Obituaries
Paul Grothaus
Sep 13, 2007
Paul Joseph Grothaus 58, died at 1:52 p.m. Sept. 13, 2007, at his residence surrounded by his family. He was born June 23, 1949, in Lima to Harry J. and Marie Lemkuhl Grothaus, who preceded him in death. On Aug. 16, 1975, he married Mary E. Brinkman in St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Lima. She survives in Lewis Center....
Betty Cygan
Sep 10, 2007
Betty L. ?Meemaw? Cygan 77, died at 12:55 a.m. September 10, 2007, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born November 17, 1929, in Lima, Ohio to Bud and Goldie Butler Rundio, who preceded her in death. On September 25, 1948, she married Roger E. Cygan, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Cygan had been a secretary and switchboard operator...
Randall Smith
Sep 7, 2007
Randall Lee ?Randy? Smith 53, died Sept. 7, 2007, at his residence. He was born February 11, 1954, in Marietta, Ohio to Rolland ?Rollie? and D o r o t h y Werner Smith. His father preceded him in death. His mother survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Smith spent more than 35 years saving lives as a paramedic/firefighter with the...
John Stephenson
Aug 30, 2007
John Earl Stephenson 67, of Lima, died at 7:45 a.m. August 30, 2007, at Clarion West Hospital, Avon, Indiana. He was born August 29, 1940, in Memphis , Tenn., to John and Beatrice (Davis) Stephenson , who preceded him in death. On June 21, 1962, he married Beverly Godsey, who preceded him in death. On March 1, 1975, he married...
Kathleen Hawk
Aug 29, 2007
Kathleen ?Kathy? Marie Hawk 47, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, died August 29, 2007, at Caritas Norwood Hospital, Norwood, Massachusetts. She was born August 13, 1960, in Lima, Ohio to William F. and Shirley Ann Korn Hawk. Her father preceded her in death. Her mother survives in Lima, Ohio. On November 30, 2001, she married Egbert Riley, who survives in Plymouth, Massachusetts....
Claude Norman,
Aug 28, 2007
Claude Norman Jr. 67, of Maumee, formerly of Lima, died at 1:45 a.m. August 28, 2007, at Swan Pointe Care Center, Maumee, Ohio. He was born December 7, 1939, in McCarr, Kentucky, to Claude and Edith Farley Norman Sr., who preceded him in death. Mr. Norman was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Brenda Johns, of...
Christina Clark
Aug 26, 2007
Christina Robin Clark 36, died at 6 p.m. August 26, 2007, at her residence. She was born April 4, 1971, in Providence, Rhode, Island., to Clarence R. Clark and Joyce D. Johnson. Her mother survives in Lima, Ohio. Miss Clark had worked at Office World, the Lima Police Department, Moore?s Personnel Services, Time Services and at Honda for Norell Temporary...
John Thomas
Aug 26, 2007
John Jacob Thomas 90, died at 12:15 a.m. Aug. 26, 2007, at the Lima Convalescent Home. He was born November 5, 1916, in Jennings Township, Ohio to Howard and Ruth Boroff Thomas, who preceded him in death. On July 30, 1938, he married Era Kathryn Rigel, who died February 7, 2006. They were married for more than 67 years. Mr....
Sister Makely Makely
Aug 24, 2007
Sister Carolyn Makley 75, died at 3:25 p.m. August 24, 2007, at The Ridge at Shawnee. She was born May 3, 1932, in Lima, Ohio, the daughter of Alban and Cecil Spencer Makley, who preceded her in death. Sister Carolyn earned a Bachelor of Science in education from the College of Mount St. Joseph in 1967. She was born and...
Aidan Matthew Ward
Aug 22, 2007
Aidan Jemale Matthew Ward 1, died at 2 p.m. August 22, 2007, at his residence. He was born June 23, 2006, in Lima, Ohio, to Richard and Krista Armentrout Ward, who survive in Lima, Ohio. Survivors also include two sisters, Tia Ward at home and Lilan Ward at home; paternal grandmother, Jeanne (Lorrine) Ward, of Richmond, Virginia; paternal grandfather, De...
Linmwood BURKHOLDER
Aug 21, 2007
LINWOOD J. "DUTCH" BURKHOLDER, 97, died at 2:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 21, 2007 at Springview Manor Nursing Home. He was born on march 28, 1910, in New Market, VA, to Abram and Edna Higgs Burkholder, woh preceded her in death. On July 1, 1933, he married Nellie V. Burkholder who died Dec. 4, 1997. Mr. Burkholder was an electrical assembler...
Virginia SIMPSON
Aug 21, 2007
Virginia L. "Ginny" Simpson, 49, of Phoenix, AZ, formerly of Lima, died August 21,2007 in Phoenix, AZ. She was born January 26, 1958 in Toledo, Ohio to James A. McPheron, deceased, and Rosemary (Rahrig) McPheron who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Simpson was a homemaker and a former member of St. Gerard's Catholic Church of Lima. Survivors also include two...
Greg Mccurdy
Aug 19, 2007
Greg T. McCurdy 58, died August 19, 2007, at his residence. He was born November 30, 1948, in Lima, Ohio to Thomas M. and Barbara N. Watt McCurdy, who preceded him in death. Mr. McCurdy retired from the refinery after 35 years. Survivors include a sister, Michele (Gene) Sanders, of Michigan City, Indiana; an aunt, Iris Watt, of Lima, Ohio;...
Kathryn Harris
Aug 18, 2007
Kathryn Marie Harris 89, died at 3:30 p.m. August 18, 2007, at St. Rita?s Medical Center, surrounded by her family. She was born February 21, 1918, in Canfield, Ohio to Dale Virgil and Villa Marie Konkle Fay, who preceded her in death. She was married and divorced from Vernon Edward Harris, who died May 7, 1975. Mrs. Harris had been...
Rosa Walther
Aug 15, 2007
Rosa Lee Walther 77, died at 1:10 p.m. August 15, 2007, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. She was born February 16, 1930, in Lima, Ohio to Carl and Leah Laman Shook, who preceded her in death. On November 17, 1951, she married Frederick ?Fritz? Walther, who died Aug. 11, 2000. Mrs. Walther was a homemaker. She was a member of...
Mary Spencer
Aug 12, 2007
Mary Ann Spencer 71, died at 6:25 p.m. August 12, 2007, at the Ridge at Shawnee, Lima, Ohio. She was born January 19, 1936, in Fort Jennings, Ohio to Edmund H. and Theonilla ?Nell? Kramer Biedenharn, who preceded her in death. Ms. Spencer had been a physical therapist at Lima Memorial Health System for six years. She was a member...
Forest Hale
Aug 11, 2007
Forest Hale 78, died at 5:10 p.m. August 11, 2007, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born September 3, 1928, in Salyersville, Kentucky, to Ben and Liney Wireman Hale, who preceded him in death. On March 3, 1954, he married Charlene Campbell, who died February 7, 1978. On April 4, 1986, he married Deborah Grant, who survives in Lima,...
Vera Lamantia
Aug 5, 2007
Vera Louise Lamantia 90, died at 1:25 p.m. August 5, 2007, at the Ridge at Shawnee. She was born May 2, 1917, in Allen County, Ohio to Walter and Addie Nungester Snider, who preceded her in death. On August 12, 1939, she married Vincent Louis Lamantia, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Lamantia was a homemaker. She was a member...
Lynn Cutlip
Aug 5, 2007
Lynn Paul Cutlip 71, died at 6:07 a.m. August 5, 2007, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born March 4, 1936, in Tiffin, Ohio to Robert and Evelyn McConnay Cutlip, who preceded him in death. On September 15, 1957, he married Pauline R. DePalma, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Cutlip retired in 1987 as an assembler from Ford...
Robert Jones
Aug 4, 2007
Robert J. Jones 79, of Tucson, Arizona, formerly of Lima, died at 6:13 p.m. August 4, 2007, at his residence. He was born January 5, 1928, in Middlesboro, Kentucky, to Henry C. and Mary Susan Johns Jones, who preceded him in death. On June 5, 1955, he married D. Arleen Martin, who survives in Tucson, Arizona Mr. Jones had been...
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