Obituaries
Elly Briggs
Jun 29, 2009
Elly Hilde Briggs 80, died at 8:28 p.m. June 29, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born April 15, 1929, in Frankfurt, Germany, to Emil and Bertha Rosenberger, who preceded her in death. Ms. Briggs was a member of Westside United Methodist Church. Survivors include two sisters in Germany. She was preceded in death by a brother, Denny...
Oro Mcelderry
Jun 29, 2009
Oro W. ?Mac? McElderry 90, died at 11 a.m. June 29, 2009, at Lima Convalescent Home. He was born August 19, 1918, in Putnam County, Ohio to Len and Lottie Neill McElderry, who preceded him in death. On December 23, 1949, he married Gloria D. Drake, who survives in Elida, Ohio. Mr. McElderry retired May 1, 1984, from Westinghouse as...
Crit Akers
Jun 26, 2009
Crit William Akers 73, died at 10:38 p.m. June 26, 2009, at Lima Memorial Health System. He was born August 28, 1935, in Paintsville, Kentucky, to Thomas and Lula J. Stambaugh Akers, who preceded him in death. On February 28, 1987, he marred Jo Ann Vance, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Akers was a time study for Teledyne Ohio...
Bessie Snyder
Jun 23, 2009
Bessie Marie Snyder 99, died at 1:52 a.m. June 23, 2009, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. She was born March 13, 1910, in Allen County, Ohio to Frank and Maude Rieggle Allstetler, who preceded her in death. On May 29, 1965, she married Ray Snyder, who died January 25, 1987. Mrs. Snyder a member of West Elm United Church of...
Lonnie Gallaspie
Jun 20, 2009
Lonnie L. Gallaspie,44,died at 1:50 p.m. June 20, 2009, at his residence. He was born October 3, 1964, in Lima, Ohio to Noah and Luella Bowers Gallaspie. His father preceded him in death and his mother survives. On July 27, 1996, he married H. Carol Beery, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Gallaspie was a member of Lima Community Church...
Anthony Adkins
Jun 19, 2009
Anthony Ray ?Tony? Adkins 35, died at 11:07 p.m. June 19, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born July 10, 1973, in Lima to Gary Ray and Pamela Sue Fought Adkins. His mother preceded him in death and his father survives. On March 7, 1992, he married Melissa ?Missy? Rex, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Adkins worked...
Richard Stolly
Jun 18, 2009
Richard J. ?Dick? Stolly 80, died at 4:30 p.m. June 18, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born December 12, 1928, in Lima, Ohio to Victor J. and Mary I. Quinlan Stolly, who preceded him in death. On May 17, 1952, he married Joan E. Williams, who survives. They raised six children, who had 18 grandchildren and four...
Margaret Margene Dardio
Jun 17, 2009
Margaret R. ?Margene? Dardio 74, died at 6:45 a.m. June 17, 2009, at her residence. She was born June 12, 1935, in Ottoville, Ohio to Leo A. and Regina Gergen Hoehn, who preceded her in death. On May 25, 1957, she married Richard Dardio, who survives in Elida, Ohio. Mrs. Dardio had been a sales representative for American Merchandise for...
Juanita Sellers
Jun 17, 2009
Juanita Sellers, 84, died at 11:05 a.m. June 17, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born January 4, 1925, in Hardin County, Ohio to Cash and Pearlie Adams Hackworth, who preceded her in death. On June 7, 1967, she married Robert Sellers, who died January 27 1989. Mrs. Sellers was a homemaker and had worked at Lima Register...
Bruce Kiracofe
Jun 16, 2009
Bruce H. Kiracofe , 66, died at 4:42 p.m. June 16, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. He was born August 11, 1942, in Van Wert, Ohio to Harland and Margaret Bolenbaugh Kiracofe, who preceded him in death. On July 3, 1980, in Lafayette, Ohio, he married Cora Ballinger, who survives in Harrod, Ohio. Mr. Kiracofe was a...
Grace Bissey
Jun 14, 2009
Grace Bissey,102, died at 7:14 a.m. June 14, 2009, at Baton Rouge Senior Health Services Community. She was born February 26, 1907, in Toledo, Ohio to Clement Myers and Arminta Obenour Dunham, who preceded her in death. On September 9, 1926, she married William Bissey, who died June 3, 1950. Mrs. Bissey enjoyed baking bread and caring for family and...
Gladys Austin
Jun 10, 2009
Gladys L. Austin 82, died at 8:28 a.m. June 20, 2009, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born March 16, 1927, in Clinton, Mo., to William F. and Ruth I. Boone Hassen, who preceded her in death. On Jan. 8, 1947, she married Raymond W. Austin, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Austin was a 1945 graduate of Alger...
David Conine
Jun 10, 2009
David Ray Conine 31, died at 10:04 p.m. June 10, 2009, at Bridge Home Health & Hospice, Findlay, Ohio, following an extended battle with Wilson?s disease. He was born January 1, 1978, in Lima, Ohio to Larry Conine and Lisa Emerson. His father preceded him in death. His mother survives in Harrod, Ohio. Mr. Conine had been a cook at...
Grace Heaston
Jun 4, 2009
Grace Colene Heaston , 91, died at 10:30 a.m. June 4, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born July 1, 1917, in Lima, Ohio, to Earl F. and Lela M. Harsh Curtis Sr., who preceded her in death. On January 24, 1937, in Lima, Ohio, she married Richard A. Heaston, who died August 2, 1997. Mrs. Heaston was...
Virginia Lewis
Jun 3, 2009
Virginia Adair Lewis, 92, died at 1:37 p.m. June 3, 2009, at The Ridge at Shawnee. She was born December 1, 1916, in Lima, Ohio to Noble L. and Elaine Meuser Martin, who preceded her in death. On October 22, 1935, she married Jasper Claude Lewis, who died December 26, 1996. Mrs. Lewis was a homemaker. She enjoyed traveling, playing...
Blenna Brown Beach
Jun 1, 2009
Blenna I. Brown Beach, 86, died at 2:07 a.m. June 1, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born December 28, 1922, in Lima, Ohio to Earl B. and Inez Bailey Brown, who preceded her in death. She married Donald Mertz, who preceded her in death. She then married Marvin Beach Sr., who also preceded her in death. Mrs....
Marie Sadler
May 31, 2009
Marie A. Sadler 85, died at 2 a.m. May 31, 2009, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born October 26, 1923, in Chattaroy, West Virginia, to Charles L. and Alice Webb Wellman, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Sadler had worked on airplane parts during World War II. She loved visiting with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She loved the...
Lois Knous
May 30, 2009
Lois Ellen Knous, 84, died May 30, 2009, at The Ridge at Shawnee. She was born July 17, 1924, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Henry and Elsie Ruck Bierly, who preceded her in death. She married Arthur Knous, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Knous was a member and had been an honorary commander of Trinity Chapter 16 Order of Eastern...
Thomas Bourne
May 27, 2009
Thomas Bourne,86 of Scottsdale, Arizona died on Wednesday, May 27, 2009, at Hospice of the Valley-Brighton Gardens in Scottsdale, Arizona. Born Monday, September 11, 1922, he was the son of the late John Bourne and the late Mary Jones Bourne. He was the husband of Marjorie Renner Bourne. He was employed by Buckeye Pipeline. He served in the Army from...
Elbert Cookie Hunter
May 24, 2009
Elbert J. ?Cookie? Hunter , 79, died at 10:59 a.m. May 24, 2009, at his residence. He was born October 26, 1929, in Pineville, Kentucky, to Henry Harvey and Dora Baker Hunter, who preceded him in death. On May 5, 1953, he married Lois Tennyson, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Hunter retired from Ford Motor Co. in 1989. He...
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