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Edward Monroe Dixon

Edward Monroe Dixon

May 14, 2014

Edward Monroe Dixon, age 86, of Alliance, passed away at 8:55 a.m., Thursday, May 15, 2014, at Alliance Community Hospital. He was born February 16, 1928, in Alliance, Ohio, to Millard Monroe and Hattie (McNeal) Dixon and was a lifelong Alliance resident. A high school graduate, Edward was employed as an oiler at Twinsburg Stamping Plant, Division of Chrysler for...

Gene Leroy Dickerhoof

Gene Leroy Dickerhoof

Apr 29, 2014

Gene Leroy Dickerhoof, age 73, of Paris, Ohio, went home to be with the Lord at 9:01 p.m., Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at Aultman Hospital. He was born June 2, 1940, in Marlboro, Ohio, to Earl and Dorothy F. (Anstine) Dickerhoof. Gene was a lifetime resident of Washington Township. He was an Alliance High School graduate and a veteran of...

Cindy M. (Sacco) Shetler

Cindy M. (Sacco) Shetler

Apr 29, 2014

Cindy M. (Sacco) Shetler, age 57, of Alliance, passed away at 6:10 a.m., Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at the Cleveland Clinic. She was born October 6, 1956, in Alliance, Ohio, to Arturo and Helen (Muhleman) Sacco. A 1974 graduate of Alliance High School and graduate of Stark State College, she was employed as a personal secretary for Judge John Gwin...

Willard James "Breeze" Briggs

Willard James "Breeze" Briggs

Apr 28, 2014

Our loving and caring father, Willard James "Breeze" Briggs, age 92, of Limaville, Ohio, went to be with the love of his life, his wife, Kathryn Ann, at 11 p.m. Monday, April 28, 2014, at Alliance Community Hospital. He was born April 16, 1922, in Sebring, Ohio, to the late Willard J. and Nora M. (Johnson) Briggs. A graduate of...

Valery Mae Farmer

Valery Mae Farmer

Apr 27, 2014

Valery Mae (Robinson) Farmer, age 81, of Louisville, passed away at 5:30 a.m., Sunday, April 27, 2014, at Green Meadows Health and Wellness Center. She was born October 27, 1932, in Canton, Ohio, to Harold and Eva (Bailey) Robinson. She was formerly employed as an LPN at Molly Stark. Valery was a member of the Aldersgate United Methodist Church and...

Richard J. Phillips

Richard J. Phillips

Apr 26, 2014

Richard J. Phillips, age 72, of Alliance, passed away peacefully, April 26, 2014 at Alliance Community Hospital with his family by his side. A lifelong resident of Alliance, Richard was born February 26, 1942 to the late Earl and Mildred (Vrzak) Phillips. Richard was employed as an engineer at The Timken Company, retiring after 40 years of service. He entertained...

Donald R. Mohr

Donald R. Mohr

Apr 24, 2014

Donald R. Mohr, age 85, of Alliance, passed away at 9:09 a.m., Thursday, April 24, 2014, at Aultman Hospital. He was born March 9, 1929, in Alliance, to Lawrence and Hazel (Hamlin) Mohr. Donald attended Alliance Public Schools and was a self-employed lifelong brick mason with Mohr Construction. He attended Damascus Friends Church and Faith Family Church. He was a...

Kenneth E. Brunner

Kenneth E. Brunner

Apr 21, 2014

Kenneth E. (Kenny or Ken) Brunner, age 82, of Alliance, Ohio, was born at home May 23, 1931, west of the intersection of Homeworth Road and US Rt. 62, Alliance, Ohio, to Lera Odessa (Fryfogle) Brunner and George Frederick Brunner, children and decedents of Swiss immigrants from the Canton of Bern, who settled on the west branch of the Mahoning...

Claude Emerson Cramer, Jr

Claude Emerson Cramer, Jr

Apr 16, 2014

Claude Emerson Cramer Jr, age 84, of Sebring, passed away at 4:09 p.m., Wednesday, April 16, 2014, at Copeland Oaks. He was born June 10, 1929, in Youngstown, Ohio, to Claude E. Sr. and Jessie Cramer. Claude was a very active life member of Uniontown United Methodist Church and a current member of Union Avenue United Methodist Church. He was...

Holly Hepburn Dixon

Holly Hepburn Dixon

Apr 15, 2014

Holly Hepburn Dixon, 65, passed away peacefully at Alliance Community Care Center on Tuesday after a long, brave battle with cancer. Holly was born December 27, 1948 in Canton to Dwight and Dorothy (Gibner) Hepburn and had lived in Alliance most of her life. She was a 1966 graduate of Alliance High School. She recently retired as a registered investment...

O. Kay (Vaughn) Best Bravis

O. Kay (Vaughn) Best Bravis

Apr 14, 2014

O. Kay (Vaughn) Best Bravis, age 64, of Alliance passed away at 1:20 a.m., Monday, April 14, 2014, at her home. She was born August 24, 1949, in Mansfield, Ohio, to Oliver P. and Helen M. (Wade) Vaughn and resided in Alliance most of her life. A 1967 graduate of Marlington High School, Kay was employed as a home health...

Arlyis A. Popa

Arlyis A. Popa

Apr 14, 2014

Arlyis A. Popa, age 64, of Alliance, passed away at 9:31 a.m., Monday, April 14, 2014, at Alliance Community Hospital. She was born September 14, 1949, in Alliance, Ohio, to Arnold and Francis (Murphy) Trummer. Arlyis attended Alliance City Schools and was formerly employed as a private duty home health aide and STNA at Canterbury Villa. She attended First Assembly...

Patricia H. Harrigan

Patricia H. Harrigan

Apr 13, 2014

Patricia H. (Beatty) Harrigan, age 68, of Alliance, passed away at 9:15 a.m., Sunday, April 13, 2014, at her home. She was born November 26, 1945, in Alliance, Ohio, to Willard A. and Bessy (Dezenzo) Beatty. Patricia was a graduate of Youngstown State University and employed as a certified public accountant in New York City. She was a member of...

James G. "Pops" McNemar

James G. "Pops" McNemar

Apr 13, 2014

James G. "Pops" McNemar, age 66, of Alliance, departed at 6:30 a.m. Sunday, April 13, 2014, at his home with his loving family by his side. He was born March 2, 1948, in Oakland, Maryland, to Clyde and Freda (Cross) McNemar, and lived in Alliance most of his life. James attended Alliance High School and was a United States Army...

Ted Everett Johnson

Ted Everett Johnson

Apr 12, 2014

Ted Everett Johnson, age 77 of Alliance, went home to be with his Lord and loving wife at 11:55 a.m. Saturday, April 12, 2014, at Crandall Medical Center in Sebring. He was born December 12, 1936 in Canton, Ohio, the son of Erma Darst. Ted received his Masters Degree in Education from Kent State University and taught at Canton McKinley...

Everett Linear

Everett Linear

Apr 11, 2014

Everett Linear, age 86, of Alliance, passed away at 5:10 p.m. Friday, April 11, 2014 at Altercare of Alliance. He was born January 24, 1928 in Smithfield, Ohio to Hobart Linear and Georgia (Freeman) Linear-Johnson. A 1946 graduate of Smithfield High School, Everett graduated in 1948 from Erma Lee's College of Barbering and Cosmetology in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a...

Franklin Persutti

Franklin Persutti

Apr 7, 2014

Franklin Persutti, age 85, of Alliance, passed away at 5:33 a.m., Monday, April 7, 2014, at Mercy Medical Center. He was born March 11, 1929, in Belmont, New York, to Raphael and Kathryn (Rabb) Persutti. Franklin was employed by Norfolk Southern Railroad as a yard foreman until his retirement after 40 years of service. He attended Maranatha Church of God...

Arla Jean Rumsey

Arla Jean Rumsey

Apr 4, 2014

Arla Jean (Wuthrick) Rumsey, age 75, of Beloit, passed away at 12:40 p.m., Friday, April 4, 2014, at her home. She was born in Salem, Ohio, to Ralph and Alberta (Siegenthaler) Wuthrick. A 1956 graduate of Goshen High School, Arla was an active member of Maximo Zion Church. She was formerly employed at MPI Labels for 20 years. She was...

Doris M. Swihart

Doris M. Swihart

Apr 3, 2014

Doris M. (Hutchinson) Swihart, age 76, of Alliance, formerly of Gary, Indiana, passed away at 6:35 p.m., Thursday, April 3, 2014, at McCrea Manor. She was born July 18, 1937, in Marshall County, Indiana, and has been an Alliance resident since 2013. Doris enjoyed playing bingo, dominoes and UNO and watching TV, especially "Let's Make A Deal" and "The Price...

Arthur A. Malone

Arthur A. Malone

Apr 1, 2014

Arthur A. Malone, age 88, of Alliance, passed away at 2:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 1, 2014, at Alliance Community Hospital. He was born May 18, 1925, in Kiln, Mississippi, to Booker and Sophronia (Leon) Malone. Upon graduation from high school in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, Arthur joined the United States Army, serving in World War II from 1944 to 1946....

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