Obituaries
Ruth Brillhart
Dec 14, 2007
Ruth Ann Brillhart 88, died at 9:47 a.m. December 14, 2007, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born July 20, 1919, in Perry Township, Ohio to Orville and Lucille Stevenson McPheron, who preceded her in death. On November 24, 1938, she married Wilbur A. Brillhart, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Brillhart was a homemaker. She was a member...
Betty Longsworth
Dec 11, 2007
Betty Lea Grubb Longsworth, 83, died at 7:51 a.m. Dec. 11, 2007, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born Oct. 14, 1924, in Van Wert to Emmett and Della Putman Grubb, who preceded her in death. On Dec. 15, 1943, she married Carl James Longsworth, who died July 24, 1994. They were married for nearly 51 years. Mrs. Longsworth...
Richard Frail
Dec 6, 2007
Richard Melvin ?Dick? Frail 92, died at 5:50 p.m. December 6, 2007, at Lima Memorial Health System. He was born July 8, 1915, in Van Wert, Ohio to John William and Ethel Witherspoon Frail, who preceded him in death. On November 12, 1938, he married Dorothy Werking, of North Manchester, Indiana, who died November 23, 1990. Mr. Frail retired in...

Leota Carroll
Nov 30, 2007
Leota L. Carroll 98, died at 11:45 p.m. Novovember 30, 2007, at The Ridge at Shawnee. She was born February 10, 1909, in Burkettsville to C.C. and Pearl Earhart Corwin, who preceded her in death. Her first husband was Art Jordan. Her second husband was Peter Duran. Her third husband was Charles Carroll. All preceded her in death. Mrs. Carroll...
L. CORBETT
Nov 28, 2007
L. Anita Corbett, 81, died at 4:12 a.m. Nov. 28, 2007, at Richland Manor Nursing Home, Bluffton. She was born Aug. 28, 1926, in Waterbury, Conn., to Timothy Joseph and Julia Elizabeth Howd Dee, who preceded her in death. She was raised by her aunt, Grace Ellen Howd Hubbell, who preceded her in death. On Sept. 4, 1948, she married...
Wardell Macklin,
Nov 23, 2007
Wardell Macklin Sr. 72, died at 1:21 p.m. November 23, 2007, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born November 21, 1935, in Sheffield, Alabama, to Ernest and Janie Mae Brown Davis. His father preceded him in death. His mother survives. On June 16, 1984, he married Kippy Spaulding in Lima, Ohio, she survives in Lima. Mr. Macklin retired from...
Glenn Decker
Nov 22, 2007
Glenn Robert ?Bob? Decker 77, died at 5:52 p.m. November 22, 2007, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born May 28, 1930, in Hancock County, Ohio, to Elven Henry and Mary Blunk Decker, who preceded him in death. On December 9, 1978, he married Linda Darlene McElroy, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Decker worked for Western Ohio Stone...
Charles Schumm
Nov 17, 2007
Charles R. Schumm, 93, died at 9:15 a.m. Nov. 17, 2007, at Baton Rouge Senior Health Facility. He was born April 29, 1914, in Rockford to Charles and Jenneta A. B u r e y Schumm, who preceded him in death. In 1947, he married Marlene Conley, who died in 1994. In 2002, he m a r r i e...
Debora Boyd
Nov 16, 2007
Debora L. Boyd 53, died at 7:24 p.m. November 16, 2007, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born June 29, 1954, in Brownsville, Tenn., to Paschal E. and Irene Morris Sorell, who survive. Ms. Boyd was a homemaker and she attended Open Door Baptist Church. She loved her children, grandchildren and horses. Survivors include four daughters, Cathy (David) Sweet,...
Mary Parker
Nov 16, 2007
Mary Margaret Parker, 80, died at 1:22 p.m. Nov. 16, 2007, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born July 26, 1927, in Hancock County to Jacob George and June Kuhn Smith, who preceded her in death. On Nov. 6, 1959, she married William Parker, who died Dec. 14, 2000. Mrs. Parker retired from Thomas D. Quinn Painting Contractors and...
Fredonia BATHTEL
Nov 15, 2007
Fredonia E. Ramge Bowman Bathtel, 103, died at 5 p.m. Nov. 15, 2007, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born May 9, 1904, in Wapakoneta to Henry P. and Lulu Snider Ramge. On Dec. 22, 1923, she married Floyd C. Bowman, who died Oct. 10, 1957. On June 1, 1969, she married Harry A. Bathtel, who preceded her in...
Betty O'Neil Reichelderfer
Nov 13, 2007
Betty G. O?Neil Reichelderfer 86, died at 9:40 a.m. November 13, 2007, at Lima Convalescent Home. She was born September 21, 1921, in Ottawa, Ohio to Frank and Ethel Salsbury Kindle, who preceded her in death. In 1937, she married Walter O?Neil, who died in 1987. They were married for 50 years. In 1996, she married Harry Reichelderfer, who died...
Virgil Salsburey
Nov 12, 2007
Virgil ?Abe? Salsburey 84, died at 12:10 a.m. November 12, 2007, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born May 14, 1923, in Putnam County, Ohio to Glen and Jessie Salsburey, who preceded him in death. On July 1, 1944, he married Marian Jean Crites, who survives in Lima. Mr. Salsburey retired in 1980, from Westinghouse Electrical , after 35...
Charles Swartz
Nov 11, 2007
Charles S. Swartz 88, died at 1:06 p.m. November 11, 2007, at Lima Convalescent Home. He was born June 2, 1919, in Elida, Ohio to C. Sherman and Lydia Stemen Swartz, who preceded him in death. On November 16, 1947, in P r e m o n t , Texas, he married Imogene Balzer, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr....
Walter White
Nov 10, 2007
Walter L. White 88, died at 9:30 p.m., Nov. 10, 2007, at The Wyngate Senior Living Community. He was born July 6, 1919, in Lima to William H. and Chloe Knepper White, who preceded him in death. He married Helen W. Hart, who preceded him in death after 55 years of marriage. In 1997, he married Virginia E. Fisher, who...
Ned Linder
Nov 9, 2007
Ned Alan Linder 41, died at 9:53 p.m. Nov. 9, 2007, at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton. He was born May 17, 1966, in Lima to Darrel and Glenna Branham Linder, who survive in Lima. Mr. Linder was a graduate of Groves High School in Burm i n g h a m , Mich. He graduated from the University of Findlay...
Debra Ziegenbusch Oakman
Nov 7, 2007
Debra Lynn Ziegenbusch Oakman 40, died at 10:20 a.m. November 7, 2007, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born March 23, 1967, in Lima, Ohio to R. Don and Ruth Ann Gordon Ziegenbusch. Her father survives in Lima, Ohio. Her mother preceded her in death. On September 11, 2002, she married Brian Oakman, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs....
Dorothy Lauless
Nov 4, 2007
Dorothy C. Lauless 84, died at 1:45 a.m. November 4, 2007, at her residence. She was born September 8, 1923, in Urbana, Ohio to Raymond and Leah Fridley Jenkins, who preceded her in death. On June 24, 1945, she married Nelson H. Lauless, who died May 29, 1999. Mrs. Lauless retired in 1983, as a secretary from Lima schools, having...
Thelma Faze
Nov 2, 2007
Thelma L. Faze 84, died at 10:35 a.m. November 2, 2007, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. She was born May 16, 1923, in Boonville, Indiana, to Roy and Gertha Gaston Smith, who preceded her in death. On September 21, 1938, she married Leonard Faze, who died in 1988. Mrs. Faze moved to the area with her family in the 1920s...
Starla Osting
Oct 31, 2007
Starla Rae Osting, 52, died at 8:03 p.m. Oct. 31, 2007, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born Aug. 9, 1955, in Lima to Ralph and Betty Poling Good, who preceded her in death. On Nov. 24, 1973, she married Elmer E. Osting, who survives in Cridersville. Mrs. Osting was a homemaker. She enjoyed fishing and movies. She truly...
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