Obituaries

Rosemary Shadley

Rosemary Shadley

Sep 30, 2008

Rosemary ?Rose? Shadley, 73, died at 12:35 p.m. September 30, 2008, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born October 26, 1934, in Lima, Ohio to Zernie and Bessie Brown Glasco, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Shadley was a homemaker. She was a member of Abundant Life Temple. She loved reading and rewriting verses from the Bible. She loved...

Dora Shaw

Dora Shaw

Sep 22, 2008

Dora Ellen Shaw, 80, died at 5:30 p.m. September 22, 2008, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born July 3, 1928, in Allen County, Ohio to John and Clara Gossard Gross, who preceded her in death. On December 25, 1946, she married Roger L. Shaw, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Shaw had been the deli manager at the...

Helen Moody

Helen Moody

Sep 18, 2008

Helen Marie Moody, 93, died at 9:20 p.m. September 18, 2008, at Lima Convalescent Home. She was born July 12, 1915 in Indianapolis, Indiana to Wade and Vera Hibbard Parker, who preceded her in death. On April 3, 1938, she married Francis Moody, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Moody had been a secretary at the Hearing Aid Center for...

Gary Brinsfield

Gary Brinsfield

Sep 17, 2008

Gary T. Brinsfield, 66, of Waynesville, formerly of Lima, died September 17, 2008, at his residence. He was born February 20, 1942, in Lima, Ohio to Ray and June Garlock Brinsfield, who preceded him in death. He married Susan Pellegrini, who survives in Waynesville. Mr. Brinsfield worked in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Department, in Washington, D.C.,...

Thomas Foust

Thomas Foust

Sep 16, 2008

Thomas R. Foust, 45, died at 11:30 a.m. September 16, 2008, at his residence. He was born August 19, 1963, in Lima, Ohio to Joseph and Pauline Funni Foust Sr. His father preceded him in death. His mother survives in Lima, Ohio. On Oct.ober 11, 2003 he married Maggie Johnson, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Foust was a member...

Harold Floyd

Harold Floyd

Sep 14, 2008

Harold R. ?Hal? Floyd, 78, died at 10:32 p.m. September 14, 2008, at the Ohio Veterans Home, Sandusky, Ohio. He was born April 3, 1930, in Oakland City, Indiana, to Harold R. and Rose Jaynes Floyd Sr., who preceded him in death. On November 6, 1982, he married Violet Floyd, who survives in Findlay, Ohio. Mr. Floyd had been a...

Marilyn Adams

Marilyn Adams

Sep 14, 2008

Marilyn Adams, 88, died September 14, 2008, at her residence. She was born to Wilbur and Reva Saunders, who preceded her in death. She married Albert H. Adams, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Adams had owned Manufacturers Reproductions, Bedford. She was a beloved wife, dear mother, loving grandmother and great-grandmother, and a dear sister. Survivors include two daughters, Sharon...

Noah Eberhart

Noah Eberhart

Sep 13, 2008

Noah Everett Eberhart, 81, died at 5:31 a.m. September 13, 2008, at St. Rita?s Medical Center, surrounded by his loving family. He was born March 4, 1927, in Pleasant Grove, Kansas, to Everett L. and Leona Daley Eberhart, who preceded him in death. He married Marie Fleer. Mr. Eberhart was raised on a farm in Pleasant Grove, Kansas, near Baldwin...

Hilda Woodward

Hilda Woodward

Sep 13, 2008

Hilda ?Collie? Woodward, 97, died at 1:30 a.m. September 13, 2008, at Baton Rouge Senior Health Facility. She was born March 12, 1911, in Norwood to John Pouder and Anne Swanson Collier, who preceded her in death. She married Errol E. Woodward, who died Nov. 21, 2000. Mrs. Woodward was a homemaker. She was a member of Market Street Presbyterian...

Jean Lacy

Jean Lacy

Sep 12, 2008

Jean Lacy, 78, died at 11:16 a.m. September 12, 2008, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born August 17, 1930, in Lima, Ohio to O.B. and Mabel Smith Frail, who preceded her in death. On April 8, 1956, she married Lowell Lacy, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Lacy had been a clerk-typist at the license bureau and had...

Louise Ridgley

Louise Ridgley

Sep 12, 2008

Louise ?Tommie? Ridgley, 82, died at 6:30 p.m. September 12, 2008, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born January 7, 1926, in Cambridge, Ohio to Dwight and Daisy Wilson Thompson , who preceded her in death. On September 21, 1947, she married Wendell Ridgley, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Ridgley was a homemaker and had worked at Neon...

Shelia Hall

Shelia Hall

Sep 9, 2008

Shelia R. Hall, 71, died at 7:47 a.m. September 9, 2008, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born July 28, 1937, in Lima, Ohio to Richard Woodrow and Marion Mawhorr Wilson, who preceded her in death. On Mach 29, 1975, she married The Rev. Ferman Hall, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Hall had worked as a deli clerk...

Vincent Lamantia

Vincent Lamantia

Sep 9, 2008

Vincent Louis Lamantia, 89, died at 6:45 p.m. September 9, 2008, at Pomerene Hospital, Millersburg, Ohio. He was born August 19, 1919, in Lima, Ohio to Salvadore and Vingenza ?Mamie? (Lamantia) Lamantia, who preceded him in death. On August 12, 1939, he married Vera Louise Snider, who preceded him in death. Mr. Lamantia retired as an electrical tester from Westinghouse...

Vincenta Hall Eley

Vincenta Hall Eley

Sep 6, 2008

Vincenta M. Hall-Eley, 92, died at 11:42 a.m. September 6, 2008, at Lima Convalescent Home. She was born July 27, 1916, in Chicago, Illinois to Charles and Susan Jendalaite Trakas, who preceded her in death. In 1933, she married Grover W. Hall Sr., who died in 1959. In 1972, she married Wilbur Eley, who died in 1999. Mrs. Hall-Eley worked...

Joseph Loggia

Joseph Loggia

Sep 5, 2008

Joseph L. ?Joey? Loggia, 74, died at 7:45 a.m. September 5, 2008, at his home. He was born December 21, 1933, in Buffalo, New York, to Joseph and Frances Ventura Loggia. Both parents preceded him in death. On June 3, 1991, he married Suzanne Bixler Heffner, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Loggia was the owner and operator of Joey?s...

Mary Morris

Mary Morris

Sep 3, 2008

Mary Evelyn Morris, 88, died at 8:40 a.m. September 3, 2008, at Lost Creek Care Center, Lima, Ohio. She was born December 1, 1919, in Brownfield, Illinois, to Onnelius and Pearl Parr Lewis, who preceded her in death. She married Norville Russell, who preceded her in death, and later in 1950, married George Morris, who died in 1985. Mrs. Morris...

Robert Roose,

Robert Roose,

Sep 1, 2008

Robert L. Roose Sr., 89, died at 8:03 p.m. September 1, 2008, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born May 11, 1919, in Rimer, Ohio to Roy and Cleo Gable Roose. On October 21, 1939, he married Kathryn Snider, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Roose was an over-the-road truck driver for more than 40 years. He also drove...

Lena Rinehart

Lena Rinehart

Sep 1, 2008

Lena Roberta Rinehart, 92, died at 12:05 a.m. September 1, 2008, at the Ridge at Shawnee. She was born November 6, 1915, in Huntsville, Ohio to Ivan and Irma Russell Fullerton. On February 11, 1939, she married Thomas A. Rinehart, who died January 4, 1996. Mrs. Rinehart was a homemaker. She was a member of West Minster United Methodist Church....

Kathryn Downing

Kathryn Downing

Aug 28, 2008

Kathryn Louise ?Kate? Downing, 82, died at 4:05 p.m. August 28, 2008, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. She was born March 19, 1926, in Auglaize Township, Ohio to Stanley and Vesta Plummer Shaw, who preceded her in death. On December 23, 1945, she married Charles Albert Downing, who died Jananuary 12, 2005. Mrs. Downing was a homemaker. She was a...

Russell Hood

Russell Hood

Aug 23, 2008

Russell E. Hood, 75, died at 10:15 p.m. August 23, 2008, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born August 28, 1932, in Lucasville, Ohio to John and Hester Nelson Hood, who preceded him in death. Mr. Hood retired as a supervisor from Ford Motor Co. Lima Engine Plant, after 30 years. He was an Army veteran serving from September...