Madison High School Ohio Alumni Obituaries

William Linden Shearer Sr. of Newville passed away peacefully on January 8 2026 at Cross Keys Village in New Oxford surrounded by his family following a lengthy battle with Parkinsons disease. Bill aka Sharkey was born in Shippensburg on May 10 1933 the 3rd of 8 children to the late Harvey Donald an...

Byron McPherson Dillard, age 92, entered the presence of his Savior on December 23, 2025 at Heritage Green Assisted Living in Lynchburg, Virginia, where he had resided for the past two years and was lovingly cared for by a devoted team of caregivers.Byron was born on August 16, 1933, in Thomasville,...

on Friday January 30 2026 from 1230 p.m. 100 p.m. with the service beginning at 100 pm. Interment will be held Tuesday February 3 2026 at Salisbury National Cemetery 501 Statesville Blvd . Salisbury NC. FUNERAL SERVICE FOR DONALD WATSON WILL BE HELD AT THE PERRY SPENCER FUNERAL HOME LOCATION 402 SHO...

Delores Arlene O’Dell Bays of Summersville, WV, formerly of Leivasy, died Saturday morning, January 30, 2026 at the Summersville Health Care Center.Arlene was born in Marfrance, Greenbrier County, January 23, 1931, the daughter of William Glover O’Dell and Della Agnes Arbaugh O’Dell. The family move...

Jolene Schuster age 88 of Wisconsin Dells WI passed away on Thursday November 13 2025 in her home. A celebration of life will be held in Spring with details to follow. Jolene Stout was born December 25 1936 in Madison Wisconsin to Herman and Velma Winter Stout. She knew that a Christmas day birthday...

John Douglas (Jack) Rihs, age 77, of Ohio Township, passed away on January 19, 2026. He was the belovedhusband of the late Sandra Ritchie Rihs; loving father of Bethany (Andrew) Weidenhammer, Jonathan (Staci)Rihs, and Alison (Derrick) Day. He was “Pap” to Abigail, Madison, and Jacob Rihs; Aaron and ...

Mrs. Irene LaVera Benham Olberding Neal age 94 of Madison Indiana entered this life on December 1 1931 in Jefferson County Indiana. She was the loving daughter of the late Lawrence R. and Opha E. Stansbury Benham. She graduated in 1949 from Saluda High School near Hanover Indiana. She first married ...

Mr. James Roy McDole Sr. age 76 of Milton Kentucky entered this life on February 28 1949 in Madison Indiana. He was the loving son of the late S. and Zelma Stockdale McDole. He was raised in Trimble County where he resided most of his life and graduated in 1968 from Trimble County High School. He fa...

Marianne Rhoades Pittman age 94 of Dublin Ohio passed away on March 15 2025 in her home. She was born on July 12 1930 to Paul and Orpha Benton Rhoades the youngest of four children. On her fridge was the Hunter S. Thompson quote Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safel...

.Lorene Wise Bailey was born to George C. and Cora Floyd Wise along with her twin sister Irene on January 11 1921 in Kansas City KS. She departed this life on December 12 2025 at Madison Hospital surrounded by her nieces. At a young age she accepted Christ and was baptized at Lesley Temple CME Churc...

Mary Jane Haller age 93 passed away peacefully on Friday January 23 2026 in Louisville Kentucky. Mary Jane was born and raised in Peru Indiana and was a graduate of Richland Township High School. Following graduation she relocated to Fort Wayne Indiana to continue her postsecondary education. She be...

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...

Michael James Blade age 77 of Erie Michigan passed away peacefully on Thursday January 22 2026 at Bowling Green Manor. He was born on October 4 1948 in Toledo Ohio to Mary Frances Bisonette Amer. Mike was a proud Vietnam veteran who served in the United States Navy aboard the USS Robert L. Wilson. H...

Ronald S. “Ron” Morris, age 83, of Mount Gilead, passed away at his home on Sunday afternoon, January 25, 2026, surrounded by the land and life he loved so dearly.Born on June 23, 1942, in Hamilton County, Ohio, Ron was the son of the late Leland Stanford “Stan” and AnnaMae (Meyer) Morris. He gradu...

L. Eugene Oburn Gene age 84 of Pleasant Hill Ohio passed away peacefully at Ohios Hospice of Dayton on Thursday December 11 2025. Gene was born on April 15 1941 in Piqua Ohio to the late Harold and Ada Snapp Oburn. In addition to his parents Gene is preceded in death by his brother Dennis Oburn. Gen...

Jewell Ann Swackhamer 65 of Reynoldsburg Ohio entered in the Kingdom of Heaven on Friday January 23 2026. She is survived by her loving husband and best friend David Swackhamer. They were married on July 7 1995. Jewell is also survived by her brother Jack Burchett fatherinlaw Robert L. Swackhamer si...

She was born in Syracuse NY on October 13 1946 to Edith Catherine Tobin Landers and Maurice Keefe Red Landers. She grew up in Conneaut OH graduating from Conneaut High School in 1964. Cathy earned a degree in Accounting from Bliss College in Columbus OH and worked at Ohio State where she met her fut...

Mr. Jeffry Joseph "Jeff" Ozio age 59 of Hanover Indiana entered this life on February 21 1966 in Beaumont Texas. He was the son of the late Herbert John Ozio and Janis K. Paul Miller. He graduated high school in Houston Texas and shortly after moved to Madison where he attained his LPN degree at Ivy...

Darrel Dean Wright 80 of New Martinsville WV passed away at his home on Friday October 31 2025 with family by his side. He was a retired landman with Dominion Corp. a U.S. Navy veteran serving on the USS Pueblo he enjoyed golfing and woodworking was a graduate of Tyler County High School 1963 and a ...

Bonita Bonnie Jean Church nee Coddington of Florham Park and formerly a longtime resident of Scotch Plains passed away peacefully on January 16 2026 with her daughter Amy by her side. She was 84. Born in Akron Ohio on November 1 1941 to the late E. Robert and Florence Mildred Coddington Bonnie moved...