North Marion High School Alumni Obituaries

Richard Wayne Rush 78 of Fairview WV passes away Sunday January 11 2026 at Ruby Memorial Hospital. Richard was the son of the late Sonny and Helen Rush. He graduated from Fairview High School served in the US Air Force and drove school bus for Marion County Board of Education for over 20 years. Rich...

Marion Bruce Woodring 89 of Henderson Kentucky passed away on Saturday November 1 2025. Born in Boxville Kentucky on October 20 1936 to the late Lloyd Hickman and Kathleen Beaven Woodring Bruce graduated from Morganfield High School and was a U.S Navy veteran. Following his fathers footsteps Bruce w...

Sonja Harriet Taylor Griffin age 86 died on December 31 2025 after a brief period of declining health. She was born in Martin County on March 28 1939 to the late Robert Eli and Ida Elizabeth Powell Taylor. She attended Martin County schools graduating from Robersonville High School in 1957 and atten...

Retired Master Sgt. Philip Reece Parsons 91, of West End, N.C, passed away peacefully on January 11, 2026, surrounded by family. He is survived by his wife, Mary Elizabeth, five children and sister, Iris Duvall (Larry Carpenter). He was preceded in death by his father Worth Parsons, mother, Thelma P...

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...

Victoria Skillings Muller Born April 7.1947 passed away from natural causes in the presence of her cherished friends Erin and Steve Nortonen. Victoria was a one of a kind free spirit loved politics cooking gardening and her family. She issurvived by her oldest son Adam Muller and his wife Sharon alo...

George W. Swanson of Bath Maine was gathered into the arms of our Lord on October 18 at home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on December 7 1927 in Brooklyn NY the son of Albert and Agda Swanson who emigrated from Sweden in 1925. George graduated from the High School of Aviation Trades i...

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...

Robin Lynn Smart Taylor of Mechanic Falls Maine passed away peacefully on Jan. 21 2011 with her family and friends at her side. She was born on Jan. 17 1962 the daughter of Stuart and Janet Hopkins Mitchell of Dixmont Maine. Robin was the wife of Clarence Taylor of Mechanic Falls they were married o...

John "Jack" Gitch, 78, of rural Sumner, died Sunday, November 2, 2025, at the University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics in Iowa City.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Fredericksburg with Rev. Ronnie Koch officiating. Interment wi...

Mildred Margaret Schmidt Bailey passed into the presence of God on November 2 2025. She was born in Hebo Oregon on August 25 1929 in the home of her parents Omer and Olive Bailey. Her father was a pastor in the Assemblies of God denomination. During her fathers time as a pastor mom lived in Hebo Ore...

Jesse Lee Jones Jr. 76 of Grant Town West Virginia peacefully departed this life on the evening of Friday January 9 2026 at his home surrounded by loved ones. Born in 1949 in Fairmont West Virginia Jesse was the son of the late Jesse Jones Sr. and Mary Lee Jones of Grant Town. He attended Grant Town...

Mrs. Mattie Odessa Briscoe Stroud 69 of Kingstown NC passed away on Saturday December 20 2025 at VIA Health Partners Wendover Hospice in Shelby NC. She was born March 2 1956 in Cleveland County NC to the late Marion and Bessie Mae Briscoe. The family will be meeting at 1911 Petty Road Kingstown NC ...

Clinton Williams 86 of Columbus Ohio transitioned peacefully from this life on November 10 2025after a long and fulfilling journey. A lifelong resident of Asheville North Carolina Clinton was born June 20 1939 to the late Frank and Alice Searles Williams. For the past eleven years he had made his ho...

David Blacknall passed from this earth on January 3 2026. He passed after a brief illness at Avir Nursing and Rehab in Sherman Texas. David Marion Blacknall was born on July 18 1930 in Denison Texas. He graduated from High School in June 1947. He went to North Texas State University NTSU for 3 year...

Randy L. Shepard age 76 of Clintonville passed away early Tuesday morning December 30 2025 at ThedaCare Regional Medical Center in Appleton. Randy Lee Shepard was born on August 20 1949 son to the late LeRoy and Maxine Barker Shepard in Clintonville WI. He attended Clintonville schools and graduated...

Frank Steven Mozdian Sr. 83 passed away peacefully Thursday September 11 2025 after a brief illness. He was born in Connecticut to John and Ann Draus Mozdian and raised in Laurel Run then lived in North End WilkesBarre for most of his life. Frank worked as a mechanic a factory worker and a cleaner b...

Mr. Ronald Ron Foster Matthews Sr. passed away peacefully after a brief battle with cancer and a long struggle with the complications of diabetes on May 25 2025. A native of Somerset County MD he was born at St. Annes Hospital in Fall River MA on July 20 1943 and was the second son of the late Stanl...

Glen Koons, age 92, of Galion passed away peacefully at home Sunday January 11, 2026.Born July 18, 1933 in Marion, he was the son of the late Clarence and Velma (Korner) Koons.He was a graduate of Marion Harding High School. He took his first job at Danner Buick in Marion and advanced to become the ...

Mr. George L. Farris 90 went to his heavenly home on December 6 2025 surrounded by his loving family. Born on March 19 1935 in Saltville Virginia he was a lifelong resident who cherished his roots in the North Holston and McCready communities. He graduated from Rich Valley High School in 1952. Mr. F...

97 passed away on December 19 2025 at home with her children at her side in Palo Alto California. Margaret was born in Odin Illinois the eldest of two children to Elester Leck Harville and Martha VanSant Harville. She attended Odin School 1st grade through high school where she graduated twice She g...

Mr. Donald L. Walp Jr. age 78 of Deputy Indiana entered this life on September 15 l947 in Scottsburg Indiana. He was the son of the late Donald L. Sr. and Marguerite Wyne Walp. He attended Deputy High School and lived in the Paris Crossing area all of his life. On August 14 1966 he was united in mar...

Ida Mae Stiffler of North Fayette Township Imperial PA at the age of 93 passed away peacefully at her residence on Sunday December 21 2025. Ida was born in Oakdale PA on November 24 1932 beloved daughter to the late Sadie A. Lee and Edward W. Ackman loving wife of 59 years to the late Dan Stiffler w...

COLUMBIANA Bruce Duncan MacLellan 80 of Lisbon passed away Sunday afternoon December 7 2025 at Parkside Health Care Center in Columbiana with his wife beside him. Bruce was born on May 29 1945 in Youngstown a son of William Duncan and Marion Wite MacLellan. A Liberty high school graduate he entered...

Joyce Marie Barnett Ritchie 91 passed away Friday January 9 2026 at her home. Visitation will be held from 67 p.m. Tuesday evening at Smith Funeral Home. Funeral services are scheduled for Wednesday January 14th at 200 p.m. at First Baptist Church. Burial will be in Quanah Memorial Park Cemetery und...

Quenten Nabahe Garcia longtime resident of Holladay Utah passed peacefully on the morning of December 5th with family by his side. He fought a valiant battle with MSA Multiple System Atrophy until he was too tired to fight. Born to Quintin Nemezio Garcia and Antonia Romo on December 18 1957 in Pasad...

Elaine P. Smith nee Pritikenwas born in October of 1929 to Marion and Joseph Pritiken in Chicago Illinois. From the age of 4 she took dance eventually focusing on Adagio. She excelled in school and left for Pacific University in Oregon at the age of 17. There she met the love of her life Bernard Smi...