Patricia A. Ball
May 26, 2011
(Pat Ball pictured with her beloved husband, Melvin and their dog, Coco.) Patricia A. Ball, age 72, of Canton passed away peacefully in her home on Thursday, May 26, 2011. Pat was a lifelong resident of Canton and was the daughter of the late Dorothy (Rinkes) Pyles. She was retired from the Timken Company and H&R Block. For a...
Mary Findish
May 26, 2011
Mary Findish age 92 passed away May 26, 2011 at Affinity Medical Center. Mary was born June 13, 1918 in Cairnbrook, PA to the late John & Mary (Chevak) Benko. Most of her life was in Windber, PA until moving to Canal Fulton in 2006. She was a member of St. Cyril & Methodius Catholic Church (Windber, PA) and...
Danny H. Smith
May 25, 2011
Danny H. Smith, age 51 of Massillon, passed away May 25, 2011 at Aultman Hospital. Danny was born on November 27, 1959 in Massillon to James L & Shirley M. (Grasse) Smith. He was a member St. Mary Catholic Church, the church choir, assisted with the St. Vincent de Paul Society, RCIA Program, CCD Program, K of C #445...
Luella Jean Riley
May 24, 2011
Luella Jean Riley, age 82 of Massillon, passed away Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Jean was born on December 27, 1928 in Massillon the daughter of the late Francis M. and Florence B. (Marshall) Cain. Jean was a former Lincoln High School graduate. She was a retiree of General Motors and a member of UAW Local #467 in Michigan where...
Susan E. Arnold
May 22, 2011
Susan E. Arnold age 71 of Jackson Township passed away Sunday May 22, 2011 at her residence surrounded by her family. She is the daughter of the late Loren and Solame (Conklin) Henry and was a graduate of the former Lincoln High School. She served as the treasurer of Arnold Printing for many years. Sue was a member of...
Nancy Hardie
May 22, 2011
Nancy Hardie, 82 passed away at her home on Sunday, May 22, 2011, surrounded by her family. Nancy was born on April 16, 1929 in Hilo Hawaii to the late Joseph Foster, and Gloria Boletho Foster. She spent her early years in Hawaii graduating from High School and later Nursing school. She worked for many years as a LPN...
Melvin M. Mingle
May 21, 2011
Melvin M. Mingle, age 87 of Massillon, passed away on May 21, 2011. He was born on February 10, 1924 to the late Jesse E. and Mary (Hines) Mingle in Nashville, TN. Melvin married Ruth E. Luther on January 12, 1946 in Franklin, KY. Mr. Mingle was a resident of Massillon since 1952. He worked at L & N...
Rita Mae Frohman
May 19, 2011
Rita Mae Frohman, 81 of Massillon passed away on May 19, 2011. Rita was born on April 28, 1930 to the late Samuel Davis and Nora (Arbraji) Davis. She was a graduate of Washington High School. She was married to William Frohman until his death in 1979. She worked as a cashier for A&P for a number of years...
Brenda Smith Johnson
May 18, 2011
Brenda Smith Johnson, age 48 of Massillon, died on May 18th. She was born on October 29, 1962 in Athens, Ohio and lived in Massillon for most of her life. She was preceded in death by her father Charles Smith. Brenda is survived by her mother Freda Smith, her brother Mark (Terry) Smith, her sisters, Teresa (Mike) Ray and...
Walter T. Sorg, Jr.
May 18, 2011
Walter T. Sorg, Jr., aged 80, passed onto his heavenly home on May 18, 2011. A native son of Massillon and beloved husband of Virginia Prentiss Sorg. Walter was born to Eleanor Arnold Sorg and Walter T. Sorg on November 28, 1930. He attended Massillon schools until the end of his junior year at Washington High School, earned the...
Evelyn D. Smith
May 17, 2011
Evelyn D. Smith, age 83, of Jackson Twp. (recently of the Canton Regency) passed away Tuesday May 17, 2011 at the Aultman Hospital. Evelyn was born July 15, 1927 in Connellsville, PA to the late James G. & Hazel E. (Havner) Beal. Following graduation from Connellsville High School in 1946, she began a career as a bookkeeper for the...
Richard Franklin Sailer
May 17, 2011
Richard Sailer, of Navarre, Ohio, passed away in Canton, OH on May 17, 2011. He was 80 years old. Richard was born on March 14, 1931 in Brunswick, Ohio, the son of Dennis and Marie Sailer. He was raised in the Brunswick area, graduated from Chagrin Falls High School and received a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University...
William G. 'Gordon' Robey
May 16, 2011
William Gordon Robey died on May 16, 2011 in Aultman Hospital after a brief illness. He was born Aug. 6, 1924 in Canton, Ohio. Preceded in death by his parents, William E. and Mabel R. Robey; brother, Gerald E. Robey and sister-in-law, Martha Lou Robey. He is survived by his wife, Ruth Ann Austin Robey; children, David (Sancy) Robey...
David Stanton, Jr.
May 15, 2011
David Stanton, Jr., age 71 of Massillon passed away Sunday, May 15, 2011 at Meadow Wind Health Care Center. David was born on June 21, 1939 in Birmingham, AL the son of the late David and Lonnie Mae (Newman) Stanton, Sr. He was a member of Friendship Baptist Church in Massillon. He touched those he met here in Massillon...
Loretta A. Hofacre
May 15, 2011
Loretta A. Hofacre age 74 of Massillon passed away Sunday at Affinity Medical Center. Lori was born August 21, 1936 in Massillon. She was a 1955 graduate of Central Catholic High School. For 35 years she was employed by Aultman Hospital and retired in 1999. A quiet person, who loved to read and visit with her friends from Amherst...
Shirley D. Lambert
May 15, 2011
Shirley D. Lambert, age 79 of Massillon, passed away on Sunday, May 15, 2011 at Mercy Medical Center. She was born on September 18, 1931 in Stanwood, Ohio and was the daughter of the late Levi and Leona (Pfister) Swonger. She was a member of Lighthouse Chapel Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,...
Mary Ann (Kovach) Waldick
May 14, 2011
Mary Ann (Kovach)Waldick, age 86 of Perry Township, passed away Saturday, May 14, 2011. Mary Ann was born on January 24, 1925 in Massillon the daughter of the late John and Susan (Lach) Kovach. She was a lifelong resident of the area. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother Johnny Kovach and infant sister...
Werner E. Dominik
May 14, 2011
Werner E. Dominik age 54 of Navarre passed away May 14, 2011 at his residence with his family at his side. Werner was born in Massillon on May 15, 1956 to Guenther & Helene (Mayser) Dominik and was a 1974 graduate of Fairless High School. He retired from maintenance at the Timken Gambranius Plant in 2009. Werner was a...
Robert G. Hastler
May 12, 2011
Robert G. Hastler age 78 of Massillon passed away Thursday May 12, 2011 at Noble Pond after a lengthy illness. Bob was born February 14, 1933 in Massillon to the late George & Clara (Young) Hastler. He was a graduate of Washington High School in 1951 and served two years with the Army in Korea. He was a carpenter...
Jasper Garrett
May 12, 2011
Jasper Garrett age 84 of Canton passed away May 12, 2011 at The Pines in Canton. Jasper was born January 10, 1927 in Newton, GA to the late Fred & Juanita (Yarn) Garrett Sr. and moved to Canton 1952. He served with the US Army and received an honorable discharge. Buddy retired from LTV Steel after 32 years of...
