Obituaries

Alice Beeson

Alice Beeson

Jan 26, 2008

Alice E. ?Betty? Beeson, 83, died at 10:15 a.m. January 26, 2008, at The Ridge at Shawnee. She was born August 4, 1924, in Lima, Ohio to Louis T. and Leona B. McDonel Vermillion, who preceded her in death. On March 6, 1954, she married Thomas E. Beeson, who died October 26, 2006. Mrs. Beeson had been an optical assistant...

Richard Stotts,

Richard Stotts,

Jan 23, 2008

Richard C. Stotts Sr. 60, died at 6:15 a.m. January 23, 2008, at St. Rita?s Putnam County Ambulatory Care Center, Ottawa, from a massive heart attack. He was born August 15, 1947, in Lima, Ohio to Wilbur C. Stotts and Victoria Jones Stotts Armentrout. His father preceded him in death. His mother and stepfather, Franklin Armentrout, survive in Lima, Ohio....

Marilyn Risner

Marilyn Risner

Jan 23, 2008

Marilyn ?Marie? Risner 72, died at 9:30 a.m. January 23, 2008, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. She was born October 11, 1935, in Idaho to Lawrence and Dorothy Oatman Nichols, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Risner had been a nurse?s aide. She enjoyed playing cards with her friends and swimming at the YWCA with ?the girls.? Survivors include three...

James Ehresman

James Ehresman

Jan 23, 2008

James Lee "Jim" Ehresman, 64, died at 7 p.m. Jan. 23, 2008, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born June 25, 1943, in Bloomington, Ill., to William and Josephine Thompson Ehresman. His father preceded him in death. His mother survives in Elida. On June 12, 1965, he married Jacqueline J. "Jackie" Black, who survives in Lima. Mr. Ehresman was...

Mildred Baka

Mildred Baka

Jan 22, 2008

Mildred H. ?Millie? Baka 78, died at 2:25 p.m. January 22, 2008, at her residence. She was born January 13, 1930, in the Bronx, New York City, to George and Rosa Sestorak Baka, who preceded her in death. Miss Baka retired from Westinghouse Electric Corp. where she began working in 1965. She was a member of St. Gerard Catholic Church....

Robert Coon

Robert Coon

Jan 19, 2008

Robert D. ?Rob? Coon 46, died at 5:51 a.m. January 19, 2008, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born August 27, 1961, in Lima, Ohio to Raymond and Irene Eberle Coon. His father preceded him in death. His mother survives in Lima, Ohio. On January 21, 1998, in Lima, Ohio, he married Kim C. Weidel, who survives in Lima,...

Roma Thompson Bronson-Vermillion

Roma Thompson Bronson-Vermillion

Jan 19, 2008

Roma Janet ?Cobby? Thompson Bronson-Vermillion 50, died at 8:45 a.m. January 19, 2008, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born January 16, 1958, in Lima, Ohio to Richard Guy and Mary Margaret Martin Thompson,Sr., who preceded her in death. On July 4, 1991, she married Glen ?Dale? Vermillion in Circleville, Indiana, and he survives in Lima, Ohio. Her first...

Lewis Gaskill

Lewis Gaskill

Jan 19, 2008

Lewis Arthur ?Art? Gaskill 78, died at 1:20 p.m. January 19, 2008, at his residence surrounded by his loving wife and children. He was born May 23, 1929, in Spencerville, Ohio to Earl Owen and Frances Huber Gaskill, who preceded him in death. His wife, Barbara Gaskill, survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Gaskill was an automatic equipment operator at Ford...

Phyllis Priddy Smith

Phyllis Priddy Smith

Jan 18, 2008

Phyllis M. Priddy Smith 85, died at 9:05 p.m. January 18, 2008, at her residence. She was born April 8, 1922, in Cleveland to Mildred J. Luther Frese. Her stepfather was Edward Frese. Both parents preceded her in death. On Sepember 23, 1929, she married O.J. ?Bud? Priddy in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He died in 1980. She the married Alonzo...

Boyd Hayes,

Boyd Hayes,

Jan 13, 2008

Boyd Hayes Jr. 83, died at 11:45 p.m. January 13, 2008, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born January 14, 1924, in Exeter, Virginia, to Boyd, Sr., and Para Katherine Christian Hayes, who preceded him in death. On December 14, 1941, he married Nannie Ellen Jackson, who died April 4, 2005. Mr. Hayes retired as a supervisor from Textron,...

Vernon Schulien

Vernon Schulien

Jan 11, 2008

Vernon H. Schulien 87, died at 8:35 a.m. January 11, 2008, at Springview Manor Nursing Home. He was born July 31, 1920, in Delphos, Ohio to Hilary Joseph and Lena Wells Schulien, who preceded him in death. On June 16, 1956, he married Marjorie Quinn, who died June 9, 1975. Mr. Schulien opened Schulien Pure Oil Service Station in 1939...

Mildred Adams

Mildred Adams

Jan 11, 2008

Mildred Marie Adams 94, died at 8:20 p.m. January 11, 2008, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. She was born April 21, 1913, in Piqua, Ohio to Charles and Amelia Bryan Spayd, who preceded her in death. On October 8, 1934, she married Charles E. Adams, who died January 11, 1990. Mrs. Adams was a homemaker. She was a member of...

Eddie Miller

Eddie Miller

Jan 11, 2008

Eddie Lee Miller 65, of St. Petersburg, Florida, formerly of Lima, Ohio, died January 11, 2008, in St. Petersburg, Florida. He was born September 22, 1942, in Lima, Ohio to Wilma Maxine Miller Yoakam, who preceded him in death. Mr. Miller had been a self-employed painter/contractor in Lima, Ohio until 1972. He has lived in Florida for the last 35...

Mary Akers Baxter

Mary Akers Baxter

Jan 9, 2008

Mary E. Akers Baxter, 83, died at 5:05 a.m. Jan. 9, 2008, at Triumph Hospital, Lima. She was born May 13, 1924, in Paynesville, Ky., to Thomas and Lulu Stanbaugh Akers, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Baxter retired from Ex-Cell-O/Air Foil Textron, after 33 years. Survivors include three sons, David Baxter, of Santa Cruz, Calif., Tom (Mary) Baxter, of...

Dorothy Grimm

Dorothy Grimm

Jan 7, 2008

Dorothy M. Grimm, 83, died at 9:30 p.m. Jan. 7, 2008, at Baton Rouge Senior Health Facility. She was born May 22, 1924, in Allen County to James T. and Cecil M. Mowery Miller, who preceded her in death. On April 15, 1944, she married Lloyd D. Grimm, who survives in Elida. Mrs. Grimm was a homemaker. She was a...

Rosemary Smith

Rosemary Smith

Jan 1, 2008

Rosemary Smith 87, died at 2:55 p.m. January 1, 2008, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born January 2, 1920, in Lima, Ohio to Orville and Margaret Huber Bame, who preceded her in death. On July 2, 1938, she married David James Smith, who died November 17, 1999. Mrs. Smith had been a secretary for McBride & Kingsberry, Dr....

Kathleen Adams

Kathleen Adams

Dec 29, 2007

Kathleen Gay Adams 77, died at 6:21 a.m. December 29, 2007, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born December 11, 1930, in Rantoul, Ill., to Ralph and Erma Marshall Mc-Carty. Her father preceded her in death. Her mother survives in Dayton, Ohio. She was married to Oscar H. Adams, who died in March 2006. Mrs. Adams was retired from...

Gertrude Flarida

Gertrude Flarida

Dec 29, 2007

Gertrude Flarida 81, died at midnight December 29, 2007, at her residence. She was born May 26, 1926, in Royalton, Kentucky, to Vinson and Maudie Risner Marshall, who preceded her in death. She was married to Etna ?Hank? Hendrickson in 1955. He died in 1983. In 1990, she married Gail Flarida, who died in 2001. Mrs. Flarida retired from Lima...

Loella Ridgeway

Loella Ridgeway

Dec 29, 2007

Loella M. Ridgeway 85, died at 5:06 a.m. December 29, 2007, at her residence. She was born October 29, 1922, in Findlay, Ohio to H. Austin and Hulda L. Loveridge De-Haven, who preceded her in death. On August 17, 1941, she married Lowell P. Stewart, who died in 1946. She later married Joseph M. Ridgeway, who preceded her in death....

Frances LOVELL

Frances LOVELL

Dec 29, 2007

FRANCES RUSSELL LOVELL, 93, died at 4:50 p.m. December 29, 2007, at Otterbein-Cridersville Retirement Community near Cridersville, Ohio. She was born November 16, 1914, in Wallonia, Kentucky, to Jesse Sterling and Ellen Gertrude P?Poole Russell, who have preceded him in death. She had been married to Lloyd Lovell. Mrs. Lovell was a school teacher, having taught home economics in Trigg...