Obituaries
Todd Mekolites
Dec 16, 2010
Todd E. Mekolites, 57, died at 8:15 a.m. December 16, 2010, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. He was born April 24, 1953 in Lima to Otto E. and Carolyn R. Overholtz Mekolites. His father preceded him in death. His mother survives in Lima. Mr. Mekolites enjoyed fishing and hunting. He had worked at Nickles Bakery. He was an Army veteran...
Wayne Lackey
Dec 16, 2010
Wayne L. Lackey, 89, died at 9:19 a.m. Dec. 16, 2010, at his residence. He was born Jan. 29, 1921 in Lima to Waldo and Low Freet Lackey, who preceded him in death. On March 4, 1951 he married Eileen Harmon, who preceded him in death in 1996. Mr. Lackey was retired from Buckeye Pipeline. He was a 45-year member...
Bernice Edgington
Dec 11, 2010
Bernice Ellen Edgington, 90, died at 2:55 a.m. December 11, 2010, at Lima Convalescent Home. She was born January 25, 1920, in Belle Center, Ohio to Leroy and Austa B. Hoon Wallace, who preceded her in death. On March 18, 1995, she married Robert J. Edgington, who died February 14, 2001. Mrs. Edgington was the owner and operator of the...
Helena DeMarco
Dec 8, 2010
Helena J. DeMarco, 85, died at 4:15 p.m. December 8, 2010, at her residence. She was born April 13, 1925, in Lima, Ohio to Paul and Virginia Mascellaro Shortino, who preceded her in death. Mrs. DeMarco was a graduate of St. John?s High School, Lima, Ohio. She was a member of St. Charles Catholic Church and its choir. She was...
Larry Moser
Dec 4, 2010
Larry L. Moser, 66, died at 8:30 a.m. December 4, 2010, at his residence, following a courageous battle with cancer, with his loving wife and family by his side. He was born July 26, 1944, in Bluffton, Ohio to Rawleigh and Velma Hauenstein Moser, who preceded him in death. On January 9, 1981, he married Joanne E. Kuhn, who survives...
Carole Widmer
Dec 4, 2010
Carole A. Widmer, 71, died at 11:30 a.m. December 4, 2010, at her son?s residence. She was born December 25, 1938, in Toledo, Ohio to Elmer and Ruth Burchert Brown, who preceded her in death. On July 16, 1960, in Toledo, Ohio, she married Robert C. Widmer, who died April 21, 2009. Mrs. Widmer was a member of St. Gerard?s...
Tressie Michael
Dec 4, 2010
Tressie Coulter-Michael, 67, died at 10:07 a.m. December 4, 2010, at her residence. She was born Septtmber 15, 1943, in Salyersville, Kentucky, to Lee Howard and Shirley Gibson, who preceded her in death. Her first husband, Henry L. Coulter, died in 1981. She then married Derry J. Michael, who also preceded her in death. Survivors include three grandchildren, Chris Coulter,...
Alva Acuna Wamser
Dec 4, 2010
Alva June Acuna Wamser, 86, died at 4:36 p.m. December 4, 2010, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born June 22, 1924, in Los Angeles to Oscar William and Jennie Dentler Schneider, who preceded her in death. In 1946, she married Jesus Acuna, who died in January 1959. Mrs. Wasmer retired from Bank of America when she lived in...
Mildred Bailey
Dec 4, 2010
Mildred M. Bailey, 81, died at 2:08 a.m. December 4, 2010, at her residence. She was born May 3, 1929, in Salyersville, Kentucky, to Luther and Dora Bailey Holiday, who preceded her in death. On March 31, 1951, in Ionia, Michigan, she married Adam Bailey, who died in April 1977. Mrs. Bailey took care of a farm and also was...
Sara Woolley
Dec 2, 2010
Sara Ann Woolley, 64, died at 1 a.m. December 2, 2010, at her residence, following an extended battle with ALS. She was born January 4, 1946, in Lima, Ohio to James and Naomi Rudolph Lawton, who preceded her in death. On June 21, 1964, she married John Woolley, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Woolley was a member of Lima...
Corey Byrd
Dec 2, 2010
Corey Edward Byrd, 33, died at 11:40 a.m. December 2, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. He was born March 31, 1977, in Columbus, Ohio to Ocie Lee Thompson and Maude Elizabeth Pass Byrd. His father survives. His mother preceded him in death. On September 18, 2010, he married Christine Marie Gilgenbach, who survives. Mr. Byrd was raised...
Estill Patton
Dec 1, 2010
Estill ?Pat? Patton, 93, died at 3:07 a.m. December 1, 2010, at St. Rita?s Ambulatory Care Center, Glandorf, Ohio. He was born August 20, 1917, in Prestonsburg, Kentucky, to Joe and Martha ODell Patton, who preceded him in death. On September 12, 1944, in Prestonsburg, Ky., he married Maxine Allen, who died November 8, 2010. Mr. Patton was an Army...
Richard Rick Jenkins
Nov 29, 2010
Richard H. ?Rick? Jenkins, 57, died at 5:16 a.m. November 29, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born December 24, 1952, in Lima, Ohio to Norman Sr. and Annabelle Ward Jenkins, who preceded him in death. On October 28, 1972, he married Nancy L. Graham, who survives in Cairo, Ohio. Mr. Jenkins was a 1971 graduate of Bath...
Florence Stoodt-Hendrickson
Nov 25, 2010
Florence L. "Tooey" Stoodt-Hendrickson, 77, died at 3 a.m. Nov. 25, 2010, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born Aug. 22, 1933, in Lima to Glenn and Margaret Smith Gladwell. On Sept. 29, 1994, she married Gene Hendrickson, who survives in Columbus Grove. Mrs. Stoodt-Hendrickson loved to be with family, enjoyed fishing, golfing, camping and riding motorcycles. She was...
Johnnie Hughes
Nov 24, 2010
Johnnie Gene Hughes, 64, died at 11:54 p.m. Nov. 24, 2010, at his residence. He was born Nov. 23, 1946, in Lima, to John L. and Jean Livenspire Hughes. Mr. Hughes worked at General Dynamics. He was a member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1275 and the YMCA. He loved to golf and was an avid...
M. Winegardner
Nov 22, 2010
M. Jean Winegardner, 83, died at 1:45 a.m. November 22, 2010, at Wyngate Senior Living Community. She was born November 23, 1926, in Lafayette to Ray and Matilda Fett Ackerman, who preceded her in death. On June 2, 1946, she married Frank Winegardner, who survives in Lima, Ohio. They were married for 64 years. Mrs. Winegardner had been a receptionist...
Dorothy Carey
Nov 20, 2010
Dorothy R. Carey, 92, of Defiance, formerly of Lima, died at 5:45 a.m. November 20, 2010, at Twin Rivers Care and Rehabilitation Center, Defiance, Ohio. She was born July 4, 1918, in Lima, Ohio to Carl P. and Caddie Worthington Knerr, who preceded her in death. In November 1940, in Lima, Ohio, she married H.W. ?Budd? Carey, who died May...
Erwin Adam
Nov 20, 2010
Erwin E. Adam, 82, died at 5:30 p.m. November 20, 2010, at Baton Rouge Senior Health Facility, Lima, Ohio. He was born March 2, 1928, in Allen County, Ohio to Floyd and Millie Miller Adam, who preceded him in death. On August 21, 1949, he married Dorothy Gilmore, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Adam was a member of the...
Paul Cronican
Nov 20, 2010
Paul V. Cronican, 62, died November 20, 2010, at Lima Memorial Health System. He was born Novembr 27, 1947, in Worcester, Mass., to Richard and Therese McGee Cronican, who preceded him in death. On October 30, 1971, he married Kathy Stewart, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Cronican retired as a manager from BP Chemicals after 38 years. He then...
Marilyn Boitnott
Nov 16, 2010
Marilyn Joan Boitnott, 75, died at 12:34 p.m. November 16, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born December 18, 1934, in Lima to Eugene and Bessie Tippie Tunks, who preceded her in death. On July 4, 1953, at Grace Methodist Church, she married Ralph W. Boitnott, who died January 25, 2002. Mrs. Boitnott retired from Ex-Cell-O/Airfoil Textron. She...
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