In Memoriam
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Oct 17, 2025: Posted obituary for Don Allan. See several recent photos of Don if you click on the link to view the obituary
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Oct 10, 2025: Posted obituary for Jim Gantt. See a very nice photo of Jim as Santa when you click in the link to view to original obituary.
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Sep 18, 2025: Posted obituary for Phil Clinard.
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Jul 11, 2025: Posted obituary for Jim Walters. Also posted what little we know about Ken Reeves.
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Nov 15, 2024: Posted obituary for Lynn Gibbon.
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Oct 29, 2024: Posted obituary for Byron Lee (just learned he passed away in 2021) and posted obituary for John Leland.
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Oct 5, 2024: Posted obituary for Larry Rose (sorry for the delay). Posted obituary for Judy (Harkins) Widlowski.
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Jul 23, 2023: Posted obituary for Brent Johnson.
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Apr 25, 2023: Posted obituary for Dallas Hammersmith.
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Jan 13, 2023: Posted obituary for Brenda Bowen Fruth.
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Oct 26, 2022: Posted obituaries for Barbara Knauss Loose, who passed away November, 2021, and Mark Alexander.
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Oct 23, 2022: Posted obituary for Roberta Allen Hardin.
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Feb 11, 2022: Posted obituary for Phil Kelley.
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Nov 23, 2021: Posted obituary for Deborah Retterer Chapman.
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Apr 28, 2021: Posted obituary for Randy Schmeltz.
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Feb 4, 2021: Posted obituary for Linda Louys Misak.
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Jan 15, 2021: Posted obituary for Tom Cass.
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Dec 7, 2020: Posted obituary for Dennis Cheney.
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Jan 29, 2020: Posted obituary for Douglas Peatee.
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Sep 16, 2019: Posted obituary for Judy Adler Weaver.
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Aug 31, 2019: Posted obituary for Bob Yeager.
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UPDATES during Aug 2018: posted additional obituary information for John Fegley, Ann Imbrie, Joseph Mantel, Diana Burkholdt, Marie Wilhelm, Jay Cook.
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UPDATE June 23, 2018: sorry to report that 3 of our classmates, who were planning to attend the reunion, have passed away since December 2017: Kent Botte, Bob Ocvirk, Charlie Burditt.
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Sadly, some of our classmates have passed away already. Please help honor them by sharing your memories of the ones you knew best.
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Ann Imbrie
2006-05-20
ANN ELIZABETH IMBRIE
Age 55, of Poughkeepsie, NY on Saturday, May 20, 2006; beloved daughter of Julia A. Imbrie of Bowling Green, OH and the late Rev. Greer S. Imbrie; loved sister of Rev. Greer S. (Jeap) Imbrie, Jr. of Princeton, NJ, Charity J. Imbrie of Indiana Twp. and Catherine W. (Brook) Milligan of Las Cruces, NM; aunt of Andrew and Megan Milligan and Emma Chubb. Ann was a professor of English at Vassar College for many years. No visitation. A Memorial service will be held at Vassar College at a later time. Arrangements by the WEDDELL-AJAK FUNERAL HOME, 100 Center Ave., Aspinwall.
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Brent Johnson
1950-04-17 2023-07-05Brent "BJ" Johnson passed away on 6 July 2023 after a courageous battle with Pancreatic cancer. He was born on April 17, 1950, to Wayne and Olga Johnson in Lake Preston, SD. He lived in Hetland, SD for six years before his family moved to Ohio, where he joined the Air Forace at age 19. BJ spent 22 years in the Air Force where he earened his associate degree from the Community College of the Air Force and visited most of Europe with the base bowling team. He retired from the Air Force in 1991 and immediately joined the University of Arizona Police Department as an IT Specialist for 10 years followed by another 10 years mamaging the Pr...
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Brett Jones
1950-07-19 2008-09-04Brett E. Jones died at his home in Powell, OH on September 4, 2008. He graduated from Bowling Green High School , and spent 4 years as a psychiatric corpsman in the U.S. Navy. He attended Bowling Green State University and earned his Bachelors Degree, then earned his Masters Degree at The Ohio State University. Brett was manager of Federal Programs for the Ohio Department of Mental Health for over 25 years. He was born July 19, 1950 to Charles F. and Betty Jones of Bowling Green, OH. He was preceded in death by his father and is survived by his mother. Also surviving are his children, Lindsey Beachy (Caleb), Blake and Courtney; and grandson John Beachy all of the Columbus area. His funeral w...
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Jay Kania (Cook)
1949-08-29
From Judy (Wright) Fisher: Many of you may remember our classmate Jay Cook. In our search for contact information for her for the reunion, it came to our attention from a very reliable source that Jay had passed away some time ago. However, no other information was shared with us regarding her death. After many months of online research and attempted contact with Jay's family, we were still unsuccessful in finding out anything new. We would therefore like to share what information we do have about Jay Cook.
Jay Lee Cook was born on August 29, 1949 to Mr. And Mrs. Kenneth Cook. She and her sister Kay lived on S. Maple St. in Bowling Green. Jay married Dennis Kania in...
Philip Kelley
1949-11-15 2022-02-03
Philip B. Kelley, age 72, of Napoleon, Ohio, passed away Thursday, February 3, 2022 at his home after a long battle with cancer. He was born on November 15, 1949 to Richard and Elizabeth (Weaver) Kelley in Lima, Ohio. Philip graduated from Bowling Green High School and was a U.S. Army Veteran of the Vietnam War. He was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting, fishing, and trapping.
He was preceded in death by his parents, and is survived by his sons Joshua (Elizabeth) Kelley, and Matthew Kelley; grandsons, Maxwell Kelley, and Benjamin Kelley. He is also survived by his siblings, D. Michael Kelley (Kathleen), Barbara (William) Hesselschwardt,...
John Kramp
1950-05-07 1992-12-07
John E. Kramp was born May 7, 1950 to Donald and Loa Kramp. He died December 7, 1992 in Harris County, TX. John was laid to rest in Oak Grove Cemetery, Bowling Green, OH.
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Byron Lee
1950-07-23 2021-07-27
Byron Roderick Lee July 23, 1950 - July 27, 2021. Byron Lee was born to Dr. Verlin and Dorothea Lee in Huntington, West Virginia. He was always interested in learning facts. When Byron was a boy, he memorized parts of Ripley's Believe It or Not which he would insert into dinner table conversation. Later he developed a passion for math and science.
He graduated from Bowling Green State University with a degree in Sociology. His first job was as a probation counselor with the Juvenile Court. He then accepted a technical writing position with Dana Corporation and then transitioned to a position as a sales trainer. Parts Associates, Incorporate of Cleveland hired him as their Nat...
John Leland
1950-03-11 2024-05-15
John Lowell Leland died May 15, 2024, from heart disease. He was born March 11, 1950, in Bowling Green, Ohio, the elder son of Lowell Pond Leland and Virginia Thornton Everett Leland. He attended local public schools in Bowling Green and graduated magna cum laude from Bowling Green High School. He acted in several school plays and was a member of the dramatic honor society Thespians as well as competing up to the state level in humorous declamation.
He then attended Bowling Green State University, where his parents were professors, and graduated magna cum laude in 1972 with majors in history and English. He then earned a masters (1974) and a doctorate (1979) in medieval studi...
Barbara Loose (Knauss)
1947-03-31 2021-11-06
Barbara A. Loose, 74, of Bowling Green, Ohio passed away November 6, 2021. Barbara was born on March 31, 1947 to the late George A. and Helen M. (Ireland) Knauss Sr. She married Larry Loose on May 13, 1989 and preceded her in death in 1995.
Barbara retired from Bowling Green State University where she had worked in the food services and she also worked at Frisch’s Big Boy in Bowling Green. She loved to do cross stitch and word searches. Her favorite bird was the cardinal. She was a member of the Christ United Methodist Church in Portage. When she was younger, she helped out with the family vegetable stand. Barbara enjoyed riding her bicycle around to...
Joseph Mantel
1948-09-18 2004-09-15
Joseph E. Mantel was born September 18, 1948 and died September 15, 2004 at age 55. He last resided in Bedford, Ohio.
Data from Judy (Wright) Fisher.
Joseph E. Mantel, of Bedford Hts. Dearly beloved fiance of Bonnie Kline; dearest father of Marsha; dear son of Darwin (deceased) and Shirley; dear brother of of Anthony and James; dear uncle of Kevin Schreiber. Services, Saturday, Sept 18 at 6 p.m. at THE BIONDO-VITO-NERO FUNERAL HOME CORNER OF ROCKSIDE AND BARTLETT RDS., (TWO BLKS S. OF I-271), where family will receive friends SATURDAY 3-6 P.M. Cremation by...