NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION   IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, STARK COUNTY, OHIO CITIZENS BANK, NA  PLAINTIFF, VS. THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE, ETC., IF ANY, OF LINDA C. BOYD, ET AL. DEFENDANTS. CASE NO. 2025 CV 01918 To the Defendants the unknown spouse, creditors, executors, executrices, administrators, heirs at law, next of kin, devises, legatees, and/or assigns, and their spouses, creditors, executors, executrices, administrators, heirs at law, next of kin, legatees, devisees, and/or assigns, if any, of Linda C. Boyd whose present residence/address is unknown and cannot with reasonable diligence be ascertained: Plaintiff has brought this action naming you as a defendant in the above-named Court by filing its Complaint on the 28th day of August, 2025. The object of the Complaint is to foreclose the equity of redemption under one (1) mortgage against the following described real estate: Property Address: 3803 Victory Avenue, Louisville, Ohio 44641 Permanent Parcel Nos. 3300437 and 3300438 And for a judgment upon a Credit Line Agreement executed to Plaintiff by Linda C. Boyd, now deceased. The relief demanded is a judgment against the subject real estate in the amount of $15,448.64 plus interest at the rate 8.650% per annum from December 9, 2024 and at the rate of 8.40% (variable) per annum from June 12, 2025; judgment for title costs, costs for protecting the real estate and for court costs; that said mortgage may be foreclosed and the said real estate described herein be sold at Sheriff’s Sale and the proceeds of said sale applied for payment of plaintiff’s claims; further that Defendants be required to answer setting forth their claims or interests in the subject real estate, if any, or forever be barred from claiming or asserting same; and for such other and further relief to which plaintiff may be entitled. You are required to answer the Complaint within twenty-eight (28) days after the last publication of this notice, which will be published once a week for 6 consecutive weeks, with the last publication to be made on the 15th day of October, 2025. In case of your failure to answer or otherwise respond as permitted by the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure within the time stated, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Johna M. Bella Counsel for Plaintiff 405 Madison Avenue, Suite 2200 Toledo, Ohio 43604 Phone: (419) 244-9500 Fax: (419) 244-9510 E-mail: jbella@gpblaw.com Published in The Repository on September 10, September 17, September 24, October 1, October 8 and October 15, 2025.