housewife and a former owner of AK Hardware in Hanoverton.  She is a member of the VFW Aux....

Mar 3, 2022

Estil "Zeke" Morgan

Age 82, of Minerva and formerly Norwalk died Thursday, March 3, 2022 in the Arbors of Minerva. He was born Aug. 22, 1939 in Rumble, WV to Estil and Margaret (Perdue) Morgan. He was a Crane Assembler for Pettibone Corporation.

He is preceded in death by his wife, Loretta (Pauley)...

Mar 2, 2022

Mike McNutt

Age 75, of Minerva, died Wednesday, March 2, 2022 in the Salem Regional Medical Center. He was born Jan. 10, 1947 in Bowling Green to John and Jacqueline (Eberly) McNutt. He retired from GTE after 34 years of service and then worked at Wal-Mart in Alliance for 18 years.  He graduated from Minerva...

Feb 25, 2022

Sherri Elton Age 55, of East Rochester, died Friday, Feb. 25, 2022 in her home surrounded by her family. She was born Nov. 16, 1966 in Alliance to the late Harry and Joy (Monk) Elton Sr. She was a home health care aide.  She loved to play pool and go bowling and dearly loved spending time with family...

Feb 22, 2022

Rodney A. DeVore

Age 55, of Paris, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. He was born Jan. 28, 1967 in Milford, Conn. to Shirley (Hill) (DeVore) Crawford of Minerva and the late Jerry DeVore. He was a contractor working in construction, roofing and pallets.  He graduated from Fairless High School and R. G. Drage Career Center. ...

Feb 22, 2022

Kenneth James King

Age 84, of Minerva, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022.  He was born May 28, 1937 in Mechanicstown to Amos and Laura (Hardgrove) King.  He retired from the Timken Company in Canton where he had worked for 37 years. He is a US Army Veteran.

He is survived by his wife,...

Feb 16, 2022

Connie R. Cerny

Age 64, of Canton, died Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022 in her home surrounded by her family. She was born Sept. 20, 1957 in Steubenville to Harley and Sarah (Stone) Boggess. She was an executive assistant for the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce.  She graduated from Carrollton High School in 1976 and received...

Feb 15, 2022

Kathryn Caroline Hart

Age 100, of Minerva, passed away Feb. 15, 2022. She was born Dec. 20, 1921 in New Harrisburg to the late George and Etta (Rinehart) Seaburg. She graduated from Malvern High School, was a co-owner of the Hart Drug Store and was a member of the Minerva First Christian Church. She was...

Feb 14, 2022

Carrie A. Ruff

Age 93, of Minerva, died Monday, Feb. 14, 2022 in the Arbor's of Minerva. She was born in Aug. 30, 1928 in Elkins, WV to Watson and Effie Maude (Rennix) Stark, Sr. She graduated from Elkins High School and was a housewife.

She is preceded in death by her husband,...

Feb 14, 2022

Randall Scott Casper

Age 61, of Malvern, passed away Monday, Feb. 14, 2022 in the Aultman Compassionate Care Center. He was born March 5, 1960 in Canton to the late Joseph and Margaret (Fisher) Casper. He had worked for and retired from Timken Steel, as a Machine Operator, after 30 years of service. He was...

Feb 14, 2022

Dennis Beaber

Age 64, of Paris, passed away Monday, Feb. 14, 2022 in the Aultman Community Care Center. He was born Oct. 13, 1957 in Alliance to the late Harry and Anna (Shutler) Beaber. He worked as a farmer and loved to trap shoot, attend rock and roll concerts, enjoyed fishing, hunting and riding his...