Clarence L. Konen
Nov 26, 2011
Clarence L. Konen, age 86 of Massillon, passed away Saturday, November 26, 2011 at his residence surrounded by his family. Clarence was born on November 13, 1925 in Jackson Twp. the son of the late Harvey and Ruth Konen. Clarence graduated from Jackson High School and served in the Army in WWII in the Ordnance Dept. He served in...
Jack L. Hess
Nov 25, 2011
Jack L. Hess age 80 of Massillon passed away Friday evening at his residence with his family at his side. Jack was born February 2, 1931 in Canton to the late Curtis & Irene (Ebey) Hess. He was a 55-year member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and a past president of the Holy Name Society. Jack enjoyed his time...
Susan M. Aman
Nov 25, 2011
Susan M. Aman, 56 of Massillon, died on Friday, November 25, 2011 at her home. She was born on November 12, 1955 and was the daughter of the late Russell and Agnes (Burger) Aman. In 1973 she graduated from Tuslaw High School. Susan worked for Brookfield Cemetery for more than 35 years, and was the cemetery sexton since 1987....
Lillian L. Sigman
Nov 23, 2011
Lillian L. Sigman, 91 of Massillon died Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at Affinity Medical Center following a brief illness. She was born on December 11, 1919 in Massillon, Ohio to the late Oliver and Hulda Everhart Lewis. Lillian was a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Alter Guild at Holy Trinity Church and the Women of the Moose. She...
Donald L. Goss
Nov 22, 2011
Donald L. Goss, age 66 of Massillon, passed away Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at Mercy Medical Center. He was born on November 28, 1944 in Massillon. Donald was a lifelong resident of Massillon. He worked for Crown Cork and Seal for 41 years. Don was a United States Army veteran and served our country in Vietnam. He was a...
Barbara Rozlog
Nov 21, 2011
Barbara Rozlog, age 85 of Massillon, passed away November 21, 2011 at Mercy Medical Center. Barbara was born October 26, 1926 in Harrisburg, OH to the late Matt & Anna (Furmac) Sudar. She was raised in Canton and moved to Massillon in 1945. Barb was employed at the former Venice Restaurant. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great...
Homer Slabaugh
Nov 20, 2011
Homer Slabaugh, 86, went home to be with the Lord, on November 20, 2011. He was born on January 22, 1925 in Winesburg Paint Twp. to the late Joseph M. Slabaugh and Anna Yoder. He married Bula Deauvol in 1949 and they were together until her passing in 2000. Homer worked for Dallas & Mavis from 1954 to 1984...
Evelyn Dryden
Nov 19, 2011
Evelyn (Carter) Dryden, age 96 of Massillon, died on Saturday November 19, 2011 at Rose Lane Health Care Center. She was born in Marion, Illinois and was the daughter of the late Carl and Pearl (Mattox) Erwin. Along with her parents, Evelyn was preceded in death by her first husband LeRoy Engstrom, her second husband Dr. Raymond Carter and...
William H. Mclaughlin
Nov 18, 2011
William H. McLaughlin age 81 passed away Friday at Aultman Hospital. Bill was born February 5, 1930 in Massillon to the late Edwin & Violet (Wetzel) McLaughlin and was a 1948 graduate of Washington High School. He had been employed by the railroad and retired from Wayne-Dalton Door. Bill is remembered as an avid Indians and Buckeyes fan. He...
Wanda Louise Turner
Nov 16, 2011
Wanda Louise Turner, age 83 of Massillon, passed away Wednesday November 16, 2011. She was born August 31, 1928 in Wheelersburg, OH to the late Paul & Mayree Vaughters and lived in Massillon for 50 years. Her husband, Harrison Turner passed in 1991. She will be dearly missed by two children, Linda Thomas of Massillon and Larry Turner of...
Carl R. Blackstone
Nov 16, 2011
Carl R. Blackstone , age 90 of North Canton, died on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at his home. He was born on January 12, 1921 in Massillon and was the son of the late Carl M. & Grace E. (Shammo) Blackstone. Carl was a graduate of Washington High School and served his country during World War II with the...
Charles L.R. Williams
Nov 15, 2011
Charles L. R. Williams, 90 of Massillon, passed away at Mercy Hospital, Canton on November 15, 2011 after a period of declining health. He was born in Urichsville on April 19, 1921 to Ralph Mills and Eva Green Mills Williams. He had worked for the Norfolk and Western Railroad and Jennings Hardware in Indio, CA. He had lived in...
Margaret A. Ward
Nov 13, 2011
Margaret Ann (Owen) Ward passed away Sunday, November 13, after a three-year stint with lung cancer and a week long celebration of her 81st birthday. Margie (pronounced with a hard 'g') was born in Massillon, Ohio, on November 7, 1930. The daughter and first child of Robert Herbert and Helen (Williams) Owen, Margie was one of those people who...
Frances Pryor
Nov 13, 2011
Frances J. Pryor, 98, of Massillon, died early Sunday surrounded by her children at the home of her daughter and caregiver, Judith Haynam and her husband Clark. She was born February 7, 1913, in Canton, a daughter of the late John C. and Margaret I.(Suhr) Blackledge, and was a lifelong resident of Massillon. She retired in 1983 after 24...
Esther M. Steiner
Nov 12, 2011
Esther M. Steiner (Nee Brenner), age 92 of Massillon, passed away Saturday, November 12, 2011 at The Oaks of Brecksville. Esther was born on March 14, 1919 in Dalton the daughter of the late Henry and Anna (Hooley) Brenner. Esther was a lifelong resident of Massillon and a 1937 graduate of Washington High School. She was a Geriatric L.P.N....
Joyce E. Criss-Stevenson
Nov 12, 2011
Joyce E. Criss-Stevenson, 52 started a new chapter with the Lord at her home in Massillon on Saturday, November 12, 2011. Joyce was born in Canton, OH on July 3, 1959 to the late Rev. Edgar C. Criss and Geneva (Bowling) Criss-Sparks. She was a graduate of McKinley High. She married Tony Stevenson on November 30, 2002 and he...
Robert G. Shaffer
Nov 10, 2011
Robert G. "Mike" Shaffer, Jr., age 59 of Perry Township, died on Thursday, November 10, 2011 at Mercy Medical Center. He was born on May 19, 1952 in Canton, Ohio to Imogene (Allen) Shaffer and the late Robert G. Shaffer, Sr. He was a lifelong area resident. Mike was a veteran of the United States Armed Forces. He enjoyed...
Clyde R. Mitchal
Nov 10, 2011
Clyde R. Mitchal, age 83 of Perry Twp. passed away Thursday November 10, 2011 at Aultman Hospital. Clyde was born December 15, 1927 in Cleveland, OH. He was a 1946 graduate of Washington High School and received an engineering degree from the University of Akron. He retired from Hercules Engines (formerly White Motors) in 1992. A voracious reader, with...
Gregory R. Mcgovern
Nov 10, 2011
Gregory R. McGovern, M.D., age 51 formerly of Massillon, passed away suddenly Thursday, November 10, 2011 at his residence in Las Vegas, Nevada. Greg was born on August 24, 1960 in Massillon, to Robert McGovern and the late Judy (Lenhart) McGovern. He graduated from Washington High School in 1978 and went into the Army and was honorably discharged in...
Margaret Babetski
Nov 8, 2011
Margaret Babetski, age 93 of Massillon, died on Monday, November 7th at Gaslite Villa. She was born on October 5, 1918 in Massillon and was the daughter of the late Frank A., Sr. and Ada (Keller) Getz. Margaret was the former owner of Crystal Lake Park. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, the Canton Amateur Sports...
