In Memoriam
The OFDA staff extends its deepest sympathy and condolences to those who have lost a loved one, family member, or friend. Our thoughts and prayers are with each of you.
Online OFDA memoriams are limited to those within the membership and their immediate family members. They will remain online for two years from posting date.
Please email Andrew Allman death notices and include complete information, along with a contact name and telephone number. If a death notice has been published online, please include the link.
If you are notifying us of the death of an immediate family member, please state his/her relationship to the funeral director and affiliation to the funeral home.
Death notices will be considered for publication on the OFDA website, The Digital Director e-newsletter and membership email notification.
07/02/2025
Retired Funeral Director
06/24/2025
Retired Funeral Director, Former President of Dawson Funeral Home, and Father of Frank Dike Dawson, Current President of Dawson Funeral Home
06/19/2025
Wife of the late Roger D. Glass, Retired Owner of Fawcett Oliver Glass and Palmer Funeral Home
06/19/2025
Funeral Director and Former Owner; Father of David Mosti, Grandfather of Jared & Justin Mosti, all of Mosti Funeral Home
06/16/2025
Owner of Hennessy Funeral Home
06/13/2025
Husband of Amanda E. Crates, President of the Ohio Board of Embalmers & Funeral Directors, Son-in-Law of OFDA Past President Larry Crates, both of Colden-Crates Funeral Home
06/13/2025
Father-in-Law of Pete Minges and Grandfather of Elyse Lanker, both of Neidhard-Minges Funeral Home
06/06/2025
Father of Mark Crawford, Assistant Executive Director & Exhibit Manager at the Funeral Directors Association of Kentucky
05/28/2025
Retired Funeral Director, Mother and Mother-in-Law of Jay and Paula Ferguson, Former Owners of Ferguson Funeral Home, Inc.
05/27/2025
Retired Funeral Director of Barnes Funeral Home and Former Owner of Bussard-Barnes-Vaniman Funeral Home
05/20/2025
Retired Funeral Director
05/20/2025
Mother of Eric Young, Funeral Director at Snyder Funeral Homes
05/19/2025
Father and Father-in-Law of Hardin Martin Jr. and Karla Gregory-Martin of Gregory-Martin Funeral Home; Father of Herrick Martin of H.M. Martin Funeral Home
05/19/2025
Former Funeral Director
05/14/2025
Father of Gene Gompf, CFSP and Father-in-Law of LeAnne Gompf; Grandfather to Michalene, Gregory and Geoffrey Gompf, CFSP, OFDA Secretary/Treasurer, all of Gompf Funeral Service
05/12/2025
Mother of Curtis Funk, Founder and CEO of Tukios
05/05/2025
Mother of Alan Welch, Funeral Director and Embalmer at Geib Funeral Home
04/29/2025
Step-Father of Amanda Shaffner, Funeral Director at Richards, Raff & Dunbar Memorial Home
04/23/2025
Retired Funeral Director and Owner and Father of David M. Hodapp, Owner of Hodapp Funeral Home
04/14/2025
Mother-in-Law of David G. Martens Jr., David G. Martens and Son Funeral Home
04/10/2025
Retired Funeral Director/Owner of the Former Clepper Funeral Chapel
04/09/2025
Brother and Brother-in-law to John and Donna Koch of Koch Funeral Home in Freeport, and Pete and Sheila Koch of Koch Funeral Home in Scio
04/07/2025
Father of Anna Bernfeld, Senior Vice President of NFDA Member Services
04/01/2025
Retired Preneed Specialist
03/26/2025
Mother of Mark Merz, CFSP, OFDA Past President, and Edwin "Mick" Merz, Funeral Director at Thomas I. Wisniewski Funeral Home
03/24/2025
Former owner of Chas. A. Miller Sons and Miller-Busse & Borgmann Funeral Homes
03/19/2025
Funeral Director and Owner of Marcy Funeral Home and Father of Kori Campbell, Funeral Director at Marcy Funeral Home
03/12/2025
Mother of Ellen Rettig and Mother-in-Law of OFDA Past President, Jon Rettig, Sr., Owners of Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home
03/03/2025
Funeral Director's Assistant at Miller Funeral Home
02/26/2025
Funeral Director, Former Owner and Father of Craig Gordon, both of Formet-Clevenger & Gordon Funeral Home
02/26/2025
Grandmother of Matthew T. Miller, OFDA At-Large Director and Owner of Miller Funeral Home
02/21/2025
Funeral Director and Owner of Tomon & Sons Funeral Home; Father of Cody Tomon, Vice President of Tomon & Sons Funeral Home
02/20/2025
Mother of Linda Snyder, Funeral Director; Mother-in-Law to J. Todd Snyder; Grandmother to Hannah Snyder Wernecke and Gideon P. Snyder; Funeral Directors and Owners, all of Snyder Funeral Homes Inc.
02/18/2025
Brother-in-law of Lynn Frederick Yockey, Funeral Director and Former Owner of Frederick Funeral Home and Uncle of Robert P. Heinecke, Funeral Director and Owner Frederick Funeral Home
02/14/2025
Husband of Becky Good, Father of Barbara Good Fortkamp, all of the Former Southwick-Good & Fortkamp Funeral Chapel; Brother and Brother-in-Law of Donald and Beverly Good, Spring Grove Funeral Homes
02/10/2025
Mother of Kyle Kight, Funeral Director at Ripepi Funeral Home
01/29/2025
Father of Mark Ivey, CCMS Program Director and Father-in-Law of Leslie Ivey, Funeral Director at Vitt, Stermer & Anderson Funeral Home
01/28/2025
Founder of InSight Books and Institute, Father of Glenda Stansbury, CFSP, Dean of InSight Institute
01/24/2025
Former funeral director at Schindewolf-Stout-Crates Funeral Home
01/16/2025
Retired Funeral Director/Embalmer and Former Professor at CCMS and PIMS
01/15/2025
Mother of Mike Sexton, Funeral Director at Newcomer Cremations, Funerals, and Receptions
01/07/2025
Former Owner of Suber Funeral Home (now Suber, Shively & Vernon Funeral Home)
01/07/2025
Father of Brittany Chandler, OFDA At-Large Director and Funeral Director at Rhoads-Edgington Funeral Home
12/30/2024
Funeral Director at Zeis-McGreevey and Berry-McGreevey-Martens Funeral Home
12/21/2024
Past District 12 President, Owner of Borkoski Funeral Home and Father of Aaron Borkoski, Managing Funeral Director of Wood-Kortright-Borkoski Funeral Home
12/19/2024
OFDA Member and Retired Funeral Director & Embalmer
12/09/2024
Mother of Louis D. Ripepi, Jr., Owner of Ripepi Funeral Home
12/02/2024
Retired Funeral Director and Owner of Colligan Funeral Home
11/20/2024
Brother of Robert Solich, Funeral Director at Busch Funeral & Crematory Services
11/18/2024
Retired Funeral Director and Wife of Robert C. Barnes, Mother and Mother-in-Law of Brian R. and Erin M. Barnes, and Sister-in-Law of Bruce L. Barnes, all of Barnes Funeral Homes
11/13/2024
Retired Funeral Director and Owner and Father of Mark Westbrock of Westbrock Funeral Home
11/11/2024
OFDA and NFDA Past President, Retired Funeral Director and Past Owner of Witzler-Shank Funeral Homes; Father of Robert L. Shank, Jr.
11/08/2024
Mother of Thomas P. Corrigan, Corrigan Craciun Funeral Home
11/07/2024
Father of Richard P. Dakters, Funeral Director/Embalmber with Behm Family Funeral Homes
11/02/2024
Mother of Charles L. Wilson, OFDA President-Elect and Owner of Schlup-Pucak & Wilson Funeral Home
10/30/2024
Funeral Director, Wilson Funeral Home, Mannasmith Chapel
10/09/2024
Retired Owner of C. Brown Funeral Home
10/07/2024
Retired Funeral Director/Owner, Mother of Ted S. Lawver, President, and Grandmother of Sarah M. Lawver-Dishong, Vice President, all of Hopkins Lawver Funeral Home
09/23/2024
Son of Josh Turnbull, Grandson of Tom Turnbull, and nephew of Caleb Turnbull, all of Oberlin-Turnbull Funeral Home
09/16/2024
Retired Co-Owner and Wife of Ronald M. Spaulding and Mother of Mark A. Spaulding, all of Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home
09/10/2024
Retired Owner and Father of Laura E. Ingram, both of Ingram & Snyder Funeral Home (formerly Ingram Funeral Home)
09/07/2024
Inspector for the Ohio Board of Embalmers & Funeral Directors
09/03/2024
Funeral Director and Son of Stuart M. Berkowitz, both of Berkowitz-Kumin-Bookatz Memorial Chapel
08/21/2024
Retired Funeral Director and Embalmer of Ewing Hughes & White Funeral Homes
08/15/2024
Mother of Keith Redmon, Owner of Redmon Funeral Home
08/02/2024
Mother of Keith W. May, Funeral Director at Gilberg-Hartwig Funeral Home
07/29/2024
Licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer
07/24/2024
Father of Scott J. Allison, Funeral Director and Owner of Hanson-Neely-Allison Funeral & Cremation Services
07/15/2024
Father of Tommy "TR" Routsong, CFSP, Grandfather of Samuel and Maxwell Routsong, all of Routsong Funeral Home
07/08/2024
Mother of Andrew Waite, Co-Owner of Waite & Son Funeral Homes
07/05/2024
Owner of Sanner Funeral Home
07/01/2024
Funeral Director and Son of Owner, Jean A. Moore, and Brother of Funeral Director Jared A. Moore, all of McCoy-Moore Funeral Homes
06/28/2024
Father of Randy Schoedinger, Brother of OFDA Past President David Schoedinger, & Uncle of Michael Schoedinger, Immed. Past President & Kevin Schoedinger, all of Schoedinger Funeral & Cremation Service
05/31/2024
Mother and Mother-in-Law of OFDA Members, Jim and Lisa Recker
05/22/2024
Funeral Service Associate at Chiles-Laman Funeral Home
05/20/2024
Mother of OFDA Past President, Keith A. Walker, CFSP, Owner of Walker Funeral Homes
05/17/2024
Funeral Director and Manager of Geo. H. Rohde & Son Funeral Home
04/30/2024
Grandmother of Dana Ivins, Care Center Manager and Funeral Director at Busch Funeral Homes
04/29/2024
Father-in-Law of Charles Wilson, OFDA President-Elect and Owner of Schlup-Pucak & Wilson Funeral Home
04/12/2024
OFDA Past President, Husband of Judy Higgins-Reardon, Father of Terrance B. Reardon, all of Higgins-Reardon Funeral Home, Inc.
04/01/2024
Sister of Bob Mihovk of Mihovk-Rosenacker Funeral Home
03/06/2024
Mother of Leichia Davis, Funeral Director and Co-Owner of Roger W. Davis Funeral Home
03/05/2024
Retired Operator and Owner of Gillman Funeral Home
03/04/2024
Retired Funeral Director, Brother of Charles K. St. John, all of St. John Funeral Home
02/21/2024
Retired Funeral Director from Yurch Funeral Home
02/20/2024
Mother of Larry Schaffer, Grandmother of Rachael Schaffer, of Eggleston-Meinert-Pavely Funeral Home; Mother of Dan Schaffer, Grandmother of Hanna Schaffer, of Schaffer Funeral Home
02/14/2024
Daughter of Thomas E. and Barbara A. Caliman and Sister of J. Richard Caliman, all Owners of Caliman Funeral Service
02/13/2024
Funeral Director and Embalmer at Snyder Funeral Homes
02/09/2024
Father of Sara Wise, Funeral Director and Embalmer at Latek & Rybicki Funeral Home
01/31/2024
Father of Mark Merz, OFDA Past President and Edwin “Mick“ Merz, Funeral Director at Thomas I. Wisniewski Funeral Home
01/30/2024
Funeral Director and Owner of Nosek-McCreery Funeral Home
01/30/2024
Owner/President of John Quint Treboni Funeral Home
01/24/2024
Mother-in-law of Randy Van Hove, Embalmer at Busch Funeral Home and Crematory Services
01/22/2024
Former employee of Hilliard-Rospert Funeral Home, father and father-in-law of Dan and Belinda Rospert, Owners and Funeral Directors of Hilliard-Rospert Funeral Home
01/21/2024
Sister-in-law of Tim Roberts, Owner and Funeral Director of Roberts Funeral Home
01/18/2024
Retired Funeral Director and Past Mortuary Response Team Member
09/18/2023
Former Owner and Father of John R. Lafferty, both of Lafferty Funeral Home Inc.
08/16/2023
President and Owner of Crematory Manufacturing & Service
08/10/2023
OFDA Past President
07/13/2023
OFDA Past President and Father of Rob Rue, both of Littleton & Rue Funeral Home
07/06/2023
Retired Funeral Director of Brown Funeral Homes
07/06/2023
Mother and Mother-in-Law of Stacie and Mark Whetstone, Owners of Morton & Whetstone Funeral Home
