Obituaries

Margaret Maggie Metzger

Margaret Maggie Metzger

May 20, 2009

Margaret Ann ?Maggie? Metzger, 52, died at 4:30 a.m. May 20, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born October 9, 1956, in Mount Clemens, Michigan, to Frank and Betty Aikens King, who preceded her in death. Her stepmother lives in Troy, Michigan. In October 1986, she married William Metzger, who died March 18, 2001. Mrs. Metzger was owner...

Richard Rigali,

Richard Rigali,

May 20, 2009

Richard John Rigali Sr. 82, died at 6:20 a.m. May 20, 2009, at Lima Convalescent Home. He was born June 20, 1926, in Lima, Ohio to Ray and Rovina Falke Rigali, who preceded him in death. On June 26, 1948, he married Norma Wiemer, who died August 13, 1970. Mr. Rigali was a laborer and owner of Fishbaugh-Rigali Door Frame...

LaVerne Crites

LaVerne Crites

May 18, 2009

LaVerne L. ?Buzz? Crites 87, died at 5:50 p.m. May 18, 2009, at Lima Memorial Health System. He was born October 28, 1921, in Lima, Ohio to Zeldon and Lilly Mae Edgington Crites, who preceded him in death. He had been married to Ruth Elizabeth Beamand Crites-Schlinder, who survives. Mr. Crites had been a laborer for Tuttle Construction. He had...

Richard Davis

Richard Davis

May 17, 2009

Richard E. ?Dick? Davis , 89, died at 4:56 p.m. May 17, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born March 22, 1920, in Lima, Ohio to Royden Jones and Eleanor Faye Detrict Davis, who preceded him in death. He married Kathryn M. Schafer, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Davis had been an automotive painter. He was a...

Donald H.

Donald H.

May 14, 2009

Donald H. Cox,63, died at 3:01 a.m. May 14, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born February 23, 1946, in Auburn, Indiana, to Donald H. and Zelma L. Grinnell Cox Sr., who preceded him in death. Mr. Cox was a member of Gamma Sigma Delta. He was a 1964 graduate of Lima Senior High School, attended Kent State...

Chyeanna & Makayla Jean Haywood

Chyeanna & Makayla Jean Haywood

May 14, 2009

Chyeanna Kathryn and Makayla Jean Haywood were stillborn at 1:45 a.m. May 14, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Chamberlain-Huckeriede Funeral Home.

Jack Hill

Jack Hill

May 13, 2009

Jack E. Hill,45,died at 9 a.m. May 13, 2009, at his residence. He was born March 16, 1964, in Lima, Ohio, to Jack and Ladonna Sellers Hill Jr., who survive in Lima, Ohio. On Nov. 13, 2007, he married Michelle Grenig Hill, who survives. Mr. Hill was a 1982 graduate of Elida High School and a 2000 graduate of Rhodes...

Cynthia Hunter

Cynthia Hunter

May 6, 2009

Cynthia O. Hunter , 47, died at 1:23 a.m. May 6, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born May 7, 1961, in Lima, Ohio to Harold and Shirley Spicer Dorsett. Her father preceded her in death. Her mother survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Hunter was a homemaker. She attended Pilgrim Holiness Church. She enjoyed reading her Bible and...

Thomas Tom Brookman

Thomas Tom Brookman

May 3, 2009

Thomas L. ?Tom? Brookman,72, died at 2:30 p.m. May 3, 2009, in Georgetown, Kentucky. He was born February 6, 1937, in Lima, Ohio to Clifford Brookman and Eleanor Fink, who preceded him in death. On October 5, 1963, he married Lois M. Sites, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Brookman retired in November 1987 as a platoon chief from the...

Steven Jankow

Steven Jankow

May 1, 2009

Steven A. Jankow Steven A. Jankow, 52, died at 2:32 a.m. May 1, 2009, at Cleveland Clinic Hospitals. He was born April 27, 1957, in Detroit to Robert and Diane Greenough Jankow, who preceded him in death. On Nov. 18, 2005, in Las Vegas he married Denise Frueh Switzer, who survives in Lima. Mr. Jankow worked at Honda of American...

Jean Owens

Jean Owens

Apr 29, 2009

Jean Anne Owens,76, died at 5:25 p.m. April 29, 2009, in Las Vegas. She was born January 27, 1933, in Lima, Ohio to Eugene and Vesta Elizabeth Johnson White, who preceded her in death. In 1951, she married Fred Emanuel Owens, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Owens had worked at Ex-Cell-O Corp., Shawnee Manor, RMS of Ohio, Blue Cross/Blue...

John Meyer

John Meyer

Apr 28, 2009

John Robert "Lurch" Meyer, 45, died at 4:35 p.m. April 28, 2009, at St. Rita's Medical Center, following a brief but brave battle with lung cancer. He was born Dec. 26, 1963, in Methuen, Mass., to John and Alice Collette Meyer. His father survives. His mother preceded him in death. Mr. Meyer had been a truck driver and a cement...

Linda Skelly

Linda Skelly

Apr 26, 2009

Linda Sue Skelly , 70, died at 9:30 a.m. April 26, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born March 20, 1939, in Effingham, Illinois., to Earl and Beaulah Ware Miller, who preceded her in death. On September 5, 1958, in Spencerville, Ohio she married Robert Dean Skelly, who survives in Lima, OHio. Mrs. Skelly was a member of...

Marian Salsburey

Marian Salsburey

Apr 25, 2009

Marian ?Jean? Salsburey , 85, died at 9:47 p.m. April 25, 2009, at Baton Rouge Senior Health Services Community. She was born January 23, 1924, in Allen County to Harvey and Elizabeth Haverstick Crites, who preceded her in death. On July 1, 1944, she married Virgil ?Abe? Salsburey, who died November 12, 2007. Mrs. Salsburey retired as an importing/exporting supervisor...

Jack Wierman

Jack Wierman

Apr 24, 2009

Jack L. Wierman, , 72, died at 6:44 p.m. April 24, 2009, at Lima Memorial Health System. He was born January 27, 1937, in Marion, Ohio to Pearl Wierman, who preceded him in death. On September 11, 1981, he married Linda Market, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Wierman was retired from Monsanto. He served in the Navy from October...

Alyce Jenkins

Alyce Jenkins

Apr 24, 2009

Alyce Wroe Jenkins , 105, died at 1:36 a.m. April 25, 2009, at Baton Rouge Senior Health Facility. She was born September 2, 1903, in Manchester, England, to Albert and Amanda Biggs Wroe. Mrs. Jenkins became a U.S. citizen when she was 27. After graduating from Ohio Northern University with a life certificate in elementary education, she began a long...

Joel Felkey

Joel Felkey

Apr 23, 2009

Joel G. Felkey , 74, died at 5:33 p.m. April 23, 2009, at Parkview Memorial Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was born November 24, 1934, in Kalida, Ohio to Merle G. and Norma Siniff Felkey, who preceded him in death. On January 16, 1953, he married Charlene McClain, who survives in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Mr. Felkey was retired from VME,...

Robert Widmer

Robert Widmer

Apr 21, 2009

Robert C. Widmer , 67, died at 9 p.m. April 21, 2009, at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He was born July 11, 1941, in Elliston to Carl and Dorothy Reinbolt Widmer, who preceded him in death. His stepmother, Rhea Widmer, survives. On July 16, 1960, he married Carole Brown, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Widmer retired...

Rowland Rone

Rowland Rone

Apr 19, 2009

Rowland E. ?Rolly? Rone , 83, died at 10:25 a.m. April 19, 2009, at his residence. He was born November 12, 1925, in Lima, Ohio to Gerald and Emma Jane Hicks Rone, who preceded him in death. On October 1, 1950, he married Pauline ?Polly? Frail, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Rone was co-owner and operator of The Pride...

Winifred Mulcahy

Winifred Mulcahy

Apr 18, 2009

Winifred E. ?Winnie? Mulcahy, 89, died at 12:50 a.m. April 18, 2009, at Lima Convalescent Home. She was born Jan. 13, 1920, in Lima to Charles and Flora Mabel Taylor Hodde, who preceded her in death. On June 26, 1943, she married Thomas A. Mulcahy Jr.,in Waco, Texas. He died March 13, 1946. Mrs. Mulcahy retired in 1989 after 25...