All Obituaries

Linell Walker was born April 29, 1933 in Oxford, Mississippi. Her family moved to Oberlin, Ohio in 1941 where she resided until her passing on June 3, 2021. She graduated from Oberlin Senior High School in 1952. After high school she attended the Oberlin Business School of Commerce. In 1954 she married her high school sweetheart Lorenzo Walker. Jr. They had 5 children together and a lifetime of happy memories. In 1962 Linell began working at the National Association of College Stores where...

Sue Ellen Hahn Meyer 80 formally of Oberlin passed away in Catonsville, Maryland on May 31 2021after a short illness. She was born in Oberlin on December 24 1940. She was a graduate of Oberlin High in 1959 and Oberlin School of Commerce in 1961. Sue worked for the Federal Government for 21 years including the F.A.A. in Cleveland and Oberlin, Wright Paterson AFB, and Nation Weather Service in Cleveland. After retirement she contuinued working for Insurance companies and was a resident manager...

On Sunday May 3, 2021, Beulah Mae Williams loving mother, grandmother, and wife was called to rest by her Lord and Savior after battling a short illness. Beulah Mae Williams was born August 12, 1936 in McRoberts Kentucky.  Beulah leaves behind five sons: Warren Colbert, Danny Colbert Sr., Christopher Robison, St. John Harris, Guy Robison- (proceeded in death by). Beulah also leaves behind 51 -grandchildren, great-grands, and great-greats. Beulah is proceeded in death by 4 husbands as...

Robert "Rob" Hughes, 33, and Oberlin native and Oberlin High 2006 graduate, was born on March 18, 1988 and passed away on April 20, 2021. Robert traveled between Ohio and Virginia working on various jobs and making many friends along the way. He had a huge heart and a beautiful soul - he was the life of the party. He enjoyed singing, telling jokes, laughing and being surrounded by loved ones. He is survived by his older sisters, Domonique Daniels of Oberlin and Jocelyn...

Willie Ruth McIntosh 77 of Oberlin passed away suddenly at Allen Mercy Hospital in Oberlin on April 18 2021. She was born in Hopewell, Miss. on March 9 1944. Willie worked in Housekeeping at the Oberlin Inn for 40 years retiring in 2013. She enjoyed cooking, fishing and mostly spending time with her grandchildren and family. She is survived by her 2 sons Edward Marvin McIntosh of Maryland and Jerry McIntosh of Oberlin, daughter Phyllis Thompson of Lorain, 5 grandchildren, 5 great...

On Saturday, April 3, 2021, Sofia A. Pineda, passed away at the age of 80 in Oberlin, Ohio. Sofia was born on July 19, 1940 in Managua, Nicaragua to Porfirio Gómez Morales and Ángela Rojas Escoto. She attended La Resurrección Convent School in León, Nicaragua. In 1962 she moved to the United States taking up residence in San Francisco, California. In 1963 she married Roland Pineda. They raised two sons, Baron and André, in South Pasadena, California. She spent the last 8 years of...

Glenetta Hill, age 78, of Oberlin Ohio passed away on March 30, 2021 after a long battle with cancer.  Glenetta was born on August 17, 1942 in Byhalia Mississippi to Mansuel Lee Townsel and Bertha N. Townsel.  She was the third born of four children and the only girl.  After graduating from Oberlin Senior High school she married Paul E. Hill, moved to Elyria and studied nursing where she became an L.P.N.  She had two children with Paul, Tracie and Cinque Hill. Glenetta...

John Pershing Willis, Jr was called home to Glory on March 7, 2021. He was born on October 20, 1939 in Murfreesboro, TN to John Pershing Willis, Sr & Margaret Elizabeth Willis (Foster) the eldest of six children. John or Peetie as he was known by family started school late but went on to graduate from Holloway High School in Murfreesboro at the age of 16 and went on to earn a Bachelors and Master’s Degrees in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Chicago. After concluding...