Merrill Bigelow "Cookie" Stevens

What a giant of the community and someone I aspired to be like. I still think of him often ans he will be missed.

COOKIE_A GREAT AMERICAN!

I have great memories of Cookie from my childhood and beyond. He was truly an exceptional person. [email protected]

Cookie was my basketball coach from 4-7th grade (same team with his son Scott)and I helped him coach a year when I was in college. He also coached my baseball team. I will never meet a nicer and more giving person in my entire life. He took our teams on camping trips, basketball tournaments, and overnight trips to his school. My childhood is filled with great memories of Cookie. I just saw a show on PBS about Clintonville and Cookie was on the show. That made me curious to see how he was...

Merrill was the principal of my school, Northridge Elementary, when I was in 6th grade. I was just thinking about him, and the lessons I learned from him, today... and I decided to google him and discovered he just passed away. The impact we leave on people around us is much longer lasting than we imagine. Especially if we are folks with a strong value system, as Merrill was. My condolences to his family and close friends. Owen Richard Kindig, now living in Alaska.

Thank you for the fond remembrances of Merrill (Cookie). Our family appreciates the condolences and prayers we have received from everyone.

Thank you all for your kind words and memories.

Cookie was my son's CBA basketball coach. In truth he taught all the kids much more than the skills of the sport.
I always enjoyed talking to Cookie and listening to his philosophy of life as we know it.
Cookie Stevens was a great American!

COOKIE WAS MY BEST FRIEND FOR 68 YEARS. WE ATTENDED CRESTVIEW, NORTH HIGH AND OHIO STATE TOGETHER. WE LIFEGARDED AT OLYMPIC POOL TOGETHER. COOKIE WAS BEST MAN AT MY WEDDING AND I WAS BEST MAN AT HIS WEDDING. BEST OF LOVE TO THE CHILDREN AND HIS WONDERFUL WIFE SUSIE.