Area Obituaries

Orrville — Ella A. Yoder, age 80, of Orrville, died Thursday, November 19, 2020, at Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare in Wooster, following a period of declining health. Ella was born on March 20, 1940, in Holmes County, Ohio, to the late Abe and Amanda (Swartzentruber) Erb and married Levi D. Yoder on January 20, 1962, in…

Robert Clinton Sprunger, age 91, of Dalton died at his home on November 14, 2020. He was born at home in Benville, south of Dalton, on December 8, 1928, to the late Clinton and Verena (Gerber) Sprunger. He was a graduate of the Dalton High School class of 1946. On March 12, 1950, Robert married…

Daniel W. Heinzeroth, 78, of Navarre, has gone home to be with his Lord on November 13, 2020, following a brief period of declining health. He was born October 22, 1942, the son of CS Heinzeroth and Mildred Muriel Riggs of Carrollton. Dan accepted Jesus at the age of 11 and followed Him all of…

Nelson Troyer, 60 of Apple Creek, husband to Grace, father to TaCara and Trenton, stepped peacefully into heaven in his perfect new body Friday, November 13 after a brief illness. He was born near Sugarcreek on Nov 16, 1959 to Anna (Miller) and the late David Troyer.  He worked at Stark Truss for 30 years…

DALTON — Barbara A. Wade, age 97, of Dalton, formerly of Orrville, died Friday, November 13, 2020, at Shady Lawn Health Care Community in Dalton, following a period of declining health. Barbara was born on August 30, 1923, in Orrville, to the late Cornelius and Susan (Amstutz) Sprunger, attended Carson Newman College, and served in…

ORRVILLE — Charlie Boggs, age 66, of Orrville, died Wednesday, November 11, 2020, at Aultman Hospital in Canton, following a short illness. Charlie was born on March 31, 1954, in Orrville, to Charles and Alice (Bateman) Boggs and graduated from Orrville High School in 1972.  He married Marianne Edwards on March 21, 1981 in Dalton.…

Apple Creek- Jennie Lee Geiser, 73, passed away November 9, 2020, at Accord Care Community after a long and brave battle of declining health. Jennie was born on December 29, 1946, to Nina (McCloud) and Don McElroy in Orrville Ohio, where she also graduated (1965) and lived most of her adult life. She married Freeman…

Orrville – George R. Brown, 68, of Orrville, formerly of California, died unexpectedly Monday, November 9, 2020 at his residence. He was born February 2, 1952 in Los Angeles, California to the late James and Letha (Norris) Brown and has lived in Orrville for the past 15 years. George served in the U. S. Army…