DON HAWK'S WIDOW PASSES AWAY

 

Don Hawk’s widow passes away

Patricia Hawk, widow of BJ retiree Don Hawk, passed away August 15, 2023 in Akron at the age of 98!

Patricia retired at office manager of the BJ Credit Union.

Don was born in 1921 and passed away in 1984 about a week after his BJ retirement. He was in a BJ bowling league activity when he was stricken.

Don is buried in Glendale Cemetery in Akron. There’s a double grave marker with Don and Patricia’s names on it. They will be together there forever when Patricia is buried on Saturday, August 26.

When I applied for an opening on the BJ copy desk after I was fired for union activities at the union-hating Cox empire’s Dayton Daily News I was told that the position had been given to Don, who was in a different BJ department.

When I showed up for an interview anyway Ben Maidenburg decided that, since I was at the Dayton Daily News for 13 years, that it was the Cox chain’s newspaper’s management that was wrong and instructed managing editor Dan Warner to hire me. I wound up as assistant State Desk editor under the late Pat Englehart, sitting alongside assistant State Desk editor the late Harry Liggett.

Luckiest day in my 42-year newspaper carrier. I got $25 more than the top minimum at the BJ plus 10% in ever future pay raise given to Guild employees. And purchase of Knight stock at 85% of market value!

Patricia Hawk’s obituary:

Patricia Hawk

AKRON - Patricia L. Hawk, 98, died August 15, 2023. She was born in Hamilton, Ohio to Percy Ray and Ruth Isabelle (Galloway) Stout and lived in Akron, Ohio for most of her adult life. She was a graduate of Miami University of Ohio, and an active member of Christ United Methodist Church of Akron. She retired from the Akron Beacon Journal Credit Union where she was the office manager.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald N. Hawk, her children, Kenneth and Margaret Hawk, and her brother Richard Paul Stout.

She is survived by her sons, David (Linda) and Andrew Sr. (Lee Anne); 8 grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; and her brother, Don Stout.

Funeral service will take place SATURDAY, August 26, 2023 at 12:00 PM at the Billow FAIRLAWN Chapel, 85 N. Miller Rd., Fairlawn, OH 44333. Friends may call from 10:00 AM until the time of service. Interment will take place at Glendale Cemetery, Akron.

To Share a Memory, Send a Condolence, or Light a Candle, please visit the Tribute Wall at www. billowfuneralhomes.com  (Billow FAIRLAWN Chapel)