North High School Ohio Alumni Obituaries

With full hearts, we announce that Bette Jean Phillips Barnes, age 94, passed away peacefully on Friday, December 26, 2025. She was the daughter of the late Blanche and Guy Phillips, born on July 23, 1931.Bette grew up in Carrollton and graduated from Carrollton High School, a member of the class of...

Dennis L. Barton 82 formerly of Silver Spring MD passed away peacefully January 12 2026. Dennis was born on April 2 1943 in Waynesboro PA to the late Lester M. Barton and Naomi G. Barton Essich. He was a graduate of Waynesboro Area Senior High School Class of 1961 and went on to attend Dickinson Col...

Doris Jeanette Cameron Jones was born on January 19, 1934, in Southern Pines, North Carolina, the beloved first child of Lindsay and Ruth Cameron (nee Bowman). A year later, the family welcomed a second daughter, Gloria Joyce, and in 1940, a third daughter, Eleanor Madge, completing the trio of Came...

Fay Lorraine Colburn Rogers 91 of West Lebanon NH peacefully passed away on Thursday December 18 at the Genesis Lebanon Center after a long battle with dementia. Fay was born in Roxbury VT on March 30 1934 to Franklin and Ida Cook Colburn the seventh child of eight. Her parents eventually moved from...

James Gary Ellis Miller 20 died September 19 2015 at Keystone House hospice in Wyndmoor. He was born in Philadelphia and lived in Chestnut Hill and Wyndmoor all his life. Though short his life was a happy one. He loved playing with the five boys who lived just across the street participated in Chest...

Daniel Thomas Goulson, 63, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, December 18th, 2025, two years after being diagnosed with a glioblastoma brain tumor. Born April 11th, 1962 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina to Hilton and Jo Ann Pinnell Goulson, Dan is survived by his wife Nancy; children Preston,...

David Frederick Owens of Steelville Missouri passed away Thursday January 8 2026 at the age of 75 years 8 months and 7 days. He was born May 1 1950 in St. Louis to Morris Owens and Helen Ziegler Owens. David and his brothers visited Crawford County in their earlier years with their father on a fishi...

Carole Ann Jennings, age 90, of Aurora, Missouri, passed away at 5:25 a.m. on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, at the Aurora Nursing Center. She was born April 19, 1935, in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of Robert and Margaret (Beringer) McMurtrie Sr.Carole was a 1953 high school graduate and worked fo...

The Reverend C. Clifton Garris a native of Washington NC went home to be with the Lord on December 29 2025. After graduation from Washington High School Cliff enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and honorably served with the Flying Tigers as a Radar Technician from 1956 1962. Cliff attended Rollins Coll...

Thomas Law Kemp III, 83, of Hayesville, NC, passed away on Thursday, January 8, 2026, at his home.Tom was born in Marion, IN. He grew up in Ohio, West Virginia, and North Carolina, but he considered Chapel Hill, NC as his hometown, where he graduated from Chapel Hill High School in 1960. Tom enrolle...

Jamie Elaine Tate Helton was born December 2, 1973 in Yadkin County to Teresa Tate and Ronnie Barker. She transitioned peacefully from life, to life eternal on November 13, 2025 at the Mountain Valley-Joan & Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina.Jamie graduated from Starmount High ...

Brunswick William Lawrence OBrien 93 passed away July 20 2021 at the Maine Veterans Home in Augusta from complications of Alzheimers disease. Bill was born March 5th 1928 in New Canaan CT the youngest child of Anthony and Mysie MacIver OBrien. When his mother died the day before his 10th birthday Bi...

James Flannery 74 of Arrowsic Maine died unexpectedly on Feb. 26 2023.Born Jan 29 1949 in Queens NY to Mary and Lloyd Flannery Jim spent most of his childhood on Long Island where he enjoyed swimming sailing and ocean fishing with his dad. After earning a BA in History and Psychology from Miami Univ...

TOPSHAM Betty Getzwillers long journey is over. She passed away March 2nd 2015 in Topsham Maine at the age of 92. She was born Betty Lou Willis on August 11 1922 in Marion Ohio the youngest child of Karl J. and Minnie Marie Preuninger Willis. She was just a baby when her family moved westward event...

Clifford Leroy Damon 93 died on July 31 at his home in North Auburn following several months of declining health. He was the son of Clifford Leroy Damon and Isabelle Gould Damon. He was born in Buckfield Maine on October 11 1920. His early schooling was in a oneroom schoolhouse in North Buckfield an...

Bryan Michael MacFarlane 41 of South China Maine was one of the fallen victims in the Lewiston mass shooting. He loved riding his motorcycle camping in his trailer snowmobiling fishing RC racing he won 1st place at one such event hanging out with Deaf friends and especially loved his dog named MM hi...

Alice M. Edwards Mom Mother Miss Alice Mema entered glory and into the presence of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on December 18 2025. Born August 7 1935 in Cordele Georgia she and mother Bertha Shack Melville moved to Trenton NJ May of 1940. Alice attended school in Trenton was a 1954 graduate of...

Harvey Louis Wensel, aged 84, of Durham, North Carolina passed away on December 28, 2025. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him – his family, his neighbors, his students, his friends, all the people who came in contact with him regularly.Harvey was born in Columbus, Ohio, on February 15, 19...

Robert Ginn was lovingly known as Dr. Ginn to many who were blessed by his dedication to teach the Bible. His life was filled with the bright colors of his extensive Daylily gardens conversations with family members and hours and hours of study which covered every page of Scripture multiple times ov...

James Russell Jarosz 76 who lived most of his life in Mount Lebanon Pennsylvania died December 20 2025 at Carnegie Park Post Acute a rehabilitation facility in Scott Township where he had resided since February after suffering a falling injury. He was born June 23 1949 in Cleveland Ohio the oldest o...

Rev. Dr. William North Jackson age 91 of Valencia died on Wednesday morning January 14 2026 in the comfort of his home with family by his side. Bill graduated from Plum High School Westminster College PA and Pittsburgh and Princeton Theological Seminaries. He served as an assistant minister at Abing...

Rose Mary Lapina 78 of Irwin PA passed away surrounded by her loving family at Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital Greensburg on Wednesday December 17 2025. She was born September 29 1947 in Westmoreland County where she resided her entire life. She was the youngest child of the late Anthony Scotty ...

Warren OH With hearts accepting Gods will it is announced the passing of William James Phinisee a beloved son father brother and friend who departed from this world surrounded by his family at the Cleveland Clinic on October 27 2025 after an extended illness. William was born August 30 1976 in Young...

Pastor William Rogers, Sr. “For we walk by faith, not by sight.” —II Corinthians 5:7Pastor William Rogers, Sr., a devoted husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and faithful servant of God, transitioned peacefully from this life to his heavenly home on November 5, 2025, surrounded by his l...

Tommy Joe Scyphers 79 of Athens WV formerly of Bradshaw WV and Mansfield OH went on to be with the Lord on Christmas evening 2025 at WVU Medical Center Princeton Hospital. The first of seven children of the late Joseph M. Scyphers and the late Lilly Mae Church Scyphers Tommy was born on October 13 1...

Mother Armstead was raised in a Christian home. At an early age she accepted Christ at Galilee Baptist Church in Arlington West Virginia. She graduated from Elkhorn High School in 1962. After graduation she worked at Grace Hospital Welch WV. She relocated to Brooklyn NY and worked as a private house...

Ella L. Hudson Salancy 91 passed away Thursday January 8 2026 at Altercare of Alliance under the care of Absolute Hospice from North Canton. She was born August 21 1934 in Steubenville Ohio the daughter of the late John Ida Dondzila Hudson. Ella graduated from Steubenville Big Red High School where...

Gloria CloptonRobinson was born on July 2 1953 in Sledge Mississippi to Louise Ganaway and Calvin Clopton. She moved to Fort Wayne in 1968 and graduated from Central High School. She later attended and graduated from Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne IPFW. She met the love of her life ...

David Leonard Masini age 70 a proud husband father grandfather and veteran of the United States Marine Corps passed away peacefully at home on December 15 2025. Born in Chicago Illinois David was the son of Eugene Geno and Joyce Masini. He spent his childhood in both Chicago Illinois and Napoleon Oh...

Lois Neely age 95 formerly of Ravenswood Avenue Pittsburgh PA passed away peacefully on Tuesday October 14 2025 at the Jefferson Manor in Brookville PA. Lois was a 1948 graduate of West View high school. She and her husband Bob were married in 1951 in Avalon PA and they lived in California while Bob...