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Saturday, June 10, 2017Funeral services set for Dante Latora, Portage student killed in crashPORTAGE, MI-- Condolences were pouring in from around the country Friday as word spread of the death of Dante Latora, the Portage Central High School student and standout wrestler killed in a car crash in Virginia.Dante, 17, was bound for Virginia Beach and the NHSCA National Wrestling tournament there this weekend when his car left I-95 and crashed into a tree at around 12 a.m. March 23. His family and friends learned of his death Thursday morning, authorities said.Langeland Family Funeral Homes will be handing funeral arrangements, but no obituary or service information is yet available, staff there said.In Virginia Beach on Friday morning, participants observed a moment of silence in Dante's memory before the wrestling tournament began, according to Virginia Beach Convention Center staff.Back in Portage, students from Portage Northern High School across town wore blue and gold, Portage Central's school colors, as a tribute to their classmate, a gesture...
Monday, March 06, 2017The Decort Funeral Home owner is 33 years old – just a few years shy of the age of the average Cambria County overdose victim last year.Decort said he has watched onetime classmates, old friends and Portage neighbors struggle with addiction.And sometimes they've ended up inside a coffin in his Main Street funeral parlor."When it's people you grew up with ... it hits close to home," Decort said.'The wrong thing'Decort said he tries to erase the stigmas that still follow overdose victims – that they all are impoverished, lonely and down on their luck."Every drug-related funeral I've had, they were people who came from great families," Decort said. "It's not as simple as people think."People from all walks of life struggle with addictions – whether it's alcoholism, hoarding or heroin, he said.It doesn't mean those addicts were bad people."They just got caught up in the wrong thing," Decort said.And too often "the wrong thing" wins out, Hoffman Funeral Home co-owner Chris Hoffman said."A lot of times, it's a young addict just out of rehab," Hoffman said. "They think they are clean – and their family thinks they are clean – and all of a sudden they are back to using again."They think they can just go back to the dose they were using."But this time, their bodies cannot take it, Hoffman said.Sometimes the young embrace the misguided notion that they are invincible, Hoffman said.Drugs such as heroin and Fentanyl beg to differ – and they don't discriminate, said William T. Hindman.Many times, drugs are claiming people well into middle-age – "people you would never think have this kind of problem. But they do," said Hindman, whose family operates funeral homes in Johnstown, Hastings and Hyndman, Bedford County."It's tragic," he said.'Slaves' to addictionHoffman said his family's Davidsville and Boswell locations handled funerals for five overdose victims last year.In the past six weeks, he's had three more.Harris said his Johnstown and Conemaugh funeral homes handled a dozen last year.Late last year, he laid four to rest in one month.Hindman said there are times his funeral homes average one a week.Figures vary from one funeral home location to another, but Hindman said the per...
Sunday, February 12, 2017John Joseph NorrisJohn Joseph NorrisOviedo, Florida - John Joseph Norris, age 86 of Oviedo, passed away Sunday, January 22, 2017. He was born May 27, 1930 in Portage, Ohio. He is an Army Veteran and served as an small arms instructor at Fort Knox, KY.John was the first in his family to graduate college. He loved Ohio State football, "Go Bucks!" He was a master gardener and lived by the motto "one man's trash is another man's treasure". He had many treasures stashed in his garage, basement, and under the deck. John had worked at Purina Co. and retired from American Water Works in Richmond.He is survived by his wife, Ruth Norris, Oviedo, FL; daughter, Penny O'Neal (Pat), Oviedo, FL; and son, Daniel (Debra) of Richmond, IN; Granddaughters Megan Berrios (Alfredo), Orlando, FL,; Mia O'Neal and great granddaughter Alessandra Berrios, many nieces and nephews across the country.The family will receive friends on Saturday, February 4, 2017 from 2-3 PM at Baldwin Fairchild Funeral Home, Oviedo Chapel with a Celebration of Life Service beginning at 3 PM. A reception will follow the service at the funeral home. Arrangements entrusted to Baldwin Fairchi...
Monday, January 02, 2017Funeral service will be held on Friday, January 6, 2017 at 11 a.m. at the Zak-Thacker & Monbarren Funeral Home, 132 N. Portage St., Doylestown, 44230 with Pastor Nathan Robinson, officiating. Burial to take place at Chestnut Hill Cemetery.Family will receive friends on Thursday from 4 to 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to your local Humane Society.Online obituary and guest registry are available at www.zakmonbarrenfh.comThis article passed through the Full-Text RSS service - if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers.Recommended article: The Guardian's Summary of Julian Assange's Interview Went Viral and Was Completely False.
Monday, November 07, 2016Margaret Sue Taylor, 59 years, passed away on November 3, 2016 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, MO with her family by her side.Margaret was born March 12, 1957 in Portageville, MO to Jimmy Ray and Venie Mae (Aaron) Downey.Margaret and Jerry McMullen together have had 23 wonderful years.Margaret was raised in the Pentecostal Faith. Margaret’s joy was spending time with all her family. She enjoyed reading books, putting puzzles together, and color painting books.Margaret was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, David and Carl Downey, and a niece, Shelly Downey.Margaret is survived by her companion, Jerry McMullen, Ava, MO, four children, Patricia Downey, Jessica Hackworth, Susan Cathcart, and James Taylor, Jr., three grandchildren, Justin & wife, Jessica Gladson, Jacob Cathcart, and Jesse McCracken, three great grandchildren, Sean, Phoenix, and Emily, four brothers, Dennis Downey, Denver Downey, Mike & Laura Downey, and Ricky Downey, four sisters, Leona & Larry Sanders, Nancy & Steve Cahoon, Deana & Mike Reichling, and Barb & Tim Young, many nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.Cremation services for...
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Saturday, June 10, 2017Funeral services set for Dante Latora, Portage student killed in crashPORTAGE, MI-- Condolences were pouring in from around the country Friday as word spread of the death of Dante Latora, the Portage Central High School student and standout wrestler killed in a car crash in Virginia.Dante, 17, was bound for Virginia Beach and the NHSCA National Wrestling tournament there this weekend when his car left I-95 and crashed into a tree at around 12 a.m. March 23. His family and friends learned of his death Thursday morning, authorities said.Langeland Family Funeral Homes will be handing funeral arrangements, but no obituary or service information is yet available, staff there said.In Virginia Beach on Friday morning, participants observed a moment of silence in Dante's memory before the wrestling tournament began, according to Virginia Beach Convention Center staff.Back in Portage, students from Portage Northern High School across town wore blue and gold, Portage Central's school colors, as a tribute to their classmate, a gesture...
Monday, March 06, 2017The Decort Funeral Home owner is 33 years old – just a few years shy of the age of the average Cambria County overdose victim last year.Decort said he has watched onetime classmates, old friends and Portage neighbors struggle with addiction.And sometimes they've ended up inside a coffin in his Main Street funeral parlor."When it's people you grew up with ... it hits close to home," Decort said.'The wrong thing'Decort said he tries to erase the stigmas that still follow overdose victims – that they all are impoverished, lonely and down on their luck."Every drug-related funeral I've had, they were people who came from great families," Decort said. "It's not as simple as people think."People from all walks of life struggle with addictions – whether it's alcoholism, hoarding or heroin, he said.It doesn't mean those addicts were bad people."They just got caught up in the wrong thing," Decort said.And too often "the wrong thing" wins out, Hoffman Funeral Home co-owner Chris Hoffman said."A lot of times, it's a young addict just out of rehab," Hoffman said. "They think they are clean – and their family thinks they are clean – and all of a sudden they are back to using again."They think they can just go back to the dose they were using."But this time, their bodies cannot take it, Hoffman said.Sometimes the young embrace the misguided notion that they are invincible, Hoffman said.Drugs such as heroin and Fentanyl beg to differ – and they don't discriminate, said William T. Hindman.Many times, drugs are claiming people well into middle-age – "people you would never think have this kind of problem. But they do," said Hindman, whose family operates funeral homes in Johnstown, Hastings and Hyndman, Bedford County."It's tragic," he said.'Slaves' to addictionHoffman said his family's Davidsville and Boswell locations handled funerals for five overdose victims last year.In the past six weeks, he's had three more.Harris said his Johnstown and Conemaugh funeral homes handled a dozen last year.Late last year, he laid four to rest in one month.Hindman said there are times his funeral homes average one a week.Figures vary from one funeral home location to another, but Hindman said the per...
Sunday, February 12, 2017John Joseph NorrisJohn Joseph NorrisOviedo, Florida - John Joseph Norris, age 86 of Oviedo, passed away Sunday, January 22, 2017. He was born May 27, 1930 in Portage, Ohio. He is an Army Veteran and served as an small arms instructor at Fort Knox, KY.John was the first in his family to graduate college. He loved Ohio State football, "Go Bucks!" He was a master gardener and lived by the motto "one man's trash is another man's treasure". He had many treasures stashed in his garage, basement, and under the deck. John had worked at Purina Co. and retired from American Water Works in Richmond.He is survived by his wife, Ruth Norris, Oviedo, FL; daughter, Penny O'Neal (Pat), Oviedo, FL; and son, Daniel (Debra) of Richmond, IN; Granddaughters Megan Berrios (Alfredo), Orlando, FL,; Mia O'Neal and great granddaughter Alessandra Berrios, many nieces and nephews across the country.The family will receive friends on Saturday, February 4, 2017 from 2-3 PM at Baldwin Fairchild Funeral Home, Oviedo Chapel with a Celebration of Life Service beginning at 3 PM. A reception will follow the service at the funeral home. Arrangements entrusted to Baldwin Fairchi...
Monday, January 02, 2017Funeral service will be held on Friday, January 6, 2017 at 11 a.m. at the Zak-Thacker & Monbarren Funeral Home, 132 N. Portage St., Doylestown, 44230 with Pastor Nathan Robinson, officiating. Burial to take place at Chestnut Hill Cemetery.Family will receive friends on Thursday from 4 to 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to your local Humane Society.Online obituary and guest registry are available at www.zakmonbarrenfh.comThis article passed through the Full-Text RSS service - if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers.Recommended article: The Guardian's Summary of Julian Assange's Interview Went Viral and Was Completely False.
Monday, November 07, 2016Margaret Sue Taylor, 59 years, passed away on November 3, 2016 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, MO with her family by her side.Margaret was born March 12, 1957 in Portageville, MO to Jimmy Ray and Venie Mae (Aaron) Downey.Margaret and Jerry McMullen together have had 23 wonderful years.Margaret was raised in the Pentecostal Faith. Margaret’s joy was spending time with all her family. She enjoyed reading books, putting puzzles together, and color painting books.Margaret was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, David and Carl Downey, and a niece, Shelly Downey.Margaret is survived by her companion, Jerry McMullen, Ava, MO, four children, Patricia Downey, Jessica Hackworth, Susan Cathcart, and James Taylor, Jr., three grandchildren, Justin & wife, Jessica Gladson, Jacob Cathcart, and Jesse McCracken, three great grandchildren, Sean, Phoenix, and Emily, four brothers, Dennis Downey, Denver Downey, Mike & Laura Downey, and Ricky Downey, four sisters, Leona & Larry Sanders, Nancy & Steve Cahoon, Deana & Mike Reichling, and Barb & Tim Young, many nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.Cremation services for...
