Obituaries

Todd Carder

Todd Carder

Jul 30, 2010

Todd Jason Carder, 37, died at 3:29 a.m. July 30, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born March 1, 1973, in Lima to Jim and Lois Shumaker Carder, who survive in Lima. On June 21, 2003, he married Jodi Leigh Miller in Waynesfield. She survives in Wapakoneta. Mr. Carder was a 1992 graduate of Lima Central Catholic and...

Estella Sipe

Estella Sipe

Jul 26, 2010

Estella E. Sipe, 90, died at 11:10 p.m. July 26, 2010, at the residence of her niece, Tonda Ricker, who was her caregiver. She was born July 21, 1920, in Putnam County, Ohio to Harry M. and Erma Ladd Myers, who preceded her in death. On May 12, 1945, she married Harold E. Sipe, who died July 3, 1972. Mrs....

George Bowen

George Bowen

Jul 23, 2010

George J. Bowen, 82, died at 9:46 a.m. July 23, 2010. He was born Feb. 9, 1928 in Mingo County, W. Va., to Sam and Ella Lee Collins Bowen, who preceded him in death. On June 7, 1952, he married Anna L. Hunter Bowen, who died June 21, 1999. Mr. Bowen had previously worked at Baldwin Lima Hamilton for 16...

Paul Oliver,

Paul Oliver,

Jul 23, 2010

Paul W. Oliver, Sr., 65, died at 2:35 p.m. July 23, 2010, at Richland Manor Nursing Home. He was born Dec. 8, 1944, in North Creek, to Bernard G. and Twila E. Etter Oliver. His father preceded him in death. His mother survives. On Jan. 9, 1981, in Pandora, he married Marilyn Jean Jones, who survives in Lima. Mr. Oliver...

Fred Turner

Fred Turner

Jul 21, 2010

Fred Thomas Turner, 101, died at 4:55 p.m. on July 21, 2010, at his residence in Lima, Ohio. He was born January 9, 1909, in Evansville, Tennessee, to Major and Josephine Millard Turner. On May 25, 1946, he married Betty J. Stemen who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Turner was a charter member of Lima Baptist Temple, Lima, Ohio. He...

Gary Betz

Gary Betz

Jul 19, 2010

Gary L. Betz, 62, died at 12:12 p.m. on July 19, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center in Lima, Ohio. He was born July 9, 1948, in Sandusky, Ohio to Stanley and Bette Meyers Betz, who have preceded him in death. On February 14, 1981, he married Shirley Carraway, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Betz was self-employed as a...

Charles W.

Charles W.

Jul 19, 2010

Charles W. Lee, Sr., 89, died at 11:11 p.m. July 19, 2010, at Shawnee Manor Nursing Home. He was born Sept. 14, 1920, in Lorain, to John E. and Clara Wonderly Lee, who preceded him in death. On June 13, 1944, he married Dorothy Jeanne Hughes, who died Jan 24, 1998. Mr. Lee graduated from Canton McKinley High School in...

Ryan Knoch

Ryan Knoch

Jul 15, 2010

Ryan Patrick Knoch, 36, died July 15, 2010, at his residence. He was born Nov. 1, 1973, in Lima, the son of Ben and Chris Estes, who survive in Elida. Mr. Knoch attended Apollo Career Center and graduated from Wapakoneta High School in 1992. He was employed at Proctor & Gamble in Lima. He was a 2nd Degree Black Belt...

Fred Snyder

Fred Snyder

Jul 14, 2010

Fred B. Snyder, 84, died at 1:54 a.m. on July 14, 2010, at Triumph Hospital in Lima, Ohio. He was born on March 14, 1926, in Mendon, Ohio, to Victor and Cevella Bedell Snyder, who have preceded him in death. On June 23, 1946, he married Emma Dissard, of Paris, France, who died May 12, 1990. On November 30, 1990,...

E. GOINS

E. GOINS

Jul 14, 2010

E. Joyce Goins, 77, died at 10:30 a.m. on July 14, 2010, at her residence in Lima, Ohio. She was born January 19, 1933, in Dayton, Kentucky, to Jessie Hobbert Ward and Loraine Hazel King Ward, who have preceded her in death. On June 1, 1953, she married John Goins, who died in 1980. Mrs. Goins was a member of...

V. STATES

V. STATES

Jul 14, 2010

V. Ruth States, 90, of Chillicothe, Ohio, formerly of Lima, Ohio, died at 11:57 a.m. on July 14, 2010, at Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe. She was born February 24, 1920, in Claiborne County, Tennessee, to James Harrison and Allie Florence Heck Beeler, who have preceded her in death. On June 9, 1979, she married Edward States, who survives...

M. Jennings

M. Jennings

Jul 13, 2010

M. Ruth Jennings, 82, died at 2:45 p.m. on July 13, 2010, at her residence in Allen County, Ohio. She was born on February 9, 1928, in Mercer County, Ohio, to Philip F. and Susan Douglas Lee, who have preceded her in death. In June 1946, she married Roger E. Jennings, who died in 1989. Mrs. Jennings was founder, owner...

Vonda Beery

Vonda Beery

Jul 6, 2010

Vonda M. Beery, 73, died at 1 p.m. July 6, 2010, at the Cleveland Clinic. She was born August 21, 1936, in Bluffton, Ohio to Calvin R. and Freda M. Freyman Burkolder, who preceded her in death. On October 15, 1954, in Bluffton, Ohio, she married David E. Beery, who died December 5, 2006. Mrs. Beery was a member of...

Mary Davis

Mary Davis

Jul 5, 2010

Mary E. Davis, 85, died July 5, 2010, at her residence. She was born August 4, 1924, in Hancock County, Ohio to Bowen M. and Mildred R. Crone Evans. On June 23, 1951, in Haviland she married John James Davis, who died March 14, 1973. She retired from the Lima Public Library after 25 years. She was a member of...

Rita Langmeyer

Rita Langmeyer

Jul 5, 2010

Rita M. Langmeyer, 88, died at 10:30 a.m. July 5, 2010, at Baton Rouge Senior Health Facility, Lima, Ohio. She was born May 14, 1922, in Delphos, Ohio to Peter Anthony and Mary E. Barlage Warnecke, who preceded her in death. On February 17, 1942, in Delphos, Ohio she married Eugene E. Langmeyer, who died September 1, 1980.Mrs. Langmeyer was...

Gary Ferguson

Gary Ferguson

Jul 5, 2010

Gary Craig Ferguson, 51, died July 5, 2010, at his residence. He was born December 10, 1958, in Lima, Ohio to Ronald and Elaine Esmonde Ferguson, who survive, along with his stepmother Cindy Ferguson and stepfather Tom Bowsher. Mr. Ferguson worked at Nickles Bakery and McDonald?s on West Street. He was a 1977 graduate of the Cincinnati School for the...

Phyllis Anspach

Phyllis Anspach

Jul 3, 2010

Phyllis Gray Anspach, 68, died at 1:26 p.m. July 3, 2010, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born March 10, 1942, in Salyersville, Kentucky, to Ermine D. and Cora Webb Music, who preceded her in death. In 1960, she married Robert Warren Striff Jr., who died June 15, 1967. She later married Rolland Anspach. Survivors include four sons, Robert...

Lawrence Musgrave

Lawrence Musgrave

Jun 30, 2010

LAWRENCE R. ?Buck? MUSGRAVE, 79, died at 7:01 a.m. on June 30, 2010, at his residence near Elida, Ohio. He was born April 30, 1931, in Rimer, Ohio, to Clarence and Cecil Bushong Musgrave, who have pre-ceded him in death. On December 26, 1964, he married Helen Osborn, who died October 18, 2009. Mr. Musgrave was the owner and operator...

Deena Ebey

Deena Ebey

Jun 29, 2010

DEENA D. EBEY, 59, died at 3:21 a.m. on June 29, 2010, at Lima Memorial Health System in Lima, Ohio. She was born February 28, 1951, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to James and Evelyn Robb Davis, who have preceded her in death. On November 12, 1977, she married Norman Ebey, who survives in Russells Point, Ohio. Mrs. Ebey had worked...

Joseph Rizor

Joseph Rizor

Jun 28, 2010

JOSEPH M. ?Turtle Joe? RIZOR, 69, died at 5:26 p.m. on June 28, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center in Lima, Ohio. He was born May 9, 1941, in Lima, Ohio, to Roy Melvin Rizor and Ava K. Patterson Rizor-Fisher. His father has preceded him in death. His mother survives in Lima, Ohio. He married Beverly Jean Applas, who has...