Obituaries
John Prior
May 22, 2006
JOHN W. PRIOR, 81, died at 4:06 p.m. May 22, 2006, at Lima Convalescent Home. He was born July 24, 1924, in Van Wert, Ohio to Darrell and Chloe Webb Prior, who preceded him in death. On April 8, 1944, he married Barbara Elizabeth Waymack, who died May 27, 1995. Mr. Prior worked at Standard Oil for 36 years. He...
Roberta Ross
May 21, 2006
ROBERTA M. ROSS, 73, died at 8:30 a.m. May 21, 2006, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born May 25, 1932, in Maine, N.Y., to Andrew and Alberta Gower Tracey, who preceded her in death. In 1957, she married Keith Ross, who died June 5, 1968. Mrs. Ross retired as a nurses aide. She enjoyed reading, crocheting and visiting...
Laurie Kretz
May 20, 2006
LAURIE LEIGH KRETZ, 37, died at 6:20 p.m. May 20, 2006, at Shawnee Manor Nursing Home. She was born March 2, 1969, in Lima, Ohio to Daniel J. and Tana L. Mauck Kretz. Her father survives. Her mother and stepfather, Tana and Paul Nutter, survive in Lima, Ohio. Miss Kretz was a 1987 graduate of Shawnee High School, where she...
Maxine Miller
May 18, 2006
MAXINE E. MILLER, 87, died at 4:10 p.m. May 18, 2006, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born Aug. 25, 1918, in Ada to Frank and Leta Neal Parr Irwin, who preceded her in death. In 1937, she married Bruce Miller, who died Sept. 25, 1999. Mrs. Miller was a homemaker. Survivors include three sons, John C. (Ellen) Miller...
Mary HALKER
May 18, 2006
MARY LOUISE HALKER, 83, died at 5:45 a.m. May 18, 2006, at Lima Convalescent Home. She was born Sept. 6, 1922, in Wapakoneta to Bernard W. and Clara C. Roth Strohm Sr., who preceded her in death. On Nov. 3, 1949, she married Bernard R. Halker, who died Nov. 22, 2004. Mrs. Halker had been a nurse's aide at St....
Erma J.
May 17, 2006
ERMA J. NEU, 96, died at 8:19 a.m. May 17, 2006, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. She was born Feb. 21, 1910, in Allen County to Clyde R. and Mary Ellen Glancy Searfoss, who preceded her in death. In 1926, she married Harold Neu, who died Sept. 30, 1973. Mrs. Neu had worked at Neumode Hosiery and at Gregg's Department...
Val Henson
May 15, 2006
VAL A. HENSON, 86, died at 6:25 a.m. May 15, 2006, at Wapakoneta Manor Nursing Home. He was born July 18, 1919, in New Liberty, Illinois, to David and Pearl Dench Henson, who preceded him in death. On December 30, 1946, he married Elizabeth Adams, who died May 13, 2003. Mr. Henson had been a self-employed carpenter. He was a...
Avian Bryan
May 14, 2006
AVIAN ANNA BRYAN, 74, died at 4:49 p.m. May 14, 2006, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born June 30, 1931, in Lima, Ohio to Alfred and Florence Carter Reindel, who preceded her in death. On December 20, 1951, she married Kenneth E. Bryan, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Bryan was owner of the Emerald Isle Dairy Freeze...
Margaret Hunt Newcomer
May 9, 2006
MARGARET M. HUNT NEWCOMER, 80, died at 3:15 a.m. May 9, 2006, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born April 25, 1926, in Lima, Ohio to Roy O. and Lucinda Smith Hunt, who preceded her in death. On June 26, 1948, she married William "Bill" Newcomer, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Newcomer was a homemaker. She had been...
Sharon Highland
May 8, 2006
SHARON KAY HIGHLAND, 58, died at 12:15 p.m. May 8, 2006, at her residence. She was born Feb. 26, 1948, in Lima to Emmett G. and Lois Hullinger Highland, who preceded her in death. Ms. Highland was a school bus driver for Marimor, Lima city and Elida schools. She was a member of American Legion Post 268 Auxiliary, Delphos, and...
Franklin Bailey
May 6, 2006
FRANKLIN R. BAILEY, 86, died at 5:15 a.m. May 6, 2006, at Beverly Health care Center, Lima, Ohio. He was born November 27, 1919, in Logan County, Ohio, to George Lee and Clara R. Rose Bailey. On March 10, 1940, he married Ruth G. Chiles, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Bailey was a member of Westside United Methodist Church...
William Nichols,
May 4, 2006
WILLIAM E. NICHOLS Sr., 78, died at 11:30 a.m. May 4, 2006, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born January 7, 1928, in Lima, Ohio to Diamond Dewey and Mary Alexander Nichols, who preceded him in death. On May 22, 1954, he married Patricia Rolfes, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Nichols retired from Randall Bearings after 35 years....
Robert Edwards
May 3, 2006
ROBERT E. "BOB" EDWARDS, 74, died at 10:05 a.m. May 3, 2006, at his residence. He was born January 16, 1932, in Allen County, Ohio to David and Golda Fralick Edwards, who preceded him in death. On July 27, 1952, he married Marlene K. Miller, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Edwards was working at Wrightway Food Service and had...
Dorothy Nichols
May 1, 2006
DOROTHY LENORE NICHOLS, 97, died at 12:20 a.m. May 1, 2006, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, Ohio. She was born July 31, 1908, in Seneca, Kansas, to William and Maggie Denton Oatman, who preceded her in death. On December 16, 1925, in Kansas, she married Lawrence Everett Nichols, who died December 12, 1963. Mrs. Nichols was a member of Grace...
Donna Stokes Shibler
Apr 29, 2006
DONNA KAY STOKES SHIBLER, 69, died at 12:10 a.m. April 29, 2006, at her residence. She was born March 21, 1937, in Lima, Ohio to Earl Hewitt Stokes and Celesta Verna Hall Stokes, who preceded her in death. Ms. Shibler was employed at the Allen County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmentally Disabilities for 25 years as a supervisor, workshop...
Andrea Smith
Apr 25, 2006
ANDREA L. "ANDI" SMITH, 60, died at 4:05 p.m. April 25, 2006, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born October 5, 1945, in Lima, Ohio to Kenneth D. and Imogene A. Worrell Jerew. Her father preceded her in death. Her mother survives. On February 19, 1977, she married John W. Smith, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Smith retired...
Virgie Markham
Apr 23, 2006
VIRGIE RICE MARKHAM, 90, died April 23, 2006, at her residence. She was born November 21, 1915, in West Jefferson, Ohio to Edward and Bertha Fay Clouser, who preceded her in death. She married Henry Rice, who preceded her in death. She then married Howard Markham, who also preceded her in death. Mrs. Markham was a certified legal assistant, having...
James Bame
Apr 21, 2006
JAMES L. "JIM" BAME, 63, died at 1:45 p.m. April 21, 2006, at Lima Memorial Health System. He was born March 25, 1943, in Allen County to Verlin "Bud" and Kathryn L. Brenneman Bame, who preceded him in death. On Nov. 14, 2003, in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., he married Barbara J. Timmons, who survives in Elida. Mr. Bame retired Sept....
Carl O'Dell
Apr 17, 2006
CARL VERNON O'DELL, 77, died at 2:17 a.m. April 17, 2006, at Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Dayton, Ohio. He was born October 11, 1928, in Lima, Ohio to Oliver and Frances M. McComb O'Dell. His parents preceded him in death. On November 15, 1986, he married Nellie Patricia Briggs O'Dell, and she died December 22, 2005. Mr. O'Dell...
Madaline Baque
Apr 17, 2006
MADALINE VIRGINIA "GINNY" BAQUE, 90, died at 2:30 a.m. April 17, 2006, at her residence. She was born March 8, 1916, in Franklin, Pennsylvania, to William Ross and Ida Mae Covell Sherman, who preceded her in death. On June 26, 1937, she married George E. Baque, and he died January 26, 1965. Mrs. Baque was a member of the Trinity...
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