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Linda Sue (Overholt)  Ackerman

Linda Sue (Overholt) Ackerman

Jan 29, 2022

Linda Sue Ackerman, age 76, of Tallmadge, Ohio, formerly of Davenport, Florida and Uhrichsville, Ohio, passed away peacefully Saturday, January 29, 2022.   Linda was born November 6, 1945 in Dennison, Ohio.  She was the daughter of the late Delbert R. Overholt and Ada Merle Watson Overholt.

Her husband of 54 years, David Walter Ackerman, Jr., died November...

Lainey Rae Downie

Lainey Rae Downie

Jan 22, 2022

She was born December 29, 2001 in Riverside Hospital, Columbus; daughter of Matthew Scott Downie and Linette Rae Sproull Downie.

Lainey was a 2020 graduate of the Focus Learning Academy, Columbus, Ohio. She was working at Papa John's Pizza in Grove City and had also worked at Petland in Grove City where she planned to return back...

Jeannette Donnabelle (Bunfill)  Shepherd

Jeannette Donnabelle (Bunfill) Shepherd

Jan 21, 2022

Jeannette Donnabelle Bunfill Shepherd, age 80, of Freeport died in the home of her daughter-in-law at 6:25 a.m. Friday, January 21, 2022.

She was born November 28, 1941 in Sewellsville, Ohio, a daughter of the late Margie Viola Hunt Bunfill and Donald Willis Bunfill.

Jeannette graduated in 1958 from Barnesville High School, Barnesville, Ohio, worked...

Emma Rayne Pulley

Emma Rayne Pulley

Jan 2, 2022

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Russell Eugene Gardner

Russell Eugene Gardner

Dec 16, 2021

Russell Eugene Gardner, age 81, of Massillon formerly of Tippecanoe died at 10:35 a.m., Thursday, December 16, 2021 in Altercare of Navarre Nursing Home following a brief illness.

He was born November 15, 1940 in rural Tippecanoe to the late Sherman Oscar Gardner and Pauline Mae Hines Gardner.

Russell was a 1958 graduate of Freeport...

Edna Joyce (Kinsey)  Lannum

Edna Joyce (Kinsey) Lannum

Dec 5, 2021

Edna Joyce Lannum, age 93, of Northwood Village in Dover, formerly of Ravenna and Freeport, died unexpectedly Sunday, December 5, 2021 at 11:15 a.m. in Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital, Dover, Ohio.

She was born May 18, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late Frederick Wayne   Kinsey and Frances Burson Perkins Kinsey.

Little Edna...

Larry Eugene "Wellsie" Wells

Larry Eugene "Wellsie" Wells

Nov 23, 2021

Born February 8, 1943 in Freeport, Ohio he was a son of the late Charles Vernon Wells and Helen Beatrice McKibben Wells.

Larry was a 1962 graduate of Lakeland High School where he played drums in the band and was in the FFA. Larry retired from the Freeport Press in 2006 where he was a press operator...

Mary Irene (Milburn)  Hodkinson

Mary Irene (Milburn) Hodkinson

Oct 7, 2021

Mary Irene Hodkinson, age 88, of 33920 Old Piedmont Road, Flushing died peacefully at home at 1:40 p.m. Thursday, October 7, 2021.

Irene was born November 22, 1932 in Tuscarawas, Ohio; a daughter of the late Frank B. Milburn and Mildred V. Fiester Milburn.

She was a 1950 graduate of Tuscarawas High School. After graduation...

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