Obituaries

Irvin W Lauber

Irvin W Lauber

Aug 28, 2013

Irvin W. Lauber , 91, of Lima died at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, August 28, 2013, at his residence. Irvin was born August 14, 1922, in Holton, Indiana, to the late Frank Lauber and Nettie [Jackson] Lauber. On April 17, 1948, in Lima, Ohio, he married Belva [Akers] Lauber who was his wife of 63 years and she died June...

Mary Downard

Mary Downard

Aug 27, 2013

Mary Downard, 88, died at 10:05 AM on Tuesday, August 27, 2013, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. Mary was born on May 18, 1925, in Lima, Ohio, to the late Moses Szekely and Rosa [Bani] Szekely. On Saturday, December 21, 1946 she married William J. "Bill" Downard and he preceded her in death on October 26, 2004. She...

Anna May Shaffer

Anna May Shaffer

Aug 27, 2013

Anna May Shaffer 80, died at 9:43 PM on Tuesday, August 27, 2013, at Lima Memorial Health System in Lima, Ohio. Anna May was born on March 12, 1933, in Bloomingburg, Ohio, to the late Herbert Clickner and Dena [Bobo] Clickner-Willett. Anna had worked at Sunoco Mini Mart as their Clerk Cashier Manager. She enjoyed cooking, canning, and was an...

Lois M. Brookman

Lois M. Brookman

Aug 25, 2013

Lois M. Brookman 72, died on August 25, 2013 at 8:57 A.M. at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. Lois was born on November 04, 1940, in Mason, Michigan, to the late Harace Sites and Nellie [Daughtery] Sites. Lois married Thomas L. Brookman on October 5, 1963. He preceded her in death on May 3, 2009. She was a homemaker and...

Russell K. Graham

Russell K. Graham

Aug 22, 2013

Russell K. Graham , 84, died Thursday, August 22, 2013, at his residence in Lima, Ohio. Russ was born on June 25, 1929, in Lima, Ohio, to the late Russell T. Graham and Mary Loretta [Sonderman] Graham. Russ married Josine May on August 1, 1948, she preceded him in death on January 21, 1981. He was a 1947 graduate of...

Clara Elizabeth Butcher

Clara Elizabeth Butcher

Aug 21, 2013

Clara Elizabeth Butcher of Lima 86, died at 6:20 AM on Wednesday, August 21, 2013, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. Clara was born on Saturday, January 29, 1927, in Lima, Ohio, to the late Carl Webb and Ethel [Simmons] Webb. She married John W. Butcher on February 26, 1945, and he preceded her in death. She is survived by a...

Carl M. Ward

Carl M. Ward

Aug 19, 2013

Carl M. Ward 82, died at 10:57 AM on Monday, August 19, 2013, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. Carl was born on May 10, 1931, in Lima, Ohio, to the late Oscar C. Ward and Eva [Burgner] Ward. Carl married Helen Horvath , she preceded him in death on May 7, 2001. He then married Barbara Harruff Gallaspie-Sanders...

Patricia Ann Everhardt Jones

Patricia Ann Everhardt Jones

Aug 17, 2013

Patricia Ann Everhardt Jones, 78, died August 17, 2013, in St. Petersburg, FL, after a three year battle with cancer. She was born September 20, 1934, to Charles and Iona Cunningham in Lima, OH. Patricia and Robert Leroy Everhardt were married April 8, 1951. During their early marriage, while living in Austin, TX, Bob and Pat received the Lord Jesus...

Thomas A. Ladden

Thomas A. Ladden

Aug 16, 2013

Thomas A. Ladden, 70, of Lima, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Friday, August 16, 2013 at 6:00 P.M. at Indiana University/Purdue University Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana. Thomas was born on January 30, 1943 in Lima to James Ladden and Lillian Boudrie who both preceded him in death. On May 15, 1965 he married Barbara Thomas in...

Dorothy M. "Janie" Shirkey

Dorothy M. "Janie" Shirkey

Aug 15, 2013

Dorothy M. Shirkey 87, died at 7:14 PM on Thursday, August 15, 2013, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. Dorothy was born on February 10, 1926, in Hardin County, Ohio to the late Faye Newland and Thelma [Cox] Newland. Dorothy married Lowell Gene Shirkey on November 2, 1946, he preceded her in death. She was a loving mother and...

Mrs Barbara Alice Falk Musto

Mrs Barbara Alice Falk Musto

Aug 10, 2013

Barbara A. Falk Musto, 82, passed away at 7:48 a.m. on August 10, 2013, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born on June 11, 1931, to Ambrose and Eleanor Strasser Falk. On September 8, 1951, she married Raymond C. Musto, her loving husband of 61 years, who survives. She is survived by her loving family members which include her...

Raymond F. Thompson

Raymond F. Thompson

Aug 8, 2013

Raymond F. Thompson, 91, of Lima died at 10:35 AM on Thursday, August 08, 2013, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. Raymond was born on Tuesday, January 10, 1922, in Lima, Ohio, to the late Charles Thompson and Justena [Coon] Thompson. On Sunday, October 12, 1941, he married Rosemary [McBeth] Thompson and she preceded him in death November 21, 2003....

Lester R. Ingmire

Lester R. Ingmire

Jul 31, 2013

Lester R. Ingmire , 80, died at 6:02 AM on Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. Lester R. Ingmire was born on, August 18, 1932 in Urbana, Ohio to the late Clarence Ingmire and Orpha (Lee) Ingmire. Lester married Pauline M. Lawson on August 17, 1951. She preceded him in death on July 27, 2002....

Katie (Heidenescher) Mills

Katie (Heidenescher) Mills

Jul 31, 2013

Katie (Heidenescher) Mills 45, died on Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at her residence in Lima, Ohio. She was born on Tuesday, September 26, 1967, in Lima, Ohio to Bob (Edie) Heidenescher and Kathy (McNamara) (Michael) Eley. On Monday, December 07, 1992, she married C. Todd Mills, who preceded her in death on July 16, 2000. Katie had been the assistant...

Carey Richard Brafford

Carey Richard Brafford

Jul 28, 2013

Carey Richard Brafford 61, died on Sunday, July 28, 2013, at Valley Hospital-Las Vegas, Nevada. Carey was born on March 06, 1952, in Lima, Ohio, to Koewler C. Brafford and Irene J. [Muzleski] Brafford. His wife of 25 years Patricia Brafford preceded him in death in 2008. Carey was a security guard for the Circus Circus Casino and the Flamingo...

David A. Baughman

David A. Baughman

Jul 26, 2013

David A. Baughman 70, died at 2:52 PM on Friday, July 26, 2013, at Kindred Hospital in Lima, Ohio. David was born on March 11, 1943, in Findlay, Ohio, to the late James Allen Baughman and Virginia [Ricketts] Baughman. David married Diane K. Krapf on August 27, 1966 in Wapakoneta, Ohio. She preceded him in death on July 25, 2012....

JoeAnn Rhodes

JoeAnn Rhodes

Jul 23, 2013

JoeAnn Rhodes , 86 of Lima died at 1:30 PM on Tuesday, July 23, 2013, at her residence . JoeAnn was born on Saturday, October 16, 1926, in Lima to the late Peter S. Mumma and Minnie [Larue] Mumma. On Thursday, July 17, 1975, she married her second husband Robert Rhodes and he died July 5, 2013. She was a...

Mary L. Baber

Mary L. Baber

Jul 22, 2013

Mary L. Baber 97, died at 9:53 AM on Monday, July 22, 2013, at Ross Heart Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Mary was born on Thursday, July 29, 1915, in Spencerville, Ohio, to James Albert Miller and Martha Mary [Theising] Miller. Mary married Cloyd A. Baber on August 7, 1943 in Tyler, TX where Cloyd was stationed with the US Army....

Steven Douglas Switzer

Steven Douglas Switzer

Jul 20, 2013

Steven Douglas Switzer of Lima, Ohio, born August 30, 1957in Lima, Ohio to the late Jack Eugene Switzer & Wilhelmine L. (Meyer) Switzer who survives in Columbus, Ohio. He passed away peacefully in his sleep on Saturday, July 20, 2013. He was a graduate of Lima Senior High School. Steve was a truck driver at heart, loved driving and seeing...

Fredora F. Swartz

Fredora F. Swartz

Jul 19, 2013

Fredora F. Swartz , 87, of Elida passed away at 8:20 PM on Friday, July 19, 2013, at Lima Convalescent Home in Lima, Ohio. Fredora was born on Tuesday, March 16, 1926, in Anna, Ohio, to the late Robert E. Stocker and Maude S. [Richardson] Stocker. On Wednesday, April 07, 1948, she married Dean E. Swartz, he died January 30,...

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