Theodore Chuparkoff 1931-2024

Preceded in death by father, Sam Chuparkoff; mother, Anna Ignace Chuparkoff; and brothers, George and Jerome, he is survived by loving wife, Margaret Rusnak Chuparkoff; and his six children, Kenneth Chuparkoff, and wife, Peggy, Karen Lefton, and husband, Doug, Theodore Chuparkoff, Christine Herche, Michael Chuparkoff, and wife, Aimee, and Mark Chuparkoff; along with five grandchildren, Audrey, Kenneth, Marie, Catherine and Devin; and two great-grandchildren, Nora and Conor.

Ted was born in Youngstown and was a proud 1949 graduate of Struthers High School. He and Margaret married in June 1955. He obtained a degree in mechanical engineering from Youngstown State University in 1954 and his law degree from the University of Akron in 1962.

Theodore and Margaret moved to Akron in 1955 where Ted became a member of the prosecutor’s office before going into private law practice. He practiced law for over 50 years.

Among other things, he will be remembered for his relentless work ethic, dogged tenacity, love of the law and valuing of education.

Calling hours will be 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, at Ciriello & Carr Funeral Home, 39 S. Miller Road, Fairlawn, OH 44333, followed immediately by a funeral prayer service at the funeral home, interment in Rose Hill Cemetery and a luncheon afterward (location TBD).

In his memory, donations can be made to the Youngstown State University Foundation Endowment-Chuparkoff Family Scholarship, which Ted established in 2007 to provide scholarships for minority students seeking to major in math, engineering or the sciences.

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