NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION   IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, STARK COUNTY, OHIO CITIZENS BANK, N.A., ETC. PLAINTIFF, VS. THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE, ETC., IF ANY, OF DAVID L. HOSMER, ETC., ET AL. DEFENDANTS. CASE NO. 2025 CV 01975 To the Defendant the unknown spouse, if any, of Heather M. Hosmer whose last known address is 550 NW Sherbrooke Avenue, Port St. Lucie, Florida 34983 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 8th day of September, 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: 1827 Paris Avenue NE, Paris, Ohio 44669 PPNs: 4101190, 4101191 and 4101393 And for a judgment upon a note executed to Plaintiff by David L. Hosmer, now deceased. The relief demanded is a judgment against the subject real estate in the amount of $35,737.36 plus interest at the rate of 6.840% per annum from January 28, 2025; judgment for title costs, costs for protecting the real estate and for court costs; that said mortgages 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 3 consecutive weeks, with the last publication to be made on the 20th day of November, 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 Published in The Repository on November 6, November 13 and November 20, 2025.