Obituaries
David Smith
Aug 7, 2008
David Ream Smith, 63, of Palm Springs, California, formerly of Lima, Ohio, died at 10:15 p.m. August 7, 2008, at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, California. He was born May 4, 1945, in Lima, Ohio to Ralph Emmett and Nelda Jane Ream Smith. His father preceded him in death. His mother survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Smith was...
James Mitchell
Aug 5, 2008
James Thomas "Jim" Mitchell, 84, died at 4:40 p.m. August 5, 2008, at Lima Memorial Health System. He was born December 22, 1923, Adair County, Oklahoma, to Samuel Leonard and Nora Mary Testerman Mitchell, who preceded him in death. On July 19, 1952, he married Mary M. Morton, formerly of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania who died February 27, 2006. On December 31,...
Caden Earl
Aug 4, 2008
Caden Matthew Earl, 9 days, died at 5:20 p.m. August 4, 2008, at Columbus Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. He was born July 26, 2008, in Columbus, Ohio to Lonnie and Heather Bullock Earl, who survive in Lima, Ohio. Survivors also include paternal grandparents, Harold and Cheryl Bradford, of Lima, Ohio; maternal grandparents, John and Joyce Bullock, of Lima, Ohio; two...
Richard Windle
Aug 4, 2008
Richard Windle, 70, died at 3:45 a.m. August 4, 2008, at Lima Memorial Health System. He was born May 7, 1938, in Lima, Ohio to Clyde Vernon and Florence Katen Windle, who preceded him in death. On March 7, 1981, he married Janet Windle, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Survivors also include a son, Richard ?Ricky? Windle, of Lima, Ohio;...
Donald Bush
Aug 4, 2008
Donald A. Bush, 83, died at 5:11 a.m. August 4, 2008, at Lima Memorial Health System. He was born May 24, 1925, in Memphis, Tennesse, to William A. and Bernice L. Siders Bush, who preceded him in death. On September 1, 1946, he married Betty Finnegan, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Bush retired as an accounting supervisor from Standard...
Jean Gross Patton
Aug 4, 2008
Jean Ann Gross-Patton, 57, died at 1:08 a.m. August 4, 2008, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born February 15, 1951, in Lima, Ohio to Robert E. and Louise Bowers Gross Sr. Her father preceded her in death. Her mother survives. Ms. Gross-Patton was a detention officer at the Juvenile Detention Center and had worked at Head Start and...
Jean Cameron
Aug 3, 2008
Jean M. Cameron, 81, of Dayton, formerly of Lima, Ohio, died at 5:25 a.m. August 3, 2008, at Sunrise Assisted Living of Oakwood, Dayton, Ohio. She was born August 10, 1926, in Bowling Green, Ohio to Lloyd and Pauline Ward McKelvy, who preceded her in death. On February 21, 1947, she married Tom Rae Cameron in Bowling Green, Ohio and...
Ethel Redding
Jul 30, 2008
Ethel B. Redding, 101, died at 6:35 a.m. July 30, 2008, at The Ridge at Shawnee. She was born April 7, 1907, in New Bremen, Ohio to Ferdinand and Clara Laut Paul. On March 7, 1923, she married Floyd J. Redding, who died September 22, 1968. Mrs. Redding was a homemaker and a babysitter. Survivors include a daughter-in-law, Mary Redding,...
Harold Wright
Jul 29, 2008
Harold Dean Wright, 75, died at 5:10 p.m. July 29, 2008, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born September 12, 1932, in Bonanza, Kentucky, to Birl and Clora Hall Wright, who preceded him in death. On December 1, 1956, he married Marianne Young, who survives in Harrod, Ohio. Mr. Wright retired from Superior Coach/Sheller Globe, after 33 years. Following...
Jacqueline Ehresman
Jul 28, 2008
Jacqueline Joyce "Jackie" Ehresman, 65, died at 2:40 a.m. July 28, 2008, at Wyngate Senior Living Community. She was born November 21, 1942, in Martins Ferry, Ohio to Frank and Mary Wyhowanec Black, who preceded her in death. On June 12, 1965, she married James Lee "Jim" Ehresman, who died January 23, 2008. They had been married for more than...
Margaret Kohl Daley Eckford
Jul 28, 2008
Margaret J. Kohl Daley-Eckford, 91, died at 5:05 p.m. July 28, 2008, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born July 8, 1917, in Springfield, Ohio to Charles E. and Carrie Butler Kohl, who preceded her in death. In 1956, she married Robert H. Eckford, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Daley-Eckford had been the business manager for Charles E....
Ruthanne Dahill
Jul 26, 2008
Ruthanne Dahill, 81, died at 4:19 a.m. July 26, 2008, at her residence. She was born November 19, 1926, in Findlay, Ohio to John and Gladys Fickle Fenton, who preceded her in death. On May 7, 1947, she married Donald Dahill, who died December 4, 1980. Mrs. Dahill was a member of Gold Star Mothers and Orioles Nest 173, Lima,...
Patricia Nichols
Jul 24, 2008
Patricia June Nichols, 76, died at 8:56 a.m. July 24, 2008, at her residence. She was born May 9, 1932, in Lima to Carl and Marie Desch Rolfes, who preceded her in death. On May 22, 1954, she married William E. Nichols Sr., who died May 4, 2006. Mrs. Nichols retired as a secretary from Shawnee schools. She attended South...
Evelyn Sweet
Jul 21, 2008
Evelyn Ruth Sweet, 83, died at 9:01 a.m. July 21, 2008, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born June 6, 1925, in Lima, Ohio to Howard C. and Hazel Neubrecht Shockey, who preceded her in death. On February 4, 1950, she married William E. Sweet, who died January 16, 2004. They had been married for 54 years. Mrs. Sweet...
Jean Johnston
Jul 18, 2008
Jean Delores Johnston, 79, died at 11:20 a.m. July 18, 2008, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born July 20, 1928, in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, to John and Josephine Zorzi Laskosky, who preceded her in death. She married Harold Hugh Johnston on March 20, 1955, in Toledo, Ohio. He died October 15, 2007. Mrs. Johnston retired from Peter's Stamping in...
Susan Susie Skaggs
Jul 18, 2008
Susan R. ?Susie? Skaggs 24, died at 4:18 p.m. July 18, 2008, at her residence. She was born February 18, 1984, in Lima, Ohio, the beloved daughter of Ross William Skaggs and Pamela Jo Porter. Her mother and stepfather, Steve Cotrell, survive in Lima, Ohio. Her father and stepmother, Mickki Skaggs, survive in Lima, Ohio. Ms. Skaggs attended Marimor School...
Ruth Renz
Jul 17, 2008
Ruth Freeda Renz, 94, died at 1:17 p.m. July 17, 2008, at Roselawn Manor Nursing Home. She was born August 17, 1913, in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, to Leon A. and Julia Miller Whitmore, who preceded her in death. On November 3, 1937, in Ohio, she married Jacob A. Renz, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Renz worked at St. Rita's...
Harold Wolff
Jul 16, 2008
Harold Eugene Wolff, 87, died at 7 a.m. July 16, 2008, at his residence. He was born May 31, 1921, in Harbor View (Toledo) to Clarence F. and Beatrice R. Stine Wolff, who preceded him in death. On Aug. 22, 1942, he married Mary Margaret Stonehill, who died Sept. 23, 2000. Mr. Wolff had been a plant supervisor at Northrup...
Barbara Sprague
Jul 14, 2008
Barbara J. Sprague, 67, died at 2:20 p.m. July 14, 2008, at the Cleveland Clinic. She was born February 8, 1941, in Lima, Ohio, to Eugene and Willette Gilmore Sprague, who preceded her in death. Ms. Sprague loved flower gardening, crafts and painting. Survivors include a son, Ryan Sprague, of Elida, Ohio; a brother, Gene R. (Nancy) Sprague, of Lima,...
Marjorie Bercaw
Jul 13, 2008
Marjorie R. Bercaw, 85, died at 3:50 p.m. July 13, 2008, at The Ridge at Shawnee. She was born June 15, 1923, in Lima to Wilbur L. and Louise C. Koch Hasting, who preceded her in death. She married M. Gerald Van Schoyc, who died in 1946. She then married Walter W. Bercaw, who died in March 1997. Mrs. Bercaw...
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