Obituaries

LeRoy Meier

LeRoy Meier

Apr 27, 2012

LeRoy M. Meier, 90 of Lima, Ohio died on Friday, April 27, 2012, at 2:10 A.M. at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. Born Friday, October 21, 1921 in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of the late Lewis Meier and the late Florence Stephens Meier. LeRoy married Jeanne Mack on April 25, 1942, and she survives in Lima they...

Reed Blair

Reed Blair

Apr 27, 2012

Reed Aaron Blair, 84 of Lima, Ohio died on Friday, April 27, 2012, at 3:35 A.M. at Lima Convalescent Home in Lima, Ohio. Born Friday, August 26, 1927 in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of the late Harold Blair and the late Bessie Overfield Blair. On December 22, 1951 he married Normalee Jordan, who preceded him in death on...

James "Jim" Blue

James "Jim" Blue

Apr 22, 2012

James A. "Jim" Blue, 73 of Harrod, Ohio died on Sunday, April 22, 2012, at7:00 A.M. at his residence in Harrod, Ohio. Born Wednesday, April 5, 1939 in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of the late Charles Blue and the late Lillian Brennaman Blue. He was a machine maintenance repairman for General Dynamics. Jim was a very giving person,...

John Klingler

John Klingler

Apr 21, 2012

John M. Klingler, 90, died at 10:58 a.m., April 21, 2012, at Primrose Retirement Community. He was born June 24, 1921, near Beaverdam, to Freeman and Pearl (Thomas) Klingler. On September 14, 1945, he married Virginia Schwinn, who preceded him in death on March 5, 2011. During his first five years of school, he attended Halltown, a one-room school with...

William McKnight

William McKnight

Apr 20, 2012

William C. McKnight, 96 of Lima, Ohio died on Friday, April 20, 2012, at 5:00 P.M. at Shawnee Manor Nursing Home in Lima, Ohio. Born Friday, July 2, 1915 in Cobb Hill, Kentucky, he was the son of the late Ed McKnight and the late Lula Howell McKnight. William married Susie Richardson in 1950 in St. Louis, Missouri, she preceded...

LaVerne Malsam

LaVerne Malsam

Apr 20, 2012

LaVerne Joseph Malsam, 73 of Lima, Ohio died on Friday, April 20, 2012, 3:30 A.M. at his residence in Lima, Ohio. Born Monday, November 21, 1938 in Hayes, Kansas, he was the son of the late Frederick Malsam and the late Catherine Richmeier Malsam. He served in the United States Army. LaVerne married Doris Johnson on October 10, 1959 in...

John Rossfeld

John Rossfeld

Apr 19, 2012

John M. Rossfeld, 80 of San Francisco, California died on Thursday, April 19, 2012, in San Francisco. Born Friday, May 1, 1931 in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of the late Dr. A.W. Rossfeld and the late Helen King Rossfeld. In his earlier years, he had served as an organist at several Lima area churches. He also served as...

John Early

John Early

Apr 17, 2012

John O. Early, 87 of Lima, Ohio died on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at 5:15 P.M. at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. Born Thursday, August 14, 1924 in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of the late Russell Early and the late Lucille Baker Early. He retired from Montgomery Ward Department Store as the manager of the automotive parts...

James Allen

James Allen

Apr 15, 2012

James E. Allen, 83 of Lima, Ohio died on Sunday, April 15, 2012, at 5:45 p.m.at his residence in Elida, Ohio. Born Monday, September 24, 1928 in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of the late Colby P. Allen and Mary Margaret Miller Allen. He was employed by Ford Motor Company. James married Jenny Donisi on May 1, 1953 in...

Catherine Fritz

Catherine Fritz

Apr 14, 2012

Catherine Maxine Fritz , 86 of Lima, died on Saturday, April 14, 2012, at 3:20 A.M. at her residence 2 Otterbein Retirement Living Community, Cridersville,OH. Born November 12, 1925 in Sugar Creek Twp. She was the daughter of the late Andral Vandemark and the late Catherine Hofferbert Vandemark. She married David Fritz who is deceased. She was employed by the...

A. Jeanne Goldman

A. Jeanne Goldman

Apr 10, 2012

A. Jeanne Goldman (nee Mamet), 82, died April 10, 2012, at St. Rita's Medical Center after a brave battle with cancer. She was born January 24, 1930, in Columbus, Ohio, to Max and Sara Mamet, and married Dr. Sandy Goldman in 1951. They were married 57 years until his death in 2008. Jeanne was an accomplished artist, an avid traveler,...

James Hardesty

James Hardesty

Apr 9, 2012

James F. Hardesty, 66 of Lima, Ohio died on Monday, April 9, 2012, 7:47 P.M. at Lima Memorial Health Systems of Lima Ohio James was born to Emma "Punk" Kinkle on January 8, 1946 in Lima, Ohio, she preceded him in death. He married Deanna Gibson in 1982, she survives in Lima. He worked at Lombardo's for many years. He...

Jean Hoehn

Jean Hoehn

Apr 8, 2012

Jean F. Hoehn, 83 of Lima, Ohio died on Sunday, April 8, 2012, at 7:30 a.m. at Shawnee Manor Nursing Home in Lima, Ohio. Born Tuesday, September 18, 1928, she was the daughter of the late John Kesner and the late Frances Leonard Kesner. Jean married Lavern Rudolph "Bud" Hoehn on January 18, 1950 at St. John's Catholic Church. He...

Jerry Smith

Jerry Smith

Apr 7, 2012

Jerry C. Smith, 69 of Elida, Ohio died on Saturday, April 7, 2012, 6:08P.M. at his residence. Born Monday, February 1, 1943 in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of the late Charles H. Smith and the late Mary Jane Cardone Smith. On January 17, 1985 he married Carolyn Cogswell, she survives in Elida. Mr. Smith was a 1961 graduate...

M. Hall

M. Hall

Apr 3, 2012

M. Joyce Hall, 77 of Lima, Ohio died on Tuesday, April 3, 2012, at 9:25 P.M. at Springview Manor Nursing Home in Lima, Ohio. Born Wednesday, October 3, 1934 in Lima, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Walter Bruns and the late Donna Moon Bruns. She married Donald Hall on July 15, 1952 and he preceded her in...

Roseanna "Grandma Dot" Dent

Roseanna "Grandma Dot" Dent

Mar 31, 2012

Roseanna Mae "Grandma Dot" Dent, 79, transitioned at 8:55 a.m. Saturday at her home in Lima, Ohio. The world was blessed with the most precious rose - Roseanna Mae (Phillips) Dent, born July 1, 1932, in St. Mary's, Ohio, to Arthur and Anna Elizabeth (Bass) Phillips, Sr. of Grover Hill, Ohio. She was the oldest of six and the seventh...

Koewler Brafford

Koewler Brafford

Mar 30, 2012

Koewler "Dutch" Brafford, 90 of Lima, Ohio died on Friday, March 30, 2012, at Lima Convalescent Home . He was born July 23, 1921 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of the late Osmer Brafford and the late Hertha Koewler Brafford. He married Irene J. Muzleski in Lima on September 4, 1945 and she died on January 13, 2004. Mr. Brafford...

William Warner McKinney

William Warner McKinney

Mar 30, 2012

William "Bill" Warner McKinney, 77 of Lima, Ohio died on Friday, March 30, 2012, at 4:22 A.M. at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. Born Tuesday, March 5, 1935 in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of the late Harold McKinney and the late Florence (Lance) McKinney. He was the husband of Patricia Welsh McKinney, who survives in Lima. He...

Joanne Good

Joanne Good

Mar 25, 2012

Joanne Good, 78 of Lima, Ohio died on Sunday, March 25, 2012, 1:08 P.M. at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. Born Thursday, June 15, 1933 in Allen County, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Stanley Shaw and the late Vesta Plummer Shaw. She was the wife of the late Allen Good. She was employed by Lost Creek...

Maysie Rowlett

Maysie Rowlett

Mar 24, 2012

Maysie Lea Rowlett, 81 of Lima, Ohio died on Saturday, March 24, 2012, at 6:26 p.m. at Lima Memorial Health System in Lima, Ohio. Born Thursday, April 17, 1930 in Hancock Co., Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Grant Hurd and the late Myrtle Owens Hurd. Mrs. Rowlett worked as a clerk at Norfolk & Western Railroad, retiring...