Traditionally, when a valued member of a meeting dies, the clerk, a close friend of the person, or another committee writes a memorial minute. When approved by the monthly meeting, it becomes part of the permanent records of the meeting. Memorial minutes sent to Lake Erie Yearly Meeting’s Publications & Archives Committee are printed in the Annual Records, and many appear below.

Obituaries and memorial minutes have different purposes and audiences. While some of the material may be the same, an obituary is the family’s account, written for the newspaper and online and shared with those who come to the visitation, memorial meeting, or funeral. Traditionally, it provides biographical information. A memorial minute is a meeting’s recollection of a Friend and the part they took in the meeting and the wider Quaker world. Minutes vary enormously, but at their best they capture the spirit of the Friend, warts and all. They are usually between two paragraphs and two pages long, and they do not need to include biographical information. A few obituaries printed in the Annual Records are included below and marked as such.

David Zarembka, a member of Pittsburgh Friends Meeting and a longtime worker with Friends Peace Teams, died of COVID-19 on April 1, 2021. See his online remembrance.

LEYM Memorial Minutes & Obituaries

Listed alphabetically by last name, with years of birth and death and the Friend’s monthly meeting or worship group. Each name links to a PDF.

A · B · C · D · E · F · G · H · K · L · M · O · P · R · S · T · V · W · Y · Z

A

• Will Alexander (1925–2020), Red Cedar

B

• Phil Balderston (1938–2023), Wooster (obituary)
• William Beale (1928–2016), Athens
• George R. Bent II (1928–2013), Oberlin
• Constance “Connie” Bimber (1928–2021), Cleveland & Oberlin
• Jim Booth (1938–2016), Red Cedar
• David Bowen (1939–2022), Birmingham (obituary)
• Linda Brandenburg (1949–2023), Cleveland
• Rilma Oxley Buckman (1915–2015), Broadmead

C

• Leonora Cayard (1924–2012), Pittsburgh
• Hanna Deutsch Clampitt (1933–2022), Birmingham
• Robert Coan (d. 2014), Oberlin
• Harry Coffey (1927–2020), Athens (obituary)
• Charles Moses Cohen (1927–2021), Pittsburgh (obituary)
• Alan “Al” Connor (1927–2024), Ann Arbor
• Rose A. Gaus Conrad (1927–2023), North Columbus
• Lila Evans Cornell (1924–2021), Pittsburgh
• Marie Cotton (1928–2014), Broadmead
• Wendell Cotton (1925–2014), Broadmead

D

• Claire M. Davis (1919–2020), Broadmead

E

• Freda Anne Ensign (1939–2018), Ann Arbor
• Richard Charles Ensign (1938–2017), Ann Arbor

F

• Timothy K. Field (1951–2020), Pittsburgh
• Sue Fletcher (d. 2022), North Columbus
• Betty Reid Ford (1924–2015), Grand Rapids

G

• Marilyn Ruth Milne Gallagher (1930–2018), Oberlin
• Lois “Loie” Gilbert (1947–2023), Ann Arbor
• Judy Peace Watkins Greenberg (1942–2025), Broadmead

H

• Eldon Hamm (c. 1916–2012), Ann Arbor
• Max Heirich (1931–2017), Ann Arbor
• Kathleen Helbling (1942–2025), Broadmead
• Phil Hoffer (1940–2025), Ann Arbor
• John C. Holliger (1946–2024), Wooster
• Anne Sagel Holzner (1931–2018), Pittsburgh
• David Horn (1933–2016), Athens
• Helen Horn (1932–2018), Athens
• Margaret Hanna “Meg” Hoskins (1924–2022), Wooster & Granville
• Douglas Henry Howe (1937–2024), Kalamazoo
• William “Bill” Hummon (1932–2017), Athens

K

• Margaret Kanost (1929–2022), Birmingham
• Elizabeth Kaufman (1929–2013), Ann Arbor
• Michael Kay (1927–2014), Oberlin
• Daniel Frank Kirk (1931–2013), Oberlin
• Evelyn Kirkhart (1933–2024), Wooster
• Anne (Witting) Kuhn (1946–2019), Pittsburgh (obituary)
• Regula Kummer-Josi (1943–2022), Broadmead

L

• Nancy Lee (1926–2019), Birmingham
• Richard Kenneth Lee (1949–2018), Red Cedar
• Doris Loll (1928–2020), Manitou Worship Group
• Adele S. Looney (1923–2024), Akron
• David Lore (1940–2018), Granville
• Rosemary Turner Lore (1941–2013), Granville
• Louise Luckenbill (1936–2020), Oberlin & Athens

M

• William F. “Bill” Matlack (1928–2020), Pittsburgh (obituary)
• Mary Beth Hartson Ryan McCalla (1922–2020), Oberlin
• Margaret McCoy (1917–2012), Pittsburgh
• Geraldine “Gerry” McNabb (1919–2013), Birmingham & Oberlin
• Sol Metz (1943–2012), Ann Arbor
• Franklin Miller Jr. (c. 1912–c. 2012), Granville
• Joyce Ann Higgy Miller (1931–2022), Granville & Athens
• Claybourne “Clay” Mitchell (1923–2017), Ann Arbor

O

• Anne Elisabeth Ogren (1945–2025), Ann Arbor

P

• Ralph Peabody (1928–2016), Pittsburgh
• Marjorie E. Nelson Perisho (1939–2022), Athens
• James Gerritt Bradt Perkins III (1946–2023), North Columbus
• Ruth Pino (1922–2016), Kalamazoo
• Eloise “Ellie” Piper (1939–2019), Pittsburgh

R

• Patrick Reardon (1941–2024), Kalamazoo
• Cecil Floyd Rockwell (1915–2011), Wooster
• Elva Mendenhall Rockwell (1913–2012), Wooster
• Kirk Burns Roose (1946–2018), Oberlin

S

• Joan Sampieri (1943–2026), Ann Arbor
• James Satterwhite (1947–2016), Broadmead
• John Savage (1955–2016), North Columbus
• Ruth Flick Schwaegerle (1920–2017), Oberlin
• William Tazwell “Bill” Sledd III (1935–2017), Red Cedar
• Phillip H. Smith (1926–2020), Pittsburgh (obituary)
• Julie Ann Walters Sooy (1967–2024), Holland (obituary)
• Margaret Eleanor (Nace) Starbuck (1917–2020), Pittsburgh (mother of Eric Starbuck) (obituary)
• Christine Jensen Storch (1940–2017), Oberlin
• John Stratton (1944–2016), Wooster
• Jean “Rusty” Sweitzer (1923–2018), Pittsburgh

T

• Kyo Takahashi (1929–2014), Pine River
• John Templin (1952–2025), Broadmead

V

• Henry Van Dyke (1921–2018), Ann Arbor
• Phil Volk (1952–2025), Ann Arbor

W

• Leslie Walden (1935–2023), Cleveland
• Etta Ruth Weigel (d. 2014), Oberlin
• Edith H. (Buck) Wilson (1919–2018), Erie Worship Group
• Arthur Coffman “Art” Wolfe (1930–2017), Oberlin
• Shirley Wolfe (1932–2022), Ann Arbor

Y

• Maria Youssef (1932–2012), Pittsburgh

Z

• Andrew “Andy” Zweifler (1930–2022), Ann Arbor
• Ruth Zweifler (1929–2025), Ann Arbor

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Updated September 2026.