Obituaries
Mary Dershem
Jan 15, 2009
Mary Lou Dershem. 78, died at 2:46 a.m. January 15, 2009, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born November 24, 1930, in Allen County, Ohio to Walter B. and Tracy Van Pelt McClain , who preceded her in death. On July 3, 1948, she married Adrian D. ?Abe? Dershem, who died October 6, 2000. Mrs. Dershem retired from financial...
Clinton Hurd,
Jan 13, 2009
Clinton Hurd Jr., 83, died at 5 a.m. January 13, 2009, at the Villa at Baton Rouge, Lima, Ohio. He was born July 21, 1925, in Cairo, Illinois, to Clinton and Virgalee McNish Hurd, who preceded him in death. On March 17, 1951, he married Lady Alice Cooper, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Hurd served in the Navy as...
Virginia Rupe- Cox-Lambert Davenport
Jan 11, 2009
Virginia L. Rupe Cox Lambert Davenport, 89, died at 2:58 p.m. January 11, 2009, at Baton Rouge Senior Health Services Community. She was born October 3, 1919, in Eno, Ohio to Chester and Garnet Roush Rupe, who preceded her in death. She married Franklin Cox and then Lawrence Lambert. In 1968, she married Homer ?Hank? Davenport, who died in 1984....

Pamela Clawson
Jan 10, 2009
Pamela E. Clawson, 47, died at 5:31 p.m. January 10, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born August 24, 1961, in Lima, Ohio to Ted and Elaine Clawson, who survive in Spencerville, Ohio. Miss Clawson was a homemaker. She loved hummingbirds. Survivors also include a brother, Jeff (Teresa) Clawson, of Westminster, Ohio; and three nephews and several aunts...
Leon Meyer
Jan 10, 2009
Leon L. ?Skip? Meyer, 76, died at 5:45 p.m. January 10, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. He was born August 20, 1932, in Wabash, Ohio to Orland and Mary Fetters Meyer, who preceded him in death. On July 31, 1987, he married Barbara Knipe, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Meyer retired in 1991 after 32 years...
Oren Dickason
Jan 6, 2009
Oren E. Dickason, 95, died at 4:20 a.m. Jan. 6, 2009, at Lima Convalescent Home. He was born Aug. 29, 1913, in Lima to Oren and Bertha Dicus Dickason, who preceded him in death. On Dec. 29, 1939, he married Margaret S. Steiner, who preceded him in death. Mr. Dickason was a lawyer and had practiced law in Lima for...

Edna Matter
Jan 6, 2009
Edna K. Matter, 97, died at 9:38 a.m. Jan. 6, 2009, at Sunrise Assisted Living, Gahanna. She was born Dec. 11, 1911, in Jackson Township, near Beaverdam, to William H. and Emma K. Bridges Cool, who preceded her in death. On July 16, 1933, in Springfield, she married Raymond O. Matter, who died Feb. 22, 1994. Mrs. Matter was a...
Judith Hendrickson
Jan 3, 2009
Judith ?Judy? Hendrickson, 61, died at 3:40 p.m. January 3, 2009, at her residence. She was born December 12, 1947, in Buckhannon, W.Virginia, to Frank and Lillian Quick Perrine. Her father preceded her in death; her mother survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Hendrickson was a military wife and worked at various places as her husband moved around. She loved to...
Nellrose White
Dec 30, 2008
Nellrose White, 81, died at 4:35 p.m. Dec. 30, 2008, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. She was born April 1, 1927, in Spencerville to Clair J. and Hilda N. Davenport Young, who preceded her in death. On Oct. 6, 1945, she married Charles L. White, who died Dec. 14, 1972. Mrs. White retired in 1987 from the Bath High School...
Edwin Weierman
Dec 28, 2008
Edwin J. Weierman, 81, died Dec. 28, 2008, of natural causes at Mary Washington Hospital, Fredericksburg, Va., while returning home from spending Christmas with his family in Virginia Beach, Va. He was born Nov. 20, 1927, in Pandora to Edwin Pearl and Amy Grace Frankhouser Weierman, who preceded him in death. On July 30, 1949, he married Reathel June Snodgrass,...
Robert Cheney,
Dec 23, 2008
Robert N. Cheney Sr., 72, died at 10:45 p.m. Dec. 23, 2008, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. He was born May 2, 1936, in Lima to Lewis and Viola (Mauch) Cheney, who preceded him in death. On Dec. 1, 1956, he married Carole Anne Griffin, who died Aug. 13, 2003. Mr. Cheney retired from Ford Motor Co. in 1990 as...

Alexis Mack
Dec 22, 2008
Alexis Paige Mack, 12 hours, died at 10:04 p.m. December 22, 2008, at Nationwide Children?s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. She was born December 22, 2008, in Lima, Ohio to Bryan and Anna High Mack, who survive in Elida, Ohio. Survivors also include a stepsister, Kayla Mack, of Lima, Ohio; maternal grandparents, Lisa and Randy High, of Lima, Ohio; paternal grandparents, Robert...
Pearl Archer
Dec 18, 2008
Pearl E. ?Sue? Archer, 71, died at 1:59 p.m. December 18, 2008, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born May 8, 1937, in Lima, Ohio to Harold R. and Pauline Donehoo Steele. Her mother preceded her on death. Her father survives. On May 17, 1956, she married Raymond Lee Archer Sr., who died July 10, 2000. Mrs. Archer attended...
Minerva Glasco
Dec 16, 2008
Minerva June Glasco, 78, died at 8:55 a.m. December 16, 2008, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. She was born October 8, 1930, in Lima to Carl and Edna Evilsizer Foltz, who preceded her in death. In 1968, she married Zernie ?Bud? Glasco, who died in 1992. Mrs. Glasco enjoyed The Weather Channel, collecting dolls, music and playing lottery tickets. Survivors...
Dorothy Patton
Dec 15, 2008
Dorothy ?Dot? Shetler-Patton, 82, died at 6:05 p.m. December 15, 2008, at her residence. She was born April 20, 1926, in Lima, Ohio to Charles and Anna McKamey Sr., who preceded her in death. She married Alvin B. Shetler Jr., who died August 2, 1990. On August 29, 1998, she married George W. Patton, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs....
Charles HUSTON
Dec 10, 2008
Charles Romanus ?Chuck? Huston, 90, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., formerly of Lima, died Dec. 10, 2008, at Imperial Point Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was born June 10, 1918, in Lisbon to Robert and Bertha Bour Huston, who preceded him in death. On June 12, 1948, he married Anastasia Elnore ?Stasia? Calvelage, who died Dec. 14, 1996. His companion, Louise...
Dorothy Michael
Dec 10, 2008
Dorothy Ellen Michael, 88, died at 10:29 a.m. December 10, 2008, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born August 28, 1920, in Lima, Ohio to Albert and Hettie Snyder Stump, who preceded her in death. In March 1942, she married Harry M. Michael, who died February 28, 1994. Mrs. Michael had worked in the cafeteria at Lima City Schools....
Henry Nerderman
Dec 7, 2008
Henry J. ?Hank? Nerderman, 87, died at 4 a.m. December 7, 2008, at his residence. He was born April 8, 1921, in Carthagena to John and Rosa Fox Nerderman, who preceded him in death. On May 23, 1942, he married Marcella ?Jean? Gass, who survives in Lima. Mr. Nerderman worked at Davis Enamel for 18 years, and then retired from...
Paul Cummings
Dec 6, 2008
Paul Edward Cummings, 85, died at 6:24 p.m. December 6, 2008, at Vista Medical Center East, Waukegan, Illinois. He was born January 24, 1923, in Berlin Heights to Paul Joseph and Florence Swicker Cummings , who preceded him in death. On June 7, 1947, he married Hilda Sanderson , who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Cummings retired after 28 years...

Sarah Evans
Dec 4, 2008
Sarah Elizabeth Evans, 89, died at 8:05 a.m. December 4, 2008, at her residence. She was born April 8, 1919, in Lima, Ohio to Fred A. and Rosa Flory Miller, who preceded her in death. On November 20, 1941, she married Jay Milton Evans, who died December 5, 1989. Mrs. Evans had been a secretary at Vistron. She was a...
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