Obituaries

Isiah Caleb Jeffers

Isiah Caleb Jeffers

Jun 19, 2005

ISIAH LEE CALEB "BABY ISIAH" JEFFERS, 14 months, died at 8:22 p.m. June 19, 2005, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born April 3, 2004, in Lima to Octavian "O.J." and Heather Reineke Jeffers, who survive in Lima. Isiah was his daddy's little buddy and his mommy's little angel. Survivors also include two sisters, Kaitlin Jeffers and Natalee Jeffers,...

Betty Kayser

Betty Kayser

Jun 18, 2005

BETTY M. KAYSER, 80, died at 6:45 a.m. June 18, 2005, at Lost Creek Care Center. She was born December 21, 1924, in American Township, Ohio, to Jacob Lewis and Mary M. Jurden Boroff. On January 31, 1953, she married Robert J. Kayser, who died March 18, 1981. Mrs. Kayser was retired from Duff Truck Line where she worked as...

Roger Sanford

Roger Sanford

Jun 15, 2005

ROGER BLAINE SANFORD, 78, died at 2:20 a.m. June 15, 2005, at Plus Health Care Center. He was born October 14, 1926, in Lima, Ohio to Blaine E. and Blanche Myrtle Williss Sanford, who preceded him in death. On September 3, 1948, he married Winona Eileen Weidel, who survives in Lima. Mr. Sanford had worked for Sweeney Engineering and Tilton...

Henrietta A.

Henrietta A.

Jun 11, 2005

HENRIETTA A. LEE, 94, died at 2:55 p.m. June 11, 2005, at Beverly Health Care Center. She was born March 23, 1911, in Ottawa, Ohio to Joseph and Philamena Klausing Clement, who preceded her in death. On November 28, 1937, she married Harry Lee, who died September 28, 1987. Mrs. Lee was a homemaker and had been a waitress at...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...