Obituaries
Sister Makely Makely
Aug 24, 2007
Sister Carolyn Makley 75, died at 3:25 p.m. August 24, 2007, at The Ridge at Shawnee. She was born May 3, 1932, in Lima, Ohio, the daughter of Alban and Cecil Spencer Makley, who preceded her in death. Sister Carolyn earned a Bachelor of Science in education from the College of Mount St. Joseph in 1967. She was born and...
Aidan Matthew Ward
Aug 22, 2007
Aidan Jemale Matthew Ward 1, died at 2 p.m. August 22, 2007, at his residence. He was born June 23, 2006, in Lima, Ohio, to Richard and Krista Armentrout Ward, who survive in Lima, Ohio. Survivors also include two sisters, Tia Ward at home and Lilan Ward at home; paternal grandmother, Jeanne (Lorrine) Ward, of Richmond, Virginia; paternal grandfather, De...
Linmwood BURKHOLDER
Aug 21, 2007
LINWOOD J. "DUTCH" BURKHOLDER, 97, died at 2:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 21, 2007 at Springview Manor Nursing Home. He was born on march 28, 1910, in New Market, VA, to Abram and Edna Higgs Burkholder, woh preceded her in death. On July 1, 1933, he married Nellie V. Burkholder who died Dec. 4, 1997. Mr. Burkholder was an electrical assembler...
Virginia SIMPSON
Aug 21, 2007
Virginia L. "Ginny" Simpson, 49, of Phoenix, AZ, formerly of Lima, died August 21,2007 in Phoenix, AZ. She was born January 26, 1958 in Toledo, Ohio to James A. McPheron, deceased, and Rosemary (Rahrig) McPheron who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Simpson was a homemaker and a former member of St. Gerard's Catholic Church of Lima. Survivors also include two...
Greg Mccurdy
Aug 19, 2007
Greg T. McCurdy 58, died August 19, 2007, at his residence. He was born November 30, 1948, in Lima, Ohio to Thomas M. and Barbara N. Watt McCurdy, who preceded him in death. Mr. McCurdy retired from the refinery after 35 years. Survivors include a sister, Michele (Gene) Sanders, of Michigan City, Indiana; an aunt, Iris Watt, of Lima, Ohio;...
Kathryn Harris
Aug 18, 2007
Kathryn Marie Harris 89, died at 3:30 p.m. August 18, 2007, at St. Rita?s Medical Center, surrounded by her family. She was born February 21, 1918, in Canfield, Ohio to Dale Virgil and Villa Marie Konkle Fay, who preceded her in death. She was married and divorced from Vernon Edward Harris, who died May 7, 1975. Mrs. Harris had been...
Rosa Walther
Aug 15, 2007
Rosa Lee Walther 77, died at 1:10 p.m. August 15, 2007, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born February 16, 1930, in Lima, Ohio to Carl and Leah Laman Shook, who preceded her in death. On November 17, 1951, she married Frederick ?Fritz? Walther, who died Aug. 11, 2000. Mrs. Walther was a homemaker. She was a member of...

Mary Spencer
Aug 12, 2007
Mary Ann Spencer 71, died at 6:25 p.m. August 12, 2007, at the Ridge at Shawnee, Lima, Ohio. She was born January 19, 1936, in Fort Jennings, Ohio to Edmund H. and Theonilla ?Nell? Kramer Biedenharn, who preceded her in death. Ms. Spencer had been a physical therapist at Lima Memorial Health System for six years. She was a member...
Forest Hale
Aug 11, 2007
Forest Hale 78, died at 5:10 p.m. August 11, 2007, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born September 3, 1928, in Salyersville, Kentucky, to Ben and Liney Wireman Hale, who preceded him in death. On March 3, 1954, he married Charlene Campbell, who died February 7, 1978. On April 4, 1986, he married Deborah Grant, who survives in Lima,...
Vera Lamantia
Aug 5, 2007
Vera Louise Lamantia 90, died at 1:25 p.m. August 5, 2007, at the Ridge at Shawnee. She was born May 2, 1917, in Allen County, Ohio to Walter and Addie Nungester Snider, who preceded her in death. On August 12, 1939, she married Vincent Louis Lamantia, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Lamantia was a homemaker. She was a member...
Lynn Cutlip
Aug 5, 2007
Lynn Paul Cutlip 71, died at 6:07 a.m. August 5, 2007, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born March 4, 1936, in Tiffin, Ohio to Robert and Evelyn McConnay Cutlip, who preceded him in death. On September 15, 1957, he married Pauline R. DePalma, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Cutlip retired in 1987 as an assembler from Ford...
Robert Jones
Aug 4, 2007
Robert J. Jones 79, of Tucson, Arizona, formerly of Lima, died at 6:13 p.m. August 4, 2007, at his residence. He was born January 5, 1928, in Middlesboro, Kentucky, to Henry C. and Mary Susan Johns Jones, who preceded him in death. On June 5, 1955, he married D. Arleen Martin, who survives in Tucson, Arizona Mr. Jones had been...
Irene Brinkman
Aug 2, 2007
Irene A. Brinkman 86, died at midnight August 2, 2007, at Springview Manor Nursing Home, Lima, Ohio. She was born April 26, 1921, in Cloverdale, Ohio to Joseph A. and Theresia Becker Brinkman, who preceded her in death. Miss Brinkman had been a bookkeeper and sales clerk for Lima Medical Supply, for 40 years. She was a member of St....
Esther Omlor
Jul 29, 2007
Esther L. Omlor 90, died at 4:40 p.m. July 29, 2007, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born June 7, 1917, near Columbus Grove, Ohio to Edward and Emma Bockrath Rampe, who preceded her in death. She married Gerard Omlor, who was from Lima, Ohio, and he preceded her in death. Mrs. Omlor was a homemaker and had worked...
James Stalter
Jul 28, 2007
James W. Stalter 79, died at 8:15 p.m. July 28, 2007, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. He was born July 5, 1928, in Lima, Ohio to Willard Gale Stalter and Rozella Pauline John Stalter, who preceded him in death. Mr. Stalter was a supervisor at Ex-Cell-O/Textron for 31 years. He was a member of the U.S. Navy from 1946 to...
Dorothy Fridley Shaw
Jul 25, 2007
Dorothy Louise Fridley Shaw 83, died at 8:30 a.m. July 25, 2007, at Burton?s Ridge Assisted Living. She was born May 23, 1924, in Lima, Ohio to Osborne Y. and L o u i s e Deaubler Fridley, who preceded her in death. On November 17, 1950, she married Ora L. Shaw, who died in 1972. Mrs. Shaw retired in...
Rolland Meyer
Jul 22, 2007
Rolland J. ?Rolly? Meyer 76, died at 8:25 p.m. July 22, 2007, at his residence. He was born July 9, 1931, in Minster, Ohio to Norbert B. and Alvera E. Hunstead Meyer, who preceded him in death. On July 16, 1955, at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Delphos, he married Adeline ?Ady? Nicholson, who was from Vancouver, British Columbia....
Guy Devasher
Jul 20, 2007
Guy M. Devasher 75, died at 2:05 a.m. July 20, 2007, at his residence. He was born November 6, 1931, in Simpson County, Kentucky, to Herbert L. and Ima M. Rush Devasher, who preceded him in death. On May 4, 1985, he married Marlene Thomas, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Devasher had been an engineer for CSX Railroad. He...

Pamela Hempker
Jul 17, 2007
Pamela J. Hempker 45, died at 7:50 a.m. July 17, 2007, at her residence. She was born December 30, 1961, in Lima, Ohio to William and Dorothe Hoeper Mosier. Her father survives in Indiana. Her mothers survives in Lima, Ohio. Ms. Hempker was a certified professional coder for the Orthopaedic Institute of Ohio, for nine years, and had also worked...
Bruce Hunt
Jul 17, 2007
Bruce A. Hunt 45, died at 10:10 am. July 17, 2007. He was born July 27, 1961, in Defiance, Ohio to Howard L. and Mary Ann Wiseman Hunt, who survive in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Hunt had worked as a computer programmer and analyst at Wilmington College, Wilmington, Ohio, and had worked in Christian ministry in national parks for two summers...
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