Obituaries

Joseph David Turner

Joseph David Turner

Mar 21, 2012

Joseph "Joe" David Turner, 64 of Defiance, Ohio died on Wednesday, March 21, 2012, at his residence in Defiance, Ohio. Born Tuesday, July 23, 1946 in Paulding, Ohio, he was the son of the late William Turner and the late Jeanetta Day Turner. He served in the Army from 1965 until 1971. He was a Veteran of Vietnam. Mr. Turner...

Kain Dumm

Kain Dumm

Mar 17, 2012

Kain Dumm, 4 months, of Lima, Ohio died on Saturday , March 17, 2012, at 2:29 P.M. at St. Vincent Mercy Children's Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Born Monday, October 24, 2011 in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of Rodney Dumm and Deedra Opperman. Kain had a smile that would light up a room. He was very much loved and...

David Crowe

David Crowe

Mar 16, 2012

David R. "Bullet" Crowe, 76 of Lima, Ohio died on Friday, March 16, 2012, at 5:00 P.M. at Lima Memorial Health System in Lima, Ohio. Born January 30, 1936 in Alger, Ohio, he was the son of Nead and Lilly Elizabeth Barnett Crowe who preceded him in death. On July 15, 1954 in Lima he married Doris Hipkins who survives...

Rowena Anderson

Rowena Anderson

Mar 13, 2012

Rowena Maud Anderson, 85 of Lima, Ohio died on Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at 11:00 A.M. at Lima Convalescent Home in Lima, Ohio. Born Sunday, January 2, 1927 in Putnam Co., Ohio, she was the daughter of the late William Waldo Evans and the late Mae Pitsenbarger Evans. She was the wife of the late Albert Anderson. She was employed...

Nicholle "Sissie" Coppler

Nicholle "Sissie" Coppler

Mar 13, 2012

Nicholle Marie "Sissie" Coppler, 14 of Lima, Ohio who disappeared on Saturday, May 15, 1999 and whose remains were found Feburary 8, 2012. Born Tuesday, August 21, 1984 in Iowa City, Iowa, she was the daughter of Keith Coppler and Krista Metzger Coppler of Jacksonville, Florida She had a beautiful smile and she liked cheerleading and her cat-Beth. Surviving are:...

Raymond "Ray" Hilton

Raymond "Ray" Hilton

Mar 13, 2012

Raymond "Ray" Hilton, age 59, of Columbus, OH, died Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at Van Wert Inpatient Hospice in Van Wert, Ohio. He was born January 17, 1953 in Toledo, Ohio to Theodore Hilton who is deceased and Shirley (McDonald) Maciejewsi who survives in LIma. He loved music , played the guitar. He is survived by two sons; Daniel Hilton...

David Sampson,

David Sampson,

Mar 10, 2012

David L. Sampson, Sr. 54 of Tiffin, Ohio died on Saturday, March 10, 2012, at 8:18 P.M. at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio. Born Sunday, September 1, 1957 in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of the late William Wallace Sampson, Jr. and the late Betty Nance May. David was a very caring person. He had a...

James Dwight Britt

James Dwight Britt

Mar 8, 2012

James "Jim" Dwight Britt, 82 of Lima, Ohio died on Thursday, March 8, 2012, at 9:58 P.M. at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. Born Sunday, October 20, 1929 in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of the late Walter Britt and the late Martha Ault On September 9, 1949 he married Jane Shaw, who preceded him in death on...

Fred John Wakefield

Fred John Wakefield

Mar 8, 2012

Fred Gibson John Wakefield, 64, formerly of Lima, OH, died at home March 8, 2012 after years of battling cancer. He was born Sept. 30, 1947 in North Conway, New Hampshire as the second child to the late Norman G. and Emma (Van den houte) Wakefield. After serving his country in the US Army, he married Nancy (Santos) Wakefield on...

Paul Stelzer

Paul Stelzer

Mar 5, 2012

Paul Eugene Stelzer, 85 of Lima, Ohio died on Monday, March 5, 2012, at 6:34 A.M. at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. Born Tuesday, February 8, 1927 in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of the late Carl Stelzer and Emma Ward Stelzer. Mr. Stelzer married Marilyn Miller on September 11, 1948 in Findlay, Ohio, she survives. After retiring...

A. Myers

A. Myers

Mar 4, 2012

Reva A. Myers, 90 of Lima, Ohio died on Sunday, March 4, 2012, at 4:15 P.M.at Cridersville Health Care Center in Cridersville, Ohio. Born Wednesday, December 7, 1921 in Allen Co, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Walter Sevitz and the late Rose Billings Sevitz. She was married to Wesley R. Myers, he preceded her in death on...

Ruth Patton

Ruth Patton

Feb 29, 2012

Ruth A. Patton, 79 of Lima, Ohio died on Wednesday, February 29, 2012, at 1:00 P.M. at Lima Memorial Health System in Lima, Ohio. Born Saturday, March 5, 1932 in Lima, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Victor Lyle and the late Lillian Hullinger Lyle. Ruth married Neil G. Patton on November 5, 1960; he preceded her in...

David Hubbard

David Hubbard

Feb 27, 2012

David L. Hubbard, 60 of Lima, Ohio died on Monday, February 27, 2012, at 7:05 A.M. at his residence in Lima, Ohio. Born Monday, March 5, 1951 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, he was the son of the late John Hubbard and the late Elizabeth Mann Hubbard. Mr. Hubbard married Kathleen "Kathy" Hale on April 24, 1982, she survives. Mr. Hubbard...

April Mauk

April Mauk

Feb 25, 2012

April Renee Mauk, 55, died at 9:55 A.M. at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born April 30, 1956 in Lima to Richard Lee & Marcia Janet (Barrington) Mauk. Her father preceded her in death in 1996. Her mother survives. She graduated in 1975 from The Ohio State School for the Blind. She worked as a packager and assembler at...

Kenneth Baber

Kenneth Baber

Feb 23, 2012

Kenneth Baber, 87 of Celina, Ohio died on Thursday, February 23, 2012, at 5:00 P.M. at The Otterbein Nursing Home in Saint Marys, Ohio. Born Sunday, November 2, 1924, he was the son of the late Royal Baber and the late Rowena Miller Baber. He was employed by the Lima Locomotive Works, Lima Baldwin-Hamilton and Clark Equipment. He served in...

Jack Adams,

Jack Adams,

Feb 22, 2012

Jack R. Adams, Sr, 80 of Lima, Ohio died on Wednesday, February 22, 2012, at his residence in Lima. Born February 14, 1932 in Lima, he was the son of Louis Adams and Harriet Pryor Adams who preceded him in death. On February 6, 1954 he married Rose E. Point who died November 18, 2011. He served in the Army...

Robert Dieringer

Robert Dieringer

Feb 20, 2012

Robert Dieringer, 91, of Social Circle, Georgia and formerly of Lima, Ohio, died on Monday, February 20, 2012, at 4:14 A.M. at home. Born Friday, June 25, 1920 in St. Marys, OH, he was the son of the late Frank Dieringer and the late Minnie Wieser Dieringer. Robert married Gladys Louise Hundley on August 1, 1946; she preceded him in...

Wilma Frueh

Wilma Frueh

Feb 18, 2012

Wilma M. Frueh, 84 of Lima, Ohio died on Saturday, February 18, 2012, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. She was born Tuesday, April 12, 1927 in Lima to George Teutsch and Laura Wagner Teutsch who preceded her in death. She married A. John Frueh on June 7, 1947 in Lima he died May 17, 1988, She had been a...

Linda Yochum

Linda Yochum

Feb 17, 2012

Linda K. Yochum, 66 of Lima, Ohio died on Friday, February 17, 2012, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born May 24, 1945 in Lima, OH to John Fifer and Naomi (Linton) Fifer. Her mother Naomi (Fifer) Clark survives in Lima. Linda was the Electronic Department Manager for K-Mart. She loved bowling, reading and collecting Angels. She loved spending...

David Winters

David Winters

Feb 14, 2012

David M. Winters, 68, of Lima, Ohio died on Tuesday, February 14, 2012, at the Lima Convalescent Home in Lima, Ohio. Born Wednesday, October 27, 1943 in Passaic, New Jersey, he was the son of Mary Focht Winters and the late Howard Winters. He was married on September 10, 1967 to Karen Prior Winters who survives in Lima. He was...