Well, I hope I live as long as my great grandfather, which means I won’t be famous for another 47 years. Gene loved to take photographs every Nancy Hoskins (nee Smedley), 84, passed away Friday. And I’ve heard it said that an artist is never famous until after their death. Donald John Kammer (Mad Dog), son of the late Maria Aquilia-Scialdone and Joseph Allen Kammer passed away at his home Octoat the age of 71, after a short battle with cancer. Jolly, 82, of Akron went home to be with the Lord, February 20, 2023. I can only hope that in another 100 years people will remember Olive the Woolly Bugger. So it would seem that the book business is in my blood. Calling Hours will be held Wednesday, May 24th, 2023 from 6-8pm at Hopkins Lawver Funeral Home, 547 Canton Rd, Akron. Eight years later, Saalfield bought the department and moved it into a plant in South Akron, where it grew over the years into the Saalfield Publishing Company, the largest publisher of children’s books in the world. Urdiales, Patsy (Pat) G.- of Akron-Springfield, Ohio, age 80, died Saturday, May 20th, 2023 at Stone Creek Assisted Living in Alliance. Saalfield came to Akron and became manager of the company’s trade book department. The article also mentions that in 1900:Īrthur J. I know for a fact that the company also printed a set of leather-bound encyclopedias because I have a few volumes, sitting in a box somewhere, slowly decaying (the price to restore them was cost-prohibitive the last time I checked). The Beacon Journal has won four Pulitzer Prizes: in 1968, 1971, 19. The papers coverage focuses on local news. Owned by Gannett, it is the sole daily newspaper in Akron and is distributed throughout Northeast Ohio. The article points out that the Werner Printing and Lithograph Company printed state law books, catalogues and did some commercial printing. The Akron Beacon Journal is a morning newspaper in Akron, Ohio, United States. Search obits for your ancestors, relatives, friends. Of course, he was only 91 at the time so it only stands to reason! 2005 2016 Akron Beacon Journal: Blogs obituary and death notices in Akron, Ohio. 2016 DEC 12 11:00 AM Funeral service Hummel Funeral Homes - Akron 500 East Exchange Street Send Flowers Guest Book Not sure what to say Get email updates for this page Posting Guidelines. I was a wee lad of 4-1/2 years when our family took a trip to Akron, and I remember him being a kind, fun man who was full of vitality. I had the pleasure of meeting Pop in 1967. He lived to the ripe old age of 96 and enjoyed a life of excellent health, right up until the end when he died peacefully in his sleep. At the time my great grandfather was 83 years old and had been retired from the printing business since 1941. Printer” by the Akron Club of Printing House Craftsmen. It announced that “Pop” was being honored as “Mr. The collection of old family photos also included some newspaper clippings, one of which in particular I found very interesting. The article below is from the Beacon Journal, dated June 14.
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