Obituaries

Mildred Plummer

Mildred Plummer

Jan 8, 2007

MILDRED EVELYN PLUMMER, 88, died at 3:15 a.m. Jan. 8, 2007, at Lost Creek Care Center. She was born June 13, 1918, in Michigan. Mrs. Plummer was a homemaker and had worked at Time Cleaning Co. She was a member of Lima Baptist Temple. Survivors include a son, Jerry (Vicki) Plummer, of Ada; two daughters, Joyce (Blaine) Geer, of Elida,...

Stephen KESNER

Stephen KESNER

Jan 5, 2007

STEPHEN J. KESNER, 48, died at 3:45 a.m. Jan. 5, 2007, at his residence. He was born Nov. 6, 1958, in Lima to John W. and Patricia A. Kriegel Kesner, who preceded him in death. On July 4, 2000, he married Melanie Elmquist, who survives in Lima. Mr. Kesner was co-owner of Kesner Insurance Agency. He was a member of...

Mary HOUTZER

Mary HOUTZER

Jan 5, 2007

MARY ANN HOUTZER, 68, died at 7:55 p.m. Jan. 5, 2007, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born March 13, 1938, in Lima to Frank and Omega Vay "Peg" Sproul Hunter, who preceded her in death. On Jan. 30, 1957, she married Harold C. "Pete" Houtzer, who survives in Lima. Mrs. Houtzer was a homemaker and had been married...

Zane COSART

Zane COSART

Jan 3, 2007

ZANE QUINN COSART was stillborn at 6:07 a.m. Jan. 3, 2007, at St. Rita's Medical Center. His parents, Todd P. and Kelli J. Austin Cosart, survive in Harrod. Survivors also include a sister, Michaela Jean Cosart, at home; maternal grandparents, Gary and Jackie Austin, of Harrod; paternal grandparents, Phil (Judy) Cosart, of Columbus Grove, and Denise (David) Shafer, of Bluffton;...

David Hengstebeck

David Hengstebeck

Jan 1, 2007

DAVID ANDREW HENGSTEBECK, 53, died at 12:53 a.m. Jan. 1, 2007, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born June 3, 1953, in Detroit to David Alexander and Phyllis Lewis Hengstebeck, who preceded him in death. On Feb. 7, 1972, in Mount Clemens, Mich., he married Christine Louise DuVall, who preceded him in death. Mr. Hengstebeck was a self-employed truck...

Jeannette Metheany

Jeannette Metheany

Dec 30, 2006

JEANNETTE E. METHEANY, 94, died at 5:10 p.m. December 30, 2006, at Plus Health Care Center. She was born August 25, 1912, in Centerville, Ohio to Jesse E. and Lulu Mull Dill, who preceded her in death. She married Don Temple, who preceded her in death. On July 6, 1956, she married George H. Metheany, who also preceded her in...

George Triplett

George Triplett

Dec 29, 2006

GEORGE TRIPLETT, 60, died at 6:42 p.m. December 29, 2006, at Plus Health Care. Arrangements are incomplete at Chamberlain-Huckeriede Funeral Home.

Elwanda Long

Elwanda Long

Dec 29, 2006

ELWANDA "BONNIE" IRENE LONG, 78, died at 9:55 p.m. Deccember 29, 2006, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born November 8, 1928, in Lima, Ohio to Ora and Violet Van Atta Rodenberger, who preceded her in death. She married John S. Smith, who died in 1986. In 1988, she married Harold P. Long, who survives. Mrs. Long was a...

Dorothy Coon

Dorothy Coon

Dec 28, 2006

DOROTHY IRENE COON, 90, died at 7:45 p.m. December 28, 2006, at Plus Health Care. She was born May 28, 1916, in Findlay, Ohio to William Hal and Bertha May Porter Francisco, who preceded her in death. On January 25, 1947, she married Ambrose "Amos" F. Coon, who died June 18, 1998. Mrs. Coon was a member of St. Charles...

John Nielsen

John Nielsen

Dec 26, 2006

JOHN DAVID NIELSEN, 54, died at 9:17 p.m. December 26, 2006, at St. Rita?s Medical Center. He was born April 29, 1952, in Lima to John E. and Emma V. Crawford Nielsen. His father preceded him in death. His mother survives in Lima, Ohio. On August 12, 1983, in Lima, Ohio, he married Stella Gibson, who survives in Lima, Ohio....

Glenna Miller

Glenna Miller

Dec 22, 2006

GLENNA MAE MILLER, 81, died at 2:30 p.m. December 22, 2006, at her residence. She was born May 17, 1925, in Preble County to Ezra and Orpha Garber Brubaker, who preceded her in death. On June 19, 1949, she married Virgil H. Miller, who died June 6, 2006. Mrs. Miller was a homemaker and a member of the Old German...

L. Blake

L. Blake

Dec 22, 2006

GENEVA L. BLAKE, 91, died at 6 a.m. December 22, 2006, at Plus Health Care. She was born August 12, 1915, in Union County to John and Ava Smith Epps. On March 21, 1937, she married Eugene Blake, who died February 18, 2000. Mrs. Blake was a homemaker. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, the Lima Memorial...

John Gough

John Gough

Dec 14, 2006

JOHN C. GOUGH, 89, died at 1:25 p.m. December 14, 2006, at Wapakoneta Manor Nursing Home. He was born April 18, 1917, in Dillon, S.Carolina, to John Thomas and Maggie Bryant Gough, who preceded him in death. On December 29, 1942, he married Louise Idell Buckland in California, who died April 1, 2001. Mr. Gough was a member of New...

Frank Chamberlain

Frank Chamberlain

Dec 13, 2006

FRANK KEITH CHAMBERLAIN, 68, died at 5:52 a.m. Dec. 13, 2006, at Lima Memorial Health System. He was born Jan. 17, 1938, in Bluffton to F. Edgar and Beulah Augsburger Chamberlain, who preceded him in death. On Sept. 23, 1961, he married Jean Johnson, who survives in Lima. Mr. Chamberlain, along with his wife and David Huckeriede, founded Chamberlain-Huckeriede Funeral...

A1c Curtis Tuttle

A1c Curtis Tuttle

Dec 12, 2006

A1C NATHAN CURTIS TUTTLE, 21, died Dec. 12, 2006, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. He was born February 12, 1985, in Lima, Ohio to John C. and Carol Aldrich Tuttle. His father and stepmother, Linda Moeller Tuttle, survive in Batesville, Indiana. His mother died February 22, 1985. He was a 2004 graduate of Batesville High School where he played...

Madeline Zeits

Madeline Zeits

Dec 12, 2006

MADELINE ZEITS, 90, died at 3:35 p.m. December 12, 2006, at Richland Manor Nursing Home, Bluffton, Ohio. She was born October 15, 1916, in Bluffton, Ohio, to Ephrain and Jennie Painter Geiger, who preceded him in death. On June 11, 1938, she married William K. Zeits, who died May 16, 1984. Mrs. Zeits was a homemaker. She enjoyed spending winters...

Willis Lehmann

Willis Lehmann

Dec 11, 2006

WILLIS H. LEHMANN, 87, died at 8:30 p.m. Dec. 11, 2006, at Lima Memorial Health System. He was born April 8, 1919, in Millbury to Henry and Ida Marie Burkholder Lehmann, who preceded him in death. He married Lillian M. Bahnsen, who preceded him in death. On June 4, 1983, he then married Helen McMaster, who survives in Lima. Mr....

Marlin Wooddell

Marlin Wooddell

Dec 8, 2006

MARLIN D. "WHITEY" WOODDELL, 79, died peacefully at 9:30 a.m. December 8, 2006, at his residence. He was born July 22, 1927, in Auglaize County to John and Hazel Wagner Wooddell, who preceded him in death. On September 6, 1975, he married Lauretta "Torchie" Sulkin, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Wooddell was an insurance agent for Western Southern Insurance...

Vickie Boruff

Vickie Boruff

Dec 8, 2006

VICKIE L. BORUFF, 58, died at 10:10 p.m. December 8, 2006, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born March 27, 1948, to Robert and Virginia McKinley Adams, who survive in Lima, Ohio. On October 15, 1966, she married Michael Boruff, who survives. Mrs. Boruff worked at Wal-Mart for 13 years. She loved to read and enjoyed road trips through...

David Beery

David Beery

Dec 5, 2006

DAVID E. BEERY, 71, died at 3:39 p.m. Dec. 5, 2006, at his residence. He was born Dec. 29, 1934, in Monroe Township to Howard T. and A. Lucille Dunlap Beery, who preceded him in death. On Oct. 15, 1954, he married Vonda M. Burkholder, who survives in Lima. Mr. Beery was a lifelong farmer and retired in 1998 from...