Obituaries
Helen Diller Lucas
Feb 11, 2010
Helen Jeanette Diller Lucas 83, died at 6:54 p.m. February 11, 2010, at her residence. She was born October 12, 1926, in Columbus Grove, Ohio to Virgil and Juanita Neuenschwander Diller, who preceded her in death. On October 17, 1967, she married Virgil Lucas, who died in October 1982. In 1983, she married Lavon Myers and they later divorced, but...
Jean Brenneman
Feb 9, 2010
Jean D. Brenneman 82, died at 7:50 a.m. February 9, 2010, at The Ridge at Shawnee. She was born January 18, 1928, in Columbus, Ohio to John D. and Zelma Stewart Yant, who preceded her in death. On April 21, 1946, she married Simon P. Brenneman, who died February 9, 2005. Mrs. Brenneman was a member of Lima Community Church...

Kevin Koogler
Feb 8, 2010
Kevin Scott Koogler 40, died at 6:07 p.m. February 8, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born May 29, 1969, in Lima, Ohio to Kenneth and Rosaline ?Roz? Butcher Koogler, who survive in Vaughnsville, Ohio. Mr. Koogler attended Wapakoneta schools for 11 years and was a 1988 graduate of Elida High School. He worked at the YMCA when...
Robert Betts
Feb 7, 2010
Robert Betts 79, died at 10 a.m. February 7, 2010, at Lima Memorial Health System. He was born August 12, 1930, in Lima, Ohio to Francis E. and Daisy A. Carney Betts, who preceded him in death. On November 20, 1947, he married Mary Elizabeth Young, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Betts was an Army veteran, serving from October...
Louise Meringleo
Feb 6, 2010
Louise M. Meringleo Louise M. Meringleo, 88, died at 2:35 p.m. Feb. 6, 2010, at The Ridge at Shawnee. She was born Jan. 1, 1922, in Lima to William and Rose Andosco Page, who preceded her in death. On Nov. 4, 1944, in Ohio, she married Joseph John Meringleo, who survives in Lima. Mrs. Meringleo was a very active life...
Richard Dick Landers
Feb 5, 2010
Richard P. ?Dick? Landers 75, died at 3:45 a.m. February 5, 2010, at Triumph Hospital, Lima, Ohio. He was born October 5, 1934, in Urbana to Joseph and Eleanor Shaw Landers, who preceded him in death. On January 10, 1959, he married Florella ?Sue? Mumaugh, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Landers was a member of Fraternal Order of Eagles...
Barbara Nickells Swickrath
Feb 4, 2010
Barbara A. Nickells Swickrath 62, died at 11:03 a.m. February 4, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born July 15, 1947, in Belding, Michigan, to Sammie and Virgie Williams Nickells. Her father preceded her in death. Her mother survives in Edgerton. On October 1, 1966, she married Lester C. Swickrath, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Swickrath was...
Virgil Coffman
Feb 3, 2010
Virgil J. Coffman 79, died at 2:14 p.m. February 3, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born September 1, 1930, in Lima, Ohio to John and Emma Coffman, who preceded him in death. On March 6, 1949, he married Darlene Bok, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Coffman was a member of Westside United Methodist Church. He was...
Phyllis Hermanson
Feb 2, 2010
Phyllis Ann Hermanson 88, died at 9:14 a.m. February 2, 2010, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born November 20, 1921, in Brooklyn, New York, to Abraham Horton and Naomi Davenport Barr, who preceded her in death. On August 23, 1947, she married Roy Hermanson, who died in July 1992. Mrs. Hermanson retired in 1982 from Sprint Telephone Co....
Dean Swartz
Jan 30, 2010
Dean E. Swartz 82, died at 12:49 p.m. January 30, 2010, at his residence. He was born February 21, 1927, in New Hampshire, Ohio, to Albert Elroy and Leota Rashial Morris Swartz, who preceded him in death. April 7, 1948, he married Fredora Stocker, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Swartz retired from Ohio Steel after 43 years. He was...
Pearl Niemuth Renelt
Jan 28, 2010
Pearl E. Niemuth Renelt 89, died at 4:32 p.m. January 28, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born Septtmber 15, 1920, in Taylor County, Wisconsin, to Herman and Helen Tindula Niemuth, who preceded her in death. She married Robert L. Wieneke Sr., who preceded her in death. She then married Walter J. Renelt, who preceded her in death....
Betty Coleman
Jan 28, 2010
Betty B. Coleman 81, died at 11:30 p.m. January 28, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born June 19, 1928, in Marion, Indiana, to Orville and Mary Orsborn Van Ness, who preceded her in death. On March 19, 1966, she married Joseph Henry Coleman, who died April 20, 2002. Mrs. Coleman had been a secretary and accountant for...
Bessie Brown
Jan 28, 2010
Bessie Mae Brown 77, died at 6:15 a.m. January 28, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born July 29, 1932, in Forkland, Alabama, to Roy and Betty Smith Wright, who preceded her in death. She married Matthew Johnson, who preceded her in death. She then married Lonzo Brown, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Brown was a homemaker...
Helen Custer Hullinger Earehart
Jan 27, 2010
HELEN I. CUSTER HULLINGER EAREHART 93, died at 1:38 A.M. January 27, 2010 at St. Rita?s Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. She was born on January 18, 1917, in Allen County, Ohio to Clyde & Irene (Iiames) Custer, who preceded her in death. She married Charles Edwin Hullinger, Sr. in 1936, he preceded her in death on June 28, 1978. She...
Truman Overly
Jan 25, 2010
Truman Cloyce Overly 84, died at 7:11 p.m. January 25, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born December 17, 1925, in Kenton, Ohio to Truman Cloyce and Irene Kinnear Overly Sr., who preceded him in death. On July 13, 1947, he married Helen L. Reth, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Overly was a member of Zion Lutheran...
Lowell Lacy
Jan 24, 2010
Lowell L. Lacy 79, died at 5:22 a.m. January 24, 2010, at VanCrest Health Care Center, Delphos, Ohio. He was born June 26, 1930, in Coldwater, Ohio to Ezra and Bessie Brown Lacy, who preceded him in death. On April 8, 1956, he married D. Jean Frail, who died September 12, 2008. Mr. Lacy had been a farmer and retired...
Burnetta Moser
Jan 23, 2010
Burnetta Moser 97, died at 2:45 p.m. January 23, 2010, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, Ohio. She was born March 13, 1912, in Richland Township, Ohio to Albert and Caroline Niswander Steiner, who preceded her in death. On August 4, 1934, she married Raymond Moser, who died February 8, 1997. They were married for more than 62 years. She had...
Michaeline Loggi
Jan 20, 2010
Michaeline Constance Loggi Werling 81, died at 1:28 p.m. January 20, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born October 28, 1928, in Lima, Ohio to Anthony and Mary Ciminillo Loggi, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Werling was a member of St. John Catholic Church, Lima. She was a volunteer at St. Rita?s Medical Center and a member...
Orville Redmond
Jan 19, 2010
Orville L. Redmond 83, died at 7:35 a.m. January 19, 2010, at Cridersville Health Care Center. He was born August 15, 1926, in Middlesboro, Kentucky, to Elige and Oatie Evans Redmond, who preceded him in death. On December 20, 1963, he married Jean Schmiedebusch Sheely, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Redmond was a member of Lima Baptist Temple and...
Sylvia Reiff
Jan 17, 2010
Sylvia Marie Reiff 95, died at 4:40 p.m. January 17, 2010, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born January 18, 1914, in Lima, Ohio to Ellis Lee and Lilly Ann Lusk Naylor, who preceded her in death. In January 1932, she married Donald Raymond Reiff, who died in June 1980. Mrs. Reiff?s family descended from the earliest settlers in...
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