Obituaries

Raymond Wiesenmayer

Raymond Wiesenmayer

Sep 18, 2005

RAYMOND M. WIESENMAYER, 76, died at 8:43 a.m. Sept. 18, 2005, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. He was born April 2, 1929, in Lima to Fred and Dorothy Worline Wiesenmayer, who preceded him in death. On April 15, 1998, he married Bernice Johnson Aska, who died April 5, 2004. Mr. Wiesenmayer was a scissors sharpener. He was a member of...

Darrell Gehring,

Darrell Gehring,

Sep 18, 2005

DARRELL E. GEHRING Sr., 76, died at 5:30 a.m. Sept. 18, 2005, at VanCrest Health Care Center, Delphos. He was born Feb. 3, 1929, in Lima to Leonard and Madge McCarty Gehring, who preceded him in death. On Sept. 26, 1987, he married Marye Wininger, who survives in Lima. Mr. Gehring retired as a self-employed contractor operating the Gehring &...

Betty Farris Schiffer

Betty Farris Schiffer

Sep 17, 2005

BETTY JEAN FARRIS SCHIFFER, 76, died at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 17, 2005, at her residence. She was born Dec. 9, 1928, in Columbus to Arthur A. and Anna Eunson Farris, who preceded her in death. On March 13, 1948, she married George Schiffer Jr., who died Nov. 6, 1990. Mrs. Schiffer retired as a librarian from Lima City Schools and...

Edna Werner

Edna Werner

Sep 17, 2005

EDNA P. WERNER, 81, died at 6:48 p.m. Sept. 17, 2005, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born June 29, 1924, in Lima to Michael and Susanna Pfaff Werner, who preceded her in death. Miss Werner was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church. Survivors include several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a brother, Michael Werner;...

Richard Judy

Richard Judy

Sep 16, 2005

RICHARD JOHN JUDY, 77, died at 2:30 p.m. Sept. 16, 2005, at his residence. He was born Dec. 4, 1927, in Lima to Elmer and Gertrude Lowden Judy, who preceded him in death. On Sept. 5, 1948, in Lima, he married Donna Hammer, who survives in Lima. Mr. Judy retired after 30 years from the Ohio Steel Foundry as a...

Kathyleen Fellhauer

Kathyleen Fellhauer

Sep 15, 2005

KATHYLEEN C. "KATIE" FELLHAUER, 93, died at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 15, 2005, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. She was born Aug. 3, 1912, in Marion County to Francis and Nellie Welsh Baer, who preceded her in death. On June 29, 1940, in Ohio, she married Charles P. Fellhauer, who died Aug. 20, 2005. Mrs. Fellhauer was a member of St....

Richard Hunter

Richard Hunter

Sep 14, 2005

RICHARD A. "DICK" HUNTER, 70, died at 9:55 a.m. September 14, 2005, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born December 8, 1934, in Tremont City to Robert and Winnie Hunter, who preceded him in death. On February 15, 1955, he married Carolyn Pruitt, who survives in Elida, Ohio. They celebrated their 50th anniversary in February. Mr. Hunter retired as...

Pauline Wheeler

Pauline Wheeler

Sep 12, 2005

PAULINE BEATRICE WHEELER, 95, died at 3 a.m. September 12, 2005, at Cridersville Health Care Center, Cridersville, Ohio. She was born October 15, 1909, in Lima, Ohio to Fredrick and Matilda Hager Hohl, who preceded her in death. She married Horace S. "Bud" Wheeler, who died August 13, 1969. Mrs. Wheeler was a homemaker. She was a member of Cable...

Sandra Bechtel

Sandra Bechtel

Sep 11, 2005

SANDRA L. BECHTEL, 62, died at 9 a.m. September 11, 2005, at her residence. She was born July 14, 1943, in Lima, Ohio to Ralph and Betty Blair Marietta, who preceded her in death. On October 8, 1960, she married Gary Bechtel, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Bechtel had worked at Brunner News Agency, several years ago. She was...

Bill Miller,

Bill Miller,

Sep 10, 2005

BILL J. MILLER Sr., 58, died at 10:30 p.m. September 10, 2005, at his residence. He was born March 6, 1947, in Waldo, Kentucky, to Cecil and Lois Handshoe Miller, who preceded him in death. Mr. Miller enjoyed drawing, hunting and fishing. He loved spending time with his grandkids. Survivors include a son, Bill J. (Amanda) Miller Jr. of Kenton,...

Arlen Rowlette

Arlen Rowlette

Sep 10, 2005

ARLEN G. ROWLETTE, 80, died at 5:15 a.m. Sept. 10, 2005, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. He was born June 6, 1925 in Middlesboro, Ky., to Marion and Jane Brown Rowlette, who preceded him in death. On Jan. 31, 1948, in Kentucky he married Rhea Bissey, who survives in Lima. Mr. Rowlette retired in 1981 from Clark Equipment as a...

Harvey Chaffins

Harvey Chaffins

Sep 9, 2005

HARVEY CHAFFINS, 85, died at 2:35 a.m. Sept. 9, 2005 at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born July 2, 1920, in Knott County, Ky., to Allen and Elifair Hicks Chaffins, who preceded him in death. On Jan. 22, 1941, in Kentucky, he married Nova Branham, who survives in Lima. Mr. Chaffins was a production foreman at Ohio Decorative Products,...

Joan Davis

Joan Davis

Sep 4, 2005

JOAN MAY DAVIS, 75, died at 2:45 a.m. Sept. 4, 2005, at Beverly Health Care Center. She was born Nov. 7, 1929, in Galion to Edward M. and Marjorie Hoke Wheatcraft, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Davis had worked at The Leader Department Store. She had attended the Cincinnati School of Art, where she majored in fashion design. Survivors...

Erma Miller

Erma Miller

Sep 3, 2005

ERMA C. MILLER, 75, died at 11:30 p.m. Sept. 3, 2005, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. She was born Feb. 25, 1930, in Delphos to Delbert and Olive M. Millisor Berry, who preceded her in death. On April 3, 1949, she married Kenneth A. Miller, who died in 1987. Mrs. Miller was a member of the New Creation Lutheran...

Thomas Gast

Thomas Gast

Aug 29, 2005

THOMAS G. GAST, 76, died at 12:40 p.m. August 29, 2005, at his residence. He was born February 8, 1929, in Lima, Ohio to Charles A. and Alice McNamara Gast, who preceded him in death. On November 10, 1984, he married Judy Stemen, who survives in Elida, Ohio. Mr. Gast was a master plumber having owned and operated Gast Plumbing...

Brian McDORMAN

Brian McDORMAN

Aug 25, 2005

BRIAN DOUGLAS McDORMAN, 15, died at 3:14 p.m. Aug. 25, 2005, at Toledo Children's Hospital, Toledo. He was born Jan. 19, 1990, in Lima to Doug and Chris Carder McDorman, who survive in Elida. Brian was a sophomore at Elida High School, where he was a member of the marching and concert bands and played on the soccer and tennis...

Jerry Ritter

Jerry Ritter

Aug 21, 2005

JERRY L. RITTER, 62, died at 4:34 p.m. August 21, 2005, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born August 10, 1943, in Lima, Ohio to Carl E. and Anna M. Marlatt Ritter, who preceded him in death. He had been married to Constance A. Huenke Ritter, who survives. Mr. Ritter retired as an instrument technician from BP Chemical, after...

Charles Fellhauer

Charles Fellhauer

Aug 20, 2005

CHARLES P. FELLHAUER, 90, died at 5:25 a.m. August 20, 2005, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. He was born July 10, 1915, in Lima, Ohio, to Henry and Agnes Roessier Fellhauer. On June 29, 1940, he married Kathyleen "Katie" Baer, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Fellhauer was a tool and die maker at Lima Electric Motors. He was a...

Gloria Deubler

Gloria Deubler

Aug 19, 2005

GLORIA JEAN DEUBLER, 67, died at 9:55 a.m. Aug. 19, 2005, at her residence. She was born June 5, 1938, in Lima, Ohio to Paul and Dorothy Toland Kramer, who preceded her in death. On July 13, 1956, she married Harold Deubler, who died September 27, 1993. Mrs. Deubler loved her job at Super 8 Motel, where she worked from...

Miriam Reynolds

Miriam Reynolds

Aug 17, 2005

MIRIAM J. REYNOLDS, 87, died at 8:10 a.m. August 17, 2005, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born August 15, 1918, in Putnam County, Ohio to Benjamin and Martha J. Hunt Hughes, who preceded her in death. On January 14, 1939, she married John Reynolds, who survives in Lima, Ohio. They had been married for 66 years. Mrs. Reynolds...

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