Obituaries

Virginia Louella Backs

Virginia Louella Backs

Dec 29, 2013

Virginia Louella Backs age 78 of Lima, Ohio, passed away on December 29 after an extended illness. "Ginny" was born in Mendon, Ohio on January 11, 1935 to Mildred and John Lloyd Bader. She graduated from Immaculate Conception High School in Celina in 1953, where she was honored as valedictorian, and attended the Good Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing in...

Helen Louise Gross

Helen Louise Gross

Dec 27, 2013

Helen Louise Gross 88, died at 1:20 AM on Friday, December 27, 2013, at her residence in Lima, Ohio. Helen was born on January 31, 1925, in Allen County, Ohio, to the late Albert May and Inez Viola (Geise) May. In 1942 Helen married Charles E. Gross. He preceded in death in 1985. Mrs. Gross was a homemaker. She, and...

William F. Greeley

William F. Greeley

Dec 27, 2013

William F. (Bill) Greeley , 80, died at 9:05 PM on Friday, December 27, 2013, at Springview Manor Nursing Home in Lima. Bill was born on Saturday, October 28, 1933, in Lima to the late William A. Greeley and Magdalene [Vandeven] Greeley, who preceded him in death. On October 27, 1956 he married Edna [Herman] Greeley and she survives in...

Mark Edgar Warren

Mark Edgar Warren

Dec 26, 2013

Mark Edgar Warren 56, died at 10:22 AM on Thursday, December 26, 2013, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. Mark was born on October 03, 1957, in Lima, Ohio, to the late Edgar Warren and Doneta L. (McGue) Warren, she survives in Lima. Mark married Nancy Koontz on December 18, 1976. She survives in Lima. He had worked at...

Robert Steven Root

Robert Steven Root

Dec 21, 2013

Robert Steven Root, 64, died at 10:52 A.M. on Saturday, December 21, 2013, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. Robert was born on Monday, October 31, 1949, in Lima, Ohio, to the late John E. Root and Louella [Crow] Root. He was a member of St. Rose Catholic Church, the American Legion Post #96 and the Fraternal Order of...

Brian Mitchell LaRue

Brian Mitchell LaRue

Dec 21, 2013

Brian Mitchell LaRue 46, of Columbus, formerly of Lima, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 21, 2013, at the Ohio State University Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He had been ill for some time. He was born on June 28, 1967 in Lima, to Dennis and Karen (Huber) LaRue. His father preceded him in death and his mother remarried in 1973...

Mary Lou Williams

Mary Lou Williams

Dec 19, 2013

Mary Lou Williams 86, passed away at 2:40 AM on Thursday, Dec. 19, at Springview Manor Nursing Home in Lima. She was born on April 11, 1927, in Lima, to the late Ivan B. Moyer and Pauline H. [Fisher] Moyer. She married Robert V. Williams on November 24, 1949 in Lima. He preceded her in death on October 5, 2006....

Donald J. Cygan

Donald J. Cygan

Dec 19, 2013

Donald J. Cygan 80, died at 12:15 PM on Thursday, December 19, 2013, at Vancrest Health Care Center in Delphos, Ohio. Donald was born on Saturday, April 22, 1933, in Falls River, Massachusetts, to John Cygan and Dora "Sarah" (Gelina) Cygan. On June 7, 1952, Donald married Shirley Ann (Williams). She preceded him in death on October 28, 2004. He...

Elsie T. Makris

Elsie T. Makris

Dec 18, 2013

Elsie T. Makris, 93, died at 6:58 PM on Wednesday, December 18, 2013, at Lima Convalescent Home in Lima, Ohio. She is now in the arms of Jesus, happy and free. Elsie was born on Monday, November 01, 1920, in Delphos, OH to the late Langdon Kohn and Mabel (Stegeman) Kohn. She married Perry Makris on January 20, 1940 and...

Hank Music

Hank Music

Dec 17, 2013

Hank Music, 60, died at on Tuesday, December 17, 2013, in Houston, Texas. Hank was born on January 04, 1953, in Kentucky, to the late Ermine Music and Cora (Webb) Music who precedes him in death. He had attended Waynesfield Schools. He is survived by: two daughters Tracy (Yancey II) Horwath, of Ledyard, CT, and Candy (Steve) Grimm, of Lima,...

Mary Anna Lee (Bader) Linn

Mary Anna Lee (Bader) Linn

Dec 16, 2013

Mary Anna Lee (Bader) Linn 89, died at 9:23 AM on Monday, December 16, 2013, at Richland Manor in Bluffton, Ohio. Mary Anna Lee was born on January 16, 1924, in Mercer Co., Ohio, to the late Albert Bader and Amelia Klopfleisch. Mary married James E. Linn on February 16, 1946. He preceded her in death on June 1, 2000...

Dorothy Ann Koester

Dorothy Ann Koester

Dec 14, 2013

Dorothy Ann Koester, 82, died at 8:45 PM on Saturday, December 14, 2013, at Shawnee Manor Nursing Home surrounded by her family. Dorothy was born on April 12, 1931, in Kalida, Ohio, to the late Aloysious Gerdeman and Bernadine (Verhoff) Gerdeman. Dorothy married Virgil Koester on May 31, 1952. He preceded her in death on October 17, 1985. She was...

George Waldo Smith

George Waldo Smith

Dec 13, 2013

George Waldo Smith 91, died at 1:33 PM on Friday, December 13, 2013, at Lima Convalescent Home in Lima, Ohio. George was born on May 17, 1922, in Rushsylvania, Ohio, to the late Jobie Rae Smith and Lillian Avila Catherene (Vanica) Smith. . George retired from Campnell and Resto Corp and B & L. Properties. He was a member of...

Ned L. Rader

Ned L. Rader

Dec 13, 2013

Ned L. Rader, 82, died at 4:15 PM on Friday, December 13, 2013, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. Ned was born on Monday, May 04, 1931, in Saint Johns, Ohio, to the late Howard Rader and Helena (Briggs) Rader. Mr. Rader was formerly of St. Johns, Ohio. He first married Donna Barnes, in Lima, Ohio, who preceded him...

Dennis H. Callahan

Dennis H. Callahan

Dec 12, 2013

Dennis H. Callahan 66, died at 7:45 PM on Thursday, December 12, 2013, at Clark Memorial Hospital in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Dennis was born on March 19, 1947, in Lima, Ohio, to the late Harmon Callahan and Velma (Mankey) Callahan. On June 20, 1970, he married Elaine (Williams), in Leipsic, Ohio. He retired from Sunstrand. He was a member of the...

Teresa "Terri" A. Dillhoff

Teresa "Terri" A. Dillhoff

Dec 4, 2013

Teresa "Terri" A. Dillhoff 65, of Elida, died at 3:50 PM on Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at Roselawn Manor in Spencerville, Ohio. Teresa was born on February 23, 1948, in Columbus, OH to the late Richard Henderson and Lucille (Neer) Leffel, who survives in Spencerville. Terri attended the University of Dayton, where she met Robert L. "Bob" Dillhoff at the...

Gloria A. Albright

Gloria A. Albright

Nov 29, 2013

Gloria A. Albright 87, passed away Friday November 29th at 3:59 p.m. at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, surrounded by family. She was born October 11, 1926 in Troy, Ohio to Carmen and Pauline Gray, who both preceded her in death. On May 28, 1948 near Dayton, Ohio she married Richard L. Albright, who preceded her in death in August,...

Patricia "Tricia" Lucille England- Howell

Patricia "Tricia" Lucille England- Howell

Nov 27, 2013

Patricia "Tricia" Lucille England-Howell 45, died at 9:55 AM on Wednesday, November 27, 2013, at Lima Memorial Health System in Lima, Ohio. Patricia was born on December 08, 1967, in Lima, Ohio, to the late Roger Lee England and her mother Alice Evelyn (Cash) England who survives in Lima. On April 25, 1992 she married Edward J. Howell, who survives...

Peggy J. Sterling

Peggy J. Sterling

Nov 24, 2013

Peggy J. Sterling 89, died at 9:45 PM on Sunday, November 24, 2013, at her residence in Lima, Ohio. Peggy was born on September 17, 1924, in Lima, Ohio, to the late Roy C. Fruchey and Treva L. (Edgecomb) Fruchey. On September 1, 1956, she married Thomas E. Sterling. He preceded her in death on January 5, 2005. She graduated...

Mrs. Debra S. Binkley

Mrs. Debra S. Binkley

Nov 22, 2013

Debra S. Binkley, 53, of Lima, Ohio died on Friday, November 22, 2013, at her residence in Lima, Ohio surrounded by her husband and family. She was born on Sunday, December 27, 1959 in Lima, Ohio, to Eugene Lautzenheiser who preceded her in death and Rose Anne (DeVore) Weber who survives in Lima. Debra married Mike Binkley on November 7,...