Obituaries
Avian Bryan
May 14, 2006
AVIAN ANNA BRYAN, 74, died at 4:49 p.m. May 14, 2006, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born June 30, 1931, in Lima, Ohio to Alfred and Florence Carter Reindel, who preceded her in death. On December 20, 1951, she married Kenneth E. Bryan, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Bryan was owner of the Emerald Isle Dairy Freeze...
Margaret Hunt Newcomer
May 9, 2006
MARGARET M. HUNT NEWCOMER, 80, died at 3:15 a.m. May 9, 2006, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born April 25, 1926, in Lima, Ohio to Roy O. and Lucinda Smith Hunt, who preceded her in death. On June 26, 1948, she married William "Bill" Newcomer, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Newcomer was a homemaker. She had been...
Sharon Highland
May 8, 2006
SHARON KAY HIGHLAND, 58, died at 12:15 p.m. May 8, 2006, at her residence. She was born Feb. 26, 1948, in Lima to Emmett G. and Lois Hullinger Highland, who preceded her in death. Ms. Highland was a school bus driver for Marimor, Lima city and Elida schools. She was a member of American Legion Post 268 Auxiliary, Delphos, and...
Franklin Bailey
May 6, 2006
FRANKLIN R. BAILEY, 86, died at 5:15 a.m. May 6, 2006, at Beverly Health care Center, Lima, Ohio. He was born November 27, 1919, in Logan County, Ohio, to George Lee and Clara R. Rose Bailey. On March 10, 1940, he married Ruth G. Chiles, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Bailey was a member of Westside United Methodist Church...
William Nichols,
May 4, 2006
WILLIAM E. NICHOLS Sr., 78, died at 11:30 a.m. May 4, 2006, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born January 7, 1928, in Lima, Ohio to Diamond Dewey and Mary Alexander Nichols, who preceded him in death. On May 22, 1954, he married Patricia Rolfes, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Nichols retired from Randall Bearings after 35 years....
Robert Edwards
May 3, 2006
ROBERT E. "BOB" EDWARDS, 74, died at 10:05 a.m. May 3, 2006, at his residence. He was born January 16, 1932, in Allen County, Ohio to David and Golda Fralick Edwards, who preceded him in death. On July 27, 1952, he married Marlene K. Miller, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Edwards was working at Wrightway Food Service and had...
Dorothy Nichols
May 1, 2006
DOROTHY LENORE NICHOLS, 97, died at 12:20 a.m. May 1, 2006, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, Ohio. She was born July 31, 1908, in Seneca, Kansas, to William and Maggie Denton Oatman, who preceded her in death. On December 16, 1925, in Kansas, she married Lawrence Everett Nichols, who died December 12, 1963. Mrs. Nichols was a member of Grace...
Donna Stokes Shibler
Apr 29, 2006
DONNA KAY STOKES SHIBLER, 69, died at 12:10 a.m. April 29, 2006, at her residence. She was born March 21, 1937, in Lima, Ohio to Earl Hewitt Stokes and Celesta Verna Hall Stokes, who preceded her in death. Ms. Shibler was employed at the Allen County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmentally Disabilities for 25 years as a supervisor, workshop...
Andrea Smith
Apr 25, 2006
ANDREA L. "ANDI" SMITH, 60, died at 4:05 p.m. April 25, 2006, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born October 5, 1945, in Lima, Ohio to Kenneth D. and Imogene A. Worrell Jerew. Her father preceded her in death. Her mother survives. On February 19, 1977, she married John W. Smith, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Smith retired...
Virgie Markham
Apr 23, 2006
VIRGIE RICE MARKHAM, 90, died April 23, 2006, at her residence. She was born November 21, 1915, in West Jefferson, Ohio to Edward and Bertha Fay Clouser, who preceded her in death. She married Henry Rice, who preceded her in death. She then married Howard Markham, who also preceded her in death. Mrs. Markham was a certified legal assistant, having...
James Bame
Apr 21, 2006
JAMES L. "JIM" BAME, 63, died at 1:45 p.m. April 21, 2006, at Lima Memorial Health System. He was born March 25, 1943, in Allen County to Verlin "Bud" and Kathryn L. Brenneman Bame, who preceded him in death. On Nov. 14, 2003, in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., he married Barbara J. Timmons, who survives in Elida. Mr. Bame retired Sept....
Madaline Baque
Apr 17, 2006
MADALINE VIRGINIA "GINNY" BAQUE, 90, died at 2:30 a.m. April 17, 2006, at her residence. She was born March 8, 1916, in Franklin, Pennsylvania, to William Ross and Ida Mae Covell Sherman, who preceded her in death. On June 26, 1937, she married George E. Baque, and he died January 26, 1965. Mrs. Baque was a member of the Trinity...
Carl O'Dell
Apr 17, 2006
CARL VERNON O'DELL, 77, died at 2:17 a.m. April 17, 2006, at Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Dayton, Ohio. He was born October 11, 1928, in Lima, Ohio to Oliver and Frances M. McComb O'Dell. His parents preceded him in death. On November 15, 1986, he married Nellie Patricia Briggs O'Dell, and she died December 22, 2005. Mr. O'Dell...
Howard Howbert
Apr 11, 2006
HOWARD VERNON HOWBERT, 81, died at 9:05 p.m. April 11, 2006, at Beverly Health Care. He was born April 12, 1924, in Waynesfield, Ohio to Clarence W. and Cecil M. Wykel Howbert, who preceded him in death. On August 5, 1961, he married Mary Plunkett, who died September 26, 2001. Mr. Howbert retired from Countrymark, after 40 years. He was...
Thomas Kelley
Apr 9, 2006
THOMAS BROWNE KELLEY, 73, died at 11:35 a.m. April 9, 2006, at Shawnee Manor Nursing Home. He was born Dec 13, 1932, in Richmond, Ind., to William H. and Reva Browne Kelley II, who preceded him in death. On July 22, 1961, in Cincinnati, he married Joan Marie Thoss, who died Jan. 26, 1976. Mr. Kelley had been a salesman...
Luella Brim
Apr 9, 2006
LUELLA MAE BRIM, 72, died at 4:45 a.m. April 9, 2006, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. She was born July 27, 1933, in Lima to David and Mary Kerr Reinhart, who preceded her in death. On Sept. 10, 1955, in Findlay, she married James Brim, who survives in Lima. Mrs. Brim had been a registered nurse at Lima Memorial Hospital...
Thomas DeVita
Apr 8, 2006
THOMAS J. "TOM" DeVITA, 59, died at 12:45 p.m. April 8, 2006, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born on March 29, 1947, in Bethesda, Md., to Matthew and Dorothy Eilerman Clement DeVita, who preceded him in death. On Sept. 24, 1964, he married Nodja Keller, in LaFayette, GA. She who survives in Lima, Ohio Mr. DeVita was a...
Alma Brinkman
Apr 6, 2006
ALMA TREVA BRINKMAN, 94, died at 10:45 a.m. April 6, 2006, at Calvary Manor Nursing Home in Glandorf. She was born March 3, 1912, in Pandora to William and Catherine Nusbaum Baumgartner, who preceded her in death. On April 25, 1934, in Ohio, she married Norbert W. Brinkman, who died July 6, 1966. Mrs. Brinkman was a wife and homemaker...
Lynn Luke
Apr 6, 2006
LYNN R. LUKE, 56, died at 7:40 a.m. April 6, 2006, at Mary Rutan Hospital, Bellefontaine. He was born Oct. 19, 1949, in Lima to Richard and Doris Brogen Luke, who preceded him in death. On June 8, 1974, he married Jill A. Bowers, who survives in Cridersville. Mr. Luke had worked at Honda for 12 years and for Meadow...
Kathleen Merritt
Apr 2, 2006
KATHLEEN M. "KATHY" MERRITT, 87, died April 2, 2006. She was born May 6, 1918, in Peoria, Illinois, to Benjamin L. and Ruth Ann Martin McKinley, who preceded her in death. On December 24, 1941, she married William H. Merritt, who died February 20, 2006. Mrs. Merritt was a homemaker. She was a member of Market Street Presbyterian Church. She...
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