Obituaries

Ruth Hillman

Ruth Hillman

Feb 6, 2006

Ruth E. Hillman, age 73 of Ocala, Florida and formerly of Alliance, died at Legacy House Hospice Center in Ocala, Florida at 10:45 p.m. Feb. 6, 2006. She was born Oct. 9, 1932 in Spencer, West Virginia to Walter C. and Ruth Maude (Webb) Ferrell and lived in Alliance most of her life. Mrs. Hillman graduated from Greensburg High School...

Paul E. Church

Paul E. Church

Feb 6, 2006

Paul Church, age 72 of Alliance, died at 10:45 a.m. Feb. 6, 2006 at Alliance Community Hospital. He was born March 29, 1933 in Alliance, Ohio to Lloyd Lewis and Ethel Mae (Kelly) Church. Paul was employed as a cook. Services will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at the Alliance Church of Christ at 1445 S. Union Ave. with...

Thomas Conaway

Thomas Conaway

Feb 3, 2006

Thomas E. Conaway, age 74 of Deerfield, died at his home at 7:45 a.m. Friday, Feb. 3, 2006. He was born Nov. 30, 1931 in Denver Heights, West Virginia to Thomas E. Conaway and Ethel (Burley) Conaway Cain and lived in Deerfield for the past 50 years. He worked as a heavy equipment operator for Portage County Engineers in Ravenna,...

Jesse Dean

Jesse Dean

Feb 1, 2006

Jesse M. "Mike" Dean, age 89 of Deerfield, died at his home at 8:45 a.m. February 1, 2006. He was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania on March 12, 1916 to George and Bessie (Boak) Dean and lived most of his life in Deerfield. Mr. Dean was employed by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. in Akron from 1945 until retiring in...

Gordon B. Profeta

Gordon B. Profeta

Jan 30, 2006

Gordon B. Profeta, age 85 of Alliance, died at 3:15 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, 2006 at the Cleveland Clinic. He was born Nov. 6, 1920 in Alliance, Ohio to Felix and Giovania (Beltrami) Profeta and lived in Alliance most of his life. A graduate of Alliance High School, he was employed by Ohio Edison for 37 years and retired as...

Mary L. Robinson

Mary L. Robinson

Jan 28, 2006

Mary Lee Robinson, age 90 of Alliance, died at 7:00 p.m. Jan. 28, 2006 at Crandall Medical Center. She was born Jan. 27, 1916 in Clarksburg, West Virginia to C. Wade and Elia (Stout) Robinson. She graduated from high school and attended Business College in West Virginia. Mrs. Robinson worked as an automotive accountant for Marion Motors in Fairmont, West...

Loretta M. Natale

Loretta M. Natale

Jan 24, 2006

Loretta May Natale, age 77 of Alliance, died at 8:25 a.m. Jan. 24, 2006 at her home. She was born Dec. 28, 1928 in Kent City, Michigan to Lawrence and Lora (Gier) Silsby and lived in Alliance since 1950. Mrs. Natale retired from Pisanello's after working as a Cook. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and former...

Ellen Peters

Ellen Peters

Jan 23, 2006

Ellen Marie Walborn Peters, age 50 of Alliance, died at 11:45 a.m. Jan. 23, 2006 at Alliance Community Hospital. She was born in Alliance, Ohio to Dale and Patricia (Anderson) Walborn and was a lifelong resident. Ellen graduated from Alliance High School and attended Mount Union College. She was employed as a Supervisor for CRI Electronics and received a business...

Marjorie L. Fetters

Marjorie L. Fetters

Jan 21, 2006

Marjorie L. Fetters, age 76 of Alliance died at 10:50 p.m. Saturday Jan. 21, 2006 at Alliance Community Hospital. She was born September 25, 1929 in North Georgetown, Ohio to Paul and Lela (Greenisen) Wang and was a lifelong resident of Alliance. Mrs. Fetters graduated from Goshen High School and was last employed as a lecturer for Conway Diet Inc....

Maurice Lab

Maurice Lab

Jan 20, 2006

"Together Again" Maurice G. "Mo" Lab, age 84 of Roselawn Terrace Nursing Home, died at 10:15 a.m. Jan. 20, 2006 at Alliance Community Hospital. He was born July 20, 1921 in Zoarville, Ohio to John Lab and Anna (Knotts) Lab McGhee and lived most of his life in the Alliance area. He was the former co-owner of Mobill Wheel Alinement...

Robert Sutton

Robert Sutton

Jan 20, 2006

Born on March 19, 1920, Robert Sutton was the fifth child of twelve born to the late Perry and Esther Sutton. A World War II Army veteran of the Pacific theater Robert was a life-long resident of the Alliance area. He was employed as a Foreman for the Stark County Highway Department for thirty-two years and later worked for Cunningham's...

Kathryn Robinson nee Unkefer

Kathryn Robinson nee Unkefer

Jan 19, 2006

Kathryn D. Robinson, age 82 of Fredericksburg, and formerly of Alliance, died at 12:00 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, 2006. She was born Jan. 14, 1924 in Alliance, Ohio to Morris and Mamie (Markel) Betz and lived most of her life in the Alliance area. Mrs. Robinson graduated from Minerva High School in 1941 and was a self-employed beautician, owning the...

Donald L. Mcclung

Donald L. Mcclung

Jan 18, 2006

Donald L. McClung, age 72 of Alliance, passed away at the home of his step-daughter at 5:58 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006 after an extended fight with lung cancer. He was born in Kencheloe, West Virginia on Aug. 20, 1933 to Hunter and Reva (Batton) McClung. He moved to Ohio during his teen years and has resided in the Alliance...

Reuben J. Kocher

Reuben J. Kocher

Jan 17, 2006

Reuben J. Kocher, age 79 of Alliance, died at 9:50 p.m. January 17, 2006 at Aultman Hospital. Mr. Kocher was born Sept. 28, 1926 in Alliance, Ohio to Bessie Shank and Reuben C. Kocher, and lived all of his life on Hartley Road. A 1944 graduate of Alliance High School, he worked at Sancap and retired with 35 years of...

Elwood H. Shuster

Elwood H. Shuster

Jan 17, 2006

Elwood Harry Shuster, age 77 of Alliance, died at 10:10 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006 at Akron General Medical Center. He was born Nov. 14, 1928 in Alliance, Ohio to Harry Elwood Shuster and Margaret (Cook) Shuster and was a lifelong resident. Mr. Shuster graduated in 1946 from Alliance High School, attended Mount Union College for three years before graduating...

Norman L. Read

Norman L. Read

Jan 16, 2006

Norman L. Read, age 69 of Alliance, died at home at 8:30 a.m. January 16, 2006 following an extended illness. He was born Sept. 12, 1936 in Bantam, Ohio to Norman A. and Lucile A. (Hughes) Read and lived most of his life in Alliance. Mr. Read graduated in 1956 from Alliance High School and was employed by Alliance Machine...

Dean G. Kerr

Dean G. Kerr

Jan 16, 2006

Dean G. Kerr, age 72 of Minerva, died at 1:11 p.m. Monday, Jan. 16, 2006 at Aultman Hospital. He was born Feb. 12, 1933 in Alliance, Ohio to Earl George and Marguerite N. (Hendershot) Kerr. Dean lived in New Jersey for 25 plus years, in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario from 1973 - 1982, and returned to Alliance in 1982. Dean was a...

Thelma Williamson

Thelma Williamson

Jan 16, 2006

Thelma G. Williamson, age 71 of Alliance died at 5:22 a.m. Monday Jan. 16, 2006 at Alliance Community Hospital. She was born July 25, 1934 in Tyler County, West Virginia to Jacob and Amanda (Cline) Tice and lived in Alliance since 1955. Mrs. Williamson graduated from Sistersville High School and was employed by the former Health Center as a Nurses...

Charles Nitz

Charles Nitz

Jan 15, 2006

Charles Dale Nitz, age 46 of Beloit, died at 6 a.m. Sunday Jan. 15, 2006 at Aultman Hospital. He was born July 15, 1959 in Buckhannon, West Virginia to Charles Jacob Nitz and Myrtle Irene (Williams) Nitz. Mr. Nitz graduated from Alliance High School and worked as a welder at American Steel Foundries until retiring. He was a member of...

Esther Henderson

Esther Henderson

Jan 10, 2006

Esther Marguerite Henderson, age 101, died Jan. 10, 2006 at the Kingswood Nursing Home in Aberdeen, North Carolina. She was born Dec. 19, 1904 in Hymera, Indiana to William Chauncey and Albertie (Barnard) Case, and lived most of her life in the Alliance area. Mrs. Henderson attended Salineville High School, and was a member of First United Presbyterian Church. Survivors...