Bellefontaine High School Ohio Alumni Obituaries

Timothy Tim Hemi E. Hemleben age 68 of Saint Marys Ohio died Sunday December 21 2025 at his residence. He was born May 7 1957 in Bellefontaine Ohio the son of Theodore and Helen Frost Hemleben. Tim is survived by his wife Teresa Teri Hirschfeld whom he married on May 29 2016. He is also survived by ...

ROBERT WILLIAM BURCH 79 of Jackson Center passed away Thursday January 8 2026 at 834 AM at his home. He was born on August 17 1946 in Bellefontaine Ohio the son of the late Willis E. and N. Eileen Polhamus Burch. On February 6 1965 he married Marlene L. Coleman who preceded him in death December 9 2...

Richard Dick E. Martin 80 of Bellefontaine passed away peacefully on Tuesday December 23 2025 at his home surrounded by family On June 5 1965 he married Sharyl A. Martin who survives. He is also survived by his children Wendy Davis Richard RJ Jana Martin Jody Lana Martin and Kimberly Martin grandchi...

Richard Lee Yoder 88 of rural West Liberty went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on December 19 2025. He was born in Bellefontaine on February 9 1937 to the late Harold L. and Nina Shumaker Yoder. He is survived by his loving wife of 68 years Darlene D. Yoder and their three children Mich...

Rock E. OBrien 67 of Columbus Ohio and formerly of Rushsylvania Ohio passed away peacefully on December 14 2025. He was born on September 13 1958 in Bellefontaine Ohio to the late Willard C. and Shirley I. Rogers OBrien. He lived in the hope of his Savior Jesus the Christ. Rock was a 1976 graduate f...

Thomas K. Stonerock 84 of Bellefontaine beloved husband father grandfather and great grandfather went home to be with the Lord on October 26 2025. He was born February 6 1941 in Catlettsburg Kentucky the son of the late Ernest Martha Perkins Stonerock. He married Patricia S Curl on September 9 1961...

Richard E. Huffman 93 of Bellefontaine passed away Tuesday December 16 2025 at Mary Rutan Hospital. Dick was born August 14 1932 in North Lewisburg to the late Forest Earl and Martha L. Tombs Huffman. On January 7 1955 in Mingo OH he married the love of his life Ida Mae Metz who preceded him in deat...

David Lewis Leininger 84 of Springfield OH passed away Wednesday September 17 2025 at the Hearth and Home El Camino Assisted Living facility in Springfield OH. David was born July 13 1941 in Lakeview to the late Everett Wilbur and Florence Marie Smith Leininger. On September 16 1962 in Columbus he m...

Danny Allen Kerns age 61 of West Mansfield passed away peacefully at home on Friday November 14 2025 surrounded by family. He was born on March 22 1964 in Bellefontaine to the late Lewis Lee and Flora Marie Kleffman Kerns. Also preceding him in death was his motherinlaw Penny Gordon McCarthy nieces ...

Charles Miller 93 of Bellefontaine passed away Thursday November 20 2025 in Bellefontaine surrounded by the love of his familyfondly known by many as Charlie Jim Jimmy or PeeWee but best known as Pop Miller. Charles was born September 14 1932 in DeGraff to the late Marshall L. and Frieda Kauffman Mi...

Marilyn Sue Campbell, 89, of Huntsville, OH, passed away Saturday afternoon, January 3, 2026, at Mary Rutan Hospital ICU, Bellefontaine.Marilyn was born on May 22, 1936, in Bellefontaine, a daughter of the late Abrahm and Havel (Strayer) Franks. On June 15, 1958, Sue married Dick Campbell at First M...

Gregory W. Stimmel, 67, of Lakeview, OH, passed away Thursday morning, December 18, 2025, at Mary Rutan Hospital Emergency Department, Bellefontaine, OH.Gregory was born on December 20, 1957, in Lima, OH, a son of the late William H. and Roberta J. (Spencer) Stimmel. He was also preceded in death by...

Terry L. Williams, 55, of Lakeview, OH, passed away, Monday, January 5, 2026, at Mary Rutan Hospital Emergency Department, Bellefontaine. OH.Terry was born on January 18, 1970, in Bellefontaine, a son of the late John Pete Williams and Diana Lynn Davis Williams Wreede. He is also preceded in death b...

Mark Eugene Brunson, 65, of Huntsville, OH, passed away unexpectedly, Sunday afternoon, November 16, 2025, at his home.Mark was born on June 27, 1960, in Bellefontaine, OH, a son of the late Dale Eugene and Shelby Jeanne (McMillen) Brunson. He was also preceded by his grandfather, Ross McMillen.Mark...

Jordan P. Bush, 30, of Huntsville, OH, went home to be with The Lord, Monday, November 17, 2025.Jordan was born on August 2, 1995, in Bellefontaine, OH, a son of Joe and Becky (Hurley) Bush, who survive in Bellefontaine. He is also survived by two sisters, Kacie (Chris) Fulmer of Lakeview, OH, and A...

Ronae Kristen Gooding, 50, of Athens, OH, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, October 10, 2025.Ronae was born on January 9, 1975, in Bellefontaine, OH, a daughter of the late Ruthanna Eley Tynan, and Ronald Gooding, who survives at Indian Lake, OH. She was also preceded in death by her stepmother, L...

Patricia A. “Patty” Cozad, 73, of Lake Wales, FL, passed away unexpectedly, Monday, December 29, 2025, at Advent Health Emergency Department in Lake Wales.Patty was born on September 2, 1952, in Bellefontaine, OH, a daughter of the late James B. and Wilma (Penny) Dearwester. She married Tim Hagedorn...

Ann Marie Cartwright, 74, of Huntsville, OH passed away Thursday, November 20, 2025, at Mary Rutan Hospital, Bellefontaine, OH.Ann was born on November 22, 1950, in Marion, OH, a daughter of the late Jim and Margaret (Stuber) Cusick. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Craig Cusick and Kent C...

Larry C. Clark, 83, of Bellefontaine, OH, formerly of Russells Point, OH, passed away Monday morning, January 5, 2026, at Logan Acres Care Center, Bellefontaine.Larry was born on April 23, 1942, in Springfield, OH, a son of the late Clinton and Betty Wildermuth Clark. He was preceded in death by his...

Phyllis Haines Sewell, 98, of West Liberty, OH, formerly of Huntsville, OH passed away Wednesday morning, November 5, 2025, at Otterbein Green Hills Senior Life Community, West Liberty.Phyllis was born on June 10, 1927, in Byhalia, OH, a daughter of the late Delbert and Maybelle (Watts) Haines. She ...

Tonya M. Avila, 56, of Lakeview, OH, passed away Sunday morning, November 2, 2025, at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, OH.Tonya was born on October 11, 1969, in Kenton, OH, a daughter of the late Richard “Dick” Gobrecht, and Vera (Frey) Gobrecht, who survives in Forest, OH. She was preceded i...

William “Web” Webster Lewis Sr., 73, of Tecumseh Island, Indian Lake, OH, passed away at his home, Thursday night, December 25, 2025, with his family by his side.Web was born on August 17, 1952, in Bellefontaine, OH, a son of the late William Hobart and Elizabeth Lea (Erbach) Lewis. He was preceded ...

Carl Windell Grace, Jr., 76, of Huntsville, OH, formerly of Columbus, OH, passed away Thursday, December 11, 2025, at Mary Rutan Hospital Emergency Department, Bellefontaine, OH.Carl was born on November 12, 1949, in Columbus, OH, a son of the late Carl W. and Dorothy (Neal) Grace, Sr.Carl married W...

A beautiful soul inside and out Olivia Jade Kroft went to sing with the angels on Friday September 5 2025 following injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was a hilarious and cheerful full of life 19 year old from Marysville Ohio with the brightest whitest smile you had ever seen. On May ...

M. Jeanne Huffman 78 of Marysville passed away unexpectedly early Thursday morning September 18 2025 at Memorial Hospital following a brief illness. One of two children Jeanne was born November 17 1946 in Galion to the late John R. and Helen N. Bowers Poling. A 1964 graduate of Marysville High Schoo...