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Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Konos
Oct 27, 2015
Elizabeth A "Betty" Konos, 91, passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at her residence in Kent, where she had recently moved from Medina. Born February 23, 1924 to Nicholas and Annie (Skowran) Hasapas, Betty was raised in Dunkirk, NY and was a 1943 graduate of Dunkirk High School. She worked for the War Department in Detroit, MI, as did so...
Carolyn Munk Cowgill
Oct 23, 2015
Carolyn Munk Cowgill, 63, of Kent, OH, passed away Friday, October 23, 2015 at her residence in Twin Lakes. She was born May 24, 1952 in Daytona Beach, FL to Frederick and Patricia (Eiermann) Munk but grew up in Katonah, NY. She was a graduate of John Jay High School and continued her education at Baldwin Wallace College where she...
Pauline M Soule
Oct 23, 2015
Pauline M. Soule Pauline M. Soule, 90, of Kent, died Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, at her home following a brief illness. Born Oct. 10, 1925 in Kent, she was the oldest survivor of the 10 children of Agostino and Carmela Siciliano. She lived nearly her entire life in Kent. She was a 1944 graduate of Theodore Roosevelt High School in...
David P. Beaumont,
Oct 22, 2015
David P. Beaumont Sr., 78, of Kent, passed away surrounded by loved ones Thursday, October 22, 2015 after a courageous 3 month battle with Leukemia. He fought so hard to live, because he loved his life, his family and his friends. However, his faith always came first in his life. He was born September 6, 1937 in Wellsville, to Frank...
Wayne Sinning
Oct 22, 2015
Dr. Wayne E Sinning, 84, of Kent, OH, died October 22, 2015. Wayne was born March 30, 1931 in Worthing South Dakota to Thomas and Edith Sinning. He loved sharing his memories of growing up on the farm, and working as a hospital corpsman in the United States Navy. In 1966, after receiving his Doctorate from the University of Oregon,...
Christopher A. Minott
Oct 21, 2015
Christopher A. Minott, 59, of Aurora, died Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at Kensington Care Center. He was born November 25, 1955 in Kingston, Jamaica, to Basil J. and Madge M. (Kinkead) Minott. He graduated from New York Medical College, then did his Urology residency at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. He established a practice in Las Vegas, NV...
Jane Anne Baxter
Oct 15, 2015
Jane Anne Baxter, 92, of Kent passed away October 15, 2015 at Altercare of Brimfield. She was born on August 16, 1923 in Kent, Ohio to the late Emerson and Lena (Karker) Baxter. Miss Baxter was a lifetime resident of Kent. She retired from Kent State University where she worked in resident services for 24 years. She attended the First...
Domenic "Frank" Frisina
Oct 8, 2015
Domenic "Frank" Frisina, 67, formerly of Brecksville, died Thursday, October 8, 2015 at Athenian Village in North Royalton after a courageous battle with MS. He was born April 2, 1948 in Ravenna to Domenic and Rose M. (France) Frisina. He was a Georgetown Law graduate and had worked as a Corporate Attorney with Hahn Loeser and British Petroleum in Cleveland....
Alfred L. Sander
Oct 6, 2015
Alfred L. Sander, 86, of Kent, died Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at Kensington Care Center in Aurora. He was born January 13, 1929 in Ostwig, Germany, to Heinrich and Therese (Montag) Sander. Alfred immigrated to the U.S. in the summer of 1953 and has been a resident of Kent and Portage County ever since. He was a Master Electrician and...
Filipp Polz
Oct 4, 2015
Filipp Polz, 89, passed away peacefully on October 4th at Mulberry Gardens in Munroe Falls. He was born March 15, 1926, in Franzfeld, Yugoslavia and immigrated to the US with his family in 1951. An employment opportunity brought him to Kent, a city he instantly fell in love with and would call home for the next 56 years. He operated...
Carl I. Brahce
Oct 3, 2015
Carl I. Brahce, 88, of Kent, died Saturday, October 3, 2015 at University Hospitals Portage Medical Center in Ravenna. Carl was born February 10, 1927 in Flint, Michigan to Brör John and Goldie (Zerbe) Brahce. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, Carl served as a signalman on a minesweeper during the Second World War. Carl was an associate professor of...
Ralph Lewis Oates
Oct 3, 2015
Ralph Lewis Oates, 77, of Kent, died Saturday, October 3, 2015 at his home. Ralph was born April 19, 1938 in Alliance to Michael and Felicia Oates. He was a graduate of Kent State University and the University of Akron School of Law, and practiced law in Kent for over forty years. In recent years, he was active in the...
Kathy Kautzky Chappelear
Oct 2, 2015
Kathy Kautzky Chappelear lost her battle with lung cancer in her home in Kent on October 2, 2015 where she had raised her family since 1970. Kathy was born on December 25, 1945, to Frank and Lillian (Takacs) Kautzky in Cleveland. She grew up in the Shaker Heights area and attended Laurel School for girls from preschool until she graduated...
William "Billy" Ferris
Sep 27, 2015
William P. "Billy" Ferris, 46, of Kent, died Wednesday, September 27, 2015 at Akron City Hospital, where he had been a patient for three days following a heart attack. Born February 13, 1969, he was the son of William Luther Ferris and Sandra (Klatka) Ferris. A life resident of the Kent area, he was a 1987 graduate of Theodore Roosevelt...
Thomas Alan Silvey
Sep 26, 2015
Thomas Alan Silvey, 59, of Cuyahoga Falls, died Saturday, September 26, 2015 at his home. He was born July 15, 1956 in Cleveland to Charles E. and Marilyn D. (Fink) Silvey. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He was an avid golfer and video gamer. He is survived by son, James Walsh II of Sagamore Hills; daughter,...
Kenneth H. Reed
Sep 24, 2015
Kenneth H. Reed, 78, of Freedom Township, died Thursday, September 24, 2015 at UH Portage Medical Center in Ravenna. He was born October 29, 1936 in Warren to Kenneth W. and Lillian (Daymond) Reed. He was a graduate of James A. Garfield High School in Garrettsville. He continued his education at typesetting and electronics schools, as well as courses at...
Jaquelin Ann Reed
Sep 23, 2015
Jacquelin Ann Reed, 88, of Hudson, died Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at Regency Hospital in Cleveland. She was born May 12, 1927 in White Plains, NY. Jacquelin was a graduate of the University of Maryland. She was a member of the Hudson Women's Club and the First Congregational Church of Hudson. She will be remembered by her grandchildren for her...
Jerry Lee Scott
Sep 22, 2015
Jerry Lee Scott, 69, of Stow, went peacefully to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at Hospice Care Center in Copley. He was born April 22, 1946 in Warren. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps serving in Viet Nam. Jerry worked for United/Sprint Telephone Company and later retired from Windstream Communications....
Beatrice Geneva Quillin-Coss
Sep 22, 2015
Beatrice Geneva Quillin-Coss, 95, of Kent, died Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at Maison Aine Care Center in Stow. She was born August 18, 1920 in Pittsfield to Henry and Pearl Ellen (Soules) Gotham. After the death of her first husband in 1943, she attended business school where she learned keypunching. She later took a job with the Erie Railroad travelling...
Barry Clive Jones
Sep 22, 2015
Barry Clive Jones died suddenly on Tuesday, September 22, 2015. He was born August 24, 1942 in Chicago to George C. Jones, a member of the Squadron responsible for delivery of the A-bomb, ending WWII, and Geraldine Goodman Jones, a well-known and respected artist. He joined the Navy at age 17, and during his time in service taught survival swimming,...
Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Konos
Oct 27, 2015
Elizabeth A "Betty" Konos, 91, passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at her residence in Kent, where she had recently moved from Medina. Born February 23, 1924 to Nicholas and Annie (Skowran) Hasapas, Betty was raised in Dunkirk, NY and was a 1943 graduate of Dunkirk High School. She worked for the War Department in Detroit, MI, as did so...
Carolyn Munk Cowgill
Oct 23, 2015
Carolyn Munk Cowgill, 63, of Kent, OH, passed away Friday, October 23, 2015 at her residence in Twin Lakes. She was born May 24, 1952 in Daytona Beach, FL to Frederick and Patricia (Eiermann) Munk but grew up in Katonah, NY. She was a graduate of John Jay High School and continued her education at Baldwin Wallace College where she...
Pauline M Soule
Oct 23, 2015
Pauline M. Soule Pauline M. Soule, 90, of Kent, died Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, at her home following a brief illness. Born Oct. 10, 1925 in Kent, she was the oldest survivor of the 10 children of Agostino and Carmela Siciliano. She lived nearly her entire life in Kent. She was a 1944 graduate of Theodore Roosevelt High School in...
David P. Beaumont,
Oct 22, 2015
David P. Beaumont Sr., 78, of Kent, passed away surrounded by loved ones Thursday, October 22, 2015 after a courageous 3 month battle with Leukemia. He fought so hard to live, because he loved his life, his family and his friends. However, his faith always came first in his life. He was born September 6, 1937 in Wellsville, to Frank...
Wayne Sinning
Oct 22, 2015
Dr. Wayne E Sinning, 84, of Kent, OH, died October 22, 2015. Wayne was born March 30, 1931 in Worthing South Dakota to Thomas and Edith Sinning. He loved sharing his memories of growing up on the farm, and working as a hospital corpsman in the United States Navy. In 1966, after receiving his Doctorate from the University of Oregon,...
Christopher A. Minott
Oct 21, 2015
Christopher A. Minott, 59, of Aurora, died Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at Kensington Care Center. He was born November 25, 1955 in Kingston, Jamaica, to Basil J. and Madge M. (Kinkead) Minott. He graduated from New York Medical College, then did his Urology residency at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. He established a practice in Las Vegas, NV...
Jane Anne Baxter
Oct 15, 2015
Jane Anne Baxter, 92, of Kent passed away October 15, 2015 at Altercare of Brimfield. She was born on August 16, 1923 in Kent, Ohio to the late Emerson and Lena (Karker) Baxter. Miss Baxter was a lifetime resident of Kent. She retired from Kent State University where she worked in resident services for 24 years. She attended the First...
Domenic "Frank" Frisina
Oct 8, 2015
Domenic "Frank" Frisina, 67, formerly of Brecksville, died Thursday, October 8, 2015 at Athenian Village in North Royalton after a courageous battle with MS. He was born April 2, 1948 in Ravenna to Domenic and Rose M. (France) Frisina. He was a Georgetown Law graduate and had worked as a Corporate Attorney with Hahn Loeser and British Petroleum in Cleveland....
Alfred L. Sander
Oct 6, 2015
Alfred L. Sander, 86, of Kent, died Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at Kensington Care Center in Aurora. He was born January 13, 1929 in Ostwig, Germany, to Heinrich and Therese (Montag) Sander. Alfred immigrated to the U.S. in the summer of 1953 and has been a resident of Kent and Portage County ever since. He was a Master Electrician and...
Filipp Polz
Oct 4, 2015
Filipp Polz, 89, passed away peacefully on October 4th at Mulberry Gardens in Munroe Falls. He was born March 15, 1926, in Franzfeld, Yugoslavia and immigrated to the US with his family in 1951. An employment opportunity brought him to Kent, a city he instantly fell in love with and would call home for the next 56 years. He operated...
Carl I. Brahce
Oct 3, 2015
Carl I. Brahce, 88, of Kent, died Saturday, October 3, 2015 at University Hospitals Portage Medical Center in Ravenna. Carl was born February 10, 1927 in Flint, Michigan to Brör John and Goldie (Zerbe) Brahce. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, Carl served as a signalman on a minesweeper during the Second World War. Carl was an associate professor of...
Ralph Lewis Oates
Oct 3, 2015
Ralph Lewis Oates, 77, of Kent, died Saturday, October 3, 2015 at his home. Ralph was born April 19, 1938 in Alliance to Michael and Felicia Oates. He was a graduate of Kent State University and the University of Akron School of Law, and practiced law in Kent for over forty years. In recent years, he was active in the...
Kathy Kautzky Chappelear
Oct 2, 2015
Kathy Kautzky Chappelear lost her battle with lung cancer in her home in Kent on October 2, 2015 where she had raised her family since 1970. Kathy was born on December 25, 1945, to Frank and Lillian (Takacs) Kautzky in Cleveland. She grew up in the Shaker Heights area and attended Laurel School for girls from preschool until she graduated...
William "Billy" Ferris
Sep 27, 2015
William P. "Billy" Ferris, 46, of Kent, died Wednesday, September 27, 2015 at Akron City Hospital, where he had been a patient for three days following a heart attack. Born February 13, 1969, he was the son of William Luther Ferris and Sandra (Klatka) Ferris. A life resident of the Kent area, he was a 1987 graduate of Theodore Roosevelt...
Thomas Alan Silvey
Sep 26, 2015
Thomas Alan Silvey, 59, of Cuyahoga Falls, died Saturday, September 26, 2015 at his home. He was born July 15, 1956 in Cleveland to Charles E. and Marilyn D. (Fink) Silvey. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He was an avid golfer and video gamer. He is survived by son, James Walsh II of Sagamore Hills; daughter,...
Kenneth H. Reed
Sep 24, 2015
Kenneth H. Reed, 78, of Freedom Township, died Thursday, September 24, 2015 at UH Portage Medical Center in Ravenna. He was born October 29, 1936 in Warren to Kenneth W. and Lillian (Daymond) Reed. He was a graduate of James A. Garfield High School in Garrettsville. He continued his education at typesetting and electronics schools, as well as courses at...
Jaquelin Ann Reed
Sep 23, 2015
Jacquelin Ann Reed, 88, of Hudson, died Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at Regency Hospital in Cleveland. She was born May 12, 1927 in White Plains, NY. Jacquelin was a graduate of the University of Maryland. She was a member of the Hudson Women's Club and the First Congregational Church of Hudson. She will be remembered by her grandchildren for her...
Jerry Lee Scott
Sep 22, 2015
Jerry Lee Scott, 69, of Stow, went peacefully to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at Hospice Care Center in Copley. He was born April 22, 1946 in Warren. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps serving in Viet Nam. Jerry worked for United/Sprint Telephone Company and later retired from Windstream Communications....
Beatrice Geneva Quillin-Coss
Sep 22, 2015
Beatrice Geneva Quillin-Coss, 95, of Kent, died Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at Maison Aine Care Center in Stow. She was born August 18, 1920 in Pittsfield to Henry and Pearl Ellen (Soules) Gotham. After the death of her first husband in 1943, she attended business school where she learned keypunching. She later took a job with the Erie Railroad travelling...
Barry Clive Jones
Sep 22, 2015
Barry Clive Jones died suddenly on Tuesday, September 22, 2015. He was born August 24, 1942 in Chicago to George C. Jones, a member of the Squadron responsible for delivery of the A-bomb, ending WWII, and Geraldine Goodman Jones, a well-known and respected artist. He joined the Navy at age 17, and during his time in service taught survival swimming,...
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