Area Obituaries

ORRVILLE — Mark Christopher Miller, age 73, of Orrville, died Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at the J. T. Rogers Hospice Care Center in Fairlawn, following a period of declining health due to lung cancer. He was born on May 5, 1950, in Wadsworth, to the late Joseph Roland and Mary Luella (Moran) Miller and attended…

ORRVILLE — M. Louvone McHenry, age 92, of Orrville, died Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at Accord Care Community in Orrville, following a period of declining health. Louvone was born on January 22, 1931, in Gilmer County, West Virginia, to the late Worthy and Madeline (Frashure) Helmick. She married Claude E. McHenry Sr. on July 21,…

DALTON – Walter Domer Jr., age 80, passed away on May 27, 2023. Born on June 25, 1942 in Dalton to the late Walter Sr. and Mae (Curie) Domer, he was a life resident and 1960 graduate of Dalton High School. Walter worked at Johnson Hardware in Orrville for 28 years and then became owner/operator…

Zoe Ann Wilson, 65, of Wooster passed away Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at Cleveland Clinic Main Campus. She was born on July 27, 1957 in Wooster the daughter of Wade and Georgene Keim Cornelius.  She married Joe Wilson.  He preceded her in death in 2011. Zoe worked as a pharmacy technician at the Wooster Walmart…

Kay LaVonne (Kaiser) Burkett of Massillon, OH joined the communion of saints on May 26 at the age of 86. Kay was preceded in death by her parents, Ruth Esther (McConnell) Kaiser and Robert W. Kaiser, her brother Donald R. Kaiser, and her husband, William J. Burkett. Kay is lovingly remembered by sons Jeff of…

Marshallville — John H. Most, age 93, of Marshallville, died Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at Orrville Pointe JAG Healthcare in Orrville, following a period of declining health. John was born on August 21, 1929, in Massillon, Ohio, to John and Helen (Ott) Most. His father, John, died before his birth. His mother was remarried to…

Orrville — Freda LaVonne Owens, age 55, of Orrville, died Tuesday, May 23, 2023, at Aultman Hospital in Canton, following a period of declining health. Freda was born on March 28, 1968, in Deepwater, West Virginia, to the late Eddie and Mamie (Mosley) Jones and graduated from Orrville High School in 1986.  She worked as…

Wayne S. Loudiana, 78, of Navarre, passed away on Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at Altercare of Navarre. He was born in Massillon on June 30, 1944 to the late Oliver and Mary Elizabeth (Leifer) Loudiana and married Susan Stover on December 17, 1977 and she survives. Wayne was a lifelong farmer and was a school…

ORRVILLE — Stephen F. (Steve) Handwerk passed away on May 21, 2023 in Wooster, Ohio after a period of declining health. He was born November 18, 1946, to Ruth (Flint) and Walter Handwerk in Orrville, attended Orrville City Schools and graduated in 1965.  He played football all four years of high school.  After high school…

Dalton, OH – James Robert “Bob” Lemon, age 89, of Dalton, Ohio, and formerly of Beaver, Ohio, died in the early morning of May 19, 2023, at his home in Heritage Green. Bob was born September 2, 1933, in Paint Valley, just outside of Millersburg in Holmes County, Ohio, to the late Harvey “Jim” and Mabel…