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Myrtle Marie Rittenhouse

Myrtle Marie Rittenhouse

Feb 8, 2011

Myrtle Marie Rittenhouse, age 80, of Bonita Springs, Fla, joined her sister, Wilma Hardy, in heaven at 7:08 a.m. Tuesday, February 8, 2011. She was born April 6, 1930, in Sebring, Oh., to Zephia B. "Bert" and Myrtle (Sutcliff) Martin and was a lifelong Alliance resident. Myrtle was a 1948 graduate of Alliance High School. She and her husband, Jim,...

Irene Hampu

Irene Hampu

Feb 7, 2011

Irene G. Hampu, age 95, of Alliance, died at 3:55 a.m. Monday, February 7, 2011, at Altercare of Alliance. She was born September 27, 1915, in Louisville, to Petru and Ana (Apati) Greavu and resided in Alliance her entire life. Irene was an Alliance High School graduate. She was a member of the St. Nicholas Romanian Orthodox Church and of...

Norma Schwinn

Norma Schwinn

Feb 2, 2011

Norma Jean Schwinn, age 73, of Marlboro, died at 11 a.m. Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at Altercare of Alliance. She was born February 3, 1937, in Marlboro, to Clyde L. and Ruth E. (Miller) Hoff. Norma attended the former Marlboro High School and was formerly employed at Cutty's Sunset Park for over 15 years. She was a member of the...

Charles Grove

Charles Grove

Jan 30, 2011

Charles David Grove, age 82, of Alliance, died Sunday morning in Bonita Springs, Florida with his loving wife and daughters by his side. He was born January 22, 1929, in Pasadena, California, to Eber and Murel (Moore) Grove. A 1947 graduate of Alliance High School, Charlie graduated in 1951 from Duke University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He was...

Margaret Sanders

Margaret Sanders

Jan 29, 2011

Margaret E. Sanders, age 89, of Alliance, passed away at 4:45 p.m. Saturday, January 29, 2011, at Alliance Community Hospital. She was born November 19, 1921, in Alliance, to William G. and Elizabeth (Pritchard) Williams. Margaret was an active member of the Vine Street United Methodist Church. She was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Survivors...

Ellen Lalu

Ellen Lalu

Jan 28, 2011

Ellen Marie Lalu, age 62, of Alliance, died at 7:08 a.m. Friday, January 28, 2011, at Aultman Hospital. She was born April 19, 1948 in Ravenna, Ohio to Earl Ralph and Shirleymae Rose (Reber) Gardner and lived most of her adult life in Alliance. Ellen Marie graduated in 1966 from Ravenna High School and was a member of the American...

Miriam Wendell

Miriam Wendell

Jan 22, 2011

Miriam E. Wendell, age 89, a resident of Alliance since 1943, passed away peacefully in her home with her family by her side on January 22, 2011 at 11:35 p.m. She was born August 28, 1921 in Verona, Pennsylvania to Mathias and Helen (Scott) Murray. She was a graduate of Verona High School and Walsh College. Miriam was a teacher...

David P. Sano, Sr

David P. Sano, Sr

Jan 22, 2011

David P. Sano, Sr., age 79, of Alliance, died at 12:20 p.m., January 22, 2011, at Astoria Skilled Nursing Center in Canton, Ohio. He was born June 4, 1931, in Youngstown, Ohio, to Michael and Mary (Yaske) Sano. David was a graduate of Ohio Northern University's Raabe School of Pharmacy. A member of the Phi Mu Delta Fraternity, he was...

Mary Jo Maurer

Mary Jo Maurer

Jan 19, 2011

Mary Jo Maurer, age 67, of Alliance, passed away Wednesday, January 19, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center. She was born August 20, 1943 in Cadiz, Ohio to Woodrow and Irene (Barker) Laughlin. She was a graduate of Cadiz High School, enjoyed her grandchildren and her church. Mary was a founding member of the Truth Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband,...

Ellen Wallace

Ellen Wallace

Jan 18, 2011

Ellen Mae Wallace, age 85, of Homeworth, Ohio, died at 10:10 a.m. Tuesday, January 18, 2011, at Alliance Community Hospital. She was born February 27, 1925, in Homeworth to Floyd and Opal (Keister) Wallace. Ellen was a graduate of Minerva High School and Canton Business College. She was employed at McCaskey Register, Midland Buckeye Savings and Loan, Bill Hoover's Construction...

Earl C. Thurmond, Sr

Earl C. Thurmond, Sr

Jan 18, 2011

Earl C. Thurmond Sr., departed this life Tuesday, January 18, 2011, at 12:20 p.m. at Alliance Community Hospital after a long illness. Earl was born October 11, 1934, in Brownsville, Tennessee, the third child of Joseph Cecil and Ossie Bell (Hess) Thurmond Sr., and was 76 years young. Earl came to Ohio at the age of 18. He took a...

Pauline Keen

Pauline Keen

Jan 17, 2011

Pauline C. (Baab) Keen, age 88, of Sebring, formerly of Alliance, died at 8:10 p.m. Monday, January 17, 2011 at Crandall Medical Center. She was born in Baltic, Ohio, April 5, 1922, to Valentine E. and Caroline E. (Ott) Baab and has resided in the vicinity since 1945. Pauline was a 1940 graduate of Baltic High School and a 1945...

Catherine Dawson

Catherine Dawson

Jan 14, 2011

Catherine Ryan Dawson, passed away at Alliance Community Hospital with family and her priest at her side, on January 14, 2011, after a long illness. Mrs. Dawson, 89, was born and lived in Alliance, Ohio her entire life. She graduated from Alliance High School in 1939, and the Mercy School of Nursing in 1942. She served in the U.S. Army...

Mary Edgecombe

Mary Edgecombe

Jan 13, 2011

Mary Louise Ryan Cooey Edgecombe, 90 of Alliance, Ohio and Port St. Lucie, Fla., died Thursday, Jan. 13 in Alliance following an extended illness. Born Jan. 31, 1920 in Alliance, she was a 1937 graduate of Alliance High School and attended what was then Walsh College in Canton. Mrs. Edgecombe was an executive secretary most of her working life, including...

Daniel Gorman

Daniel Gorman

Jan 11, 2011

Daniel M. Gorman, age 52, of Hartville, Ohio, died Tuesday, January 11, 2011, at Bucyrus Community Hospital. He was born July 22, 1958, in New York to William and Agayla (Schteppa) Gorman. Gorman joined the Mount Union community in 1985 after having served as assistant professor and director of the athletic training education program and head athletic trainer at State...

Ashlyn French

Ashlyn French

Jan 9, 2011

Ashlyn Marie French, 6 days old, passed away at 4:27 p.m. Sunday, January 9, 2011, at Akron Children's Hospital. She was born January 3, 2011, at Aultman Hospital in Canton, to Greg French and Amanda Romigh. Survivors include her parents of Alliance; two sisters, Austyn N. French and Alyssa L. French, both of the home; maternal grandparents, Kim L. and...

Helen Hazen

Helen Hazen

Jan 6, 2011

Helen (Pauli) Hazen, age 91, of Alliance, died at 1:50 a.m. Thursday, January 6, 2011, at her home surrounded by her family. She was born May 5, 1919, and was a lifelong resident of Lexington Township. She was the daughter of the late Jacob and Erma (Oswalt) Pauli. Also preceding her in death were a sister, Phyllis Price and a...

Reba Pettit

Reba Pettit

Jan 2, 2011

Reba F. Pettit, age 81, of Sebring, passed away at 10:35 p.m. Sunday, January 2, 2011, at Crandall Medical Center. She was born January 2, 1930, in Ankneytown, Ohio, to Rev. Jacob D. and Bertie (Huffer) Zigler. She was a 1948 graduate of Alliance High School. She was employed as a dental assistant for thirty years, formerly employed by Dr....

Clara Roar

Clara Roar

Dec 30, 2010

Clara M. (Stevens) Roar, age 78, of Alliance, died at 11:52 a.m. Thursday, December 30, 2010, at Alliance Community Hospital. She was born September 24, 1932, in Olive Hill, Kentucky, to Thomas and Emma (Knipp) Stevens. Clara was a graduate of high school in Kentucky. She was a member of the Truevine Old Regular Baptist Church in Clinton, Ohio, and...

Freda Jurs

Freda Jurs

Dec 28, 2010

Freda M. Jurs, age 92, of Alliance, Ohio, died at 12:45 a.m. Tuesday, December 28, 2010 at McCrea Manor. She was born October 29, 1918 in Sebring, Ohio to Samuel and Catherine (Routh) Benning. Freda was employed at Babcock and Wilcox Research in the duplicating department for 40 years until her retirement. She was a member of the Christ United...

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