Eastern High School Ohio Alumni Obituaries

Elmer Stauffer passed peacefully from this life to his eternal home in Heaven on January 9, 2026. He was 99 years old; just 2 months and 2 days short of his 100th birthday and slightly over a year after Mildred, his wife of 75 years passed away.Elmer Stauffer, son of Rudy L. and Sylvia (Steiner) St...

Charlotte B. Char Bishop Williams of Jefferson Ohio passed away peacefully on February 9 2026 just four days shy of her 99th birthday. Born on February 13 1927 in Beaver Center Pennsylvania Charlotte lived a long and meaningful life marked by dedication to family community and service. Charlotte was...

Alberta Mae Spridgeon May 19 1928 October 6 2025 passed away at Riverside Methodist Hospital on Monday October 6 2025. Survived by her daughter Linda A. Spridgeon of Columbus and nieces and nephews. She was the daughter of Adolph John Dolph Stryffeler and Stepmother Lena L. Rogers. While attending ...

Lois Goodell 91 of Columbus Ohio passed away on July 30 2025. Born in Columbus Ohio on February 6 1934 she was the beloved daughter of R Harold Ramsey and Adrian Tom Ramsey. Lois attended Grandview Heights High School and The Ohio State University where she graduated from the school of dentistry as ...

Dover Monta Grey Harrington died in her home in Dover after a four your bout with cancer. She was born in 1949 in Oakland California. Her father was in the Air Force and so the family moved often including spending a few years in Japan. She graduated high school in Fairborn Ohio and attended Wright ...

Gary Briggs passed away on January 23 2026 surrounded by the love of his family. A devoted husband father son brother grandfather mentor and lifelong caretaker of others Gary lived a life defined not only by professional excellence but by kindness integrity humor and showing up for the people he lov...

Raymond Allen Sharpes, of Mount Vernon, Ohio, passed to his eternal home in heaven on Wednesday, January 14, 2026. He was born on August 21, 1938, in New Bern, North Carolina, to the late Lowell Sr. and Lucile Sharpes.Raymond was the youngest of six children. He attended Pleasant Hill Elementary Sch...

Thelma Carroll Rice 90 of Campton Kentucky beloved wife of Bill Rice peacefully departed this life on Wednesday January 28 2026. She was born on July 11 1935 in Wolfe County Kentucky to the late William Lemon Carroll and Emma Pelfrey. After attending Wolfe County High School her family moved to Midd...

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...

Cathleen Cullinane Martin of Maineville Ohio passed away peacefully on the morning of January 11 2026 at the age of 69. She was born in St. Louis Missouri to her late parents John Rayburn and Mary Claire McKeon Cullinane. Devoted wife of 33 years to her husband Allen W. Martin loving mother to Chris...

Jo Ann Frohnapfel 76 of Allison Park PA passed away peacefully at Allegheny General Hospital on September 22 2024. A remarkable spirit Jo Ann faced her 16year battle with Stage 4 lung cancer with courage and a zest for life viewing each challenge as a new ride in the amusement park of existence. Bor...

Grace Marie Buckland, age 91, of Fredericktown, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Friday, February 6, 2026, at the Ohio Eastern Star Home in Mount Vernon.She was born on January 6, 1935, in Zanesville, Ohio, to the late Stanley and Velma (Belt) Williams. Grace was a graduate of Butler High School and ...

Joan M. Lugoski 86 of Plains Township passed away Sunday morning February 1 2026 at the Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Dallas PA. Born on May 24 1939 in WilkesBarre PA she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Mary Ziemba Lugoski. Joan was a graduate of James M. Coughlin High School Wi...

Helen Marie Allen Ware 82 of Columbus OH departed this life Thursday January 29 2026 at 149 p.m. at Ohio State Wexner Medical Center following heart failure. She was born May 27 1943 in Lake Providence LA the daughter of Berry and Ruthie Smith Allen residing in the area for 10 years coming from Warr...

Ruth M. Pennington age 96 of McCutchenville passed away Tuesday January 6 2026 at Wyandot Memorial Hospital. She was born February 1 1929 in Crawford County to the late Earl and Frona Ziegler Brause. Ruth married Robert G. Pennington on April 9 1950 and he preceded her in death on June 13 2011. Ruth...

William Bill Clifford Jameson 79 of Turtlecreek Township passed away on January 27 2026 at Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati Ohio. William was born September 7 1946 to Joseph Dwight and Frances Jane Jameson in Middletown Ohio. Bill was a lifelong resident of Turtlecreek Township living on the family far...

Marilyn Leach 71 of Waterford Ohio passed away at home on Tuesday December 23 2025 surrounded by the love of her family. She was born October 16 1954 to Ralph and Fern Loene McMannis Kelby. She graduated from Waterford High School class of 1972. Marilyn married the love of her life Thomas Leach on J...

Our dear mother went home to be with the Lord on November 2, 2025, after a period of declining health.Donna Joyce (Shrimplin) Edington, 92, was born in Mt. Vernon, Ohio to Paul E. and Ida M. (Belcher) Shrimplin on December 24, 1932.Donna married Raymond "Dutch" Edington on June 28,1952. They enjoyed...

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...

of Minford passed away Wednesday January 21 2026 at SOMC Hospice. Born February 4 1934 in Access Kentucky a son of the late William T. and Beadie Walker Sammons he was a 1952 graduate of Raceland High School in Raceland Kentucky. Claude was a lifetime member of Fairview Missionary Baptist Church whe...

Barbara Joan Bobbi Jo Eberts age 88 of Hamden passed away Monday February 2 2026 at St. Marys Medical Center in Huntington West Virginia. She was born January 21 1938 in Jackson County Ohio to the late Ralph Martin Kinsel and Dorothy Mae Prose Kinsel. Bobbie Jo was a 1955 graduate of Hamden High Sch...

Myra Ann Kilgore Wetzel a very muchloved mother sister and friend passed away after a lengthy battle with degenerative disc and Alzheimers disease at age 86 early Monday morning January 12 2026 in Nashville TN. Myra was born July 3 1939 at the family home in Webster County Mississippi. She was the m...

She was born on January 11 1931 in Brookville Ohio to Leonard H. Jenkins and Sylvia A. Monebrake Jenkins she was of Cherokee Welsh French and English descent and was very proud of her Cherokee heritage. On June 24 1950 she married William L. Lear who preceded her in death on February 4 1983. She was...

Eleanor Elaine Williamson Wilson 87 of Jerusalem Ohio passed away Saturday August 23 2025 at the J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital Morgantown West Virginia. She was born January 25 1938 in Beallsville Ohio a daughter of the late Oliver "Kimmie" and Hester Brown Williamson. Eleanor was a graduate of Bealls...

Dolores Faye Morris was born October 3 1936 to the late Gilmer and Marie Young Morris at Cooper Kentucky. She departed this walk of life Wednesday January 28 2026 reaching the age of 89 years. Her grandparents were Floyd and Mae Edwards Young and Albert and Arrisa Dishman Morris. She had one sister ...

81 passed away August 27 2025. John was the son of Alfred Crawford and Elsie Baker Crawford born to them on April 23 1944 in Jarvis Knox County Kentucky. John was a kind man dedicated to his family faith and country. John attended Knox Central High School before deciding to enlist in the United Stat...