Wayne H. Snyder
Jun 9, 2009
Wayne H. Snyder, 83 of Massillon, died on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at Aultman Hospital. He was born on November 28, 1925 in Massillon, Ohio and was the son of the late Nick and Alta (Ridenbaugh) Snyder. He was a lifelong area resident. He served his country during World War II with the U.S. Army. Wayne worked at the...
Velma Ross
Jun 6, 2009
Velma F. Ross, age 80, of Massillon passed away Saturday June 6, 2009 at Country Lawn Nursing Home, Navarre. She was born November 4, 1928 in Harrison County, Ohio the daughter of James Stewart and Ophie (Green) Rogers. Velma had been employed as a dietary aid at Hanover House in Massillon. She was a member of Epworth United Methodist...
Harvey Carl Witter
Jun 5, 2009
Harvey “Carl” Witter Jr., 63 of Massillon, passed away Friday, June 5, 2009 at his residence. He was born on April 5, 1946 in Canton the son of the late Harvey C. and Bessie Witter. Harvey was a U.S. veteran for 8 years and served in the Navy on the U.S.S. Cochran during Vietnam. He worked as a electronic...
Mary Ann Baker
Jun 4, 2009
Mary Ann Baker, 63, of Massillon and formerly of the Cleveland area passed away Thursday evening at Affinity Medical Center. She was born April 6, 1946 in Cleveland the daughter of the late Salvatore J. and Rose (LoPiccolo) Foliano. On September 12, 1998 she married Russell Baker and he survives along with daughters Lisa (Rusty) Hopper of Massillon, and...
Sydney Mcinnes
Jun 2, 2009
Sydney Nikole McInnes, age 10, of Massillon passed away Tuesday at University Hospital of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She was born in Massillon July 17, 1998. Sydney was a member of the American Idol’s Cheerleading Squad. She loved boating and tubing with grandma and grandpa, and going to the fair with her dad. She also loved watching Full House....
Gwendolyn Reiter
Jun 2, 2009
On Tuesday June 2, 2009 Gwendolyn M. Reiter, age 84, went home to be with the Lord after her second courageous battle with cancer. She was at home surrounded by her loving family. Gwen was born December 28, 1924 in Canton, the daughter of the late Wilton and Grace (Myers) Shank. She retired from Aultman Hospital in 1986 after...
John 'Johnny' W. Gotch
Jun 2, 2009
John “Johnny” W. Gotch age 78 of Massillon, passed away Tuesday at Aultman Hospital. He was born in Massillon to the late Michael and Mary (Pellach) Gotch on August 15, 1930. He was a 1948 Washington High School graduate and a United States Army Veteran serving as a Master Sergant during the Korean Conflict. He retired from the Timken...
Esther J. Stewart
Jun 1, 2009
Esther J. Stewart age 47 of Massillon passed away June 1, 2009 at Affinity Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born November 15, 1961 in Massillon to Harry O. & Jean (Briggs) Stewart and has been a life resident. She was a 1984 graduate of the MRDD Southgate School. Esther was a 25 year employee of the...
Bernard H. Walters
May 30, 2009
Bernard H. Walters, age 90 of Massillon, died on Saturday, May 30, 2009 at the McKinley Health Care Center. He was born on August 30, 1918 in Massillon and was the son of the late Gilbert and Marcella Walters. He was a veteran of World War II serving in the U.S. Army in the Solomon Islands, New Guinea and...
Mary M. Crescenze
May 30, 2009
Mary M. Crescenze age 104 of Massillon passed away Saturday May 30, 2009 at Hanover House. Mary was born June 21, 1904 in Italy to the late Anthony & Laura Porrini. She has been a resident of Massillon since 1915 and retired in 1976 from Ecko Products after 27 years of service. Mary was the oldest living member of...
Stephen Mike Luther
May 28, 2009
Stephen “Mike” Luther, age 52 of Canton, passed away Thursday May 28, 2009 at Aultman Hospital. He was born on June 29, 1956 in Canton the son of Stephen and Josephine Luther. Stephen lived in the area his entire life. He worked for Furbay Electric as a delivery driver, a student drivers’ education teacher for Myers Driving School and...
Shirley G. Metz
May 25, 2009
Shirley G. Metz, age 87 of Dalton, Ohio, died on Monday, May 25, 2009 at Rose Lane Health Care Center. He was born on October 13, 1921 in Arnoldsburg, WV and was the son of the late George and Effie (Parsons) Metz. He was a veteran of WWII serving in the U.S. Army and worked at the former Republic...
Helen L. Price
May 24, 2009
Helen L. Price, 90 of Jackson Township, died on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at AlterCare of Nobles Pond. She was born on June 30, 1918 in Cleveland, Ohio and was the daughter of the late John and Louise (Haenie) Fox. Helen was a 1936 graduate of Canton McKinley High School. She was a member of the First United Church...
Michael Robinson
May 22, 2009
Michael Robin Robinson, 57, of Massillon passed away Friday May 22, 2009 at University Hospital in Cleveland. He was born November 21, 1951 in Massillon the son of the late Percy and Margena (Ware) Robinson. Michael graduated from Central State University with a BS in Psychology and was member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. He retired from the...
Phillip Heffelfinger
May 22, 2009
Phillip James Heffelfinger, age 35, of North Canton passed away Friday May 22, 2009 at his residence. He survived by his wife Tonya (Gravius) and daughter Andrea, father John Heffelfinger of Spokane, WA, brother John Heffelfinger of Atlanta, GA, half-brother Alex Heffelfinger of Spokane, WA, father and mother- in- law Ted and Bridget Gravius of Canton. Phil’s daughter Andrea...
Todd Mckinney
May 21, 2009
Todd W. “Zilla” McKinney, age 64, of Massillon passed away suddenly Thursday May 21, 2009 at home. He was born October 11, 1944 in Canton the son of the late True and Helen (Lorius) McKinney. Todd was a shipping supervisor at Metal’s U.S.A. retiring in 2009. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corp and the Army...
Rose Vukelic
May 19, 2009
Rose Madeline Vukelic of Massillon, Ohio passed away at the age of 95 years on May 19, 2009. Mrs. Vukelic was born and spent her entire life in Massillon residing the past 15 years with her daughter Patricia Bucci and her husband Philip. Rose was a homemaker most of her life, and also worked domestically in her early years....
Gerald H. Baker
May 19, 2009
Gerald H. Baker age 71 of Canton passed away May 19, 2009 at Aultman Hospital. He was born March 20, 1938 to the late Adolph & Elsie (Cunningham) Baker and lived in Canton much of his life. His funeral service will be 2 PM Monday at the Paquelet Funeral Home in Massillon. His final resting place will be Massillon...
Thomas Manning Weise
May 16, 2009
Thomas Manning Weise, age 57 of Perry Hts. passed away Saturday May 16, 2009 at Mercy Medical Center after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born July 9, 1951 in Cleveland , OH to Milton & Helen (Redmond) Weise. Tom was a 1970 graduate of Perry High School. He was a self-employed painter-decorator in the Canton-Massillon area for...
Suzanne E. Morgan
May 16, 2009
Suzanne E. Morgan, 68 of Massillon, passed away on Saturday, May 16, 2009 at Aultman Hospital. She was born on November 8, 1940 in Massillon and was the daughter of the late Herbert and Mae Floyd. Suzanne was a graduate of Washington High School. She had worked for the former Massillon Office Equipment, Stergios, Kurtzman & Stergios Law Offices...
