Obituaries

Dennis Cline

Dennis Cline

Jan 1, 0001

Dennis Cline, age 48, of Alliance, died at Great Lakes Cold Storage in Solon, Ohio as the result of a work related accident on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007. Dennis was born Sept. 14, 1959 in Barnesville, Ohio to Emmit E. and Bertha L. (Marty) Cline and graduated in 1977 from West Branch High School. He worked as a Truck Driver...

Frances Sanker

Frances Sanker

Jan 1, 0001

Frances H. Sanker, age 89 of Granbury, Texas and formerly of Homeworth, Oh, and Dubois Pa., died Aug. 1, 2006 at Granbury Villa in Granbury, Texas. She was born Jan. 8, 1917 in Chestnut Grove, Pennsylvania to Frank and Louella (Smith) Hartzfeld and lived in Homeworth before residing in Texas. Mrs. Sanker went to school in Dubois, Pa., and was...

Grace McCrea

Grace McCrea

Jan 1, 0001

Grace I. (Consigliero) McCrea, age 88, of Alliance, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, October 19, 2007. Mrs. McCrea was born March 28, 1919, in Pittsburgh, Pa., to John and Jennie (Gialanella) Consigliero and resided in Alliance since 1949. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. Grace was a member of St Joseph Catholic...

Wayne Lare

Wayne Lare

Jan 1, 0001

Wayne Sherman Lare, age 79, of Alliance, died at 4:00 a.m. Sunday, March 18, 2007 at his home. He was born Oct. 16, 1927 in Limaville, Ohio to Sherman and Carrie (Pontius) Lare and was a lifelong area resident. Mr. Lare graduated in 1945 from the former Marlboro High School and attended Mount Union College. He worked for Republic LTV...

Adele Wade

Adele Wade

Jan 1, 0001

Adele Wade, age 92, formerly of Deerfield, Ohio passed away peacefully on Thursday Evening, February 15, 2007 in Phoenix, Arizona. She was born November 26, 1914 in Newell, West Virginia to Jack and Mary Boner and moved to Deerfield in the summer of 1954. She resided in Deerfield until moving to Phoenix, Arizona with her family in 1998. She was...

Susan Karns

Susan Karns

Jan 1, 0001

Susan Marie Linkowski Karns, age 91, of Alliance, went to her heavenly home on March 24, 2007. Susan is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Susan Cathy Karns Datz (and son-in-law Joel) and a son, Mr. Jonathan J. Karns (daughter-in-law Linda). She is also survived by sister, Catherine (Linkowski) Mohler of Sebring, four grandchildren; Stephen J. Datz of West Virginia, Angela...

Robert Sutton

Robert Sutton

Jan 1, 0001

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...

Roberta Brock

Roberta Brock

Jan 1, 0001

Roberta L. Brock, 50, of Oak Harbor, OH, formerly of Alliance, died suddenly Thursday, Oct. 19, 2006 at H. B. Magruder Hospital in Port Clinton. She was born April 18, 1956 in Alliance to Howard A. and Catherine J. (Boyd) Brain. Roberta was employed by the Midwest Crisis Center in Oak Harbor. She was a member of Beginning Experience and...

Dortha Pierson

Dortha Pierson

Jan 1, 0001

Dortha May Pierson, age 92 of Minerva, died at 4:42 p.m. May 2, 2006 at Minerva Elder Care. She was born Sept. 4, 1913 in Alliance, Ohio to Irvin and Estella (Slusser) Bandy and was a lifelong area resident. Mrs. Pierson graduated from Alliance High School and worked for the former Lembright store, Persky's Bakery, and Martin's Bakery. A member...

Ruth Hillman

Ruth Hillman

Jan 1, 0001

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...

Helen La Monica

Helen La Monica

Jan 1, 0001

Helen M. La Monica, age 90, of Alliance, died at 2:25 a.m. Tuesday, February 6, 2007 at Alliance Community Hospital. She was born September 17, 1916 in Jersey City, NJ to Rosario and Sarah (Cofarano) La Monica and lived in Alliance most of her life. Miss La Monica worked for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company as a clerk. She was a...

Jamesen Liebhart

Jamesen Liebhart

Jan 1, 0001

Jamesen Grey Liebhart, the beloved four year old son of Joseph and Myndi Liebhart, passed away Sunday March 26, 2006 at Akron Children's Medical Center. Jamesen was born Oct. 26, 2001 in Alliance, Ohio to Joseph and Myndi (Huffman) Liebhart. Jamesen went with his family to the First Church of God, where he learned about Jesus and learned how to...

Faye Best

Faye Best

Jan 1, 0001

Faye (Rachel) Best, age 85, of Alliance, died at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007 at Aultman Hospital. She was born November 24, 1921 in Alliance, Ohio to Harry M Sankey and Ethel M. (Matz) Sankey Dailey and was a lifelong resident. Survivors include her sons, Gary L. Best of Bonita Springs, Fla. and Roger L. Best of Ft. Lauderdale,...

Gordon Hickman

Gordon Hickman

Jan 1, 0001

Gordon C. Hickman, age 41 of Homeworth, died Thursday June 8, 2006 while working at United Foundries in Canton. He was born Oct. 19, 1964 in Alliance, Ohio to Edgar V. and Delores (Moore) Hickman and was a lifelong Homeworth resident. A 1983 graduate of West Branch High School, Gordon was employed as a Pitman for United Foundries in Canton...

Mary Taylor

Mary Taylor

Jan 1, 0001

Mary Ann Taylor, age 86 of Alliance, died at 7:53 p.m. Feb. 7, 2006 at Alliance Community Hospital. She was born Oct. 10, 1919 in Alliance, Ohio to Raymond and Berdine (Vesseriat) Taylor. Mary Ann lived in Alliance most of her life, except for 30 years when she lived in Hollywood, Florida. A graduate of Alliance High School, she worked...

Bradley Jae

Bradley Jae

Jan 1, 0001

Bradley Price Jae, age 46 died at the home of his parents at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, February 28, 2006. He was born at University Hospital in Cleveland on April 1, 1959 to Hugh and Nancy (Shoemaker) Jae. Mr. Jae graduated in 1977 from Alliance High School and 1982 from Mount Union College. Following college graduation he entered the U.S. Navy...

Robert Handrych

Robert Handrych

Jan 1, 0001

Robert "Popi" Handrych, age 76 of Alliance, died at 3:15 p.m. Friday, March 24, 2007 at the Cleveland Clinic. He was born Nov. 30, 1930 in Cleveland, Ohio to James and Elsie (Polka) Handrych and lived in Alliance for the past 47 years. Mr. Handrych was self employed with Standard Oil for 23 years, and retired from Lamborn Floral as...

Ruth Blake

Ruth Blake

Jan 1, 0001

Ruth Anne "Sugar" Blake, age 56 of Atwater, died at 3:20 p.m. at Mercy Medical Center, Wednesday, March 14, 2007. She was born January 18, 1951 in Ravenna to Chester Grant Franks and Jane Anne (Qualk) Franks and lived all of her life in Alliance. Ruth was a graduate of Marlington High School and was employed as an Inspector at...

Hazel Glass

Hazel Glass

Jan 1, 0001

Hazel M. Glass, age 84, of Alliance, died at 11:35 a.m. Wednesday, November 7, 2007 at Canterbury Villa. She was born June 14, 1923 in Alliance to Fred and Violet (Lee) Baxter and was a lifelong resident. Mrs. Glass was a member of Southside Church of God where she formerly taught Sunday school, was a member of Women's Group WCG...

Helen Morris

Helen Morris

Jan 1, 0001

Helen L. Frill White Morris, age 87, of Alliance, died at 2:54 p.m. Sunday, March 4, 2007 at Alliance Community Hospital. She was born November 20, 1919 in Alliance, Ohio to Benjamin Franklin Carpenter and Wilma (Channel) Carpenter and was a lifelong resident. Helen attended Sebring schools and received her GED at the age of 44. She was a member...