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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

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Members who have left us since 2023

Richard Algeo 12/15/23

George L. Alleman

     2/3/24

W Eugene “Andy” 

    Anderson  12/17/23

Lonnie Joe Atchison

    5/27/25

David Edward Barr

      3/31/23

Blinda Lynn Baxter

     8/17/23

Emory Park 

   Bateson, Jr  8/23/25

Barbara Bradford

       11/29/23

Michael David Boyd

      10/25/24

Sandra B. Brown   

   8/29/23

Thomas William   

    Carver  12/8/2024

Dr. Phyllis Kay Carl

     4/14/24

Mark E. Camp 6/17/25

John Hall Carlisle

       4/2/24

Mariellen Carr  9/3/25

Harriet D. Conrady

   8/19/24

Kit A. Conwell 1/12/25

Dr. Russell L. Craig

     11/21/25

Terrie (Melvin)

   Dunlap   11/15/25

Gretchen M. Emery

     1/28/2025

William E. Farris 

     4/16/25

Joyce Ramsay

   Gallaway   2/24/2023

Ronald Dean Graves 

      1/7/24

Don V. Grimm  1/5/24

Vickie Sue Groenke      12/28/24 

Tanna L. Grundy

       6/22/23

Joan “Jody” K.

Daniel R. Hale  1/15/23

Bonnie J. Halterman 

       2/26/25

William Earl “Bill”

    Harner  9/30/23

John K. “Jack”

     Hartman  3/9/23

Jeffrey L. Hendershott

     2/1/2025

Mary T. Henikman 1/15/23

Bonnie L. Hobson        9/24/24

William Rodney

    Hughes 8/31/23

Betsy Lenore

   Johnson  11/13/25

William H. Keifling  

       8/15/23

Carol L. Keil  6/12/24

Robyn L. Kelley 2/8/25

Wanda Jean Kerr   3/8/23

Cheryl K. Kinney  5/27/23

Joyce A. Kiste  3/8/24

Diana J. Kowalka  6/2/23

John Damon Lance 

       5 /12/24

Connie A. Lash  11/12/25

Mary Strine Lefever

      4/20/25

Judith A. (Whitcomb) 

   Lichtenberg  8/3/25

Sharon Louise Lutz 

      6/30/25

Cathleen Crowe Mark 

       7/16/24 

Douglas J. Mark  7/9/25

Gary E. McClure  7/28/25

Marjorie Elaine

   McFarlin  9/5/25

Edward Charles

   McGinnis  10/11/25

Sandra Kay McWhorter

    3/30/25

Lonnie “Scott”   

   Mendenhall  6/12/25

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

Beatrice "Bea" North   

       1/22/23

Micheal Dennis 

    Obrecht   1/28/2023

Sharon S. Obrecht

     1/21/2025

Roberta Arlene Patton

     10/15/25

Joshua Paul Olin  2/18/23

Dorothy Margaret Fritz  Pflueger  2/6/24

Diana Jane Plant  6/14/25

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

Relda Elaine   

    Smith 6/27/24

Peggy Jean Price

   Spellman  10/8/25 

Georgia Marie

   Stadler 4/5/25

D. Jean Stauffer 

      10/19/24

Ruth L. Stauffer  1/1/23

Joyce Ann Stokes      

      6/1/25

Dr. Stephen Lee 

    Stuart   2/12/24

Robert  L. Valentine       11/5/23

Valerie Ann Diamond

   Wales  5/29/25

Donna C. Weaver 

       3/26/24

Amanda Welch  3/18/23

John M. Whitmer​    

      3/8/2025 

Thomas E. Williams

    9/28/23

Gail Sue Wahl  8/25/25

Kathleen Ann Fickes 

    Wiltrout  7/4/25

Winifred Jeanne     

    K. Winemiller

       4/27/23

Shirley M. Wolfe 

      1/15/2024

Dr. Julia Ann Wright

        04/13/24

Marge Schuck Yetzer

       3/5/25

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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