Springfield High School Ohio Alumni Obituaries

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...

Thomas J. Sturwold age 67 of Collegeville PA died on Sunday January 4 2026 in Chester County Hospital West Chester PA. He was born on December 13 1958 in Sidney Ohio to the late Ralph Mary Ann Barlage Sturwold. He married Jacqueline E. Wooddell on September 13 1986 and she survives in Collegeville ...

James Jim L. Shumaker 84 of Logan Ohio passed away on Monday December 8 2025 at Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster Ohio. Born May 16 1941 in Springfield Ohio Jim was the son of the late Robert Lowell and Dorothy Will Shumaker. Jim spent his life building things that lasted. A talented contractor ...

Lewis William Ferguson, 82, also known as Lew or Fergie, of Springfield, Ohio, passed away peacefully on March 6, 2025, surrounded by his loving family after a lengthy battle with dementia. He was born on June 17, 1942, in Springfield, Ohio.Lewis was the only son of Helen Elizabeth Upshaw (Simpson) ...

Christina R. Neidert 62 lifelong resident of Hartville passed away peacefully at her home on December 28 2025 surrounded by her loving family. She was born on May 5 1963 in Castro Valley California to Chris and Margaret Stephens Schlabach. She was a 1981 graduate of Lake High School where she was ve...

Karen R. Sweitzer Rudy age 78 of Sidney passed away Thursday November 20 2025 at Ohio Living Dorothy Love in Sidney. Karen was born in Springfield OH on July 26 1947 to the late Marion H. Mary N. Brewer Sweitzer was a graduate of Shawnee High School and attended college a member of Sidney 1st Unite...

Ruth L. Ricketts age 75 of Xenia passed away Saturday January 10 2026 at Hospice of Dayton. She was born in Springfield Ohio May 13 1950. She was preceded in death by her mother Billie McGoron Gilkerson father Donald P. King and a sister Sharon Ann King. Ruth is survived by her daughter Jamie David ...

David R. Bidwell Sr. 90 of Waterford Ohio died on Friday December 19 2025 at his home. He was born on February 28 1935 in Conneaut Ohio son of Russell and Cathryn Bidwell. After High School he served in the US Army and later became a Lineman for the Conneaut Phone Company and later as a supervisor. ...

William Samuel Drake, known affectionately as Sam to his friends and family, passed away peacefully on Christmas Day, 2025, at the Hospice of Southern Kentucky. Born on April 21, 1931, in Central City, Kentucky, Sam's life was a testament to the values of kindness, friendliness, and wisdom that he e...

William Samuel Drake, known affectionately as Sam to his friends and family, passed away peacefully on Christmas Day, 2025, at the Hospice of Southern Kentucky. Born on April 21, 1931, in Central City, Kentucky, Sam's life was a testament to the values of kindness, friendliness, and wisdom that he e...

David Lewis Leininger 84 of Springfield OH passed away Wednesday September 17 2025 at the Hearth and Home El Camino Assisted Living facility in Springfield OH. David was born July 13 1941 in Lakeview to the late Everett Wilbur and Florence Marie Smith Leininger. On September 16 1962 in Columbus he m...

Larry C. Clark, 83, of Bellefontaine, OH, formerly of Russells Point, OH, passed away Monday morning, January 5, 2026, at Logan Acres Care Center, Bellefontaine.Larry was born on April 23, 1942, in Springfield, OH, a son of the late Clinton and Betty Wildermuth Clark. He was preceded in death by his...

Patricia A. “Patty” Cozad, 73, of Lake Wales, FL, passed away unexpectedly, Monday, December 29, 2025, at Advent Health Emergency Department in Lake Wales.Patty was born on September 2, 1952, in Bellefontaine, OH, a daughter of the late James B. and Wilma (Penny) Dearwester. She married Tim Hagedorn...

Inez Mary Gray age 94 resident of New Washington Ohio passed away on Wednesday January 7 2026 at the Willows at Willard. She was born on November 24 1931 in Cranberry Township Crawford County Ohio to the late Otto and Josephine Durnwald Heydinger. Inez is a 1949 New Washington High School graduate a...

Phyllis Ann Barr age 94 of Ashland passed away on December 27 2025 at Belmont Tower in Brethren Care Village in Ashland Ohio. Born in Chicago Illinois on August 26 1931 the daughter of Erwin and Anna Consoer Koeritz. She had been a resident of Ashland County since the 1980s. She graduated from high ...

She was born on January 8 1944 in New Holland Ohio. She was a 1962 graduate of Southeastern High School in South Charleston Ohio. She retired from Key Bank in 1980 and then worked for IBM and ATT for a time before retiring from Lucent Technologies in 2005. Libby is preceded in death by her parents H...

Ms. Carol Sue Barbour was born on August 23 1946 in Boonville Missouri in Cooper County. She moved to Springfield Illinois as an infant where she was raised and later graduated from Feitshans High School. Carol dedicated many years of service to the State of Illinois where she worked faithfully unti...

Billy C. Vinson age 92 went to be with his Lord and Savior on November 26 2025 at the Missouri Veterans Home in Mt. Vernon Missouri. He was born on March 9 1933 in rural Love County Oklahoma to James Earl and Elta Mae Meeks Vinson. Throughout his lifetime he was proud to proclaim himself from Oklaho...

Pamela Harris was born September 6 1943 in Toledo Ohio and grew up in Table Grove Illinois. She is the daughter of James Wink and Celia Harris. She was preceded in death by her husband her parents and her sister Connie Baltzelle. Pamela married Gary Sigler on January 10 1965 at Table Grove Christian...

Kathleen Ann ne Giannattasio Brown Latham age 83 passed away Tuesday May 27 2025 in James River Nursing and Rehab Springfield Missouri. Kathleen was born August 9 1941 the daughter of Samuel R. Giannattasio Brown and Helen Martone Giannattasio Brown in Fall River Massachusetts. Kathleen graduated fr...

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...

William R. Bill Porter 82 of East Springfield PA passed away December 27 2025 at Hillcrest Hospital in Cleveland OH. He was born February 7 1943 in East Cleveland the son of Raymond R. and H. Lorena Pratt Porter. Bill graduated from Rowe high school in 1961 and attended classes at Case Institute and...

Dr. William H. Rauckhorst 85 professor emeritus at Miami University died peacefully on December 28 at The Knolls in Oxford Ohio. The Oxford community and Miami University were a beloved home for Bill and his wife Elaine for four decades. Born in Covington Kentucky Bill discovered his academic talent...

SANDUSKY Sylvia Vaschak passed away peacefully on December 29 2025just short of her 96th birthday with her family at her bedside. She was born in Youngstown Ohio to Silvio and Domenica Tarli Calcagniand attended Youngstown East High School. She married Joseph Vaschak in 1950 and they enjoyed 73 year...

Edward L. Heiss age 82 of Springfield MO passed away on January 1 2026 at Cedarhurst Memory Care in Springfield. He was born in St. Louis on April 25 1943 the son of Edward and Lillian Heiss. In 1945 the family moved to Springfield where Ed attended public schools. He graduated from Parkview High Sc...

Elaine Baker, 99, Carthage, Missouri, passed away Monday, January 12, 2026, at Freeman West Hospital, Joplin, Missouri. Elaine was born on October 5, 1926, in St. Michael, Nebraska. She was the middle daughter of Vera Mae Wilks and Orville Harvey Timm. She graduated from Carthage High School and the...

Alice McClain Young formerly known as Alice Ann McClain passed away in Leawood Kansas on December 14 2025 at the age of 83. Alice was born on April 26 1942 at Ellwood General Hospital in Ellwood City Pennsylvania. Her early years were shaped by frequent family moves throughout Pennsylvania Florida a...

Douglas Lyn Doug Hawks 65 of South Charleston passed away on Wednesday January 7 2026 at Villa Springfield. He was born on July 30 1960 in Springfield the son of Fred and Fannie Kunkle Hawks. Doug had graduated from Greenon High School and was a veteran of the United States Air Force. He retired fro...