Obituaries

Virginia Franks

Virginia Franks

Mar 24, 2011

Virginia Irene Franks, 88 of Lima, Ohio died on Thursday, March 24, 2011, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio in Lima, Ohio. Born Sunday, June 25, 1922 in Dayton, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Frank Bailey and the late Hazelene Barnhart Bailey. Virginia was a member of Westside United Methodist Church and had taught Sunday school...

Earl Kimpel,

Earl Kimpel,

Mar 24, 2011

Earl "Rocky" Kimpel, Jr., 90 of Cridersville, Ohio died on Thursday, March 24, 2011, at Otterbein Nursing Home - Cridersville in Cridersville, Ohio. Born Tuesday, October 5, 1920 in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of the late Earl M. Kimpel, Sr. and the late Catherine Fay Kimpel. He was the husband of JoAnn McClain Kimpel. He was employed by...

Henry Niese

Henry Niese

Mar 21, 2011

Henry A. Niese, 78 of Lima, Ohio died on Monday, March 21, 2011, at Springview Manor Nursing Home in Lima, Ohio. Born Saturday, March 18, 1933 in Putnam County, Ohio, he was the son of the late Ferdinand Niese and the late Margaret Kaufman Niese. He was the husband of Helen Kramer Niese. He was employed by Ford Lima Engine...

Juanita Wilcox

Juanita Wilcox

Mar 20, 2011

Juanita L. Wilcox, 90 of Lima, Ohio died on Sunday, March 20, 2011, at Lima Memorial Health System in Lima, Ohio. Born Tuesday, July 20, 1920 in Allen County, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Royal Russell Baber and the late Rowena Miller Baber. She was the wife of the late Francis Wilcox. She was employed by Lima...

M. Copus

M. Copus

Mar 17, 2011

M. Eunice Copus, 89 of Lima, Ohio died on Thursday, March 17, 2011, at Lima Memorial Health System in Lima, Ohio. Born Thursday, February 2, 1922 in Cairo, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Harry Wright and the late Lois McCarty Wright. She was the wife of Clair Copus. She married Clair Copus, her husband of over 70...

Roger "Pepaw" Cygan

Roger "Pepaw" Cygan

Mar 16, 2011

Roger E. "Pepaw" Cygan, 81 of Lima, Ohio died on Wednesday, March 16, 2011, at Springview Manor Nursing Home in Lima, Ohio. Born Sunday, September 1, 1929 in Chicopee, Massachusetts, he was the son of the late John Cygan and the late Sarah Gelineau Cygan. He was the husband of the late Betty Rundio Cygan. Roger E. "Pepaw" Cygan died...

Bertha Wright

Bertha Wright

Mar 16, 2011

Bertha Eleanor Wright, 88 of Wapakoneta, Ohio died on Wednesday, March 16, 2011, at Heartland at Centerburg in Centerburg, Ohio. Born Monday, August 7, 1922 in Union County, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Fred Neeper and the late Elizabeth Clark Neeper. On June 1, 1946 she married Warren Wright, he preceded him in death. She was a...

Crystal Miller

Crystal Miller

Mar 15, 2011

Crystal M. Miller, 88 of Lima, Ohio died on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at Lima Convalescent Home in Lima, Ohio. Born Saturday, April 8, 1922 in Hancock Co., Ohio, she was the daughter of the late William Wheeler and the late Flora Arthur Wheeler. She married Leon Hollar in 1939, he died in 1980. She then married Lewis E. Miller...

Grovene Stephenson

Grovene Stephenson

Mar 14, 2011

Grovene Gardner Stephenson went home with the Lord March 14, 2011. at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio in Lima, Ohio. Sister Grovene Gardner Stephenson was born August 18, 1940 in Lamar County in Barnesville, Georgia to the parents of Bay and Mary Banks. She was adopted by Brady and Mary Owens Lawrence when she was six weeks old. Both...

Elizabeth Overholtz

Elizabeth Overholtz

Mar 10, 2011

Elizabeth A. Overholtz, 82 of Lima, Ohio died at 3:23 am on Thursday, March 10, 2011, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio in Lima, Ohio. Born Sunday, March 3, 1929 in Lima, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Albert C. Miorin and the late Irene F. Bright Miorin. She was the wife of William J. Overholtz. She...

Robert "Bob" Whitacre

Robert "Bob" Whitacre

Mar 6, 2011

Robert K "Bob" Whitacre, 55 of Fort Jennings, Ohio died on Sunday, March 6, 2011, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio in Lima, Ohio. Born Friday, July 8, 1955 in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of Robert Whitacre and Dolores Keiffer Whitacre. Mr. Whitacre had worked for Dominion Gas Company for over 25 years. He was 1973 Graduate...

Virginia Klingler

Virginia Klingler

Mar 5, 2011

Virginia O. Klingler, 87, died at 9:50 p.m. March 5, 2011, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born Jan. 11, 1924, in Rawson to Albert and Eva Walter Schwinn, who preceded her in death. She was married on Sept. 14, 1945, to John M. Klingler, who survives in Lima. They were married for 65 years. Mrs. Klingler held a...

Mary Houtzer

Mary Houtzer

Mar 1, 2011

Genevieve Mary Houtzer, 96, died at 6:30 a.m. March 1, 2011, at Lima Memorial Health system. She was born July, 14, 1914, in Lima, to Edward and Jessie Harvey Hedrick, who preceded her in death. On July 6, 1935, she married Richard B. Houtzer, who died August 9, 1991. She was preceded in death by a sister Marie C. Hedrick,...

Lloyd Grimm

Lloyd Grimm

Feb 28, 2011

Lloyd D. Grimm, 85 of Lima, Ohio died on Monday, February 28, 2011, at Wyngate Senior Living Center in Lima, Ohio. Born Tuesday, January 19, 1926 in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of the late Ensign Grimm and the late Blanch Sutton Grimm. He was the husband of the late Dorothy Miller Grimm. He. He served in the Army...

Betty Thomas

Betty Thomas

Feb 28, 2011

Betty J. Thomas, 85 of Lima, Ohio died on Monday, February 28, 2011, at 6:30 P.M. at Richland Manor in Bluffton, Ohio. Born Thursday, October 29, 1925 in Lima, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Dale Allen and the late Koneta Schneider Allen. She was the wife of the late Paul E. Thomas. Betty married Paul E. Thomas...

Bernice Ruggles

Bernice Ruggles

Feb 27, 2011

Bernice M. Ruggles, 87 of Lima, Ohio died on Sunday, February 27, 2011, at Shawnee Manor Nursing Home in Lima, Ohio. Born Wednesday, December 5, 1923 in Lincoln County, Kansas, she was the daughter of the late Herman Pautsch and the late Anna Schroeder Pautsch. She was the wife of the late William Harold "Bill" Casey Ruggles. She was employed...

Hazel Boyed

Hazel Boyed

Feb 24, 2011

HAZEL F. BOYED Hazel Fawn (Archer) Boyed age 89, returned to the eternal embrace of her father in heaven on February 24, 2011. She died with the loving support of her family and friends at Springview Manor Nursing Home. She was born May 10, 1921 in Lima to Frank and Loretta (Hutchinson) Archer, She also had three sisters, Nellie Clemens,...

William Bechtel

William Bechtel

Feb 20, 2011

William J. Bechtel, 97 of Lima, Ohio died on Sunday, February 20, 2011, at Sarah Jane Living Center in Delphos, Ohio. Born Saturday, August 16, 1913 in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of the late Herman Bechtel and the late Marie (Mahler) Bechtel. He was the husband of Mary Carter Bechtel whom he married on August 13, 1949 in...

Elnora Harltey

Elnora Harltey

Feb 17, 2011

Elnora C. Hartley, 96 of Lima, Ohio died on Thursday, February 17, 2011, at Daughters Residence in Bellefontaine, Ohio. Born Friday, September 25, 1914 in Glenmore, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Leonard Fowler and the late Lilly Standiford Fowler. She was the wife of the late Edward Hartley, who preceded her in death on October 13, 2000....

Margaret Csibi

Margaret Csibi

Feb 14, 2011

Margaret V. Csibi, 85 of Lima, Ohio died on Monday, February 14, 2011, at Her Residence. Born Friday, May 1, 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Karata and the late Mary Unknown Karata. She was the wife of the late Edward Stephen Csibi. Margaret married Edward Stephen Csibi on August 6, 1946, he preceded...

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