Valley High School Ohio Alumni Obituaries

Martha Luella (Cook) Snider was born December 23, 1929, in Columbus, Ohio. She married her high school sweetheart, Don Richard Snider, a year after they graduated when both were still 19 years old. After 71 amazing years of marriage, Don died in 2020 and Martha lived with relatives until moving int...

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...

Age 77 of Sandyville passed away Sat. Dec. 27 2025. He was born Jan. 28 1948 in Canton a son of the late Earl and Anna Strong Rambaud Sr. Earl was a 1966 graduate of Sandy Valley High School. Preceded in death by his brother Wayne Rambaud. Survived by his wife Sandra Rambaud two daughters Michelle M...

Struthers Donald Lee Fisher 77 passed away peacefully at home on Monday November 3 2025 surrounded by his loving family. Don was born on September 2 1948 in Binghamton New York the son of William R. Fisher Sr. and Florence Ockerman FisherStockman. Don came to the area at the age of 9. He resided in...

Gary Alan Hendrickson age 73 lost his battle with cancer and passed away peacefully in his home on December 7 2025. He was surrounded by his daughter and his sisters. Gary was born July 3 1952 in Mt. Vernon Ohio. He graduated from Utica High School in 1971. He retired from the Continental Can Compan...

Mary Lou Coyne 89 of Utica passed away on December 31 2025 at her daughters residence. She was born on July 11 1936 in Utica OH to the late Cecil A. and Edith M. Williamson Good. Mary Lou was a member of the Utica Church of Christ and the Newark Eagles 387. She was the head cook at Utica Jr. High Sc...

Betty Sue Vadakin passed away on Monday, December 22, 2025, she was the daughter of the late William W. and Ora E. Vadakin. Born on October 16, 1936 in Marietta, Ohio, she was a 1954 graduate of Marietta High School and a 1962 graduate from Marietta College, with a BS Degree in Home Economics and a...

Marion Worthy Morrow went home to be with the Lord on June 22, 2025. He was born in Marietta on October 30, 1933 to Worthy P. and Eliza M. Morrow. He attended Barlow Grade School, Harmer School, and graduated from Marietta High School (Class of 1951). On September 4, 1953 he married Barbara Ann Alex...

Harry Callander Jr., of Marietta, OH., quit wanting to smoke and procrastinating today September 24, 2025 at his home attended by his loving wife. He was brought into this world November 4, 1939 to the late Harry and Clara Newhart Callander. He graduated from Marietta High School with the class of 1...

Launce Kramer, age 73, passed away in his home on Monday, October 6, 2025. Launce was born on September 9, 1952 in Dover, OH. He attended Tuscarawas Valley High School in Bolivar, OH and thereafter served his country in the United States Navy from 1972 to 1979. Launce was a master electrician and ...

Roy "Chip" E. Wetz 83, of Marietta, OH., passed away Thursday evening August 21, 2025 at his residence surrounded by his family. He was born June 23, 1942 in Marietta to the late Roy Orland and Ernestine Pauline Dobbins Wetz. Chip graduated from Marietta High School in 1960 where he met the love of ...

Otis Ronald "Ron" Taylor 86, of Marietta, OH., passed away peacefully at his residence on Wednesday, November 5, 2025. He was born October 15, 1939 in Kannapolis, NC., to the late Jesse M. and Mary Irene Bost Taylor. Ron served in the U.S. Navy from 1958-62 and then went to work as a Pipefitter for ...

If you ever sat in a math class and thought, “This teacher means business,” there’s a good chance you met Sheri Bowman—and if you passed, you probably learned more than math along the way.Sheri Bowman, 72, of Bellville, passed away Sunday, January 4, 2026 in OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital. She was b...

Michael T. Mondy 62 of Kingston passed away Monday March 132023 at home. Born March 161960 in Kingston he was the son of the late Louis J. and Florence Wrisler Mondy. A lifelong resident of Kingston Mike was a graduate of Bishop OReilly High School where he was a member of the football and track tea...

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...

Born on December 15 1951 in Akron OH to the late Donald and Rose M. Lower Bennett he was a 1971 graduate of Doylestown High School and resident of Wadsworth since 2017 previously of Doylestown. Leonard had worked at various places throughout his career generally doing maintenance. He especially enjo...

Born July 1 1931 in Coventry Twp. OH he is the last of five brothers born to the late Guy and Dolly Lockhart Parsons. A graduate of Green High School Richard met his bride to be in the seventh grade while playing drums in the orchestra and married in December of 1950. They had two children Sharon an...

Andrew C. Frey 96 longtime resident of Union County passed away peacefully early Thursday morning December 11 2025 at his home on the family farm. One of four children Andy was born July 31 1929 in Westerville to Emanuel and Georgia Asher Frey. A 1947 graduate of Westerville High School he spent his...

Berlin Center Anthony Farinelli 82 passed away on January 2 2026 at Burton Health Care Center under hospice care following complications of pancreatic cancer. Anthony was born on January 3 1944 at Northside Hospital in Youngstown Ohio to Jennie Cipriano and Emilio Farinelli. He grew up in Youngstow...

Poland Linda Tufaro 78 of Poland passed away on Tuesday December 30 2025 surrounded by her family to be reunited with her husband Nicholas Tufaro in the kingdom of Heaven. She was born on September 18 1947 in New Castle Pennsylvania a daughter of the late James and Alice Harding. Linda graduated fr...

Austintown Amelia Millie Crish Palombaro 94 passed away surrounded by her family including her husband of 71 years David Butch Palombaro. Born on February 23 1931 in Youngstown to Angelo and Angelina Martone Crish Millie lived a life defined by family and togetherness. Millie was a lifelong residen...

David H. Norman, age 76, of Newark, passed away January 13, 2026. He was born March 21, 1949 in Newark, Ohio to the late William H. and Armintha L. (Williamson) Norman.David was a graduate of West Muskingum High School, Class of 1967. He was drafted into the United States Army and served his country...

Robert “Bob” Schmidt, age 80, of Newark, Ohio, passed away peacefully at home on December 28, 2025. He was born August 10, 1945 in Columbus, Ohio to the late Robert J. and Mary K. (Noll) Schmidt. Bob was a 1963 graduate of Newark High School. He attended college classes at Ohio University before ent...

Dorothy M. Kennedy age 88 of Defiance passed away on Wednesday January 14 2026 at Kingsbury Place in Defiance. She was born in Wooster Ohio on September 30 1937 to the late Roy and Marjorie Shisler Emerling. Dorothy was a 1955 graduate of Wooster High School. She worked as a Supervisor at Maumee Val...

Maysville- Ruby Jane Langfels Lang, 93, passed away peacefully on Monday, December 29, 2025, at Ohio Valley Manor, Ripley, OH.Mrs. Lang was born January 5, 1932, in Paris, KY, to the late Michael Lawrence and Georgia Glover Langfels. She was a graduate of Paris High School in 1950, a member of St. P...

Olive A. Eick age 87 a lifetime Sherrodsville Ohio area resident died Wednesday morning January 7 2026 in the Carroll Golden Age Retreat at Carrollton. She was born July 26 1938 on the family farm where she lived all of her life. Olive was the daughter of the late Oliver Milo and Cleda Moreland Eick...

Patsy J. Memaw Cox age 86 of Sherrodsville Ohio passed away peacefully on January 10 2026 surrounded by her loving family after a period of declining health. Born September 10 1939 in Sherrodsville she was the daughter of the late John Marvin and Garnet Russell Herbert. Patsy was a faithful member o...

John Charles Conley 65 of Tipton and formerly of West Branch passed away Thursday August 21 2025 at Harmony Nursing Home in Cedar Rapids. John was born September 16 1959 in Iowa City the son of Francis Joseph John and Mable Louise Peterman Conley. He graduated from West Branch High School in 1978 wh...

James A. Meyer of Weston Ohio was sent to heaven on January 6 2026. He was born November 27 1943 to the late Arthur Margaret Eschedor Meyer in Center Township Wood County Ohio. He married "Cookie" Esther DeWitt Meyer September 30 1989 and they were together until she passed away on July 19 2012. Ji...