Area Obituaries

Clarence Wayne DeVore, age 83, of Orrville, passed away Tuesday May 9, 2023 at Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare in Wooster, following a period of declining health. Clarence was a lifelong resident of Ohio, born on June 30, 1939 in Rush Twp, Tuscarawas County.  He went to school and grew up in Deersville.  Later, he lived much…

Orrville — Fred H. Seckel Sr., age 76, of Orrville, died Sunday, May 14, 2023, at his residence in Orrville, following a period of declining health. Fred was born on February 13, 1947, in Orrville, Ohio, to the late Paul and Freda (Studer) Seckel, graduated from Orrville High School in 1965, and served as a…

Orrville — Joy L. Becker, age 64, of Orrville, formerly of Urbana, IL, died Monday, May 15, 2023, at LifeCare Hospice in Wooster, following a period of declining health. Joy was born on July 22, 1958, in Barnesville, Ohio, to the late Edmond and Charlotte (Haslam) Friesel and attended Tuslaw High School.  She worked as…

Anna Elizabeth Geiser Amstutz Neuenschwander was born April 24, 1926 near Kidron, Ohio. She was the second oldest and first daughter of David and Etta (Gerber) Geiser. She grew up working hard on the family farm. Her first language was Swiss and she did not learn to speak English until she started school at six…

Joyce A. (Yoder) Zurcher, 89, of Wilmot, OH, passed away on Thursday, May 11th, 2023 at Walnut Hills Nursing Home following a period of declining health. Born Sun. Sept. 17, 1933, to the late Nelson A. and Lillian A. (Shanower) Yoder, she grew up in Wilmot, attended school there and in Beach City, graduating in…

Marshallville — Maxine Sommerfeldt, age 91, of Marshallville, passed away Thursday, May 11, 2023, at her home in Marshallville surrounded by her family, following a period of declining health. Maxine was born on November 19, 1931, in Marshallville, Ohio, to the late Harry and Ellen (Lance) Werntz and graduated from Dalton High School in 1949.…

Gene Bryant Nussbaum, 60, a resident of Rockingham, VA formerly of Phoenix, AZ area, passed away on Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at his home. Gene was born on November 27,1962 in Orrville, OH and was a son of Gordon Everette and Marjorie Ann Gerber Nussbaum of Dalton, OH. On April 7, 1984 at Oak Grove Mennonite…

WOOSTER — Kevin Joseph McAllister, age 44, of Wooster, formerly of Orrville, died Thursday, May 4, 2023, at the Cleveland Clinic, following a year and a half battle with Ewing’s Sarcoma cancer. Kevin was born on March 8, 1979, in Orrville, to James and Rita (Dowdell) McAllister and graduated from Orrville High School 1997.  He…

Orrville — Eudora “Dori” I. Avey, age 85, of Orrville, died Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at Aultman Hospital in Canton, following a period of declining health. Dori was born on October 5, 1937, in Canaan, Ohio, to the late Howard and Violet (Boyes) Bell and graduated from Norwayne High School. Then graduated in 1955 from…