Obituaries

Belva Lauber

Belva Lauber

Jun 12, 2011

Belva Lauber, 93 of Lima, Ohio died on Sunday, June 12, 2011, at Shawnee Manor Nursing Home in Lima, Ohio. Born Saturday, January 26, 1918 in Stambaugh, Kentucky, she was the daughter of Thomas Akers and Lula J. Stambaugh Akers who proceded her in death. On April 17,1948 she married Irvin Lauber who survives in Lima. Mrs. Lauber was a...

Melvin R. Stebleton

Melvin R. Stebleton

Jun 11, 2011

Melvin R. Stebleton, 85 of Lima, Ohio died on Saturday, June 11, 2011, at Lima Convalescent Home in Lima, Ohio. Born Tuesday, June 23, 1925 in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of Elmer Stebleton and Blanche Mayer Stebleton who preceded him in death. On February 5, 1955 he married Lorene Ayers, who survives in Lima. He served in the...

Warren Richards

Warren Richards

Jun 8, 2011

Warren H. Richards, 83 of Lima, Ohio died on Wednesday, June 8, 2011, at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He was born March 5, 1928 in Detroit, Michigan, to Harry W. Richards and Elvira Anderson Richards. They both preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife Eva Music Richards. He was employed by Ford Lima Engine...

Terry Bradford

Terry Bradford

Jun 7, 2011

Terry L. Bradford, 63 of Lima, Ohio died on Tuesday, June 7, 2011, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio in Lima, Ohio. Born Friday, May 21, 1948 in Lima, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late James McEachern and the late Betty Botkins McEachern Allemeier. She was the wife of James Bradford. On June 12, 1965 she married...

Douglas Samons

Douglas Samons

Jun 4, 2011

Douglas Lee Samons, 56 of Lima, Ohio died on Saturday, June 4, 2011, at Golden Living Center in Lima, Ohio. Born Sunday, December 12, 1954 in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of the late Maryland Samons and Ilene Brumett Samons. His mother lives in Lima, Ohio Surviving are son, Douglas Lee Samons, Jr. of Alger, OH, daughters, Rebbeca Samons...

F. Schmidt

F. Schmidt

Jun 2, 2011

F. Vernon Schmidt "Smitty", 92 of Elida, Ohio died on Thursday, June 2, 2011, at Vancrest Health Care Center in Delphos, Ohio. Born Saturday, November 2, 1918 in Greensburg, Kansas, he was the son of the late Louis Schmidt and the late Lodie Wadel Schmidt. He was the husband of Evelyn Cook Schmidt. He was employed by Oriental Rug Company....

Darliene Conaway

Darliene Conaway

Jun 2, 2011

Darliene J. Conaway, 76 of Lima, Ohio died on Thursday, June 2, 2011, at her residence in Lima, Ohio. Born Friday, September 7, 1934 in Detroit, Michigan, she was the daughter of the late William Gassman and the late Alta Horstman Gassman. She was the wife of Charles Conaway. Mrs. Conaway graduated from Lima Central High School in 1952. She...

Irene Miller

Irene Miller

May 31, 2011

Irene M. Miller, 91 of Elida, Ohio died on Tuesday, May 31, 2011, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio in Lima, Ohio. Born Thursday, March 4, 1920 in Spencerville, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Vernon Wilkin and the late Nellie Bice Wilkin. She was the wife of the late Carl Miller. She married Carl H. Miller...

Paul "Moe" Mullenhour

Paul "Moe" Mullenhour

May 29, 2011

Paul E. "Moe" Mullenhour, 84 of Lima, Ohio died on Sunday, May 29, 2011, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio in Lima, Ohio. Born Saturday, January 1, 1927 in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of the late Charles Mullenhour and the late Josephine Murano Mullenhour. On January 31, 1948 he married Virginia A. "Ginnie" Wagner, she preceded him...

Russell "Russ" Gratz

Russell "Russ" Gratz

May 28, 2011

Russell Edward "Russ" Gratz, 86, died at 2:30 a.m. May 28, 2011, at Baton Rouge Senior Health Facility, Lima. He was born Oct. 3, 1924, in Allen County to Homer S. and Edna R. Badertscher Gratz, who preceded him in death. On Dec. 16, 1961, he married Violet Hardesty Gratz, who survives in Lima. Mr. Gratz was a member of...

Robert "Bolt Man" Terrell

Robert "Bolt Man" Terrell

May 27, 2011

Robert H. "Bolt Man" Terrell, 84, died at 1:09 p.m. May 27, 2011, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born March 13, 1927, in Bellefontaine to Lennon C. and Harriet R. Burden Terrell, who preceded him in death. On Nov. 10, 1951, he married Mariam "Pat" Patrick, who survives. Mr. Terrell was an Army veteran of World War II...

Mary Grothaus

Mary Grothaus

May 26, 2011

Mary C. Grothaus, 85 of Corbin, Kentucky died on Thursday, May 26, 2011, at her residence. Born Wednesday, January 20, 1926 in Ottoville, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Charles Perrin and the late Anna Fletcher Perrin. She was the wife of the late Robert D. Grothaus. She was employed by Lima City Schools, as cafeteria manager. Mrs....

Ilean Everett

Ilean Everett

May 25, 2011

Ilean Mary Everett, 90 of Lima, Ohio died on Wednesday, May 25, 2011, at Golden Living Center of Lima in Lima, Ohio. Born Tuesday, October 19, 1920 in Carlton PLace, Ontario, Canada, she was the daughter of the late Franklin Shirraw and the late Dora Thorne Shirraw. She married Irvin Clifford Everett on March 18, 1953. He preceded her in...

Elizabeth (Moore) Mangin Schoonover

Elizabeth (Moore) Mangin Schoonover

May 24, 2011

Elizabeth "Sue" (Moore) Mangin Schoonover, 68 of Lima, Ohio died on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio in Lima, Ohio. Born Tuesday, May 26, 1942 in Lima, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Paul A. Moore and the late Martha E. Wright Moore. She married Don Mangin on August 13, 1977. She married...

Merle Conrad

Merle Conrad

May 18, 2011

Merle A. Conrad, 57 of Lima, Ohio died on Wednesday, May 18, 2011, at Shawnee Manor Nursing Home in Lima, Ohio. He was born May 26, 1953 in Bluffton, Ohio to Raymond and the late Imogene Conrad. Merle is survived by a step-father George Smith of Lima, Ohio and a sister Joyce (Bob) Northrup of Lima, Ohio and an Aunt...

Maxine Collins

Maxine Collins

May 17, 2011

Maxine L. Collins, 96 of Lima, Ohio died on Tuesday, May 17, 2011, at Lima Convalescent Home in Lima, Ohio. Born Saturday, May 1, 1915 in Willshire, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late James Case and the late Gladys Cully Case. She was the wife of the late William Collins. She married William Lee Collins on July 21,...

Martha Eley

Martha Eley

May 16, 2011

Martha Elizabeth Eley, 85 of Lima, Ohio died on Monday, May 16, 2011, at her Residence. Born Wednesday, July 1, 1925 in Marysville, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Charles Mooney and the late Katherine Felver Mooney. She was the wife of the late Paul Eley, Sr.. She married Paul Eley, Sr. in April of 1941, and he...

Walter Stippich,

Walter Stippich,

May 14, 2011

Walter A. Stippich, Jr., 76 of Lima, Ohio died on Saturday, May 14, 2011, at his residence in Lima, Ohio. Born Wednesday, July 4, 1934 in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of the late Walter A. Stippich and the late Madelyn Auer Stippich. He was associated with Stippich Hardware for most of his life. He was a member of...

Mary Sneary

Mary Sneary

May 12, 2011

Mary C. Sneary, 89, died at 5:43 a.m. May 12, 2011, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born Jan. 17, 1922, in Lima to Russel E. and Catherine Renn Moorman, who preceded her in death. On April 19, 1941, she married Andrew R. "Ray" Sneary, who died May 21, 1996. Mrs. Sneary and her husband were founding members of...

Eileen Slade

Eileen Slade

May 12, 2011

Eileen F. Slade died May 12, 2011. She was born Jan. 13, 1926, in Richland Township, Allen County, to William Henry and Nettie Oberly Stettler, who preceded her in death. On April 2, 1947, in Cairo, she married Harold K. Slade. Mrs. Slade was a 1944 graduate of South High School, Lima. During World War II, she worked at Wright...