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The George and Mary Ellen Ontko Scholarship Fund honors George and Mary Ellen’s commitment to education. George maintained the buses and buildings, while Mary Ellen taught in both Rolling Hills and East Guernsey schools.

Both George and Mary Ellen attended schools in Guernsey County. Mary Ellen then continued her education at Ohio University and the University of Dayton.

After George’s death and Mary Ellen’s retirement from East Guernsey Schools, she tutored at the Cambridge Dyslexia Center. They are members of St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church.

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Support the George and Mary Ellen Ontko Scholarship Fund

Gifts to the George and Mary Ellen Ontko Scholarship Fund are tax-deductible and can be made in many ways, including cash, bequests, stock, real estate, royalties, insurance beneficiaries and qualified charitable distributions from IRAs.

To mail your donation, please designate the fund and mail to the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio, 35 Public Square, Nelsonville, OH 45764.

Donations can be made online by designating the George and Mary Ellen Ontko Scholarship Fund when donating.