Mildred I. (Donley) Andrews
Jul 8, 2017
Mildred I. Andrews 85 of Ravenna died Saturday, July 8, 2017. She was born November 14, 1931 in Brownsville, PA to William and Laura (Rupenthal) Donley. Mildred was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands Donald Barnhart in 1977 and Russell Andrews in 2011 and siblings Olita Johnson, Margaret Donley, Bill Donley, Morris Donley and Helen Donley. Survivors...
Terry L. Baum
Jul 6, 2017
Terry L. Baum, 63, a lifelong residence of Marlboro Twp. passed away Thursday July 6, 2017 at his home with his family by his side. He was born June 13, 1954 in Alliance, Ohio to the late Kenneth and Kathleen (Freshley) Baum. He was the owner and operator of Terry Baum Trucking. In addition to his parents, Terry was...
Buster L. "Buck" Prater
Jul 6, 2017
Buster L. "Buck" Prater 77 of Paris Twp., Ohio passed away Thursday July 6, 2017 at his residence. He was born October 16, 1939 in Wilkes, VA to the late Dillard and Pearl (Keen) Mullins. Mr. Prater has lived in Paris since 1976 and had retired from Automative Packaging Systems where he worked in Maintenance. He was a very...
Ervin D. Konkle
Jul 5, 2017
Ervin D. Konkle, 73 of Ravenna passed away Wednesday July 5, 2017 at UH Portage Medical Center in Ravenna with his family by his side. He was born September 9, 1943 in Edinburg, Ohio to the late Frank W. and Florence (Moon) Konkle. Mr. Konkle has lived in Ravenna most of his life and was a retired machinist working...
Dennis F. Chlad
Jul 4, 2017
Dennis F. Chlad, 69, of Streetsboro passed away Tuesday July 4, 2017 at UH Hospital in Twinsburg, Ohio. He was born October 7, 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio to the late Frank and Catherine (Philpott) Chlad. Mr. Chlad has lived in Streetsboro the past 45 years and had retired from Arsla Metal Steel in Cleveland. He was a veteran of...
Shirley M. (Chionchio) Taylor
Jul 2, 2017
On May 1, 1935, Shirley Mary (Chionchio) Taylor was the fourth daughter born to Italian immigrant parents Gaetano and Mary Grace (DeMaria) Chionchio in Ravenna, Ohio. Shirley grew up in Ravenna with her three sisters and younger brother and moved to the neighboring town of Stow to raise her family. Even though she lived in Connecticut for several years,...
Carl Donald Holm
Jun 30, 2017
Rev. Carl Donald Holm, 90, of Ravenna, passed away Friday June 30, 2017 at Aurora Manor. He was born May 3, 1927 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska to the late Axel and Marie (Sallstrom) Holm. Rev. Holm started his ministry in 1960 at the Augusta, Kansas Church of God and retired in 1997 from the Ravenna First Church of God. He...
John F. Krause
Jun 27, 2017
John F. Krause, 74 of Streetsboro passed away Tuesday June 27, 2017 at Brookdale of Ravenna. He was born December 13, 1942 in Mt. Pleasant, PA to the late John Y. and Anna (Popchak) Krause. Mr. Krause was a veteran of the US Army , a member of St. Joan of Arc Church in Streetsboro and a member of...
Joanne B. (Wise) Heinz
Jun 25, 2017
Joanne B. Wise Heinz (65) of Ravenna Township passed away Sunday, June 25, 2017, at UH Portage Medical Center. A lifelong resident of Ravenna, she was born to Harold Eugene and Jean (Keefer) Wise, who preceded her in death. She is survived by Timothy, her husband of 41 years, and daughter Stephanie (Jennifer Irwin) Heinz of Columbus, Ohio. Also...
Richard L. Shmoldas
Jun 23, 2017
Richard L. Shmoldas 60 of Ravenna died Friday, June 23, 2017. He was born April 2, 1957 in Los Angeles, CA to Richard J. and Ella Marie (Brown) Shmoldas. Richard worked in construction and metal scrapping. He is survived by his wife of 31 years Merry (Stytle) Shmoldas. At his request, cremation has taken place and there will be...
Kenneth Lewis Kinford
Jun 19, 2017
Kenneth L. Kinford, 90, of Aurora passed away Monday June 19, 2017. He was born on March 16, 1927 to the late Earl and Eleanor (Rhodes) Kinford. He served in the US Army from 1945 to 1946. He retired from Chase Bag Company at the age of 64 and loved working in his yard and planting flowers. He also...
Nancy M. (Artman) Heun
Jun 17, 2017
Nancy M. Heun 75 of Shalersville died Saturday, June 17, 2017. She was born June 8, 1942 in Greenville, PA to Thurman and Anna (Hodge) Artman. She had worked for MTD doing assembly and did cleaning for a maid service. Survivors include her son William Heun, granddaughter Jessica Heun and brothers Eugene, Robert and Walter Artman. She was preceded...
Donald Gene Cherry
Jun 16, 2017
Donald Gene Cherry 81 of Ravenna passed away Friday, June 16, 2017. He was born on February 17, 1936 in Ravenna to Robert Sr. and Gladys (Engelhart) Cherry. After the passing of his mother Gladys when he was 5 years old, he was raised by his father Robert and Lucille B. Cherry. Don graduated from Ravenna Township School in...
Loretta A. (Anderson) Mccartney
Jun 15, 2017
Loretta A. McCartney, age 79, of Shalersville passed away on June 15, 2017. Per Loretta’s request, there will be no calling hours. A cremation has taken place, and the family will have a private burial. Any memorials may be sent to St. Jude Children Research Hospital 501 St. Jude Place Memphis, TN 38105. Loretta was a hospice volunteer for...
Elizabeth Ann (Beluscsak) Quesenberry
Jun 14, 2017
Elizabeth Ann Quesenberry 84 of Streetsboro died Wednesday, June 14, 2017. She was born October 28, 1932 in Cleveland, Ohio to John and Mary (Pertro) Beluscsak. Elizabeth was a member of St. Joan of Arc Church in Streetsboro and had been a tutor and aide for Streetsboro City Schools. Survivors include her children Suzanne (Al White) Watters-White of Ravenna,...
Mary Ellen (Hurlburt) Bliler
Jun 14, 2017
Mary Ellen Mays-Bliler, 93, of Mantua died Wednesday, June 14, 2017. She was born February 21, 1924 in Jeanette, PA to Lee R. and Helen B. (Maier) Hurlburt. Mary Ellen has lived in Mantua since 1968, was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, and was a teacher for Crestwood Schools, St. Joseph School, and Hattie Larlham. Survivors include...
Janet L. (Newhouse) Brode
Jun 13, 2017
Janet L. Brode 83 of Ravenna died Tuesday, June 13, 2017. She was born October 2, 1933 in Greensburg, PA to Raymond and Helen (McGough) Newhouse. Janet was a member of Immaculate Conception Church in Ravenna. Survivors include her husband of 37 years Charles P. "Chuck" Brode, children Brenda (Ralph) Iarussi of Rootstown, Connie (Donald ) Wilborn of LaPine,...
Leon W. Loveland
Jun 9, 2017
Unlike the way he lived, Leon Loveland quietly slipped from this life in the early morning hours of June 9th, 2017. Sit down, this is gonna take a while. Let's get the details out of the way. He had family waiting on him in the afterlife: his parents, Ralph & Iva Mae Loveland: his beautiful wife and mother of...
William L. "Bill" Shorts
Jun 9, 2017
William L. “Bill” Shorts, Sr., age 92, passed away June 9 in Ft. Myers surrounded by his loving family. Bill was born May 27, 1925 in Sharon, Pennsylvania to Loyal and Maude (Bowden) Shorts. He attended Sharon High School and served in the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific during WWII. After the service, he attended Youngstown State University,...
Hallie Rae (Ketzell) Gruver
Jun 8, 2017
Hallie Rae (Ketzell) Gruver passed away June 8, 2017 after an extended, courageous battle with cancer. She was born January 27, 1964 in Ravenna to Raymond and Wanetta (Lallathin) Ketzell. Hallie loved spending time with her family and friends and had a lifelong love for animals. She spent years riding and showing her Arabian Ibn Gaffon. After graduating from...
