In Memoriam - Winter 2023
Please note: This list includes updates reported by family members, newspapers and other sources from August 1, 2023, through October 31, 2023. Each entry includes name, graduation year(s), city of residence and date of passing.
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1940s
Ruth A. Robinson ’44, Wooster, Ohio, August 3, 2023
Betsy Townsend Zahn ’47, Columbus, Ohio, October 6, 2023
Wilbert C. Hurd ’48, Bath, Ohio, August 30, 2023
Stella Bicouvaris Kontras ’48, ’49 MA, ’53 MD, Columbus, Ohio, August 7, 2023
Betty R. Palestrant ’48, ’67, Columbus, Ohio, October 7, 2023
Jean E. Cinardo ’49, Lima, Ohio, August 16, 2023
Philip Irving Wilber ’49, Sarasota, Florida, September 17, 2023
1950s
Mary Etta Bitter ’50, Hudson, Ohio, August 11, 2023
Robert Vance Clendenen ’50, ’55 DDS, Circleville, Ohio, September 16, 2023
Patricia Ann Hatton ’50, Tempe, Arizona, September 7, 2023
Eleanor Mahan Wigton ’50, Auburn, Maine, September 8, 2023
Mae Heilman Frost ’51, ’60 MS, Dublin, Ohio, October 25, 2023
Sally Hull Jones ’51, Newton, Massachusetts, August 20, 2023
Bruno Kaiser ’51, Watsonville, California, October 14, 2023
John Douglas Fowler ’52, ’54 MA, New York, New York, October 10, 2023
Bruce B. Murray ’52 MS, ’55 PhD, Wellington, Ohio, September 25, 2023
Diann Auld Reitelbach ’52, Columbus, Ohio, August 9, 2023
Marcelyn Martin Cragg ’53, Fort Myers, Florida, August 27, 2023
Joan L. Foucht ’53, ’66 MA, Columbus, Ohio, August 31, 2023
Ronald N. Adams ’55, Cleveland, Ohio, August 21, 2023
Howard Wesley Lowery ’55 MD, Columbus, Ohio, August 20, 2023
Eugene Robert Manson ’55, Houston, Texas, October 25, 2023
Paul William Miller ’55, Columbus, Ohio, September 17, 2023
Daniel Tanner ’55 PhD, Somerset, New Jersey, September 23, 2023
Albert Samuel Bauman ’56, ’57 MS, Columbus, Ohio, October 5, 2023
Victor C. Cherico ’56, Clarion, Pennsylvania, September 16, 2023
Phil Henley ’56, ’56 DVM, Olmsted Twp, Ohio, August 18, 2023
Robert M. Katula ’56, ’59, Westerville, Ohio, October 14, 2023
Martha L. Lichtensteiger ’56, Columbus, Ohio, August 5, 2023
Robert Leland McDonald ’56 DDS, Brecksville, Ohio, August 14, 2023
Edward Walter Price ’56, Hilliard, Ohio, August 11, 2023
Nancy Fulks Rudolph ’56, Perrysburg, Ohio, August 10, 2023
Robert Eugene Whetstone ’56, Fort Myers, Florida, October 11, 2023
Jean E. Corcoran Francis ’57, Dublin, Ohio, October 21, 2023
David L. Dillahunt ’57, Springfield, Ohio, August 16, 2023
Richard Stuart Guy ’57, Columbus, Ohio, September 18, 2023
Victor Duane Irelan ’57, Columbus, Ohio, October 26, 2023
Roger Dale Moser ’57, Toledo, Ohio, September 18, 2023
John Calvin Rice ’57, ’73 MS, Reedsville, Ohio, September 25, 2023
Samuel Orrin Seiling ’57, Richmond, Virginia, August 31, 2023
James E. Solomon ’57, Canal Winchester, Ohio, August 13, 2023
Soterios Stanley Tsoflias ’57, Akron, Ohio, August 29, 2023
Thomas E. Yerina ’57, Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, August 23, 2023
Lynn L. Ackler ’58, ’62 MS, Talent, Oregon, October 11, 2023
Sidney L. Glick ’58 DDS, Solon, Ohio, September 28, 2023
William J. Hunzicker ’58 DDS, ’63 MS, Lancaster, Ohio, August 5, 2023
Sherrie Sonkin Matyas ’58, Dallas, Texas, August 23, 2023
James Richard Thomas ’58, ’60 JD, Columbus, Ohio, August 30, 2023
Charles Elwood Drum ’59, ’59 MS, Maryville, Tennessee, August 16, 2023
Wilbur Lee Highley ’59, Columbus, Ohio, August 9, 2023
Nancy N. Murphy ’59, Columbus, Ohio, August 10, 2023
Gail Stolle Norris ’59, Lebanon, Ohio, September 28, 2023
John Edwards Parker ’59, Orland Park, Illinois, September 8, 2023
Donald Peppercorn ’59, ’63 DDS, ’71 MS, Atlanta, Georgia, October 21, 2023
Phyllis J. Rees ’59, Richwood, Ohio, September 26, 2023
Richard Roberts ’59 DVM, Westlake, Ohio, October 7, 2023
John Andrew Stritmatter ’59, Marysville, Ohio, August 5, 2023
Raymond A. Weithman ’59, Galion, Ohio, October 22, 2023
Robert Gerald Williams ’59, Roanoke, Virginia, October 6, 2023
1960s
C. Richard Beckett ’60 DVM, Columbus, Ohio, October 20, 2023
John Robert Cochran ’60, ’62 MA, ’68 PhD, Santa Fe, New Mexico, October 1, 2023
Ronald Lee Cook ’60, Lima, Ohio, September 16, 2023
Alice Elizabeth Kimbell ’60, ’69 MA, New Albany, Ohio, August 10, 2023
James Eugene Mann ’60 MD, Toledo, Ohio, August 14, 2023
Roy Earnest Matuska ’60, Martinsburg, West Virginia, October 2, 2023
Alma Montano Saddam ’60 MS, ’77 PhD, Upper Arlington, Ohio, September 25, 2023
Robert Howard Shafran ’60, ’70 MBA, Columbus, Ohio, August 14, 2023
Robert Edward Eppich ’61, ’63 MS, Syracuse, Indiana, October 19, 2023
Daniel Francis Specht ’61 DDS, Dublin, Ohio, September 7, 2023
William John Stemen ’61, ’77 MA, New Albany, Ohio, August 1, 2023
Thomas Cayle Adams ’62, El Dorado Hills, California, October 16, 2023
James R. Beatley ’62, ’65 JD, New Albany, Ohio, September 2, 2023
Thomas Neil Haverfield ’62, ’66 DVM, Moundsville, West Virginia, September 13, 2023
Flora J. Hyatt ’62, Columbus, Ohio, August 10, 2023
Jo Ann Cowan Cartano ’63 MA, Vero Beach, Florida, August 12, 2023
Floyd A. Culver ’63, Defiance, Ohio, October 24, 2023
Richard E. Huss ’63 DDS, Bluffton, Ohio, August 2, 2023
David Albert Koch ’63, Cridersville, Ohio, August 26, 2023
Thomas M. O’Reilly ’63, Powell, Ohio, August 15, 2023
Neil Edward Smeck ’63, ’66 MS, Baltimore, Ohio, August 14, 2023
William Richard Walton ’63, ’66 JD, Columbus, Ohio, October 29, 2023
Robert Curtis Zschoche ’63, Pinehurst, North Carolina, August 10, 2023
Joseph S. Nolan ’64 MA, Columbus, Ohio, August 3, 2023
Diane Groom Saxton ’64, Chillicothe, Ohio, October 11, 2023
John Jay Slack ’64, Carmel, Indiana, August 1, 2023
Michael Thomas Turvey ’64 MA, ’67 PhD, Mansfield Center, Connecticut, August 12, 2023
Mary Lee Blue ’65, Florence, Alabama, August 30, 2023
Henry L. Danaceau ’65 MD, Arlington, Virginia, August 5, 2023
Roger Terry Russell ’65, ’76 PhD, Castle Pines, Colorado, October 14, 2023
Myra F. Yavitch ’65, Columbus, Ohio, September 10, 2023
Paul David Badger ’66, Polk, Ohio, August 20, 2023
Roger William Broseus ’66, Silver Spring, Maryland, August 8, 2023
George Paul Mackinaw ’66, Westerville, Ohio, August 5, 2023
Michael C. Malmisur ’66 PhD, Kent, Ohio, August 16, 2023
James Albert McMaster ’66, Huletts Landing, New York, September 25, 2023
Lenore Yavitz Schneiderman ’66, ’70 MSW, Columbus, Ohio, August 22, 2023
John Kelsey Sterling ’66, ’68 JD, Dallas, Texas, September 8, 2023
Robert Marshall Stutz ’66, ’76 MCRP, Columbus, Ohio, October 2, 2023
Roger Milton Swagler ’66 MA, ’71 PhD, Athens, Georgia, August 8, 2023
Carolyn McGrath Eubanks ’67 MA, Union, Ohio, August 21, 2023
Donald H. Orts ’67 MS, Monroe, Ohio, October 26, 2023
Dale Lee Stansbury ’67 MS, ’70 PhD, Los Gatos, California, September 21, 2023
Mary Moore Weaver ’67 MS, Vienna, Virginia, September 11, 2023
David Edward Williamson ’67, Belle Isle, Florida, October 3, 2023
James Edward Davis ’68, Newark, Ohio, August 22, 2023
Henry Paul Melet ’68, Clover, South Carolina, October 25, 2023
Stephen Victor Mendelson ’68, Columbus, Ohio, August 20, 2023
Jeffrey Maxwell Oglevee ’68, Worthington, Ohio, August 11, 2023
Jeryn Thomas Oles ’68, Three Rivers, California, August 28, 2023
Robert Clyde Rinehart ’68, ’70 MA, Marysville, Ohio, October 3, 2023
Henry John Sherowski ’68, Blacklick, Ohio, October 12, 2023
Emily Elizabeth Foster ’69 MA, Columbus, Ohio, September 9, 2023
Frances A. Golden ’69, Columbus, Ohio, August 16, 2023
Charles Alva Parker ’69, Akron, Ohio, August 10, 2023
Leslie John Paster ’69, La Verne, California, August 11, 2023
1970s
Timothy Allen Burcham ’70, Johnstown, Ohio, August 1, 2023
David Charles Cartwright ’70, Waldo, Ohio, August 12, 2023
Robert Louis Chupick ’70, Columbus, Ohio, August 22, 2023
Ronald Leslie Clowson ’70, ’72 DDS, Westerville, Ohio, August 12, 2023
Frederick Thomas Heller ’70 OD, Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 8, 2023
Bryce Haven Hooker ’70, ’72 MBA, Hilliard, Ohio, August 3, 2023
Sherri L. Houghton ’70, Pataskala, Ohio, September 24, 2023
John Edward Mitakides ’70, ’74 DDS, Dayton, Ohio, October 18, 2023
James A. Readey ’70 JD, Columbus, Ohio, August 11, 2023
Frank Ardis ’71, Mansfield, Ohio, September 19, 2023
Joe Kennedy Cochran ’71 PhD, Marietta, Georgia, August 21, 2023
Stanley Joseph Kavy ’71, London, Ohio, August 18, 2023
Jeanne A. Kigerl ’71, Saint Clairsville, Ohio, September 29, 2023
Leo William Brennan ’72, San Juan Capistrano, California, October 15, 2023
Susan Anne Miesmer ’72 MA, West Roxbury, Massachusetts, August 13, 2023
Timothy Jon Wildermuth ’72, Gahanna, Ohio, October 1, 2023
Scott McClung Martin ’73 PhD, Columbus, Ohio, October 22, 2023
Howard Neal Titer ’73, Fort Myers Beach, Florida, August 9, 2023
D. Thomas Worthington ’73, Greensboro, North Carolina, August 21, 2023
Dezso David Apathy ’74, Columbus, Ohio, September 23, 2023
Mark Edwin Forry ’74, Bluffton, South Carolina, September 17, 2023
Philip Arnold Knall ’74 DDS, Dublin, Ohio, August 15, 2023
William Thomas Stano ’74 DDS, Avon, Ohio, September 30, 2023
Lester Lee Cline ’75, Columbus, Ohio, August 5, 2023
Stephen Michael Forsythe ’75 DVM, Lancaster, Ohio, October 15, 2023
Richard Louis Sliter ’75, Hilliard, Ohio, September 24, 2023
Sharon White Chadwell ’76 MA, Worthington, Ohio, August 8, 2023
Jeannette Marie Epp ’76, Raymond, Ohio, August 1, 2023
John Wesley Northrup ’76, Columbus, Ohio, October 8, 2023
Kurt Schumacher ’76, Southport, North Carolina, September 29, 2023
Karen J. Bunning ’77 JD, Newark, Ohio, September 25, 2023
Michael Gildengorin ’77 MS, San Rafael, California, September 8, 2023
Paul Carl Hess ’78, Columbus, Ohio, September 29, 2023
Greg Alan Jenkins ’78, Batavia, Ohio, September 28, 2023
Geraldine Berman Keller ’78 PhD, Columbus, Ohio, September 27, 2023
Joseph Balmer Shaver ’78 MA, Crozet, Virginia, August 10, 2023
Elmer Walter Heyob ’79, Marysville, Ohio, August 8, 2023
1980s
Gerard James Brems ’80 MA, ’80 MCRP, Heath, Ohio, September 1, 2023
Joseph Porter Morgan ’80, Westerville, Ohio, September 15, 2023
Zelinda K. Owens ’80, Newark, Ohio, August 10, 2023
Allen Ray Wagner ’80, Marion, Ohio, September 6, 2023
Michael Robert Allison ’82 JD, Parkland, Florida, August 11, 2023
Mary Kathryn Campbell ’82, Albany, New York, August 28, 2023
Sheryl Ann Trone ’82, The Villages, Florida, August 6, 2023
Wanda G. Vogler ’82 MA, The Villages, Florida, September 12, 2023
Carol A. Davis ’83, ’86 JD, Lebanon, Ohio, August 19, 2023
Judson Eric Rubin ’83, Dublin, Ohio, August 29, 2023
Robert Mark Wagner ’84 PhD, Tucson, Arizona, September 2, 2023
Michael Allen Meckstroth ’85, ’88 MA, New Knoxville, Ohio, August 1, 2023
Cheryl Ruf Hatch ’86, Cincinnati, Ohio, September 28, 2023
Shelly Kay Heller ’86, Dayton, Ohio, September 2, 2023
Ernest Paul Mandell ’86, Dublin, Ohio, September 30, 2023
Kevin Kenneth Schlarb ’87, Scottsdale, Arizona, August 27, 2023
Marlo Bridges Tannous ’87 JD, Columbus, Ohio, September 4, 2023
David Eugene Clarke ’88, Circleville, Ohio, August 8, 2023
Michael Louis Gilliland ’88, Mount Gilead, Ohio, September 21, 2023
Judy Kari Virgalitte ’88 MA, Dublin, Ohio, October 8, 2023
Sarita Denise Boyd ’89, Pickerington, Ohio, August 2, 2023
Karl F. Poetter ’89 PhD, Northcote, Australia, August 18, 2023
1990s
Jeffrey Scott Theis ’90, Vandalia, Ohio, August 12, 2023
Shawn David Turnbull ’90, Columbus, Ohio, August 25, 2023
Matthew Joseph Pequignot ’91, Lewis Center, Ohio, August 16, 2023
Brett Jeffrey Swingle ’91, Gahanna, Ohio, August 26, 2023
Carol M. Weber ’93, ’95, Columbus, Ohio, August 14, 2023
Jeffrey Ronald Rainey ’94, ’96, ’98 MEd, Marion, Ohio, September 16, 2023
Sheila O’Brien Mitchell ’95, Baltimore, Ohio, August 19, 2023
Massoumeh Amir Ebrahimi-Benis ’98, Powell, Ohio, August 12, 2023
Micah Leon Bunch ’99, Lewis Center, Ohio, August 7, 2023
Jacqueline Cooke Fox ’99, Lima, Ohio, August 19, 2023
2000s
Tony Michael Alexander ’00 JD, Dayton, Ohio, August 9, 2023
Charles T. C. Lane ’00, Chillicothe, Ohio, August 7, 2023
Gail Ann McNerney ’03 MSW, Tipp City, Ohio, October 4, 2023
Stephanie A. Sheridan ’03, Richwood, Ohio, August 21, 2023
Helyn Lynae Marshall ’04, Columbus, Ohio, September 26, 2023
Jane Ellen McKay ’07, Columbus, Ohio, October 2, 2023
2010s
Callie Rae Wells ’10, ’12 MS, Columbus, Ohio, September 1, 2023
Beth Ann Savage ’11, Delaware, Ohio, September 24, 2023
Charles Daniel Loggins ’14, Columbus, Ohio, September 29, 2023
Zachary Ray Miculka ’19, Hilliard, Ohio, August 24, 2023
2020s
Anthony George Parker ’22, Canton, Ohio, August 28, 2023