All Obituaries

(Chris) Walter C. VonGunten, III (Chris) passed away on Jan. 4, 2021 in Cape Coral, Florida after a long illness. Chris was born Dec. 22, 1957 at Akron City Hosp. He graduated from Cuyahoga Falls High School in 1975. Until he moved to Florida in 2010 he worked in sales, property management and owned his own trucking company. Chris was an avid sports fan. He played football and for many years coached Youth Football for the Black Tigers. Chris was a very sociable person. He was enterprising,...

Uniontown – Michael Petri, 67, passed away on April 30,2021. He was born on Sept 10, 1953 to the late Leo and Virginia Petri. Michael was a graduate of Cuyahoga Falls High School. He then went on to a career in carpentry and then was a building inspector for the State of Ohio. Mike married his high school sweetheart Kathy and had been married for 45 years. He was a loving and caring caretaker of Kathy for the last 20 years and will be deeply missed. Michael is preceded in death by his...

CUYAHOGA FALLS – Richard V. Clausen, 86, passed away on April 29,2021. Richard was born on Sept 26, 1934, to Clause and Elise Clausen in Sioux City, Iowa. He was proud to serve in the United States Navy entering the service at 16 years old, during the Korean War Era. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and golfing throughout his life. Richard was very active, later in life, he learned to snow ski at age 65. He enjoyed it so much that he taught his family all to ski whether they wanted to or...

Eileen Faye (Helm) Frerichs was born on March 10, 1936 in Portland, Oregon. And received her education at Bend (Oregon) High School (1954), Concordia College (Portland, Oregon 1956), and Concordia Teachers College (Seward, Nebraska 1958). She married Donald Frerichs on August 23, 1963. Eileen taught and was principal at Good Shepherd Lutheran School (Hayward, California), St. John Lutheran School (Seward, Nebraska), and in the Springfield (Illinois) Public School District. For much of her...

Marilyn Renee (Crile) Diefendorff passed away on April 29, 2021 after a long battle with Parkinson's Dementia with Lewy Bodies. She was born on August 7, 1952 to her parents, Alice and Robert Crile, who preceded her in death. She grew up in Bath Ohio, the youngest of four girls and her dad nicknamed her Peanut. She spent her career as a Licensed Practical Nurse/Surgical Technician for Dr. Wesley Van Fossen for 25 years. She was an avid cross stitcher winning multiple awards. Marilyn...

CUYAHOGA FALLS – Nancy L. Royer, 78, passed away at Bath Creek Estates on April 25, 2021. She was a housewife and later on worked as an Avon Lady. She also worked for many years at First National Bank of Ohio and retired from First Merit Bank. Her favorite hobby was knitting. She would knit items for anybody who would ask and held knitting classes at Stitch, Piece and Purl for many years. She was preceded in passing by her husband Frank A. Royer, parents, Betty Lou and Weinyard P....

CUYAHOGA FALLS – A beautiful soul has left the earth, on April 25 @ 2:22 pm. Everyone Glenn came in contact with is a better person having known him, he will be missed by many people. His duty on earth was to help as many people as he could, and he did exactly that. He is survived by his sons, Martin (Sonya), Andrew (Dawn) and Theodore (Sandy); grandchildren, Elizabeth, Tommy, Nicholas (Olivia), Olivia, Donovan, Desiree Taylor, Martin jr., Alyssa Garbinsky, Jessie Garbinsky, Emma...

CUYAHOGA FALLS – John A. Walker, 74, passed away April 24, 2021. He was born in Akron to the late William and Nancy Walker and was a lifelong Cuyahoga Falls resident. John was 1964 graduate of Cuyahoga Falls High School going on to attend Kent State University. He retired from Reuther Mold after 40 years of service. John loved going on his annual trips to Las Vegas and was well known at many of the local watering holes.   He is survived by his wife of 25 years, Brenda; ex-wife,...

CUYAHOGA FALLS – Wayne “Hank” J. Dement, 99, passed away April 23, 2021. He was born in Canton and resided in Cuyahoga Falls. Hank was a 1940 graduate of North High School going on to serve his country in the U.S. Navy. He attended the Central Academy of Art and the Chicago Art School. Hank worked as a Commercial Artist for Quackenbush Studio for 10 years and went on to retire from Artist Inc. after 26 years. He was a member of St. Eugene Catholic Church and was an avid...

CUYAHOGA FALLS – Janet P. Ragan, 91, passed away April 22, 2021. She was born in Akron to the late Roy and Eleanor Bland. Preceded in death by her husband, Ralph H and sons, Jeffrey and Richard; she is survived by many cousins. Friends may call 2 hours prior to a 12 PM funeral service on Thursday April 29, 2021 at the Clifford-Shoemaker Funeral Home 1930 Front St. Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221. Interment will be at Chestnut Hill Memorial Park.  Arrangements entrusted to...