Jennifer E (Kittle) Grafton
Dec 21, 2021
Jennifer E. Grafton, 68 of Streetsboro, passed away Tuesday, December 21, 2021 at the UH Portage Medical Center in Ravenna. Jennifer was born on September 27, 1953 in Anchorage, Alaska to the late Norman and Joan (Vanscoy) Kittle. She was raised in northeast Ohio and was a member of the Ravenna High School Class of 1972. For most of...
William Jerry Chambers
Dec 20, 2021
William J. "Bill" Chambers, 66 of Deerfield passed away Monday December 20, 2021 at his home. Bill was born June 12, 1955 in Ravenna, Ohio to the late Floyd and Yvonne (MacFarland) Chambers. He has lived in Deerfield the past 32 years and was a self employed handy man. In addition to his to his parents, he was preceded...
Sharon M (Dollison) Sprague
Dec 19, 2021
Sharon M. Sprague, 72 of Windham, passed away on Sunday, December 19, 2021 at the UH Portage Medical Center in Ravenna. Sharon was born on October 10, 1949 to the late Charles and Ruth (Goss) Dollison. She had worked as a packer machinist shipper for Machine Tek in Garrettsville, retiring in 2016. She was a member of Windham Bible...
Thomas Scibiur
Dec 19, 2021
Thomas Scibiur 65 of Ravenna passed away Sunday, December 19, 2021 at UH Portage Medical Center. He was born March 27, 1956 in Brownsville, PA to Thomas and Irene (Magayna) Scibiur. Thomas was a member of Portage Community Chapel, where he was a deacon and Sunday school teacher. He was active with Promise Keepers. He was an Optometrist at...
Betty Jean (Sturm) Caponi
Dec 19, 2021
Betty Jean Caponi 64 of North Ridgeville passed away peacefully Sunday, December 19, 2021 at UH Elyria Medical Center. She was born May 14, 1957 in Ravenna, Ohio to the late Robert and Jean (Bower) Sturm. Betty was a graduate of Rootstown High School. She held many titles over the years, including administrative assistant for multiple insurance companies. Betty...
Ellen A (Hites) Post
Dec 18, 2021
Ellen A. Post, 87, passed away peacefully on December 18th at the Hospice of the Western Reserve in Cleveland. Born at home in Cuyahoga Falls on February 4th, 1934, she was a lifelong resident of Northeast Ohio. A majorette at Stow High School, she went on to marry her late husband Raymond Post in 1951 and started a family....
Joseph Edward Horwath
Dec 17, 2021
Joseph Edward Horwath 85 of Streetsboro passed away Friday, December 17, 2021 at UH Portage Medical Center. He was born August 14, 1936 in Carmichaels, PA to Peter and Mary (Sabol) Horwath. Joseph was a US Air Force veteran and a member of St. Joan of Arc Church in Streetsboro. He worked as a Die Cast Operator for Accurate...
Josephine A. "Nellie" Polichena
Dec 17, 2021
Josephine A. (Nellie) Polichena, 97, a lifelong Ravenna resident, passed away Friday, December 17, 2021 at UH Portage Medical Center, with family by her side. Nellie was born September 21, 1924 in Ravenna to Anthony and Mary (Gregoli) Favazzo. A member of the Greatest Generation, her resilience, kindness, and sense of humor will be dearly missed by those who...
Gerald Lee Varney
Dec 16, 2021
Gerald Lee Varney 64 of Mantua passed away Thursday, December 16, 2021 at his residence. He was born July 30, 1957 in Waterville, MA to Raymond Edward and Marcia Ellen (Gifford) McAleer. He was a member of Parkside Church, a US Coast Guard veteran and worked as a shipping manager for Intigral Glass. He valued God, attending church, helping...
Patricia E (Whittle) Hays
Dec 16, 2021
Patricia E. Hays, 84 of Shalersville, passed away Thursday December 16, 2021 at the Woodlands Health and Rehab Center in Ravenna, Ohio.  Patricia was born in Cleveland, Ohio to the late Arthur and Bernice (Dick) Whittle.  She has lived in Shalersville since 1997 and was formerly of Streetsboro.  She retired from Automated Packaging Systems.  In addition to her parents,...
Mural (West) Hays
Dec 16, 2021
Mural Hays 82 of Aurora passed away Thursday, December 16, 2021 at her residence. She was born February 20, 1939 in Clay County, WV to Everett and Barbara (Jarvis) West. Mural worked for Austin Powder and Stouffers. Survivors include her children Barb Price, Bonnie Riewaldt and Julie Lewis, 9 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren, 4 great great grandchildren and a...
Richard D Harris
Dec 15, 2021
Richard D. Harris, 87 of Streetsboro, passed away on Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at Metro General Hospital in Cleveland. Richard was born on December 12, 1934 in Altoona, Pennsylvania to the late Walter and Minnette (Wilmore) Harris. He retired as a plant manager from Brooks Technology in Cleveland where he worked for over 40 years.. Richard was a proud...
Carol A. (Collins) Akers
Dec 15, 2021
Carol A. Akers (Collins) 64 of Kent passed away Wednesday, December 15, 2021. She was born March 16, 1957 in Ravenna, Ohio to David and Sarah (Homan) Collins. Survivors include her daughter Rachel Collins, grandchildren Trinity, Trina, Helaina and Jaymeson and siblings Jim (Cindy) Collins, Darlene (Myrl) Rose, Ballard Collins, Patricia Fullen, Diane (Dan) Boone and David (Crystal) Collins...
Damayanti Pravinchandra Patel
Dec 14, 2021
Damayanti Pravinchandra Patel 76 of Streetsboro passed away Tuesday, December 14, 2021. She was born October 20, 1945 in India to Natvarlal (Chandiben) Patel. Survivors include her children Belaben M. Patel, Amishaben B. Patel, Falguni Ansari, Pina Singh, and Chirag Patel, 11 grandchildren and siblings Chandrakant Patel, Kaushik Patel, and Bharat Patel. She was preceded in death by her...
Robert William Smith
Dec 13, 2021
Robert Wm. Smith, 87  passed away on Monday December 13, 2021 at the Crandall Medical Center in Sebring, Ohio.  He was born October 3, 1934 in Cleveland, Ohio to the late John M. and Agnes E. (Hertel) Smith.  Bob has lived in Newton Falls, Ohio since 2007 and was formerly of Garrettsville, Youngstown and Cleveland.  He retired after 32...
Mary L (Gaston) James
Dec 13, 2021
Mary L. James, 80 of Ravenna, passed away Monday, December 13, 2021 at her residence. Mary was born on July 3, 1941 in Rochester Mills, Pennsylvania to the late Howard and Edna (Baun) Gaston. She had worked as a tow motor operator and retired from Omega in Streetsboro. Mary had graduated from Rootstown High School in 1960. Along with...
Ruth E. (Hutton) Schell
Dec 10, 2021
Ruth E. Schell, 89, of Ravenna passed away Friday, December 10, 2021 at UH Portage Medical Center after a short battle with Covid. She was born April 19, 1932 to Rayburn and Mae (King) Hutton. Ruth was a member of Ravenna First United Methodist Church, Young At Heart, Ravenna Senior Center and Ravenna Elks where she had many friends...
Norma L. (Rufener) Jones
Dec 9, 2021
Norma L. Jones 91 of Ravenna passed away Thursday, December 9, 2021 at Vista Veranda in Ravenna. She was born December 23, 1929 in Sardis, Ohio to Henry C. and Ida (Bachman) Rufener. Norma was a member of the Ravenna Church of Christ and had worked as an aide at Robinson Memorial Hospital. Survivors include her children Gary (Judy)...
Elmer L Gilanyi
Dec 9, 2021
Elmer L. Gilanyi, 93 of Braceville Twp. passed away Thursday December 9, 2021 at Trumbull Regional Medical Center in Warren, Ohio. He was born November 17, 1928 in Warren, Ohio to the late John and Elizabeth Ann (Szakacs) Gilanyi. Elmer has lived in Braceville the past 65 years and was a retired teamster truck driver from Ohio Fast Freight. ...
Robert Carle Rupert
Dec 7, 2021
Robert Carle Rupert, of Ravenna, passed away at age 90 on Tuesday, December 7, 2021. He was born August 24, 1931 in Jackson Township to the late Carle B. and Vada (Messersmith) Rupert. Robert was a "50 year plus" member of the Ravenna First Congregational Church (UCC). As a youth, Bob achieved the honor of becoming as Eagle Scout....
