Jerry M. Whitis

Jerry M. Whitis

Jerry Whitis Obituary

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Jerry was born on November 24, 1942 and passed away on Tuesday, September 17, 2019. Jerry was very proud to serve his country as a Navy Veteran. Visitation will be held on Sunday, September 22, 2019 from 12pm-2pm followed by a service at 2pm at Newcomer Funeral Home, 131 N. Canton Road, Akron, OH. You grant Newcomer Funeral Service Group, its affiliates, related entities, and/or assigns a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, copy, modify, display, archive, store, publish, transmit, perform, distribute, reproduce and create derivative works from all writing and/or Material you provide to Newcomer Funeral Service Group in any form, media, software or technology of any kind now existing or developed in the future. Without limiting the generality of the previous sentence, you authorize Newcomer Funeral Service Group to include the writing and/or Material you provide in a searchable format that may be accessed by users of this Site and other Web sites. You also grant Newcomer Funeral Service Group and its affiliates and related entities the right to use your name and any other information abo.

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