Obituaries appearing in the Akron Beacon Journal and its predecessor publications, the Summit Beacon, the Summit County Beacon, the Akron Daily Beacon, the Akron Beacon & Republican (collectively known as the Akron Beacon Journal Series), are searchable through the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums' Ohio Obituary Index.

To request a copy of an obituary cited in the index, please contact us.

For obituaries prior to 1937, see our Akron Beacon Journal Subject Indexes (1841-1939).