Obituaries

Bonnie Dukro

Bonnie Dukro

Sep 3, 2009

Bonnie Marie Dukro 88, died at 6:08 p.m. September 3, 2009, at The Ridge at Shawnee Nursing Home. She was born October 18, 1920, in Spencerville, Ohio to Henry Franklin and Elnora Hance Sherer, who preceded her in death. On May 12, 1940, she married Robert Clem Dukro, who died August 9, 1982. Mrs. Dukro had worked at Westinghouse, Girl...

Ted Wade

Ted Wade

Sep 3, 2009

Ted D. Wade, 65, died at 8:46 a.m. Sept. 3, 2009, at his residence. He was born Sept. 21, 1943, in Elida to Eugene L. and Harriet B. Growdon Wade, who preceded him in death. He married Carla Kohl, who survives. Mr. Wade was a sergeant at Lima Correctional Institution, where he was a training officer, guard and member of...

Bridget FITZGERALD

Bridget FITZGERALD

Sep 1, 2009

Bridget A. Fitzgerald, 38, of Chicago, formerly of Lima, died Sept. 1, 2009, at her residence. She was born April 6, 1971, in Lima to Jack and Jacqueline ?Jackie? Market Fitzgerald. Her father preceded her in death in 1993. Her mother survives. Ms. Fitzgerald received her bachelor?s degree from The Ohio State University, Columbus, her master?s degree from Ohio University,...

Donna Marquart

Donna Marquart

Aug 30, 2009

Donna J. Marquart 77, died at 3:43 p.m. August 30, 2009, at Baton Rouge Senior Health Services Community, Lima, Ohio. She was born March 9, 1932, in Mount Cory, Ohio to Orval and Velma Wolfrom Clymer, who preceded her in death. On October 15, 1950, she married Richard Marquart, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Marquart was a homemaker and...

Carol Conley

Carol Conley

Aug 24, 2009

Carol S. Conley 68, died at 1:36 a.m. August 24, 2009, at Baton Rouge Senior Health Services Community. She was born March 16, 1941, in Lima, Ohio to Edward and Grace Giffons Bishop, who preceded her in death. On May 22, 1992, she married James W. ?Bill? Conley, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Conley was a life member of...

Charles Wood

Charles Wood

Aug 22, 2009

Charles J. Wood 93, died at 12:09 p.m. August 22, 2009, at his daughter?s residence. He was born February 7, 1916, in Cairo, Ohio to Richard and Cora Jennings Wood, who preceded him in death. In 1936, he married Marjorie Harps, who survives. He married Mitzie Green, who preceded him in death. His longtime companion, Jan Baber, also preceded him...

Fedele Porreca

Fedele Porreca

Aug 22, 2009

Fedele C. ?Phil? Porreca, 89, died at 4:45 a.m. Aug. 22, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center, Lima. He was born Oct. 14, 1919, in Torricella Peligna, Italy, to Joseph and Romilda Teti Porreca, who preceded him in death. On Sept. 6, 1948, he married Elizabeth Hughes, who died June 7, 1968. On Dec. 9, 1972, he married Mary V....

Marcella Sexton

Marcella Sexton

Aug 19, 2009

Marcella K. Sexton 64, died at 4:15 p.m. Aug. 19, 2009, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born Jan. 19, 1945 in Lima to Ernest and Twila Hartman Dankirt, who preceded her in death. She married William F. ?Bill? Sexton, who died Oct. 11, 1997. Mrs. Sexton was a member of Elderly Day Care. She enjoyed spending time with...

Mary Bourne

Mary Bourne

Aug 16, 2009

Mary Mildred ?Mid? Bourne, 92, died peacefully at 6:43 a.m. Aug. 16, 2009, at Lima Convalescent Home. She was born Aug. 30, 1916, in Gomer to John and Mary Ellen Jones Bourne, who preceded her in death. She was raised by her maternal grandparents, Jerry and Margaret ?Mam Gee? Jones, following her mother?s early death. They also preceded her in...

Joseph LeBlanc,

Joseph LeBlanc,

Aug 14, 2009

Joseph Albert ?Joe? LeBlanc Jr., 79, died at 5:40 p.m. Aug. 14, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center, Lima. He was born Sept. 22, 1929, in Newburyport, Mass., to Joseph Albert Sr. and Rosa Vallee LeBlanc, who preceded him in death. On July 18, 1959, in Arlington, Va., he married Ruth Marie LeBlanc, who survives in Elida. Mr. LeBlanc was...

William Stitely

William Stitely

Aug 13, 2009

William Ray ?Bill? Stitely, 85, died at 7:15 a.m. Aug. 13, 2009, at Golden Living Center. He was born Nov. 4, 1923, in Waynesboro, Pa., to William Ray and Florence Mae Snyder Stitely Sr., who preceded him in death. On June 22, 1947, he married Marjorie Ann Hefner, who survives in Lima. Mr. Stitely was a member of Trinity United...

Roy Poland,

Roy Poland,

Aug 12, 2009

Roy Donald ?Don? Poland Jr., 61, died Aug. 12, 2009, at his residence. He was born April 19, 1948, in Lima to Roy D. and Patty L. Briggs Poland Sr. His father preceded him in death. His mother survives in Lima. On June 2, 1980, he married Jeri Miley, who survives in Lima. Mr. Poland was a custodian for Elida...

Charles Eley

Charles Eley

Aug 12, 2009

Charles Dennis ?Chuck? Eley, 65, died at 1:55 p.m. Aug. 12, 2009, at The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus. He was born Dec. 13, 1943, in Lima to Wilbur W. ?Red? and Catherine Corsaro Eley, who preceded him in death. Mr. Eley attended school in Bowling Green through his ninth-grade year and graduated in 1962 from Lima Senior High...

Norman Saine

Norman Saine

Aug 12, 2009

Norman Dean ?Jake? Saine, 83, died at 3 p.m. Aug. 12, 2009, at his residence. He was born May 30, 1926, in Toledo to Robert and Margaret Boose Saine, who preceded him in death. On Aug. 12, 1950, in Springfield, he married Patricia Anne ?Cissy? Doyle, who survives in Lima. Mr. Saine retired in 1991 from the state of Ohio....

Edward Tierney

Edward Tierney

Aug 11, 2009

Edward G. Tierney, 89, died at 8:35 p.m. Aug. 11, 2009, at Bridge Hospice Care Center, Findlay. He was born Nov. 30, 1919, in Westfield, Mass., to Edward and Gertrude Golding Tierney, who preceded him in death. He married Maybelle Shoemaker, who preceded him in death. Mr. Tierney retired as a supervisor from Westinghouse Electric Corp., after 44 years. He...

Ralph Snider

Ralph Snider

Aug 8, 2009

- Ralph B. Snider, 79, died at 9:57 p.m. August 8, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born February 24, 1930 in Allen County Ralph and Velma (Gross) Snider-Fenton, who preceded him in death. On June 23, 1956 he married Dorothy Howard Snider who survives in Lima. Mr. Snider retired from Ford Motor Company in Lima in December...

Anna Kincaid

Anna Kincaid

Aug 4, 2009

Anna Rose Kincaid 82, died at 1:30 a.m. August 4, 2009, at Lima Convalescent Home. She was born May 8, 1927, in Lima, Ohio to Joseph and Gertrude Roessler Langle, who preceded her in death. On December 28, 1945, she married James D. Kincaid, who survives in Lima, Ohio. They had been married for 63 loving years. Mrs. Kincaid retired...

Susan McKinley

Susan McKinley

Jul 30, 2009

Susan K. McKinley 59, died at 2:20 p.m. July 30, 2009, at her residence surrounded by her loving family. She was born May 17, 1950, in Lima, Ohio to Jacob J. and Gloria A. Mauch Loggi, who preceded her in death. On May 16, 1970, she married Michael L. McKinley, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. McKinley devoted her life...

Nancy Pieraccini

Nancy Pieraccini

Jul 27, 2009

Nancy L. Pieraccini 74, died at 9:11 a.m. July 27, 2009, at Baton Rouge Senior Health Services Community. She was born January 30, 1935, in Lima, Ohio to John and Mildred Morris Pellegrini, who preceded her in death. Following her parents? death at a young age, she was raised by her father?s brother and sister, Dan Pellegrini and Pia Pellegrini,...

Eugene Friedel

Eugene Friedel

Jul 26, 2009

Eugene Edward Friedel, 88, died at 6:45 a.m. July 26, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born November 3, 1920, in Kenton, Ohio to Edward J. and Imogene L. Dolph Friedel, who preceded him in death. He married Mary Ellen King, who died in 1984. On February 14, 1987, he married Ella K. Barkley, who survives in Lima,...