Florence Eileen “Flo” Baker, age 82, a lifelong Plymouth resident, passed away peacefully Thursday morning, September 18, 2025 at The Willows at Willard. Florence was born April 27, 1943 in Shelby, the daughter of the late Dominic and Olive (Goin) Dorion. A 1961 graduate of Plymouth High School, she married her high school sweetheart, Earl […]
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Charles Milton “Charlie” Shaffer
Charles Milton “Charlie” Shaffer, age 74, of Shelby, passed away Saturday, August 9, 2025 at home after a long battle with cancer. He was born June 3, 1951 in Shelby to Jacob “Jack” and Mary (Kirkpatrick) Shaffer. Charlie was a lifelong Shelby resident, graduating from Shelby High School in 1970. He married Constance “Connie” (Davis) […]
John Clement Young
John Clement Young, 77, of Brookfield, Wisconsin, passed away peacefully on July 27, 2025, in Milwaukee, surrounded by his beloved family. Born on November 15, 1947, in Shelby, Ohio, John lived a life rooted in faith, service, and deep devotion to those around him. A devout Roman Catholic, he graduated from The Josephinum Seminary in […]
Aaron David “Gump” Gundrum
Aaron David “Gump” Gundrum, age 45, of Shelby, died unexpectedly on Monday, July 21, 2025. Born July 11, 1980 in Shelby, Aaron graduated from Crestline High School. Gump was a larger-than-life person with a big personality whose presence was always known. He loved being on the road driving and traveling, enjoyed going to casinos, and […]
David Michael “Dave” Hicks
David Michael “Dave” Hicks, age 75, of Crestline, died unexpectedly on Sunday, July 20, 2025 at Avita Health Systems- Galion Hospital after suffering an apparent heart attack. Dave was born April 1, 1950 in Galion to the late James H. and Teresa B. (Rietschlin) Hicks, Sr. A 1968 graduate of Buckeye Central High School, Dave […]
Kyle Coleman
Kyle Elizabeth (Mitchell) Coleman, of Shelby, died Thursday, July 17, 2025 at her home surrounded by her family. Her death, followed by a nearly three-year courageous battle with cancer, came just ten days prior to her sixtieth birthday. Born July 27, 1965 in Shelby to Raymond and Lela M. (Williams) Mitchell, she graduated in 1983 […]
Marilyn DeWitt
Marilyn R. DeWitt, longtime Shelby resident and currently of Norwalk, died Thursday afternoon, July 17, 2025 at Fisher Titus Hospital in Norwalk. Marilyn lived a long and fulfilling 99 ½ years. Born Christmas Day, December 25, 1925 in Shelby to Sherman and Myrtle A. (Broughton) Strouse, she graduated from Shelby High School in 1943. On […]
Larry Kuhn
Larry W. Kuhn, age 79, of Shelby, died peacefully on Monday evening, July 14, 2025 at Ohio’s Hospice Lifecare in Wooster with his wife, Connie, at his side. Larry was born on February 4, 1946 in Shelby to the late Robert F. and Letha (Kirk) Kuhn. After graduating from Union High School in 1964, Larry […]
Betty Lemaster
On Sunday, July 13, 2025, Betty Jo Lemaster passed from this earth to her new home prepared by her Heavenly father. She was 71. Born in Coeburn, VA on September 15, 1953, Betty was the fourth of seven children born to Rev. Raymond S. and Beatrice J. (Nixon) Powers. She was a 1971 graduate of […]
Shirley J. Auck
Shirley J. Auck, age 86, of Crestline, died peacefully at her home on Friday morning, July 4, 2025. Shirley was born March 1, 1939 in Plymouth to the late Thomas and Iva (Sonnanstine) Myers, Sr. and graduated from Plymouth High School in 1957. On June 11, 1961, Shirley married Warren Ralph Auck. It was then […]
