Obituaries

Robert Norton

Robert Norton

Jan 22, 2009

Robert Norton, 92, died at 9:07 p.m. January 22, 2009, at Springview Manor Nursing Home, Lima, Ohio. He was born April 14, 1916, in Lexington, Kentucky, to Edward T. and Thecla C. Keller Norton, who preceded him in death. On December 7, 1943, he married Emily Virginia Wilkerson, who preceded him in death. Mr. Norton retired from Union Carbide. Following...

Howard Point

Howard Point

Jan 22, 2009

Howard Clayton ?Clay? Point, 80, died at 6:05 p.m. Jan. 22, 2009, at his residence. He was born Dec. 28, 1928, in Union City, Ind., to John J. and Ada Rebecca Taylor Point, who preceded him in death. On Dec. 10, 1949, he married Kathleen Link, who survives in Lima. Mr. Point retired from National Life Insurance Co., United Insurance...

Jean Brookman

Jean Brookman

Jan 21, 2009

Jean Brookman, 72, died at 4:20 p.m. Jan. 21, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center, surrounded by her loving family. She was born March 7, 1936, in Cloverdale to Leonard and Verena Brinkman Martin, who preceded her in death. On April 11 1959, she married John C. Brookman, who survives in Lima. Mrs. Brookman was a homemaker and had assisted...

Robert Nolan

Robert Nolan

Jan 20, 2009

Robert L. Nolan, 72, died at 8 a.m. Jan. 20, 2009, at his residence. He was born April 29, 1936, in Lima to Wilford and Mabel Weinmann Nolan, who preceded him in death. On March 5, 1984, he married Starlie J. Burkholder-Starr, who survives in Lima. Mr. Nolan retired as a maintenance supervisor from Lima Manor Nursing Home. He had...

Helen Taylor

Helen Taylor

Jan 20, 2009

Helen Lucille Taylor, 90, died at 1:40 p.m. Jan. 20, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born Jan. 10, 1919, in Lima to Patrick H. and Lena Mary Alberding Mooney, who preceded her in death. She married Charles Peter Taylor, who died Sept. 8, 1993. Mrs. Taylor had been a wrapper at a cigar factory. She helped her...

Charles Ellis

Charles Ellis

Jan 19, 2009

Charles Edwin Ellis, 90, died at 1:25 p.m. January 19, 2009, at VanCrest Health Care Center, Delphos, Ohio. He was born March 12, 1918, in Lafayette, Ohio to Harry P. and Myrtle I. Osborn Ellis, who preceded him in death. On July 3, 1938, he married Roweena ?Rosie? Conrad, who died October 26, 1987. On May 5, 1988, he married...

Carrie Davis

Carrie Davis

Jan 18, 2009

Carrie M. Davis, 82, died at 1:47 p.m. January 18, 2009, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born November 8, 1926, in Johnson County, Kentucky, to Walter A. and Marie Lyon Ross Sr., who preceded her in death. On March 12, 1943, in Paintsville, Kentucky, she married Willard Davis, who survives in Lima, Ohio. They had been married for...

Joan Dingledine

Joan Dingledine

Jan 18, 2009

Joan Dingledine, 76, died at 5:22 a.m. January 18, 2009, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born October 27, 1932, in Lima, Ohio to Oscar and Eva Burgner Ward, who preceded her in death. On September 25, 1953, she married Morris Dingledine, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Dingledine retired from housekeeping at the Lima Baptist Temple. She was...

Mary Dershem

Mary Dershem

Jan 15, 2009

Mary Lou Dershem. 78, died at 2:46 a.m. January 15, 2009, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born November 24, 1930, in Allen County, Ohio to Walter B. and Tracy Van Pelt McClain , who preceded her in death. On July 3, 1948, she married Adrian D. ?Abe? Dershem, who died October 6, 2000. Mrs. Dershem retired from financial...

Clinton Hurd,

Clinton Hurd,

Jan 13, 2009

Clinton Hurd Jr., 83, died at 5 a.m. January 13, 2009, at the Villa at Baton Rouge, Lima, Ohio. He was born July 21, 1925, in Cairo, Illinois, to Clinton and Virgalee McNish Hurd, who preceded him in death. On March 17, 1951, he married Lady Alice Cooper, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Hurd served in the Navy as...

Virginia Rupe- Cox-Lambert Davenport

Virginia Rupe- Cox-Lambert Davenport

Jan 11, 2009

Virginia L. Rupe Cox Lambert Davenport, 89, died at 2:58 p.m. January 11, 2009, at Baton Rouge Senior Health Services Community. She was born October 3, 1919, in Eno, Ohio to Chester and Garnet Roush Rupe, who preceded her in death. She married Franklin Cox and then Lawrence Lambert. In 1968, she married Homer ?Hank? Davenport, who died in 1984....

Pamela Clawson

Pamela Clawson

Jan 10, 2009

Pamela E. Clawson, 47, died at 5:31 p.m. January 10, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born August 24, 1961, in Lima, Ohio to Ted and Elaine Clawson, who survive in Spencerville, Ohio. Miss Clawson was a homemaker. She loved hummingbirds. Survivors also include a brother, Jeff (Teresa) Clawson, of Westminster, Ohio; and three nephews and several aunts...

Leon Meyer

Leon Meyer

Jan 10, 2009

Leon L. ?Skip? Meyer, 76, died at 5:45 p.m. January 10, 2009, at St. Rita?s Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. He was born August 20, 1932, in Wabash, Ohio to Orland and Mary Fetters Meyer, who preceded him in death. On July 31, 1987, he married Barbara Knipe, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Meyer retired in 1991 after 32 years...

Oren Dickason

Oren Dickason

Jan 6, 2009

Oren E. Dickason, 95, died at 4:20 a.m. Jan. 6, 2009, at Lima Convalescent Home. He was born Aug. 29, 1913, in Lima to Oren and Bertha Dicus Dickason, who preceded him in death. On Dec. 29, 1939, he married Margaret S. Steiner, who preceded him in death. Mr. Dickason was a lawyer and had practiced law in Lima for...

Edna Matter

Edna Matter

Jan 6, 2009

Edna K. Matter, 97, died at 9:38 a.m. Jan. 6, 2009, at Sunrise Assisted Living, Gahanna. She was born Dec. 11, 1911, in Jackson Township, near Beaverdam, to William H. and Emma K. Bridges Cool, who preceded her in death. On July 16, 1933, in Springfield, she married Raymond O. Matter, who died Feb. 22, 1994. Mrs. Matter was a...

Judith Hendrickson

Judith Hendrickson

Jan 3, 2009

Judith ?Judy? Hendrickson, 61, died at 3:40 p.m. January 3, 2009, at her residence. She was born December 12, 1947, in Buckhannon, W.Virginia, to Frank and Lillian Quick Perrine. Her father preceded her in death; her mother survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Hendrickson was a military wife and worked at various places as her husband moved around. She loved to...

Nellrose White

Nellrose White

Dec 30, 2008

Nellrose White, 81, died at 4:35 p.m. Dec. 30, 2008, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. She was born April 1, 1927, in Spencerville to Clair J. and Hilda N. Davenport Young, who preceded her in death. On Oct. 6, 1945, she married Charles L. White, who died Dec. 14, 1972. Mrs. White retired in 1987 from the Bath High School...

Edwin Weierman

Edwin Weierman

Dec 28, 2008

Edwin J. Weierman, 81, died Dec. 28, 2008, of natural causes at Mary Washington Hospital, Fredericksburg, Va., while returning home from spending Christmas with his family in Virginia Beach, Va. He was born Nov. 20, 1927, in Pandora to Edwin Pearl and Amy Grace Frankhouser Weierman, who preceded him in death. On July 30, 1949, he married Reathel June Snodgrass,...

Robert Cheney,

Robert Cheney,

Dec 23, 2008

Robert N. Cheney Sr., 72, died at 10:45 p.m. Dec. 23, 2008, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. He was born May 2, 1936, in Lima to Lewis and Viola (Mauch) Cheney, who preceded him in death. On Dec. 1, 1956, he married Carole Anne Griffin, who died Aug. 13, 2003. Mr. Cheney retired from Ford Motor Co. in 1990 as...

Alexis Mack

Alexis Mack

Dec 22, 2008

Alexis Paige Mack, 12 hours, died at 10:04 p.m. December 22, 2008, at Nationwide Children?s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. She was born December 22, 2008, in Lima, Ohio to Bryan and Anna High Mack, who survive in Elida, Ohio. Survivors also include a stepsister, Kayla Mack, of Lima, Ohio; maternal grandparents, Lisa and Randy High, of Lima, Ohio; paternal grandparents, Robert...