Obituaries

Mar 12, 2018

Margaret "Margie" Romano

Age 85, of Louisville and formerly Malvern, caring mom, grandma and great grandma, passed away Monday, March 12, 2018 peacefully in her home. She was born May 15, 1932 in Waynesburg, Ohio to Clem and Marie (Gotschall) Casper. She graduated from Malvern High School in 1950. Margie and her husband Ralph were...

Mar 11, 2018

Ronald L. White

Age 50, of Minerva died Sunday, March 11, 2018 at Alliance Community Hospital. He was born October 29, 1967 in Canton, Oh to David White of Malvern and the late Constance (Williams) White. He is a Skilled Trade Furnace Operator for Energy Transfer in Minerva.  He is a member of Grace Chapel...

Mar 7, 2018

Jeffrey L. Bowman

Age 63, of Minerva and formerly Salem, died Wed., March 7, 2018 in the Alliance Community Care Center. He was born March 10, 1954 in Patuxent, MD to David and Doris (Croston) Bowman. He is a 20 year veteran of the US Army serving in Vietnam, Desert Storm and Desert Shield. Following...

Mar 2, 2018

Glenna Jean (Hane) Rinehart

Age 87, of Minerva, died March 2, 2018 at her home. She was born January 3, 1931 in Canton to Ralph and Hattie (Mincner) Hane. Glenna graduated from Minerva in 1949. In 1950 she married Carl Rinehart. Being an avid sewer led her to work at Blanchard's Fabric and Sewing for 15 years....

Mar 1, 2018

Dorothy Marie (Meyer) Scarry

Age 95, of East Canton, died Thursday, March 1, 2018 in Green Meadows Nursing Home in Louisville. She was born December 8, 1922 in Pittsburgh, PA to John and Katherine (Grebner) Meyer. She was a housewife and worked at Baxter Tube in Minerva. She was a member of the St. Patrick's Catholic Church...

Mar 1, 2018

Donald R. Phillips, Jr.

Age 67, of Minerva, died March 1, 2018 at his home. He was born October 13, 1950 in Cleveland to Donald and Vivian (Kincaid) Phillips, Sr. He was a truck driver for Logan Trucking in Canton.

He is survived by his wife, Kathryn Ann (Whitmore) Phillips, whom he married June 3,...

Feb 28, 2018

Stanley L. Ujcich

Age 92, of Malvern went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at LifeCare Hospice in Wooster.

He was born August 23, 1925 in Malvern, Ohio to John Joseph and Antonia (Logar) Ujcich. Stanley was a graduate of Malvern High School and a member of St. Martin...

Feb 21, 2018

Geraldine "Gerry" L. Fry

Age 92, of Minerva, passed away Wed., Feb. 21, 2018 in St. Luke's Lutheran Community in Minerva. She was born and raised in Canton and graduated from Timken Vocational High School in 1943, moving to Minerva when she married in 1945.

She was a member of the Minerva First...

Feb 16, 2018

Allen David Cross

Age 46, was born at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, March 11, 1972. He left us on February 16, 2018 to join his father, Howard David Cross, who we lost on February 3, 2007. David was a wonderful, loving and remarkable young man and he will be greatly missed.

David had...

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...