Kenneth William Kraft, Jr., 79 years old, of Mansfield, Ohio, passed away on July 1, 2024 at his residence. He was born in Warren, Ohio, on June 9, 1945 to the late Hazel Irene (Beaver) and Kenneth William Kraft, Sr. He was a veteran of the US Navy as a corpsman and was a recipient […]
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Wanda Lee Porter
Wanda Lee Porter of Mansfield passed away Wednesday afternoon, July 3, 2024, at Winchester Terrace Nursing Center. She was 97 years old. Born October 29, 1926, in Shelby, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Rittie (Stacy) and Joseph Payton. She graduated from God’s Bible School and College in 1945. During the Vietnam War, […]
Shane Henry
Shane E. Henry 4/19/86-12/1/23 Please join us in celebrating the life of Shane on Saturday, July 20th from 12p-4p, at the Mansfield Leiderkranz. Speaker to begin at 12:30p. Shane is survived by his wife Mallory and their four boys; Zeke, Oscar, Solomon, & Augustus. His parents, Roger Henry (Hazel Harper) and Stephanie (Jeff) Palmer. Brothers […]
Linda Ratcliff
Linda Ratcliff, 62, of Galion passed away Saturday, June 22, 2024 at her home. Born March 12, 1962 in Painesville, she was the daughter of Charles Paul and Delores Barbara (Imm) Burket. She married James “Jim” Ratcliff on September 9, 2016 and he preceded her in death. She was a graduate of Willoughby South High […]
Linda K. Gast
Linda K. Gast 76 of Ashland passed away on Wednesday evening, July 3, 2024 in University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center. She was born on April 6, 1948 in Hartshorn Ridge, Monroe County the second child of eight to the late Roy and Ruby (nee Longden) Roberts. Linda married the love of her life, Zeddy Gast […]
Helen Shoemaker
Helen (Snyder) Baker Shoemaker, 89, of Ashland, went to be with her Lord and Savior, on Wednesday, July 3, 2024. Helen was born on October 4, 1934, in Portsmouth, to Elbert and Virginia (Dressler) Snyder. She married Charles H. Baker in 1954, and he preceded her in death in 1980. She was a member of […]
Linda Durdle
Linda Marie (Jordan) Durdle, of Ontario, Ohio, age 75, passed away on July 2, 2024, with her family by her side. She was born on October 3, 1948, in Mt. Vernon, Ohio to the late Roy and Esther (Hobbs) Jordan, and graduated from Northmor High School in 1966. She is survived by her devoted husband […]
Richard David (Pepper) Mintz
Richard David (Pepper) Mintz died on Wednesday July 3, 2024 after a brief illness. He was raised in Mansfield, Ohio and was a long time resident of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He graduated from Mansfield Senior High in 1957, the University of Michigan BA in 1962 and the Detroit College of Law JD in1967. Richard (Pepper), […]
Evelyn C. Thomas
Evelyn C. Thomas, age 93, former resident of Mansfield, entered heaven to be with her Lord on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. She was born on July 21, 1930, in Mansfield, Ohio, to parents John and Florence (Secrist) Woodruff. After she graduated from Bellville High School in 1948, Evelyn went on to obtain a Bachelor of […]
Jerilyne Bristow
Jerilyne “Jeri” Bristow, 79, of Mansfield and formerly of Jackson, MI, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, July 2, 2024. Jeri was born February 3, 1945, in Jackson, Michigan, to Harry Allen and Kathleen Rosella (Murphy) Bristow. He married Joan Marlene (Zeigler) Bristow in 1974, and she passed away on June […]
