Obituaries

Leonard Thompson

Leonard Thompson

May 12, 2011

Leonard Frederick Thompson, 90 of Lima, Ohio died on Thursday, May 12, 2011, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio in Lima, Ohio. Born Tuesday, January 4, 1921 in Waynesfield, Ohio, he was the son of the late Clarence Thompson and the late Esta Hattery Thompson. He was the husband of the late Jean McConehey Thompson. He served as a...

Clifford Smith

Clifford Smith

May 8, 2011

Clifford David Smith, 86 of Van Wert, Ohio died on Sunday, May 8, 2011, at Van Wert Co. Hospital in Van Wert, Ohio. Born Tuesday, June 17, 1924 in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of the late Arthur Smith and the late Gwendolyn Lesh Smith. He was the husband of Elva Duncan Smith. His first wife was Anna Mae...

Paul Young

Paul Young

May 8, 2011

Paul L. Young, 74 of Lima, Ohio died on Sunday, May 8, 2011, surrounded by his family, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. Born Thursday, July 9, 1936 in New Bavaria, Ohio, he was the son of the late Merl Young and the late Thelma Mathile Young. He was the husband of the late Linda R. Williams Young. On...

Kathryn Fenton

Kathryn Fenton

May 6, 2011

Kathryn D. Fenton, 57 of Lima, Ohio died on Friday, May 6, 2011, at Her Residence. Born Wednesday, October 14, 1953 in Warrenville, South Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Robert Brown and Lydia Freeman Brown. She had worked at Elmcroft Assisted Living, as a Nursing Assistant. She had served as caregiver for many years. Surviving are son,...

Danny R. Stephens

Danny R. Stephens

May 3, 2011

Danny R. Stephens, 61 of Lima, Ohio died on Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at Golden Living in Lima, Ohio. Born Monday, January 30, 1950 in Martin, Kentucky, he was the son of the late Hallie Stephens and the late Birdella Konst Stephens. Mr. Stephens was the owner and operator of the Economy Carpet Cleaners for 30 years. He was an...

Kody Knight

Kody Knight

May 1, 2011

Kody Knight, 25 of Columbus Grove, Ohio died on Sunday, May 1, 2011 Born Thursday, March 27, 1986 in Kettering, Ohio, he was the son of Kelly Knight and Mindy Roberts Knight. He was employed by OSU Ohio Union Building. He was a Sgt. in the United States Marine Corp. He was an avid soccer player, played tennis, golf and...

Rosemary Wurst

Rosemary Wurst

Apr 28, 2011

Rosemary E. Wurst, 91 of Lima, Ohio died on Thursday, April 28, 2011, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio in Lima, Ohio. Born Tuesday, March 9, 1920 in Lima, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Alonzo Baughman and the late Mary Althoff Baughman. She was the wife of the late Charles Wurst. Rosemary married Charles R. Wurst...

Sue Mathews

Sue Mathews

Apr 27, 2011

Sue Ellen Mathews, 72 of Carmel, Indiana and formerly of Lima died on Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at St Vincent Hospice in Indianapolis, Indiana. Born June 1, 1938 in Bryan, Ohio, she is the the daughter of the late Frank LeRoy Mathews and the late Lucille Margaret Mower Mathews . She was employed by Terra in Sioux City, Iowa. snd...

Michael Ward

Michael Ward

Apr 27, 2011

Michael E. Ward, 57 of Lima, Ohio died on Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at Lima Memorial Health System in Lima, Ohio. Born Wednesday, March 3, 1954 in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of Harry Eugene Ward and the late Anna Marie Lucchesi Ward. He was a former member of St. John's Catholic Church, Lima. He loved animals and gardening...

Betty Skiba

Betty Skiba

Apr 27, 2011

Betty Jane Skiba, 81 of Lima, Ohio died on Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio in Lima, Ohio. Born Saturday, August 24, 1929 in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Charles Seemiller and the late Alice Diamond Seemiller. She was the wife of the late Joe J. Skiba. She was employed...

Sharon "Queenie" Burnett Music

Sharon "Queenie" Burnett Music

Apr 22, 2011

Sharon Rose "Queenie" Burnett Music, 70 of Lima, Ohio died on Friday, April 22, 2011, at her Residence. Born Friday, March 21, 1941 in Lima, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Eddie Alford Burnett and the late Garnet Lillian Davis Burnett. She was the wife of the late Douglas M. Music. Sharon was a graduate on Lima Senior...

James Boyed

James Boyed

Apr 19, 2011

James R. Boyed, 69 died on Tuesday, April 19, 2011, at Dayton VA Hospital in Dayton, Ohio. Born Thursday, December 18, 1941, he was the son of the late Ray Boyed and the late Hazel Boyed. Mr. Boyed graduated from Lima Senior High School in 1959, served in the U.S. Navy from 1959 to 1962, and worked as a machinist...

Marjorie Link

Marjorie Link

Apr 15, 2011

Marjorie E. Link, 90 of Lima, Ohio died on Friday, April 15, 2011, at Lima Convalescent Home in Lima, Ohio. Born Friday, September 10, 1920 in Ada, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Albert Huber and the late Kathryn Hauenstein Huber. She was the wife of Joseph Link. She was in charge of the Payroll Department at Lima...

D. Moening

D. Moening

Apr 13, 2011

D. Bernice Moening,89 of Toledo, Ohio died on Wednesday, April 13, 2011, at Spring Meadows Extended Care Facility in Toledo, Ohio. Born Saturday, December 17, 1921 in Leipsic, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Cyrus Aerni and the late Chloe Crosser Aerni. She was the wife of the late Paul Moening. She was employed by Agrico & Amerigas....

B. Wright Helmig

B. Wright Helmig

Apr 10, 2011

B. Maxine Wright Helmig, 89, died at 5:15 p.m. April 10, 2011, at Shawnee Manor Nursing Home. She was born Aug. 27, 1921, in American Township to Otis and Mary Kennedy Wright, who preceded her in death. On April 26, 1946, she married Charles Helmig, who died Sept. 19, 1999. Mrs. Helmig was a member of St. Charles Catholic Church,...

Margot Keller

Margot Keller

Apr 10, 2011

Margot Ann Keller, 76 of Lima, Ohio died on Sunday, April 10, 2011, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio in Lima, Ohio. Born Sunday, April 7, 1935 in Joliet, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late Lester Shaski and the late Margaret Fraser Shaski. She was the wife of the late Robert Keller. Margot graduated from The College...

Kevin Smith

Kevin Smith

Apr 10, 2011

Kevin R. Smith, 44 of Bluffton, Ohio died on Sunday, April 10, 2011, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio in Lima, Ohio. Born Sunday, January 1, 1967 in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of the late Gary Smith and Sharon Nerderman Smith. He loved spending time with his family and enjoyed the Cleveland Browns, fishing and camping Surviving...

Erik Woehlke

Erik Woehlke

Apr 9, 2011

Erik P. Woehlke, 41 of Lima, Ohio died at 8:40 a.m., on Saturday, April 9, 2011 at the Lima Convalescent Home, surrounded by his family. He was born September 28, 1969 in Lafayette, Indiana. Mr. Woehlke graduated from Shawnee High School in 1987, and received a degree in Accounting and Finance from the College of Business Administration at the University...

A.C. Kuhlman

A.C. Kuhlman

Apr 7, 2011

A. C. "Junior" Kuhlman, 83, died at 10:00 P.M. on April 7, 2011 at St. Rita's Hospital. He was born April 25, 1927, in New Cleveland, Ohio to Adolph J. and Dorthea (Schroder) Kuhlman who preceded him in death. On October 6, 1954, he married Martha Garlock, who survives. Mr. Kuhlman was a shift manager at Kewpee Restaurant for 50...

Melvin "Pete" Gorrow

Melvin "Pete" Gorrow

Apr 5, 2011

Melvin P. "Pete" Gorrow, 81 of Lima, Ohio died on Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at Wyngate Senior Living Center in Lima, Ohio. Born Sunday, September 8, 1929 in Niagara Falls, New York, he was the son of the late Edward Gorrow and the late Blanche Gilbert Gorrow. On October 8, 1955 he married Ruth Reichenbach. She preceeded him in death....