Obituaries

Mary Davis

Mary Davis

Jul 5, 2010

Mary E. Davis, 85, died July 5, 2010, at her residence. She was born August 4, 1924, in Hancock County, Ohio to Bowen M. and Mildred R. Crone Evans. On June 23, 1951, in Haviland she married John James Davis, who died March 14, 1973. She retired from the Lima Public Library after 25 years. She was a member of...

Rita Langmeyer

Rita Langmeyer

Jul 5, 2010

Rita M. Langmeyer, 88, died at 10:30 a.m. July 5, 2010, at Baton Rouge Senior Health Facility, Lima, Ohio. She was born May 14, 1922, in Delphos, Ohio to Peter Anthony and Mary E. Barlage Warnecke, who preceded her in death. On February 17, 1942, in Delphos, Ohio she married Eugene E. Langmeyer, who died September 1, 1980.Mrs. Langmeyer was...

Gary Ferguson

Gary Ferguson

Jul 5, 2010

Gary Craig Ferguson, 51, died July 5, 2010, at his residence. He was born December 10, 1958, in Lima, Ohio to Ronald and Elaine Esmonde Ferguson, who survive, along with his stepmother Cindy Ferguson and stepfather Tom Bowsher. Mr. Ferguson worked at Nickles Bakery and McDonald?s on West Street. He was a 1977 graduate of the Cincinnati School for the...

Phyllis Anspach

Phyllis Anspach

Jul 3, 2010

Phyllis Gray Anspach, 68, died at 1:26 p.m. July 3, 2010, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born March 10, 1942, in Salyersville, Kentucky, to Ermine D. and Cora Webb Music, who preceded her in death. In 1960, she married Robert Warren Striff Jr., who died June 15, 1967. She later married Rolland Anspach. Survivors include four sons, Robert...

Lawrence Musgrave

Lawrence Musgrave

Jun 30, 2010

LAWRENCE R. ?Buck? MUSGRAVE, 79, died at 7:01 a.m. on June 30, 2010, at his residence near Elida, Ohio. He was born April 30, 1931, in Rimer, Ohio, to Clarence and Cecil Bushong Musgrave, who have pre-ceded him in death. On December 26, 1964, he married Helen Osborn, who died October 18, 2009. Mr. Musgrave was the owner and operator...

Deena Ebey

Deena Ebey

Jun 29, 2010

DEENA D. EBEY, 59, died at 3:21 a.m. on June 29, 2010, at Lima Memorial Health System in Lima, Ohio. She was born February 28, 1951, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to James and Evelyn Robb Davis, who have preceded her in death. On November 12, 1977, she married Norman Ebey, who survives in Russells Point, Ohio. Mrs. Ebey had worked...

Joseph Rizor

Joseph Rizor

Jun 28, 2010

JOSEPH M. ?Turtle Joe? RIZOR, 69, died at 5:26 p.m. on June 28, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center in Lima, Ohio. He was born May 9, 1941, in Lima, Ohio, to Roy Melvin Rizor and Ava K. Patterson Rizor-Fisher. His father has preceded him in death. His mother survives in Lima, Ohio. He married Beverly Jean Applas, who has...

Phyllis Hoeper Evans

Phyllis Hoeper Evans

Jun 27, 2010

Phyllis A. Hoeper Evans, 75, died at 8:30 p.m. June 27, 2010, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born July 2, 1934, in Lima, Ohio to Harry H. and Rebecca Niemeyer Hoeper, who preceded her in death. On August 22, 1954, she married Garth K. Evans, who died Febebruary 21, 2006. Mrs. Evans retired as a graphic artist from...

Joseph Garlock

Joseph Garlock

Jun 26, 2010

Joseph Eugene Garlock, 84, died at 6:40 a.m. June 26, 2010, at Shawnee Manor. He was born July 19, 1925, in Lima, Ohio to Alvin W. and Lenore Brice Garlock, who preceded him in death. On October 4, 1947, he married Patricia L. Christy, who survives. Mr. Garlock was a member of the Lima Police Department for 10 years. He...

Betty Anders

Betty Anders

Jun 25, 2010

Betty E. Anders, 89, died at 5:38 p.m. June 25, 2010, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born November 14, 1920, in Lima, Ohio to Charles and Lenora Parker Furry, who preceded her in death. She was raised by Chalk and Belle Stemen, who preceded her in death. On May 30, 1942, in Genoa, she married Lawrence "Bunk" Anders,...

Jeannette Fisher

Jeannette Fisher

Jun 23, 2010

Jeannette M. ?Jean? Fisher, 85, died at 1:55 p.m. June 23, 2010, at Springview Manor Nursing Home. She was born August 21, 1924, in Lima, Ohio to Joseph and Lucille Martz Wiechart, who preceded her in death. On February 15, 1947, she married Roger Fisher, who died November 5, 1991. Mrs. Fisher retired from St. Rita?s Medical Center, where she...

Otis Mason

Otis Mason

Jun 18, 2010

Otis Mason, 85, died at 1 p.m. June 18, 2010, at his residence. He was born August 14, 1924, in Pineville, Kentucky, to John and Ada Collins Mason, who preceded him in death. One June 12, 1948, in Middlesboro, Kentucky, he married Eula Brooks, who survives. The Rev. Mason had been a truck driver for the Bell County Road Department....

Josephine Guagenti

Josephine Guagenti

Jun 18, 2010

Josephine ?Josie? Angelina Guagenti, 98, died at 3:23 a.m. June 18, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born January 2, 1912, in Caccamo, Sicily, to Salvatore and Josephine Geraci, who preceded her in death. She was married to Louis Guagenti, who died in 1971. Mrs. Guagenti was a member of St. Charles Catholic Church. Her husband was founder...

Charles Walters

Charles Walters

Jun 17, 2010

Charles Bishop Walters, 92, died at 1:18 p.m. June 17, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born February 8, 1918, in Boswell, Indiana, to Charles B. and Dessie Fay Walters Sr., who preceded him in death. On December 1, 1945, he married Iola ?Pat? Smith, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Walters was a member of Forest Park...

Stella Nielsen

Stella Nielsen

Jun 15, 2010

Stella Mae Nielsen, 70, died at 11:27 p.m. June 15, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born Aug. 22, 1939, in Cambridge to Richard and Rachael Brown Gibson, who preceded her in death. On Aug. 13, 1983, she married John David Nielsen, who died Dec. 26, 2006. Mrs. Nielsen loved flower gardening and watching television. Survivors include four...

Norma Barrett Gooderding

Norma Barrett Gooderding

Jun 12, 2010

Norma R. Barrett-Gooderding, 86, died at 9:25 p.m. June 12, 2010, at Springview Manor Nursing Home, Lima, Ohio. She was born February 18, 1924, in Auglaize County, Ohio to Alexander and Frances Etgen Schweitzer, who preceded her in death. On December 7, 1943, she married her first husband, Ora A. Barrett Jr., who died in January 1989. On September 6,...

Ralph Woodworth

Ralph Woodworth

Jun 11, 2010

Dr. Ralph L. Woodworth, 76, died at 6:18 a.m. June 11, 2010, from injuries suffered in an auto accident on Interstate 94, near St. Paul, Minnesota. He was born December 17, 1933, in Lima, Ohio to Robert and Naomi Males Woodworth, who preceded him in death. On August 20, 1955, he married Erma J. Miller, who survives in Lima, Ohio....

Gregory Rhoad

Gregory Rhoad

Jun 8, 2010

Gregory Lynn ?D.J.? Rhoad, 52, died at 4:30 p.m. June 8, 2010, from injuries suffered in an auto accident on Buckland Holden Road, near Cridersville. He was born April 21, 1958, in Paulding County, Ohio to Lawrence Virgil and Barbara Jean Lytle Rhoad, who survive in Lima. On February 27, 1982, he married Tamera Davis, who survives. Mr. Rhoad worked...

Alex Lang

Alex Lang

Jun 1, 2010

Alex M. Lang, 70, of Manama, Bahrain, formerly of Elida, Ohio, died at 1 a.m. June 1, 2010, in Manama, Bahrain. He was born April 8, 1940, in Latvia to Michael and Berta Renz Lang, who preceded him in death. He had been married to Sharon Cook, whom he married on October 27, 1963, and she survives. On August 19,...

Philip Donoho

Philip Donoho

May 31, 2010

Philip W. Donoho, 73, died at 1:05 a.m. May 31, 2010, at his residence. He was born June 5, 1936, in Frankfort, Indiana, to Curtis B. and Thera Hammack Donoho, who preceded him in death. On August 21, 1956, he married Maverine ?Mae? Rogier, who survives. Mr. Donoho worked with Nickle Plate Railroad and retired as a conductor after 42...