Christopher E. Sellers
April 9, 2023
AUSTINTOWN, Ohio (MyValleyTributes) – Christopher E. Sellers, 74, formerly of Austintown, passed away Sunday, April 9, 2023 at the Continuing Healthcare at the Ridge.
Christopher, affectionately known as Chris, was born May 10, 1948 in Youngstown, Ohio and was the son of Edward L. and Rita (Kennedy) Sellers.
Chris attended Ursuline High School for three years, before transferring to Austintown Fitch High School his senior year, graduating in 1966. He furthered his education, by obtaining a Bachelor’s Degree in Education at Ohio University.
Chris served his country in the United States Army, 25th Infantry during the Vietnam War.
He loved the Cleveland Indians and the Browns.
Chris is preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Janice.
He leaves to cherish his memory his sister, Dawn (Larry) Hamilton of Mineral Ridge; his nieces, Lauren (Brad) Smith of Lewis Center and Courtney (Mike) Jiser of Concord, Massachusetts; great-nephews, Jeremy and Casey Smith and his great-niece, Amirah Jiser.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, April 13, 2023 at St. Joseph’s Church in Austintown at 11:00 a.m. The family will receive relatives and friends from 10:00 – 10:45 a.m. prior to the service.
The family would like to thank Continuing Healthcare at the Ridge and Buckeye Hospice for their compassionate care of Chris.
The family requests in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made in Chris’ memory to Buckeye Hospice, 3379 Main Street, Mineral Ridge, OH 44440.
Andrew Bezek
chris may you now be happy forever with the lord thank you for your service to this great country it is always tought to loose another classmate Butch
Ronald Mullins
Chris was a good kid.I lost touch with him after high school. He was bullied at Ursuline which, I believe, prompted his decision to transfer to Austintown Fitch. It made perfect sense to me. For some reason, Bob Parise would always punch Chris really hard in the shoulder when returning to class after lunch. I thought Parise was a bullying punk bullying Chris the way he did.
May you rest in peace, Chris, in God's love. I know you will know His eternal love and peace in God's mercy and love.
Joseph Marinelli
I wish to extend my sympathy on Chris`s passing to his family, friends and school classmates ..I did not know Chris real well,however,like Andrew said in his comment,it is always sad to hear of one of our former UHS classmates passing away.May he and all the others,students and teachers from UHS , rest in peace .
Ginny Sullivan
Rest In Peace
Anna Marie Schiavone (Newman)
My prayers for Chris and his family . May he now rest in the arms of of Dear Lord!
Joseph Ambrose
Chris, rode the bus to the west side, St. Chrisitine parish. He was a quiet person and looking back I see now that he was easily a target for bullying which I knew nothing about back in those days. It was just a sense that he was vulnerable and because of that I would sit with him on occasion on our ride from St. Chriistine to Wedgewood Park and would try to engage him, I cannot say that we were close but I would see him from time to time after high school at the grocery store or out and about. In truth, I was surprised to see that he finished his last year at Fitch. It is sad as I think about that. He was invisible to most and even myself as I did not realize that he wasn' t there anymore. I try to imagine how absolutely lonely a person can feel in a crowd if he/she is a litttle different. I pray that he is at peace and that he is now in the loving arms of God and all of the bullshit that he had to put up with during those very vulnerable years is just a faded bad memory. Rest in peace Chris. You certainly have earned it.
Matt Giambattista
Very nice response and truthful Joe. Chris is in Hod's kingdom now.
William Angle
Another one bites the dust. Bummer and yes Paris's was a idiotic bully to Chris
William Angle
Another one bites the dust. Bummer and yes Paris's was a idiotic bully to Chris
Patricia Myers
I remember Chris from Immaculet Heart Mary grade school. He was a quiet person. He always spoke with my sister Kathy. I
think he had a secret crush on my sister .🙂
I did not know about the bullying of him in high school, as we were never in the same classes. It is a shame that it happened
in a " catholic high school " ! We were supposedly good " Christians " .
God Bless you Chris , and may you rest in peace with the Lord Our God .