Obituaries

Sharon Highland

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Howard Howbert

Howard Howbert

Apr 11, 2006

HOWARD VERNON HOWBERT, 81, died at 9:05 p.m. April 11, 2006, at Beverly Health Care. He was born April 12, 1924, in Waynesfield, Ohio to Clarence W. and Cecil M. Wykel Howbert, who preceded him in death. On August 5, 1961, he married Mary Plunkett, who died September 26, 2001. Mr. Howbert retired from Countrymark, after 40 years. He was...

Thomas Kelley

Thomas Kelley

Apr 9, 2006

THOMAS BROWNE KELLEY, 73, died at 11:35 a.m. April 9, 2006, at Shawnee Manor Nursing Home. He was born Dec 13, 1932, in Richmond, Ind., to William H. and Reva Browne Kelley II, who preceded him in death. On July 22, 1961, in Cincinnati, he married Joan Marie Thoss, who died Jan. 26, 1976. Mr. Kelley had been a salesman...

Luella Brim

Luella Brim

Apr 9, 2006

LUELLA MAE BRIM, 72, died at 4:45 a.m. April 9, 2006, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. She was born July 27, 1933, in Lima to David and Mary Kerr Reinhart, who preceded her in death. On Sept. 10, 1955, in Findlay, she married James Brim, who survives in Lima. Mrs. Brim had been a registered nurse at Lima Memorial Hospital...

Thomas DeVita

Thomas DeVita

Apr 8, 2006

THOMAS J. "TOM" DeVITA, 59, died at 12:45 p.m. April 8, 2006, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born on March 29, 1947, in Bethesda, Md., to Matthew and Dorothy Eilerman Clement DeVita, who preceded him in death. On Sept. 24, 1964, he married Nodja Keller, in LaFayette, GA. She who survives in Lima, Ohio Mr. DeVita was a...

Lynn Luke

Lynn Luke

Apr 6, 2006

LYNN R. LUKE, 56, died at 7:40 a.m. April 6, 2006, at Mary Rutan Hospital, Bellefontaine. He was born Oct. 19, 1949, in Lima to Richard and Doris Brogen Luke, who preceded him in death. On June 8, 1974, he married Jill A. Bowers, who survives in Cridersville. Mr. Luke had worked at Honda for 12 years and for Meadow...

Alma Brinkman

Alma Brinkman

Apr 6, 2006

ALMA TREVA BRINKMAN, 94, died at 10:45 a.m. April 6, 2006, at Calvary Manor Nursing Home in Glandorf. She was born March 3, 1912, in Pandora to William and Catherine Nusbaum Baumgartner, who preceded her in death. On April 25, 1934, in Ohio, she married Norbert W. Brinkman, who died July 6, 1966. Mrs. Brinkman was a wife and homemaker...

Kathleen Merritt

Kathleen Merritt

Apr 2, 2006

KATHLEEN M. "KATHY" MERRITT, 87, died April 2, 2006. She was born May 6, 1918, in Peoria, Illinois, to Benjamin L. and Ruth Ann Martin McKinley, who preceded her in death. On December 24, 1941, she married William H. Merritt, who died February 20, 2006. Mrs. Merritt was a homemaker. She was a member of Market Street Presbyterian Church. She...

Vera Hawk Hadsell

Vera Hawk Hadsell

Apr 1, 2006

VERA COLLEEN HAWK HADSELL, 77, died at 1:42 p.m. April 1, 2006, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born October 16, 1928, in Arlington, Ohio, to John P. and Gladys Pifer Oxley, who preceded her in death. On October 27, 1951, she married Carl L. Hawk, who died September 27, 1970. On October 16, 1976, she married Harold E....

Charles Webb

Charles Webb

Apr 1, 2006

CHARLES RONDEL WEBB, 66, died at 4:30 p.m. April 1, 2006, at his residence. He was born January 5, 1940, in Pineville, Kentucky, to William Murphy and Zona Daniels Webb, who preceded him in death. Mr. Webb had worked for the Lima Mall as a maintenance engineer. Survivors include five siblings, Frankie Webb Thompson of Columbus, Indiana; Oakley (Jane) Webb...

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