Obituaries

Charles Boop

Charles Boop

Aug 14, 2006

CHARLES EDWARD BOOP, 83, formerly of Lima, Ohio, died at 5:30 p.m. August 14, 2006, at Lima Memorial Health System. He was born July 5, 1923, in Piqua, Ohio to John and Dora Poling Boop, who preceded him in death. On June 14, 1952, in Germany, he married Irmgard Luise Nalezinski, who was the love of his life, and she...

Lillian Bohnlein

Lillian Bohnlein

Aug 12, 2006

LILLIAN M. BOHNLEIN, 86, formerly of Lima, died at 4:22 a.m. August 12, 2006, at Wapak Manor Nursing Home, Wapakoneta, Ohio. She was born October 5, 1919, in Delphos, Oho to Joseph and Laura Gable Baumgarte, who preceded her in death. On May 30, 1942, in Delphos, Ohio she married Louis Bohnlein, who died March 8, 1958. Mrs. Bohnlein was...

Christine Hengstebeck

Christine Hengstebeck

Aug 10, 2006

CHRISTINE LOUISE HENGSTEBECK, 54, died at 7:20 a.m. Aug. 10, 2006, at her residence. She was born Nov. 25, 1951, in Detroit to Clifford and Marie DuVall, who preceded her in death. On Feb. 7, 1972, in Mount Clemens, Mich., she married David Hengstebeck, who survives in Lima. Mrs. Hengstebeck worked in the pizza department at Meijer and had worked...

Robert Seitz

Robert Seitz

Aug 9, 2006

ROBERT C. "BOB" SEITZ, 78, died at 11:30 a.m. Aug. 9, 2006, at Lima Memorial Health System. He was born June 25, 1928, in Lima to Marian F. and Edna P. Strawbridge Seitz, who preceded him in death. On May 4, 1952, he married Wanda J. Schaaf, who died Nov. 8, 1994. Mr. Seitz worked for the U.S. Postal Service...

Fanny Bell

Fanny Bell

Aug 9, 2006

FANNY LOVE BELL, 97, died at 10:20 p.m. Aug. 9, 2006, at her son's residence in Lima. She was born Aug. 15, 1908, in the coal mining village of Newton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, to John and Hughina Urquhart Hill, who preceded her in death. In 1926, in Wilmerding, Pa., she married William "Scotty" Bell, who died in 1990. Mrs. Bell was...

Rita WIMER

Rita WIMER

Aug 6, 2006

RITA D. WIMER, 64, died at 12:23 p.m. Aug. 6, 2006, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born Feb. 23, 1942, in Lima to Nead and Lillian Barnette Crowe, who preceded her in death. On Aug. 14, 1979, she married John Clayton Wimer Sr., who survives in Harrod. Mrs. Wimer was a homemaker. She was a life member of...

John Root

John Root

Aug 2, 2006

JOHN EVERETT ROOT, 76, died at 4:55 p.m. August 2, 2006, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born May 8, 1930, in Springfield, Massachusetts, to Albert E. and Doris P. Callahan Root Sr., who preceded him in death. On July 31, 1954, he married Louella Crow, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Root retired as a machine operator from...

Edwin Wells

Edwin Wells

Aug 2, 2006

EDWIN CURTIS WELLS, 66, died at 8:30 p.m. August 2, 2006, at his daughter's residence. He was born September 29, 1939, in Toledo, Ohio to Don Curtis and Roxy Marie Gilroy Wells, who preceded him in death. On May 17, 1958, he married Linda Lee Sailer, who died in September 1962. On March 17, 1967, he married Marylou E. Stombaugh,...

Patricia Marbaugh

Patricia Marbaugh

Aug 2, 2006

PATRICIA A. MARBAUGH, 80, died at 5:40 p.m. August 2, 2006, at Springview Manor Nursing Home, Lima, Ohio. She was born June 9, 1926, in Toledo, Ohio to Charles R. and Catherine English Mouser, who preceded her in death. On July 4, 1946, in Ohio, she married Garold R. Marbaugh, who died in September 1999. Mrs. Marbaugh was a retired...

Terry BASSITT

Terry BASSITT

Aug 1, 2006

TERRY BASSITT, 58, died at 9:25 a.m. Aug. 1, 2006, at Lima Memorial Health System. He was born Oct. 24, 1947, in Lima to Junior and Mary Rose Gott Bassitt, who preceded him in death. On Feb. 26, 1994, he married Diana Mowrey, who survives. Mr. Bassitt was an analyst for the waste water department for the city of Lima....

James Dellinger

James Dellinger

Aug 1, 2006

JAMES GORDON "JIM" DELLINGER, 76, died at 8:03 a.m. August 1, 2006, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born March 24, 1930, in Lima, Ohio to Harold Andrew and Delia Alice Roe Dellinger, who preceded him in death. He married Deanna June Bany, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Dellinger retired from maintenance and mechanic repair in 1997, from...

Richard Roller

Richard Roller

Jul 31, 2006

RICHARD J ROLLER, 71, died at 7 a.m. July 31, 2006, at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland. He was born Oct. 22, 1934, in Mendon to Richard Mark and Mary Nelva Snyder Roller, who preceded him in death. On Aug. 25, 1956, he married Theresa Winkler, who survives in Lima. Mr. Roller was self-employed as a franchise owner of the American...

Virginia Gilkerson

Virginia Gilkerson

Jul 31, 2006

VIRGINIA L. GILKERSON, 66, died at 6:50 a.m. July 31, 2006, at Lima Memorial Health System. Arrangements are incomplete at Chamberlain-Huckeriede Funeral Home.

Lila Lentz

Lila Lentz

Jul 25, 2006

LILA ISABEL LENTZ, 84, died at 6:55 p.m. July 25, 2006, at her daughter & son-in-law's Linda & Tony Malcolm's residence. She was born March 11, 1922, in Lima, Ohio to Walter and Sylvia Rockhill Joseph, who preceded her in death. On September 19, 1940, she married Edwin G. Lentz, who died July 10, 1997. Mrs. Lentz retired from Superior...

Charles Daley

Charles Daley

Jul 24, 2006

CHARLES WALTER DALEY, 80, died at 4:38 p.m. July 24, 2006, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born July 31, 1925, in Lima to William V. and Frances Fegan Daley, who preceded him in death. On Feb. 18, 1950, he married Shirley J. Figgins, who died Oct. 18, 1998. They had been married for more than 48 years. Mr....

Cora Music

Cora Music

Jul 23, 2006

CORA MAE MUSIC, 90, died at 11:05 a.m. July 23, 2006, at her residence, with her children by her side. She was born February 27, 1916, in Bonanza, Kentucky, to Christopher Dutch and Nellie Coffee Webb, who preceded her in death. On April 15, 1934, she married Ermine D. Music, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Music loved spending time...

Clara Roller

Clara Roller

Jul 21, 2006

CLARA H. "TOMMIE" ROLLER, 82, died at 9:37 p.m. July 21, 2006, at Burton's Ridge Assisted Living, Lima, Ohio. She was born January 28, 1924, in Lima, Ohio to William and Clara Holtz Kruskamp. On September 14, 1946, she married Kenneth G. Roller, who died June 15, 1999. Mrs. Roller was a wife, mother and grandmother. She was the principal's...

Karen Ridenour

Karen Ridenour

Jul 20, 2006

KAREN M. RIDENOUR, 65, died at 1:55 p.m. July 20, 2006, at her residence. She was born July 28, 1940, in Allen County to Richard and Virginia Lora Staley, who preceded her in death. On July 16, 1957, in Lima, she married Kenneth M. Ridenour, who died Feb. 13, 1998. Mrs. Ridenour retired as manager of The Court Restaurant and...

Edith Jones

Edith Jones

Jul 16, 2006

EDITH JEANETTE JONES, 91, died at 10:15 p.m. July 16, 2006, at Arbors Nursing Home, Michigan City, Indiana. She was born February 13, 1915, in Peoria, Illinois, to Noble and Mary Edna Stimmel Bartlett, who preceded her in death. On July 21, 1934, she married Lev Jones, who died July 29, 1992. Mrs. Jones had worked at the Stadium Restaurant...

Dorothy Ciminillo

Dorothy Ciminillo

Jul 16, 2006

DOROTHY L. CIMINILLO, 80, died at 11:43 p.m. July 16, 2006 at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born on June 10, 1926, in Irondale to Louis and Augusta Davis Valli who preceded her in death. On January 15, 1947, she married Dean J. Ciminillo, who died on April 29, 2004. She was a member of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic...