Obituaries

Nov 2, 2017

Virgil "Gil" Shuman II

Age 61, of Minerva, died Thursday, November 2, 2017 in Mercy Medical Center. He was born October 23, 1956 in Canton to the late Virgil and Luetta (Hardie) Shuman. He was a co-owner of Tal-Tal's Pilot Cars and had been a welder and truck driver.

He is survived by...

Nov 2, 2017

Carolyn May Starkey

Age 79, of Mechanicstown, died November 2, 2017 at her home. She was born May 26, 1938 in Robertsville, to Elmer and Vera (Hein) Garner. She was a housewife and bookkeeper at Windy Haven Farm. She was a member of the Resurrection Lutheran Church in Malvern. She graduated from Minerva High school...

Nov 1, 2017

Nancy Sue Temme

Age 76, of East Rochester, died Wednesday, November 1, 2017 in Salem Regional Medical Center. She was born October 7, 1941 to Gilbert and Martha (Proctor) Bohl. She was a homemaker. She graduated from Lehman High School in Canton and is a member of the Hanoverton Presbyterian Church.

She is...

Oct 28, 2017

Linda L. Cargill

Age 73, of Minerva, died Saturday Oct. 28, 2017 in Mercy Medical Center. She was born April 2, 1944 in Salineville to Earl and Mary (McClain) Hull. She was co-owner of Valley View Farm with her husband and had worked as a telephone operator for GTE and for the Carroll County Board...

Oct 27, 2017

Charles A. Anguish

Age 75, of Minerva, died Friday, October 27, 2017 in Aultman Hospital. He was born June 23, 1942 in Dennison, to Albert Anguish and Eva (Cochran) (Anguish) McAbier. He retired from General Motors of Lordstown after 32 years of service. He was a fireman for 20 years for the Minerva Volunteer Fire...

Oct 12, 2017

Donald "Dick" Peterson

Age 91, of Minerva passed away Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017 at his home. He was born December 1, 1925 in Minerva, Ohio. He was the youngest son of the late Grant E. and Vera (Grunder) Peterson. Dick graduated from Minerva High School in 1943. Shortly after graduating, he enlisted in the United...

Oct 11, 2017

Bonny J. Grogg

Age 87, of Newark, OH and formerly Minerva, died Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017 in Arlington Care Center in Newark. She was born in Canton to Orin Unkefer and Goldie (Myers) (Unkefer) Rushton. She graduated from Minerva High school and was a homemaker.

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

Oct 7, 2017

Dorothy M. Smith

Age 90, of Malvern died Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017 in her home. She was born May 25, 1927 in Malvern to Joseph and Grace (Campbell) Williams. She graduated from Malvern High School in 1945 and was the Brown Township Clerk for 20 years and a former bookkeeper for Furey's, Harple's and R...

Oct 7, 2017

Michael T. Garrison II

Age 22, of Minerva died Sat. Oct. 7, 2017 in Aultman Hospital from injuries sustained in an auto accident. He was born March 27, 1995 in Canton to Michael and Tina (Fox) Garrison of Malvern. He was a self-employed Cable Contractor. He graduated from Malvern High School and the R.G. Drage...

Oct 2, 2017

Ronald E. Colosimo

Age 56, of Carrollton, died Monday, October 2, 2017. He was born November 9, 1960 in Pittsburgh to Fayanne (Belansky) Colosimo of Pitttsburgh and the late Frank Colosimo. He worked for Greg McGhee in sales at City Scapes.

In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Samantha...

Sep 25, 2017

Beverly J. Henson

Age 87, of Minerva, died Monday, Sept. 25, 2017 in Minerva Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center. She was born Jan. 13, 1930 in Alliance to Wayne and Thelma (Hoffman) Watson. She retired from McDonalds and was a bus driver for Minerva Local Schools.

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

Sep 25, 2017

Marvin R. Graybill II

Our beloved son, Marvin R. Graybill II, age 36, passed away unexpectedly Monday, Sept. 25, 2017 from a heart attack due to a recent medical condition that runs in the family. He was a wonderful son, father, fiancé, brother, uncle, cousin and nephew. He favorite activities were riding his motorcycles, spending...

Sep 22, 2017

Marie A. Kehl

Age 94, of Norman Park, GA and formerly East Rochester, OH, died Friday, Sept. 22, 2017 in her home. She was born Jan. 26, 1923 in Elba, OH to Dorus and Estella (Miller) Decker. She was a housewife.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Lester Kehl who died...

Sep 18, 2017

Myrtle A. (Suder) Marteney

Age 92, of Minerva, passed away Monday, September 18, 2017 in Arbors at Minerva following a 2-month decline in health. She was born December 14, 1924 in Hall, WV., to Alva and Ethel (Williams) Suder and Stepmother, Virginia Suder. She was a stay at home mother, except for a period of...

Sep 12, 2017

Maggie Base

Maggie Koehn Base was born to Edward and Ida Schmidt Koehn on July 18, 1927 in Isabella, OK. She passed away on September 12, 2017 at the age of 90, at Danbury Senior Living, Alliance, Ohio. At the age of 3 months Maggie together with her parents and family, moved by train to...

Sep 12, 2017

John (Jack) Harsh

Age 83, died Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017 in Minerva Eldercare. He was born Dec. 30, 1933 in Carrollton, to Karl "Nick" and Goldie (Gotschall) Harsh. He lived in the historic log cabin in Minerva, the birthplace of Minerva Ann Taylor since 1991. He worked for the New York Central, Penn Central and Conrail RR...

Sep 12, 2017

Sharon L. Schaefer Age 60, died Sept. 12, 2017, in the Crandall Medical Center in Sebring. She was born November 11, 1956 in Canton, Ohio to Carl Haubert. She was a member of the Minerva First Christian Church. She was Scheduler for the Lab in Mercy Medical Center. She is also a 1975 graduate of Minerva High...

Sep 11, 2017

Gary Fielding Fry , 78 of Minerva, passed away Monday, September 11, after a three-and-a-half-year illness following a stroke.

He was one of the founders of Great Trail Golf Course, which he was instrumental in building from the ground up. Over more than 30 years, he worked tirelessly to maintain and improve the course and...

Sep 10, 2017

Sara L. Wolf

Age 84, of Malvern, died Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017 in Green Meadows in Louisville. She was born Oct. 16, 1932 in Hanoverton to Walter and Edith (Pelley) Loudon. She worked for Contini Insurance in Malvern for 25 years. She is a member of the Malvern First Christian Church, Carroll Chapter Order of...

Sep 4, 2017

Letha K. Cogan

Age 97, of Minerva, died Monday, Sept. 4, 2017 in the Arbors of Minerva. She was born Aug. 24, 1920 in Bayard to Arthur and Laura (Roby) Hoopes. She was a housewife and a former employee of Baxter's Tube in Minerva. She is a member of the Mt. Zion United Methodist Church,...