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Joanne Battista
Jun 27, 2020
Joanne Battista, age 78 of Massillon, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family Saturday, June 27, 2020. Born in Canton, OH on July 4, 1941 to the late Paul and Angeline nee Scarpino Magyar. Joanne was a Timken Vocational High School graduate. She owned a number of businesses. Her latest until retirement in 2018 was Private Edition. Joanne was...
Paul D. Anthony
Jun 26, 2020
Paul D. Anthony , 67, passed peacefully on Friday June 26, 2020 from complications of Parkinson's Disease . Paul was born in Canton, Ohio on December 29, 1952 in Canton, Ohio to Donald and Lucille Anthony. He attended Timken High School and Columbus University of Art and Design. He was vice- president and retired from A.V.C. Inc. in 2014. ...
Joseph Codispoti
Jun 23, 2020
Joseph Codispoti, age 77 of North Canton, passed away on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. He was born on September 16, 1942 in San Andrea, Italy to the late Bruno and Vittoria (Papaleo) Codispoti, and immigrated to the United States in 1958. Joe worked for Canton Containers, was the owner and operator of Capri Pizza for 11 years, Mr. Giuseppe's...
Stanley Szymanski
Jun 19, 2020
Stanley James Szymanski, 63, was welcomed home by his Heavenly Father with a royal robe and a signet ring to his eternal reward June 19, 2020. He was the second born, on July 30, 1956 in Canton, Ohio of nine children to the late Jerome and Faye Szymanski. Stanley was a shy kid who expressed his tender heart through...
Patricia F. Kascavelis
Jun 18, 2020
Patricia F. Kascavelis
7/21/1941 – 6/18/2020
Patricia F. Kascavelis, a gentle, loving soul, passed away Thursday afternoon at Mercy Medical Center after a brief illness. She was preceded in death by her mother Pauline Regoli and father Horace Muse and brother Donald R. Muse. She is survived by her loving husband of 54 years Bill...
Anthoula Isaklides
Jun 18, 2020
Anthoula Isaklides, age 84 of Canton, passed away on Thursday, June 18, 2020. She was born on March 13, 1936 to the late Jordan and Anatole Kalaitsides. She met and married Constantinos Isaklides, and started their family in Krya Brysi, Greece before moving to the United States in 1963. Anthoula spent her entire career cooking in some of the...
Madeline Rose (Gialluca) Meese-Pietrocola
Jun 15, 2020
Madeline Rose Meese-Pietrocola age 77 of North Canton, passed away Monday evening surrounded by her loving family. Born in Canton to the late William R. and Lucy (Bernardo) Gialluca, she was preceded in death by her first husband William Meese and second husband Albert Pietrocola. Madeline was a 1961 graduate of Canton South High School. She was a member...
Mila M. Juna
Jun 14, 2020
Mila Juna of North Canton, died peacefully at Aultman Hospital on June 14, 2020 in Canton, OH at the age of 89
She is survived by her son, Julius (LaChelle) Lettrich of Minerva, daughter, Michelle Diano of North Canton, stepdaughter, Peggy (Glenn) Corbin of Port Charlotte, FL, grandchildren, Ryan Humbert, Allison (Derek) Dorsett, Jonathan Price, Amber (Sammy)...
Norma G. (Ghazal) Karam
Jun 9, 2020
Norma G. (Ghazal) Karam age 73 of Canton, passed away Tuesday. Born in Lebanon to the late Yousef and Marie Ghazal she was preceded in death by her sister Georgette Hajjar. Norma enjoyed cooking for her family and friends, gardening, watching movies, attending various ethnic community festivals, a participant in many activities at the Myers Lake YMCA, and was...
William G. Booth
Jun 5, 2020
William G. Booth, age 88, formerly of Canton, passed away on Friday, June 5, 2020. He was born in North Canton on November 30, 1931 to the late Ernest and Harriet Booth. Bill was a Lehman High School graduate and soon after served in the U.S. Air Force. He then had a long career as an engineer at the...
Sharon M. (Fryman) Gingerich
Jun 4, 2020
Sharon M. Gingerich, age 65 of Canton, passed away Thursday, June 4 at Mercy Medical Center. Sharon was born in Toledo on September 29, 1954 to the late Jack and Margaret Fryman. She was a member of St. Peter Catholic Church. A graduate of Willard High School, Sharon started her banking career at Key Bank in 1986 where she...
Marguerite (Shaheen) Turk
Jun 4, 2020
Marguerite "Maggie" (Shaheen) Turk, age 87 of Canton, passed away Thursday evening. Born in Canton to the late Nicholas and Afifi (Haddad) Shaheen, she was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years Deeb Turk, brothers Carl, Fred, and George "Hogan" Shaheen. She is survived by her sons Jeff "JT" Turk, Nick and Monika Turk; grandchildren Gabriel Turk,...
Sharon D. Sterling-Elhage
May 28, 2020
Sharon D. Sterling-Elhage, age 58 of Canton, passed away on Thursday, May 28, 2020. She was born on August 11, 1961 in Toledo, Ohio. Sharon was a 1979 graduate of GlenOak High School; she continued her studies at the College of Wooster where she received her Bachelor's Degree in English. She was a nine-time All America Swimmer and was...
Jeffrey T. Buchanan
May 26, 2020
Jeffrey T. Buchanan
66 of Canton, went home to be with the Lord, on Tuesday May 26th, 2020.
He was born on August 2, 1953. He was a graduate of Oakwood High school class of 1971. Employed by Liberty Healthshare. He proudly served in the United States Army for 10+ years. He was a brilliant...
Matthew Wiederman
May 20, 2020
Matthew Wiederman, age 98, of Canton, went home to be with our Lord on the morning of Wednesday, May 20, 2020. He was born in Canton to the late Mathias and Anna Wiederman on August 4, 1921. Matt was a Canton McKinley graduate before proudly serving in the U.S. Army during WWII. He later was employed by Monarch Rubber...
Audrey Kay Lupfer
May 18, 2020
Audrey Kay Lupfer age 68 of Canton, passed away Monday, May 18th 2020. She was born in Altoona, PA December 1st 1951. She was preceded in death by her parents Charles Elmer Lupfer and Audrey Deloris (Burns) Lupfer. She is survived by her brother Bruce Lupfer, Sister Melody Lupfer, nephew Jeffrey Lupfer Sr. nieces Stephanie Lupfer (Michael) and Paula...
Betty J. Rossi
May 18, 2020
Betty J. (Dragomir) Rossi, age 84 of Massillon, passed away on Monday, May 18, 2020. She was born in Massillon on February 12, 1936. Betty was a 1954 Massillon High School graduate, and a member of St. Joan of Arc Parish. She was devoted to her family, and had many hobbies which included bocce, shopping and going to casinos....
Faye A. (Rex) Szymanski
May 17, 2020
Faye (Raffia Ann Rex) Szymanski
86, finished her race of faith and passed the finish line into her Lord's arms May 17, 2020. Born December 6, 1933, in the middle of the Great Depression to the late Michael and Filomena Rex in Canton, Ohio. Faye graduated Timken High School as the Secretary of her 1951 class. She...
Joseph R. Shurman
May 17, 2020
Joseph R. Shurman (Joe), age 87 of Canton, passed away Sunday at The Landings in Canton surrounded by family. Born in Canton to the late Joseph and Mary (Mihalco) Shurman, he was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 52 years, Nancy (Mucci) Shurman and brother William (Bill) Shurman of Canton. He attended Kent State University and served...
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