Obituaries

Gwendolyn Dankirt

Gwendolyn Dankirt

Apr 7, 2010

Gwendolyn A. Dankirt 70, died at 7:54 a.m. April 7, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born April 1, 1940, in St. Mary?s to Bern and Margaret Duncan Lutterbeck, who preceded her in death. She married Dorsey Vulgamott, who preceded her in death. She then married George Whited, who died in 1977. She then married Ernest Theordore Dankirt,...

Stanley Skip Ackerman

Stanley Skip Ackerman

Apr 5, 2010

Stanley E. ?Skip? Ackerman 60, died at 9:30 a.m. April 5, 2010, at his residence. He was born August 8, 1949, in Lima, Ohio to Fred and Laura Bucher Ackerman, who preceded him in death. Mr. Ackerman had been a welder at General Dynamics until 1989. He was a member of American Legion Post 96, Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie...

Richard Knupp

Richard Knupp

Apr 4, 2010

Richard Earl Knupp 85, died at 1:30 a.m. April 4, 2010, at Home Hospice and Health Park, in Fort Myers, Florida. He was born November 11, 1924, in Lima, Ohio to Eugene and Jeanie Brown Knupp, who preceded him in death. On July 27, 1946, in St. Rose Catholic Church, he married Mary Fae Shook who died August 25, 2000....

Beatrice Miller

Beatrice Miller

Apr 3, 2010

Beatrice Marie ?Bea? Miller 90, died at 8:15 p.m. April 3, 2010, at Wyngate Senior Living Center, Lima, Ohio. She was born January 16, 1920, in St. Mary?s, Ohio to Harry Ivan and Lulu Mae Seewer Whetstone, who preceded her in death. On June 15, 1939, she married James Allen Miller, who died June 5, 1996. Mrs. Miller retired in...

Alfred Whitney,

Alfred Whitney,

Apr 2, 2010

Alfred L. Whitney Jr. 54, died at 9 a.m. April 2, 2010, at his residence. Memorial service will begin at 2 p.m. Thursday at Chamberlain-Huckeriede Funeral Home. Friends may call from noon until time of services Thursday at the funeral home, where arrangements are incomplete.

Evelyn Rogge

Evelyn Rogge

Apr 1, 2010

Evelyn Marie Rogge 92, died at 10:04 a.m. April 1, 2010, at Baton Rouge Senior Health Services Community. Arrangements are incomplete at Chamberlain-Huckeriede Funeral Home.

Clotilda Tillie Snodgrass

Clotilda Tillie Snodgrass

Apr 1, 2010

Clotilda T. ?Tillie? Snodgrass 93, died at 1:15 p.m. April 1, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born June 4, 1916, in Lima,Ohio, to Albert F. and Anna Sees Forche, who preceded her in death. In 1934, she married Robert Deloss Snodgrass, who died April 3, 2005. Mrs. Snodgrass graduated from St. John?s High School in 1934. She...

Lupe Gardner

Lupe Gardner

Mar 29, 2010

Lupe Gardner 79, died at 1:30 a.m. March 29, 2010, at Otterbein Care Center, Cridersville, Ohio. She was born March 8, 1931, in West Tampa, Florida, to Eligio and Sarah Franquize Ramirez, who preceded her in death. On November 23, 1948, she married Thomas S. Gardner, who survives. They had been married for 61 years. Mrs. Gardner was a homemaker....

Camillus Bud Frueh

Camillus Bud Frueh

Mar 26, 2010

Camillus V. ?Bud? Frueh 91, died at 10:55 p.m. March 26, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born March 1, 1919, in Lima, Ohio to Cameron V. and Flora A. Nantz Frueh, who preceded him in death. On September 13, 1941, he married Virginia Diehl, who died June Mr. Frueh retired from Lima Radio Parts in 1981. He...

Austin Bullock

Austin Bullock

Mar 25, 2010

Austin Christopher Bullock 16, died at 11:49 a.m. March 25, 2010, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born December 26, 1993, in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, to Shawn C. and Kimberly Vastano Bullock, who survive in Lima, Ohio. Austin was a member of South Side Christian Church. He was involved in bowling and track with the Allen County Special Olympics....

Martha Troyer

Martha Troyer

Mar 24, 2010

Martha E. Troyer 92, died at 5:28 p.m. March 24, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born August 17, 1917, in Allen County, Ohio to Charles and Anna Reese, who preceded her in death. On December 25, 1939, she married Clyde H. Troyer, who died August 18, 1985. Mrs. Troyer was a homemaker and had worked at the...

Kenneth Bailey

Kenneth Bailey

Mar 17, 2010

Kenneth A. Bailey 62, died at 4:06 a.m. March 17, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born September 5, 1947, in Lima, Ohio to Guy E. and Marguerite ?Marge? Hetrick Bailey, who preceded him in death. On November 25, 1970, he married Nancy L. Conley, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Bailey was a member of Fraternal Order...

Rosemary Page

Rosemary Page

Mar 16, 2010

Rosemary C. Page 89, died at 12:45 p.m. March 16, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center in Lima, Ohio. She was born November 2, 1920, in Lima, Ohio to Harry and Freida Kipp Smith. On January 21, 1939, she married William A. Page, who died in April 1973. Mrs. Page died surrounded by her loving children, grandchildren, sons and daughters-in-law...

Ella Prye

Ella Prye

Mar 12, 2010

Ella M. Prye 77, died at 9:40 p.m. March 12, 2010, at her residence. She was born April 24, 1932, in Lima, Ohio to Jessie Franklin Sr. and Goldie Reser Van-Horn, who preceded her in death. On August 29, 1961, she married Herbert W. Prye, who died December 4, 1998. Mrs. Prye was a member of Salem Mennonite Church, an...

Harold Jennings

Harold Jennings

Mar 12, 2010

Harold J. Jennings 84, died at 1:20 a.m. March 12, 2010, in Vancrest Health Care Center. He was born November 21, 1925, in Lima, Ohio to Harold and Marie Armentrout Jennings, who preceded him in death. On April 28, 1945, he married Joanne Crider, who died September 10, 2003. Mr. Jennings worked at BP Chemicals for 35 years, retiring in...

Dorothy Debacher

Dorothy Debacher

Mar 9, 2010

Dorothy F. Debacher 85, died at 8:40 p.m. March 9, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born February 13, 1925, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Jacob F. and Cecilia C. Schackmar Debacher, who preceded in her death. Miss Debacher was a member of St. Gerard Catholic Church and its Altar Rosary Society. She was a 1943 graduate of St....

Harry Sherrick

Harry Sherrick

Mar 5, 2010

Harry O. Sherrick 91, died at 2:20 p.m. March 5, 2010, at Lima Memorial Health System. He was born May 20, 1918, in Elida to Cloyd and Sarah Brenneman Sherrick, who preceded him in death. On Oct. 26, 1940, he married Marguerite Gossard Sherrick, who died June 18, 1989. Mr. Sherrick was a life member of Veterans of Foreign Wars...

John Bowman

John Bowman

Mar 4, 2010

John C. Bowman 58, died at 5:12 p.m. March 4, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center, Lima. He was born Nov. 26, 1951, in Lima to Carl Dean and Mary E. Pentenburg Bowman, who preceded him in death. Mr. Bowman retired from BP in 2002. He loved spending time with his family, friends and the love of his life, Barb...

Robert Graham

Robert Graham

Mar 4, 2010

Robert C. Graham, 88, died peacefully surrounded by his family at 2:45 p.m. on Thursday, March 4, 2010, at Lima Convalescent Home following an extended illness. He was born March 16, 1921, in Lima, to Russell T. and Mary Loretta Sunderman Graham, who preceded him in death. On October 20, 1945, he married Genevieve Fett, who survives in Lima. They...

Helen Fournier

Helen Fournier

Mar 3, 2010

Helen Laremore Fournier 96, died at 2:10 a.m. March 3, 2010, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born July 22, 1913, in Lima to Ernst L. and Bessie G. Miller Hartman, who preceded her in death. On Dec. 5, 1936, she married Lorrent E. Fournier, who died July 21, 1969. Mrs. Fournier lived in Lima for all but two...