Obituaries

Richard Dick Landers

Richard Dick Landers

Feb 5, 2010

Richard P. ?Dick? Landers 75, died at 3:45 a.m. February 5, 2010, at Triumph Hospital, Lima, Ohio. He was born October 5, 1934, in Urbana to Joseph and Eleanor Shaw Landers, who preceded him in death. On January 10, 1959, he married Florella ?Sue? Mumaugh, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Landers was a member of Fraternal Order of Eagles...

Barbara Nickells Swickrath

Barbara Nickells Swickrath

Feb 4, 2010

Barbara A. Nickells Swickrath 62, died at 11:03 a.m. February 4, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born July 15, 1947, in Belding, Michigan, to Sammie and Virgie Williams Nickells. Her father preceded her in death. Her mother survives in Edgerton. On October 1, 1966, she married Lester C. Swickrath, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Swickrath was...

Virgil Coffman

Virgil Coffman

Feb 3, 2010

Virgil J. Coffman 79, died at 2:14 p.m. February 3, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born September 1, 1930, in Lima, Ohio to John and Emma Coffman, who preceded him in death. On March 6, 1949, he married Darlene Bok, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Coffman was a member of Westside United Methodist Church. He was...

Phyllis Hermanson

Phyllis Hermanson

Feb 2, 2010

Phyllis Ann Hermanson 88, died at 9:14 a.m. February 2, 2010, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born November 20, 1921, in Brooklyn, New York, to Abraham Horton and Naomi Davenport Barr, who preceded her in death. On August 23, 1947, she married Roy Hermanson, who died in July 1992. Mrs. Hermanson retired in 1982 from Sprint Telephone Co....

Dean Swartz

Dean Swartz

Jan 30, 2010

Dean E. Swartz 82, died at 12:49 p.m. January 30, 2010, at his residence. He was born February 21, 1927, in New Hampshire, Ohio, to Albert Elroy and Leota Rashial Morris Swartz, who preceded him in death. April 7, 1948, he married Fredora Stocker, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Swartz retired from Ohio Steel after 43 years. He was...

Bessie Brown

Bessie Brown

Jan 28, 2010

Bessie Mae Brown 77, died at 6:15 a.m. January 28, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born July 29, 1932, in Forkland, Alabama, to Roy and Betty Smith Wright, who preceded her in death. She married Matthew Johnson, who preceded her in death. She then married Lonzo Brown, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Brown was a homemaker...

Betty Coleman

Betty Coleman

Jan 28, 2010

Betty B. Coleman 81, died at 11:30 p.m. January 28, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born June 19, 1928, in Marion, Indiana, to Orville and Mary Orsborn Van Ness, who preceded her in death. On March 19, 1966, she married Joseph Henry Coleman, who died April 20, 2002. Mrs. Coleman had been a secretary and accountant for...

Pearl Niemuth Renelt

Pearl Niemuth Renelt

Jan 28, 2010

Pearl E. Niemuth Renelt 89, died at 4:32 p.m. January 28, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born Septtmber 15, 1920, in Taylor County, Wisconsin, to Herman and Helen Tindula Niemuth, who preceded her in death. She married Robert L. Wieneke Sr., who preceded her in death. She then married Walter J. Renelt, who preceded her in death....

Helen Custer Hullinger Earehart

Helen Custer Hullinger Earehart

Jan 27, 2010

HELEN I. CUSTER HULLINGER EAREHART 93, died at 1:38 A.M. January 27, 2010 at St. Rita?s Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. She was born on January 18, 1917, in Allen County, Ohio to Clyde & Irene (Iiames) Custer, who preceded her in death. She married Charles Edwin Hullinger, Sr. in 1936, he preceded her in death on June 28, 1978. She...

Truman Overly

Truman Overly

Jan 25, 2010

Truman Cloyce Overly 84, died at 7:11 p.m. January 25, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born December 17, 1925, in Kenton, Ohio to Truman Cloyce and Irene Kinnear Overly Sr., who preceded him in death. On July 13, 1947, he married Helen L. Reth, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Overly was a member of Zion Lutheran...

Lowell Lacy

Lowell Lacy

Jan 24, 2010

Lowell L. Lacy 79, died at 5:22 a.m. January 24, 2010, at VanCrest Health Care Center, Delphos, Ohio. He was born June 26, 1930, in Coldwater, Ohio to Ezra and Bessie Brown Lacy, who preceded him in death. On April 8, 1956, he married D. Jean Frail, who died September 12, 2008. Mr. Lacy had been a farmer and retired...

Burnetta Moser

Burnetta Moser

Jan 23, 2010

Burnetta Moser 97, died at 2:45 p.m. January 23, 2010, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, Ohio. She was born March 13, 1912, in Richland Township, Ohio to Albert and Caroline Niswander Steiner, who preceded her in death. On August 4, 1934, she married Raymond Moser, who died February 8, 1997. They were married for more than 62 years. She had...

Michaeline Loggi

Michaeline Loggi

Jan 20, 2010

Michaeline Constance Loggi Werling 81, died at 1:28 p.m. January 20, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born October 28, 1928, in Lima, Ohio to Anthony and Mary Ciminillo Loggi, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Werling was a member of St. John Catholic Church, Lima. She was a volunteer at St. Rita?s Medical Center and a member...

Orville Redmond

Orville Redmond

Jan 19, 2010

Orville L. Redmond 83, died at 7:35 a.m. January 19, 2010, at Cridersville Health Care Center. He was born August 15, 1926, in Middlesboro, Kentucky, to Elige and Oatie Evans Redmond, who preceded him in death. On December 20, 1963, he married Jean Schmiedebusch Sheely, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Redmond was a member of Lima Baptist Temple and...

Dixianna Longmeier

Dixianna Longmeier

Jan 17, 2010

Dixianna Ross Longmeier, 75, died at 11:10 a.m. Sunday at her residence. She was born February 23, 1934, in Waynesfield, Ohio to Robert May and Roberta Williams May Gallup, who preceded her in death. On March 24, 2001, she married Harold Longmeier, who died Sept. 15, 2004. Mrs. Longmeier was a member of St. Rose Catholic Church. She retired from...

Sylvia Reiff

Sylvia Reiff

Jan 17, 2010

Sylvia Marie Reiff 95, died at 4:40 p.m. January 17, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born January 18, 1914, in Lima, Ohio to Ellis Lee and Lilly Ann Lusk Naylor, who preceded her in death. In January 1932, she married Donald Raymond Reiff, who died in June 1980. Mrs. Reiff?s family descended from the earliest settlers in...

Verna Menchhofer

Verna Menchhofer

Jan 16, 2010

Verna Mae Menchhofer 64, died at 6:12 a.m. January 16, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born April 8, 1945, in Lima, Ohio to Charles Melvin and Ruby B. Day Bragg, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Menchhofer was a 15-year survivor of pancreatic and liver cancer. She was a preschool teacher and administrator for the Bradfield Community...

Phyllis Hill

Phyllis Hill

Jan 8, 2010

Phyllis Tuttle Hill, 85, died at 7:24 a.m. January 8, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born December 21, 1924, in Lima to Herbert U. and Hazel Pennell Tuttle, who preceded her in death. On January 24, 1948, she married Richard K. Hill, who died June 9, 1999. Mrs. Hill was a member of Market Street Presbyterian Church....

George Elwood

George Elwood

Jan 7, 2010

George A. Elwood 82, died at 8:37 a.m. January 7, 2010, at his residence. He was born July 24, 1927, in Lafayette, Ohio to George A. and Donna Fern Kindle Elwood Sr., who preceded him in death. On March 6, 1949, he married Elizabeth C. Bicknell, who died January 11, 1997. Mr. Elwood retired as a high pressure engineer from...

Eugene Gene Fuerst

Eugene Gene Fuerst

Jan 2, 2010

Eugene V. ?Gene? Fuerst 84, died at 7:30 a.m. January 2, 2010, at St Rita?s Medical Center. He was born August 2, 1925, in Allen County, Ohio to John and Elizabeth Rode Fuerst, who preceded him in death. On June 25, 1949, in Ottoville, Ohio, he married Dorothy Honigford, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Fuerst was a member of...

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