Faculty & Staff

Notices will be posted as they are received and will remain on the website for one year following the date of death. Please click an individual's name for the full obituary.

• Clifford Cook, of Howard, OH, Aug. 6, age 79. He was a professor of accounting and finance at OWU until retiring in 2015. He is survived by son Andrew Cook '96.
• Robert Engle, of Mattawan, MI, Dec. 18, age 97. He was a faculty member in OWU's Fine Arts Department from 1958-1978.
• Lewis Fikes, of Delaware, OH, Aug. 29. He was a chemistry professor at OWU from 1985-2004. Lewis is survived by daughter Lara Fikes Dominy '93.
• Janis Fleischmann, of Delaware, OH, Jan. 13, age 78. She worked at OWU for nearly 20 years, retiring as the secretary for the Woltemade Center for Economics, Business, and Entrepreneurship.
• David Hull, of Columbus, OH, Aug. 20, age 86. He was the Henry E. Parrott Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at OWU from 1970-2000.
• John Krulcik, of Columbus, OH, Feb. 8, age 78. He served as an accounting consultant at OWU since 2020, and previously served as assistant vice president of finance/administration from 2014-2015.
• Jan Smith, of OH, March 30. He was professor emeritus of sociology and anthropology at OWU, serving as a professor of sociology from 1977 to 2009.
• Kathryn Temple, of Delaware, OH, March 6, age 88. She worked in the student health center at OWU from 1974 to 1998. Kathryn is survived by son Kenneth Temple '85 and granddaughters Megan Temple '11 and Emily Temple '14. 
• Donna Tucker Savely, of Sebring, FL, October, age 86. She worked in various roles at OWU for 35 years. She was predeceased by daughter Karen Tucker Dyches-Pennington '81. Donna is survived by daughter Amy Tucker Kester '84.