Obituaries

John Mcgraw

John Mcgraw

Jun 10, 2005

Lima JOHN B. McGRAW, 56, died at 6:20 p.m. June 10, 2005, at his residence surrounded by his family. He was born June 2, 1949, in Omaha, Neb., to Dennis and Betty Thill McGraw Jr., who survive in Lima. On Feb. 15, 1969, he married Linda M. (Loggi) McGraw, who survives in Lima. They recently celebrated 36 years together. Mr....

Joyce McCormick

Joyce McCormick

Jun 9, 2005

JOYCE C. McCORMICK, Age 59 died Thursday, June 9, 2005 at 8:02 A.M. at Springview Manor Nursing Home. She was born on March 25, 1946 in Lima, Ohio to Earl & Pauline B. (Watson) Keller who preceded her in death. She was a homemaker. Survivors include two sons, Michael J. & Tracy McCormick, from Cincinnati, Ohio, and Anthony Terk McCormick...

Beatrice Cusick

Beatrice Cusick

Jun 9, 2005

BEATRICE MARIE CUSICK, 87, died at 11:35 p.m. June 9, 2005, at Otterbein in Cridersville. She was born May 14, 1918, in Jackson, Mich., to David and Grace Widdicombe Johnson. Mrs. Cusick was a 1936 graduate of Lima South High School. She was a member of South Side Christian Church. She retired from City Loan and Savings in 1982 after...

Rose Sue Cooper

Rose Sue Cooper

Jun 6, 2005

Jackson Center ROSE M. "SUE" COOPER, 66, died at 6:30 p.m. June 6, 2005, at Mount Carmel East Hospital. She was born April 27, 1939, in Delphos to Russell and Mary Jane Ellis Pierce, who preceded her in death. On Aug. 12, 1961, she married Raburn D. Cooper, who died April 11, 1998. She was a homemaker. Survivors include five...

Lois Huffman

Lois Huffman

Jun 6, 2005

LOIS ISABELLE HUFFMAN, 90, died at 11:35 p.m., June 6, 2005, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. She was born Jan. 12, 1915, in Willshire, to Walter and Golda K. Lomiller Avery, who preceded her in death. On Dec. 21, 1934, in Rockford, she married Roman E. Huffman, who died March 22, 1982. Mrs. Huffman attended St. Paul United Methodist Church,...

Alice Shaw

Alice Shaw

Jun 2, 2005

ALICE CATHERINE SHAW, 72, died at 11:55 a.m. June 2, 2005, at her daughter's residence in Marion, Ohio. She was born September 5, 1932, in Lima, Ohio to George and Juanita Keeling Quillin, who preceded her in death. On July 2, 1955, she married Richard Bernard Shaw, who died December 23, 1997. Mrs. Shaw was a homemaker. She was a...

Gertrude Truesdale

Gertrude Truesdale

May 31, 2005

GERTRUDE M. TRUESDALE, 87, died at 4 p.m. May 31, 2005, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born Aug. 19, 1917, in Lima to Walter and Rosa Billings Sevitz, who preceded her in death. On May 16, 1936, in Cridersville, she married Bernard Truesdale, who died June 11, 1968. Mrs. Truesdale had been a dishwasher at the Huddle Restaurant....

John Ladden

John Ladden

May 29, 2005

JOHN E. LADDEN, 64, died at 4:55 p.m. May 29, 2005, at Shawnee Manor Nursing Home. He was born July 27, 1940, in Lima to James C. and Lillian T. Boudrie Ladden, who preceded him in death. On June 14, 1968, at St. Rose Catholic Church, he married Peggy Lou Rode, who died Jan. 6, 1996. Mr. Ladden retired in...

Gayle Bowersock

Gayle Bowersock

May 25, 2005

Lima GAYLE E. BOWERSOCK, 72, died at 2:06 a.m. May 25, 2005, at Lima Memorial Health System. He was born March 2, 1933, in Lima to Marian and Mildred Verbryke Bowersock, who preceded him in death. On May 14, 1955, he married Margaret A. "Peg" Bishop, who survives in Lima. Mr. Bowersock retired from Dana Corp. He was a member...

Homer Bowers

Homer Bowers

May 24, 2005

HOMER C. BOWERS, 82, died at 4:50 a.m. May 24, 2005, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born September 25, 1922, in Spencerville, Ohio to John W. and Mary Ellen Brown Bowers, who preceded him in death. On August 19, 1939, in Decatur, Indiana, he married Leota M. Curl, who survives in Cridersville, Ohio. Mr. Bowers retired in 1984...

Nora Kowalsky

Nora Kowalsky

May 23, 2005

NORA JEAN KOWALSKY, 79, died at 3:15 a.m. May 23, 2005, at Springview Manor Nursing Home. She was born September 7, 1925, in Lima, Ohio to Levi Elliot and Grace Kennedy Laman, who preceded her in death. On April 14, 1941, in Clarksburg, W.Virginia, she married Edward F. Kowalsky, who died November 29, 1986. Mrs. Kowalsky was a member of...

Loretta Miller

Loretta Miller

May 23, 2005

LORETTA M. MILLER, 85, died at 7 p.m. May 23, 2005, at Shawnee Manor Nursing Home. She was born September 6, 1919, in Lima, Ohio to Harold and Gladys Wierman Dillon, who preceded her in death. On June 6, 1940, she married Robert W. Miller, who died February 25, 2000. Mrs. Miller had worked at Neon Products and Westinghouse Electric...

Susan Schurr

Susan Schurr

May 22, 2005

SUSAN K. SCHURR, 59, died at 9:45 p.m. May 22, 2005, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born February 17, 1946, in Lima, Ohio to Vernon Bunch and Madonna Fisher Robert. Her father preceded her in death. Her mother survives in Shreveport, Louisiana. She had been married to Daniel O'Keefe, who survives in Defiance, Ohio. Mrs. Schurr sold real...

Robert Woodward

Robert Woodward

May 19, 2005

ROBERT THOMAS WOODWARD, 86, died at 9:20 p.m. May 19, 2005, at Otterbein-Cridersville. He was born Jan. 18, 1919, in Lima to Samuel and Jessie Lundie Woodward, who preceded him in death. On Aug. 18, 1940, he married Helen Marie Ward, who died March 28, 1997. Mr. Woodward retired in 1983 as a security officer from the Lima State Hospital....

John Pitz

John Pitz

May 15, 2005

JOHN PITZ, 76, died at 1:15 p.m. May 15, 2005, at Plus Health Care Center. He was born Dec. 17, 1928, in Barberton to John Joseph and Lois Ellen Cutter Pitz, who preceded him in death. On May 1, 1948, in Greenup, Ky., he married Della Pond, who survives in Lima. Mr. Pitz retired as a machine setter from Ford...

Sewelda VOSSLER-HULLINGER

Sewelda VOSSLER-HULLINGER

May 12, 2005

SEWELDA MAE VOSSLER HULLINGER, 88, died at 6:50 p.m. May 12, 2005, at Gables of Green Pastures. She was born Oct. 11, 1916, in Duchouquet Township, to Henry August and Eda Koch Vossler, who both preceded her in death. On Aug. 31, 1941, she married Eldon L. Hullinger, who died Oct. 6, 2000. Mrs. Hullinger was employed by Duff Truck...

Patrick MICHAEL

Patrick MICHAEL

May 11, 2005

PATRICK ALAN MICHAEL, 58, died at 9:10 p.m. May 11, 2005, at Lima Memorial Health System. He was born July 28, 1946, in Lima, to Paul A. Michael and Anna Louise Wooley Michael-Holliday. His parents preceded him in death. Mr. Micahel was the owner of Michael Engineering, and retired in 1999 as an assembler from the Ford Motor Co. He...

Nondas Powers

Nondas Powers

May 10, 2005

NONDAS LUCILLE POWERS, 84, died at 9:46 p.m. May 10, 2005, at St. Rita's Medical Center following a short illness. She was born Oct. 15, 1920, in Bellevue to Vaughn and Ethel Horton, who preceded her in death. On June 20, 1945, she married Robert Powers, who died Feb. 26, 1992. Mrs. Powers worked and was a co-owner of Powers...

Christine Brinkman Green

Christine Brinkman Green

May 7, 2005

Lima CHRISTINE ELAINE BRINKMAN GREEN, 55, died at 1:40 p.m. May 7, 2005, at Lost Creek Care Center. She was born Oct. 11, 1949, in Lima, to William and Phyllis Stewart Schwaiger, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Green worked at St. Rita's Medical Center as an EKG technician. Survivors include two former husbands, Jim Brinkman and Joe Green; a...

Lauren NOLTE

Lauren NOLTE

May 6, 2005

LAUREN M. NOLTE, newborn, died at noon May 6, 2005, at Ohio State University Hospital. She was born May 6, 2005, in Columbus to Karl and Melissa Briem Nolte, who survive in Elida. Survivors also include two sisters, Taylor Nolte and Kelsey Nolte at home; maternal grandparents, Cheryl and Vern Theis of Elida, Gary Briem of Colorado, and Vernon and...

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