Obituaries

Brian David Giltinan Served 8 years as officer in U.S. Navy Brian David Giltinan, 39, of Hudson and formerly of Edinboro, Pa., died April 30, 2008, at his home after a 4 1/2-year battle with sarcoma. Born May 6, 1968, in Cleveland, Mr. Giltinan was a...  Read Story.

Kathleen L. (nee Lewis) Yoder Registered nurse Kathleen L. (nee Lewis) Yoder, 57, a 15-year resident of Hudson, died April 28, 2008, at Akron General Health and Wellness Center North in Stow. She was born Dec. 9, 1950 in Downey, Calif. She was a...  Read Story.

Rosanne Kennon Schollenberger Volunteered for Hudson schools Rosanne Kennon Schollenberger, 85, a long-time Hudson resident, died April 24, 2008, at the Gardens of the Western Reserve in Cuyahoga Falls. Mrs. Schollenberger was born June 25, 1922, in...  Read Story.

Gertrude J. 'Jo' Miller Volunteered in Kent Gertrude J. "Jo" Miller, 98, of Stow died April 20, 2008. She was born April 25, 1909, in Scotia, N.Y., grew up in Newark, N.J., and raised her family in Hampton, Conn. She was married to George W. Miller for...  Read Story.

Dorothea W. Sutton Elementary teacher, principal Dorothea W. Sutton, 92, died April 19, 2008, at her residence at Laurel Lake in Hudson. She was born in Cleveland Feb. 9, 1916, to Frank and Minnie Schwabe. She and her family moved to Hudson in 1953, and...  Read Story.

Mary Ellen Semko Mother of two Mary Ellen Semko, 92, of Hudson died April 11, 2008. She was born Feb. 19, 1916 in Cleveland. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry; parents, Francesco and Vittoria Fiorillo; and siblings, Carmen Fiorillo, Joseph...  Read Story.

Donald L. Sidebottom Army veteran Donald L. Sidebottom, 70, of Versailles, Ky., formerly of Hudson, died April 19, 2008. Born in Louisville, Ky., he was a son of the late Louis and Mary Viola Gardner Sidebottom. Following retirement, he moved to...  Read Story.

Anna M. Lawler Founding member of Hudson EMS Anna M. Lawler (nee Donohue), 81, of Hudson died April 20, 2008, at Crown Center of Laurel Lake. She was a registered nurse having graduated from St. Vincent's School of Nursing in New York. She was a member...  Read Story.

William Sample Barrack Jr. U.S. Navy veteran William Sample Barrack Jr., 80, of New Canaan, Conn., died April 17, 2008. He was born July 26, 1929, in Pittsburgh, and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1950. He was a U.S....  Read Story.

Mary Caroline Kelling (nee Green) Active at Hudson Woman's Club Mary Caroline Kelling (nee Green), 92, a Hudson resident for more than 53 years, died April 10, 2008. She was born in Cambridge and grew up in Portsmouth, where she graduated from...  Read Story.

Mary A. Groborchik Member of St. Mary Church Mary A. Groborchik, 93, of Hudson died April 5, 2008. Born in Cleveland, she was a member of Hudson Senior Citizens and St. Mary Church, where she belonged to the Women's Guild. She was preceded in death by...  Read Story.

Ruth M. McDonnell Was a surgical supervisor Ruth M. McDonnell (nee Murray), 84, of Stow died March 28, 2008. Born in Cuyahoga Falls, she attended Sacred Heart Academy, graduated from St. Vincent High School, received her nursing degree from St. Thomas...  Read Story.

Elizabeth Vizmeg Grandmother of 20 Elizabeth Vizmeg, 87, of Stow died April 5, 2008. She was born July 29, 1920, in Nikinci, Srem in Yugoslavia. She came to America in 1981 to join her family in Stow. A member of the Apostolic Christian Church in West...  Read Story.

Ann Maher Volunteered at Selby Gardens Ann Maher, 81, of Holmes Beach, Fla., formerly of Hudson, died March 31, 2008. A 31-year resident of Anna Maria Island, Mrs. Maher was a volunteer with Selby Gardens in Sarasota, the Holmes Beach Chamber of...  Read Story.

Patricia Catherine Johnston (Randol) Volunteered at Cleveland Art Museum Patricia Catherine Johnston (Randol), 84, of Bellevue, Wash., formerly of Hudson, died March 26, 2008. She was born Feb. 15, 1924, in Vandergrift, Pa., to Harold and Hazel Skemp....  Read Story.

Robert E. Collins U.S. Navy veteran Robert E. Collins, 79, of Streetsboro died March 27, 2008. Born in Cleveland, he was a 40-year resident of Orange Village, moving to Streetsboro in 2006. A U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean Conflict, Mr. Collins had...  Read Story.

Ettabelle Schwartz Worked at Hudson book shop Ettabelle Schwartz, 70, of Stow died March 31, 2008. She was active as a volunteer with the Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library, serving as president of the Friends of the Library for several years. Mrs....  Read Story.

June Hamlin Williams Mother four, grandmother of six June Hamlin Williams, 89, of Hudson died March 25, 2008. Born to Henry and Maud Hamlin on July 10, 1919, in Sioux Falls, S.D., she graduated from The College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minn. as a...  Read Story.

harry l. baab Army veteran Harry L. Baab, 77, a Hudson resident for 50 years, died March 19, 2008, in DeLand, Fla. Born in Wayne Co. Feb. 13, 1931, he served in the U.S. Army Engineer Corps from 1949 to 1952 in Alaska during the Korean War. He married...  Read Story.

Henry G. Lex Jr. Loved traveling Henry G. Lex Jr., 75, of Hudson died March 26, 2008. He is survived by his wife, Janice (nee Pritzlaff); children, Laurie (Jeff) Lafferty, Vicki (Chip) Lex-Booth and David (Nancy) Lex; grandchildren, Andrew, Joshua,...  Read Story.