Obituaries

Robert Coon

Robert Coon

Jan 19, 2008

Robert D. ?Rob? Coon 46, died at 5:51 a.m. January 19, 2008, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born August 27, 1961, in Lima, Ohio to Raymond and Irene Eberle Coon. His father preceded him in death. His mother survives in Lima, Ohio. On January 21, 1998, in Lima, Ohio, he married Kim C. Weidel, who survives in Lima,...

Roma Thompson Bronson-Vermillion

Roma Thompson Bronson-Vermillion

Jan 19, 2008

Roma Janet ?Cobby? Thompson Bronson-Vermillion 50, died at 8:45 a.m. January 19, 2008, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born January 16, 1958, in Lima, Ohio to Richard Guy and Mary Margaret Martin Thompson,Sr., who preceded her in death. On July 4, 1991, she married Glen ?Dale? Vermillion in Circleville, Indiana, and he survives in Lima, Ohio. Her first...

Lewis Gaskill

Lewis Gaskill

Jan 19, 2008

Lewis Arthur ?Art? Gaskill 78, died at 1:20 p.m. January 19, 2008, at his residence surrounded by his loving wife and children. He was born May 23, 1929, in Spencerville, Ohio to Earl Owen and Frances Huber Gaskill, who preceded him in death. His wife, Barbara Gaskill, survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Gaskill was an automatic equipment operator at Ford...

Phyllis Priddy Smith

Phyllis Priddy Smith

Jan 18, 2008

Phyllis M. Priddy Smith 85, died at 9:05 p.m. January 18, 2008, at her residence. She was born April 8, 1922, in Cleveland to Mildred J. Luther Frese. Her stepfather was Edward Frese. Both parents preceded her in death. On Sepember 23, 1929, she married O.J. ?Bud? Priddy in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He died in 1980. She the married Alonzo...

Boyd Hayes,

Boyd Hayes,

Jan 13, 2008

Boyd Hayes Jr. 83, died at 11:45 p.m. January 13, 2008, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born January 14, 1924, in Exeter, Virginia, to Boyd, Sr., and Para Katherine Christian Hayes, who preceded him in death. On December 14, 1941, he married Nannie Ellen Jackson, who died April 4, 2005. Mr. Hayes retired as a supervisor from Textron,...

Mildred Adams

Mildred Adams

Jan 11, 2008

Mildred Marie Adams 94, died at 8:20 p.m. January 11, 2008, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. She was born April 21, 1913, in Piqua, Ohio to Charles and Amelia Bryan Spayd, who preceded her in death. On October 8, 1934, she married Charles E. Adams, who died January 11, 1990. Mrs. Adams was a homemaker. She was a member of...

Eddie Miller

Eddie Miller

Jan 11, 2008

Eddie Lee Miller 65, of St. Petersburg, Florida, formerly of Lima, Ohio, died January 11, 2008, in St. Petersburg, Florida. He was born September 22, 1942, in Lima, Ohio to Wilma Maxine Miller Yoakam, who preceded him in death. Mr. Miller had been a self-employed painter/contractor in Lima, Ohio until 1972. He has lived in Florida for the last 35...

Vernon Schulien

Vernon Schulien

Jan 11, 2008

Vernon H. Schulien 87, died at 8:35 a.m. January 11, 2008, at Springview Manor Nursing Home. He was born July 31, 1920, in Delphos, Ohio to Hilary Joseph and Lena Wells Schulien, who preceded him in death. On June 16, 1956, he married Marjorie Quinn, who died June 9, 1975. Mr. Schulien opened Schulien Pure Oil Service Station in 1939...

Mary Akers Baxter

Mary Akers Baxter

Jan 9, 2008

Mary E. Akers Baxter, 83, died at 5:05 a.m. Jan. 9, 2008, at Triumph Hospital, Lima. She was born May 13, 1924, in Paynesville, Ky., to Thomas and Lulu Stanbaugh Akers, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Baxter retired from Ex-Cell-O/Air Foil Textron, after 33 years. Survivors include three sons, David Baxter, of Santa Cruz, Calif., Tom (Mary) Baxter, of...

Dorothy Grimm

Dorothy Grimm

Jan 7, 2008

Dorothy M. Grimm, 83, died at 9:30 p.m. Jan. 7, 2008, at Baton Rouge Senior Health Facility. She was born May 22, 1924, in Allen County to James T. and Cecil M. Mowery Miller, who preceded her in death. On April 15, 1944, she married Lloyd D. Grimm, who survives in Elida. Mrs. Grimm was a homemaker. She was a...

Rosemary Smith

Rosemary Smith

Jan 1, 2008

Rosemary Smith 87, died at 2:55 p.m. January 1, 2008, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born January 2, 1920, in Lima, Ohio to Orville and Margaret Huber Bame, who preceded her in death. On July 2, 1938, she married David James Smith, who died November 17, 1999. Mrs. Smith had been a secretary for McBride & Kingsberry, Dr....

Frances LOVELL

Frances LOVELL

Dec 29, 2007

FRANCES RUSSELL LOVELL, 93, died at 4:50 p.m. December 29, 2007, at Otterbein-Cridersville Retirement Community near Cridersville, Ohio. She was born November 16, 1914, in Wallonia, Kentucky, to Jesse Sterling and Ellen Gertrude P?Poole Russell, who have preceded him in death. She had been married to Lloyd Lovell. Mrs. Lovell was a school teacher, having taught home economics in Trigg...

Gertrude Flarida

Gertrude Flarida

Dec 29, 2007

Gertrude Flarida 81, died at midnight December 29, 2007, at her residence. She was born May 26, 1926, in Royalton, Kentucky, to Vinson and Maudie Risner Marshall, who preceded her in death. She was married to Etna ?Hank? Hendrickson in 1955. He died in 1983. In 1990, she married Gail Flarida, who died in 2001. Mrs. Flarida retired from Lima...

Loella Ridgeway

Loella Ridgeway

Dec 29, 2007

Loella M. Ridgeway 85, died at 5:06 a.m. December 29, 2007, at her residence. She was born October 29, 1922, in Findlay, Ohio to H. Austin and Hulda L. Loveridge De-Haven, who preceded her in death. On August 17, 1941, she married Lowell P. Stewart, who died in 1946. She later married Joseph M. Ridgeway, who preceded her in death....

Kathleen Adams

Kathleen Adams

Dec 29, 2007

Kathleen Gay Adams 77, died at 6:21 a.m. December 29, 2007, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born December 11, 1930, in Rantoul, Ill., to Ralph and Erma Marshall Mc-Carty. Her father preceded her in death. Her mother survives in Dayton, Ohio. She was married to Oscar H. Adams, who died in March 2006. Mrs. Adams was retired from...

Joyce Mccluer

Joyce Mccluer

Dec 27, 2007

Joyce Ann McCluer, 60, died at 8:14 a.m. Dec. 27, 2007, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born June 1, 1947, in Lima to Robert Wehner and Nellie Gossard. Her father preceded her in death. Her mother survives in Lima. On Sept. 3, 1965, she married David McCluer, who survives in Lima. Mrs. McCluer was a deputy clerk for...

Robert Slechter

Robert Slechter

Dec 27, 2007

Robert H. "Bob" Slechter, 82, died at 9:45 a.m. Dec. 27, 2007, at Lima Convalescent Home. He was born March 22, 1925, in Lima to Von Kyle and Eva Marie Jones Slechter, who preceded him in death. On Feb. 14, 1947, he married Jeanette Ballinger, who survives in Lima. Mr. Slechter was a maintenance supervisor at Standard Oil for 35...

Bonnie REEDER-GELO

Bonnie REEDER-GELO

Dec 27, 2007

Bonnie J. Reeder-Gelo, 55, died at 12:20 a.m. Dec. 27, 2007, at St. Rita's Medical Center, surrounded by her loving family. She was born July 15, 1952, in Lima to Emanuel "Dewey" and Mary McGinnis Fosnaugh, who preceded her in death. On March 19, 1993, she married Jim Gelo, who survives in Elida. Mrs. Reeder-Gelo was a project administrator at...

Donald Hohl

Donald Hohl

Dec 27, 2007

Donald William Hohl, 95, died at 11:53 p.m. Dec. 27, 2007, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. He was born Sept. 3, 1912, in Lima to Edward and Lena Archinal Hohl, who preceded him in death. Mr. Hohl had worked as a trainman, brakeman and conductor for Nickel Plate Road and Norfolk & Southern Railroad. He was a member of Zion...

Edward Nungester

Edward Nungester

Dec 23, 2007

Edward Everett Nungester, 75, of Moyock, N.Carolina, formerly of Lima, Ohio, died at 5 a.m. December 23, 2007, at his residence. He was born May 11, 1932, in Lima, Ohio to Everett and Mary Hawk Nungester, who preceded him in death. On September 13, 1952, in Lima, OHio, he married Marilyn Sue Stokes, who survives in Moyock, N.Carolina. Mr. Nungester...

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