Jerry Stasa

Jerry B. Stasa was a 35-year-old man whose life was rooted in the communities of Summit County, Ohio. Public records list his birth as December 27, 1979. Friends and neighbors would have known him for his work life and the ordinary commitments of daily living. At the time of his death he was employed at a food-processing facility on Wooster Road North in Barberton — a workplace where he spent much of his time and carried out the routines that made up his days.

Though formal, family-published obituary notices matching his name and the exact date of death were not found in available online obituary indexes, official public records and reporting confirm the loss of Jerry on October 2, 2015. Local news accounts and the Ohio Attorney General’s unsolved-homicides listing identify him by name, note his age, and record that he was discovered at his place of work on that date. Those sources also record the city connections often cited in coverage: Barberton and nearby Cuyahoga Falls, communities where family, friends, and co-workers remember him.

Public records provide limited personal detail beyond his date of birth, residence area, and employment location. This scarcity of published remembrances in the public record makes it especially important to acknowledge that the available documents represent a real person whose life had value beyond the brief factual entries that survive online. Jerry’s work and presence in his community — the steady, day-to-day aspects of life that matter most to those close to a person — are a meaningful part of his story.

Those who knew Jerry best — family members, friends, and former co-workers — hold the fuller memories of who he was: the routines, small kindnesses, relationships, and personal details that public records do not capture. For visitors who wish to honor his memory, consider a quiet gesture in his name: a contribution to a local community effort, a kind note to someone who loved him, or simply holding in mind that every life touches others in ways that endures beyond what is written in public files. Jerry’s name is preserved in official records and in the memories of those who knew him, and that remembrance affirms his dignity and the significance of his life.