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Educators In Memoriam

"A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others."    ~ Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Church Candles

Members who have left us since 2022

Rodney Gale 

    Alexander 2/11/22

Richard Algeo 12/15/23

George L. Alleman

     2/3/24

W Eugene “Andy” 

    Anderson  12/17/23

Joan Marie Barnhill

       11/14/22

David Edward Barr

      3/31/23

CRaymond E (Mike)

    Bauer  1/14/22

Blinda Lynn Baxter

     8/17/23

Dr. Virginia T.

    Bemis 4/12/22

Nancy Jane 

    Blackford 12/30/22

America Raleigh

    Bon  11/24/22

Barbara Bradford

       11/29/23

Michael David Boyd

      10/25/24

Dr. Herbert (Herb)        Broda 9/1/22

Paul Thomas

   Brown 3/13/22

Sandra B. Brown   

   8/29/23

Walter M. Brownson

    7/16/22

Douglas A. Burdette

   9/2/22

Portia I. Burns 11/14/22

Thomas William   

    Carver  12/8/2024

Dr. Phyllis Kay Carl

     4/14/24

John Hall Carlisle

       4/2/24

Harriet D. Conrady

   8/19/24

Kit A. Conwell 1/12/25

Ella G. Copeland

      8/12/22

Gary L. Courtright

   9/1/22

Joe-Ann

   Edmondson 5/9/22

Faye English 2/14/22

Joyce Ramsay

    Gallaway   2/24/2023

Sherrill Jayne Goad 

       7/26/22

Ronald Dean Graves 

      1/7/24

Don V. Grimm  1/5/24

Vickie Sue Groenke    12/28/24 

Tanna L. Grundy

      6/22/23

Ruth C.  Guldenzopf  

      7/7/22

Daniel R. Hale  1/15/23

William Earl “Bill”

     Harner  9/30/23

Donna Belle Harrop

       7/19/22

John K. “Jack”

     Hartman  3/9/23

Mary T. Henikman 1/15/23

Bonnie L. Hobson  9/24/24

Willard Hopkins 4/5/22

Martha Hostler 12/3/22

William Rodney

    Hughes 8/31/23

William H. Keifling  

       8/15/23

Carol L. Keil  6/12/24

Wanda Jean Kerr   3/8/23

Cheryl K. Kinney  5/27/23

Joyce A. Kiste  3/8/24

Diana J. Kowalka  6/2/23

Robert Macy Lake 

    12/4/22

John Damon Lance 

       5 /12/24

Cathleen Crowe Mark 

       7/16/24 

John Heath Meyer 

       7/16/24

James "Jim" Roger

    Minnich   3/23/23

Dr. William Edward

    Meredith  2/10/24

Daniel John Miller  9/4/24

Linda Lou Miller    6/2/24

Wanda Pauline Mish

       9/15/23

George B. Mitchell, Jr.

       1/8/24

Ruth M. Nash  01/21/24

Devon Corrine Neer 

       8/11/22

Beatrice "Bea" North   

       1/22/23

Micheal Dennis 

    Obrecht   1/28/2023

Sharon S. Obrecht

     1/21/2025

Joshua Paul Olin  2/18/23

Martha R. Pendleton  

    6/18/22

Dorothy Margaret Fritz      Pflueger  2/6/24

Douglas Lynn Plice  

       5/18/23

Forrest Ray Pruner 

        8/15/24

Barbara J. Brewer

     Purvis  8/14/24

Larry G. Rader  1/31/24

​Douglas Edward 

   Ramsey  2/8/24

Robert Lawrence 

    Raplenovich 5/25/24

Dr. David A. Rausch   

    1/4/23

Kelly Ann Reinmann

      10/23/24

James R. Reynolds 

      2/7/23

G. Franklin Rickett 

    3/18/24

Richard E. Richey

    1/3/25

Larry P. Rogers  4/9/23

Martha Jane    

    Rogers 9/8/23

Sarah McRae Rowan 

    5/29/23

David Timothy Sage 

       4/21/23

Leonard P. Salvo

     1/15/24

Barbara L. Sargent 

      12/25/23

Benjamin Orman

    Shaver  3/27/24

Dr. Ann Converse 

    Shelly  6/15/23

Dr. Stanford K.

    Siders 10/23/22

Duane Singer 2/13/21

Francis Mary T. 

    Sites  6/8/22

Relda Elaine   

    Smith 6/27/24

D. Jean Stauffer 

      10/19/24

Ruth L. Stauffer  1/1/23

Dr. Stephen Lee 

    Stuart   2/12/24

Matthew Tullis 9/23/22

Robert  L. Valentine       11/5/23

Donna C. Weaver 

       3/26/24

Amanda Welch  3/18/23

Thomas E. Williams

    9/28/23

Winifred Jeanne     

    K. Winemiller

       4/27/23

Shirley M. Wolfe 

      1/15/2024

Constance May

    Workman 10/23/22

Dr. Julia Ann Wright

         04/13/24

Lois “Evelyn”

    Younkin- Silver 

       11/14/23

Please let Paul Kauffman at 419-651-8811 know of any names that should be added to this list.

Eagle Flying

"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops."       ~ Henry Brooks Adams

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