BJ FINANCE RETIREE CHERYL SCOTT SHEININ PASSES AWAY

 

                                                 CHERYL AND NEIL SHEININ ON THEIR 38TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY 

               

                 Cheryl Scott Scheinin, 2^nd from right, with Yolanda Caldwell Rynes, Tammy Simich, Sandi Hall, Sue Robinson and Margaret Samulak

Cheryl Scott Sheinin passes away

 

Cheryl Scott Sheinin, BJ Finance for 45 years, passed away. She married Neil Sheinen, also a BJer. They wed on Cheryl’s birthday, also 45 years ago.

 

Kent State graduate Michele Scott, Linda's daughter,  posted:

 

“This past weekend my Mom passed away after a short battle with a third occurrence of cancer. She was diagnosed about two months ago and her doctor was pretty optimistic that they had a good treatment plan in place, but it turned out to be more widespread than initially thought.

“She started feeling bad a little over 2 weeks ago and declined fairly quickly. Last Friday she decided to transition to comfort care after she was told she wouldn’t be able to come back from it and have any quality of life, which was so important to her.

“She told me she didn’t want to go but she knew it was her time. She died a little under 36 hours later.

“She was a great Mom, daughter, sister, wife to our stepdad Harold, aunt, great-aunt and cousin, and friend to many. But where she really excelled was as a grandmother and great-grandmother. It was the biggest joy of her life and she loved them all so much.

“When she made her decision to stop fighting the cancer, she most regretted that she wouldn’t get to see the littlest ones again.

“I miss her terribly but I have felt her at my back, pushing me to get through handling many of her affairs and her family knows her spirit will always be with us.”

As one example of Cheryl’s kindness and thoughtfulness, when former BJ security guard Anna Nitz passed away in 2012, Cheryl went to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for the ceremony of Ann’s ashes being spread into the Atlantic Ocean. That was Anna's favorite place to travel.

Cheryl’s travels include national parks and monuments in the American West when Neil and Cheryl weren’t at their Portage Lakes home.

Cheryl also was loyal to the Browns, her entire life.

And Neil has attended baseball games in about 350 parks, most of them in the minor leagues, and threw out the first pitch at an Akron Aeros game. And with Cheryl traveled to Puerto Rico and Canada.

Newcomer Funeral Home in Ellet is handling Cheryl’s arrangements, as it did former BJ chief artist Art Krummel in April.

35-YEAR BJ SPORTSWRITER/REPORTER ED MEYER PASSES AWAY

 

                                              ED MEYER

       ED MEYER ON LEFT WITH BONNIE RAYMOND ALEXANDER 

35-year BJ reporter Ed Meyer passes away

 

Ed Meyer, BJ reporter for 35 years (1981-2015), passed away in Akron. Spent earlier days in Chicago.

 

Ed wrote that, when his U-Haul pulled into Akron, “I like this place” because the rubber shops reminded him of Chicago’s steel mills.

 

Stuart Warner, who hired Bradley University grad Ed to cover the Browns, posted:

 

“Makes me so sad. Hired Ed to cover the Browns in 1981. RIP, my friend.

Ed’s father was Edward James Meyer, “my hero” who served in General Patton’s Third Army and landed on Omaha Beach six weeks after D-Day to help build floating bridges that helped supplies and armored vehicles to move in and destroy Hitler’s Nazi Germany.

Ed and I once exchanged information about our dealings with management unhappy with us, me at the Dayton Daily News for union activities and Ed demoted to suburban police beat in Portage, Stark, Medina and Wayne counties when the projects-investigation team that Ed was on was disbanded.

 

His stories led to wrongful convictions freedom for Randy Resh and Bob Gondor, after they spent 17 years in prison, which Ed told me “was the proudest moment of my 35-year newspaper career at the Beacon Journal.”

RETIRED BJ ART DEPARTMENT CHIEF ART KRUMMEL PASSED AWAY

 

                     ART KRUMMEL, CHARLENE NEVADA, MARRIED 53 YEARS 

Retired BJ artist Art Krummel passes away

Former BJ art department chief Art Krummel passed away.

His wife, former BJ reporter Charlene Nevada, posted:

“Dear friends, I just wanted to share that I lost my husband and best friend (Art Krummel) this morning. He had been dealing with a number of heart and lung issues. I'm glad he is at peace but my heart aches.

 

“We shared our lives for 53 years, and we were blessed to work together for 35 of those years at the Beacon Journal. I'm planning a memorial for early June and I will be in touch.”

 

Art once described working at the BJ as “every day was like Christmas.” I agree. I loved it so much I ran to work every day.

 

Art tells his story better than I ever could so I’ll let him do it as he did in a long-ago interview:

“I began at the age of 11 or 12 by drawing  squirrels, bears and objects using simple shapes. I was hooked.

“In high school I started visiting ad studios and was fascinated with the art of ad layout, lettering and line illustration. I also became an avid fan of Norman Rockwell’s work and decided I wanted to paint like him. I often went to a used book store looking for Rockwell illustrations to buy the magazine for a nickel or dime.

“Early on I was entirely self-taught. I took art in high school and became a bit of a known artist at my school. My art teacher was a wonderful lady but was mostly into things like masks and paper mache.

“After I graduated (and did the obligatory hitchhike around the country), I got a job at the local newspaper as a copy boy. With a full-time job, I immediately enrolled in some art classes in a nearby city. I hung around the art department at the newspaper and got to know the artists.

“Sadly, one of the artists died and I was invited to join the department. I soon enrolled in the art program at the University of Akron and eventually got a BS in graphic design.

“I spent 40 years at the newspaper. Every day of those years was like Christmas morning for me.”

 

Art and Charlene lived in Tallmadge, as I do, but in 2010 bought a 2^nd home in Garden City, South Carolina and in 2014 and later used it as a retreat from Ohio winters.

Garden City is 13 miles from Pawleys Island, South Carolina, where retired BJ printers and retired business department employees moved after retirement.

When Charlene finalizes the time, day and place for Art’s memorial I’ll post a follow-up article on it here.”.

Art, Clyde “Bud” Morris (who came up with the name for Channels, the TV guide that I gave birth to as the TV editor), Dennis Balogh, Walt Neal, Denny Haas roamed through the Art Department over the years.

CHERYL POWELL NAMED BJ EXECUTIVE EDITOR

 

                   CHERYL POWELL 

Cheryl Powell promoted to BJ executive editor

Cheryl Powell, in Summit County almost all her life, was promoted from managing editor to Akron Beacon Journal executive editor, where she has spent the last 27 years.

She also handles the BJ web site and is regional editor for the Canton Repository, Ravenna Record-Courier, Alliance Review and Massillon Independent.

Cheryl replaced Michael Shearer, who left to be executive editor of the Beacon’s sister paper, The Columbus Dispatch.

Powell, whose family moved to Twinsburg when she was 1, has lived in Summit County since, with the exception of attending college at Kent State University and a brief stint at the Lexington Herald-Leader in Kentucky. 

TOM MOORE'S DAUGHTER, KATHY MOORE, PASSES AWAY

 

            KATHERINE ANN MOORE WITH HER PETS

Tom Moore’s daughter, Kathy, passes away

 

The late BJ newsroom retiree Tom Moore’s daughter, Katherine Ann Moore, passed away March 26.

She was a member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and lived in Maryland.

Kathy was an elf on the Cuyahoga Valley Train when Tom was a conductor for years.

Kathy joins Tom and Tom’s wife,
Dorothy Doyle Moore, and Kathy’s brother, Thomas A. Moore, in afterlife.

Survivors include Kathy’s sisters, Amy Moore and Caroline Moore Krack.

Kathy’s obituary:

 

Katherine Moore Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Adams Mason Funeral Home & Crematory - Akron on Apr. 1, 2024.

Katherine Ann Moore (Kathy) passed away the early morning of March 26, 2023.  Born to Tom and Dorothy Moore on June 11, 1953 in Bluefield West Virginia then relocating to Akron, OH with her family as a teen.

 

She was a 1971 graduate of Akron North High School learning the necessary skills (at the time) shorthand and typing. These skills, along with her analytical mind, led her to Washington D.C where she worked for the U.S Environmental Protection Agency. Maryland is where "Kathy" became "Katherine".  Katherine always remained a team player. Stating that the only reason she was successful was because of the people she surrounded herself with. She truly loved her job, her coworkers and friends, (some which became family) Kathy was recognized by 2 presidents for her contributions in her career and truly loved the contribution she made.  Kathy retired as a contract and grant team lead after 35 years.  Once retired, she returned to Akron to spend quality time with her family who she loved deeply.  She volunteered as a trainman and as a polar express elf with her dad on the Cuyahoga Valley Train, and spent quiet days stitching, shopping and talking with her mom. 

 

Katherine was an avid cross stitcher and quilter. She joked that the amount of fabric and floss that she has accumulated could prevent JoAnn Fabric from filing chapter 11.  You could always find her starting many projects and once.  Some would get finished, but only if they were being made for someone that touched her heart.  Kathy also loved to bake and cook. Any chance she could, she would entertain.  Kathy just loved giving to others.  Whether it be food, a crafting piece or something she bought because "I just knew you would love it".

 

 As her health declined, she moved into Danbury Senior Living. It was a struggle for her in the beginning, losing her independence. But that processing, analytical mind kicked in and after a few months had made friends, was entertaining, stitching, sewing and making sure she told the director how to run his building :) She proudly showed her stubborn and feisty side, wearing like a badge of honor.

 

Kathy had so many people that advocated for her throughout her life. Big thank you to Dr. Troy Larson and his wife Rachel, for helping Kathy find God and knowing the comfort that the Lord will bring her.  Thank you for the outstanding care from her numerous physicians, DaVita Munroe Falls, Danbury Senior Living Tallmadge and Southern Care Hospice.  All of you not only had the best interests of Kathy in mind, but also her sisters Amy, Carol and Ann. We will be forever grateful.

 

Kathy is predeceased by her brother Thomas A Moore, father Thomas C Moore and mother Dorothy J Moore (Doyle). She is survived by her sisters Amy Moore, Caroline Krack (John), her niece Amanada Moore and long-life friend turned sister Ann Modzel.

 

Visitation with a memorial service to celebrate Katherine's life will be held on Saturday, April 27 from 2-4. at Adams Mason Funeral Home, 791 E Market St., Akron, OH 44305.

 

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Frontline Ministries International, 6200 Wales Ave. NW, Massillon, OH 

BJ MARKETING AND ADVERTISING RETIREE SUE ELLEN MURPHY PASSES AWAY IN GEORGIA

 

                    SUE ELLEN MURPHY

Sue Ellen Murphy passes away in Georgia

 

Sue Ellen Murphy, in BJ Marketing and Advertising for years, passed away March 12 in Peachtree City, Georgia. Her funeral took place March 16 in Mowell Funeral Home in Peachtree City.

 

She also worked for Ohio Bell, the West Side Leader.

 

In 1974 Sue and her previous husband, Ron Sattler, saved the 1891 Copley Ohio Train Depot from being destroyed. They had it relocated to it current Copley Road location and formed the Copley Historical Society.

 

Sue married Michael Murphy in 1988 in a Stan Hywet Hall wedding. Sue was born to Charles and Ethel Reed. Her siblings are Charles Gene Reed, Lawrence Russsel Reed.

 

Sue’s children are David Sattler,Jeff Sattler, Kelly Batcho, Michael Murphy, Jr., Laura Neal, Caroline Smith. She has 16 grandchildren and12 great-grandchildren.

 

Sue’s obituary:

Sue Ellen Murphy, born on October 17, 1937, in Akron, Ohio, peacefully passed away on March 12, 2024 in Peachtree City, Georgia. She was surrounded by her loving family at the time of her passing. Sue lived a remarkable life of kindness and dedication, leaving behind a legacy that will forever be cherished.

 

Sue graduated from Garfield High School in 1955, where she developed many lifelong friends. Sue's professional journey began with Ohio Bell Telephone Company. Later, she embraced an administrative role at the Akron Beacon Journal, supporting the VP of Marketing and Advertising with unwavering professionalism. Her contributions to the West Side Leader further showcased her newspaper skills.

 

In 1974, Sue, and her previous husband Ron Sattler, organized a team of community leaders to save the 1891 Copley Ohio Train Depot from destruction. Their quick action stopped the railroad’s demolition process and saved the depot, which they helped relocate to it’s current location on Copley Road. In the process, they also proudly formed the Copley Historical Society.

 

Sue met her loving husband, Michael Murphy, on March 9, 1980, at Larry’s Main Entrance in Akron, Ohio. The next date was at a Saint Patrick’s Dance which started the 4-year date before marrying on April 9, 1988, at historic Stan Hywet Hall. Sue was so proud of joining her and Mike’s adult children and their children into one beautiful, laughing, and loving family. Later, they finished their work careers, played lots of golf, explored many great restaurants, and experienced plenty of the Akron area nightlife.

 

One of her favorite meals was taking the family to Belgrade Gardens for the best fried chicken dinner around. Sue was also a fabulous cook, and many thought she could have been a professional food and book critic.

 

After many vacations to their condo home on Hilton Head Island, Sue and Mike relocated there permanently in 2006. Sue, being an adventurous person, found the best places to enjoy their new island lifestyle. Along with entertaining many family visitors, she also enjoyed thrift stores and antique shops. She was still thrifting right up to the week before departing us.

Sue Ellen is preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Ethel Reed, her brothers Charles Gene Reed and Lawrence Russel Reed, her stepson Kevin Murphy, and her ex-husband Ronald Sattler.

 

In her personal life, Sue Ellen left behind her loving husband Michael J. Murphy, her children David (Janet) Sattler, Jeff (Karen) Sattler, Kelly (Mark) Batcho, and her bonus children Michael (Katherine) Murphy Jr., Laura (Mark) Neal, Caroline (Lonnie) Smith, grandchildren Nicole (David) Palmer, Katie (Ryan) Strine, Joe Sattler, Jenny (Stephen) Harris, Bobby (Tracy) Sattler, Tyler Penrose, Travis Batcho, Erin (Will) Diver, Hannah Murphy, Patrick Murphy, Abby Neal, Casey Neal, Ryan (Marella) Murphy, Kayla Murphy, Jessica Murphy, Josh Smith, along with 12 great-grandchildren and many cherished friends

Sue always had a smile on her face and while she might not have been the life of the party, her humor and social skills brought life to the party. She loved her country rides, peach picking, finding the best ice cream, and there were few roadside stands she didn’t explore. Sue’s passion for enjoying life was huge.

 

While we mourn Sue’s loss, we find solace in the memories she created and the lives she touched with her grace and compassion. Her spirit will live on in the hearts of those who were fortunate enough to know her. Sue's legacy of hard work, love, and kindness will continue to inspire all who were blessed to be a part of her life. She wants us all to love one another, read a good book or a bad book that might turn out to be good, listen to some good and bad music, and watch a good movie. She will miss us all dearly, as we will miss her. May she rest in peace, knowing that her legacy of love and devotion will be remembered for generations to come.

 

A memorial service will be held at 3:00 PM on Saturday, March 16, 2024, at the Chapel of Mowell Funeral Home, Peachtree City. The family will receive friends from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM prior to the service at the funeral home.

 

In lieu of flowers, Sue requested donations to the American Heart Association.

 

We welcome you to provide your condolences, thoughts, and memories on our Tribute Wall.

 

Mowell Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Peachtree City, www.mowells.com

CATCHING UP WITH FORMER BJ GUILD PRESIDENT AND LEAD REPORTER FOR BJ GOLDSMITH SAGA PULITZER-WINNING COVERAGE

               RICK RIEFF IN SUIT AND TIE

RICK RIEFF AT GODFATHER AND UNCLE JACK SURIANO'S 100TH BIRTHDAY 

CATCHING UP WITH

Rick Rieff

 

Rick Rieff, business writer and the lead reporter on a BJ team that won a 1987 Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of Goodyear's battle with Anglo-French corporate raider’s Sir James Goldsmith.

It cost Goodyear $3 billion to make Goldsmith go away. $618.8 million went to Goldsmith and his partners.

As BJ Guild president Rick had the foresight to push for a 401(k) that the Guild got from the BJ in 1989. That helped me, when I retired in 1996, build up enough money that I’m still financially secure in 2024 after 28 years of not working at the BJ.

Thanks, Rick.

 

In 2008 Rick married Mary Ann Brown, senior vice president of Pacific Life Insurance Company.  Rick has a daughter, Jennie; a son-in-law, Orange County, California Fire Authority Capt. Steve Miller; and a grandson, Elias Stephen Miller. Jennie and Steve made Rick a grandfather in 2004.

He golfs in California where he’s “two strokes off a single-digit handicap.”

For those who want to resume contact with Rick his new email address is rr@rickre8iff.com.

Rick leaves in Laguna Beach, California where, he tells me, “I’m still enjoying the California sunshine, the California ‘sunshine tax’ not so much.

Rick is host/producer of PBS SoCal, executive director of the Orange County Business Journal. He came from Chicago after a Northwestern University Journalism adventure.

He's a 4-time Golden Mike winners for his TV ventures, received three-time Emmy nominations and in 2018 of the Orange County Press Club's Lifetime Achievement Award. 

 

He began his journalism career as a sports intern with the Chicago Sun-Times and as a stringer for the Chicago Tribune. His first full-time reporting job was at the Norwalk (Ohio) Reflector.

 

He went from Norwalk to walk into BJ at 44 E. Exchange Street.

 

Next came his role as managing editor of Business First in Columbus, then editor in New York state of the Westchester Business Journal before joining Forbes magazine as a staff writer.

 

Somewhere along the line Rick worked in media and journalism professor at Chapman University in Orange, California.

 

From 2004 through 2018 Rick hosted and produced "Inside OC with Rick Reiff” and "SoCal Insider with Rick Reiff," which aired on PBS SoCal, the Los Angeles region's PBS flagship station. The shows also aired on KDOC-TV and Cox Cable.

 

He co-hosted "Studio SoCal" for three seasons on PBS SoCal which won the Golden Mike for Best News Public Affairs Program in Southern California, Division B, in 2011 and "SoCal Insider" won the same award in 2012 and 2013. 

ESTATE SALE HELD FOR CRAIG WILSON AND WIFE ELIZABETH IN BARBERTON

 

Estate sale for Craig Wilson, wife Elizabeth

 

There was an estate sale in Barberton of former BJ Action Line chief Craig Wilson’s and wife Elizabeth Wilson’s things on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 28.

 

Craig’s behavior ruffled some feathers at the BJ but the Mensa member for people with high IQs was amazing at training reporters and finding answers to readers’ inquiries.

 

Betsy Lammerding went from Craig’s Action Line to the BJ Features desk when I was Television Editor with a desk next to the amazing Joan Rice, a fashion model in looks and my best friend for a shoulder to complain on about management stupidity, as I saw it, from time to time. 

Jane Snow, Nancy Peacock, Betsy Lammerding, Charlene Nevada, Connie Bloom, Jim Dettling and Mickey Porter spent time in Action Lion under Craig's tutelage.

There’s a luminaria at Barberton’s Lake Anna dedicated to Craig, who passed away in 2007. Craig’s first wife, Ella Mae Leonard, who he met through a Lonely Hearts Club, passed away in 1992. Elizabeth was Craig’s second wife. When Craig passed she wrote:

 

“Maybe he stepped on your toes (at the BJ) but I can assure you Craig Wilson is the finest man I have ever met. He had a pure heart and genuine concern for his fellow man and his surroundings.” 

 

The late Connie Bloom, a reporter on the Features Desk when I was TV editor, wrote Craig’s obituary. 

 

The late assistant State Desk editor Harry Liggett, who chose me to inherit this blog Harry created, posted on here about Craig:

“He was probably best known as editor of the old Action Line, but his true craft was referencing,” with tons of envelopes filled with information about a person.

Charlene Nevada, trained by Craig in Action Line before becoming a Metro Desk reporter, told this tale:

“Once (publisher) Ben Maidenburg found an Action Line item in Knight’s Detroit newspaper and told Craig to use it. It had to do with Edgar Allan Poe getting kicked out of military school. Craig just smiled at Maidenburg and explained that Jim Dettling (another Craig trainee) had written that item first and the Free Press stole it from the Beacon.”

DAWIDZIAK UP FOR ANOTHER AWARD FOR HIS BOOK ON EDGAR ALLAN POE

 

                          MARK DAWIDZIAK WITH PHOTO OF EDGAR ALLAN POE IN BACKGROUND

Dawidziak nominated for Edgar Award

 

 

Mark Dawidziak, BJ entertainment critic under my “leadership” when I was Television Editor on the BJ Features desk,

has been nominated for an Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America for his book, “A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe." Published by Macmillan Publishing – St. Martin’s Press.

 

Mark posted:

 

“Honored and a bit awed to be in the company of some terrific writers in the Best Biographical/Critical category”

 

Mark did some of his most eloquent writing in his email to me after My Mona Lisa, my wife and Cinderella (West Virginia) treasure, passed away in 2014”

 

“My point is the one you make so eloquently, and

that's to cherish the people you love for every second that you have

them.

 

“It's not a long ride for any of us, really, but I do know how lucky I am to have had a Sara in my life, just as I know how much you cherish Monia's presence in yours.

 

“Monia is indeed one remarkable woman. She is a mighty soul magnified

by the love of her husband, children and grandchildren.

 

“And I can't say I'm at all surprised by your praise of LaQuita (my daughter, an amazing teacher in Aurora Ohio schools till she retired). She is an Olesky, after all, part you and part Monia -- a superior being if

there ever was one.”

 

If I were choosing the Edgar Award winner it would be Mark – and my Mona Lisa awaiting me under a grave marker with both our names on it – would agree wholeheartedly with me.

 

Mark by word. Whether it’s Poe, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens our Dawidziak is top of the mark.

 

Mark also authored a book about “Columbo” with its star, Peter Falk, who phoned the BJ TV desk once when Mark was away, seeking to talk to Mark.

 

I told Falk that Mark was out of the office and that I would give him the message. Before Falk hung up, I said: “One more thing,” which of course is the besheveled dressed Columbo’s line in every episode before he nails the criminal.

 

Falk laughed heartily, even though’s he heard it a zillion times. Just proved again that he’s a good actor.

SUSAN GIPPIN JOINS LONG LINE OF BOOK AUTHORS WITH BJ TIES

 

SUSAN SMITH GIPPIN HOLDING HER BOOK, 'DYING THE WAY YOU DID'

Susan Gippin’s first book available Jan. 21

 

Former BJ political reporter Susan Smith Gippin, who migrated from Des Moines, Iowa to Akron, has published a book, “Dying the Way You Did.”

The book explores how her first husband’s death, even though they were divorced, affected her writings.

Susan’s book will be launched at 6 pm Sunday, Jan. 21. Sue will read part of her essay and will be available on Zoom.

The book is available from its publisher, Sidekick Press, or, a everything is, at Ama Amazon.com.

Sue is Susan Montgmery’s Special Times LLC owner, an estate sales company, and roved through Cleveland State, American University, Iowa State and Cleveland East High for her education.

Her parents were Phyllis Jean Montgomery Smith Gippin and Carmi Gippin.

Susan’s sister Katlin Smith Kokstis lives in  Vancouver, Washington.

Susan married attorney Bob Gippin who in 2008 became a Summit County Court of Common Pleas judge, a position he no longer holds, and served on the Akron Citizens’ Police Oversight Board.

Dartmouth University and Harvard Law School graduate Bob Gippin is a partner in the Goldman and Rosen law firm.

Susan and Bob have 4 children and 2 grandchildren.

 

Authors who graced the BJ include Regina Brett, Mark Dawidziak, Lisa Abraham, Rick Amon, Phil Trexler, romance novels author Jenna Ness once in BJ Advertising, Cinda Chima of BJ Classified.

And others I’ve overlooked or forgotten.