In Memoriam

Recent alumni passings of note: Rita Allman Halco '44 Rita was another of our WHS 70+ "high school sweethearts" along with her husband Andy ('42). She was the Quality Assurance Inspector at Central States Cans and an avid Tigers, Browns, and Indians fan along with anything her grandchildren did. John Tsocheff '44 John could speak six languages and was often the neighborhood translator! He...
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Recent alumni passings of note: John David ’36 John was a member of the prominent David Family of Massillon and was a student manager on Paul Brown’s 1933-34-35 teams. He served in World War II and it has been told he had a chance meeting to play ping-pong with then General Eisenhower, the future president. In true Massillon Tiger style, he defeated the general, who was not...
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Recent alumni passings of note: Don Liebermann '41 Don was an active member of his class reunions and one of the longest active, oldest boosters of the Massillon Tigers. In addition to the booster club, he was active in the Massillon Kiwanis. Don loved working with wood and was a master wood carver who in his spare time taught wood carving at R.G. Drage and Canton Vocational...
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Recent alumni passings of note: Robert Heitger '38 Robert was part of one of Massillon's longest, continuous family owned businesses with the Heitger Funeral Services. He served in World War 2 and was awarded two Bronze Stars, a Silver Star, and a Purple Heart for his efforts. After the war he returned to Massillon and the family business where he became one of Ohio's longest licensees in his...
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Recent alumni passings of note: Mary Nemeth Strukel '54 Member of the Massillon Board of Education, she initiated the Massillon Tigers license plate campaign. Mary was a proud booster of all Tiger programs, but especially the Massillon Tiger Swing Band, of which she was a 3-star member. Anthony Morelli '82 Anthony was a police officer for the city of Westerville, Ohio, and his murder in the...
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The passing of the following alumni and faculty has been reported to the Alumni Association office: Dr. Carl Zepp '40 Carl was the long-time team dentist for the Massillon Tigers, from the 1960s through the mid-1980s.   Irene Rizos Brown '40 Irene was a devoted member of the Class of 1940 and the WHSAA. Do you remember the Rizos Steak House? That was her family.   Richard Wenzel...
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The passing of the following alumni has been reported to the Alumni Association office: John Nicewander '33 John was one of our oldest alums at age 102. He worked for the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930's. He attempted, with his son's assistance, to contact all his surviving classmates for a "paper reunion" while in his early 90's. Virginia Patterson Reynolds-Rogers '42 Virginia went...
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A Remembrance by John Burton Harold D. Germer died on April 7, 2016 in Jacksonville, Florida at the Baptist Medical Center as a result of complications from lung cancer. He is survived by his wife, Laura; their son and daughter-in-law, Paul and Jenifer Germer; their son and daughter-in-law, John Germer and Frances Prince; and their daughter, son-in-law, and grandson, Beth, Mike, and Cole...
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