Foreclosure action against unknown heirs of Ronald E. Kelsey.

LEGAL NOTICENOTICE BY PUBLICATIONOHIO CIVIL RULE 4.4(A)To the Defendant: Unknown Heirs, Legatees, and Devisees, if any, of Ronald E. Kelsey, whose addresses is unknown.In the Ashtabula County Court HouseClerk of Courts Office25 W. Jefferson StreetJefferson, OH 44047Plaintiff:NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage ServicingDefendants:Unknown Heirs, Legatees, and Devisees, if any, of Ronald E. Kelsey, et al.Case No. 2026 CV 00023Judge Thomas E. HarrisPlaintiff has brought this action naming Unknown Heirs, Legatees, and Devisees, if any, of Ronald E. Kelsey as Defendant in the above-named court by filing its Complaint on January 12, 2026.The object of the Complaint is to foreclose the mortgage against Defendants.  The prayer is that Plaintiff be found to have a good and valid first lien on the within described premises in the amount as set forth in the complaint and accrued interest and penalties, if any; that each of the Defendants be required to answer setting up their interest, if any, in said premises, or be forever barred from asserting same; that unless the amount found due the Plaintiff be paid within a reasonable time to be named by the Court, the equity of redemption of said Defendants shall be foreclosed, and an order of sale issued to the Plaintiff for it to be directed to sell said premises as upon execution, and for such other relief as Plaintiff may be entitled.Situated in the Township of Jefferson, County of Ashtabula and State of Ohio: Parcel One: Being a part of Lot 39 of said Township, and further bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the center line of S. R. 46 at the Northwest corner of lands of Hazel Kindig as described in Volume 658, Page 43, Ashtabula County Deed records, thence North 1 degree 12' East a distance along said centerline of 20.00 feet to a point; thence South 84 degrees 16' 50" East a distance of 200.58 feet to a point; thence due West a distance along a North line of said Kindig of 200.00 feet to the place of beginning and containing 0.046 acres as surveyed by Thomas L. Gromley, Registered Surveyor No. 4848 Parcel Two: Known as being Part of Lots 39 and 40 in said Township and bounded and described as follows: From the intersection of the centerline of S. R. 46 and C.R. 161 (Griggs Road) Southerly along the Centerline of S.R. 46 a distance of 526.2 feet to the place of beginning; thence Easterly with an interior angle of 91 degrees 12' a distance of 400 feet to an iron pin and passing through an iron pin on the East right of way of said S.R. 46; thence Southerly with an interior angle of 88 degrees 48' a distance of 200 feet along the centerline of S.R. 46 to the place of beginning, contains 1.84 acres of land, more or less, according to a Survey by Crompton and Crompton Engineers, 414 South Chestnut Street, Jefferson, Ohio, dated July 30, 1958.Excepting and reserving from Parcel No. 2 the premises conveyed to Clarence Brumley and Sarah Brumley by Deed dated March 20, 1970 and recorded in Volume 689, Page 726 of Ashtabula County Records. BEING the same property conveyed to Ronald E. Kelsey & Margie M. Kelsey (husband & wife), jointly, their heirs and assigns, and to the survivor of them by Deed from Cardinal Federal Savings Bank, federally chartered savings bank, dated 07/11/1988 and recorded 07/15/1988 in Book 43, Page 255 of Official Records. 2142 State Route 46 N, Jefferson, OH 44047You are required to answer the Complaint within twenty-eight days after the last publication of this notice, which will be published once each week for three successive weeks, and the last publication will be made on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2026.      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.David J. Demers, Esq. (0055423)Cooke Demers, LLC260 Market Street, Suite FNew Albany, Ohio 43054614-939-0930614-939-0987 (fax)Attorney for PlaintiffGN 02/12/226, 02/19/2026, 02/26/2026 (697)