Russell Bentz Jr., 50, of Medina, went home to be with God on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008.
He was born in Trenton, N.J., the youngest child of Russell and Jean Bentz Sr. of Bordentown, N.J. Russell was employed by Norlake Manufacturing in Elyria as an electrical engineer. He was known to his family as “da man” [...]

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Capt. Richard Rex “Dick” Carlton, 77, of Colorado Springs, Colo., passed away Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008, at The Court of Colorado Springs Alzheimer’s Care Facility in Colorado Springs with his wife, son and daughter-in-law by his side.
He was born April 6, 1931, in Medina, one of 10 children of Floyd and Lena Carlton. After [...]

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Marilyn Cox, 81, of Medina, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008, in Strongsville.
She was born April 5, 1927, in Barberton. Mrs. Cox was a retired music teacher, having taught at Buckeye Elementary School. She loved music and playing the cello. She was a member of Medina United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Cox is survived by her husband, [...]

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June A. Craft, 79, of Hinckley Township, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008, in Medina.
She was born June 12, 1929, in Cleveland. She was a homemaker.
She is survived by her sons, Mel (Susan) Craft of Sharon Center and Ricky (Susan) Craft of Granger Township; daughters, Susan Craft of Puerto Rico and Wendy (Timothy) Dunkle of [...]

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Martha M. Jenkins, 96, of Medina, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008, at the Apostolic Christian Home.
She was born Sept. 7, 1912, in Wadsworth to Glenn and Grace (Farnsworth) Nixon. She was employed at the Ohio Match Co. for 33 years.
She is survived by her sisters, Hazel (Jack) Turek and Mary Jane Mallery, [...]

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Janette (Hooser) Kreiner, 60, of Middletown, Va., passed away Monday, Dec. 15, 2008, in Middletown.
She was born Jan. 21, 1948, in West Salem. She was a hairdresser for many years and a bartender at the Gazebo, the Moose Lodge in Medina and Medina Lanes. She was a member of Stephen’s City Moose Lodge in [...]

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Albert J. Mocher, 90, of Wadsworth, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008, at Altercare of Wadsworth.
He was born June 21, 1918, in Banning, Pa., to Joseph and Anna (Brugos) Mocher, and lived in Akron before moving to Wadsworth 27 years ago. He was employed at the Ohio Edison Co. for 35 years before retiring [...]

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Janice M. (nee Clarke) Pope, 86, has passed away.
She was the dear mother of Sherry (Paul) Dey and Laurie (Dennis) O’Brien; loving grandmother of Jeremiah, Josiah and Jennah O’Brien, Hannah (Andy) Rohde, Reid Emminger, Allison (Matthew) Schreiber, Gretchen (Mark) Tinay and Eric (Ashley) Dey; cherished great-grandmother of two; and sister of Jean Bomonti. She also [...]

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Jay O. Reynolds, 80, formerly of Valley City, went to his heavenly home Monday, Dec. 15, 2008.
He was born Nov. 25, 1928, in Spencer to Jay T. and Della Reynolds. He was a Valley City resident from 1942 to 1988, then moved to Medina, and just in March he moved to Sullivan Township. Jay [...]

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Linda J. Straub, 68, of Brunswick, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008, in Strongsville.
She was born Feb. 24, 1940, in Wheeling, W.Va. Mrs. Straub was a homemaker, mother and loving grandmother. She felt her job was to be there for her children and their children. She loved taking pictures of her grandchildren and her [...]

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