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Bowling Green, OH. February 4, 2019.
Waverly, OH. February 7, 2019.
Spouse, Irene Mae Noble '52.
Mount Carmel, OH. January 6, 2019.
She was preceded in death by her mother Beatrice Hawthorne '26.
Beaver, PA. February 2, 2019.
Wife, Ruth Ann Duff '59, and cousin, Amanda Hinson Shaffer '01.
Norwich, OH. February 4, 2019.
He is survived by his wife Helen T. Richey '48.
Beaver, PA. January 28, 2019.
Husband Donald Victor Roe '56.
Ashland, OH. January 28, 2019.
Lady Lake, FL. January 12, 2019.
Columbus, OH. December 27, 2018.
Lancaster, OH. December 20, 2018.
Heather Frese '04 wins the Lee Smith Novel Prize for her novel The Baddest Girl on the Planet.
More about this award can be read in the official press release.
Bryan Gulley (2008), Amanda Gulley & Son Bryan
Willoughby, OH. January 10, 2019. She was preceded in death by her brother Ralph R. Hawthorne '39
Lincoln, NE. January 11, 2009.
Mick FitzSimmons, 75, of Lucas, passed away at Colonial Manor in Loudonville on Monday, January 21, 2019. Mick was born on February 23, 1943 in Mansfield, Ohio. He was the son of Harvey and Velma (Diesem) FitzSimmons.
Mick received his Bachelor's degree at Muskingum University and his Master's degree at Western Michigan University. He did additional graduate studies at The Ohio State University. Mick met his wife, Judy Radick, at Mansfield Senior High in Biology class and were blessed with 50 plus years together. Mick was an educator, retiring from Mansfield City Schools. After retirement, he worked as a naturalist at Malabar Farm State Park and was a professor at Ashland University. With his love for the outdoors, he created and ran the Mansfield City Schools Outdoor Education Program. As an avid outdoor enthusiast, Mick loved everything about nature. With his love for the outdoors, he enjoyed hiking, skiing, birdwatching, and playing hockey on the pond he built on the family farm. He was an active member of Pleasant Valley Lutheran Church.
He is survived by his wife, Judy FitzSimmons '65; sons, James (Therese) FitzSimmons '97, David (Olivia) FitzSimmons, and Thomas (Leslie) FitzSimmons; and grandchildren, Steve, Bill, Sarah, Phoebe, Annabelle, Kate and Liz. Preceding him in death were his parents.
Marion, OH. January 4, 2019.
Worth, IL. December 31, 2018.
He was preceded in death by his sister Marjorie Peacock Brown '51, parents Ralph Wilson Peacock '22 & Margaret Peacock '24, and spouse Beatrice A. Peacock '47.
Richwood, OH. December 29, 2018.
Portsmouth, OH. December 10, 2018.
She was preceded in death by her sister Carolyn Anderson '52, father Harry Nichol '24 and mother Olive Rankin '25.
Naperville, IL. December 3, 2018
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA. December 9, 2018.
He was preceded in death by his wife Dorothy Ann McQuigg '56, daughter Susan McQuigg '81, sisters Sara McQuigg Sleppy '53 & Mary Rose McQuigg '63, and brothers Robert McQuigg '58 & Ronald McQuigg '56.
Huntington, WV. July 11,2018.
She was preceded in death by her sister Marjorie M. Pollock '44, parents Don P. Montgomery '16 & Anna Montgomery '16, and husband John M. Riley '53.
Cambridge, OH. December 5, 2018.
On October 24th, I successfully defended my doctoral dissertation, “Defining Post-Katrina Literature: Hurricane Katrina and Experiences of Disaster, Race, and Environment,” and will be graduating on Dec. 15th with my PhD in Literature and Criticism from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Pictured Left to right: Reader Susan Comfort, Dissertation Chair Mike Sell, Brandon Galm, and Reader Veronica Watson
Chalk Hill, PA. November 16, 2018.
Uhrichsville, OH. November 19, 2018.
Bellfonte, PA. November 23, 2018.
Demetrius Paul (male) was born 11/13/2018 at 4:12pm. Weight 7lbs 14.5 oz, Length 20.5 inches
Uhrichsville, OH. November 11, 2018.
Zanesville, OH. November 14, 2018.
She was preceded in death by her husband Daniel Knox '79 and Brother in laws Loren Bates '98 & Trent Dillon '04
Goshen, NY. November 13, 2018
She was preceded in death by her daughter Gail Vriesema '77
Owen Scott Ziegler was born Sept 8 2018 in Denver CO. He is son to Scott (2004) & Darcy Ziegler and grandson to Verna Kay (Schneider) Ziegler (1974).
Pictured: The Ziegler family (standing: VK (1974), Zane sitting: Darcy, Owen (2040?), Scott (2004))
West Coxsackie, NY. April 28, 2017.
Ocean Isle Beach, NC. November 14, 2018.
Corona, CA. October 27, 2018.
She was preceded in death by her mother Lucille Cosby Chapman '19.
Bethesda, OH. November 1, 2018.
She was preceded in death by her spouse E. Richard Neuhart '50, and sisters E. Jean Sponseller '51, & Evelyn Mae Beck '48.
Coshocton, OH. October 25, 2018.
Amherst, MA. October 28, 2018.
Scott A. White, age 47, of Mount Gilead, passed away Saturday, October 27, 2018, at the Kobacker House in Columbus following a courageous two year battle with cancer.
On October 11, 1971, Scott was born in Mount Gilead, a son of Donald Joseph and Loverna Irene (Wells) White. He graduated from Mount Gilead High School in the Class of 1990. He then furthered his education, receiving his B.S. in Computer Science from Muskingum College in 1994. There, he was a member of the Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity.
Since August of 2011, Scott was employed as a Product Engineering Technician by IB-Tech in Bucyrus. He loved his job and the relationships he developed with his co-workers.
A man of faith, Scott was a member of the Sacred Hearts Catholic Church. As a child, he served many years as an altar boy.
In his spare time, Scott enjoyed hunting, fishing, and riding motorcycles/dirt bikes. He was always cheering for his Ohio State Buckeyes. He also loved to golf and was one of four people to plant all of the pine trees at Pine Lakes Golf Course in Mount Gilead in the summer of 1985.
Scott loved his children more than anything and cherished spending time with them. One of his favorite things to do with them was vacation in Branson, MO and Gatlinburg, TN. He loved being in the mountains.
Scott will always be remembered for his fun loving, quick witted sense of humor. He was a wonderful story teller, but nobody is quite sure how many of them may be true. Scott had a very strong will and fought hard for two years to beat his cancer.
Scott will be greatly missed by his three children: Haley, Lacey and Zachary White, all of Ontario; his parents: Donald and Loverna White of Mount Gilead; his sister, Donna (Eric) Kill and their children: Matthew, Joshua and Daniel, all of Cardington; his brother, Mark (Leslie) White and their children: Casey and Kyle, all of Mount Gilead; his former wife and mother of his children, Beverly White of Ontario; his step-son, Kaulen Korody of Lexington; and numerous extended family members.