At age 77, lifelong Akron resident Theresa Singleton has lived a long and fulfilling life — one that she keeps quietly stored away in her memories and in the stories she tells.
She was separated from her four siblings at age 9 when her mother passed away and, from then on, was raised by her grandmother, Ruth Meminger, on Kipling Street.
While raising her own two daughters, Theresa was a single mother with a limited education, living on government assistance and often taking cleaning jobs to support her family…