Obituaries

Ralph Roberts
Sep 25, 2006
Cloverdale RALPH A. ROBERTS, 85, died at 12:49 a.m. September 25, 2006, at Triumph Hospital, Lima, Ohio. He was born May 27, 1921, in Jenera, Ohio to George M. and Jessie Smith Roberts, who preceded him in death. He married Ruth M. Dunlap, who died July 4, 2000. Mr. Roberts retired from Clark Equipment. he was a life member of...
Susan Sterling
Sep 21, 2006
SUSAN M. STERLING, 53, died at 11 a.m. Sept. 21, 2006, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born Aug. 4, 1953, in Lima to Beryl Montague Jr. and Patricia Graffam Montague Day. Her father preceded her in death. Her mother survives in Lima. Mrs. Sterling had been a manger at Macy's Caf? for more than 28 years. She was...
Robert Gross,
Sep 19, 2006
ROBERT E. GROSS Sr., 78, died at 1:50 p.m. September 19, 2006, at his residence. He was born August 11, 1928, in Lima, Ohio to James Howard and Laura Elsie Hawk Gross, who preceded him in death. On July 19, 1947, he married Louise Bowers, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Gross retired in 1996, as a certified master craftsman...

Marion Reese
Sep 17, 2006
MARION EVERETT REESE, 95, died at 6:48 p.m. September 17, 2006, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born September 18, 1910, in Putnam County, Ohio to Richard and Jennie Morgan Reese, who preceded him in death. He married Ruth Miller, who died January 15, 1986. Mr. Reese had worked as a machinist at the Lima Tank Depot and as...
Harold Dorsett
Sep 15, 2006
HAROLD N. DORSETT, 73, died at 8:30 a.m. Sept. 15, 2006, at his residence. He was born Feb. 9, 1933, in Indianapolis to Fred Carl and Vivian Margaret Cairnes Dorsett, who preceded him in death. On Aug. 6, 1960, he married Shirley Spicer, who survives in Lima. Mr. Dorsett retired as a brick mason. He attended Lima Pilgrim Holiness Church....

Erma Clark
Sep 14, 2006
ERMA JANE CLARK, 82, died at 10:35 p.m. September 14, 2006, at Compassionate Home Care, Kingwood, Texas. She was born September 24, 1923, in Lima, Ohio to Earl and Gladys Bickel Hollar, who preceded her in death. She married James Robert Clark, who died March 21, 2003. Mrs. Clark was an active member of Lost Creek Country Club. She and...
Lyle BARBER
Sep 14, 2006
LYLE KERMITT BARBER, 85, died at 4:15 a.m. September 14, 2006, at Shawnee Manor Nursing Home. He was born April 17, 1921, in Mendon, Ohio to Robert and Bertha Banter Barber, who preceded him in death. On August 20, 1954, at Market Street Presbyterian Church, he married Ruth Ann Parmenter, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Barber had been an...
Ida Bowersock
Sep 13, 2006
IDA M. BOWERSOCK, 82, died at 12:30 a.m. Sept. 13, 2006, at her residence. She was born March 20, 1924, in Lima to Richard and Edna Marie McGrievy Davis, who preceded her in death. On Nov. 18, 1941, she married Robert G. Bowersock, who died Feb. 5, 2001. Mrs. Bowersock was a life member of St. Gerard Catholic Church, where...
Marian McFARLAND
Sep 7, 2006
MARIAN ELIZABETH McFARLAND, 91, died at 1:35 a.m. Sept. 7, 2006, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. She was born May 31, 1915, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Ambrose Wickliffe and Marian Eleanor Poland Lowery, who preceded her in death. On July 8, 1944, she married Eugene Joseph McFarland. Mrs. McFarland taught at St. Charles, Lima Central Catholic and Lima...
Ruby Bragg
Sep 4, 2006
RUBY B. BRAGG, 82, died at 9:32 p.m. Sept. 4, 2006, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born Jan. 28, 1924, in Brown County to Monte Lee and Clara Mae Stansberry Day, who preceded her in death. On Jan. 29, 1944, she married Charles Melvin Bragg, who died Aug. 23, 1986. Mrs. Bragg was a homemaker. She attended New...
Judith HARNER
Sep 3, 2006
JUDITH ANN HARNER, 65, died at 5:30 a.m. Sept. 3, 2006, at her residence. She was born Jan. 6, 1941, in Lima, to Howard Lyle and Sarah Marie Heinrich Courtney, who preceded her in death. She was married Dec. 31, 1985, to Elden K. Harner, who died March 8, 2002. She retired as a licensed practical nurse at Villa at...
Carl Offenbacher
Aug 31, 2006
CARL E. OFFENBACHER, 67, died at 11:15 a.m. Aug. 31, 2006, at Plus Health Care Center. He was born March 20, 1939, in Lima to Norman and Ilo Scoles Offenbacher. His father and stepmother, Gladys Offenbacher, survive in Lima. His mother preceded him in death. Mr. Offenbacher was owner/operator of Mobile Movers. He was a member of Unity Church of...
Della PATE
Aug 30, 2006
DELLA M. PATE, 94, died at 10:15 a.m. Aug. 30, 2006, at her home in Alanson, Mich. She was born March 29, 1912, in Middlesboro, Ky., to James H. and Janie Hatton Mills, who preceded her in death. On Sept. 17, 1930, she married the Rev. Robert Pate, who died March 9. 1956. Mrs. Pate retired in 1973 from Pangles...
Hollis Klink
Aug 29, 2006
HOLLIS L. KLINK, 80, died at 10:15 a.m. August 29, 2006, at Lima Memorial Health System. He was born March 21, 1926, in Columbus Grove, Ohio to Charles and Amanda Wreede Klink, who preceded him in death. His wife, Violet Klink, died in 1984. On August 13, 1996, he married Elnora Kave, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Klink had...
Patricia Kerzee
Aug 27, 2006
PATRICIA ANN KERZEE, 79, died at 4:16 p.m. August 27, 2006, at her residence. She was born August 8, 1927, in Lima, Ohio to Joseph and Marie Kohl Lawler Sr., who preceded her in death. On October 23, 1981, she married Rollin Kerzee, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Kerzee was a devout member of St. Charles Catholic Church. She...
Edith Stoddard
Aug 24, 2006
EDITH L. STODDARD, 82, died at 2:57 p.m. August 24, 2006, at Shawnee Manor Nursing Home. She was born August 29, 1923, in Lima, Ohio to William "Lee" and Lucille Huston Hollar, who preceded her in death. She married Aisle Stoddard, who died February 2, 1993. They were married for more than 50 years. Mrs. Stoddard retired in 1979 from...

Jimmie Liles,
Aug 23, 2006
Jimmie Lee Liles, Jr., of Lima, died Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at 5:07 p.m. at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born August 19, 1954 in Lima. Funeral services will be Thursday, August 31, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. at Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church. Friends may call from 11:00 a.m until time of services at the church.
Marcella Markovics
Aug 22, 2006
MARCELLA MARKOVICS, 68, died at 11:40 a.m. August 22, 2006, at her residence. She was born June 6, 1938, in Cleveland, Ohio to Herbert and Theresa Yona Markovics, who preceded her in death. Miss Markovics was a veterinarian assistant at the Elmview Veterinarian Clinic, for 17 years. She was a member of St. Gerard Catholic Church. She was loved animals...

Gerald Hoch
Aug 21, 2006
GERALD F. "JERRY" HOCH, 85, died at 5:20 a.m. August 21, 2006, at Beverly Health Care. He was born March 10, 1921, in Athens, Ohio to Garrett M. and Freda A. Burt Hoch, who preceded him in death. On April 20, 1972, he married Geraldine "Gerri" Rager Hoch, who died September 21, 2005. Mr. Hoch retired as a construction engineer...
Carolyn Mcgraw
Aug 20, 2006
CAROLYN R. McGRAW, 74, died at 9:30 p.m. August 20, 2006, at her residence. She was born February 29, 1932, in Lima, Ohio to Paul E. and Frances Ellis Kennedy, who preceded her in death. On May 24, 1952, she married Richard S. McGraw, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. McGraw had been a seamstress and instructor of the Singer...
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