Obituaries
Danny Johnson,
Jan 19, 2013
Danny Johnson, Sr., 67 of Lima, Ohio died at 12:32 A.M. Saturday, January 19, 2013, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born on Thursday, November 29, 1945 in Lima, Ohio, to Carl John Johnson and Audrey Carolyn ( Albert) Johnson, who both preceded him in death. He first married Dorothy Ayers who survives in Lima . On September 14,...
Donald Boyd
Jan 19, 2013
Donald Russell Boyd, 79 of Lima,died at 12:49 A.M. Saturday, January 19, 2013, at Lima Memorial Health System. Born Friday, January 19, 1934, in Lima, he was the son of the late Russell Garner Boyd and the late Mary Donna (Arnold) Boyd. He married Ruth Jean Graham-Hines on April 30,1966, she died June 26, 1998. He then married Beverly Ann...
Joyce Williams
Jan 15, 2013
Joyce A. Williams, 70, of Elida, Ohio, formerly of Columbus Grove, Ohio. died on Tuesday, January 15, 2013, at 10:45 P.M. at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. Born March 29, 1942 in Lima, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Walter Earl Martin, M.D. and the late Martha (Fields) Martin. Joyce married James H. Williams on November 12,...
Arthur Orchard,,
Jan 13, 2013
ARTHUR LEE ORCHARD, JR., 85 of Lima Ohio died on Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 9:55 p.m. at Shawnee Manor Nursing Home in Lima. Born March 13, 1927, in Allen County, Ohio, he was the son of the late Arthur Orchard, Sr. and the late Emma Belle (Shaner) Orchard. He was a descendent of one of the First Families of...
Joel Stumpp
Jan 13, 2013
Joel H. Stumpp, 79, of Lima, Ohio died on Sunday, January 13, 2013, at 2:29 A.M. at his daughter's residence in Lima, Ohio. Born April 7, 1933 in Fostoria, Ohio, he was the son of the late Harold Stumpp and the late Ethel (DeShetler) Stumpp. Joel married Kathleen Marie Lyons on October 13, 1951. She survives in Lima. He retired...
Robert "Bob" Snider
Jan 10, 2013
Robert W. "Bob" Snider, 87, of Lima, Ohio died on Thursday, January 10, 2013, at 2:36 P.M. at Springview Manor Nursing Home in Lima, Ohio. Born October 1, 1925 in Allen County, Ohio, he was the son of the late Ralph Snider and the late Breata (Laman) Snider. Robert married June Hart on July 5, 1975 and they were married...
Jane "Fran" (O'Boyle) Gelo
Jan 6, 2013
Jane Frances "Fran" (O'Boyle) Gelo, 87, of Lima, Ohio died on Sunday, January 6, 2013, at 1:50 P.M. at Springview Manor Nursing Home in Lima, Ohio. Born April 14, 1925 in Lima, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late James & Augusta O'Connor. On May 9, 1946 she married James H. Gelo. He preceded her in death on April...
Louise Ruth
Jan 4, 2013
Louise M. Ruth, 93 of Lima, Ohio died 6:30 P.M. Friday, January 4, 2013, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born Saturday, January 11, 1919 in Memphis, Tennessee, to the late William Steele and Alta (Stalter ) Steele. She was the married to Aaron L. "Bud" Ruth who died July 31, 1983. She had served in the Navy during...
Penny L. (Poynter) Joseph
Jan 2, 2013
Penny L.(Poynter) Joseph, 50, of Dayton, Virginia died on Wednesday, January 2, 2013, at 5:15 a.m. in Dayton, Virginia . Born July 27, 1962, she was the daughter of the late William Poynter, Sr. and the late Alpha Jean (Goldon) Poynter. Penny had worked in the Cable Industry. She was a very spiritual person who never met a stranger. She...
Robert E. Davis
Dec 31, 2012
Robert E. Davis, 84, of Lima, Ohio died on Monday, December 31, 2012, at 12:37 p.m. at Richland Manor in Bluffton, Ohio. Born October 23, 1928 in Paulding County, Ohio, he was the son of the late Dale W. Davis and the late Ruby D. (Ritchie) Davis. Mr. Davis married Ethel Amspaugh on June 25, 1950, in Payne, Ohio. They...
Ardelle E. Yinger
Dec 30, 2012
Ardelle "Delle" E. Yinger, 87, of Elida, Ohio and formerly of Sidney, Ohio for nearly fifty years died on Sunday, December 30, 2012 at 1:50 p.m. at the Sarah Jane Senior Living Center, Delphos, Ohio surrounded by her family. Born February 6, 1925 in Old Town, Maine, she was the daughter of the late Everett Ashe and the late Sadie...
Joyce Ann Adkins
Dec 29, 2012
Joyce Ann Adkins, 75, of Lima, Ohio died on Saturday, December 29, 2012, at 6:10 P.M. at Springview Manor Nursing Home in Lima. Born December 20, 1937 in Lima, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Marion Elmer Sterling and the late Ella Mae (Booher) Sterling. Joyce had worked at the Lima Telephone Company as a telephone operator and...

Rodney Metz
Dec 28, 2012
Rodney Robert Metz, 70, of Lima, Ohio died on Wednesday, November 28, 2012, at Van Wert Inpatient Hospice in Van Wert, Ohio after a long battle with esophageal cancer. Born July 1, 1942 in Oil City, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Carl Metz and Alice (Kinney) Metz. His mother survives in Lima. Mr. Mertz was a professional...
Gary Gary
Dec 25, 2012
Gary E. Igo, Sr., 66 of Lima, Ohio died at 11:21 AM on Tuesday, December 25, 2012, at his residence. Born Tuesday, October 15, 1946 in Middletown, Ohio, he was the son of the late Dale Layman and Mary (Marshall) Layman who survives in Lebanon, OH. He was retired from Birckstrom /Appleton Paper. He served in the Army from 1966...
Bill Sterling
Dec 24, 2012
Bill E. Sterling, 83, of Lima, Ohio died at 9:35 p.m. December 24, 2012 at Lima Memorial Hospital. He was born May 22, 1929 in Lima, Ohio to Marion Elmer Sterling and Ella Mae (Booher) Sterling who both preceded him in death. Bill worked in the machine shop as a tool and die maker at Excello for over 37 years...
Martha Kuhlman
Dec 21, 2012
Martha Kuhlman,83, of Lima, Ohio died at 11:07 p.m. on Friday, December 21, 2012 at Kobacker House Hospice in Columbus, Ohio, surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Kuhlman was born on August 16, 1929 in Lima, Ohio, the daughter of the late Alvin Garlock and the late Lenore [Brice] Garlock. On October 6, 1954, she married A. C. Kuhlman, who...
Mary McKernan
Dec 19, 2012
Mary Jean McKernan, 78, of Lima, Ohio died on Wednesday, December 19, 2012, at Golden Living Center-Lima. Born January 19, 1934 in Carey, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Frank McKernan and the late Mary (Zahn) McKernan. She was a homemaker. She loved reading and animals. Surviving are sister, Maureen (Richard) Henderson of Findlay, OH; and numerous nieces...
Evelyn M. Blanchard
Dec 18, 2012
Evelyn M. Blanchard passed away peacefully at 5:10 A.M. on December 18, 2012 at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born on November 1, 1919 in Alger Ohio to Ethel (Dear) and Ora Newland. She often told her family stories of weeding onions in the marshes near Alger, and her early jobs at Woolworths and the Kewpee. She retired from...

Rosemary McFarland
Dec 17, 2012
Rosemary J. McFarland, 91, of Lima, Ohio died on Monday, December 17, 2012, at 2:20 A.M. at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio.. Born March 5, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Joseph McFarland and the late Mary (Langan) McFarland. Rosemary was a very devout Catholic and a lifelong parishioner of St. Rose Catholic Church in Lima. She...
E. Slechter
Dec 15, 2012
E. Jeanette Slechter, 85, of Lima, Ohio died on Saturday, December 15, 2012, at 2:20 A.M. at Lima Memorial Health System in Lima, Ohio. Born May 4, 1927 in Jackson Twp, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Cassius Lyncon Ballinger and the late Clara Ida (Grant) Ballinger. She married Robert H. Slechter on February 14, 1947. He preceded...
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