EAST LIVERPOOL — Pastor Michael S. Ross, of East Liverpool, handed away Tuesday morning, February 28, 2023, at St. Elizabeth Hospital following a sudden sickness. He was 66.
He was born in Sandusky, Ohio on August 19, 1956 to the late Charles Franklin Ross II and Grace Jones Ross Felton McKinnon. He was a 1975 graduate of Huron Excessive Faculty and briefly joined the US Military following commencement. After an honorable discharge in December of 1975, he travelled to Alaska, the place underneath the steering of Dick Benjamin and Abbot Loop Christian Middle, he dedicated his life to Jesus Christ and have become a passionate disciple.
Identified to many as Pastor Mike, he attended Worldwide Bible Institute and Seminary and graduated in 1986. He spent ten years at Alliance Christian Middle, the place he served as an elder underneath Pastor Kirk Martin.
Pastor Mike felt a divine name to the East Liverpool space the place he planted Hope Christian Fellowship in 1990. What started as just a few believers assembly inside houses rapidly turned a congregation of tons of. Many lives have been marked and without end modified due to Pastor Mike’s obedience and nice leap of religion. This daring religion and wholehearted need to stay absolutely surrendered to God is the defining issue of Pastor Mike’s life and legacy.
Except for pastoring, Mike loved his missions work in Africa with Harvest Preparation Worldwide Ministries. He was a proud member of the Calcutta Rotary and a beneficiant supporter of Heartbeat of Columbiana County. He loved bowling and {golfing} and was an avid Cleveland Browns and Ohio State Buckeyes fan.
He’s survived by his spouse, Karen A. Ross, at dwelling. The couple married July 18, 1980. There are 4 kids: Farah Leland and her husband, Steve, Christian Kish and his spouse, Katrina, Sheena Wain and her husband, Kris, and Michael Ross and his spouse, Brittany. He may even be lovingly remembered by his grandchildren, Krissy and her accomplice, Kevin, Zachary, Jaden, Grace, Kisha, Brady, Zaiden, Quinn, Jackson, Brinley and Brogan and his great-grandchildren, Claire and Cora.
Two sisters survive, Bonnie Cripe and Pamela Kline.
Along with his dad and mom, he was preceded in dying by a sister Sandra Drummond, a brother Charles Ross III, and two step-fathers, Owen Felton and Owen McKinnon.
Household and associates might go to Friday afternoon and night on the Dawson Funeral Dwelling the place the household will probably be current from 2 to 4 and 6 to eight p.m. Mike’s household will conduct a funeral service Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Hope Christian Fellowship, 13320 State Route 7, Lisbon, Ohio.
Following the service, household and associates will stay on the church for a luncheon.
Memorial tributes might take the type of contributions to Heartbeat of Columbiana County, P. O. Field 204, East Liverpool, OH 43920 or on-line at www.heartbeatcc.com/give.
View Mike’s memorial webpage and specific condolences on-line at www.dawsonfuneralhome.com.
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