Obituaries
Louise Ruth
Jan 4, 2013
Louise M. Ruth, 93 of Lima, Ohio died 6:30 P.M. Friday, January 4, 2013, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born Saturday, January 11, 1919 in Memphis, Tennessee, to the late William Steele and Alta (Stalter ) Steele. She was the married to Aaron L. "Bud" Ruth who died July 31, 1983. She had served in the Navy during...
Penny L. (Poynter) Joseph
Jan 2, 2013
Penny L.(Poynter) Joseph, 50, of Dayton, Virginia died on Wednesday, January 2, 2013, at 5:15 a.m. in Dayton, Virginia . Born July 27, 1962, she was the daughter of the late William Poynter, Sr. and the late Alpha Jean (Goldon) Poynter. Penny had worked in the Cable Industry. She was a very spiritual person who never met a stranger. She...
Robert E. Davis
Dec 31, 2012
Robert E. Davis, 84, of Lima, Ohio died on Monday, December 31, 2012, at 12:37 p.m. at Richland Manor in Bluffton, Ohio. Born October 23, 1928 in Paulding County, Ohio, he was the son of the late Dale W. Davis and the late Ruby D. (Ritchie) Davis. Mr. Davis married Ethel Amspaugh on June 25, 1950, in Payne, Ohio. They...
Ardelle E. Yinger
Dec 30, 2012
Ardelle "Delle" E. Yinger, 87, of Elida, Ohio and formerly of Sidney, Ohio for nearly fifty years died on Sunday, December 30, 2012 at 1:50 p.m. at the Sarah Jane Senior Living Center, Delphos, Ohio surrounded by her family. Born February 6, 1925 in Old Town, Maine, she was the daughter of the late Everett Ashe and the late Sadie...
Joyce Ann Adkins
Dec 29, 2012
Joyce Ann Adkins, 75, of Lima, Ohio died on Saturday, December 29, 2012, at 6:10 P.M. at Springview Manor Nursing Home in Lima. Born December 20, 1937 in Lima, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Marion Elmer Sterling and the late Ella Mae (Booher) Sterling. Joyce had worked at the Lima Telephone Company as a telephone operator and...
Rodney Metz
Dec 28, 2012
Rodney Robert Metz, 70, of Lima, Ohio died on Wednesday, November 28, 2012, at Van Wert Inpatient Hospice in Van Wert, Ohio after a long battle with esophageal cancer. Born July 1, 1942 in Oil City, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Carl Metz and Alice (Kinney) Metz. His mother survives in Lima. Mr. Mertz was a professional...
Gary Gary
Dec 25, 2012
Gary E. Igo, Sr., 66 of Lima, Ohio died at 11:21 AM on Tuesday, December 25, 2012, at his residence. Born Tuesday, October 15, 1946 in Middletown, Ohio, he was the son of the late Dale Layman and Mary (Marshall) Layman who survives in Lebanon, OH. He was retired from Birckstrom /Appleton Paper. He served in the Army from 1966...
Bill Sterling
Dec 24, 2012
Bill E. Sterling, 83, of Lima, Ohio died at 9:35 p.m. December 24, 2012 at Lima Memorial Hospital. He was born May 22, 1929 in Lima, Ohio to Marion Elmer Sterling and Ella Mae (Booher) Sterling who both preceded him in death. Bill worked in the machine shop as a tool and die maker at Excello for over 37 years...
Martha Kuhlman
Dec 21, 2012
Martha Kuhlman,83, of Lima, Ohio died at 11:07 p.m. on Friday, December 21, 2012 at Kobacker House Hospice in Columbus, Ohio, surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Kuhlman was born on August 16, 1929 in Lima, Ohio, the daughter of the late Alvin Garlock and the late Lenore [Brice] Garlock. On October 6, 1954, she married A. C. Kuhlman, who...
Mary McKernan
Dec 19, 2012
Mary Jean McKernan, 78, of Lima, Ohio died on Wednesday, December 19, 2012, at Golden Living Center-Lima. Born January 19, 1934 in Carey, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Frank McKernan and the late Mary (Zahn) McKernan. She was a homemaker. She loved reading and animals. Surviving are sister, Maureen (Richard) Henderson of Findlay, OH; and numerous nieces...
Evelyn M. Blanchard
Dec 18, 2012
Evelyn M. Blanchard passed away peacefully at 5:10 A.M. on December 18, 2012 at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born on November 1, 1919 in Alger Ohio to Ethel (Dear) and Ora Newland. She often told her family stories of weeding onions in the marshes near Alger, and her early jobs at Woolworths and the Kewpee. She retired from...
Rosemary McFarland
Dec 17, 2012
Rosemary J. McFarland, 91, of Lima, Ohio died on Monday, December 17, 2012, at 2:20 A.M. at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio.. Born March 5, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Joseph McFarland and the late Mary (Langan) McFarland. Rosemary was a very devout Catholic and a lifelong parishioner of St. Rose Catholic Church in Lima. She...
E. Slechter
Dec 15, 2012
E. Jeanette Slechter, 85, of Lima, Ohio died on Saturday, December 15, 2012, at 2:20 A.M. at Lima Memorial Health System in Lima, Ohio. Born May 4, 1927 in Jackson Twp, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Cassius Lyncon Ballinger and the late Clara Ida (Grant) Ballinger. She married Robert H. Slechter on February 14, 1947. He preceded...
Haynes "Andy" Anderson
Dec 14, 2012
Haynes Francis "Andy" Anderson, 66, of Lima, Ohio died on Friday, December 14, 2012, at 4:09 P. M. at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. Born Thursday, May 9, 1946, in Teaneck, N.J., he was the son of the late Thomas Anderson and the late Corine O'Brien Anderson. Mr. Anderson retired from the Boca Raton Florida Fire Department. He dabbled...
Patsy Bankson
Dec 13, 2012
Patsy Lou Bankson, 83 of Lima, Ohio died at 8:40 A.M. Thursday, December 13, 2012, at Lima Convalescent Home. Born Thursday, April 4, 1929 in Gas City, Indiana, she was the daughter of the late Frank Bankson and the late Pauline Bouriee Bankson. Miss Bankson graduated from Central High School, Lima, in 1947. She had worked as a Secretary at...
Sammy L. Stansbery
Dec 12, 2012
Sammy L. Stansbery, 71 of Lima, Ohio died at 12:24 PM Wednesday, December 12, 2012, at Lima Memorial Health System. He was born on Thursday, June 5, 1941 in Wyandot County, Ohio to Guy Stansbery and Lucille Pryor Stansbery who both preceded him in death. He married Doris Salyers on May 17, 2002 in Lima and she survives in Lima....
Peggy Lucius
Dec 12, 2012
Peggy A. Lucius, 65, of Elida, Ohio went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 12, 2012, 8:20 A.M. at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. Born February 2, 1947 in Lima, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Dallas McCoy and the late Maxine (Bowden) McCoy. Peggy had married Virgil Lucius on April 29, 1980. He preceded...
Naomi Buetner
Dec 11, 2012
Naomi C. Buetner, 97, of Elida, Ohio died on Tuesday, December 11, 2012, at 5:16 P.M. peacefully at home surrounded by her children. Born April 1, 1915 in Allentown, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Levi Laman and the late Grace (Kennedy) Laman. She married Homer "Bud" Buetner on December 22, 1939. He preceded her in death on...
Walter George
Dec 10, 2012
Walter George, 87, of Lima, Ohio died on Monday, December 10, 2012, at his residence in Lima, Ohio. Born May 25, 1925 in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of the late Nicholas George and the late Patricia (Schouff) Mr. George retired from Nickel Plate R.R. and also owned Carl & Walt's Marathon, and Midas Muffler Shops on Central and...
Robert Dillhoff
Dec 10, 2012
Robert L. "Bob" Dillhoff, 65, of Elida, Ohio died on Monday, December 10, 2012, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. Born January 13, 1947 in Cincinnati, Ohio, he was the son of the late Robert M. "Big Boy" Dillhoff and the late Margaret "Marj" (Gatto) Dillhoff. Bob married Teresa Henderson, his wife of forty-two years, on June 27, 1970...
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