Obituaries
Prentice Hendrickson,
Feb 20, 2010
Prentice Hendrickson Sr. 66, of Medway, Ohio, formerly of Lima, Ohio, died February 20, 2010, at his residence. He was born July 15, 1943, in Marshallville, Kentucky, to Etna and Gertrude Marshall Hendrickson, who preceded him in death. Mr. Hendrickson retired from TCOM where he drove buses at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. He also retired from the Marine Corps and...
Marylee Joyner
Feb 19, 2010
Marylee A. Joyner 77, died at 3:30 p.m. February 19, 2010, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born October 28, 1932, in Montgomery, Alabama, to George Edward and Nellie Gafford Harris, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Joyner enjoyed her family and friends. She loved walking, being outdoors, country music and dancing. Survivors include a son, Larry (Linda) Joyner...
Mary Meyers Hefner
Feb 18, 2010
Mary Louise Meyers-Hefner, 81, died at 12:09 a.m. Feb. 18, 2010 at Baton Rouge Senior Health Services Community, surrounded by her loving family. She was born Dec. 7, 1928, in Lima to John and Sarah Newell Meyers, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Meyers-Hefner loved her family. She enjoyed flower gardening. Survivors include a daughter, Debra A. (Ron) Lhamon, of...
Dorothy Sterrett Tigner
Feb 17, 2010
DOROTHY MAE (STERRETT) TIGNER 77, died at 8:30 p.m. February 17, 2010 at Lebanon Country manor in Lebanon, Ohio. She was born on April 9, 1932 in Lima, Ohio to Ira Theo and Orpha May (Himes) Sterrett, who preceded her in death. She graduated from Lima South High School, in the class of 1950. She retired from West Ohio Gas...
Th Thomas P. Arheit
Feb 16, 2010
The Rev. Thomas P. Arheit 64, died at 1:10 a.m. February 16, 2010, at Blanchard Valley Hospital, Findlay, Ohio. He was born May 18, 1945, in Sandusky, Ohio to John F. and Eloise Marquardt Arheit, who preceded him in death. On July 6, 1968, he married Beth B. Ringsmith, who survives in Lima, Ohio. The Rev. Mr. Arheit was ordained...
Mary Lucas
Feb 15, 2010
Mary V. Lucas 89, died at 10:36 p.m. February 15, 2010, at her daughter?s residence. She was born February 18, 1920, in Antwerp, Belgium, to Phil and Esther Watershott Verbraeken, who preceded her in death. On July 18, 1954, she married Gordan L. Lucas, who died May 3, 1998. Mrs. Lucas had worked at the Army Tank Depot and Westinghouse...
Richard Dick Brigode
Feb 14, 2010
Richard Remy ?Dick? Brigode 87, died at 7:57 a.m. Feb. 14, 2010, at his residence. He was born Sept. 19, 1922, in Charleston, W.Va., to Ace and Carmen Pacot Brigode, who preceded him in death. On Sept. 5, 1942, in Kentucky, he married Winona Bernetta Rogers, who survives in Lima. Mr. Brigode retired from Lima Electric and Union Oil Co....
Marybell Savage
Feb 14, 2010
Marybell Ross Savage 67, died at 11:05 p.m. Feb. 14, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born July 10, 1942, in Muncie, Indiana, to Edna L. Carter Savage, who preceded her in death. She had been married to Kenneth Ross Sr., who survives. Ms. Savage retired from Ball Memorial Hospital. She had lived in Yorktown, Indiana. Survivors also...
Norval Wannemacher
Feb 14, 2010
Norval Albert Wannemacher ,95, died at 2:10 a.m. Feb. 14, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born Feb. 4, 1915, in Ottoville to Sylvester J. and Regina M Wurst Wannemacher, who preceded him in death. On Aug. 28, 1946, in Columbus Grove, he married Cecelia Agnes Fuerst, who preceded him in death. Mr. Wannemacher was self-employed as a...
Elizabeth Betty Christoff Graham
Feb 13, 2010
Elizabeth Marie ?Betty? Christoff Graham 74, died at 6:10 p.m. Feb. 13, 2010, at The Ridge at Shawnee. She was born March 21, 1935, in Lima to James and Barbara Sciranka Christoff, who preceded her in death. On July 4, 1955, she married Donald Graham, who died Jan. 11, 1979. Mrs. Graham retired in 1999 from International Brake. She was...
James Sterling,
Feb 13, 2010
James D. Sterling Sr. 82, died at 2:48 p.m. Feb. 13, 2010, at Baton Rouge Senior Health Facility. He was born Aug. 11, 1927, in Lima to James D. and Mildred Keller Sterling, who preceded him in death. On Sept. 11, 1948, he married Mary Lou Pohlabel, who survives in Lima. Mr. Sterling had worked as a lineman for Lima...
Evelyn Armstrong
Feb 12, 2010
Evelyn L. Armstrong 85, died at 6:08 p.m. Feb. 12, 2010, at her residence surrounded by her family. She was born Jan. 10, 1925, in Lima to Charles and Blanche Caldwell Leppla, who preceded her in death. On April 16, 1945, she married Russell Armstrong, who died Aug. 6, 1976 Mrs. Armstrong worked for Elida schools in the cafeteria as...
Helen Diller Lucas
Feb 11, 2010
Helen Jeanette Diller Lucas 83, died at 6:54 p.m. February 11, 2010, at her residence. She was born October 12, 1926, in Columbus Grove, Ohio to Virgil and Juanita Neuenschwander Diller, who preceded her in death. On October 17, 1967, she married Virgil Lucas, who died in October 1982. In 1983, she married Lavon Myers and they later divorced, but...
Jean Brenneman
Feb 9, 2010
Jean D. Brenneman 82, died at 7:50 a.m. February 9, 2010, at The Ridge at Shawnee. She was born January 18, 1928, in Columbus, Ohio to John D. and Zelma Stewart Yant, who preceded her in death. On April 21, 1946, she married Simon P. Brenneman, who died February 9, 2005. Mrs. Brenneman was a member of Lima Community Church...

Kevin Koogler
Feb 8, 2010
Kevin Scott Koogler 40, died at 6:07 p.m. February 8, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born May 29, 1969, in Lima, Ohio to Kenneth and Rosaline ?Roz? Butcher Koogler, who survive in Vaughnsville, Ohio. Mr. Koogler attended Wapakoneta schools for 11 years and was a 1988 graduate of Elida High School. He worked at the YMCA when...
Robert Betts
Feb 7, 2010
Robert Betts 79, died at 10 a.m. February 7, 2010, at Lima Memorial Health System. He was born August 12, 1930, in Lima, Ohio to Francis E. and Daisy A. Carney Betts, who preceded him in death. On November 20, 1947, he married Mary Elizabeth Young, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Betts was an Army veteran, serving from October...
Louise Meringleo
Feb 6, 2010
Louise M. Meringleo Louise M. Meringleo, 88, died at 2:35 p.m. Feb. 6, 2010, at The Ridge at Shawnee. She was born Jan. 1, 1922, in Lima to William and Rose Andosco Page, who preceded her in death. On Nov. 4, 1944, in Ohio, she married Joseph John Meringleo, who survives in Lima. Mrs. Meringleo was a very active life...
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
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
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...
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