Obituaries
Eula Bilopavlovich
Jul 12, 2008
Eula M. Bilopavlovich, 84, died at 1:15 a.m. July 12, 2008, at Lima Convalescent Home. She was born April 30, 1924, in Floyd County, Ky., to Willie E. and Tishy Sloan Warrens, who preceded her in death. She married John J. Bilopavlovich on July 22, 1945, and he died in 1991. Mrs. Bilopavlovich was a homemaker and she was a...
Verda PARTEE
Jul 12, 2008
Verda C. Partee, 105, died at 3:05 a.m. July 12, 2008, at Lima Convalescent Home after a short stay there. She was born June 16, 1903, in Lima to Joseph P. and Anna Wilheim Gath, who preceded her in death. She was married to W. Virgil Reynolds, who died in 1965; then she married Daniel A. Gerig, who died in...
Thelma Gross
Jul 12, 2008
Thelma Irene Gross, 90, died at 1:25 a.m. July 12, 2008, at Shawnee Manor Nursing Home. She was born April 27, 1918, in Wapakoneta to Benjamin and Mary Gross Schaub, who preceded her in death. On April 17, 1936, in Ohio, she married Dewey Gross, who died July 20, 1975. Mrs. Gross had worked at Pangles and Shafer Meat Market....
Kenneth Nartker
Jul 8, 2008
Kenneth Ralph "Ken" Nartker, 56, died at 11:58 a.m. July 8, 2008, at St. Rita's Medical Center, surrounded by his family. He was born Aug. 3, 1951, in Lima to Virgil R. and Lucille Brickner Nartker, who preceded him in death. Mr. Nartker was a truck driver. He was a member of Orioles Nest 173. He enjoyed playing golf and...
Arnold Tippie
Jul 7, 2008
Arnold R. Tippie IV, 28, died at 5:42 a.m. July 7, 2008, at Lima Memorial Health System. He was born Oct. 19, 1979, in Lima to Arnold R. and Charolette Ann Howland Tippie III. His father preceded him in death. His mother survives. He married Corina Ickes, who survives in Waynesfield. Mr. Tippie had worked at T&D Interiors. He was...
Karmen Kennedy
Jul 6, 2008
Karmen J. Kennedy, 44, died at 7:30 a.m. July 6, 2008, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born June 16, 1964, in Lima to James Dee and Mary Jane Vastano Kennedy. Her father preceded her in death. Her mother survives. Ms. Kennedy was a photographer at Life Touch Studios for several years and had worked in the emergency room...

Beatrice Henderson
Jul 5, 2008
Beatrice I. Henderson, 96, of Findlay, formerly of Mount Blanchard, died at 6:50 p.m. July 5, 2008, at Arlington Good Samaritan Center, Arlington. Services will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Chamberlain-Huckeriede Funeral Home. The Rev. James Williams will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Lima. Friends may call from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral...

Eleanor Baum
Jul 5, 2008
Eleanor R. Baum, 93, died at 9:40 p.m. July 5, 2008, at Primrose, Lima. At her request, no services will be conducted. Chamberlain-Huckeriede Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Barbara Moorman Klosterman
Jul 3, 2008
Barbara E. Moorman Klosterman, 72, died at 6:10 p.m. July 3, 2008, at her residence. She was born on June 12, 1936, in Van Wert to Carl and Alice McCray Parsons, who preceded her in death. On Oct. 7, 1993, she married Donald Klosterman, who survives. Mrs. Klosterman was a private caregiver for 26 years for many hospice patients. She...
James Watkins
Jul 3, 2008
James Marl Watkins, 73, died at 5:30 a.m. July 3, 2008, at his residence. He was born March 6, 1935, in Bluffton, Ohio to Robert "Bob" and Agnes Marie Jones Watkins, who preceded him in death. On December 21, 1958, in Lima, Ohio, he married Rosezella M. Benjamin, who survives. Mr. Watkins worked for 31 years as a master floor...

Gary Meyer
Jul 2, 2008
Gary P. Meyer, 53, died at 2:38 p.m. July 2, 2008, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born October 9, 1954, in Lima, Ohio to Gerald "Gerry" H. and Mildred M. Strauer Meyer. His father survives in Lima, Ohio. His mother preceded him in death. Mr. Meyer had worked at the Sharon Drive-Inn as a security guard, and then...
Wilbur Bailey
Jun 27, 2008
Wilbur A. Bailey, 87, died at 10:15 a.m. June 27, 2008, at his residence. He was born January 8, 1921, in Lima, Ohio to James and Thelma McGeorge Bailey, who preceded him in death. On February 8, 1947, he married Carolyn ?Rose? Finn, who died February 24, 1997. Mr. Bailey retired February 21, 1983, from the Ford Motor Co. Lima...
Harold Mclaughlin
Jun 23, 2008
Harold L. "Ike" McLaughlin, 90, died at 10:30 a.m. June 23, 2008, at his residence. He was born December 7, 1917, in Foraker to Herman and Mary Collins McLaughlin, who preceded him in death. In 1967, in Wytheville, Virginia, he married Betty J. McLaughlin, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. McLaughlin had worked at Standard Oil. He was a member...

Louise Callahan
Jun 22, 2008
Louise B. Callahan, 91, died at 6:20 a.m. June 22, 2008, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born April 22, 1917, in Lima, Ohio to Louis and Caroline Ungruhn Danner, who preceded her in death. On September 2, 1940, she married Clair A. Callahan, who died July 25, 1968. Mrs. Callahan retired in 1993 as owner and operator of...
Irma Gehm
Jun 18, 2008
Irma Gehm, 88, of Columbus, formerly of Lima, Ohio, died at 10:49 p.m. June 18, 2008, at her residence. She was born October 1, 1919, in Kaiserslautern, Germany, to Johan and Katherina Brand Straub, who preceded her in death. In August 1937, she married Helmut A. Gehm, who died June 22, 1993. Mrs. Gehm retired as a seamstress from Gregg's...
Mary Coffey
Jun 15, 2008
Mary Ann Coffey, 79, died at 8:30 a.m. June 15, 2008, at her residence. She was born December 31, 1928, in Lima, Ohio to James and Alice Davis Groves, who preceded her in death. On June 29, 1946, she married Glen Coffey, who died April 27, 1984. Mrs. Coffey retired from Ex-Cell-O Corp. after 25 years. Survivors include two sons,...
Lucille Kincaid
Jun 14, 2008
Lucille I. Kincaid, 86, died at 9:10 a.m. June 14, 2008, at Sara Jane/Vancrest Living Center. She was born April 9, 1922, in Lima to Albert and Marie Kleinfelter Pearson, who preceded her in death. She married Howard Moore, who died in 1943. On Oct. 17, 1981, she married Eugene Kincaid, who died Sept. 14, 1995. Mrs. Kincaid had worked...
Natalie Kidwell
Jun 14, 2008
Natalie Jean Kidwell, 68, died at 9:30 p.m. June 14, 2008, at her residence. She was born October 31, 1939, in West Jefferson, Ohio to Henry and Vergie Clouser Rice. On December 22, 1961, in West Jefferson she married James Kidwell, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Kidwell graduated from West Jefferson Local School District in 1957, where she attended...
Joyce Perkins
Jun 11, 2008
Joyce Ann Perkins, 49, died at 12:51 p.m. June 11, 2008, at The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, from a sudden illness. She was born Dec. 14, 1958, in Lima to Harvey and Vinetty Wi l l i a m s Perkins. Her father preceded her in death. Her mother survives in Lima. Miss Perkins attended Perry High School....
Alice SMITH
Jun 11, 2008
Alice Eileen Smith, 84, died at 5:47 a.m. June 11, 2008, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born Sept. 21, 1923, in Allen County to Merritt and Nellie Mae Hilliard Kendall, who preceded her in death. She married Sanford S. Smith, who died in 1967. Mrs. Smith had worked in the department of nutrition at St. Rita's Medical Center...
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