South Jefferson High School Alumni Obituaries

DURHAM –Richard Eugene McGeorge, 77, passed away on Saturday, December 20, 2025, at Duke - Hock Family Pavilion. He was born in Roanoke, Virginia to the late Aubrey Eugene McGeorge and Evelyn Marie Amos McGeorge. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Kenneth McGeorge.Richard McGeorge was a s...

Paul Angelo Carl Macri M.D. 91 of South Bend died of natural causes on January 11 2026. He was born December 4 1934 in Mishawaka to Paul and Rose Macri. He was proud of his Italian heritage speaking often of his many kind relatives. He graduated from Mishawaka High School before attending Wabash Col...

Barbara Pauline Gugliucci Hathaway, age 88, passed away peacefully at home on January 12, 2026. Barbara was born on December 11, 1937, in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Anthony Gugliucci and Pauline Testa Gugliucci. Barbara attended P.S. 181 and Thomas Jefferson High School, graduating in 1955....

JoAnne L. Schmigel, 76, went to be with the Lord on November 24, 2025, after passing away at home in Lamont, Florida.JoAnne was born on December 8, 1948, in Basom, New York to Bayard Daniel Falker and Anna Gerda Falker. She attended Oakfield-Alabama High School and was pursuing a career as a beautic...

Della Smedley, age 96 of Breckenridge, passed away Wednesday, November 5, 2025. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Sunday, November 9th at Morehart Mortuary Chapel with Rev. Don Bearden officiating. Visitation will be held just prior to the service at 1 p.m., Sunday, November 9th at Morehart M...

Cheryl Kay Miller Presnall, a native of Mobile, AL, entered into God’s nearer presence on January 5, 2026 in Pelham, AL. Cheryl Kay was the daughter of Myrtice Jones and Grady Earl Miller, born to them on March 31, 1949.She was raised in Satsuma, AL and attended Satsuma High School. In 1965, she mar...

Anthony Marcano 73 of WilkesBarre PA and formerly of Brooklyn NY passed away Wednesday morning January 7 2026 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center Plains PA. Born on August 23 1952 in Queens New York he was the son of the late Celso Antonio and Augustina Perez Marcano. Tony was a graduate of T...

Nancy Riggs Mahramas 78 of Carnegie PA passed away peacefully on December 18 2025 surrounded by loved ones. Nancy was born in 1947 to Mona Cleary and Clair Riggs. Though an only child she was never without brothers and sisters her cousins and lifelong friends filled those roles and those relationsh...

affectionately known as Tydrick was born on June 21 2005 at 311 p.m. to Mr. Jerome Flournoy and Mrs. Sophia PattersonFlournoy. On November 2 2025 at 531 a.m. he was called home to be with the Lord. Though his departure came in a way no family should ever have to endure we find comfort in knowing he ...

Donald "Donnie" Clip Campbell 77 of Grassy Creek Helton Community passed away at home on December 24 2025 surrounded by family. He was born in Grassy Creek on November 21 1948 to Clip and Nell Tester Campbell. He was a graduate of Northwest Ashe High School having attended Virginia Carolina High Sc...

Dolores Dolly Gudenkauf 82 of Indianapolis IN formerly of MeridenOzawkie Kansas gained her angel wings on December 13 2025 at Community Hospital South in Indianapolis. She was born June 3 1943 in Horton KS the daughter of Warren F. and Mary I. Studer Diebolt. She was a 1961 graduate of Midway High S...

Kenneth Eugene Gene Packer 90 of McLouth died Friday December 5 2025. Gene was born November 17 1935 at Wakefield Nebraska the son of Kenneth Washington and Ethel Evelyn Johnson Packer. He was a 1953 graduate of Wakefield NE High School. He was active in FFA and 4H showing steers at the Dixon County...

Tessa Gowen Ader, one of Charlottesville’s leading philanthropists, passed away peacefully at her home in Charlottesville on January 5, 2026 at the age of 92 after a long illness. Her gift in September 2020 of $50 million to establish the Tessa and Richard Ader Performing Arts Center was the largest...

Maurice Leland Geiger 87 passed away at his home on January 4 2026. He was born January 27 1938 the youngest of three boys in Wellborn Florida to Thomas Jefferson Geiger and Thelma Leone McDonald Geiger. He attended the Wellborn School and later Columbia High School graduating as part of the class o...

On Monday December 292025 Mrs. Ollie Cornelia Johnson McDowell transitioned from this life of labor to her reward with her heavenly Savior She was preceded in death by her parents Mr. Richard Johnson and Mrs. Ollie Rita Johnson and her husband Mr. Herman M. McDowell Sr. Born in Jefferson Georgia and...

Rick moved to Maine his senior year of high school and graduated from Gardiner Area High School in 1965. He married Eileen McLaughlin in 1966 and served in the US Navy from 1967 to 1970. They lived in South Gardiner where they raised their sons Rick III and Randy. Rick was a devoted father and worke...

I dont know how much value I have in this universe. But I do know that I made a few people happier than they wouldve been without me. And as long as I know that Im as rich as Ill ever be. Robin Williams Auburn Amy Bray Peterson 52 died on December 31 2021 at home in Auburn Maine surrounded by her ...

James G. Cowan 86 of Reynoldsville PA passed away on Sunday January 4 2026 while a resident at Christ the King Manor in DuBois PA. Born October 8 1939 in Sykesville he was the son of the late John Cowan Jr. and Olga Morris Cowan. He graduated from SykesvilleHenderson High School in 1957 and studied ...

Gloria LaGaye Jones Harris, was born January 4, 1947, in Sharon, Tennessee to the late Charlie I. Jones and Marion K. Rogers Jones. In 1957, at the age of ten, Gloria and her family moved to South Bend, Indianna where she would spend her formative years and build a life filled with love, laughter an...

James G. Cowan 86 of Reynoldsville PA passed away on Sunday January 4 2026 while a resident at Christ the King Manor in DuBois PA. Born October 8 1939 in Sykesville he was the son of the late John Cowan Jr. and Olga Morris Cowan. He graduated from SykesvilleHenderson High School in 1957 and studied ...

Alan Ray Kilburn died September 29 2024 at the age of 71.He was preceded in death by his father Elmer Ray Kilburn his mother Eleanor Dabbs Kilburn and his sister Teresa Kilburn Loggins. Ray is survived by his wife Jennifer Smith Kilburn his brothersinlaw Williams Loggins and Xandy Smith his nieces B...

Carrie Deeker of Marthasville MO passed away at home on Monday December 29 2025. She was born in Tampa Florida on June 26 1940 the daughter of Cuban immigrants Roy and Mariana nee Lima Hernandez. She graduated from Jefferson High School and then the University of Tampa with a degree in Elementary Ed...

Reusch Arthur Max Jr 74 of Ballwin Missouri passed away peacefully on Saturday December 27 2025 following a prolonged illness. Max was born on April 29 1951 in Columbia Missouri to Arthur and Jeannette nee Hof Reusch. Max graduated from Prairie High School in Cedar Rapids Iowa and entered the Navy f...