All Obituaries

Deborah Renee Pivonka Fuller, age 60, 6711 Atkinson Creek Road, Freeport, Ohio died at    7:51 p.m. Thursday, February 7, 2019 in Cleveland Clinic from complications following a liver transplant on December 24, 2018. Debbie was born January 6, 1959 in Akron, Ohio, a daughter of the late Louis Pivonka, Jr. and Evelyn Rosetta Farmer Pivonka. She was a 1977 graduate of Lakeland High School and pursued her education at Belmont College. Debbie liked to sew and make blankets and...

Opal Doris Davidson Gibson, age 73, of Uhrichsville died at 5:34 P.M. Sunday, February 3, 2019 in Trinity Twin City Hospital in Dennison. Opal was born in Dennison on October 10, 1945 to the late Harry Weston Davidson and Mildred Marie Staley Davidson. She grew up in the West Chester, Dennison, and Uhrichsville area. She was a housewife and homemaker. Member of the Lighthouse Christian Church of New Philadelphia, former member of the Tippecanoe Nazarene Church, and a former member of the...

Frank Edward Rice, III, age 55 of 81165 Hines Road, Cadiz, Ohio died at 12:50 a.m. Sunday, January 20, 2019 in Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling, West Virginia. He was the son of Frank Edward Rice II of Bristol, Indiana and the late Mary Jane Thompson Moreland. He was born September 8, 1963. He was a 1981 graduate of Cadiz High School. Frank was formerly employed at 250 Speedway Race Track near Cadiz, until he became disabled. He was an avid fan of the Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Indians, and...

Michael Alan "Mick" Bouska 65, of Bargersville, Indiana, formerly from Freeport, Ohio, went home to the loving arms of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at 4:21 am Tuesday, January 8, 2019. Mick was born June 1, 1953 in Carlsbad, New Mexico. He is the son of the late Frank and Helen (Greenwalt) Bouska. He graduated from Lakeland High School in 1971 and attended Kent State University, Ravenna to pursue his passion for music. He started playing the drums at nine years old and...

Carol Edith Gay, age 78, of 71219 Hendrysburg-Freeport Road, Piedmont died at11:45 p.m. Sunday, December 2, 2018 in Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling, West Virginia. She was born June 29, 1940 in Midland, Michigan to the late Leo Champine and Anna Razney. Carol was a 1958 graduate of Midland High School in Michigan and continued her education at Belmont Tech College, St. Clairsville, Ohio where she received an associate’s degree in business administration. She work for NCR in Cambridge as...

          Robert Joseph Stewart, age 83, of Cadiz, formerly of Holloway, died at 2:44 p.m. Tuesday, November 27, 2018 in Carriage Inn of Cadiz.           Born January 2, 1935 in Deton, Kentucky, he was a son of the late Carl M. Stewart and Margaret Young Stewart.           He was a veteran of the United States Air Force and he drove truck for various coal...

Frederick Erwin Blair, age 85, of West Chester / Tippecanoe passed from this world into God’s arms at 7:51 p.m.  Wednesday, November 7, 2018 in the Truman House Community Hospice, New Philadelphia, Ohio. Fred was born October 12, 1933 in Rainelle, West Virginia. He was a son of the late Lazarus Hobart Blair and Mabel Adridge Patterson Blair. He was a graduate of Rainelle High School in 1952. He was a veteran of the United States Army, serving his country from 1953 to 1956. Fred...

Larry Raymond Curnutte, age 31, died at 6:43 p.m. Sunday, November 4, 2018 at his home in Freeport. Born February 1, 1987 in Columbus, Ohio he was a son of Danny R Curnutte of Stout, Ohio and Donna Fritter of Freeport.  In 2006 Larry graduated from Harrison Central High School and Belmont-Harrison JVS where he studied auto collision repair. Larry had worked for several area auto body shops and continued his training by attending Sherwin-Williams Painting School in Atlanta, Georgia. He...

Ross Franklin Best, Jr., age 80, of 907 North 1st Street, Dennison died at 8:20 p.m. Saturday, October 27, 2018 in Aultman Hospital, Canton, Ohio.  Born in June 29, 1938 in Dennison, Ohio to the late Ross Franklin Best, Sr. and Helen Christine Coverdale. Ross was a United States Army veteran, serving eleven years from 1955 to 1966 stationed in Germany. He worked for Briggs and Turvis of Dennison where he was a welder rebuilding railroad cars and retired with a medical disability. He...

Susan Ann Redden, age 75, died peacefully in her home in Deersville at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, October 20, 2018. Born April 16, 1943 in Hagerstown, Maryland to the late Pauline Pavlicko. Susan was deeply religious, loved her cats. Surviving are a son, H. Michael Redden of Parma, a daughter, Deborah (Bernard) Konanec of North Ridgeville, seven grandchildren: Michael Redden Bulkoski, Elizabeth Konanec Perry, Arielle Davis, Miranda Redden, Jeremy Redden, Mitchell Redden, and Aaron Donahue; and...