Legal Notice by Publication Ohio Civil Rule 4.4(A) IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS LAKE COUNTY, OHIO Case No. 26CF000984 • Judge: Vincent A. Culotta NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing Plaintiff v. Estate of Robert A. Rexroad, et al. Defendants To the Defendants: Martha Shaffer, whose address is unknown: Plaintiff has brought this action naming Martha Shaffer as Defendant in the above-named court by filing its Complaint on July 1, 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. And known as being Parcel D, Building 2 in Lakeview Estates Subdivision of part of original Willoughby Township Lot No. I, Douglas Tract as shown by the recorded plat in Volume 3 of Maps, Page 19 of Lake County Records, be the same more or less, but subject to all legal highways. Being known as 1187-D Brookline Place, Willoughby, OH 44094 Being the same premises conveyed from Linda L. Robinson, htta Linda L. Zook, a married woman to Robert A. Rexroad, unmarried in a deed dated I 1/30/2001 and recorded date 12/04/2001 in Instrument Number 200154954 of the official records. PPN: 27-B-056-M-00-010-0 You 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 August 13, 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, LLC 260 Market Street, Suite F New Albany, Ohio 43054 614-939-0930 (phone) 614-939-0987 (fax) Attorney for Plaintiff Date to answer the Complaint: September 10, 2026 2830582/July 30 and August 6 and 13, 2026