Columbus Grove High School Ohio Alumni Obituaries

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

Donald E. Hammons Jr. 68 of Fort Jennings passed away peacefully Friday August 22 2025 at Mercy HealthSt. Ritas Medical Center. He was born May 29 1957 in Van Wert to Donald E. and Anna Winget Hammons Sr. His father preceded him in death. His mother survives in Van Wert. Donald is also survived by h...

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...

Linda Kay Scammicca age 80 passed away January 10 2026 at Mount Carmel Grove City. She graduated from Franklin Heights High School and went on to work as a LPN at Ohio State University for many years. She loved bingo making little crafts and feeding the squirrels and birds. She was a very loving per...

LOWELLVILLE William J. Fisher Buffalo Bill 66 died Thursday afternoon November 27 2025 at St. Elizabeth Hospital. He was born October 10 1959 in Youngstown a son of Franklin Joseph and Janet L. McCurdy Bell. Mr. Fisher a graduate of Grove City High School was a steel worker at Republic Steel for 40 ...

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...

Ruth Bryant Layman, 91, of Lakeview, OH, passed away Saturday afternoon, November 8, 2025, at Grant Medical Center, Columbus, OH.Ruth was born on October 12, 1934, in Ironton, OH, a daughter of the late Timothy F. and Lockie E. (Travis) Bryant. She married Richard E. “Dick” Layman, Sr in 1952, and h...

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...

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...

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...

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...