Obituaries

Gertrude Beall

Gertrude Beall

Aug 14, 2005

GERTRUDE P. "GERTIE" BEALL, 93, died at 3:48 p.m. August 14, 2005, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born February 24, 1912, in Allen County, Ohio to John James and Grace A. Fagan Miller, who preceded her in death. On December 7, 1942, in Lima, Ohio, she married Robert L. Beall, who died October 24, 1995. Mrs. Beall was...

Opal Williams

Opal Williams

Aug 13, 2005

OPAL E. WILLIAMS, 104, died at 6:45 a.m. August 13, 2005, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. She was born July 3, 1901, in Allen County, Ohio, to Charles and Elizabeth Adams Miller. On October 25, 1922, she married John F. Williams, who died December 26, 1969. Mrs. Williams was a member of St. Marks United Methodist Church and its Ruth...

Evelyn Woodward

Evelyn Woodward

Aug 11, 2005

EVELYN "PAT" WOODWARD, 74, died at 8:25 p.m. August 11, 2005, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born April 10, 1931, in Lima, Ohio to Orville and Annabelle Baker Dunahay, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Woodward retired from Northland and Westgate lanes, after several years. She had been a member of Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 370 Auxiliary....

Louise Dupes

Louise Dupes

Aug 11, 2005

LOUISE ROBERTS DUPES, 75, died at 5:13 p.m. August 11, 2005, at Lima Manor Nursing Home, Lima, Ohio. She was born November 10, 1929, in McCreary County, Kentucky., to Hermon and Dorothy Keith White, who preceded her in death. She married Fred Roberts in 1950. She later married Rodger Dupes, who died December 23, 1998. Mrs. Dupes worked at DWG...

Allen Good

Allen Good

Aug 9, 2005

ALLEN GOOD, 85, died at 9:15 a.m. August 9, 2005, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born December 12, 1919, to John and Verna Brenneman Good, who preceded him in death. On September 7, 1968, he married Joanne Shaw, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Good retired as a self-employed truck driver. Following his retirement he worked at Ray's...

Jerry Marshall

Jerry Marshall

Aug 9, 2005

JERRY C. MARSHALL, 74, died August 9, 2005, at his residence. He was born December 25, 1930, in Manton, Ky., to Clayton and Maggie Webb Marshall, who preceded him in death. On April 27, 1953, he married Rita Binkley, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Marshall had been a director of the painting press from Rockwell International, Cedar Rapids, Iowa....

Daniel Hesburn

Daniel Hesburn

Aug 8, 2005

DANIEL P. HESBURN, 23, died at 7:28 a.m. August 8, 2005, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born August 4, 1982, in Lima, Ohio to William and Christina Welch Hesburn Sr. His father survives in Delphos, Ohio and his mother in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Hesburn was a cook at Texas Roadhouse for more than four years. He was a...

Annabelle DeCurtins

Annabelle DeCurtins

Aug 8, 2005

ANNABELLE "ANNIE" DeCURTINS, 83, died at 9:35 a.m. August 8, 2005, at Shawnee Manor Nursing Home. She was born October 23, 1921, in Lima, Ohio to William E. and Myrtle Eley Carr, who preceded her in death. On July 15, 1943, at St. John Catholic Church, she married Joseph Anthony DeCurtins, who died January 10, 1997. Mrs. DeCurtins was a...

Richard Ridenour

Richard Ridenour

Aug 8, 2005

RICHARD D. "RICK" RIDENOUR, 47, died at 5:12 a.m. August 8, 2005, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born February 25, 1958, in Lima, Ohio to Kenneth M. and Karen Staley Ridenour. His father preceded him in death. His mother survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Ridenour was an addictive services counselor for Alcohol Safety Traffic Offender's Program. He was...

Crystal Wilkins

Crystal Wilkins

Aug 6, 2005

CRYSTAL M. WILKINS, 26, of Las Vegas, formerly of Elida, died Aug. 6, 2005, in Las Vegas. She was born Feb. 1, 1979, in Texas. Ms. Wilkins attended Elida schools, where she was on the swim and soccer teams, and Apollo Career Center. Survivors include three sons, Gaige Diemer, Chase Diemer and Aaron Diemer, all of Alabama; foster parents, Kelly...

Crystal Wilkins

Crystal Wilkins

Aug 6, 2005

CRYSTAL M. WILKINS, 26, of Las Vegas, formerly of Elida, Ohio, died August 6, 2005, in Las Vegas. She was born February 1, 1979, in Texas. Ms. Wilkins attended Elida schools, where she was on the swim and soccer teams, and Apollo Career Center. Survivors include three sons, Gaige Diemer, Chase Diemer and Aaron Diemer, all of Alabama; foster parents,...

Rose Schrock

Rose Schrock

Aug 1, 2005

ROSE V. SCHROCK, 94, died at 12:10 a.m. August 1, 2005, at VanCrest Health Care Center, Delphos, Ohio. She was born September 2, 1910, in Defiance, Ohio to Francis T. and Amelia Stetter Fox, who preceded her in death. On August 16, 1937, in Lima, Ohio, she married James W. Schrock Sr., who died April 12, 1944, from injuries suffered...

Clara Black

Clara Black

Aug 1, 2005

CLARA A. BLACK, 99, died at 5:20 a.m. Aug. 1, 2005, at Calvary Manor Nursing Home, Glandorf. She was born Dec. 14, 1905, in Ottawa to Herman and Katherine Bochers Recker, who preceded her in death. On Nov. 17, 1929, she married Lou Black, who died Oct. 2, 1982. Mrs. Black retired as comptroller from Artkraft, Lima. She was also...

Harold Grady

Harold Grady

Jul 31, 2005

HAROLD W. "STUB" GRADY, 75, died at 1:15 a.m. July 31, 2005, at his residence. He was born April 1, 1930, in Allen County, Ohio to Floyd and Mabel Stoodt Grady, who preceded him in death. On March 30, 1956, he married Ruth Orchard, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Grady retired as a machine operator from Teledyne Ohio Steel,...

Marie Rolfes

Marie Rolfes

Jul 29, 2005

MARIE EDITH ROLFES, 100, died at 9:25 a.m. July 29, 2005, at Springview Manor Nursing Home. She was born Sept. 9, 1904, in Delphos to Edward and Theresa Hemme Desch, who preceded her in death. In 1923, she married Carl Rolfes, who died in 1972. Mrs. Rolfes was a homemaker, and had worked at the Box Factory. She was the...

Robert Bowers

Robert Bowers

Jul 26, 2005

ROBERT E. BOWERS, 78, died at 6:15 a.m. July 26, 2005, at Lima Convalescent Home. He was born June 5, 1927, in Allen County, Ohio to Lewis Wesley and Nannie Fay Long Bowers, who preceded him in death. On June 5, 1949, he married Carol E. McMichael, who survives in Elida, Ohio. Mr. Bowers was a farmer and had retired...

Otis Good

Otis Good

Jul 26, 2005

OTIS J. GOOD, 90, died at 3:50 a.m. July 26, 2005, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born October 31, 1914, in Elida to Irvin and Lillian Virginia Wilkins Good, who preceded him in death. On May 2, 1942, he married Mildred Good, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Good retired in 1979, as a machine operator from Warner...

William Corwin,

William Corwin,

Jul 20, 2005

WILLIAM W. "BILL" CORWIN,SR., 84, died at 7:50 p.m. July 20, 2005, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born September 1, 1920, in Lima, Ohio to Walter and Jessie Burgoon Corwin, who preceded him in death. On August 27, 1938, he married Alice Sauer, who survives in Lima, Ohio. They would have been married 67 years in August. Mr....

L. Boyles

L. Boyles

Jul 19, 2005

89, died at 2:35 a.m. July 19, 2005, at Shawnee Manor Nursing Home. She was born January 6, 1916, in White City, Florida, to Frank and Ada Morrow Bouriee, who preceded her in death. She married Glen M. Boyles, who died in 1984. Mrs. Boyles had been an accountant for the Glen M. Boyles CPA Accounting Firm. She was a...

Robert Carey

Robert Carey

Jul 9, 2005

ROBERT GLENN "BOB" CAREY, 74, of Bowden, Georgia, formerly of Lima, Ohio, died at 10 p.m. July 9, 2005, at Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia. He was born May 12, 1931, in Rockcreek to Howard Lenol and Vera Esther Sawmiller Carey, who preceded him in death. Mr. Carey was a poultry farmer and had retired from Honeywell. He was a...

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