Obituaries

Evelyn Runyan
Jul 26, 2009
Evelyn E. Runyan, 81, died at 10:20 p.m. July 26, 2009, at Baton Rouge Senior Health Services Community. She was born July 8, 1928, in Columbus, Ohio to Ralph and Margaret K. Kutschbach Duey, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Runyan was a member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church. She contributed more than 2000 lap robes and afghans to Heartbeat...
James Howell
Jul 24, 2009
James V. Howell 63, of Glen St. Mary, Florida, formerly of Lima, Ohio, died at 10:50 a.m. July 24, 2009, at Shands Jacksonville Hospital, Jacksonville, Forida. He was born on June 12, 1946, in Lima, Ohio to James M. and Norma Rose Etter Howell. His father preceded him in death. His mother survives. Mr. Howell was a great father and...
Thomas Carr
Jul 24, 2009
Thomas Eugene Carr, 84, died at 11:55 a.m. July 24, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center, Lima. He was born March 6, 1925, in Lima to William Emmett and Myrtle O. Eley Carr, who preceded him in death. On Nov. 12, 1948, he married Betty Rose Arnold, who survives in Huntsville. Mr. Carr was a graduate of Lima South High...
Betty Mason
Jul 24, 2009
Betty Ellen Mason, 88, died at 12:55 a.m. July 24, 2009, at The Ridge at Shawnee. She was born Feb. 25, 1921, in Lima to Charles Frederick and Eva Ellen Snider Tharp, who preceded her in death. She married H. Owen Mason, who died April 29, 1983. Survivors include a daughter, Nikki (Mike) Sherrick, of Lima; two grandsons, Matthew (Cathy)...
Darlene Schwaiger
Jul 24, 2009
Darlene L. Schwaiger , 81, died at 5:05 p.m. July 24, 2009, at her daughter?s residence. She was born December 26, 1927, in Lima, Ohio to Emmet and Myrtle Eley Carr, who preceded her in death. In December 1968, she married William Schwaiger, who died in 1992. Mrs. Schwaiger was the former secretary/co-owner of Kerr Sporting Goods in Lima. She...
Lois Christman
Jul 22, 2009
Lois M. Christman, 77 of Lima, Ohio died on Wednesday, July 22, 2009, at Decedent?s Residence in Lima, Ohio. Born Wednesday, September 16, 1931 in Wetzel, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late C. C. Hammons and the late Lela J. Swartz Hammons. She was the wife of the late Nicholas L. Christman. She was employed by Home Health...
Evelyn Miller
Jul 22, 2009
Evelyn G. Miller 84, died at 8:23 p.m. July 22, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born March 22, 1925, in Auglaize County, Ohio to John and Elda Chiles Hower, who preceded her in death. She married Richard O. Miller, who died January 24, 1983. Mrs. Miller retired as a nurse?s aide from Lima Convalescent Home after 17...
Ramon Moritz
Jul 20, 2009
Ramon N. "Ray" Moritz, 79 of La Fayette, Ohio died on Monday, July 20, 2009, at Lima Memorial Health System in Lima, Ohio. Born Wednesday, February 26, 1930 in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of the late Faye Moritz and the late Kathryn Neu Moritz. On April 22, 1961, he married Mary M. Rigali. She survives in La Fayette....
John Dennis
Jul 17, 2009
John T. Dennis 80, died at 7:25 p.m. July 17, 2009, at Lima Memorial Health System. He was born November 17, 1928, in Braznell, Pennsylvania, to John B. and Elizabeth Twyford Dennis, who preceded him in death. On June 18, 1977, he married Joy Smith, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Dennis was a member of South Side Christian Church...
James Shockley
Jul 17, 2009
James A. ?Jim? Shockley 88, died at 7:22 a.m. July 17, 2009, at his residence. He was born June 26, 1921, in Mount Sterling, Ohio to A.V. and Virgia Sollars Shockley, who preceded him in death. On August 1, 1950, in Mount Sterling, he married Marjorie A. Skinner who preceded him in death. Mr. Shockley retired in 1989 after 42...
Patricia Campbell
Jul 11, 2009
Patricia A. Campbell, 71, died at 4:39 a.m. July 11, 2009, at her residence. She was born Nov. 15, 1937, in Mount Vernon to Lawrence and Bertha Tier Hull, who preceded her in death. On Dec. 17, 1963, she married John D. Campbell, who died April 1, 2007. Mrs. Campbell was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1275...
Althea Mcgraw
Jul 8, 2009
Althea B. McGraw, 83, died at 11:18 p.m. July 8, 2009, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. She was born June 4, 1926, in Arlington, Mass., to John and Margaret Martin Coyne, who preceded her in death. On April 7, 1951, she married Robert J. McGraw, who survives in Lima. Mrs. McGraw had her husband raised seven children together. She was...

James Hoff
Jul 8, 2009
James A. Hoff, 80, died at 8:44 p.m. July 8, 2009, at Lima Memorial Health System. He was born February 2, 1929, in Lima, Ohio to Alfred and Helen Maurer Hoff, who preceded him in death. On June 11, 1954, he married Ruth Boedecker, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Hoff retired after 25 years as principal of the middle...
Anita Gerken
Jul 7, 2009
Anita Mae Gerken 73, died at 5:15 p.m. July 7, 2009, at The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. She was born May 21, 1936, in Pedro, Ohio to Harley and Mahala Rowe Weisenberger, who preceded her in death. On May 2, 1959, in Portsmouth, she married Lawrence T. Gerken, who died Feb. 12, 1990. Mrs. Gerken was a homemaker. She was...
Ida Hicks
Jul 7, 2009
Ida Hicks 83, died at 11:59 a.m. July 7, 2009, at her residence. She was born April 6, 1926, in Cridersville, Ohio to Leroy ?Gil? Stemen and Gladys Roby Stemen-Binkley, who preceded her in death. She married Richard Hicks, who survives in Lima. Mrs. Hicks was a homemaker, who loved watching soap operas. Survivors also include four children, Lonnie (Grace)...

Kenneth Shaw
Jul 6, 2009
Kenneth V. Shaw, 89, of Cullman, Alabama, formerly of Allen County, Ohio, died July 6, 2009, at his residence. He was born February 18, 1920, in Allen County, Ohio to Jesse LeRoy and Opal Koneta Scholfield Shaw, who preceded him in death. His wife of 40 years, Dorcas Bosserman Shaw, preceded him in death. On January 20, 1984, he married...
Virginia Gauggel
Jul 4, 2009
Virginia E. ?Ginny? Gauggel 73, died at 7:48 a.m. July 4, 2009, at her residence. She was born March 6, 1936, in Allen County, Ohio to Blake and Imogene Brewer Guthrie, who preceded her in death. On January 13, 1959, she married Robert Gauggel Jr., who died February 11, 1991. Mrs. Gauggel was a homemaker. She was a member of...
Christina Hicks Williams
Jul 3, 2009
Christina R. Hicks Williams 67, died at 1:15 a.m. July 3, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born November 21, 1941, in Lima, Ohio to Angelo and Genevieve Lombardo Amie, who preceded her in death. In 1960, she married Jackie B Hicks, who died January 25, 1997. They were married for 23 years. On August 28, 1986, she...
Jack Blackburn
Jul 2, 2009
Jack O. Blackburn 83, died at 11:30 a.m. July 2, 2009, at Baton Rouge Senior Health Facility. He was born September 12, 1925, in Waynesfield, Ohio, to Lloyd W. and Leona B. McGinnis Blackburn, who preceded him in death. On January 8, 1955, he married Lucille Nassr, who died February 26, 2004. Mr. Blackburn and his wife, Lucille, owned and...
Sally Raabe
Jun 30, 2009
Sally I. Raabe 69, died at 10:25 a.m. June 30, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. She was born February 14, 1940, in Lima to Alfred and Florella Groce Mummaugh, who preceded her in death. On April 11, 1959, in Lima she married Kenneth V. Raabe, who died October 10, 2008. Mrs. Raabe worked at Lazarus Department Store...
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