All Obituaries

GARRETTSVILLE Arthur Williams, 54 years of age, passed away Monday June 18, 2018 at UH-Portage Medical Center in Ravenna. Arrangements will be announced by the Green Family Funeral Home & Crematory Service in Mantua.

MANTUA Brian Eugene Cole, 63 years of age, passed away at his home on Friday, June 15, 2018, after a long battle with cancer. Brian was born in Cleveland, Ohio on June 26, 1954, the son of the late Harry Eugene and Dolores Jean (Takash) Cole. He lived most of his life in Portage County, specifically Mantua Township, and was a 1972 graduate of Crestwood High School. He graduated from the University of Akron with a degree in...

STREETSBORO-MANTUA Dorothy E. Elnikar, 98 years of age, passed away Monday June 11, 2018 at her residence. Born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania on August 7, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Alice (Geary) Butt. A Greensboro, Pennsylvania resident for 56 years, she moved to Mantua in 1995 and then to Streetsboro in 2016. Mrs. Elnikar had been employed as a cook for 16 years at Mapletown, Pennsylvania Schools....

AURORA-WINDHAM Robert M. Weeks, 72 years of age, passed away Saturday June 2, 2018 at UH Portage Medical Center in Ravenna, Ohio. Born on February 4, 1946 in New London, CT., he was the son of the late Glenn and Fostine (Ryea) Weeks. A former longtime Windham resident he was a 1964 graduate of Windham High School, and had resided in Aurora the past 28 years. He had been employed at Reynolds Aluminum in Aurora as a Plant and Q.A. manager retiring in 1998....

RAVENNA Douglas T. Shead, 46 years of age, passed away Saturday June 2, 2018 at University Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. Born in Garfield Hts., Ohio on December 13, 1971, he was the son of the late Floyd and Betty (Pommier) Shead.  A lifetime Portage County resident, Doug had been a Ravenna resident since 2009. Doug was a 1990 graduate of Crestwood High School, and was employed at Viking Forge in Streetsboro in the...

GARRETTSVILLE Kathryn E. Hutchings, 84 years of age, passed away Friday June 1, 2018 at her residence. Born in Cleveland, Ohio on January 23, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Mary (Kopcsik) Toth. Kathryn grew up in Bainbridge, and was a 1952 graduate of Kenston High School. A resident of Garrettsville the past 20 years, she was a homemaker, and also had been employed for several years as a waitress at...

RAVENNA-SHALERSVILLE Janice C. “Jan” Willoughby, 78 years of age, passed away Friday June 1, 2018 at her residence. Jan was born in Alliance, Ohio on July 28, 1939, the daughter of the late John and Ethel (Hillman) Cathon.A graduate of Mentor High School in 1957, she had been a resident of the Ravenna-Shalersville area since 1959. She was employed as a Crestwood school bus driver retiring in 2001 after 40 years...

GARRETTSVILLE Donna Jean Craver, 79 years of age, passed away Thursday May 31, 2018 at University Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. Born in Wayland, Ohio on September 8, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Pearl (Pickle) Gardner. A resident of Garrettsville for the past 50 years, Mrs. Craver had been employed at Johnsonite Rubber in Middlefield retiring after 27 years of service. Mrs. Craver enjoyed gardening, quilting and baking, ...

WINDHAM-NEWTON FALLS Erik James Lough, 38 years of age, passed away of a lifelong illness Wednesday May 30, 2018. Erik was born in Ravenna, Ohio on March 4, 1980. Erik was a special boy who had not 1, but 2 loving mothers Suellen Rosier and Marsha Gibson, and 2 loving fathers Dave Shearer and James Rosier. A resident of Newton Falls since 1989, he had resided in Windham  most of his life where he was a 1999 graduate of...

AURORA Carol M. Toncar, 83 years of age, passed away Tuesday May 29, 2018 at her residence in Aurora. Born in Cleveland, Ohio on October 18, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Mae (Palek) Peterka. Mrs. Toncar grew up in Cleveland and was a graduate of John Adams High School. A resident of Aurora since 1966, she had been employed at Kent State University in the Administration Department as a grants and...