Shirley Dobbs Kosar passes away

Shirley Dobbs Kosar,  a former Falls Press reporter who worked in the administration of Summit County Executive John Morgan, passed away Thursday, April 25.

Shirley was a Cuyahoga Falls resident.

Shirley’s obituary:

Shirley Rae

Kosar (Dobbs)

Shirley Rae Kosar, age

83, of Cuyahoga Falls

died on April 25, 2019.

She died peacefully at

Maplewood Memory Care

Facility.

Born in Akron, Ohio to

Raymond and Ferne

Dobbs on October 11,

1935, Shirley was a

standout student at South

High School. She was the

first member of her lineage

to attend college.

She studied journalism

and Russian at Ohio University

(1954-1956),

where she enjoyed

studying---along with

dancing, dating, and socializing.

She departed college

before finishing her degree

to marry and work in

public relations at Firestone

Tire and Rubber

Company. Later she

worked as a journalist for

the Falls News Press and

served in the administration

of County Executive

John Morgan. One of her

proudest achievements

was helping the Morgan

administration establish

the battered women’s

shelter in Akron. Never

one to leave a job undone,

Shirley finished her

bachelor’s degree in

1986.

In her retirement years,

Shirley lived in Vero

Beach, Florida and Mesa,

Arizona, before returning

to Cuyahoga Falls. Wherever

she lived, she made

friends quickly. Shirley

was passionate about

politics, women’s rights,

and jazz. Shirley liked

reading, swimming, and

watching basketball. She

traveled when she could,

with Hawaii and Aruba

being particularly favorite

destinations. Chocolate

was her favorite food.

Shirley loved her 14

grandchildren, Amanda,

Natalie, and Johnny Klag,

Joey and Maria Doll, Andrea

McNeeley (nee

Doll); Alex Doll, Laura

Price (nee Doll), and

Robert, Anna, Abigail,

Kevin, Nathan, and Peyton

Kosar; and her great

grandchild, Tyson Klag.

Shirley was preceded

in death by her parents,

her sister, Patricia, and

her late-in-life love, Cliff.

She is survived by her six

children, Jacqueline Klag,

Michael Doll, Thomas

Doll, Valerie Wilson, Kevin

Kosar, and Gary

Kosar, and her sons- and

daughters-in-law, John

Klag, Cecilia Doll, Julie

Doll, Rick Wilson, Laura

Kosar, and Jenn Kosar.

Per Shirley’s wishes,

she will be cremated and

there will be no calling

hours or service. Her

family will hold a private

celebration of her life. Her

friends and all others are

welcome to contact the

family, and encouraged to

make a donation to the

Battered Women’s Shelter

of Summit & Medina

Counties.