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Obituaries

Obituaries / Memorials in The Villager
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Sally F. Everett of Garrettsville, OH

Sally F. Everett, 65, of Garrettsville, passed away on Friday, May 6, 2022. She was born October 1, 1956, in Ravenna. to Robert J. & Jean (Russell) Farley.  She grew up in Cortland and graduated from Lakeview High school in 1975. After high school, Sally went to the Deaconess School of Nursing in Cincinnati and graduated with a degree to...

Russell J. Pokorny of Windham, OH

Russell J. “Russ” Pokorny, 70, of Windham, passed away at home on Monday, April 4, 2022. He was born on July 4, 1951, in Cleveland, to the late Robert & Mary (Nee Mancini) Pokorny. He was the president of Die Hard Trucking, where he was an owner/operator for many years. Russ was an avid Harley rider and was known for...

Cynthia A. Aliff of Garrettsville, OH

Cynthia A. Aliff, 61, of Garrettsville, Ohio passed away on Sunday, March 27,2022 after a short battle with cancer.  Cindy lived in Bedford Heights for 18 years with her parents and then moved to Garrettsville, Ohio and lived there until her passing on Sunday.  Cindy loved her guinea birds and her cat, Tucker. She is the daughter of Harold and...

Roy A. Orefice of Garrettsville, OH

Roy A. Orefice, of Garrettsville, passed away February 21,2022. He was born May 19, 1945, in Cleveland to the late Frank and Cecelia (nee Valore) Orefice. He was very proud he served in the United States Marine Corps. Roy was a member of the Teamsters Local #507. He retired from Giant Eagle after 30 years of service, working in the...

Larry McManus of Howland, OH

Larry McManus, 88 years old, of Howland died on March 7, 2022.  Born January 29, 1934 in Windham Ohio , the son of the late Claude and Hazel McManus. He graduated in 1951 from Windham High School, and graduated from Kent State University in 1955.  A US navy veteran. Mr. McManus is a past president of the northeast Ohio hospital...

Rilla M. Mullenax of Windham, OH 

Our beloved Rilla M. Mullenax, 77, of Windham, Ohio passed away at her home on Saturday, February 26, 2022. She was born June 28, 1944, in Morgantown, West Virginia to the late Wilford and Evelyn (Campbell) Fairfield. Rilla was a lifelong resident of Windham, Ohio; where she met the love of her life Bud Mullenax and raised their family for...

Rebecca “Becky” Newell of Gainesville, FL

Becky Newell, age 75, passed away in Gainesville, FL on Monday, February 21, 2022 with family at her side.  Born in Bedford, Ohio to Edward and Marian Linert in 1947, Becky spent summers at Round-up Lake Park where she met William “Bill” Newell, the love of her life. Bill and Becky were married in 1964 and moved to Mantua in...

Helen A. Porter of Champion, OH

Helen A. Porter 87 of Champion Ohio passed on January 30, 2022 . She was a long time resident of Garrettsville and Parkman Ohio Born April 23, 1934 in Media Pennsylvania to Harry and Elizabeth Spore.  She graduated in Geneva Ohio and will be missed by many family and great friends. Helen was a PTA mother, square dancer, athlete,...

Gloria L. Brunn of Ravenna, OH

Gloria L. Brunn, 88, of Ravenna, formerly of Freedom Township, passed away on Friday, February 18, 2022. She was born March 30, 1933, in Shalersville, Ohio, to the late Guy and Carolyn (nee Sprafka) Brunn. Ms. Brunn was a 1951 graduate of Freedom High School. She held BS and MEd degrees from Kent State University. From 1956-1984 she was a...

William P. Labuda of Wayland, OH

William P. “Bill” Labuda, 74, of Wayland, passed away on Sunday, January 16, 2022. He was born to the late William R. and Betty J. (Egerland) Labuda. He was a decorated veteran of the United States Army who proudly served his country as a helicopter mechanic in Vietnam. Bill was employed in the maintenance department at the Youngstown Post Office...

Robert E. Booth of Garrettsville, OH

Robert E. “Bob” Booth, 72, of Garrettsville, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, January 27, 2022. He was born in San Francisco, CA, on February 7, 1949, to the late Edwin and Ruth (nee Brady) Booth.He was a very proud veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, and he served in the Vietnam war. He received the National Defense...

James W. Kerr of Garrettsville, OH

James W. “Jim” Kerr, 101, of Garrettsville, passed away on Monday, January 24, 2022, to be reunited again with his dear wife, Goldie. He was born October 13, 1920, in Cadiz, OH, to the late Wesley and Susan (nee Perry) Kerr. He was a U.S. Air Corps WWII veteran, who was enlisted 1942-1945, and was a Staff Sergeant with the...

Thomas E. Collins of Garrettsville, OH

Thomas E Collins of Garrettsville passed away January 26, 2022. Tom was notoriously late for just about everything, but his time on earth ended too early. He was born June 3rd, 1964 in Warren, Ohio to Shirley (Marsh) and Charles Collins Jr. Number 7 of 9 siblings. In 1986 he married the love of his life, Sherri (Seals) Collins. They...

Edward Allen Vanhorn of Garrettsville, OH

Edward Allen (Eddie) Vanhorn, 65, of Garrettsville, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, January 8, 2022, with his devoted wife at his side. He was born February 17, 1956, in Ravenna, to the late Edsel and Wilda (nee Cress) Vanhorn.  He remained a lifelong resident of Garrettsville. Eddie graduated from James A. Garfield High School in 1974, where he was a...

Jimmie (James) L. Stanley of Windham, OH

Jimmie (James) L. Stanley, 80, of Windham, passed away Tuesday, January 4, 2022. He was born in Freedom Twp. on April 26, 1941, to Frank and Amy (nee Alderman) Stanley.  He worked as a farm hand for many years. Jim liked to fish, farm, and he enjoyed spending time with family. Jim will be deeply missed by his children, Dave (Sue)...

Gary L. Curkendall of Garrettsville, OH

Gary L. Curkendall, 68, of Garrettsville, passed away on January 1, 2022, at his home after a battle with cancer. He was born in Akron on September 21, 1953, to the late Arthur and Mary Lou (nee Schweitzer) Curkendall. He is survived by his daughters, Crys Draconi and Shannon (Jeremy) Dieringer; grandchildren, Zachary Fitzgerald, Katie Fitzgerald, and Nicolette Hummel, and...

Jeanne Marie Nemeth of Euclid, OH

Jeanne Marie Nemeth (nee Fickes) died 12/24/2021, the very day after she celebrated her 95th birthday. Born in Steubenville, OH on 12/23/1926 she was the firstborn of four children of Herbert Gray Fickes & Mary Maud Fickes (nee Holroyd). The family’s children, all deceased, were Jeanne, Elizabeth, Herbert K., and Frank.  She spent most of her growing years in...

John “Jack” Paul Barstow of Garrettsville, OH

John “Jack” Paul Barstow, Age 74, of Garrettsville OH, passed away peacefully at his home on January 1, 2022. He born May 17, 1947 in Chester Twp to Thomas and Helen (nee: Sampson) Barstow. John was an avid drag car racer and loved to garden in his spare time. He served in the Air Force in the early 60s....

Denise Bly of Garrettsville, OH

Denise Bly, 61, of Garrettsville, Ohio, previously of Newbury, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, December 15, 2021, due to complications from Covid 19. She was born December 2, 1960, in Cleveland, OH to William and Mary (Dowling) Williams. She was best known for writing articles for The Weekly Villager newspaper and helping plan Garrettsville Idol for Garrettsville Summerfest. Denise will be...

Joe E. Lutz of Windham, OH

Joe E. Lutz, 76, of Windham, passed away on Tuesday December 7, 2021. He was born in Parkersburg, W.V. on September 29, 1945, to the late John and Lottie (Campbell) Lutz.Joe was a lifelong resident of Windham, Ohio. He was an active member in the community, taking position on the town council and running for Mayor. He graduated from Windham...

Eugene C. Spade of Warren, OH

Eugene C. Spade, 90, of Warren, passed away surrounded by his loving family, late Saturday evening, December 4th, at his residence.  “Sam Spade” or “Jimmy”, as he was affectionately known, was born December 11, 1930 in Freedom, OH. the son of the late Christopher and Nella (Dutter) Spade.  He was a 1948 graduate of Freedom High School and was employed as...

Oberta A. Slotterbeck Baker of Aurora, OH

Oberta A. (Obie) Slotterbeck Baker, 85 years of age, passed away Friday, November 19, 2021 in Aurora, Ohio.  Born in Cincinnati, OH on July 3, 1936, she was the daughter of the late Ober and Lealia (Gilbert) Slotterbeck.  She grew up and attended high school in Union County, NJ.  After receiving her B.S. in History and Psychology in 1958...

Gerald J. Goodnight of Garrettsville, OH

Gerald J. Goodnight, Jr., 69, of Garrettsville, went home to his Lord and Savior on Friday, November 12, 2021. He was born in Cleveland on May 22, 1952, to the late Gerald J., Sr., and Nancy (nee Roby) Goodnight. He married the love of his life, Diane (nee Helmondollar), on November 25, 1970. Jerry was a beloved Papaw to his...

Ruth A. Brown of Windham, OH

Ruth A. Brown, 93 years of age, became Our Gift to God on Sunday August 29, 2021. She was God’s Gift to Us at the family home in Windham, on September 7, 1927, the daughter of the late Joe and Annette (Wharton) Pinney. A longtime resident of Windham, Ruth had been a 1945 graduate of Windham High School, and...

Dorothy E. “Liz” Davidson of Windham Twp., OH

Dorothy E. (“Liz”) Davidson, 86, long-time resident of Windham Twp., passed away on Sunday, July 11, 2021, in the arms of her son who loves her dearly. Mom was born July 29, 1934, near Mapletown, PA., the daughter of Dan and Agnes McNatt. She and her husband Roger, relocated to the Windham neighborhood in the late 1950’s. Liz was an...

Donald D. Buckely of Hayward, WI

Donald D. Buckley, born April 6,1934, a longtime resident of Rubidoux, California, passed away on June 25, 2021, in Hayward, Wisconsin. The love of his life, Joan, preceded him in death. They had three sons, Robert, Donald, and William. The family grew into 7 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren, and 3 great-great-grandchildren.  Don was born and raised in Ohio, where he worked...

Jeffrey Wayne Dragovich of Nelson Twp., OH

Jeffrey “Whitey” Wayne Dragovich, 56, of Nelson Township, passed away on Monday, June 14, 2021. He was born April 21, 1965, in Warren to Paul Dragovich and Barbara Bennett. He was a James A. Garfield graduate in 1983 where he lettered in wrestling during his high school years. Jeff was employed with Tri County Painting in Brecksville, Ohio, where he...

John C. Gutherie of Garrettsville, OH

John C. Gutherie, of Garrettsville, OH, passed away Tuesday, June 15, 2021. He was born May 26, 1932, in Sugar Creek Township, PA to Heugh L. and Lillie J. (nee Snyder) Gutherie. He served in the U.S. Army, and retired as a welder from Chrysler in Twinsburg, OH after 38 years of service. John loved to play horseshoes and was...

Edith M. Nevinski of Braceville, OH

Edith M. Nevinski age 94 of Braceville passed away peacefully into eternal rest on Sunday morning June 13, 2021 with her loving family by her side. She was born on Sept. 8, 1926 in Braceville, OH the daughter of the late James R. Farr and Bertha E. (Brobst) Farr. Edith married the love of her life, John Joseph Nevinski...

William R. Long of Twinsburg, OH

William R. Long, age 88, of Twinsburg, passed away on June 8, 2021. He was born on October 18, 1932, in Northfield to General Earl and Hazel (nee Dye) Long. He married Grace Ann Andrews and they raised five children. He retired on January 31, 1970, after 20 years of service with the U.S. Army as a crypto technician. After...

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