Obituaries

Jun 1, 2017

Chester R. Lucas, Jr.

Age 70, of Minerva, died Thursday, June 1, 2017 at the Alliance Community Hospital. He was born July 22, 1946 in Canton to Chester and Laverne (Blackstone) Lucas, Sr.. He was a US Marine and retired from the military after 28 years. He served two tours of duty in Vietnam. He...

May 30, 2017

John F. Hudson

Age 81, of Malvern, passed away peacefully on May 30, 2017 in Aultman Hospital surrounded by his family after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born Feb. 1, 1936 in Kokomo, IN to Lloyd and Edna (Ebert) Hudson. He retired from Colfor in 2011. He was a Corporal in the US...

May 28, 2017

Glenna H. Blevins Age 93, of Minerva, died Sunday, May 28, 2017 in Crandall Medical Center in Sebring. She was born Dec. 2, 1923 in North Lewisburg, OH to Charles and Luverna (Stallings) Hughes. She is a 1941 graduate of Minerva High School and had worked for the Ray Brown Insurance Company, in the office at Cronin...

May 25, 2017

William O. Boyd

Age 55, of Minerva died Thursday, May 25, 2017 in his home. He was born in Glasgow, MT to the late Frank and Joanne (Robinson) Boyd. He worked as a Journeyman Electrician at Westwind Electrical Service and Hydrodec in Canton. He is a member of St. Gabriel Catholic Church in Minerva. He...

May 21, 2017

Eugene "Jim" Frantum

Age 83, of East Rochester died Sunday, May 21, 2017 in Aultman Hospital. He was born Feb. 3, 1934 in East Rochester to Charles and Corrine (Dinger) Frantum. He retired from PCC Airfoils in Minerva where he had worked for 43 years from 1957 to 2000 as a Metrologist. He was one...

May 18, 2017

Norene L. (Heath) Casale

Age 92, of Minerva, died Thursday, May 18, 2017. She was born June 17, 1924 in Canton, OH to the late Thomas and Lillian (McDowell) Heath. She is a member of St. Gabriel Catholic Church and was a 1942 graduate of Minerva High School.

She is survived by her sons and...

May 15, 2017

Norma Jean (Gotschall) (Amos) DeRocle

Age 92, passed away on May 14, 2017, in St. Cloud, FL.  She was born June 20, 1924 in Carrollton, OH to her late parents Zue Esther Leyda and Corwin Edward Gotschall.  She graduated in 1942 from Augusta High School.  She was a retired secretary, working for several businesses in the Minerva...

May 13, 2017

Robert A. Moser, age 88, of Minerva, died Saturday, May 13, 2017 in the Carrollton Golden Age Retreat. He was born July 12, 1928 at the family home in Pattersonville to Corwin and Nora (Yost) Moser. He retired from Minerva Welding in Minerva after 37 years of service where he was a mechanical engineer. He was also owner of...

May 13, 2017

Pearl E. Reikowsky

Age 100, of Minerva died peacefully in her home, Saturday, May 13, 2017, surrounded by her family. The oldest of 6 children born to Russell W. and Leona (Stump) Hinton on Oct. 28, 1916, she was the last surviving sibling. She was a farm wife, mother and business owner.  She was the...

May 9, 2017

Thomas E. Randal

Age 50, of Canton, died May 9, 2017 at Aultman Hospital surrounded by his family. He was born June 20, 1966 to Clarence "Bud" and Linda (Adams) Randal of Malvern. He was a meat cutter at Save-a-lot in East Canton. He graduated from Minerva in 1984.

He is survived by...

May 4, 2017

Robert T. Griffith, age 64, of Minerva, died Thursday, May 4, 2017 in Mercy Medical Center. He was born May 31, 1952 in Carrollton to the late Thomas and Frances (Reigle) Griffith. He is employed by the Minerva Dairy where he had been a truck driver for 25 years.

He is survived by his wife,...

Apr 30, 2017

Duane Michael "Bubby" Shook Jr.

Age 19, of Minerva, died Sunday, April 30, 2017 form injuries sustained in an auto accident. He was born Jan. 26, 1998 in Akron.  He was working a GoJo Industries in Akron and was a former employee of Used 2 B New in Canton. He graduated from Minerva High School...

Apr 26, 2017

Elizabeth "Beth" McCully

Age 69, of Minerva, died April 26, 2017 at Arbors at Minerva. She was born November 22, 1947 to A. Dean and Anna Mae (Amos) McCoy. She retired as a Teller at Minerva Banking and worked at Home Health Care. She was a member of the Minerva First Presbyterian Church and graduated...

Apr 21, 2017

Jack E. Schaefer

Age 89, of Minerva, died Friday, April 21, 2017 at the Alliance Community Hospital. He was born May 3, 1927 in Minerva to Philip and Thelma (Cupples) Schaefer. He worked for Sears for 27 years, starting as a service manager and retiring as regional manager for northern Ohio.  He was also a...

Apr 19, 2017

Jayne Harsh Age 92, of Minerva, died April 19, 2017 at Arbors at Minerva. She was born October 9, 1924 to James and Nora (Hull) Gray. She was a housewife and a member of the East Rochester United Methodist Church. She graduated from Alliance High School in 1942. She is preceded in death by her husband E. LeRoy...

Apr 15, 2017

Drew M. Johnson Infant son of David and Katie (Hinkle) Johnson of Salem, was stillborn Saturday, April 15, 2017 in Aultman Hospital.  In addition to his parents, he is survived by maternal grandparents, Anna Hinkle of Minerva, John Hinkle of Dellroy, paternal grandparents, David and Karen Johnson of Rogers, paternal great grandparents, Katherine Fay Linger of Negley, aunts...

Apr 13, 2017

Sandra L. Sutton

Age 68, of Minerva, died April 13, 2017 at Alliance Hospital. She was born October 21, 1948 in Alliance to William "Bill" Harvey and Ellen Marie (Cowan) Jordan.  She was a housewife and a member of the Minerva First Presbyterian Church.

She is survived by her husband of 50 years,...

Apr 13, 2017

Carolyn Marie (Mong) (Tibrea) Nape

Age 78, of East Rochester, Died Thursday April 13, 2017 after an extended illness at home in the peace of knowing Christ the Savior, with her family beside her. She was born August 13, 1938 in Canton to Walter A. and Blanche M. (Folk) Mong. She retired in 2006 from...

Apr 12, 2017

Donna J. Grimes

Age 87, of Minerva, died Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at the Canton Christian Home. She was born in Moultrie, to Lloyd and Elizabeth (Taylor) Crowl. She was the treasurer for Minerva Local Schools for 20 years. She was a member of the Minerva First Christian Church and a member of U &...

Apr 12, 2017

William Michael (Mike) Simms

On April 12, 2017, William Michael (Mike) Simms of Malvern, peacefully passed away, after more than 15 years fighting leukemia. While he did not get to check off everything on his bucket list, he did have a spectacular time on this planet.

A wonderful gentleman and treasured husband Mike is survived...