Obituaries

Feb 15, 2018

Rose Mary Swinger

Age 87, of Minerva, died Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018 in Minerva Eldercare. She was born April 4, 1930 in Summitville to Angelo and Marie (Dangelo) Sabatino. She graduated from Salineville High School. She worked in the cafeteria in Minerva Local Schools, Cunningham's Furniture and Sabatino's Restaurant. She was a member of the...

Feb 15, 2018

Walter Glenn Smith

Age 64, of Minerva, died Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018 in Aultman Hospital. He was born August 6, 1953 in Minerva to the late Herman and Evelyn (Ellsworth) Smith. He graduated from Minerva High School in 1971. He was a Millwright and had worked in maintenance at Transue and Williams, Union Metal and...

Feb 13, 2018

Mary L. Wadsworth

Age 87, of Alliance, died Tuesday February 13, 2018 in Carroll Health Care Center. She was born June 10, 1930 in Malvern to Ross and Rosa (Nuce) Carpino. She graduated from Malvern High School. She was a housewife and was a member of St. Gabriel Catholic Church.

She is preceded...

Feb 10, 2018

Edwin C. Hart

Age 97, of Minerva, died Sat., Feb. 10, 2018 in Minerva Eldercare Center. He was born Jan. 2, 1921 in Canton to Harry and Olive (Dewell) Hart.  He was the owner and operator of Hart Drug in Minerva for 30 years, and retired after selling the store on March 1, 1974. He...

Feb 8, 2018

Stacey (Kirven) Deem

Age 50, of Beloit, died Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018 in the Ohio State Medical Center after struggling with cancer. She was born July 23, 1967 in Massillon to the late Jerry and Hazel (Willison) Kirven. She graduated from West Branch High School. She was a homemaker and had worked in catering and...

Feb 8, 2018

Wilbur E. Hazelet

Age 83, of Minerva, died Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018 in Mercy Medical Center. He was born Jan. 19, 1935 in Cherry Tree, PA to John and Bernice (Smith) Hazelet. He was a pipefitter, welder and construction worker having worked for the Plumbers and Pipefitter's Union in Steubenville and Cambridge. He is a...

Feb 4, 2018

Barbara J. Mills

Age 80, of Carrollton, went home to be with the Lord, Sunday, February 4, 2018 in the Aultman Compassionate Care Center. She was born February 9, 1937 in Hammondsville, Ohio to Clarence and Evelyn (Leisure) Baker. She was a member of the Carroll Chapter #315 O.E.S. and attended the Augusta Presbyterian and Mount Zion...

Feb 3, 2018

Wm. Scott Shuman

Age 70, of Louisville, died Sat., Feb. 3, 2018 in Aultman Hospital. He was born Feb. 27, 1947 in Canton to John and Hazel (Swartz) Shuman. He worked in Labor, Construction and Welding and retired from Mark's Cement Co. in Canton. He is a member of the Tri-Co Trails Assoc. and a...

Feb 3, 2018

Robert J. Crist, Jr.

Age 78, of Homeworth, died Saturday, February 3, 2018 in Auburn Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation. He was born December 15, 1939 at home in North Georgetown to Robert J. and Alice Kathryn (Whiteleather) Crist. He was a machinist at Hawk Laboratories and worked on the family farm. He graduated from Goshen...

Feb 1, 2018

Rich McDaniel

Age 82, of Minerva, died Thursday, February 1, 2018 in the Alliance Community Care. He was born in Minerva on November 15, 1935 to Iniel Alvin and Hannah M. (Treacher) McDaniel. He was an engineer for APV Industries and had worked for Diebold in Canton. He was a member of the Navy Reserves,...

Jan 30, 2018

Joseph A. Pontones

Age 97, of Minerva, died Tuesday, January 30, 2018 in Danbury Senior Living in Massillon. He was born in Canton on October 9, 1920 to Jesus and Mary (Edilla) Pontones. He retired from Indian River School where he worked for the procurement department. He also worked for the Luntz Corporation. He attended...

Jan 28, 2018

John A. Clark

Age 53, of Minerva, died Sunday, January 28, 2018 in Mercy Medical Center. He was born May 21, 1964 in Massillon to the late James and Helen (Scally) Clark. He worked for Slesnick Iron & Metal in Canton for 31 years. He graduated from Canton South High School. He loved enjoyed, fishing,...

Jan 28, 2018

William "Bill" D. Milligan 79, of Minerva passed away January 28, 2018 surrounded by his loving family.

Bill was born on October 16, 1938 to the late Earl and Esther (Reid) Milligan in Buffalo, Ohio Guernsey County.

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Jan 27, 2018

Anna M. Byler

Age 89, of Minerva, died Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018 in her home.  She was born Dec. 13, 1928 in Hartville to Rudy and Martha (Hostetler) Byler. She was a housewife and schoolteacher in a private school.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Amos Byler who died in 1993,...

Jan 26, 2018

Steven D. Adams

Age 56, of Louisville, died Friday, Jan. 26, 2018 in Aultman Hospital. He was born Jan. 29, 1961 to the late Raymond and Catherine (Earley) Adams. He was a truck driver, former Mayor of Malvern, member of the Malvern Police Dept. and owner of Adams Driving School for 7 years. He is...

Jan 25, 2018

Denise (Reynolds) Laubacher Age 57, of Minerva, died Thursday, January 25, 2018 in Arbors at Minerva. She was born June 26, 1960 in San Diego, CA to Vilma (Brooks) Reynolds of Minerva and the late Edward C. Reynolds. She was a housewife and education consultant. She graduated from Judge Memorial High School in Salt Lake City, Utah. She...

Jan 21, 2018

Larry W. Mullins

Age 55, of Canton, died Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018 in the McKinley Health Care Center in Canton. He was born Feb. 4, 1962 in Charleston, WV. He was a carpet installer and had been in the Army National Guard.

He is survived by a wife, Jeanie (Johnson) Mullins of Canton;...

Jan 21, 2018

Mary Ann Hart

Age 78, of Sebring and formerly Malvern, died Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018 in Aultman Hospital. She was born Jan. 25, 1939 in Lisbon to John and Dorothy (Dean) Lindesmith. She had worked for TRW and was the former owner of the Brickyard Restaurant in Malvern. She was a past member of St....

Jan 18, 2018

Linda K. Moore

Age 77, of Minerva, died Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018 in the Carroll Healthcare Center. She was born May 15, 1940 in Alliance to Roy and Evelyn (Willis) Hoover. She was a housewife and a graduate of Minerva High School. She was a member of the Malvern First Christian Church where she was...

Jan 17, 2018

Thomas A. Eick Sr.

Age 86 of Malvern, died Wed., Jan. 17, 2018 in Aultman Hospital. He was born Oct. 29, 1931 in Hibbetts to the late David and Gladys (Moffet) Eick. He retired from PCC in Minerva after 36 years of service.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Jane (Schmidt)...