Obituaries

Margaret Kohl Daley Eckford

Margaret Kohl Daley Eckford

Jul 28, 2008

Margaret J. Kohl Daley-Eckford, 91, died at 5:05 p.m. July 28, 2008, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born July 8, 1917, in Springfield, Ohio to Charles E. and Carrie Butler Kohl, who preceded her in death. In 1956, she married Robert H. Eckford, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Daley-Eckford had been the business manager for Charles E....

Ruthanne Dahill

Ruthanne Dahill

Jul 26, 2008

Ruthanne Dahill, 81, died at 4:19 a.m. July 26, 2008, at her residence. She was born November 19, 1926, in Findlay, Ohio to John and Gladys Fickle Fenton, who preceded her in death. On May 7, 1947, she married Donald Dahill, who died December 4, 1980. Mrs. Dahill was a member of Gold Star Mothers and Orioles Nest 173, Lima,...

Patricia Nichols

Patricia Nichols

Jul 24, 2008

Patricia June Nichols, 76, died at 8:56 a.m. July 24, 2008, at her residence. She was born May 9, 1932, in Lima to Carl and Marie Desch Rolfes, who preceded her in death. On May 22, 1954, she married William E. Nichols Sr., who died May 4, 2006. Mrs. Nichols retired as a secretary from Shawnee schools. She attended South...

Evelyn Sweet

Evelyn Sweet

Jul 21, 2008

Evelyn Ruth Sweet, 83, died at 9:01 a.m. July 21, 2008, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born June 6, 1925, in Lima, Ohio to Howard C. and Hazel Neubrecht Shockey, who preceded her in death. On February 4, 1950, she married William E. Sweet, who died January 16, 2004. They had been married for 54 years. Mrs. Sweet...

Jean Johnston

Jean Johnston

Jul 18, 2008

Jean Delores Johnston, 79, died at 11:20 a.m. July 18, 2008, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born July 20, 1928, in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, to John and Josephine Zorzi Laskosky, who preceded her in death. She married Harold Hugh Johnston on March 20, 1955, in Toledo, Ohio. He died October 15, 2007. Mrs. Johnston retired from Peter's Stamping in...

Susan Susie Skaggs

Susan Susie Skaggs

Jul 18, 2008

Susan R. ?Susie? Skaggs 24, died at 4:18 p.m. July 18, 2008, at her residence. She was born February 18, 1984, in Lima, Ohio, the beloved daughter of Ross William Skaggs and Pamela Jo Porter. Her mother and stepfather, Steve Cotrell, survive in Lima, Ohio. Her father and stepmother, Mickki Skaggs, survive in Lima, Ohio. Ms. Skaggs attended Marimor School...

Ruth Renz

Ruth Renz

Jul 17, 2008

Ruth Freeda Renz, 94, died at 1:17 p.m. July 17, 2008, at Roselawn Manor Nursing Home. She was born August 17, 1913, in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, to Leon A. and Julia Miller Whitmore, who preceded her in death. On November 3, 1937, in Ohio, she married Jacob A. Renz, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Renz worked at St. Rita's...

Harold Wolff

Harold Wolff

Jul 16, 2008

Harold Eugene Wolff, 87, died at 7 a.m. July 16, 2008, at his residence. He was born May 31, 1921, in Harbor View (Toledo) to Clarence F. and Beatrice R. Stine Wolff, who preceded him in death. On Aug. 22, 1942, he married Mary Margaret Stonehill, who died Sept. 23, 2000. Mr. Wolff had been a plant supervisor at Northrup...

Barbara Sprague

Barbara Sprague

Jul 14, 2008

Barbara J. Sprague, 67, died at 2:20 p.m. July 14, 2008, at the Cleveland Clinic. She was born February 8, 1941, in Lima, Ohio, to Eugene and Willette Gilmore Sprague, who preceded her in death. Ms. Sprague loved flower gardening, crafts and painting. Survivors include a son, Ryan Sprague, of Elida, Ohio; a brother, Gene R. (Nancy) Sprague, of Lima,...

Marjorie Bercaw

Marjorie Bercaw

Jul 13, 2008

Marjorie R. Bercaw, 85, died at 3:50 p.m. July 13, 2008, at The Ridge at Shawnee. She was born June 15, 1923, in Lima to Wilbur L. and Louise C. Koch Hasting, who preceded her in death. She married M. Gerald Van Schoyc, who died in 1946. She then married Walter W. Bercaw, who died in March 1997. Mrs. Bercaw...

Eula Bilopavlovich

Eula Bilopavlovich

Jul 12, 2008

Eula M. Bilopavlovich, 84, died at 1:15 a.m. July 12, 2008, at Lima Convalescent Home. She was born April 30, 1924, in Floyd County, Ky., to Willie E. and Tishy Sloan Warrens, who preceded her in death. She married John J. Bilopavlovich on July 22, 1945, and he died in 1991. Mrs. Bilopavlovich was a homemaker and she was a...

Verda PARTEE

Verda PARTEE

Jul 12, 2008

Verda C. Partee, 105, died at 3:05 a.m. July 12, 2008, at Lima Convalescent Home after a short stay there. She was born June 16, 1903, in Lima to Joseph P. and Anna Wilheim Gath, who preceded her in death. She was married to W. Virgil Reynolds, who died in 1965; then she married Daniel A. Gerig, who died in...

Thelma Gross

Thelma Gross

Jul 12, 2008

Thelma Irene Gross, 90, died at 1:25 a.m. July 12, 2008, at Shawnee Manor Nursing Home. She was born April 27, 1918, in Wapakoneta to Benjamin and Mary Gross Schaub, who preceded her in death. On April 17, 1936, in Ohio, she married Dewey Gross, who died July 20, 1975. Mrs. Gross had worked at Pangles and Shafer Meat Market....

Kenneth Nartker

Kenneth Nartker

Jul 8, 2008

Kenneth Ralph "Ken" Nartker, 56, died at 11:58 a.m. July 8, 2008, at St. Rita's Medical Center, surrounded by his family. He was born Aug. 3, 1951, in Lima to Virgil R. and Lucille Brickner Nartker, who preceded him in death. Mr. Nartker was a truck driver. He was a member of Orioles Nest 173. He enjoyed playing golf and...

Arnold Tippie

Arnold Tippie

Jul 7, 2008

Arnold R. Tippie IV, 28, died at 5:42 a.m. July 7, 2008, at Lima Memorial Health System. He was born Oct. 19, 1979, in Lima to Arnold R. and Charolette Ann Howland Tippie III. His father preceded him in death. His mother survives. He married Corina Ickes, who survives in Waynesfield. Mr. Tippie had worked at T&D Interiors. He was...

Karmen Kennedy

Karmen Kennedy

Jul 6, 2008

Karmen J. Kennedy, 44, died at 7:30 a.m. July 6, 2008, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born June 16, 1964, in Lima to James Dee and Mary Jane Vastano Kennedy. Her father preceded her in death. Her mother survives. Ms. Kennedy was a photographer at Life Touch Studios for several years and had worked in the emergency room...

Beatrice Henderson

Beatrice Henderson

Jul 5, 2008

Beatrice I. Henderson, 96, of Findlay, formerly of Mount Blanchard, died at 6:50 p.m. July 5, 2008, at Arlington Good Samaritan Center, Arlington. Services will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Chamberlain-Huckeriede Funeral Home. The Rev. James Williams will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Lima. Friends may call from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral...

Eleanor Baum

Eleanor Baum

Jul 5, 2008

Eleanor R. Baum, 93, died at 9:40 p.m. July 5, 2008, at Primrose, Lima. At her request, no services will be conducted. Chamberlain-Huckeriede Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Barbara Moorman Klosterman

Barbara Moorman Klosterman

Jul 3, 2008

Barbara E. Moorman Klosterman, 72, died at 6:10 p.m. July 3, 2008, at her residence. She was born on June 12, 1936, in Van Wert to Carl and Alice McCray Parsons, who preceded her in death. On Oct. 7, 1993, she married Donald Klosterman, who survives. Mrs. Klosterman was a private caregiver for 26 years for many hospice patients. She...

James Watkins

James Watkins

Jul 3, 2008

James Marl Watkins, 73, died at 5:30 a.m. July 3, 2008, at his residence. He was born March 6, 1935, in Bluffton, Ohio to Robert "Bob" and Agnes Marie Jones Watkins, who preceded him in death. On December 21, 1958, in Lima, Ohio, he married Rosezella M. Benjamin, who survives. Mr. Watkins worked for 31 years as a master floor...