Columbus Grove High School Ohio Alumni Obituaries

Richard Phillip Laemmle age 56 passed away peacefully on January 31 2026. He was born November 21 1969 in Columbus Ohio graduated from Grove City High School in 1988 and worked in logistics as a manager. His personality and humor were larger than life and he was known for singing karaoke making peop...

Michael Joseph Mike Hoctor age 67 of Wilkesville passed away Thursday January 1 2026 at his home. He was born August 19 1958 in Columbus Ohio to Joseph J. Hoctor and Wanda L. Haywood Six. Mike graduated from Grove City High School with the class of 1976. He was a retired selfemployed truck driver wh...

Genevieve Elaine Jenny Toombs 98 of Portsmouth passed away on Friday November 14 2025 at The Courtyard at Wheelersburg. She was born on March 20 1927 in Peoria IL to the late John Beath and Mary Loucille Wisner Tetlow. A graduate of Columbus North High School Jenny earned a Bachelors in Education fr...

MARLIN RENO WEST beloved son of Rubin and Geneva Evans West was born on Tuesday August 14 1951 in Columbus Ohio. He was reared in the Village of Urbancrest Ohio where he developed a deep love for family faith and community. Marlin was a proud graduate of Grove City High School Class of 1970. Followi...

John Michael Lyle passed away on October 11 2025 in Waterford Maine at the age of 69. Born on March 1st 1956 in Mansfield Ohio to John C. and Betty J. Keller Lyle. John spent his life bringing joy to others through his wit and his woodworking talents. John was a man of many talents. As a student his...

Ralph Johnston a lifelong Christian and an active member of St. John Lutheran Church for the last 63 years passed peacefully on December 2 2025. He was born April 31932 in Glenford Ohio to the late Carl and Edna Ridenour Johnston. After graduating from Glenford High School he served in the U.S. Army...

Gladys Renicker age 92 of Westerville Ohio passed away February 3 2026. A graduate of Wellsville High School in 1952. Gladys worked at Ohio Bell and the Columbus Public School System. She is survived by her husband of 71 years Joseph G. Renicker daughter Karen R. Kent Anslinger of Grove City Ohio si...

Barbara Ann Cumpston 78 of Geneva Ohio passed away peacefully on September 27th 2025 under Western Reserve Hospice Care. She was born September 15th 1947 in Cleveland Ohio. Barbara was a 1965 Geneva High School graduate. She is preceded in death by her parents Benjamin A and Julia R Brazis her broth...

Helen J. Swartz age 100 passed away on December 17 2025 at Holzer Hospital following a brief illness. She was born on February 1 1925 to Russell and Etta OBrien Cullums. Helen was a graduate of OliveOrange High School Class of 1943. She married Harry Swartz following his service in the United States...

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...

Doris Louise Waldren Reid of Centerburg Ohio passed into the arms of her Savior Jesus Christ on January 12 2026 in her home at the age of 91. She was born in Columbus Ohio May 211934 to the late Thelma Mae Engle Waldren and Given Richard Waldren of Grove City Ohio. She was a 1953 graduate of Central...

Joy Lynn Hall 92 of Orient OH went to be with the Lord peacefully on Thursday January 1 2026 in Rosemount OH surrounded by family and friends. She was born on January 22 1933 in Columbus OH to Stuart Lynn and Bernice Eileen Ruhl Goodwin and was a sister to Shirley France and Connie Holley. Joy marri...

Ronald A. Thompson 91 years old of Grove City OH. a cherished husband father and friend passed away peacefully on December 13 2025. Born in Worthington Ohio to the late Earl and Ruth Ryan Thompson. Beside his parents Ron was preceded in death by three brothers Bob Jim and Bill Thompson three sisters...

Marguerite D. Outcalt 83 of Tiffin passed away at The Laurels of West Columbus Ohio on Wednesday January 21 2026. She was born April 23 1942 in Batesville Indiana the daughter of Raymond and Elizabeth Bruns. Margy graduated from Springfield Township High School in Indiana. She then attended Weaver A...

Maxine Sexton The Strawberry Lady passed away peacefully on Saturday November 22 2025 at Fox Run Manor in Findlay Ohio at the age of 100. She was born in Kentucky on January 22 1925 to Delila and William Bill Whitaker. In 1942 at the age of 17 shortly after graduating high school she moved to Dayton...

Tony was born in Columbus Ohio on March 7 1931. He is preceded in death by his beloved wife Beverly parents Jim Mary Lancia inlaws Jacob and Florence Scheiderer brothers and sistersinlaw Paul Shirley Bob Kay Lancia. He is survived by his son Steve daughterinlaw Lisa Milano Lancia sistersinlaw Jo ...

James was born January 10 1937 in Logan Ohio to the late Paul J. Ucker and Florence E. Schrader Ucker. After graduating from Logan High School he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1954 proudly serving with the 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton and then Treasure Island in California a...