lit a candle 13h ago45 is no age at all. Praying for her father Rick and her girls, Kaileyana and Brooklyn, this must be such a hard stretch for that family.
Their story
Amber Gail Adkins was not a celebrity or a public figure in the usual sense. She was a 45 year old woman from Elyria, Ohio, whose death was marked, as it is for most people, by a published obituary rather than headlines. She is included here because her name was…
Amber Gail Adkins was not a celebrity or a public figure in the usual sense. She was a 45 year old woman from Elyria, Ohio, whose death was marked, as it is for most people, by a published obituary rather than headlines. She is included here because her name was searched online, and this page sets out plainly and honestly what is publicly known about her life and death from the funeral notice issued by her family.
<cite index="1-8,1-9">Amber Gail Adkins, 45, of Elyria, passed away peacefully at Mercy Health New Life Hospice in Lorain on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, following a year-and-a-half illness. Amber attended Elyria schools and later earned her Medical Assisting degree.</cite> No further detail about her career or employer has been made public. <cite index="1-10">Amber loved spending time with family and friends, fishing, bonfires, lottery, and casinos, and valued her relationship with God and Jesus.</cite>
Her life was closely tied to her family in and around Elyria and Lorain, Ohio. <cite index="1-11">Amber was preceded in death by her significant other, Ronald "Ronnie" Jackson Jr on June 28, 2026; mother Bonnie Campolo (nee Burgett), stepfather David Campolo, stepson Ronald Jackson III, paternal grandparents Clyde and Spicie (nee Richardson) Adkins, and maternal grandparents James and Shirley (nee Diederick) Burgett.</cite> The loss of her partner only a few months before her own death was one of several hard blows her family absorbed in 2026.
<cite index="1-12">She is survived by her father Rick Adkins, stepmother Mary "DeeDee" Hughes, daughters Kaileyana and Brooklyn Jackson, stepdaughters Cheyenne and Shyla Jackson, sister Jennifer (Scott) O'Grady (nee Slusher), brother Ricky (Terra) Adkins Jr., stepsisters Ericka Worstell and Sara (Andrew) Enyart, stepbrother Alan "AJ" Worstell, and many loving cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends.</cite> There is no indication that she held public office, worked in entertainment or media, or was otherwise a figure of wider public record, and nothing in her published obituary suggests she sought any public profile during her life.
Amber Gail Adkins died on October 7, 2026, in Lorain, Ohio, at the age of 45, after an illness that had lasted about a year and a half. The specific cause of her illness has not been made public by her family. Her passing was announced through a funeral notice placed with a local funeral home, in the manner typical for a private citizen, rather than through news coverage. Her family has arranged a Celebration of Life for family and friends, and her story is preserved here out of respect for her memory and for the people who loved her.
Biography adapted from News reports and the sources cited on this page; death reported by Chronicle Telegram.
Such a short time between losing Ronnie and now this. Too much for one family.