Obituaries
Dennis DeCurtins
Nov 2, 2008
Dennis J. DeCurtins, 60, died at 9:35 a.m. November 2, 2008, at St. Rita?s Medical Center, following a 16-month battle with Leukemia. He was born May 5, 1948, in Lima, Ohio to Joseph and Annabelle Carr DeCurtins, who preceded him in death. On April 25, 1970, at St. John Catholic Church, Lima, he married Teresa Helmig, who survives in Lima,...

Dennis Britt
Oct 31, 2008
Dennis M. Britt, 47, of Latson, S.Carolina, formerly of Lima, Ohio, died October 31, 2008, at Trident Mercy Hospital in Latson S. Carolina. He was born January 29, 1961, in Akron, Ohio to Robert and Patti Sharp Britt, who survive in Akron, Ohio. His wife of 22 years, Elizabeth ?Liz? Britt, survives in Latson, S. Carolina. Mr. Britt was a...
Ursula Melton
Oct 30, 2008
Ursula Melton, 67, died at 3:39 p.m. October 30, 2008, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born August 15, 1941, in Frankfurt, Germany, to Erich and Mathilda Adams Koch, who preceded her in death. On April 24, 1963, she married Kenneth Ray Melton Sr., who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Melton was a homemaker. She was a member of...
Minnie Stapleton
Oct 27, 2008
Minnie M. Stapleton, 88, died at 8:34 a.m. October 27, 2008, at her residence. She was born February 16, 1920, in Mendenhall, Mississippi. She married Johnnie Stapleton, who died April l7, 1976. Mrs. Stapleton had been a cook at Milano Club and at St. Gerard Rectory for 30 years. She enjoyed sewing, gardening and fishing. Her life revolved around her...
Yolonda Johnson
Oct 24, 2008
Yalonda E. Johnson, 34, died at 6:06 a.m. October 24, 2008, at St. Rita?s Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. She was born May 9, 1974, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, to Darrell and Valena ?Vickie? Saulsberry Johnson Sr., who survive. Mrs. Johnson was a homemaker. She had been very involved with sports growing up. She also enjoyed working with computers. Survivors also include...
Teresa Alexander
Oct 24, 2008
Teresa R. Alexander, 46, died October 24, 2008, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born June 7, 1962, in Lima, Ohio to Paul R. and Barbara Jean Metzger Turney. Her father survives in Lima, Ohio. Her mother preceded her in death. On February 12, 1988, she married Roy Alexander, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Alexander had been a...
The Ferman Hall
Oct 20, 2008
The Rev. Ferman Hall, 74, died at 11:50 a.m. October 20, 2008, at his residence. He was born May 9, 1934, in Barbourville, Kentucky, to John W. and Rosa Mae Hibbard Hall, who preceded him in death. On March 29, 1975, he married Sheila R. Wilson, who died September 9, 2008. The Rev. Mr. Hall retired as a service manager...
Dixie Britton
Oct 16, 2008
Dixie L. Britton, 83, died at 4:41 a.m. October 16, 2008, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born May 6, 1925, in Allen County to Ernest "Red" and Lillian Bresler Reedy, who preceded her in death. On August 31, 1942, she married William H. Britton, who died August 17, 2002. Mrs. Britton was owner and operator of Point Pizza,...
Dorothy Hilty
Oct 16, 2008
Dorothy Alice Hilty, 88, died at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 16, 2008, at The Ridge at Shawnee. She was born April 13, 1920, in Lima to Carl G. and Gladys Warthman Lee, who preceded her in death. On Feb. 9, 1941, she married William Ross Hilty, who died June 3, 2008. Mrs. Hilty had worked at the Brunner News Agency. She...

Helen Warner
Oct 15, 2008
Helen J. Warner, 82, died at 5:03 p.m. October 15, 2008, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born September 4, 1926, in Beaverdam, Ohio to Alvin and Kathryn Cook Lamb, who preceded her in death. On June 14, 1947, she married Earl J. Warner, who died February 9, 2008. Mrs. Warner had worked at Triplett Corp., Bluffton, Ohio, for...
Donald Tasler
Oct 11, 2008
Donald L. Tasler, 77, died at 4:25 p.m. October 11, 2008, at his residence. He was born October 1, 1931, in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, to Charles Sr. and Flossie Abbot Tasler, who preceded him in death. On August 30, 1957, he married Ann Wilson, who survives. Mr. Tasler?s love of shooting sports led him to open and run Tasler?s Shooters supply,...
Kenneth Raabe
Oct 10, 2008
Kenneth V. ?The Pie Man? Raabe, 73, died at 10:30 p.m. October 10, 2008, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born September 29, 1935, in Flat Rock, Michigan, to Jacob H. and M. Evelyn Lincoln Raabe, who preceded him in death. On April 11, 1959, he married Sally I. Mummaugh, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Raabe retired from...
Nancy Dailey
Oct 10, 2008
Nancy Kay Dailey, 57, died at 4:34 a.m. October 10, 2008, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born May 31, 1951, in Lima, Ohio to Robert James and Dorothy Maxine Bowers Newman Sr., who preceded her in death. Ms. Dailey was a homemaker. She was a graduate of Lima Senior High School. Survivors include a daughter, Rhonda (Todd) Ghassabian,...

Ruth Rieman
Oct 10, 2008
Ruth Rieman, 81, died at 4:35 p.m. October 10, 2008, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born June 21, 1927, in Maysville, Ohio to James William Swauger and Mary Ellen Gross Swauger-Kunkleman, who preceded her in death. Ms. Rieman was a tailor who worked for Wobbe Cleaners, Springfield, Ohio. She volunteered at the Council on Aging. She was a...
Johnthan Fout,
Oct 9, 2008
Johnthan Henry Fout Jr., 72, died at 9:07 a.m. October 9, 2008, at Kettering Medical Center, Dayton, Ohio. He was born June 23, 1936, in Dunkirk, Ohio to Johnthan Henry and Orthella Rizor Fout, who preceded him in death. Mr. Fout had been a machinist at Rockwell International. He was a member of Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks Lodge...
Virginia Mullenhour
Oct 6, 2008
Virginia A. ?Ginnie? Mullenhour, 81, died at 6:50 p.m. October 6, 2008, at Baton Rouge Senior Health Services Community, Lima, Ohio. She was born December 14, 1926, in Lima, Ohio to Raymond F. and Myrtle P. Kearney Wagner, who preceded her in death. On January 31, 1948, at St. John Catholic Church, she married Paul E. Mullenhour, who survives in...
Barbara Buschor
Oct 4, 2008
Barbara E. Buschor, 68, died at 1:30 p.m. October 4, 2008, at Baton Rouge Senior Health Facility, Lima, Ohio. She was born October 20, 1939, in Van Wert County, Ohio to Lester B. Buschor and Bertha Lorena ?Birdie? Meyer Buschor-Miller. Her father preceded her in death. Her mother survives in Lima, Ohio. Ms. Buschor was a medical secretary to Dr....
Jane Bridges
Oct 4, 2008
Jane A. Bridges, 89, died at 6:20 p.m. October 4, 2008, at Lima Convalescent Home, Lima, Ohio. She was born February 12, 1919, in Lima, Ohio to William and Eda Myers Dielman, who preceded her in death. On February 9, 1941, she married Clarence Bridges, who died July 17, 1983. Mrs. Bridges was a lifetime member of St. Mark United...

Elizabeth Hennen
Oct 4, 2008
Elizabeth ?Libby? Hennen, 82, of Akron, formerly of Lima, Ohio, died at 10:25 p.m. October 4, 2008, at the Merriman Nursing Home, Akron, Ohio. She was born January 30, 1926, in Washington, Pennsylvania, to Glenn and Grace Kellerman Bennington, who preceded her in death. On October 1, 1950, she married Robert Hennen, who died June 29, 1978. Mrs. Hennen retired...
Thomas Pickering
Oct 3, 2008
Thomas James Pickering, 88, died at 12:10 p.m. October 3, 2008, at his residence. He was born March 17, 1920, in Bellefontaine, Ohio to Lewis B. and Nellie M. Taylor Pickering, who preceded him in death. On June 20, 1943, he married Elizabeth J. VanScoder, who died January 17, 1977. Mr. Pickering retired in 1982 as a carpenter from United...
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