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 death notices to Rachel@ofdaonline.org 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.
06/22/2022
Mother of Mary Susan McGorray, Funeral Director at McGorray-Hanna Funeral Homes
06/13/2022
Funeral Director and Owner, Husband of Charlotte Evans, Father of Charles and Andrew Evans, all of John H. Evans Funeral Home, Inc.
06/13/2022
Daughter of Robert L. Cisco and Sister of Robert N. Cisco, both of Cisco Funeral Home and Sister of Tammy Vernon and Sister-in-Law of David Vernon, both of Vernon Funeral Homes
06/07/2022
Retired Funeral Director and Former Owner of McGowan-Reid and Santos Funeral Home
06/03/2022
Retired Funeral Director and Former Partner and Co-Owner of Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home
06/02/2022
Retired Funeral Director and Former Co-Owner of Fawcett Oliver Glass and Palmer Funeral Home
06/02/2022
Retired Funeral Director and OFDA Member
05/05/2022
Mother of Richard Dunbar, Former Owner of Richards, Raff and Dunbar Memorial Home
05/04/2022
Father-in-Law of Ty J. Dierkes and Grandfather of Cody D. Dierkes, both of Bolin-Dierkes Funeral Home
04/27/2022
Sister of Frederick Grisier of Grisier Funeral Home
04/08/2022
Brother of OFDA Member, Kevin Gaffney and Brother Shaun Gaffney, both of FDL
03/17/2022
Retired Funeral Director and Previous Co-Owner of Mast-Mock-Hoffman Funeral Home, Inc.
03/14/2022
Retired Funeral Director, Father of Sherri L. Morgan and Father-in-Law of Mark A. Morgan, both of Morgan Funeral Home
03/09/2022
President, and Father of Megan M. Coyle, both of Coyle Funeral Home and Cremation Services
03/07/2022
Mother of David J. Kyle, Mother-in-Law of Janice L. Kyle, and Grandmother of Benjamin A. Kyle, all of Stewart-Kyle Funeral Home
03/01/2022
Father of Keith Jenkins, Grandfather of Andrew Jenkins, and Founder of Jenkins Funeral Chapel
03/01/2022
Retired Funeral Director and Former Owner of Greenisen & Tilton Funeral Homes
02/28/2022
Mother-in-Law of Kenneth A. Cahall, OFDA and NFDA Past President, and Grandmother of Clayton A. Cahall, both of Cahall Funeral Homes, Inc.
02/21/2022
Former President, Father of Nicholas C. Hogenkamp and Brother of B. Jay Hogenkamp, all of N.J. Hogenkamp Sons, Inc.
02/09/2022
Grandmother of Michael T. Smith, OFDA President and Funeral Director at Snyder Funeral Homes
02/07/2022
President/CEO and Father of Ingrid Ragland, both of Diehl-Whittaker Funeral Service
02/03/2022
Father of Diana Greenspan, Golden Considerations
01/19/2022
Retired Funeral Director/Embalmer, Former Manager, and Father of Susan Dill, both of Snyder Funeral Homes
01/12/2022
Retired Funeral Director and Owner of the Former George C. Martin Funeral Home
01/03/2022
Former Owner and Funeral Director, Wife of David A. Boyer, Mother and Mother-in-Law of Gregory D. and Kristen Boyer, all of Boyer Funeral Home
12/22/2021
Funeral Director at Siferd Funeral Homes
12/19/2021
Husband of Lori Ann Hicks, OFDA Past President and Funeral Director at Mueller Funeral Home
12/17/2021
Retired Funeral Director and Former Co-Owner of Zechar Bailey Funeral Homes
12/06/2021
Former Owner and Funeral Director, Step-Father of Kari L. Carter, both of Arpp, Root, and Carter Funeral Home
11/29/2021
Father of Katy M. Wilson-Clark, Funeral Director at Cox-NcNulty Funeral Homes
11/29/2021
Mother of John J. Fortuna and Mary Ann Fortuna-Trzaska, Mother in-law of James R. Trzaska, Grandmother of Joseph A. Fortuna, all of Fortuna Funeral Home, Inc.
11/27/2021
Funeral Director at Ogle & Paul R. Young Funeral Homes
11/24/2021
Father of Kyle A. Eveland, Funeral Director at Goebel Funeral Home & Cremation Services
11/17/2021
Retired Funeral Director of Alspach-Gearhart Funeral Home
11/15/2021
Wife of Barry A. Richardson, Retired Funeral Director and OFDA Member
11/12/2021
Mother of Donald B. Ferfolia, Sr., Mary A. Ferfolia Lansky, Grandmother of Donald B. Ferfolia, Jr., all of Ferfolia Funeral Home
11/05/2021
Advance Planning Coordinator at Eichholtz Daring & Sanford Funeral Homes
11/03/2021
Husband of Patricia C. Vales Kleve, Retired Funeral Director and OFDA member
10/25/2021
Vice President and Co-Owner, Sister of James V. Moore, both of Schlientz and Moore Funeral Homes
10/22/2021
Former Owner of Bamber Funeral Home and Retired Funeral Director at Tufts Schildmeyer Family Funeral Homes
10/18/2021
Co-Owner of Corrigan Laumer Funeral Home in Fairview Park
10/15/2021
Father of Kent Berkheimer, Funeral Director at Busch Funeral and Crematory Services
10/15/2021
Brother of Andrea Graumlich, Leigh Graumlich, and Jeffrey Graumlich, all of Graumlich Funeral Home
10/11/2021
Father of Anthony Jr. and Nicholas (Nick) DiCicco, Funeral Directors at DiCicco & Sons Funeral Home
10/08/2021
Wife of Robert M. Potti, Funeral Director Emeritus at Potti & Marc F. Burr Funeral Homes
10/07/2021
Office Manager at Grisier Funeral Homes
10/03/2021
OFDA Past President and Former Owner of Swigart-Easterling Funeral Home
10/03/2021
Wife of John Kuhn, Funeral Director and Retired Manager at Johnson-Romito Funeral Home
10/03/2021
Owner of Short Funeral Home
09/21/2021
Funeral Director at Swigart-Easterling Funeral Home
09/16/2021
Sister of Joshua L. Majors, Funeral Director at Richards, Raff & Dunbar Memorial Home and Trostel, Chapman, Dunbar & Fraley Funeral Home
09/16/2021
Owner of Sauder Funeral Products
09/15/2021
Funeral Director and Brother of J.C. Battle, III, both of J.C. Battle & Sons Funeral Home
09/10/2021
Funeral Director and OFDA Member
09/10/2021
Funeral Director, Co-Owner, Brother of James C. Brickner, Father to Sarah Brickner, all of Brickner Funeral Home
09/09/2021
Son of Jim Hoskins and Brother of Jennifer Hoskins-Long, Former and Current Owner of Hoskins Funeral Homes
09/07/2021
Mother of Lawrence T. and Terry Schildmeyer and Grandmother of Larry and Terrence Schildmeyer, all of Tufts Schildmeyer Funeral Home
08/11/2021
Professional Salesman for American Coach Sales
08/10/2021
Co-founder of Trostel, Chapman, Dunbar & Fraley Funeral Home
08/09/2021
Father of Colin Evans, OFDA Assistant Executive Director
07/01/2021
Father of Evan Dobrozsi, Funeral Director at Wilson-Schramm-Spaulding Funeral Home
06/01/2021
Funeral Director, Owner and Father of John W. Croxton II, both of T.P. White & Sons Funeral Home
05/24/2021
Father of Tom McWilliams, Owner of McWilliams Funeral Home in Wellston
05/24/2021
Wife of Roger E. Linsley, Former Owner of the Linsley-Royal Funeral Home
05/07/2021
Sister of David Hicks, Secretary of the Ohio Embalmers Association
05/04/2021
Retired Funeral Director of Schoedinger Funeral Home and Cremation Service
04/29/2021
Funeral Director and Owner, Husband of Jean Moore and Father of Joe and Jared Moore, all of McCoy-Moore Funeral Homes
04/28/2021
Father of Rocco “Rocky” Wellington, Owner of Wellington Funeral Service and Funeral Director at F.D. Mason Funeral Home
04/26/2021
OFDA Past President, Owner of Robert C. Carter Funeral Services and Funeral Director at John Quint Treboni Funeral Home
04/23/2021
Funeral Director and Former Owner, Father and Father-In-Law of Matthew R. and Letty Willis and Father-In-Law of Kent M. Shawver, all of Willis Funeral Home
04/23/2021
Retired Funeral Director and Former Owner of the McFarland & Son Funeral Services Company
04/15/2021
Father and Father-in-Law of Richard and Andrea Traunero, Owners of Traunero Funeral Home and Crematory
03/26/2021
Grandfather of Jordyn L. Schaich, Funeral Director at Penwell Turner Funeral Home
03/11/2021
Retired Funeral Director and Former Owner of Seederly-Mong & Beck Funeral Homes
03/03/2021
Retired Funeral Director and Grandfather of Kelly MacLean, both of Martin MacLean Altmeyer Funeral Home
03/02/2021
Former Owner of Siferd Funeral Home (now Eley Funeral Home & Crematory)
03/01/2021
Funeral Director at Augustine Funeral Home
02/25/2021
Mother of Robert C. Carter, OFDA Past President and Funeral Director at John Quint Treboni Funeral Home and Robert C. Carter Funeral Services
02/19/2021
Son-in-Law of Dorothy I. Goebel, Funeral Director and Owner of Goebel Funeral Home
02/08/2021
Retired Funeral Director of J.H. Finefrock and Sons Funeral Home (now Snyder Funeral Home, Marion Avenue Chapel)
02/08/2021
Mother of James A. Lamarca, Funeral Director at DiCicco & Sons Funeral Homes
01/25/2021
Former owner of Brown-Dawson-Flick Funeral Home
01/24/2021
Father of Robert C. Carter, OFDA Past President and Funeral Director at John Quint Treboni Funeral Home and Robert C. Carter Funeral Services
01/23/2021
Father of Barb Garrison, OFDA OSHA/EPA Consultant
01/22/2021
Grandparents of Corey & Jesse Fischer, Funeral Directors at Fischer Funeral Home
01/19/2021
Father of Tim W. King, Funeral Director at Tufts Schildmeyer Funeral Homes and OFDA Southwest Regional Director
01/18/2021
Funeral Director and Embalmer at Schaffer Funeral Home
01/12/2021
Mother-in-Law of Frank B. Rosenacker, OFDA Member, and Grandmother of Kurt Rosenacker, Funeral Director at Mihovk-Rosenacker Funeral Homes
12/31/2020
Mother of Jack W. Stickle, II and Kate B. Maher, Funeral Directors at Henderson-Van Atta Stickle Funeral & Cremation Service
12/30/2020
Father of Sean W. Hartwell, Funeral Director at Wappner Funeral Directors
12/30/2020
Mother of Christina R. Jones, Funeral Director at Wappner Funeral Directors
12/22/2020
Father-in-Law of Robert Mazzarella, Owner of American Coach Sales and American Limousine Service
12/21/2020
Father of Jerry Inebnit, Funeral Director at Wappner Funeral Directors
12/14/2020
Father of Christine Pepper, NFDA Executive Director
12/02/2020
Funeral Director and President of Brell & Son Funeral Home
12/02/2020
Father-in-Law of Terry L. Palmer, OFDA Past President, and Grandfather of Jonathan E. Palmer, both of Fawcett Oliver Glass and Palmer Funeral Home
11/24/2020
Retired Funeral Director and Former Owner of Stark Memorial Funeral Home
11/23/2020
Mother and Mother-in-Law of Christine and Christopher Brown, Owners of Brown Funeral Home
11/11/2020
Mother of Don Conaway, Funeral Director at McKinley Funeral Home
11/09/2020
Wife of David M. Oliver, former Owner of Fawcett Oliver Glass and Palmer Funeral Home
10/22/2020
Retired Funeral Director and Father and Father-in-Law of Michael A. and Lynne Kumin, all of Berkowitz-Kumin Memorial Chapel
10/21/2020
Funeral Director and Father of Pernel Jones Jr. and Michael Jones, all of Pernel Jones & Sons Funeral Home
10/13/2020
Retired Funeral Director, Wife of Eleanor L. Taylor and Father of Thomas R. Taylor, all of Taylor-Theller Funeral & Cremation Service, LLC
10/01/2020
Mother and Mother-in-law of Allan Ganley and OFDA Past President Tami Baird, Owners of Baird Funeral Home
09/29/2020
Vice President at Green Family Funeral Home
09/25/2020
Funeral Director and Brother of Anthony A. Ripepi Jr. and Stephen A. Ripepi, all of A. Ripepi & Sons Funeral Home, Inc.
09/23/2020
Father of Jamie L. Brucker, Funeral Director at Snyder Funeral Homes
09/22/2020
Mother of Charles E. "Chuck" Jackson, Funeral Director at Snyder Funeral Homes
09/19/2020
Mother of Bob Mollenkopf, Homesteaders Life Company Representative
09/16/2020
Mother-in-Law of Terry L. Palmer and Grandmother of Jonathan E. Palmer, Funeral Directors at Fawcett Oliver Glass and Palmer Funeral Home
09/10/2020
Son of Timothy R. Schmidt, OFDA Member
09/09/2020
Father of Joseph D. Lanning, Funeral Director and Owner of DeLong-Baker & Lanning Funeral Home
09/03/2020
Brother and Brother-in-Law of Richard and Jaymie Loucka, Funeral Directors at Johnson-Romito Funeral Home
08/07/2020
Mother of Joseph Latek, Funeral Director and Owner of Latek & Rybicki Funeral Home
08/02/2020
Funeral Director and OFDA Member
07/29/2020
Brother of Joe Sciuva, Funeral Director at Busch Funeral Homes
07/24/2020
Former President of Neher Burial Vault
07/21/2020
Former Owner of Snyder Funeral Home, Flowers Chapel
07/20/2020
Father of Joseph Latek, Funeral Director and Owner of Latek & Rybicki Funeral Home
07/01/2020
Mother and Mother-in-law of Lora and Dale Morris, Owners of Morris Sons Funeral Home
07/01/2020
Father-in-Law of Ada Fraley, Owner of Bridges-Stocker-Fraley Funeral Home
06/29/2020
Mother and Mother-in-Law of David and Martha Gotschall, Owners of Gotschall-Hutchinson Funeral Home
