COURT OF COMMON PLEAS  ASHLAND COUNTY, OHIO Data Mortgage Inc., DBA Essex Mortgage  Plaintiff, Vs. Kathleen Clemens, et al. Defendants. Case : 25-CFR 247 Judge David R. Stimpert ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION PERMANENT PARCEL NUMBER: G22-036-0-0015-05 The plaintiff by and through its attorney filed an affidavit according to law for the purpose of obtaining service by publication. It appearing to the Court that the residence of the defendant(s), Kathleen Clemens, is unknown to the affiant and cannot be ascertained with reasonable diligence and that service of summons cannot be made on the named defendant and the last known address of said defendant Kathleen Clemens is: 1177 Township Road 1656, Ashland, OH 44805, and that this is one of the actions mentioned in Ohio Revised Code Section 2703.14. It is ordered that publication be made once a week for three consecutive weeks in the Times-Gazette in compliance with Ohio Civil Rule 4.4(A). It is further ordered that service shall be complete at the expiration of three weeks after the date of the first pubfication. DATE: Paul T. Lange, Magistrate     LEGAL NOTICE IN SUIT FOR FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE Kathleen Clemens, whose last known address is 1177 Township Road 1656, Ashland, OH 44805 will take notice that on October 28, 2025, Data Mortgage Inc., DBA Essex Mortgage filed its Complaint in the Common Pleas Court of Ashland County, Ohio in Case No. 25-CFR-247, on the docket of the Court, and the object and demand for relief of which pleading is to foreclose the lien of plaintiff's mortgage recorded upon the following described real estate to wit: Property Address: 1177 Township Road 1656, Ashland, OH 44805 and being more particularly described in plaintiff's mortgage recorded in Mortgage Book 992, Page 3982, of this County Recorder's Office. The above-named defendant is required to answer within twenty-eight (28) days after last publication, which shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks, or they might be denied a hearing in this case. /s/ Melissa J. Whalen Melissa J. Whalen (0068316) Ashley E. Rothfuss (0083605) Justin C. Albright (0092521) Kerri N. Bruckner (0074024) Richard Mark Rothfuss, Il (0087592) Trial Counsel McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP 333 W Wacker Drive Suite 1820 Chicago, IL 60606-1220 (312)346-9088 ohio.pleadings@mccal!a.com 3t - 3/12, 3/19, 3/26/26; #12150795