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Karmal Dye with Tigger, dog of recently deceased son, Cuyahoga Falls OH, 1998
Tigger was owned by Karmal’s son, Jeff, a carpenter and musician. Jeff, having ongoing problems with drugs and alcohol, for a new start in life, moved from the Akron area to Orlando, Florida where his sister Michelle lived. Very supportive of her…
(l. to r.) Tina, Ashley, Lerrynn, and Stevie Hummel, mother + children, Norton OH, 1998
Lerrynn’s mother, Sandra, was 16 years old when she gave birth to her in 1968. Lerrynn was raised by her grandmother, Beverly Lemmon. Lerrynn, at a young age herself, gave birth to her eldest, Ashley, in 1985, Stevie in 1987, and Tina in 1991. They…
Marjorie Angel in her back yard with hollyhocks, Akron OH, 1998
Since 1991 Marjorie has lived on Clifford Avenue just off of East Archwood Avenue in Akron, Ohio. Born in Dover, Ohio in 1928, she was trained and worked in Akron for many years as a registered nurse. Marjorie retired at age 65 two years after she…
Stevie Hummel with his two children Macie and Noah at oak tree, Mansfield OH, 2018
Stevie has been having problems with methamphetamine addiciton. He and wife, Sarah recently lost custody of their children when Stevie and Sarah both tested positive for drug use. Credible sources note that this was a set up by someone with a…
Sister and brother Michell Dye and Greg Dye with pit bull Bubba and chihuahua Lilly, Cuyahoga
Falls OH, 2018
For the past several years Greg had been the live-in caretaker for their recently deceased father, Duke Dye. Following his passing a few months ago, the family house was sold and Greg now shares his sisters home.
Jessica Morlan with children Jordynn Fischer and Jacob Slider, Doylestown OH, 2018
Jessica and her two children are visiting the house of her mother, Coleen Sweazy and step-father Denny Sweazy. Coleen had custody of Jacob for some time following his birth, which occurred while Jessica was incarcerated for a drug offense. Jessica is…
Chuck Morlan and Sarah Cashner in swimwear, Marshallville OH, 2018
Domestic partners Sarah and Chuck have lived together for the past couple years in a trailer given to him by grandmother, Beverly Lemmon, following the passing of her husband, Jack. Sarah is working on an associate degree in business at Tri-C…
Keith Morlan with son Chuck Morlan, Kenmore OH, 2017
Keith works as a mechanic at Hard Drive Transmission in Barberton and his son Chuck works at Clinton Aluminum. They both work hard and it gets dirty. Chuck graduated from high school a few years ago. He was a star in multiple sports and kept up a…
Gabe Booth on trail with fallen beech tree, Silver Creek Park, Summit County OH, 2017
This trail laces through a peaceful area where for some years Gabe has come to walk and find a calming natural beauty. It is not far from where he lives with his mother, her husband, and his sister in Marshallville, Ohio. Gabe has a cozy living area…
Keith Morlan at his front steps with United States and U.S. Navy flags, Kenmore OH 2017
Keith was in the Navy 1985-1988 then active in the reserves 1988-1992. He is an automobile mechanic at Hard Drive Transmissions in Barberton. Keith is in the process of divorcing Nacole, his wife of the past eight years. She had been taking money…
Elizabeth Dunn with mock orange bush in flower, Marshallville OH, 2017
This week Elizabeth finished her sophomore year at Wadsworth High School. She notes that it is among the top 50 high schools in the State of Ohio. She was at Chippewa High School for her freshman year. She is studying for a fine arts/honors diploma…
(l. to r.) Father and son, Leroy and Keith Morlan, Goodrich Avenue, Barberton OH, 2016
Leroy’s house sits in the shadow of an overpass of I-76. Leroy is dying -- wasting away from an untrearable cancer that started in his lung. It has progressed and is in his blood stream. Keith requested this portrait of him and his father since he…
Dave Vitone in his back yard with rose bush, Akron OH, 2016
Dave now owns and lives in the house that for years belonged to his now deceased mother, Marjorie Angel. He tends to it as he often did while she was still alive though the yard is becoming overgrown. Dave likes it that way since it provides him with…
Lerrynn Hummel happy in sunshine on a weekend in July, Canton OH, 2016
Lerrynn sits in the field behind the house she rents with her boyfriend, Ed. Lerrynn says she would like to get a job; but in this rural area getting from place to place without a car, which she does not have, is difficult. Lerrynn has had years of…
Heather and Scotty Lower with Scotty’s 2013 Harley Davidson Street Glide, Easton OH, 2015
Scotty and wife Heather enjoy riding on Scotty’s bike. Harleys are a poplar bike in Northeastern Ohio. Many ride without a helmet as it feels great and provides fuller peripheral vision. Motorcycling without helmet can also project courage if not…
Jessica Morlan pregnant with baby of boyfriend Joshua Slider, Doylestown OH, 2015
Jessica in her third trimester of pregnancy is staying with her mother. Josh is currently unemployed but when he does work it is usually on oil field pipelines. Josh served in the U.S. Army for six years. He served in the 101st Airborne based at Fort…
Jessica Morlan with daughter Jordynn Fischer and grandmother Coleen Sweazy in chicken coop at Coleen and Denny’s place, Doylestown OH, 2015
Jessica is about seven months pregnant and staying at her mother’s house along with her boyfriend Joshua Slider and her daughter Jordynn who is nearly seven years old . This is not the first go that Coleen and Denny have had at keeping chickens.…
Daughter, Arathea Shankland (née Booth), on her wedding day with father, Bill Booth, visiting from Norway, Marshallville, Ohio, 2014
Arathea lives in a rural area near the border of Summit and Wayne counties in Ohio. The land hosts rotating crops of corn, soybeans, and hay. The weather has been cold, windy, and rainy for her wedding to Shane Shankland. Her father, Bill, is a…
At her daughter’s wedding altar, Sandra Vitone stands exhausted from work catering the Dia de los Muertos themed ceremony and reception, Marshallville, Ohio, 2014
Sandra Vitone has been visiting from Austin, Texas for about two weeks preparing for the wedding of her daughter, Arathea Booth, to Shane Shankland. For over half year Sandra has been at work making invitations, preparing a large menu, and hand…
Steven Hummel with his children Noah and Maci, Mansfield OH, 2013
Stevie has just been released from Ashland County jail where he had been held for probation violation. He was unable to report as required to his parole officer since he was incarcerated in the penal system of another nearby county. He uses the…
David Vitone at his garage filled with possessions of wife, Lisa, who has recently moved out to live
with her parents in north Texas, Akron OH, 2013
While singing with the Chapel of Prayer choir, Dave met Lisa, whom he wed following a brief courtship. The congregation of this Baptist church has greatly helped him over the past years since while incarcerated he met a church elder visiting the down…
Beverly and Jack Lemmon at their mobile home, Westview Trailer Park, Doylestown OH, 2013
Jack, now always on oxygen, is recuperating from recent major surgery in which a lower lobe of his right lung was removed. The surgery was followed by chemotherapy. He smoked multiple packs of cigarettes for decades but has now moved to a vaping…
Lerrynn Hummel in purple top at side of Beverly and Jack Lemmon’s mobile home, Westview Trailer Park, Doylestown OH, 2011
Not too long ago Lerrynn left a rehab facility after months of therapy for drug addiction. Prior to entering she had moved from abusing prescription pain relievers such as OxyContin to shooting up heroine. In 2008 she and ex-domestic partner,…
Keith and Chuck Morlan, father and son, Akron OH, 2011
Born May 5, 1995, sixteen year old Charlie recently asked to be called Chuck. He just completed sophomore year at Chippewa High School in Doylestown where he received the Gilcrest Award for lettering in three varsity sports (football, wrestling, and…
Michelle Winterbotham with father, Duke Dye, in driveway, Cuyahoga Falls OH, 2010
After living in Orlando for 23 years, Michelle moved back to Cuyahoga Falls in August of 2008. Her mother, Karmal, died in 2005 and she now stays with and cares for her father, Claude Dye (aka, Duke). While in Florida, she married twice. First to…
Marjorie Angel in pink sweater with pink rose bush, Akron OH, 2009
Marjorie loves flowers and tending to her yard. The rose growing in her back yard for years has been manically productive, putting out canes that climb as high as the house. The plant blooms early and multiple times from spring through summer and…
Dave Vitone with tractor on land owned by parents of his wife, Lisa Bishop, Laubert Road, Atwater OH, 2009
Lisa’s parents had a dog grooming business on rural property about 45 minutes drive from Akron. The bank will foreclose on the place; but Lisa and new husband, David, will continue to live at and care for the spread. The parents have moved to a small…
Jessica Morlan and daughter, Jordynn Fischer, with sunflowers, Doylestown OH, 2009
Jessica and Jordynn live at the house of Jessica’s mother, Coleen and her husband Denny Sweazy on Rogue Hollow Road. Jordynn, born July 2, 2008, is one year old this month. Jessica has lost her “baby fat” gained during pregnancy last year. She wants…
Grandmother, Sandra Vitone; mother, Arathea Booth; and granddaughter, Elizabeth Dunn, with pool and palm tree backdrop, Marshallville OH, 2009
Arathea’s mother, Sandra, is a creative person who loves putting together a good party. By profession a cook, a baker, and a caterer and by avocation a thrift store shopper, she supplements well-considered but inexpensive props with items gleaned…
Arathea Booth seated on a cooler in yard smoking a cigarette, Marshallville, Ohio, 2008
After completing training at a community college in Wayne County, Arathea found employment last year doing initial insurance billing at Wooster Hospital. She enjoys the work and is good at it. Feeling more confident of her income, she moved from…
Brooke Lower standing at edge of soybean field after bobbing for apples, Fulton Road, Marshallville OH, 2008
At a party organized by her great aunt, Sandra Vitone, Brooke in long gown stands wet in a soybean field that touches the yard where Arathea Booth and her two children Gabriel Booth and Elizabeth Dunn reside. Most years Arathea’s mom, Sandra, a…
Jessica Morlan and Tommy Fischer with their infant, Jordynn Fischer, Marshallville, Ohio, 2008
Jessica holds her days-old baby with whom she was pregnant while a sophomore in high school. Dealing with morning sickness and other problems, she was booted out due to poor attendance; though she will re-enter and eventually complete her diploma…
Grace Falitico in her back yard with wheelbarrow and Rose o’ Sharon, Englewood Drive, Stow OH, 2007
Born in 1918 Grace is nearly 90 years old. She lives alone in the house that she and her husband, Carl, built together and in which she raised her two children, Carmine and Christopher. Carl passed away over twenty years ago, about seven years…
Dave Vitone sitting on mowers he has repaired for sale, corner of 3rd and Bailey Road, Cuyahoga Falls OH, 2007
Dave seems always to struggle to find employment. Though he is a laborer and union member, work is forever off and on. He has had ongoing substance abuse problems and continues to wrestle with these. Currently he is working with someone who repairs…
(l. to r.) Half-brothers Paul Massey and Stevie Hummel in parking lot behind aunt’s apartment, Doylestown, OH, 2007
Stevie is living at his Aunt Maureen’s apartment with her and two of her kids, Coyt and David. He’s not working. He spends most of his time just hanging around and smoking weed all day. He refers to himself and his friends as “Portage Street thugs”…
Jessica Morlan and Tommy Fischer, girl and boyfriend, Doylestown, OH, 2007
Jessica was born 1992. When still a minor, she ran away with a local boy who was around 19 years old. She eventually returned home. The boy was criminally prosecuted and required to register as a sexual predator. Depicted here is Jessica’s current…
Beneath base of a beech tree, Karla Hummel (standing) with sister, Sandra (née Hummel) Vitone,
and mother, Beverly Lemmon and half-sister, Toni Wright (seated, far left), Westview Mobile
Home Park, Doylestown OH, 2007
Karla is in town from Colorado Springs and Sandra from Austin. Today is Tuesday. On Monday the family and friends gathered near the Cuyahoga River at The Gorge Park for a memorial service for brother Michael Hummel, who died in February at the age of…
Dorothy Morrison and Bailey Hutchinson, grandmother and granddaughter playing in the Little
Cuyahoga River, Akron OH, 2006
Dorothy’s boyfriend, Marc Vitone, owns a house on Uhler Avenue. If you are a strong walker, it is walking distance from Cascade Valley Park, through which the river passes. The water is cold and fairly clean nowadays. In the last century the Cuyahoga…
(l. to r.) Charlie Morlan and Gabe Booth in combat fatigues with toy guns, Orrville OH, 2006
Since the major terrorist attacks on the United States of September 11, 2001, many of the kids voice a determination to join the military service and play war with realistic costumes and toy weapons. Gabe and Charlie are doing so at a birthday party…
Lerrynn Hummel and son, Paul Massey, on patio of her grandmother’s apartment, where
temporarily staying, Valleyview Apartments, 31st Street, Barberton, Ohio, 2004
Lerrynn has recently had problems with Paul’s father. She and he were renting-to-own a nice farmhouse in Doylestown when he developed cancer. He was prescribed OxyContin for pain associated with this disease. Lerrynn, herself, was taking Percocet…
(l. to r.) Friends Ashley Hummel and Laura Paradis at apartment pool, Barberton, Ohio, 2003
Ashley, at left, is staying at the apartment of grandmother Beverly and step-grandfather Jack Lemmon. She and boyfriend, Joe, share a room in the basement. She and Laura have been friends for years. They met when Ashley, along with her siblings and…
(l. to r.) Stevie Hummel and Gabriel Booth, cousins with satellite TV dish at Stevie’s uncle’s place,
Rittman, Ohio, 2003
Gabe pays a visit to his cousin, Stevie, who is spending a few days (heading out soon for camping) with his uncle. Stevie is very close to his uncle, a sort of surrogate father, and will live at his place for many days at a time.
Dave Vitone home at his apartment after working all day, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 2003
Davey works hard as a union laborer. He mixes cement and carries bricks among other tasks. He has just returned home to a dinner of beef and potatoes prepared by his domestic partner, Lynne. He and she have been together for a number of years and…
Lerrynn Hummel holding her son, Paul Massey, in their yard, Doylestown, Ohio, 2003
Lerrynn lives in a farmhouse with Paul’s father and two of her other kids, Tina and Steven Hummel. The house has a big yard and sits next to crop fields. They both have good jobs and are renting to own this property. Today extended family are over…
(l. to r.) Marjorie Angel and Rebecca Barile, mother and daughter with flag at Rebecca’s front
door, Akron OH, 2003
Rebecca and Marjorie stand in late afternoon sun on the front stoop of Becky’s place on Rhea Avenue. Flags in windows, on porches hung like drapes or on small angled staffs, and as windshield and bumper stickers are usual sights here in northeastern…
(l. to r.) Leroy and Keith Morlan, father and son clasping hands, Norton, Ohio, 2002
Leroy came by for a brief visit while son Keith was working on pouring concrete for an inclined ramp to the pavilion behind the Houston Road house where his in-laws, Beverly and Jack Lemmon, live. Keith is married to Beverly’s daughter, Coleen. The…
Beverly Lemmon holding great granddaughter, Elizabeth Dunn, Houston Rd., Norton OH, 2001
Recently-born Elizabeth is the daughter of Arathea Booth, Beverly’s granddaughter, and Jimmy Dunn, Arathea’s domestic partner. Arathea had been dating Jimmy for some time during which he was convinced it was impossible for him to father a child.…
Arathea Booth with son, Gabriel Booth, daughter, Elizabeth Dunn, and domestic partner, Jimmy
Dunn, dressed for the annual Ivory Mountain Rendezvous, Barberton OH, 2001
Once a year during the month of July in Kill Buck, Ohio a sizeable group of people from many walks of life gather in dress of the late 1700’s to revisit aspects of that time. Activities include cooking, practice of various crafts, black powder…
(l. to r.) Sisters Angie Hummel and Missy Rudd by blackberry bush, Norton, OH, 2000
Angie and Missy pose before blackberry bushes in the back yeard of the Houston Road property where their grandmother and step-grandfather, Beverly and Jack Lemmon live. They’re both over visiting for the 4th of July party. They are the daughters of…
Lerrynn and Stevie Hummel, mother and son at pool, Norton, Ohio, 2000
Along with her other children, Ashley and Tina, Lerrynn has been living with Beverly and Jack at the 3011 Houston Road place in Norton. The property is owned by Beverly’s son, Michael, who resides in Colorado. Mike inherited the house and land from…
Salvatore Vitone and Grace Falitico, brother and sister, Stow OH,1999
Salvatore and Grace were born in the United States to Italian immigrants, Pasquale and Maria, who together had 10 offspring, three of whom were born in Italy. In the summer of 1913 Pasquale arrived at Ellis Island and made his way to work in the…
Keith and Coleen Morlan with their children, Charlie and Jessica, Norton OH, 1999
Visiting at Beverly and Jack Lemmon’s residence on Houston Road in Norton, Keith, Coleen, and the kids are sitting on a bench carved by Keith from an old log. He seems always to have time for his children and those of relatives who visit his in-law’s…
Arathea and Gabriel Booth, mother and son in sunlight beneath a tree, Norton OH, 1999
Arathea, born 1973, is a single mother living in the area of Akron, Ohio. Gabe was born in 1991 with an abnormality of his skull in which the bone plates weren’t free to move as he grew. He had major surgery when he was about 4 months old during…
(l. to r.) Marc and Salvatore Vitone, father and son at Howard Street, Akron OH, 1999
Marc is Salvatore’s first born. They live near each other, Sal in the house on North Howard Street
next door to where they stand. His immigrant mother, Maria, and father, Pasquale, lived there in
the past, and it was purchased by Sal upon the death…
Rebecca and Katy Scarpitti (seated), mother and daughter, Akron, Ohio, 1998
Katy is Becky’s second-born. Katy’s father is Michael Scarpitti, by whom Becky has two daughters -- Amie, her eldest, and Katy. Becky and Mike have been divorced for many years. Her youngest daughter, Gretchen Neid, is by another long-term…