Obituaries Listing
Richard "Dick" Allan Emmelhainz
Oct 31, 2021
Richard Allan “Dick” Emmelhainz, age 93, passed away October 31, 2021. Richard was born in Brown Township, Franklin County, Ohio, September 20, 1928 to Otto and Helen (Smith) Emmelhainz. He graduated from Hilliard High School, Class of 1946 and graduated from Capital University in 1950, where he was the captain of the baseball team. Richard served in the United States...
Leslie Jones
Oct 30, 2021
Leslie Lee Jones, born in Circleville, Kansas 12/30/1928, died in Columbus, Ohio on 10/30/2021.
He was a retired 20+ year veteran Air Force Master Sergeant predominantly stationed at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. He was awarded the Air Force Longevity Service Award Ribbon with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Vietnam Medal with 2 Bronze Service Stars, the Air...

Randall Thompson
Oct 30, 2021
Randall Thompson, age 64, of Plain City, passed away October 30, 2021. Preceded in death by wife Carol Thompson, parents William and Pauline Thompson, brothers Bill, John and Jeff Thompson, sister Carla Klaiber. Survived by sons Randall S. Thompson, Steven V. Thompson and Shawn S. Thompson, brother Robert Thompson, sisters Brenda Salyers and Mary Beth Cade, grandchildren Karrie, Tayler, Travis,...
Jennifer Campbell
Oct 30, 2021
Jennifer (Jenny) Elizabeth Campbell (Cowell), Jenny was born in Mansfield Ohio on 12/29/1974 to William H Cowell III & Beverly Cowell. Jenny passed away on 10/30/2021 after a very courageous fight against esophageal cancer. She was preceded in death by husband Scott Campbell and Grandparents William H Cowell II, Honora Cowell and John Pifher. She is survived by parents William H...

Billy Ihrig
Oct 28, 2021
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Billy Ihrig, age 52, of Hilliard, passed away as a result of COVID-19 on Thursday, October 28, 2021. He was the Commander of William R. Schnug Memorial Post 614 and FOP Lodge #9. He s erved in the United States Marine Corps for 13 years and a Deputy Sheriff for the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office for 17...
Numeriano Obnamia, Jr.
Oct 26, 2021
Numeriano Paleracio Obnamia, Jr. (Nomer), devoted husband and loving father, passed away on October 26, 2021 at the age of 70. Nomer was many things, but most prominently he was known for his love of God and his love of the United States of America. Nomer was both a faithful member of Fellowship Bible Chapel in Sunbury, Ohio and a...
Katherine Willman
Oct 25, 2021
Katherine L. Willman, 52, of Columbus Ohio passed away Monday October 25th, 2021 at her home after her battle with cancer. Kathy was born December 27th, 1968 in Orlando Florida to Georgia Dowell and Kenneth Shofter.
Kathy is survived by her children Michael, Megan, Lauren, and Matthew of Hilliard Ohio, her father Kenneth Shofter of Bremen Ohio, her brother Lee...

Mary Janet Miller
Oct 21, 2021
Mary Janet Miller, age 84, of Dublin, Ohio, passed away at home on Thursday, October 21, 2021. Born in Delaware County, Ohio to the late Ross and Anna Evans, Mary was a graduate of Ostrander High School, Class of 1955. She married Howard Thomas Miller in 1966. Mary was a retired Deli Clerk with Big Bear Stores where she worked...
Robert Atkinson
Oct 19, 2021
Robert “Bob” Atkinson passed away October 19, 2021, at the age of 70, surrounded by his loved ones after a long, courageous battle with Alzheimer’s. Bob grew up alongside his 5 brothers in Utica, OH where he graduated from high school in 1970. Soon after he decided to enlist in the United States Army to serve his country during the...
Sherry Krupski
Oct 18, 2021
Sherry Ranae Krupski, 58, passed away October 18, 2021 after battling cancer. She was a Detroit, Michigan native, lover of water and football, and will be greatly missed. She is survived by her mother, Donetta Cuppari, two sisters, Lisa (Stephen Vandekerckhove) Cuppari and Angel Weber of Sterling Heights, MI and lastly her niece Megan Huddleston.
Rita Katherine Owings
Oct 14, 2021
Rita Katherine Owings, 94, died October 14, 2021, at her residence surrounded by her loving family. She was born on October 7, 1927, in Battle Creek, Michigan, to the late Walter E. and Teresa Seery Wendell. On October 10, 1953, in Jackson, Michigan, she married Boyd T. “Tom” Owings, and he survives. They were married 68 years.
Rita was a...
Michael Yannitti
Oct 12, 2021
Michael J Yannitti, 96, passed away Tuesday, October 12, 2021, at the Inn at Library Way Assisted Living Residence, Hilliard, OH.
Mike was born August 25, 1925, in Youngstown OH, the first-born son of John and Isabelle (Caruso) Yannitti. He was preceded in death by his parents and three siblings, Richard, Donald, and John Yannitti.
Mike married the love of...

Deana R. Hopper
Oct 9, 2021
Deana Hopper, age 49, of Columbus, Ohio, passed away at the James Cancer Hospital in Columbus after several months of a valiant struggle with lung cancer. Born in Columbus and raised in St. Clairsville, OH, Deana was a graduate of Belmont Career Center. She was a long-time, valuable and dedicated employee with Kinetics Noise Control, Inc. Deana was preceded in...
Kathleen L. McNamer
Oct 9, 2021
Sad news from Diana and Karen Crandall:
Our mother, Kathleen Louise McNamer, 84, of Mt. Gilead, Ohio passed away October 9, 2021. She was born to our grandparents, the late Curtis and Alice McKean on August 25, 1937. She grew up in Hilliard and was one of nine brothers and sisters: Don, Buddy, Jim, Morris, Delbert, Doris, Virginia and Mary....
Catherine "Kay" Baltare
Oct 9, 2021
Catherine “Kay” Baltare passed away Saturday, October 9, 2021 surrounded by family in Hilliard, Ohio.
She was born in Saskatchewan, Canada and moved east and settled in Ontario.
She then moved with her family to Livonia and Portage, Michigan.
For the past 17 years, she was a resident of Hilliard, Ohio.
She is preceded in death by her husband Gunnar...
Janice Lee James
Oct 7, 2021
Janice Lee James, 67, of Hilliard, Ohio, formerly of Worthington, Ohio, passed away Oct. 7, 2021, at Mayfair Village Nursing Care Center, Columbus, Ohio. She was born December 21, 1953, in Columbus. Janice was a 1972 graduate of Worthington High School, and earned an associate’s degree from Columbus Technical Institute in 1980. She was a devoted member of the Hilliard...
Margie M. Jenkins
Oct 5, 2021
Margie Jenkins, age 96, of Hilliard, Ohio and a native of Cranberry Ridge, WV, went to be with Jesus while at home on Tuesday, October 5, 2021. Born in Coe, WV to the late Lorenzo and Bertha Russell, she married William Jenkins on May 20, 1946. They moved to Central Ohio in 1965 and together raised their family. She was...
William Horning
Oct 5, 2021
William J. (Bill) Horning, 78, passed peacefully October 5 after recent illness. He was preceded in death by his parents Ralph S. and Helen M. Ziegler Horning, and his son Joseph M. Horning; He is survived by his fiancé Barbara Dillon; His daughter Jennifer (Michael) Gimbrone; His son Jeffrey W. (Jennifer) Horning; Barbara’s daughter Valerie (Joseph) Ryant; granddaughters, Meagan (Daniel)...

Jerrie Ramage
Oct 4, 2021
Jerrie Keith Ramage, age 74, of Columbus, OH, passed away October 4, 2021. US Army Veteran serving in Vietnam, where he received two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star. Survived by loving wife of 37 years Connie, children Jason Ramage, Jennifer Ramage, Ryan Lauchard and Wendi Lauchard, sister Sharon, brother Ron, grandchildren Riley, Jack, J.T., Connor, Finn, Emmy, Ivan and...
Jeffrey S. Collins
Oct 4, 2021
Jeffrey S. Collins, age 70, of Columbus, OH passed away at home surrounded by his family and friends on Monday, October 4, 2021. Born in Columbus, OH to his loving mother Kathryn Hines and raised by his loving parents Joseph Atwell “Swede” Collins and Betty Jane (Hickman) Collins, he grew up in Berwick and graduated from Eastmoor High School, Class...