Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Todd Hunter
Jan 20, 2012
Todd A. Hunter, 45 of Lima, died on Friday, January 20, 2012 at 4:48 P.M. at his residence. Born December 14, 1966 in Lima,, he was the son of Denny and Bonnie Sodders Hunter who survive in Lima. On August 7, 1993 in Lima he married Kathryn Page who also survives in Lima. Mr. Hunter served in the United States...
Eugene "Gene" Schumaker,
Jan 19, 2012
Eugene T. "Gene" Schumaker, Sr., 79 of Lima, Ohio died on Thursday, January 19, 2012, at 9:05P.M. surrounded by his family at his residence in Lima, Ohio. Born Monday, March 7, 1932 in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of the late Herbert Schumacher and the late Alice Hovest Schumacher. He was employed by self employed as an auto body...
Sharon Michael
Jan 19, 2012
Sharon K. Michael, 69 of Lima, Ohio died on Thursday, January 19, 2012, at 1:19 P.M. at Lima Memorial Health System in Lima, Ohio. Born Saturday, May 30, 1942 in St. Elmo, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late Louis Henry Freeman and the late Olive Pearl Hatfill Freeman. She was the wife of the late David Lee Michael....
Olive Jodry
Jan 17, 2012
Olive June Jodry, 89 of Lima, Ohio died on Tuesday, January 17, 2012, at 7:41 A.M. at Lima Memorial Health System in Lima, Ohio. Born Saturday, June 10, 1922 in Bryan, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Emory Clapper and the late Minnie Flory Clapper. She was the wife of Sylvan Jodry who survives. June was a 1940...
Charlotte Crites
Jan 17, 2012
Charlotte G. Crites, 90 of Lima, Ohio died on Tuesday, January 17, 2012, at Shawnee Manor Nursing Home in Lima, Ohio. Born Saturday, August 13, 1921 in Defiance, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late John Diringer and the late Helen Pocock Diringer. She was the wife of the late Carl Crites. She was the owner and operator of...
Norma Miller
Jan 14, 2012
Norma Jane Miller, 88 of Lima, Ohio died on Saturday, January 14, 2012, at 5:40 A.M. at Lima Memorial Health System in Lima, Ohio. Born Sunday, September 16, 1923 in Blackcreek Township, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Dale Roebuck and the late Bernice Anselman Roebuck. She was employed by Westinghouse in the Clerk Office. She was a...
Robert Spuehler
Jan 11, 2012
Robert James Spuehler, 64 of Lima, Ohio died on Wednesday, January 11, 2012, at his residence. He was born in Chicago on May 23, 1947 to Wilbur and Catherine Luther Spuehler who preceded him death. He was an Army Vietnam Veteran having served from 1966-1972 and a Life Member of Veteran of Foreign Wars Post #1275 Surviving are: sons, Robert...
Vikki (Youtsey) Barton
Jan 8, 2012
Vikki J. (Youtsey) Barton, 52 of Lima, Ohio died on Sunday, January 8, 2012, at 5:22 P.M. at her residence in Lima, Ohio. Born Sunday, February 22, 1959 in Van Wert County, Ohio, she was the daughter of Robert Youtsey and the late Ann Studenka Youtsey Williams. Vikki married Rick Barton on November 20, 1999 in Flemingsburg, Kentucky. He survives...
Francis W. "Frank" Hageman
Jan 7, 2012
Francis W. "Frank" Hageman, 80 of Lima, Ohio died on Saturday, January 7, 2012, at 9:55 A.M. at St. Rita's Medical Center, He was born June 17, 1931 in Putnam County to Ralph and Louise Birkemeir Hageman who preceded him in death. He married Joan F Debacher on September 6, 1952 in Lima and she survives in Lima. Frank was...
Sarah Macpherson
Jan 5, 2012
Sarah Ann Macpherson, 74 died at 6:05 p.m. Thursday, January 5, 2012 at Lima Memorial Health Systems after an extended illness. Born August 30, 1937, in Wichita Falls, TX, she was the oldest daughter of the late William Atkin Moore and Kathleen Ada Stocks. On December 16, 1961, she married Bertrand "Randy" Macpherson, who survives in Lima. The couple celebrated...
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