Gaynel Tenney Mellott Obituary

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Gaynel Tenney Mellott in Akron, Ohio, born in Yatesboro, Pennsylvania, who passed away on March 8, 2025, at the age of 86, leaving to mourn family and friends. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family. You may also light a candle in honor of Gaynel Tenney Mellott or send a beautiful flower arrangement to the funeral service.

She was predeceased by: her husbands, Carl Norman Tenney and Donald Gene Mellott; her parents, George W. Leppert and Annie Elizabeth Leppert-Ayers (Kelly); and her stepfather Nelson Ayers.

She is survived by: her sons, Carl Norman Tenney Jr. (Deborah) of Rochester, MN, Richard Paul Tenney (Julie) of Akron, OH and David Carl Tenney (Connie) of Lakemore, OH.; her grandchildren, James Tenney (Linda), Kathryn Adams (Ray), Matthew Tenney (Jennifer), Allison Thorman (Jarod), Emily Tenney, Angie Romig (Fred) and Jennifer Hawkins (Jeff); her great grandchildren, Xander (Gloriana), Rayne, Elijah, Annie Rae Adams of Dale Carlos, Trinity, Ariana "Onnie" of Makayla Joy, Declan Tenney, Anna Marie Hoskins, Ben Hawkins, Shelby, Rylee Romig and Grant Bennett Thorman; and her sisters, Helen Gertrude Jones of Minerva, OH and Mary Catherine Havko of Nanty Glo, PA.. She is also survived by her family, friends.