Obituaries
Mary Bourne
Aug 16, 2009
Mary Mildred ?Mid? Bourne, 92, died peacefully at 6:43 a.m. Aug. 16, 2009, at Lima Convalescent Home. She was born Aug. 30, 1916, in Gomer to John and Mary Ellen Jones Bourne, who preceded her in death. She was raised by her maternal grandparents, Jerry and Margaret ?Mam Gee? Jones, following her mother?s early death. They also preceded her in...
Joseph LeBlanc,
Aug 14, 2009
Joseph Albert ?Joe? LeBlanc Jr., 79, died at 5:40 p.m. Aug. 14, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center, Lima. He was born Sept. 22, 1929, in Newburyport, Mass., to Joseph Albert Sr. and Rosa Vallee LeBlanc, who preceded him in death. On July 18, 1959, in Arlington, Va., he married Ruth Marie LeBlanc, who survives in Elida. Mr. LeBlanc was...
William Stitely
Aug 13, 2009
William Ray ?Bill? Stitely, 85, died at 7:15 a.m. Aug. 13, 2009, at Golden Living Center. He was born Nov. 4, 1923, in Waynesboro, Pa., to William Ray and Florence Mae Snyder Stitely Sr., who preceded him in death. On June 22, 1947, he married Marjorie Ann Hefner, who survives in Lima. Mr. Stitely was a member of Trinity United...
Roy Poland,
Aug 12, 2009
Roy Donald ?Don? Poland Jr., 61, died Aug. 12, 2009, at his residence. He was born April 19, 1948, in Lima to Roy D. and Patty L. Briggs Poland Sr. His father preceded him in death. His mother survives in Lima. On June 2, 1980, he married Jeri Miley, who survives in Lima. Mr. Poland was a custodian for Elida...
Charles Eley
Aug 12, 2009
Charles Dennis ?Chuck? Eley, 65, died at 1:55 p.m. Aug. 12, 2009, at The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus. He was born Dec. 13, 1943, in Lima to Wilbur W. ?Red? and Catherine Corsaro Eley, who preceded him in death. Mr. Eley attended school in Bowling Green through his ninth-grade year and graduated in 1962 from Lima Senior High...
Norman Saine
Aug 12, 2009
Norman Dean ?Jake? Saine, 83, died at 3 p.m. Aug. 12, 2009, at his residence. He was born May 30, 1926, in Toledo to Robert and Margaret Boose Saine, who preceded him in death. On Aug. 12, 1950, in Springfield, he married Patricia Anne ?Cissy? Doyle, who survives in Lima. Mr. Saine retired in 1991 from the state of Ohio....
Edward Tierney
Aug 11, 2009
Edward G. Tierney, 89, died at 8:35 p.m. Aug. 11, 2009, at Bridge Hospice Care Center, Findlay. He was born Nov. 30, 1919, in Westfield, Mass., to Edward and Gertrude Golding Tierney, who preceded him in death. He married Maybelle Shoemaker, who preceded him in death. Mr. Tierney retired as a supervisor from Westinghouse Electric Corp., after 44 years. He...
Ralph Snider
Aug 8, 2009
- Ralph B. Snider, 79, died at 9:57 p.m. August 8, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born February 24, 1930 in Allen County Ralph and Velma (Gross) Snider-Fenton, who preceded him in death. On June 23, 1956 he married Dorothy Howard Snider who survives in Lima. Mr. Snider retired from Ford Motor Company in Lima in December...
Anna Kincaid
Aug 4, 2009
Anna Rose Kincaid 82, died at 1:30 a.m. August 4, 2009, at Lima Convalescent Home. She was born May 8, 1927, in Lima, Ohio to Joseph and Gertrude Roessler Langle, who preceded her in death. On December 28, 1945, she married James D. Kincaid, who survives in Lima, Ohio. They had been married for 63 loving years. Mrs. Kincaid retired...
Susan McKinley
Jul 30, 2009
Susan K. McKinley 59, died at 2:20 p.m. July 30, 2009, at her residence surrounded by her loving family. She was born May 17, 1950, in Lima, Ohio to Jacob J. and Gloria A. Mauch Loggi, who preceded her in death. On May 16, 1970, she married Michael L. McKinley, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. McKinley devoted her life...
Nancy Pieraccini
Jul 27, 2009
Nancy L. Pieraccini 74, died at 9:11 a.m. July 27, 2009, at Baton Rouge Senior Health Services Community. She was born January 30, 1935, in Lima, Ohio to John and Mildred Morris Pellegrini, who preceded her in death. Following her parents? death at a young age, she was raised by her father?s brother and sister, Dan Pellegrini and Pia Pellegrini,...

Eugene Friedel
Jul 26, 2009
Eugene Edward Friedel, 88, died at 6:45 a.m. July 26, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born November 3, 1920, in Kenton, Ohio to Edward J. and Imogene L. Dolph Friedel, who preceded him in death. He married Mary Ellen King, who died in 1984. On February 14, 1987, he married Ella K. Barkley, who survives in Lima,...

Evelyn Runyan
Jul 26, 2009
Evelyn E. Runyan, 81, died at 10:20 p.m. July 26, 2009, at Baton Rouge Senior Health Services Community. She was born July 8, 1928, in Columbus, Ohio to Ralph and Margaret K. Kutschbach Duey, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Runyan was a member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church. She contributed more than 2000 lap robes and afghans to Heartbeat...
James Howell
Jul 24, 2009
James V. Howell 63, of Glen St. Mary, Florida, formerly of Lima, Ohio, died at 10:50 a.m. July 24, 2009, at Shands Jacksonville Hospital, Jacksonville, Forida. He was born on June 12, 1946, in Lima, Ohio to James M. and Norma Rose Etter Howell. His father preceded him in death. His mother survives. Mr. Howell was a great father and...
Thomas Carr
Jul 24, 2009
Thomas Eugene Carr, 84, died at 11:55 a.m. July 24, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center, Lima. He was born March 6, 1925, in Lima to William Emmett and Myrtle O. Eley Carr, who preceded him in death. On Nov. 12, 1948, he married Betty Rose Arnold, who survives in Huntsville. Mr. Carr was a graduate of Lima South High...
Betty Mason
Jul 24, 2009
Betty Ellen Mason, 88, died at 12:55 a.m. July 24, 2009, at The Ridge at Shawnee. She was born Feb. 25, 1921, in Lima to Charles Frederick and Eva Ellen Snider Tharp, who preceded her in death. She married H. Owen Mason, who died April 29, 1983. Survivors include a daughter, Nikki (Mike) Sherrick, of Lima; two grandsons, Matthew (Cathy)...
Darlene Schwaiger
Jul 24, 2009
Darlene L. Schwaiger , 81, died at 5:05 p.m. July 24, 2009, at her daughter?s residence. She was born December 26, 1927, in Lima, Ohio to Emmet and Myrtle Eley Carr, who preceded her in death. In December 1968, she married William Schwaiger, who died in 1992. Mrs. Schwaiger was the former secretary/co-owner of Kerr Sporting Goods in Lima. She...
Lois Christman
Jul 22, 2009
Lois M. Christman, 77 of Lima, Ohio died on Wednesday, July 22, 2009, at Decedent?s Residence in Lima, Ohio. Born Wednesday, September 16, 1931 in Wetzel, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late C. C. Hammons and the late Lela J. Swartz Hammons. She was the wife of the late Nicholas L. Christman. She was employed by Home Health...
Evelyn Miller
Jul 22, 2009
Evelyn G. Miller 84, died at 8:23 p.m. July 22, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born March 22, 1925, in Auglaize County, Ohio to John and Elda Chiles Hower, who preceded her in death. She married Richard O. Miller, who died January 24, 1983. Mrs. Miller retired as a nurse?s aide from Lima Convalescent Home after 17...
Ramon Moritz
Jul 20, 2009
Ramon N. "Ray" Moritz, 79 of La Fayette, Ohio died on Monday, July 20, 2009, at Lima Memorial Health System in Lima, Ohio. Born Wednesday, February 26, 1930 in Lima, Ohio, he was the son of the late Faye Moritz and the late Kathryn Neu Moritz. On April 22, 1961, he married Mary M. Rigali. She survives in La Fayette....
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