In Memoriam
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July 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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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...
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.
Data from Ancestry.com
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...
Brenda Roberts (LeVeck)
1950-10-23 2003-10-03
Married to Curtis Roberts June 6 1970
Burial: Restlawn Memorial Park, Perrysburg, Ohio.
Data from findagrave.com
Brenda (LeVeck) Roberts, who was born October 23, 1950, died October 3, 2003. She married Curtis Roberts in Rudolph, Ohio on June 6, 1970. Together they raised a son, Rob (Laura) Roberts, who survives along with four grandchildren. Brenda was buried in Restlawn Memorial Park, Perrysburg, Ohio.
Information obtained by Judy (Wright) Fisher.
Joyce Crawford (Long)
1951-11-11 1983-07-22
MILTON CENTER -- Joyce A. Crawford, 31, of 10260 Sugar St., Milton Center, died about 3 a.m. Friday in Rainbow Babies' and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, after a life-long illness.
She was born Nov. 11, 1951, in Bowling Green to Daniel I. and Coral (McEwen) Long. Her mother Mrs Coral Oates survives in Fort Myers, Fla. She married Marvin B. Crawford on April 21, 1972, and he survives.
Also surviving are a brother, Daniel Long, Bowling Green, and two sisters, Mrs. Janice Reef, Toledo, Mrs. Virginia Cass, Naples, Fla.
Mrs. Crawford was a member of the Wood County Homemakers, the Bowling Green Homemakers and Xi Beta Rho sorority, Bowling Green.
Fu...
Linda Misak (Louys)
1950-06-05 2021-01-31
Linda K. Misak
FEBRUARY 1, 2021 BY WINKEL FUNERAL HOME
Linda passed away Sunday, January 31, 2021 at Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo.
She was born June 5, 1950 in Bryan, Ohio, the daughter of Walter “Bid” and Victoria (Harvey) Louys. Linda grew up in Ohio and moved to Michigan to attend Western Michigan University. She was a registered nurse at Pipp Hospital until her retirement in 2002 due to medical disabilities.
Linda was an ordained minister along with her husband and was the co-founder of Seeds of Grace free clinic in Allegan. In her spare time she lo...
Brenda Hester Barnwell (Lowe)
1949-10-13 2016-05-10
Funeral service for Brenda Faye Hester Barnwell, age 66 of Clarksville, TN will be Saturday, May 14, 2016 at 2:00 pm at Sykes Funeral Home. The family will receive friends on Friday, May 13, 2016 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Sykes Funeral Home and Saturday from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM.
Brenda passed away on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at her residence. She was born on Oct. 13, 1949 in Hopkinsville, KY the youngest daughter of Ural and Mary Hester. She was retired from the Fort Campbell Credit Union on April 30, 2010, after 25 years of service.
She is survived by her husband, Walter Barnwell; brothers, Billy and Bobby Hester; sisters, Betty Hester and Ba...
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...
Bob Ocvirk
1950-07-28 2018-03-12Robert “Bob” Ocvirk, 67, passed away Monday, March 12, 2018, in Columbus, Ohio. He was raised and lived most of his life in Bowling Green, Ohio. At the young age of four, he contracted polio. His parents, Otto and Betty Ocvirk, encouraged independence through attending public schools. Neighbor and friend Dr. Sam Cooper urged Bob to swim as therapy which contributed to his participation in athletics. In 1965, he became the first Eagle Scout for Boy Scout Troop 422. Robert graduated from Bowling Green Senior High School in 1968. He enrolled at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, a school ahead of its time when it came to accommodating wheelchair students and athletes. Bob was a membe...
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