Obituaries
William Mark
Mar 24, 2005
William J. Mark, 74, died at his residence March 24, 2005. Mr. Mark was born in Catsaqua, PA and had resided in Cuyahoga Falls the past 30 years and in Barberton most of his life. He retired from Babcock and Wilcox as a contract estimator with 39 years service and was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church. He was...

Dorothy Lauvray
Mar 23, 2005
Dorothy (Pryor) Lauvray, 93, passed away March 23, 2005. Mrs. Lauvray was born in Waterbury, CT and had resided in Cuyahoga Falls since 1919. She had worked in the factory at Trump Plastics and later as a school crossing guard at 5th and Broad. She was a past president of VFW Ralph Huff Post 1062 Aux. and a member of...

Dorothea Organ
Mar 21, 2005
CUYAHOGA FALLS - Dorothea L. Organ died March 21, 2005. She was 83 years of age, born April 12, 1921. She was preceded in death by her parents Fred B. and Hazel W. Organ. Dorothea was born in Cuyahoga Falls and lived there her entire life. She graduated from Cuyahoga Falls High School in 1939 and then attended Hammel Business...

Carl Miller, Jr
Mar 19, 2005
Cuyahoga Falls - Carl F. Miller, Jr. passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 19, 2005, after a courageous battle with cancer. Carl was born on October 2, 1921, in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio over the restaurant his family owned and operated on Front Street. Preceded in death by his parents, Helen and Carl F. Miller, Sr. and his sister, Shirley Rothrock,...

Robert Trout
Mar 18, 2005
Robert Dean Trout, 81, died March 18, 2005. Mr. Trout was born in Akron and had resided in Cuyahoga Falls since 1949. He graduated from the University of Akron in 1949 with a BA in Journalism and a Minor in Political Science. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Cuyahoga Falls and was a Veteran of...

Theresa Stefan
Mar 15, 2005
CUYAHOGA FALLS - Theresa B. Stefan (nee Wahl), passed away March 15, 2005 after an extended illness. She was a resident of Cuyahoga Falls and previously Akron, Ohio for the past 59 years. Theresa was born in Nemetker, Hungary on October 10, 1922. She came to Canada with her family when she was four years old, and lived there until...

Stephen Freund
Mar 13, 2005
Port Orange, FL -Stephen (Steve) Freund, 58, died Sunday, March 13, 2005 in Port Orange, FL surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Meadville, PA on March 11, 1947 and lived in Cuyahoga Falls. He was preceded in death by his father, Robert Freund and step-father, Marvin Francis. Left to cherish his memory is his wife, Penny; loving...

George Caiola
Mar 12, 2005
George A. Caiola, 74, passed away March 12, 2005. Mr. Caiola was born in Akron and had resided in Cuyahoga Falls most of his life. He had been a rubber worker for Eclat Rubber and retired from RCA in 1993. He was a member of Bethany United Church of Christ and Cuyahoga Falls Eagles, served with the U. S. Air...

Bernadetta Strong
Mar 12, 2005
Bernadetta "Bernie" J. Strong, 80, died March 12, 2005. Mrs. Strong was born in Sheridan Hamilton, Indiana and had resided in Akron the past 50 years, moving here from Kenmore, NY. She was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Akron Women's City Club and Junior Women's Civic Club. She was a people person and dearly loved her grandchildren. Preceded...

Donald Christman
Mar 9, 2005
Donald C. H. Christman left this world peacefully to be with our Lord early March 9, 2005, with the immediate family present. He was born in Cleveland on Jan. 30, 1918, to Clarence and Helen (Dignan) Christ man, and attended Almira Grade School until the family moved to Cuyahoga Falls in 1929. He graduated from Cuyahoga Falls High School in...

Joseph Pinter
Mar 9, 2005
CUYAHOGA FALLS -Joseph Leo Pinter, 88, past away March 9, 2005. He was born April 14, 1916 in Northampton, OH to Anna Fischer and Ignatius Pinter from Vukavar, Yugoslavia and Germany. He was a World War II Veteran serving as an airplane mechanic in the Pacific and was retired from Goodyear Flight Operations as chief mechanic in 1979 with 34...

Elizabeth Falstick
Mar 9, 2005
CUYAHOGA FALLS - Elizabeth M. Falstick, 87, passed away at her residence March 9, 2005. Mrs. Falstick was born in Binghamton, NY and had resided in Cuyahoga Falls most of her life. She was a member of Steels Corners Christian Church where she belonged to Friends and Neighbors of Northampton and the Women's Christian Fellowship. She was also a member...

LaVerna Shuman
Mar 6, 2005
STOW - LaVerna Jean Bee (Rilling) Shuman, 80, passed away quietly on March 6, 2005. Jean was born in Stow on January 22, 1925, residing most of her life in Stow. She is survived by son and daughter-in-law, Stephen and Jeannie Rilling of Cuyahoga Falls; daughter, Christina Rilling of Cuyahoga Falls; grandchildren, Elizabeth Allen, Nicholas and Emily Stoiber, Corey Rilling,...

Robert Jenkins
Mar 1, 2005
CUYAHOGA FALLS - Robert Eugene Jenkins died peacefully Tuesday March 1, 2005 after a brief battle with leukemia. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Constance, children Patricia and Reiny Golz, Leslie and Mathias Sutton, Robert Jenkins, Beth and Andrew Suffron, and Melissa Michalowicz; and 14 adoring grandchildren. He will be missed as well by his siblings, Mildred...

Samuel Base
Feb 27, 2005
Samuel L. Base, 82, died February 27, 2005. Mr. Base was born in Akron where he had resided his entire life. He retired in 1982 from B. F. Goodrich as a Chemical Engineer, was a member of First Church of the Brethren and was a Veteran of WW2 having served with the U. S. Navy. He was a member of...

Herbert Boughman
Feb 27, 2005
CUYAHOGA FALLS -Herbert Wayne Boughman, 85, died February 27, 2005. Mr. Boughman was born in Starke County and had resided in Cuyahoga Falls most of his life. He had worked as a mechanic for Lyle Chevrolet for 15 years and later retired from Monsanto as an electrician. He was a member of the Evangel Temple Assembly of God and was...

Bessie Bernhart
Feb 27, 2005
CUYAHOGA FALLS - Bessie I. (Farver) Bernhart, 97, peacefully passed away Sunday, February 27, 2005, after a wonderful life of good health and many years of independent living. Bessie was born in Millersburg, Ohio on March 5, 1907. She graduated from Millersburg High School in 1925, where she met her sweetheart and lifetime companion, Raymond, fondly known as Barney. Bessie...

Louise Wichert
Feb 27, 2005
CUYAHOGA FALLS -Louise A. Wichert passed away on February 27, 2005 surrounded by her loving family. Born in Akron, Ohio, she was a resident of Cuyahoga Falls for 57 years. She was a 1940 graduate of South High School and attended the University of Akron. She married Harding A. Wichert in 1942 and traveled to various military bases before returning...

Betty Henry
Feb 26, 2005
CUYAHOGA FALLS -Betty Jean Henry, 74, died February 26, 2005. Mrs. Henry was born in Peninsula and had resided in Cuyahoga Falls most of her life. She had worked in the Ice Cream Dept at Lawson's Milk Co for 37 years, was a member of Teamsters Local #348, volunteered at the Quirk Cultural Center and enjoyed crocheting. She is survived...

William Keenan, Jr
Feb 24, 2005
CUYAHOGA FALLS -William Harold Keenan, 85, died February 24, 2005. Mr. Keenan was born in Cuyahoga Falls where he resided his entire life, graduating from Cuyahoga Falls High School in 1937. He was a self-employed residential auctioneer and was a Veteran of WW2 having served with the U. S. Army in Germany. He is survived by his brother, Randall P....