Tribute Wall

“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

This Tribute Wall is to express our gratitude to the many volunteers who have contributed to the advancement of the Ashland County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogy Society.

Chapter Officers

Year(s)	President	Vice-President	Treasurer	Recording Secretary
1970	Ruth Hall	Diana Weaver	Marlene DeRan	Olive Edwards
1971	Diana Weaver	Marlene DeRan	Jeanne Sharick	Shirley Gebhart
1972	Jeanne Weaver	Rita Kopp	Jeanne Sharick	Shirley Gebhart
1973	Cyrene Mowrey	Arlene Beasley	Shirley Boyd	Stella Likes
1974	Rita Kopp	Arlene Beasley	Lutie Wolford	Stella Likes
1975	Anne Budd	Arlene Beasley	Lutie Wolford	Linda Metcalf
1976	Jeanne Sharick	Arlene Beasley	Martha Home	Linda Metcalf
1977	Jeanne Sharick	Rita Kopp	Martha Home	Esther Harris
1978	Welch/ Rita Kopp	Rita Kopp/Helen Oyster	Martha Home	Cyrene Mowrey
1979	Rita Rambacher	Helen Oyster	Martha Home	Cyrene Mowrey
1980	Rita Rambacher	Jo Ann Chance	Jim Foster	Marilyn McPherson
1981	Sue Lee	Jo Ann Chance	Cindy McLaren	Marilyn McPherson
1982	Sue Lee	Mary Beebe	Mary Bums	Rita Kopp
1983	Mary Beebe	Tom Neel	Sue Lee/John McKinley	Rita Kopp
1984	Mary Beebe	Tom Neel	Ruth Fockler	Shirley Boyd
1985	Tom Neel	M. Beebe / J. McKinley	Ruth Fockler	Shirley Boyd
1986	Tom Neel	Lutie Wolford	Ruth Fockler	Shirley Thompson
1987	Mary Beebe	Hazel Sigler	Ruth Fockler	Shirley Thompson
1988	Mary Beebe	Rita Rambacher	Ruth Fockler	Shirley Thompson
1989	Mary Beebe	Ruth Emmons	Ruth Fockler	Tom Neel
1990	Ruth Emmons	Charles Oney	Ruth Fockler	Tom Neel
1991	Ruth Emmons	Helen Oyster	Ruth Fockler	Mary Lou Fike
1992	Ann Tennant	Ruth Emmons	Ruth Fockler	Mary Lou Fike
1993	Ann Tennant	Ruth Emmons	Ruth Fockler	Karen Bloodhart
1994	Ellen Kauffman	Tom Neel	McBride/K. Bloodhart	Mary Lou Fike
1995	Ruth Emmons	Tom Neel	Karen Bloodhart	Jim Long
1996	John McKinley	Larry Cellar	Karen Bloodhart	Jim Long
1997	John McKinley	Larry Cellar	Karen Bloodhart	Jim Long
1998	Tom Neel	Jack Hutchison	Karen Bloodhart	Long/Emmons
1999	Tom Neel	Jack Hutchison	Karen Bloodhart	Ruth Emmons
2000	Jack Hutchison	C. Amstutz/E. Cook	Sally Spreng	Joan McKinley
2001	Jack Hutchison	C. Amstutz/E. Cook	Sally Spreng	Joan McKinley
2002	Jack Hutchison	Annis Strine	Sally Spreng	Jackie Crone
2003	Jack Hutchison	Carolyn Cole	Sally Spreng	Jackie Crone
2004	Anne Budd	Barbara Hart	Sally Spreng	Marji Hazen
2005	Anne Budd	Barbara Hart	Sally Spreng	Marji Hazen
2006	William Snyder	Barbara Hart	Sally Spreng	Jack Hutchison
2007	William Snyder	Barbara Hart	Sally Spreng	Jack Hutchison
2008	William Snyder	Barbara Hart	Sally Spreng	Jack Hutchison
2009	Marji Hazen	Barbara Hart	Sally Spreng	Jack Hutchison
2010	M. Hazen/B. Hart	Barbara Hart	Sally Spreng	Rita Kopp
2011	B. Mooney/B. Hart	Barbara Hart	Patricia Deane	Linda Metcalf
2012	Barbara Hart	Vacant	Patricia Deane	Linda Metcalf
2013	Barbara Hart	Vacant	Patricia Deane	Linda Metcalf
2014	Barbara Hart	Vacant	Patricia Deane	Linda Metcalf
2015	Tom Neel	Brian Hartzell	Patricia Deane	Shirley Boyd
2016	Tom Neel	Brian Hartzell	Patricia Deane	Shirley Boyd
2017	Vacant	Brian Hartzell	Patricia Deane	Cindy Becker
2018	Marleen Applegate	Brian Hartzell	Patricia Deane	Cindy Becker
2019	Marleen Applegate	Vacant	Linda Fulk	Cindy Becker
2020	Marleen Applegate	Vacant	Linda Fulk	Cindy Becker
2021	Linda Collins	Marleen Applegate	Linda Fulk	Cindy Becker
2022	Linda Collins	Marleen Applegate	Linda Fulk	Cindy Becker
2023	Tammy Pelton	Vacant	Linda Fulk	Vacant
2024	Rebecca S. Plank	Charlotte Elson	Linda Fulk	Peg Kerr

Year	Corresponding Secretary	Senior Trustee	Intermediate Trustee	Junior Trustee
1970	Marlene DeRan
1971	Jeanne Sharick
1972	Diana Weaver
1973	Alice Finley
1974	Nedra Keener
1975	Marlene DeRan
1976	Marlene DeRan
1977	Stella Likes
1978	Jean Brown
1979	Sigler/Harris
1980	Sigler/Harris
1981	Shirley Boyd
1982	Shirley Boyd
1983	Sigler/Harris
1984	Sigler/Harris
1985	E. Ewing/M. McPherson
1986	Elizabeth Ewing	Jim Midlam
1987	Tom Neel	Cary Latimer
1988	Maxine McClain
1989	Shirley Boyd
1990	Shirley Boyd
1991	Shirley Boyd
1992	Shirley Boyd
1993	Tom Sloan
1994	Shirley Boyd
1995	Ellen Kauffman
1996	Alice Redding
1997	Alice Redding
1998	Linda Funk
1999	Linda Funk
2000	Linda Funk	Gaylord Abrams	Larry Cellar	Ruth Emmons
2001	Linda Funk	Larry Cellar	Ruth Emmons	Nancy Dzierzawski
2002	Linda Funk	Ruth Emmons	Karen Bloodhart	Elsie Cook
2003	Linda Funk	Karen Bloodhart	Elsie Cook	Ruth Emmons
2004	Vera Knowlton/Linda Funk	Elsie Cook	Ruth Emmons	Annis Strine
2005	Vera Knowlton/Linda Funk	Ruth Emmons	Annis Strine	Carolyn Cole
2006	Vera Knowlton/Linda Funk	Annis Strine	Carolyn Cole	Karen Bloodhart
2007	Vera Knowlton	Carolyn Cole	Karen Bloodhart	Joan McKinley
2008	Vera Knowlton	Karen Bloodhart	Joan McKinley	Brenda Spier
2009	Brenda Spier	Joan McKinley	Brenda Spier	David Brockway
2010	Brenda Spier	Brenda Spier	David Brockway	Donna Mohn
2011	Brenda Spier	David Brockway	Donna Mohn	Nancy Miller
2012	Brenda Spier	Donna Mohn	Nancy Miller	Beth Burns
2013	Brenda Spier	Nancy Miller	Beth Burns	Tom Neel
2014	Brenda Spier	Beth Burns	Tom Neel	Vacant
2015	Brenda Spier	Sally Sprang	Deanna Applegate	Holly Taylor
2016	Brenda Spier	Deanna Applegate	Holly Taylor	Ginny Feiber
2017	Deanna Applegate	Holly Taylor	Ginny Feiber	Terry Haun
2018	Deanna Applegate	Ginny Feiber	Terry Haun	Bobbie Kerschner
2019	Deanna Applegate	Terry Haun	Bobbie Kerschner	Linda Collins
2020	Barbara Hart	Bobbie Kerschner	Linda Collins	Becky Plank
2021	Barbara Hart	Becky Plank	Virginia Schuck	Barb Renneker
2022	Becky Plank	Virginia Schuck	Barb Renneker	Tom Neel
2023	Carolyn Amstutz/Barb Hart	Barb Renneker	Tom Neel	Marge Yetzer
2024	Barbara Hart	Tom Neel	Marge Yetzer	Barbara Renneker

Year	Librarian	Lineage Society Chair	Fellow Award	Newsletter Editor
1970	Vacant
1971	Vacant
1972	Ruth Hill
1973	Vacant
1974	Vacant
1975	Rita Kopp
1976	Vacant
1977	Sue Lee
1978	Sue Lee
1979	Sue Lee
1980	Sue Lee
1981	Vacant
1982	Vacant			Peggy Mershon
1983	Marilyn McPherson
1984	Vacant
1985	Ethyl Snyder		C.Mowrey/S.Lee	Sue Lee/Rita Kopp
1986	Rita Kopp		Rita Kopp	Rita Kopp
1987	Rita Kopp		Shirley Boyd	Rita Kopp
1988	Rita Kopp			Rita Kopp
1989	Rita Kopp			Rita Kopp
1990	Rita Kopp			Rita Kopp
1991	Rita Kopp			Rita Kopp
1992	Rita Kopp			Rita Kopp
1993	Rita Kopp			Rita Kopp
1994	Rita Kopp			Rita Kopp
1995	Rita Kopp			Rita Kopp
1996	Rita Kopp			Rita Kopp
1997	Rita Kopp			Rita Kopp
1998	Rita Kopp			Rita Kopp
1999	Rita Kopp			Rita Kopp
2000	Rita Kopp			Rita Kopp
2001	Rita Kopp			Rita Kopp
2002	Rita Kopp			Rita Kopp
2003	Rita Kopp			Rita Kopp/Tom Neel
2004	Rita Kopp			Tom Neel
2005	Rita Kopp			Tom Neel
2006	Rita Kopp			Tom Neel
2007	Rita Kopp			Tom Neel
2008	Rita Kopp	Marleen Applegate		Tom Neel
2009	Rita Kopp/Carolyn Cole	Marleen Applegate		Tom Neel
2010	Carolyn Cole	Marleen Applegate		Tom Neel
2011	Carolyn Cole	Marleen Applegate		J.Brandt/T. Haun
2012	Carolyn Cole	Marleen Applegate		Terry Haun
2013	Carolyn Cole	Marleen Applegate		Terry Haun
2014	Carolyn Cole	Marleen Applegate		Terry Haun
2015	Carolyn Cole/Beth Burns	Marleen Applegate		Terry Haun
2016	Beth Burns	Marleen Applegate		Terry Haun
2017	K.Hissong/L.Fulk & G.Feiber	Marleen Applegate		Terry Haun
2018	Linda Fulk & Ginny Feiber	Marleen Applegate		Terry Haun
2019	Ginny Feiber	Marleen Applegate		Terry Haun
2020	Ginny Feiber	Marleen Applegate		Terry Haun
2021	Ginny Feiber	Marleen Applegate		Terry Haun
2022	Ginny Feiber	Marleen Applegate		Terry Haun
2023	Ginny Feiber	Marleen Applegate		Terry Haun
2024	Ginny Feiber	Marleen Applegate		Terry Haun

Obituary Abstracts

1904 – 1917 Obituary Abstracts from the Ashland Times and Gazette Newspaper, Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio. Compiled by Rita Bone Kopp, Susan Dunlap Lee and Ann Tennant for The Ashland County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society.

2006-2015 Obituary Abstracts prepared by Elsie Cook, Jackie Farmer Crone, Linda J. Funk, Marilyn Harpster, Barb Hart, Vera Morgan Knowlton, Rita Bone Kopp, Ruth Matus, Kay Rybak, Sally Zody Spreng, Lois R. Wheeler

Publications Volunteers

Kay Abrams	Carolyn Amstutz	Marleen Renee Applegate
Deanna Applegate	Marilyn Kettering Badger	Mary E. Hovorka Beebe
Karen Dove Bloodhart	Shirely Fulk Boyd	Anne Dallas Budd
Larry Cellar	Charlotte Crain	Ann Crumrine
Patricia Deane	Marcella Derrenberger	Connie DiOnne
Nancy Knoll Dupree	Ron Dupree	Vicki Flory
Mary Fox	Linda Fulk	Linda J. Funk
Marilyn Miller Harpster	Barbara H. Hart	Terry Haun
Marji Hazen	Jack Hutchinson	Vera Knowlton
Rita Bone Kopp	Susan Dunlap Lee	Jim Long
Diana Massie	Marilyn E. Cheesman McPherson	Jim Midlam
Nancy Swineford Miller	Charles Bill Miller	Donna Mohn
Thomas Stephen Neel	Nancy Plain	Rebecca Plank
Barb Queer	Jane Roland	Kathryn Miller Rybak
Virginia Schuck	Bertina Schwartz	Russ Shopbell
Thomas Sloan	William Snyder	Brenda Clark Spier
Sally Zody Spreng	Susan Whitted

Technology Committee

Year	Webmaster	Technology Committee Members
2021	Linda Collins	Marleen Applegate, Terry Haun, Rita Kopp, Teddie Hill
2022	Linda Collins	Marleen Applegate, Terry Haun, Rita Kopp
2023	Teddie Hill	Marleen Applegate, Terry Haun, Rita Kopp, Tammy Pelton, Ishu Sakthivel
2024	Teddie Hill	Marleen Applegate, Terry Haun, Rita Kopp, Rebecca Plank, Ishu Sakthivel