Michael J. Ricci

Michael J. Ricci, 42, died June 16, 2012. Born in Akron, and a lifetime Stow resident, he had worked as a painter for Tyger Painting for many years. Mike had many friends and enjoyed golfing ,fishing, and spending time with his niece, Courtney. He was an avid sports fan and an armchair manager for the Browns, Indians and Cavs.

Mike was preceded in death by his parents Reno and LauraRicci and is survived by sisters Maria and Paul Antonace, Theresa and RichHudson, Leesa Richmond and many nieces, nephews and friends.

Friends are invited to the Redmon Funeral Home forvisitation Monday from 5 to 7 PM followed by a celebration of Mike's life at Brubaker's Pub in Stow. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Assoc., 1815 W. Market St., Suite 108, Akron, OH 44313. Michael's video tribute may be viewed here.

If tears could build a stairway and thoughts a memory lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again. No farewell words were spoken, no time to say goodbye, you were gone before I knew it and only God knows why. My heart's still active in sadness and secret tears still flow, what it meant to lose you, no one can ever know. But now I know you want us to mourn for you no more. To remember all the happy times life still has much in store. Since you'll never be forgotten, I pledge to you today, a hallowed place within my heart is where you'll always stay. God knows why, with chilling touch, death gathers those we love so much, and what now seems so strange and dim, will all be clear, when we meet Him. I knew you for a moment.