Obituaries

Frances Gossard

Frances Gossard

Dec 16, 2005

FRANCES C. GOSSARD, 90, died at 9:15 p.m. December 16, 2005, at Shawnee Manor Nursing Home. She was born March 6, 1915, in Lima, Ohio to Burl H. and Crystal McGinnis Hyde, who preceded her in death. In January 1937, she married Kenneth Gail Gossard, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Gossard was a member of First Baptist Church and...

Paul Weber

Paul Weber

Dec 15, 2005

PAUL M. "PETE" WEBER, 72, died at 11:07 p.m. December 15, 2005, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born February 18, 1933, in Ottawa, Ohio to Paul M. and Martha Welter Weber, who preceded him in death. On August 24, 1957, he married Jane M. Sherbuck, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Weber had been an agent and staff...

Richard Werking

Richard Werking

Dec 11, 2005

RICHARD LEE "DICK" WERKING, 69, died at 4:24 a.m. December 11, 2005, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born July 7, 1936, in Lima, Ohio to Maynard E. and Margaret Corrello Werking. His father preceded him in death. His mother survives in Lima, Ohio. On March 15, 1959, he married Wanda Ellison, who survives. Mr. Werking retired as a...

Larry Morgan

Larry Morgan

Dec 10, 2005

LARRY P. MORGAN, 70, died at 11:25 p.m. December 10, 2005, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born January 27, 1935, in Chicago to Wilson and Bernice Berg Morgan, who preceded him in death. On July 21, 1956, he married Mary Lou Ruth, who survives. Mr. Morgan retired in 1994 as a front line supervisor from BP, after 39...

Dorothy Singleton

Dorothy Singleton

Dec 8, 2005

DOROTHY ANN SINGLETON, 79, died at 6:40 a.m. December 8, 2005, at Lima Convalescent Home. She was born April 25, 1926, in Lima, Ohio to Lawrence Dickinsheets and Laura S. Gnagi, who preceded her in death. On May 25, 1947, she married Jay Robert Singleton, who died July 3, 1996. Mrs. Singleton worked in sales at Lazarus for 16 years....

John VanBuskirk

John VanBuskirk

Dec 7, 2005

JOHN C. "JACK" VanBUSKIRK, 82, died at 5:30 a.m. December 7, 2005, at Lost Creek Care Center. He was born December 21, 1922, in Scranton, Pa., to Charles and Mary Balinas VanBuskirk, who preceded him in death. On October 26, 1946, he married Anna Theresa "Ann" Kasalis, who died October 29, 2005. Mr. VanBuskirk retired as a highly skilled machine...

Paul Papageorgiou

Paul Papageorgiou

Dec 5, 2005

PAUL D. ?PAPA G.? PAPAGEORGIOU, 62, died at 8:06 p.m. December 5, 2005, at Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton, Ohio. He was born September 15, 1943, in Aegina, Greece, to Demetrios and Eugenia Maltezou Papageorgiou, who preceded him in death. On December 18, 1970, in Columbus, Ohio, he married Jerri Willoughby, who survives in Lima, Ohio. They had been married for...

William Blum

William Blum

Dec 5, 2005

DR. WILLIAM A. BLUM, 84, died at 11:44 p.m. December 5, 2005, at the Cleveland Clinic. He was born October 10, 1921, in Lima, Ohio to Bernard H. and Elsie Weixelbaum Blum, who preceded him in death. On December 10, 1943, he married Mary Martha Lusk, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Dr. Blum was an optometrist in private practice in...

Darrell Frail

Darrell Frail

Dec 4, 2005

DARRELL E. "SKIP" FRAIL, 77, died at 3:10 a.m. December 4, 2005, at Shawnee Manor Nursing Home. He was born December 3, 1928, in Lima, Ohio to O.B. "Bill" and Mabel Smith Frail, who preceded him in death. On July 3, 1949, he married Thelma Mauk, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Frail was co-owner, along with his father, of...

Pamela Adkins

Pamela Adkins

Dec 3, 2005

PAMELA SUE ADKINS, 52, died at 7:27 p.m. December 3, 2005, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born April 3, 1953, in Lima, Ohio to Bernard and Dinnie Hicks Fought, who preceded her in death. On July 4, 1970, she married Gary Adkins, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Adkins had been a placement driver for the Allen County...

Mildred Halker

Mildred Halker

Dec 1, 2005

MILDRED A. HALKER, 90, died at 9:45 a.m. December 1, 2005, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. She was born December 31, 1914, in Leipsic, Ohio to Sylvester and Agnes Ringlein Niese, who preceded her in death. On February 8, 1937, she married Cyril A. Halker, who died March 8, 1986. Mrs. Halker was a homemaker. She was a member of...

John Lackey

John Lackey

Nov 29, 2005

JOHN S. LACKEY, 51, died at 5:07 a.m. November 29, 2005, at The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio. He was born December 14, 1953, in Lima, Ohio to Wayne and Eileen Harmon Lackey. His father survives in Lima, Ohio. His mother died in 1996. On July 25, 1995, he married Sandy Perine, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr....

Maurice Mike Imm

Maurice Mike Imm

Nov 29, 2005

MAURICE L. "MIKE" IMM II, 31, of Howard, formerly of Lima Ohio, died at 12:22 a.m. November 29, 2005, at The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio. He was born June 23, 1974, in Lima, Ohio to Thomas L. and Charlene K. Chamberlin Imm. His father preceded him in death. His mother survives in Bluffton, Ohio. Mr. Imm had...

Donald Mears,

Donald Mears,

Nov 27, 2005

DONALD WILLIAM MEARS Sr., 79, died at 6:25 a.m. November 27, 2005, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born March 6, 1926, in Pensacola, Oklahoma, to Newman M. and Mae Mears. On October 29, 1946, he married Beatrice J. Hall, who died February 23, 2005. Mr. Mears was self-employed. During the last years of his life he was extremely...

Wallace Wally Scheidt

Wallace Wally Scheidt

Nov 27, 2005

WALLACE P. "WALLY" SCHEIDT, 78, died at 11:30 a.m. November 27, 2005, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. He was born January 31, 1927, in Venedocia, Ohio to Forest Burris and Kathryne Pugh Scheidt, who preceded him in death. On March 5, 1949, he married Gloria Swords, who died December 5, 1998. Mr. Scheidt had been the flagman at Allentown,Ohio, Eldora,...

Carolyn Pruitt Hunter

Carolyn Pruitt Hunter

Nov 26, 2005

CAROLYN MAE PRUITT HUNTER, 70, died at 7:53 p.m. November 26, 2005, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born February 2, 1935, in Findlay, Ohio to Ralph and Alma VonStein Pruitt, who preceded her in death. On February 15, 1955, she married Richard A. Hunter, who died September 14, 2005. Mrs. Hunter was a homemaker and had been a...

Eileen Warris

Eileen Warris

Nov 26, 2005

EILEEN M. WARRIS, 77, died at 7:10 p.m., Nov. 26, 2005, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born Jan. 23, 1928, in Cleveland to Albert and Rose Stockman, who preceded her in death. On Nov. 10, 1947, she married Harry Warris, who died Sept. 7, 1992. Mrs. Warris was a greeter at the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks...

Robert Kuhn,

Robert Kuhn,

Nov 25, 2005

ROBERT W. KUHN Jr., 57, died at 7:14 a.m. November 25, 2005, at SCCI Hospital, Lima, Ohio. He was born August 22, 1948, in Tiffin, Ohio to Robert W. and Dorothy M. Boes Kuhn Sr., and they both preceded him in death. Mr. Kuhn, like his father, worked at National Machinery Co. in Tiffin as a summer job while attending...

Cathie Meier Ahmed

Cathie Meier Ahmed

Nov 24, 2005

CATHIE A. MEIER AHMED, 50, died at 2:05 p.m. November 24, 2005, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. She was born July 12, 1955, in Lima, Ohio to Leroy and Jeanne Mack Meier, and both survive in Lima, Ohio. She was formerly married to Javed Ahmed, and he died in June 2004. Mrs. Ahmed was a member of St....

Richard Rigali,

Richard Rigali,

Nov 22, 2005

RICHARD J. RIGALI Jr., 56, died at 5:20 p.m. November 22, 2005, at SCCI Hospital, Lima, Ohio. He was born October 13, 1949, in Lima, Ohio to Richard J. Rigali Sr. and Norma Wiemer Rigali. His father survives; his mother preceded him in death. On October 13, 2001, he married Linda Smith, who survives. Mr. Rigali worked at St. Rita's...