Obituaries

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...

Rita (Anderson) Mavis

Rita (Anderson) Mavis

Feb 13, 2012

Rita P. (Anderson)Mavis, 96 of Lima, Ohio died on Monday, February 13, 2012 at 11:15 A.M. at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio Born Tuesday, September 28, 1915 in Ostrander, Ohio, to Fern and Marjorie (Cratty) Anderson who preceded her in death. On June 1, 1955 she married Richard H. Mavis who survives. Mrs. Mavis was a graduate of Van...

Lindsey Jeanne-Marie Davis

Lindsey Jeanne-Marie Davis

Feb 12, 2012

Lindsey "Mouse" Jeanne-Marie Davis, 25 day old of Lima, Ohio died on Sunday, February 12, 2012, at Lima Memorial Hospital in Lima, Ohio. Born Wednesday, January 18, 2012 in Lima, Ohio, she was the daughter of Paul E. Davis and Desiree L. Sherer Davis. Surviving are: a brother, James; Maternal Grandfather Gale Sherer of Lima, Ohio; Maternal Grandparents, Shawn &...

Robert Ross

Robert Ross

Feb 7, 2012

Robert Charles Ross, 85 of Lima, Ohio died on Tuesday, February 7, 2012, at 2:20 p.m. at his residence in Lima, Ohio. Born Wednesday, January 5, 1927 in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of the late Carl W. Ross and the late Virginia Peck Ross. Mr. Ross married Mary Anne Nash on July 24, 1948 in Lima, Ohio. She...

Rae "Shug" Spinks

Rae "Shug" Spinks

Feb 7, 2012

Rae J. "Shug" Spinks, 72 of Lima, Ohio died on Tuesday, February 7, 2012, at 9:33 p.m.at Van Wert County Inpatient Hospice in Van Wert, Ohio. Born Monday, May 1, 1939 in Grover Hill, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late William Turner and the late Jeanetta Day Turner. She married William A. Spinks on July 7, 1959; he...

Warren Jacobs

Warren Jacobs

Feb 4, 2012

Warren Charles.Jacobs, businessman, botanist and community leader, died on Saturday, February 4, 2012, at St. Rita's Medical Center . He was 91. Born January 5, 1921, in Hereford, Texas to Richard and Helen Gress Jacobs who preceded him in death. On June 26, 1948 he married Virginia Lewis Jacobs and she survives. Mr. Jacobs was a 1939 graduate of Central...

Sharon Smith

Sharon Smith

Feb 2, 2012

Sharon A. Smith, 67 of Lima died on Thursday, February 2, 2012, at St. Rita's Medical Center, She was born ,October 12, 1944 in Lima, to Henry Nerderman who is deceased and Marcella "Jean" (Gass) Nerderman who survives in Lima, She married Gary Smith on May 2, 1965 he died on June 30, 2000. She was a homemaker. She was...

Beatrice I. Lentz Solomon

Beatrice I. Lentz Solomon

Jan 31, 2012

Beatrice (Bea) I. Lentz Solomon, age 72 died Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 10:09 A.M. at her residence surrounded by her loving family. She was born July 27, 1939 in Columbus Grove to Jesse C. Lentz and Helen L (Moore) Lentz who preceded her in death. Due to the loss of her mother early in life, she was raised by...

Betty Phillips

Betty Phillips

Jan 30, 2012

Betty L. Phillips, 55 of Lima, Ohio died on Monday, January 30, 2012, at 3:10 P. M. at her residence, in Lima, Ohio. Born Thursday, January 10, 1957 in Lima, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Nelson Phillips and the late Ethel Edna Crouch Phillips. Betty loved spending time with her grandchildren and family, cooking, her cat,...

David Ward

David Ward

Jan 29, 2012

David Ward, 55 of Lima, Ohio died after a courageous fight with cancer on Sunday, January 29, 2012, at 4:35 P.M. at his residence in Lima, Ohio. David was born on Nov. 9, 1956, in Hamilton, Ohio. His partner Thomas Cullen survives. Together they started the Victorian Corner in Lima in 1981 and Cullen Art Glass in Dublin in 1985....

John Raesky

John Raesky

Jan 29, 2012

John B. Raesky, of Lima, Ohio died at 2:30 A.M. on Sunday, January 29, 2012 at his residence. Born Wednesday, March 24, 1926 in Wapakoneta, Ohio, he was the son of the late Jacob Raesky and the late Florentina Sciranka Raesky. John married Martha Howell on January 31, 1953 in St. John's Catholic Church, Lima, Ohio. He served in the...

Helen (Lyons) Fruchey

Helen (Lyons) Fruchey

Jan 27, 2012

Helen M. (Lyons) Fruchey, 87 of Lima, Ohio died on Friday, January 27, 2012, at 7:06 A.M. at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. Born Friday, June 27, 1924 in Lima, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Bruce Lyons and the late Goldie Truesdale Lyons. . Helen married Loren Fruchey on July 31, 1958 in Angola, Indiana. He...

Ralph Nusbaum

Ralph Nusbaum

Jan 26, 2012

Ralph William Nusbaum, 86 of Lima died at 6:49 A.M. January 26, 2012, at Baton Rouge Senior Health Facility in Lima He was born January 11, 1926 in Lima to Leonard and Florence Lambert Nusbaum who preceded him in death. On September 12, 1948 in Lima he married Mary Kempf she died April 22, 2004. He was a graduate of...

Michael "Mike" Brennan

Michael "Mike" Brennan

Jan 21, 2012

Michael L. "Mike" Brennan, 70 of Elida, Ohio died on Saturday, January 21, 2012, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima He was born April 13, 1941 in Springfield, Ohio, to James Brennan and Frances Carnicum Miller who preceded him in death. On June 23, 1962 in Lima he married Judy Wallace and she survives. Mr Brennan was a member of...

Dora Roberts

Dora Roberts

Jan 20, 2012

Dora Jean (Farler) Roberts 78, of Lima passed away January 20th at her home surrounded by her family, after a short sudden battle with cancer. She was born March 31, 1933 in Ivyton, Kentucky to William (Willy) and Versie Farler who preceded her in death. On February 28, 1952 she married the love of her life Raleigh (Curly) Roberts, who...