Sharon Frances White:  If you knew her, you loved her.  She was proud and stylish, a fun-loving girl originally from Maryland with a classy New England accent, and she was my friend. 

Sharon had so many things going for her.  She was smart, well-liked, and absolutely beautiful, both inside and out.  Sadly, we lost touch over the years, but I know she raised a large family and was a wonderful wife and mother ... before losing her battle with cancer. 

To me, she will forever be "Franklin", a nickname Margie and I gave her because she hated her middle name ... I love ya'  Franklin.  You are missed. 

Tom was more like a brother to me, since our families were friends from the time we were born.  He was a pleasant person to be around and is still remembered and missed.

Some people have such genius that it's hard to get close enough to touch it. You appreciate it from a distance like viewing a mountain range from miles away, not ever walking the steep slopes or breathing the sharp air.

Being with Bill was like that-watching him stretch his long fingers over the piano keys keeping one eye on Mr. LeFavre as Charlotte turned the sheet music during choir practice or enjoying his brutally dry humor-just too wicked to not love.

Yes, Bill was dignified yet outspoken. Private yet always there to lend a helping hand. His sharp insight into human nature made him formidable and fragile at the same time.

I don't know where genius and humor like Bill's go after one passes but I have to believe that it continues to flow freely in and out of our hearts and minds as the gift he left for us.

It was a gas, Bill!

The following obituary appeared in the Coshocton Tribune in 1993.  I miss Steve and treasure the memories from our grade school years through high school and beyond.  He and I visited together at each other’s homes here in the West.  He lived a good life, full of love and laughter.  His partner, Richard, sadly has passed away, as well, from AIDS.  As a special tribute to him, during this Reunion, let’s remember his strong and steadfast stand for patience, tolerance, and justice.  Thank you, Steve, for a life well-lived.  You have been loved by many.    With love, Sue Wright



Los Angeles, Calif. - Stephen L. Leech died in Century City Hospital, Los Angeles, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 29, 1993.  Causes of death were gram positive sepsis, cocci meningitis and pneumonia, all AIDS-related diseases.  Stephen was 39 years of age, having been born at Coshocton, Ohio on February 21, 1953.  He graduated from Coshocton High School in 1971, Miami University at Oxford, Ohio in 1975 and attended university in Perugia, Italy, in 1973-74.
 
Stephen is survived by his long-time companion, Richard Boyce, Los Angeles, Calif.; his mother, Claire R. Leech of Coshocton; his father and stepmother, Thomas B. Leech and Merle Shannon-Leech of Coshocton; two sisters, Penny Zoller of Bellbrook, Ohio and Pam Kahoun of Worthington, Ohio; a brother, Thomas R. Leech of Salt Lake City, Utah; four nephews and a niece.
 
Stephen traveled extensively all during his adult life.  He was a political activist, a volunteer with Project Angel Food and involved with AIDS studies and gay-related causes.  He was extremely active in the ongoing fight against AIDS.
 
Stephen's very special hallmark was his abhorrence of and total impatience with injustice and intolerance in all forms, however manifested.
 
A memorial service will be held at a later date.  In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in his name to Chris Brownlie Hospice, 1300 Scott Ave., Los Angeles, Calif., 90026 or to Project Angel Food, 650 N. Robertson, Los Angeles, Calif., 90069, as a celebration to Stephen's life.

Our hearts are still aching from the loss of our sister, Jane.  She passed away two days after her 57th birthday on March 21, 2007. Jane attended Lincoln Elementary School and graduated from CHS in 1968. She was a majorette during her high school years.  Jane received her Bachelor's degree in nursing from Kent State University before marrying her high school sweetheart, Jeff Sauer (class of 67). They were married almost 35 years and had two children and 4 grandchildren. After the children left the nest, Jeff and Jane bought a farm in Pleasantville, Ohio and began to raise llamas.  Jane always loved furry things so she was so happy as a farm gal with her furry llamas, numerous cats, two dogs and loving family. Even though Jane was taken from us at such an early age, we have many fond memories to treasure.  She always said no one in high school knew who she was, but we are sure many of you remember her.

Sadly missed by her siblings,

Jim Stoffer '68      Kathy Stoffer Farish '67

Sandy was beautiful. Those who knew her couldn't help but marvel at her beauty, that of an inner beauty as well as a physical one. She was my best friend. We confided in one another about everything. She also had a great sense of humor and was fun loving. We were always together in school, cruising Main Street, or going to Pizza Point. We spent many hours on the phone discussing heartfelt matters of teenage girls.

Sadly, we lost touch in later years, but she lives on in my memories, as well as those of her dear friends Dee Glover Cole and Chris Dew Sturtz.

Sandra Green Vajda left this earth on December 10, 2006. She is greatly missed by those who knew and loved her.

Kathy Foreman Dobson

     "Helen, thy beauty is to me

           Like those Nicean barks of yore,

      That gently o'er a perfumed sea,

           The weary, wayworn wanderer bore

      To his own native shore."

                                  Edgar Allen Poe

Here is a list of classmates that have passed away in my class. this list may not be complete, so if anyone knows of others , please feel free to add to my list.     Dave Kobel, Connie Mizer , Bill Montgomery, Matt Gross, Rick Hosfelt, Tom Endres, Paula Mc Kay, Robby Bordenkircher,  Randy Hartsock, Karen Holdsworth, David Marquand, Janelle Jones, Bruce Rose, Becky Johnson, Jeanne Mellett.  For whatever reason          "   illness or accident "  these people are gone . Some were your friends and some were mine. I take this time to Remember. Everyone has a special memory , so maybe you as well can  take a moment .          Thanks..from Ruth Ann Jones-Shaw                                                                             

Peggy was my older wiser sister. She was in the class '67 went on

get her teaching degree at Bowling Green. At the time she passed

she was working on her Masters at OSU. She loved teaching the young ones.   She married John S Prindle and has one daughter

Jennifer Prindle who is a lawyer in Columbus. She fought a hard battle with her colon cancer She passed December 2003. We also lost her husband John 3 months later I know he died from a broken heart.  I miss them both very much

her younger sis  Nan as you used to call me

Jeanne Mellett and I went to school at Sacred Heart.  I always thought it was great fun to go to the Mellett house because there was always something going on.  We took horseback riding lessons when we were younger and put on plays with her younger sister Patty in the Mellett basement.  She stayed at Sacred Heart through 8th grade but I went on to the middle school, and we kind of lost touch through high school.  I learned she was in the Columbus area and was battling cancer.  Jill Phipps and I went  to see her, and her mom greeted us like it was just yesterday since we had last talked.  Jeanne was upbeat even though she was very ill.  I had the priviledge to attend her memorial service which was packed with all of her family (her husband and children, along with her mom and brothers, and sister), students and friends she had made over the years, a true testament to her goodness and gifts.  She along with the rest of our classmates is greatly missed.

I did not know Mitch well, but he lives in my memories of my childhood and therefore touched my life in some way.