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Christine A Jones

Christine A Jones

Mar 19, 2017

Christine Ann Jones passed to her eternal reward Sunday at 6:45 a.m. at Community Care following a brief battle with lung cancer. She was born Easter Sunday April 18, 1954, in Alliance and lived all her life in the Alliance and Columbus areas. She was the daughter of Esther E. Pauli Ailes and the late James B. Ailes. When Christine...

Joy Sagle Brown

Joy Sagle Brown

Mar 18, 2017

Joy Sagle Brown was born Joy Anne Sagle on February 26, 1927 at Samaritan Hospital in Zanesville, Ohio to Guy and Lucy Sagle. Her sunset was peaceful on March 18, 2017, surrounded by her loving children. Joy had a love of music and books: singing in the church choir and senior choral group in Alliance; librarian at local library and...

Jean Louise Brown

Jean Louise Brown

Mar 16, 2017

Jean Louise Brown, age 92, of Alliance, passed away at 1:55 p.m., Thursday, March 16, 2017 at McCrea Manor. She was born December 22, 1924 in Alliance, Ohio to J. Gilbert and Bernice (Heacock) Heacock. Jean was a graduate of Alliance High School and received her RN degree from St. Luke's School of Nursing. She was employed by Dr. Baker...

William "Bill" Pritt

William "Bill" Pritt

Mar 14, 2017

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Mason Ross Larkins

Mason Ross Larkins

Mar 12, 2017

Mason Ross Larkins, 28 of Alliance, Ohio, passed away on March 12, 2017 in Aubrey, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 23, 2017 at Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral Home. Friends may call from 6-7 p.m. prior to the service. Arrangements are by Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral Home, 75 S. Union Ave. Alliance, Ohio 44601. Friends may register online...

Thomas M. Fox

Thomas M. Fox

Mar 12, 2017

Thomas Michael Fox, age 71, of Alliance, passed away at 2:58 p.m., Sunday, March 12, 2017 at Mercy Medical Center in Canton, Ohio. He was born February 4, 1946 in Alliance, Ohio to Alton and Anna May (Walker) Fox. Thomas received his associates degree from Stark State College and he was a supervisor at PCC in Minerva, Ohio. He was...

Merriel R. (Merle) Burkhead

Merriel R. (Merle) Burkhead

Mar 11, 2017

Merriel R. (Merle) Burkhead, age 91 of Sebring, passed away at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, March 11, 2017 at Crandall Medical Center in Sebring. He was born November 23, 1925 in Rayland, Ohio to Harold Raymond and Lois Darrah (Kugler) Burkhead. Pastor Burkhead graduated from Cleveland Bible College (now Malone), Kent State and the Oberlin School of Theology. He served as...

Elizabeth A. Potts Reber

Elizabeth A. Potts Reber

Mar 9, 2017

Elizabeth A. Potts (Reber), age 83, of Sebring, died at 9:45 a.m. Thursday, March 9, 2017 at Crandall Medical Center. She was born May 6, 1933 in Sebring, Ohio to Glen Mason and Winifred (Bennett) Mason Hawley. Betty worked in the office at Royal China and retired from Thorne's after working as a cashier. She was a member of Pine...

Mike G. Cindia

Mike G. Cindia

Mar 7, 2017

Michael G. Cindia, age 94, of Alliance, passed away at 2:07 a.m., Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at Canterbury Villa. He was born October 7, 1922, in Massillon, Ohio to Nick and Helen (Muntean) Cindia. Mike was a graduate of Massillon Washington High School and he came to the Alliance area in 1945. He was an auto mechanic and owned his...

Kathryn E. Plajer

Kathryn E. Plajer

Mar 2, 2017

Kathryn E. (Shultz) Plajer, age 97, passed away at 1 PM Thursday, March 2, 2017 at Crandall Medical Center in Sebring, Ohio surrounded by family. She was born May 27, 1919, in Milton, OH to Albert and Emma (Spell) Shultz. Kathryn (Katye) was a 1937 graduate of Alliance High School and attended Kent State University. Kathryn married William (Bill) P....

Howard Eugene Blasiman

Howard Eugene Blasiman

Mar 2, 2017

Howard Eugene Blasiman, age 79, of Alliance, passed away Thursday, March 2, 2017. He was born June 30, 1937, in Louisville, Ohio, to William G. and Clara M. (Flitcraft) Blasiman. Howard was a 1955 graduate of Alliance High School and then served in the United States Air Force. He was stationed at Bunker Hill Air Force Based in Peru, Indiana,...

Ella Grace Courtright

Ella Grace Courtright

Mar 2, 2017

Ella Grace Courtright Ella Grace Courtright, 1926-2017, of Alliance, passed away Thursday, March 2, 2017, at Crandall Medical Center. She was born November 9, 1926, in Orbisonia PA, to Herbert and Edna Scott. Grace graduated from Altoona High School and Eastern Nazarene College with a nursing degree. While in Eastern Nazarene she met her lifetime sweetheart, John Courtright. They married...

Margaret "Peggy" Storck

Margaret "Peggy" Storck

Mar 1, 2017

Margaret "Peggy" (Speer) Storck, age 91, of Alliance, passed away at 5:23 a.m., Wednesday, March 1, 2017, at Alliance Community Hospital. She was born April 23, 1925, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Robert and Blanche (Irwin) Speer. Peggy was a 1943 graduate of Alliance High School. She was the owner of a beauty shop, had been employed by Ohio Bell, was...

Richard Montgomery

Richard Montgomery

Mar 1, 2017

Richard E. Montgomery, age 83, of Alliance, passed away at 11:40 a.m., Wednesday, March 1, 2017, at Brookdale Assisted Living. He was born November 26, 1933, in Alliance, to Howard and Alice (Kirkbride) Montgomery and had been a lifelong resident of the Alliance area. Richard was a 1951 graduate of Marlboro High School. After serving in the United States Army,...

Betty Cartwright

Betty Cartwright

Mar 1, 2017

Betty I. Cartwright, age 88, of Alliance, passed away at 5:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at Community Care. She was born August 23, 1928, in Alliance to Merle and Matilda Jane Simmons Betty was an Alliance High School graduate and had been employed as a receptionist for Dr. Lukez. She loved playing cards with her good friend Irene, going...

Richard L. "Dick" Elliott

Richard L. "Dick" Elliott

Feb 28, 2017

Richard L. "Dick" Elliott, age 78, of Alliance, passed away at 6:50 p.m., Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at Alliance Community Hospital. He was born March 31, 1938, in Alliance, Ohio to Fred Garfield and Mildred (Biery) Elliott. Richard was a 1955 graduate of Alliance High School. He was formerly employed by Armour & Company-Abrasives Division, WSOM in Salem, and was...

Ruth Ann Rankin

Ruth Ann Rankin

Feb 27, 2017

Ruth Ann Rankin Des Moines Formerly of Alliance, Ohio Ruth died peacefully February 27, 2017 at Calvin Community in Des Moines, Iowa. She was born November 7, 1921 in Alliance, Ohio to Roy H. Johnson and Lela (Hamlin) Johnson. Ruth lived most of her life in Alliance, except for a few years in Columbus, Ohio and Springfield, Illinois and the...

Dorothy B. "Martin" Herban

Dorothy B. "Martin" Herban

Feb 26, 2017

Dorothy B. "Martin" Herban, age 85, of Alliance, passed away at 1:55 p.m. Sunday, February 26, 2017, at Alliance Community Hospital. She was born September 27, 1931, in Lansing, Michigan, to Otto and Bernice (Jacobs) Herban. She was a graduate of Flint High School, in Flint, Michigan. Dorothy was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day...

Barbara A Schmidt

Barbara A Schmidt

Feb 25, 2017

Barbara A. Schmidt, age 96, of Alliance, died peacefully at 2:25 p.m. Saturday. February 25, 2017 at Canterbury Villa. She was born December 5, 1920, in Limaville, Ohio, to James and Wilma (Miller) Trump and was a long time resident of Marlboro. Barbara was a graduate of Alliance High School, member and former Sunday school teacher at the Aldersgate Methodist...

JoAnn Qualk

JoAnn Qualk

Feb 23, 2017

JoAnn Qualk age 83, of Atwater, passed away at 4:35 p.m., Thursday, February 23, 2017, at her home surrounded by her family. She was born June 10, 1933, in Limaville, Ohio, to the late William and Susan Mae (Worley) Wood. JoAnn was an Alliance High School graduate and formerly a junior accountant loan officer at General Tire in Akron. She...

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