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In Memoriam — Fall 2025

Please note: This list includes updates reported by family members, newspapers and other sources from June 1, 2025, through Aug. 31, 2025. Each entry includes name, graduation year(s), city of residence and date of passing. An explanation of degree abbreviations can be found on this webpage.

Email bioupdate@osu.edu to tell the alumni association about the death of an Ohio State alum.

1940s

Ruth Goucher Shoemaker ’44, Fuquay Varina, North Carolina, June 26, 2025

Mary E. Koogler Bayman ’47, Dayton, Ohio, June 9, 2025

Shirley Schottenstein Cohen ’47, Miami, Florida, June 13, 2025

Carol Ellies Moorehead ’48, Columbus, Ohio, August 23, 2025

Donald F. Ryman ’48, Buchanan, Michigan, June 8, 2025

 

1950s

Myron S. Felden ’50, Youngstown, Ohio, August 29, 2025

May E. Rylander ’50, Solon, Ohio, August 11, 2025

William Neff Scarff ’50, New Carlisle, Ohio, August 6, 2025

James Robert Scott ’50, ’66 MS, Prairie Village, Kansas, July 14, 2025

Lois Ann Hungate ’51, ’58 MS, ’67 PhD, Indianapolis, Indiana, June 12, 2025

Robert H. King ’51, Canton, Ohio, July 18, 2025

Paul L. Struewing ’51, Tipp City, Ohio, July 4, 2025

David Barker Dudley ’52, Akron, Ohio, June 18, 2025

Martin S. Goldberg ’52 JD, ’52, Palm Desert, California, June 8, 2025

Dean R. Kelble ’52, Avon Lake, Ohio, June 1, 2025

Howard Marowitz ’52, Maple City, Michigan, August 11, 2025

Helen C. Swank ’53, ’66 MA, Columbus, Ohio, August 6, 2025

Kenneth Myron Clemens ’54 DDS, Lima, Ohio, June 27, 2025

Russell Hilscher Hill ’54, Columbus, Ohio, August 20, 2025

William Joseph Rutledge ’54, Louisville, Kentucky, June 10, 2025

Dorothy Seath Teater ’54 MS, Hilliard, Ohio, July 29, 2025

Jack Edward Bobst ’55, Terry, Mississippi, August 27, 2025

Mary H. Bowers ’55, Hockessin, Delaware, June 12, 2025

Peter Holmes Edwards ’55, Columbus, Ohio, August 13, 2025

Dolores Jean Spencer ’55, Columbus, Ohio, June 25, 2025

Floyd James Williams ’55, ’58 MS, ’61 PhD, Taneytown, Maryland, June 20, 2025

Elgene George Mainous ’56 DDS, Galveston, Texas, July 31, 2025

Donald L. Overmyer ’56, Concord Township, Ohio, June 4, 2025

Thomas Aloys Willke ’56 MS, ’60 PhD, Columbus, Ohio, August 21, 2025

Patricia Ryan Drumwright ’57 MS, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, June 30, 2025

Norval Dean Goss ’57 MEd, Columbus, Ohio, July 26, 2025

Sally Ann Hurt ’57, Wildwood, Florida, July 27, 2025

William A. Lestini ’57, Wheeling, West Virginia, July 17, 2025

Jean Moore May ’57, Hockessin, Delaware, July 18, 2025

Vincent James Mennetti ’57, ’74 MA, Pickerington, Ohio, June 4, 2025

Donald W. Polen ’57, High Springs, Florida, August 24, 2025

Howard J. Haddow ’58, ’61 JD, Columbus, Ohio, July 1, 2025

Robert Oscar Jepsen ’58, ’62 DVM, Canal Winchester, Ohio, June 24, 2025

Val S. Vore ’58, ’64 MA, Hilliard, Ohio, July 9, 2025

James Q. Burgess ’59, Denver, Colorado, July 19, 2025

Carole High Burkey ’59, Millersburg, Ohio, July 14, 2025

Elaine Tucker Hawley ’59, Eaton, Ohio, July 19, 2025

Paul Richard Hothem ’59, ’71 MS, Wayne, Pennsylvania, July 7, 2025

Robert L. Kasner ’59, Holmesville, Ohio, July 3, 2025

Nancy Reiner Tenenbaum ’59, Solon, Ohio, June 6, 2025

Richard Haggerty Turner ’59, ’66 MD, Dublin, Ohio, June 24, 2025

 

1960s

Joseph T. Calovini ’60, Westerville, Ohio, June 21, 2025

Wesley Eugene Gamble ’60, ’60 MS, Circleville, Ohio, July 18, 2025

John B. McGowan ’60, Fairport, New York, July 9, 2025

Jean Ockerman Gallaway ’61, Placida, Florida, July 17, 2025

Joanne Friend Huffman ’61, El Prado, New Mexico, August 13, 2025

Milan C. Johnson ’61, Aptos, California, August 5, 2025

Charles A. Rotolo ’61, Columbus, Ohio, July 12, 2025

Diana Heywood Talmage ’61, Ottawa Hills, Ohio, June 21, 2025

Harrison Frankland Tempest ’61 JD, White Stone, Virginia, July 21, 2025

Don C. Will ’61, Phoenix, Arizona, July 5, 2025

Charles Douglas Buford ’62 MA, Worthington, Ohio, July 1, 2025

Danny L. Canterbury ’62 DDS, Melbourne, Florida, June 12, 2025

Lawrence Eisenman ’62 DDS, Columbus, Ohio, June 7, 2025

Lester E. Webb ’63, ’66 MD, Saginaw, Michigan, July 12, 2025

Michaele Snyder Battles ’64, McLean, Virginia, July 6, 2025

Richard Carlton Brooks ’64, Dayton, Ohio, July 28, 2025

John Ivor Hollenbeck ’64, ’68 MD, Gainesville, Florida, July 7, 2025

Ralph Ray Hoover ’64, Fayetteville, New York, June 26, 2025

George F. Hubbard ’64 MA, Worthington, Ohio, August 6, 2025

Edwin Dale Kranz ’64, ’68 MA, South Charleston, Ohio, June 24, 2025

William D. Hirneise ’65, Gainesville, Texas, July 5, 2025

Russell E. La Fever ’65, Raleigh, North Carolina, July 21, 2025

Linda Yandle Larmee ’65, Saint Paris, Ohio, August 3, 2025

James E. Smiley ’65, Columbus, Ohio, August 25, 2025

William Philip White ’65, Lewis Center, Ohio, July 3, 2025

Arthur Maris Franke ’66, ’67 MS, Columbus, Ohio, June 1, 2025

Robert E. Gregg ’66, ’67 OD, Ashland, Ohio, July 30, 2025

Jason Roman Kappanadze ’66, Elmira, New York, June 14, 2025

Frank Alexander Norcross ’66, Dumfries, Virginia, July 1, 2025

Richard Stephan Stoddard ’66, Columbus, Ohio, June 10, 2025

Stephen Andrew Billy ’67 DDS, Akron, Ohio, July 3, 2025

John Edward Brady ’67, ’70 JD, Westerville, Ohio, August 9, 2025

Theodore Robert Harless ’67 DDS, ’75 MS, Hiram, Georgia, June 28, 2025

Carl Christian Jooss ’67, Utica, Ohio, June 24, 2025

Donald James Loveman ’67, ’72 MA, Babson Park, Florida, July 12, 2025

Richard Lee Muegge ’67 MA, Bloomingdale, Illinois, August 2, 2025

Dale Le Roy Baker ’68 MA, ’73 PhD, The Villages, Florida, July 17, 2025

Sandra Williams Carothers ’68, Tyler, Texas, July 20, 2025

Harold Hunter Davis ’68 JD, Findlay, Ohio, June 28, 2025

George Watt Hairston ’68 JD, Naples, Florida, July 13, 2025

Mary Datish Sankey ’68 MA, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, June 13, 2025

Laurence Gene Bowman ’69, Colorado Springs, Colorado, August 10, 2025

Robert Watson Gongaware ’69 MBA, Delaware, Ohio, June 11, 2025

Gordon Walter Halliday ’69, Uniontown, Ohio, August 14, 2025

Katie Lovett ’69, Anderson, South Carolina, June 20, 2025

Joseph Andrew Mesaros ’69, ’75 OD, ’99 MA, Adrian, Michigan, June 1, 2025

Joyce W. Walls ’69, Columbus, Ohio, July 14, 2025

 

1970s

Osiefield Anderson ’70 PhD, Tallahassee, Florida, August 10, 2025

Michael David Bork ’70, Huron, Ohio, June 18, 2025

Clayton Henry Coffey ’70, ’82 MS, Salesville, Ohio, June 30, 2025

John Michael Cook ’70 OD, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, June 25, 2025

Raymond Maurice Fournier ’70, ’74 DVM, Miamisburg, Ohio, July 14, 2025

Robert Edward Greenamyer ’70, North Lima, Ohio, July 21, 2025

Glenn Stuart Jacobs ’70, Englewood, New Jersey, July 4, 2025

Dana Lee McQuinn ’70 OD, Maineville, Ohio, July 15, 2025

Paul Cheng-Hsiung Chiu ’71 MA, ’78 PhD, Taipei, July 23, 2025

Richard Deatlee Colby ’71, Powell, Ohio, July 26, 2025

Richard Ellsworth Crable ’71 MA, ’73 PhD, Sacramento, California, June 19, 2025

John Myles McCarthy ’71, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, June 21, 2025

Mary Faith Tanney ’71 MA, ’72 PhD, Washington, D.C., July 16, 2025

Thomas Jay Brown ’72, ’75 JD, Columbus, Ohio, July 1, 2025

Robert Armin Buerki ’72 PhD, Springfield, Ohio, June 7, 2025

Barbara Ann Herman ’72, Columbus, Ohio, June 30, 2025

George Congdon Mayhew ’72, Lake Placid, Florida, July 26, 2025

Thomas Eugene Moyer ’72, Wauseon, Ohio, June 6, 2025

Laurie Gilbert Oser ’72, ’74 MSW, Columbus, Ohio, June 23, 2025

Daniel Erwin Rosner ’72, Beavercreek, Ohio, August 5, 2025

Sandra S. Sowash ’72, Washington Court House, Ohio, June 29, 2025

Timothy Kurt VanWey ’72, Key Biscayne, Florida, July 26, 2025

William Edwin Thompson ’73, ’78 DDS, Columbus, Ohio, August 30, 2025

David Lewis Walters ’73, Niantic, Connecticut, August 29, 2025

Cheryl Davis Ames ’74, Grove City, Ohio, July 4, 2025

James Lewis Beeson ’74 MS, Westerville, Ohio, June 3, 2025

Marian Robinson Burnside ’74 MA, Columbus, Ohio, June 9, 2025

Joseph William Deck ’74, Columbus, Ohio, August 22, 2025

Debra J. Ewart ’74, Upper Arlington, Ohio, June 2, 2025

Richard Lee Hieshetter ’74, Cedar Grove, New Jersey, August 11, 2025

Charles Lawrence Kidder ’74 DVM, Lexington, Kentucky, July 23, 2025

David Edward Texler ’74, Columbus, Ohio, July 22, 2025

Kathleen Harris Thompson ’74 MA, Columbus, Ohio, June 13, 2025

Lynne Mildred Kirby ’75, ’10 MA, Powell, Ohio, July 16, 2025

Evan Scott Sloan ’75, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, July 16, 2025

Robert Gerald Smith ’75, Huntsville, Ohio, July 16, 2025

Mary Hummer Bauer ’76 MA, Columbus, Ohio, July 9, 2025

Vickie Valentine Fantozzi ’76, Columbus, Ohio, August 2, 2025

Shawn Michael Geary ’76, Wexford, Pennsylvania, June 20, 2025

George Wayne Houk ’76, ’77 MS, Poland, Ohio, July 19, 2025

Howard Edward Lewis ’76, Galloway, Ohio, June 15, 2025

James Steven Szorady ’76, Eastlake, Ohio, July 12, 2025

Judith Lee Neidig ’77, ’92 MS, ’98 PhD, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, July 25, 2025

William C. Colley ’78, Oberlin, Ohio, June 7, 2025

James Karpac ’78, ’81 DDS, ’89 MS, ’89 MA, Columbus, Ohio, July 28, 2025

Anne Dunnam Littleton ’79, ’87 MD, Columbus, Ohio, August 27, 2025

Dale Edward Williams ’79 JD, Fairhope, Alabama, June 19, 2025

 

1980s

Jill Biales Buckeye ’80, Aurora, Ohio, August 1, 2025

Carla Tonne Clawson ’80, Oxford, Ohio, August 8, 2025

Daniel Lyn Dunbar ’80, Lewis Center, Ohio, June 22, 2025

Bret Lindsay McLean ’80, Melbourne, Florida, June 2, 2025

Lynn Marie Rose ’80, Lewis Center, Ohio, July 1, 2025

John Albert Nichols ’81, Lexington, Kentucky, July 17, 2025

Paul Franklin Swetnam ’81, ’09 MBA, Fuquay Varina, North Carolina, June 12, 2025

Robert Reagh Carpenter ’82, Columbus, Ohio, July 15, 2025

Patrick Joseph Dugan ’82 JD, Saint Petersburg, Florida, August 21, 2025

Jeffrey Allen Dalzell ’83, Newark, Ohio, June 19, 2025

Anthony James Koski ’83 MS, ’86 PhD, Fort Collins, Colorado, July 12, 2025

Roosevelt Theotis Parker ’83, Columbus, Ohio, July 3, 2025

Douglas Bruce Dirienzo ’84, Hendersonville, North Carolina, June 17, 2025

Laura Hall ’84, ’97 DRP, Columbus, Ohio, July 25, 2025

Lori J. Guban ’85, Cincinnati, Ohio, July 19, 2025

Steven Wylie Binns ’86 OD, Jackson, Ohio, July 6, 2025

Helen Elaine Gregory ’86 MA, Marysville, Ohio, July 8, 2025

Carma Ruth Pausch ’86, Newark, Ohio, June 20, 2025

Margaret A. Sheahan ’86, Powell, Ohio, July 1, 2025

Priscilla E. Stambolos ’86, Summerville, South Carolina, June 17, 2025

Steven Alan Noel ’87 PhD, Jamison, Pennsylvania, June 9, 2025

Terence Judson Kirby ’88, Westerville, Ohio, June 27, 2025

Rebecca Howell Artz ’89, ’90, Greensboro, North Carolina, July 14, 2025

 

1990s

Stephen J. Bennett ’90, Columbus, Ohio, July 16, 2025

Curtis Wm Goldstein ’90, Berlin, June 7, 2025

Melissa Suzanne Schroeder ’90, Lima, Ohio, July 5, 2025

Donald P. Woods ’90, Columbus, Ohio, August 3, 2025

Kevin Michael Warren ’94, Grove City, Ohio, July 1, 2025

Violet Gray Wetzel ’94, ’99, Mansfield, Ohio, June 26, 2025

Nicholas Lenard Dill ’95, Columbus, Ohio, July 11, 2025

Judith Ann Harley ’95, Crestline, Ohio, July 20, 2025

Todd Meade ’96, Baltimore, Ohio, July 11, 2025

David Joshua Penn ’96 JD, Dayton, Ohio, July 4, 2025

Donald Steven Stack ’96, Youngstown, Ohio, June 20, 2025

Melissa Kay Wiford ’96, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, June 2, 2025

Patricia C. Bates-Woods ’97, Pataskala, Ohio, June 14, 2025

Joseph Francis Pascale ’99, San Jose, California, June 3, 2025

 

2000s

Sarah Marie Twitty ’00, Columbus, Ohio, July 30, 2025

David Anthony McConoughey ’01, Westlake, Ohio, August 1, 2025

Mary Ellen Modic ’02, ’03 MEd, Spencerville, Ohio, August 13, 2025

Rebeca Patton ’04 MS, ’16 MBA, ’24 MS, Westerville, Ohio, June 30, 2025

April Jo Wolf Boblenz ’05, ’07 MEd, New Bloomington, Ohio, June 22, 2025

 

2010s

Destiny D. Jackson ’12, Brooklyn, New York, August 1, 2025

David Jay Ash ’14, Columbus, Ohio, June 4, 2025

Alexander Ryan Stagge ’14, Indianapolis, Indiana, July 30, 2025

Kendrick Duane Schwendeman ’17, ’17, Waterford, Ohio, June 20, 2025