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September 13, 2018. Spring Hill, FL
He was preceded in death by Wife Sara Templeton Doughty '49.
September 16, 2018. Howard, OH
August 3, 2018. West Chester, PA.
She was preceded in death by Sister Mary Powers '42, and Mother Mary Lewis '13.
September 18, 2018. Dover, MA
September 21, 2018. Baltimore, MD
September 26, 2018. Asheville, NC
September 6, 2018. Painesville, OH
She was preceded in death by her brother Frederic Enstrom '66, & Sister Judith Enstrom Blunke '61
September 9, 2018. Yankton, SD
September 20, 2018, Elyria Ohio
Larry taught economics at Muskingum from 1962 until 1974. His former wife, Betty Palmer Nelson, ’60, taught English at Muskingum for seven of those years.
September 6, 2018, Bradenton, FL
March 2018, Naples, FL
She was preceded in death by husband, William Robert Belury '50
September 5, 2018, Zanesville, Ohio.
She is preceded in death by her husband, James Allen '48, brother, Allen R. Finley '64, sister, Bernice Litt '55, nephews, David W. Litt '78 & Gordon Litt '80, and sister-in-law, Susan Glause Finley '66.
Survived by niece Susan Litt Ballantine '82.
September , 2018, Delaware, Ohio.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Murphy Bixler '55.
September 2, 2018, Cambridge, Ohio.
August 31, 2018, Belleville Illinois
She was preceded in death by her sister, Jane Armstrong Ball '40
August 21, 2018 Cleveland, Ohio
She was preceded in death by her parents William Loudon 1924 and Helen Paxton Loudon 1924
August 29th, 2018, Reynoldsburg, Ohio
He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Charles H. Buck 1916, Uncles Dr. Thomas Marion Buck 1942, & Herbert W. Buck 1941, and Cousins Helen Buck Kennedy 1944, Kenneth E. Miler 1923, & Ruth Buck Slade 1939.
July 27, 2018, Logan, Ohio.
August 28. 2018, Byesville, Ohio.
She is survived by her children, Dr. Julie Stermer Cantrell ’88 and Jeffrey C. East ’80, and her nephew, John B. Knapp ’99. Nancy worked in the Admission Office.
August 11, 2018, Newark, Ohio.
July 25, 2018, Canoga Park, California.
August 1, 2018, Minerva, Ohio.
James W. Borton '55 of Minerva, Ohio died on August 1, 2018. Survived by spouse, Patricia Wilson Borton '57. Children: Thomas Law (Lisa) Borton x'82, Peter James (Susan '85) Borton '84 and Linda Lee Borton '86. Granddaughters: Haley (James) Culler, Hilary Law Borton and Lindsay (Justin) Klish. Grandson: Scott Borton. Great Granddaughter: Ellie Law Culler. Cousins: Walter R. Young, Jr. ’66 and Donna Higinbotham Young ’66. Son of Homer T. Borton 1925 and Martha Law Borton 1926. Father Homer T. Borton was Chair of Muskingum Board of Trustees.
August 16, 2018, Cambridge, Ohio.
He is survived by his wife, Pegge Morehead Bradley ’52.
August 11, 2018, Warsaw, Ohio.
July 31, 2018, Gainesville, Florida.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Thomas Abbott ’43.
August 18, 2018, New Braunfels, Texas.
She was preceded in death by her brother, John A. Barr ’35. Martha is survived by her sons, Dean A. Mathey ’72 and Thomas Mathey ’69.
August 1, 2018, Columbus, Ohio.
James W. Borton '55 of Minerva, Ohio died on August 1, 2018. Survived by spouse, Patricia Wilson Borton '57. Children: Thomas Law (Lisa) Borton '82, Peter James (Susan '85) Borton '84 and Linda Lee Borton '86. Granddaughters: Haley (James) Culler, Hilary Law Borton and Lindsay (Justin Klish. Grandson: Scott Borton. Great Granddaughter: Ellie Law Culler.
Son of Homer T. Borton '25 and Martha Law Borton '26. Father Homer T. Borton was Chair of Muskingum Board of Trustees.
July 30, 2018, Tallahasse, Florida.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Alice M. Rolls Brown ’46.
July 30, 2018, Cortland, Ohio.
She is survived by her husband, Robert C. Thomas ’64.
July 8, 2018, San Luis Obispo, California.
August 12, 2018, Atlantic City, New Jersey.
He is survived by his sister, Lorna Weaver Hill ’59.
August 8, 2018, Fernandina Beach, Florida.
He is survived by his sister, Beverly Benninghoff McCally ’63.
August 2, 2018, Zanesville, Ohio.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Hugh O. Mallett 1926 and Hallie Fink Mallett 1925, his brother, Don Mallett ’51, and his uncle, Purcell Mallett 1926.
August 5, 2018, New Philadelphia, Ohio.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Walter G. Findley 1915 and Nina Martin Findley 1917.
May 25, 2018, New Hope Pennsylvania.
August 2, 2018, Stone Creek, Ohio.
July 27, 2018, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
He is survived by his wife, Judith Conkle Roberts ’69.
July 16, 2018, Marblehead, Massachusetts.
July 7, 2018, Longmont, Colorado.
She is survived by her husband, Duane C. Shearer ’53, and her daughter, Nancy Shearer Holden ’79.