Obituaries
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...
Charles Webb
Apr 1, 2006
CHARLES RONDEL WEBB, 66, died at 4:30 p.m. April 1, 2006, at his residence. He was born January 5, 1940, in Pineville, Kentucky, to William Murphy and Zona Daniels Webb, who preceded him in death. Mr. Webb had worked for the Lima Mall as a maintenance engineer. Survivors include five siblings, Frankie Webb Thompson of Columbus, Indiana; Oakley (Jane) Webb...
Vera Hawk Hadsell
Apr 1, 2006
VERA COLLEEN HAWK HADSELL, 77, died at 1:42 p.m. April 1, 2006, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born October 16, 1928, in Arlington, Ohio, to John P. and Gladys Pifer Oxley, who preceded her in death. On October 27, 1951, she married Carl L. Hawk, who died September 27, 1970. On October 16, 1976, she married Harold E....
Reba Seward
Mar 31, 2006
REBA E. SEWARD, 86, died at 8:12 p.m. March 31, 2006, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. She was born April 18, 1919, in Blanchard to Ora and Bertha Clevenger McBride, who preceded her in death. On Oct. 30, 1944, she married Carroll M. Seward, who survives in Lima. Mrs. Seward had taught practical nursing at Lima Memorial Hospital School of...
Vernon Caplinger
Mar 23, 2006
VERNON E. CAPLINGER, 74, died at 2 a.m. March 23, 2006, at Lost Creek Care Center. He was born June 15, 1931, in McGuffey, Ohio to Quinten and Helen Spurlock Caplinger, who preceded him in death. On August 26, 1972, he married Shirley Bertrand, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Caplinger retired as a truck driver. He was a member...
Kathleen RYAN
Mar 23, 2006
KATHLEEN A. "KATHY" RYAN, 53, died at 5:05 p.m. March 23, 2006, at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born July 27, 1952, in Lima to Bernard and Norma Beining Reindel. Her father survives and her mother preceded her in death. On July 1, 1978, she married Patrick D. Ryan in Lima, and he survives. Mrs. Ryan was an educational...
Ethel Bruns
Mar 13, 2006
ETHEL "BETTY" BRUNS, 84, died at 8:50 p.m. March 13, 2006, at Plus Health Care Center. She was born March 12, 1922, in Lima to Raymond and Hazel Little Sisson, who preceded her in death. She married Albert B. Bruns, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Bruns had worked at the Army Tank Depot during World War II and at...
Kelly BRIGGS
Mar 10, 2006
KELLY SCOTT BRIGGS, 51, died at 12:10 p.m. March 10, 2006, at his residence. He was born Sept. 4, 1954, in Lima to William R. and Edith Sroufe Briggs. His father preceded him in death, and his mother survives in Lima. He was formerly married to Kay Hazell. Mr. Briggs was a 1972 graduate of Lima Central Catholic High School....
Gary WERFF
Mar 10, 2006
GARY L. WERFF, 53, died at 3:55 p.m. March 10, 2006, at Indiana University Hospital, Indianapolis. He was born Feb. 7, 1953, in Lima to Robert John and Alberta L. Cotner Werff, who preceded him in death. On Nov. 15, 1980, in Lima, he married Debra M. Finn, who survives in Elida. Mr. Werff was a staff pharmacist at Joint...
Donald Cox,
Mar 9, 2006
DONALD H. COX Sr., 97, died at 6:05 a.m. March 9, 2006, at his residence. He was born March 4, 1909, in Freeport, Illinois, to William A. and Matilda Rippberger Cox, who preceded him in death. On April 1, 1932, in Freeport, Illinois, he married Zelma L. Grinnell, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Cox retired in 1974 as chief...
Henry MARBLE
Mar 8, 2006
HENRY WARD MARBLE, 91, died at 5:15 a.m. March 8, 2006, at Sylvan Nursing Center, Clearwater, Fla. He was born May 28, 1914, in Athol, Mass., to Louis and Gertrude Ward Marble, who preceded him in death. On Jan. 18, 1939, he married Agnes Scherbring, who died April 17, 2002. Mr. Marble worked at Westinghouse in Lima for 40 years,...
Jacob Loggi
Mar 8, 2006
JACOB J. "JACK" LOGGI, 78, died at 6:30 a.m. March 8, 2006, at St. Rita's Medical Center, surrounded by his family, following an extended illness. He was born May 21, 1927, in Lima, Ohio to Anthony and Mary Ciminillo Loggi, who preceded him in death. On October 6, 1945, he married Gloria Mauch, who died in 1968. In October 1970,...
Mary Definis
Mar 7, 2006
MARYMARY CATHERINE DeFINIS, 78, died at 1:28 a.m. March 7, 2006, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born Jan. 20, 1928, in Marion to Carl and Amelia Curto Stiffler, who preceded her in death. On Oct. 21, 1950, she married Hugo M. DeFinis, who died Oct. 4, 1988. Mrs. DeFinis was a homemaker. She was a member of St....
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