Events Calendar
In This Section
Can DNA tests free ex-Akron captain?
Victim of beating in Kent last week is declared dead at Akron hospital
Green High senior goes extra mile for those who walk and jog the park trails
Community, school and military news roundup
Tragedy to hope: Family creates foundation for bereavement therapy
Visiting new Navy ship brings back memories for Doylestown man serves on USS New York in 1930s
Most Read Stories
Police accuse bank robbery suspect of gobbling up note (with dashcam video)
Victim of beating in Kent last week is declared dead at Akron hospital
Dad accused of forcing son into field, killing him
Man found dead in North Akron home is identified
Can DNA tests free ex-Akron captain?
Browns' roster nearly devoid of consistent players
Coventry man killed in crash at I-77 ramp
Review: You've never seen 'Sound of Music' like this
Blogs:
Pets:
Cat-loving chihuahua suckles seven abandoned kittens
The Heldenfiles:
Friday Night Notebook
Patrick McManamon:
Browns vs. Lions live …
Akron Zips:
Hitchens leads Zips in second-half comeback
Tribe Matters:
Seven players added to Tribe’s 40-man roster
Cleveland Browns:
Robiskie, Harrison inactive
Kent State Sports:
Kent State blown out in second half, loses to Temple 47-13
Cleveland Cavaliers:
Gameblog: Cavs vs. Philadelphia 76ers
Buckeye Blogging:
OSU – Michigan college football rivals meet in Baghdad
Varsity Letters:
Four area football teams play tonight
All Da King's Men:
The Sunday Sanity Challenge
Blog of Mass Destruction:
Will Health Care Reform Pass?
Akron Law Café:
Health Care Financing Reform: (69) The Brookings Institute Study on "Bending the Curve" – Four General Strategies
See Jane Style:
Vintage Chic
Car Chase:
TIME TO GET YOUR COLLECTOR CARS WINTERIZED
Let's Talk Real Estate:
Silverdome Potentially SOLD!
Ohio Travels with Betty:
George is looking for a Thanksgiving buffet in Akron.
Sound Check:
Steely Dan Plays "The Royal Scam" at E.J. Thomas Hall
HRLite House:
A Random Rant on Testing
Akron Gamer:
Nintendo's Mario endures even as games come and go
Paige Villers graduates with the rank of airman
Published on Monday, Aug 13, 2007
Beacon Journal staff report
Paige Villers stayed strong until the end.
The 19-year-old Norton High School graduate finally succumbed to complications from pneumonia. But before she did, she was able to graduate with the rank of airman and received her airman's coin.
Villers joined the Air Force last October, and began basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio in March. She came down with a rare strain of adenovirus that was so debilitating that doctors induced a 36-day coma.
In July, while in a wheelchair, she had a special graduation ceremony in which she was also given a Medal of Achievement for her accomplishments before getting sick.
She died last Tuesday, surrounded by family and friends at a San Antonio hospital.
She joined the Air Force because ''she wanted to do something honorable with her life,'' said her aunt, Christina Henry of Coventry Township. ''She desired to do something that would make a difference in her life and this country. She was very patriotic, and she believed that the Air Force would give her the discipline she needed in her life to make something of herself.''
Calling hours will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Northside Christian Church in Wadsworth and at 11 a.m. Tuesday, followed by a funeral at noon at the church.
Beacon Journal staff report
Get the full article here.
Comments
Click here to post your comments
