Jean Roch

Jean Roch obituary, North Ridgeville, OH

Jean Roch

Jean Roch Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Liston Funeral Home - North Ridgeville on Oct. 10, 2025.

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Jean Roch, 87, passed away peacefully on Tuesday October 7, 2025 at Danbury of North Ridgeville. She was born December 7, 1937 in Beech Mountain, North Carolina. Jean graduated from Hampton High School in Hampton, Tennessee in 1955 and had been a North Olmsted resident since 1985. She is survived by: her four grandchildren, Joseph Wagner (April), Heather Porter, Sara Nicewander (Eric), and Bradley Porter; several great grandchildren, including, Emma and Callie Wagner; five sisters, Mary Fitts of San Marcos, Texas, Kathy Runyon of Elyria, Earlene Campbell of Southport, North Carolina, Aggie Lyons (Bobby) of Elizabethton, Tennessee, and Loretta Peeks of Elizabethton, Tennessee; three brothers, Ron Tester (Liz) of West Salem, Tim Campbell (Terri) of Elizabethton, Tennessee, and Ken Tester; her daughter-in-law, Kathy Porter, of Williamsville, New York; and several dozen nieces and nephews. Jean was preceded in death by: her two sons, Douglas Richard Porter, and Charles Edward Porter; her parents, Louis M. and Alta G. (nee Bunton) Tester; two brothers, Charles R. Tester, and David M. Tester; and a sister, Barbara Ann Tester. A private burial will take place at Butternut Ridge Cemetery in Eaton Township.
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