Obituaries

Matthew Avery

Matthew Avery

Jul 12, 2012

Matthew T. Avery, 30 of Lima, Ohio died on Thursday, July 12, 2012, at his residence in Lima, Ohio. Born Saturday, December 19, 1981 in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of Thomas W. Avery and Jan K. (Quick) Avery. Matthew loved basketball and animals, including several of his own pets. He had an infectious smile and never met a...

Albert Becker

Albert Becker

Jul 10, 2012

Albert Clarence Becker, 99, of Lima, Ohio died on Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at 1:45 P.M. at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. Born Thursday, April 24, 1913 in Port Arthur, Texas, he was the son of the late August Becker and the late Bertha (Fleming) Becker. Mr. Becker married Edna L. Saff on February 23 1946. She preceded him...

Linda (Castle) Motter-Alderton

Linda (Castle) Motter-Alderton

Jul 9, 2012

Linda K. (Castle) Motter-Alderton, of Lima, Ohio died on, Monday July 9, 2012 , at her residence in Lima, Ohio. Born Thursday, September 18, 1969 in Lima, Ohio, she was the daughter of the Mary K. (Mangette) Loudenback and the late Dennis G. Castle. Linda was a homemaker and was a member of St. Gerard Catholic Church. She loved spending...

Jeanette Flick

Jeanette Flick

Jul 9, 2012

Jeanette E. Flick, 84, of Lima, Ohio died on Monday, July 9, 2012, at 12:41 P.M.at Lima Memorial Health System. Born Friday, December 30, 1927 in Columbus Grove, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Glen Huber and the late Sarah (Sylvester) Huber. She retired from Warner and Swasey as an executive secretary in the mid 1980's after over...

George "Dick" Hastings

George "Dick" Hastings

Jul 8, 2012

George Richard "Dick" Hastings, 73, of Lima, Ohio died on Sunday, July 8, 2012, at 7:55 P.M. at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. Born Thursday, June 22, 1939 in Denver, Colorado, he was the son of the late Carmen Hastings and the late Marjorie Maple Hastings. He married Cecil Spangler on March 12, 1960 in Indiana. She survives in...

Lawrence Rhoad

Lawrence Rhoad

Jul 5, 2012

Lawrence Virgil Rhoad, 81, of Lima, Ohio, died at 12:00 P.M. on Thursday, July 5, 2012, at Paulding County Hospital, in Paulding, Ohio. Born on Tuesday, January 27, 1931 in Latty, Ohio, he was the son of the late LeRoy "Roy" Rhoad and the late Rosa Marie (Boroff) Rhoad. He married Barb J. Lytle and she survives in Lima. He...

Douglas Daly

Douglas Daly

Jul 3, 2012

Douglas Lowell Daly, 93, of Lima, Ohio died on Tuesday, July 3, 2012, at 8:50 P.M. at Lima Memorial Health Systems. Born Thursday, October 24, 1918 in Port Huron, Michigan, he was the son of the late Lowell V. Daly and the late Zola Allen Daly. He married Ruth Urhan who preceded him in death and on May 11, 1974...

Georgia Purdy

Georgia Purdy

Jun 29, 2012

Georgia Purdy, 89, surrounded by family, was taken from her residence, to her heavenly home at 4:20 a.m., June 29, 2012. She was born in 1923, in Paulding to George and LuLu Chloe Ashenfelter-Loar, who preceded her in death. On February 7, 1943, she married the love of her life, Clifford Purdy, who died in 2000, after 57 years of...

John Randall Berry

John Randall Berry

Jun 28, 2012

John Randall Berry, 82, of Cridersville, Ohio died on Thursday, June 28, 2012, at 1:20 P.M. at Kindred Hospital in Lima, Ohio. Born Wednesday, April 4, 1930 in Lackey, Kentucky. John married Carolyn A. Helmlinger on September 4, 1987. She survives in Cridersville, Ohio. He was a maintenance man at several local offices. He attended The Four Mile School in...

Marge Westfall- Briggs

Marge Westfall- Briggs

Jun 26, 2012

Marge Ann Westfall-Briggs, 80, of Lima, Ohio, died on Tuesday, June 26, 2012, at 6:25 A.M. at Lost Creek Care Center in Lima, Ohio. Born Tuesday, February 10, 1932, in Findlay, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Albert Watson and the late Eunice (Hickle) Watson. Marge had been a Girl Scout leader and a member of Civil Defense....

Ronald "Ron" Moore

Ronald "Ron" Moore

Jun 25, 2012

Ronald L. "Ron" Moore, 73, of Lima, Ohio died on Monday, June 25, 2012, at 5:20 A.M. at Baton Rouge in Lima, Ohio. Born Friday, May 26, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, he was the son of the late Earl Moore and the late Wilta (Howell) Moore. After 34 years of service, Ronald retired from General Motors as an inspector. He...

L. Nesbitt

L. Nesbitt

Jun 24, 2012

Geneva L. "Gene" Nesbitt, 92, of Elida, Ohio died on Sunday, June 24, 2012, at 7:25 P.M. at Otterbein Nursing Home - Cridersville in Cridersville, Ohio. Born Friday, August 1, 1919 in Bluffton, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Henry Leonhard and the late Carrie (Koch) Leonhard and lived most of her childhood in Ft. Recovery, Ohio. Gene...

Michael Maus

Michael Maus

Jun 22, 2012

Michael J. Maus, 62, of Lima, Ohio died on Friday, June 22, 2012, at 10:59 A.M. St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. He was born Saturday, August 13, 1949 in Lima, Ohio. He was the grandson of the late Beatrice Anderson. Mr. Maus married Susan K. Recker on October 4, 2008 in Lima, Ohio. She survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr....

Joseph Santaguida

Joseph Santaguida

Jun 22, 2012

Joseph John Santaguida, 83 of Bluffton, Ohio, died on Friday, June 22, 2012, at 5:00 A.M. at Richland Manor Nursing Home in Bluffton, Ohio. Born Wednesday, February 13, 1929 in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of the late Nick Santaguida and the late Mary (Faga) Santaguida. He served in the Army from 1947 until 1948. He was a Veteran...

Clyde Conger, M.D.

Clyde Conger, M.D.

Jun 21, 2012

Clyde William Conger, M.D., 82 of Lima, Ohio died on Thursday, June 21, 2012, 4:04 P.M. at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. Born Saturday, December 28, 1929 in Delaware, Ohio, he was the son of the late James A. Conger and the late Ruth Glesenkamp Conger. Clyde married Mary Drake on February 27, 1999 in Bloomington, Indiana. She survives...

Faith Stoddard

Faith Stoddard

Jun 21, 2012

Faith Nioma (Shackelford) Stoddard, 90 of Lima, Ohio died on Thursday, June 21, 2012, at 1:15 P.M. at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. Born Tuesday, February 28, 1922 in Newark, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Walter L. Shackelford and the late Laura P. (Fritch) Shackelford. Faith married Robert Donald Stoddard, I on June 21, 1945, Bucyrus,...

Edwin Wynn

Edwin Wynn

Jun 20, 2012

Edwin E. Wynn, 85 of Lima, Ohio died on Wednesday, June 20, 2012, at 8:50 A.M. at his residence in Lima, Ohio. Born Sunday, May 15, 1927 in Bellefontaine, Ohio, he was the son of the late George Wynn and the late Lula (Plummer) Wynn. Edwin married Miriam Kress on April 18, 1948. She survives in Lima. He retired from...

Bettie Baumgardner

Bettie Baumgardner

Jun 19, 2012

Bettie L. Baumgardner, 91, of Lima, Ohio, died on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, at 2:20 a.m. at Lima Memorial Health System in Lima, Ohio. Born Friday, October 8, 1920, in Lima, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Leo Ayers and the late Elizabeth (Tummel) Ayers. Bettie married John C. Baumgardner on May 9, 1942. He preceded her in...

David Harding

David Harding

Jun 19, 2012

David L. Harding, 65 of Reynoldsburg, Ohio died on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, at his residence. He was for born Wednesday, January 8, 1947 in Lima to Robert and Ruth Sara (Veit) Harding. His father survives in Lima. He was employed by the State of Ohio as a correctional officer. He had served in the Navy from September 27, 1965...

James D. Kuhn

James D. Kuhn

Jun 18, 2012

Rev. James "Jim" D. Kuhn, 79 of Lima, Ohio died on Monday, June 18, 2012, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio at 5:00 A.M. Born Wednesday, May 31, 1933 in Burton, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Homer Kuhn and the late Phoebe (Ashcraft) Kuhn. He married Nancy Shuster Kuhn, June 29, 1957. She survives in...