Ashland High School Ohio Alumni Obituaries

Brenda Burns 85 passed away on Saturday morning January 10 2026 at Hendrick Medical Center Brownwood. Having lived in Brownwood since 1971 Brenda had been a resident of Oakridge Manor Skilled Nursing and Rehab for nearly 8 years. Brenda Kay Payne was born to Elza and Rena Payne coming into the world...

LOUDONVILLE: Albert Louis Krebs passed away peacefully after a long illness on Thursday, February 5, 2026, in Mill Creek Nursing Home in Galion at the age of 78.He was born on October 28, 1947, in Ashland, Ohio, to parents Richard and Thelma (Rock) Krebs. Raised in Loudonville and Millersburg, Alber...

Norma L. (Stitzlein) Snyder, 98, formerly of Loudonville, Ohio died peacefully Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026 in Delaware, Ohio, as her family gathered around her bed singing the hymn “Softly and Tenderly.”Norma was born Feb. 16, 1927, the youngest of the nine children of Ed and Ada (Strang) Stitzlein. Sh...

Virginia Mae (Kessler) Brooks, age 88, of Mifflin, Ohio, passed away January 29, 2026. She was born January 12, 1938 in Sparta, Ohio to James Mason and Dorothy (Keller) Kessler. She graduated in 1956 from Sparta High School then married George David Brooks in 1957. They were married 62 years and rai...

James "Jim Jimmy" Gifford Fowler III age 76 of Mount Vernon passed away Friday September 19 2025 at Country Court Nursing Home. He was born on April 26 1949 in Ashland to the late James G. and Charlotte Yaeger Fowler Jr. Jim in his younger years attended Amity United Methodist Church and youth grou...

Alfred J. Hughes, 78, formerly of Brunswick and of West Salem, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, January 20, 2026, at Ashland UH Samaritan Hospital after months of extended illnesses.Alfred was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on May 9, 1947, to John and Phyllis (Chaplin) Hughes. He grew up in the Old Brooklyn nei...

Donna Green Brown Chapman, 82, of Ashland County, formerly of Cleveland, Ohio, went home to be with her Lord and Savior surrounded by family. She was born on May 22, 1943, in Logan County, West Virginia, to Frank and Frances (Adkins) Green. A coal miner’s daughter, Donna grew up in Stone Branch Holl...

Marjorie Eileen Camp entered the presence of the Lord peacefully on Friday January 30 2026. She lived each day with a heart full of faith a spirit of generosity and a deep love for her family and church community. She served in the church as a childrens teacher was a leader in the Womens Missionary ...

Hallie Lyn Babin 43 of Ashland Ohio passed peacefully while surrounded by family Saturday January 31 2026 at The Ohio State University James Cancer Hospital from complications due to colorectal cancer. Hallie graduated from Ashland High School in 2000 where she was a member of the Symphonic Jazz and...

Phyllis Ann Barr age 94 of Ashland passed away on December 27 2025 at Belmont Tower in Brethren Care Village in Ashland Ohio. Born in Chicago Illinois on August 26 1931 the daughter of Erwin and Anna Consoer Koeritz. She had been a resident of Ashland County since the 1980s. She graduated from high ...

Lori Chapman 65 of Ashland Ohio passed away in her home on December 27 2025 listening to the sound of waves crashing on the beach. She was surrounded by her closest loved ones. She will be leaving a huge void in her familys hearts as they will miss hearing her laughter and wisdom. Lori was born on N...

William Eugene Fast 87 of Ashland passed away early Friday January 30 2026 on his birthday just 87 and heading to heaven at Lutheran Village after a brief illness. He died peacefully after being able to say his goodbyes to everyone in his family. Bill was born on January 30 1939 in Savannah Ohio the...

Jan Arnold Miller age 83 passed away peacefully at StoryPoint Memory Care Findlay Ohio on Saturday January 3 2026 and went to meet his Lord and Savior. He was born on December 11 1942 in Huntington Indiana to Dwight and Christene Cossairt Miller both of whom preceded him in death. Jan married the lo...

A Mass of Christian Burial for Ronald Ron Edward McKenzie 76 of Newark will be held at St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church 1130 A.M. Friday January 23 2026 with Fr. Ed Keck as celebrant. Calling will be held at the church for one hour prior to the Mass. Ron a 1967 graduate of Granville High Sch...

Robert Bob Herrmann Kouns 86 of South Shore Kentucky passed away on January 31 2026 at UK Kings Daughters Medical Center in Ashland Kentucky surrounded by family. He was born on November 1 1939 to the late William Bill and Mary Alice Harr Kouns. Bob left an undeniable mark on those who knew him maki...

Rosemary Crabtree Justice1948-2026Rosemary Crabtree Justice, age 77, of Ashland, Kentucky, went home to be with her Heavenly Father on January 4, 2026.Rosemary was born on September 2, 1948. She was the blessing of the late Ollie and Hazel Copley Crabtree. Rosemary was a proud 1966 graduate of Boyd...

On November 18 2025 James Everett Simmermon passed away peacefully in his sleep just four months shy of his 100th birthday. He was born in Arnold Pennsylvania on March 23 1926. Jim was the beloved son of the late Joseph Carl and Melba McGeary Simmermon. He was preceded in death by his loving wife Lo...

Lisbon Richard L. Long. 77 passed away June 7 2016 at his home in Lisbon Maine. Richard was born July 18 1938 in Ashland Ohio the only child of Walter and Martha Long. He grew up in Lima Ohio graduating in 1956 from Lima Senior High School. Richard joined the U.S. Navy soon after because as he was ...

Catherine Kay Davies age 75 Sabattus Maine formerly of Wayne Ohio passed away Friday Dec. 20 2013 in Lewiston Me. She was born on November 2 1938. In Ashland Ohio to late Harold Bixby and Marguerite Bixby Sowers. Kay married Jan M. Davies on November 28 1959 in Gibsonburg Ohio. Surviving Kay is her ...

Tommy Joe Scyphers 79 of Athens WV formerly of Bradshaw WV and Mansfield OH went on to be with the Lord on Christmas evening 2025 at WVU Medical Center Princeton Hospital. The first of seven children of the late Joseph M. Scyphers and the late Lilly Mae Church Scyphers Tommy was born on October 13 1...

Patricia Patty L. Hildebrand age 88 of Ashland passed away on December 17 2025 at Kingston of Ashland after a short illness. Born in Ashland on July 13 1937 the daughter of John Philip and Mary J. Echelberger Steiner she had been a resident of Ashland county all of her life where she was a homemaker...

Fay Lorraine Colburn Rogers 91 of West Lebanon NH peacefully passed away on Thursday December 18 at the Genesis Lebanon Center after a long battle with dementia. Fay was born in Roxbury VT on March 30 1934 to Franklin and Ida Cook Colburn the seventh child of eight. Her parents eventually moved from...

Carl LaRue Stewart, age 89, of Melbourne, Florida, passed away peacefully in his sleep and went home to be with his Lord and Savior on November 3, 2025.Carl was born on September 19, 1936, in Gary, Indiana, the oldest of three children born to Charles H. and Rheba (Barnett) Stewart of Oblong, Illino...