Obituaries
Adam Ritchie
Aug 30, 2004
ADAM RITCHIE, 72, died at 9:45 a.m. August 30, 2004, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born December 6, 1931, in Knott County, Kentucky, to Gabe and Hattie Clemons Ritchie, who preceded him in death. On March 23, 1952, in Breathitt County, Kentucky, he married Joyce Smith, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Ritchie was a general laborer. He...
Alice Landau
Aug 29, 2004
ALICE A. LANDAU, 83, died at 4:25 p.m. August 29, 2004, at Lima Memorial Hospital. She was born August 24, 1921, in Lima, Ohio to Frank Reier and Helen Bresler Reier-Morton, who preceded her in death. She married Howard Landau, who died November 7, 1991. Mrs. Landau was owner and operator of Alice's Coffee Cup for several years. She also...
William Laman
Aug 27, 2004
WILLIAM C. LAMAN, 74, died at 11:44 a.m. August 27, 2004, at Lima Memorial Hospital. He was born April 23, 1930, in Lima, Ohio to Levi E. and Grace Kennedy Laman, who preceded him in death. On August 21, 1955, he married C. June Point, who survives in Elida, Ohio. Mr. Laman retired on January 31, 1986, as a production...
Martha Schlagbaum
Aug 25, 2004
MARTHA STONEHILL SCHLAGBAUM, 85, died at 1:35 a.m. August 25, 2004, at Lima Convalescent Home. She was born February 8, 1919, in Spencerville, Ohio to Frank and Ivah Detrick Stonehill, who preceded her in death. On November 26, 1955, she married George Schlagbaum, who died in 1971. Mrs. Schlagbaum retired in 1981 from Westinghouse Electric Corp., where she was one...
Doris Bungard
Aug 22, 2004
DORIS BUNGARD,64, died at 8:45 a.m. August 22, 2004, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born July 3, 1940, in Harrison City, Pennsylvania, to Charles and Alberta Lauffer Cramer, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Bungard had worked at Consolidated Biscuit, McComb, Ohio. She was a generous and giving mother and grandmother. Her family always came first. Survivors include...
David Mckinney
Aug 17, 2004
DAVID JAMES McKINNEY, 52, died at 1:30 p.m. August 17, 2004, at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. He was born June 26, 1952, in Corpus Christi, Texas, to James and Janet Reed McKinney, who preceded him in death. His stepmother, Jane McKinney, survives in Lima, Ohio. He married Rebecca Wysong, who survives in Wapakoneta, Ohio. Mr. McKinney retired from BP...
Raymond Furr
Aug 15, 2004
Cridersville RAYMOND E. "SLICK" FURR, 77, died at 8:40 p.m. August 15, 2004, at his residence. He was born January 7, 1927, in McGuffey, Ohio to Isaac and Elizabeth Hoover Furr, who preceded him in death. On August 7, 1950, in Kenton, he married Virginia Plaugher, who survives in Cridersville, Ohio. They had been married for 54 years. Mr. Furr...
Shirley Adams
Aug 14, 2004
SHIRLEY E. ADAMS,90, died at 6:44 a.m. August 14, 2004, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born March 9, 1914, in Rockford, Ohio to Samuel and Olive Tallman Shaffer, who preceded her in death. On September 9, 1935, she married Robert F. Adams, who died in 1973. Mrs. Adams worked as a beautician at her own shop. She was...
Robert Pohlabel
Aug 12, 2004
ROBERT L. "BOB" POHLABEL, 55, of Mansfield, Ohio, formerly of Lima, Ohio, Shelby, Ohio and Kansas City, Kansas, died at 6:50 a.m. August 12, 2004, at his residence. He was born December 2, 1948, in Lima, Ohio to Robert J. and Donna L. Winter Pohlabel, who preceded him in death. He married Joyce Kayser, who survives in Mansfield, Ohio. Mr....
Louise King
Aug 7, 2004
LOUISE N. STRIFF KING, 87, died at 3:15 p.m. August 7, 2004, at her residence. She was born on July 21, 1917, in Lima, Ohio to the late Merle W. and Garnett O'Connor Striff, who preceded her in death. She married Carl E. King in Covington, Kentucky, in 1937. He preceded her in death in 1987. Mrs. King was a...
Martha SPIEGER
Aug 6, 2004
MARTHA MOON SPIEGEL, 96, died at 11:25 p.m. August 6, 2004, at Lima Convalescent Home. She was born October 19, 1907, in Cleveland, Ohio to Orville and Lydia Kelly Moon, who preceded her in death. On September 3, 1932, she married Charles R. Spiegel in Erie, Pennsylvania. He died October 1, 1996. Mrs. Spiegel graduated from the University of Michigan...
Glenn Stavenger
Aug 6, 2004
GLENN B. STAVENGER, 61, died at 6:53 a.m. August 6, 2004, at Lima Memorial Hospital. He was born January 16, 1943, in Ravenna, Ohio to Earl and Viola Chambers Stavenger, who preceded him in death. On October 6, 1977, he married Patricia Toland, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Stavenger was retired from the Continental Baking Co. He was a...
Floyd Napier,
Aug 2, 2004
FLOYD NAPIER Jr., 73, died at 9:40 p.m. August 2, 2004, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born March 13, 1931, in Garrett, Kentucky, to Floyd and Mary K. Prater Napier, who preceded him in death. On April 3, 1987, in Decatur, Indiana, he married Barbara Thomas, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Napier retired in 2000 from Lima...
Margaret EVERS
Jul 26, 2004
MARGARET "AVIS" EVERS, 79, died at 9:20 p.m. July 26, 2004, at Lima Memorial Hospital. She was born October 20, 1924, in Auglaize County, Ohio to Guy Oscar and Mabel Ann McGinnis Kaufman, who preceded her in death. On April 7, 1946, she married George D. Evers, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Evers was a homemaker and had retired...
Homer Furr,
Jul 25, 2004
HOMER HOWARD FURR Sr., 79, died at 9:35 a.m. July 25, 2004, at his residence. He was born February 13, 1925, in Alger, Ohio to Isaac H. and Elizabeth Hoover Furr, who preceded him in death. On September 8, 1973, in Alger, Ohio, he married Gloria Moralez, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Furr had worked at the Ohio Mushroom...
Betty Eberle
Jul 22, 2004
BETTY JUNE EBERLE, 77, died at 11:30 p.m. July 22, 2004, at Springview Manor Nursing Home. She was born June 2, 1927, in Lima, Ohio to John Laurence and Pearl Arizona Roberts Miller, who preceded her in death. On June 19, 1947, in Kentucky, she married Walter Eberle, who survives in Cridersville, Ohio. Mrs. Eberle had been a machine foreman...
Chase CRAWFORD
Jul 18, 2004
CHASE W. CRAWFORD, 61, died at 2:15 p.m. July 18, 2004, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born September 9, 1942, in Lima, Ohio to J. Kenneth and Maxine Dyer Crawford, who preceded him in death. Mr. Crawford had been an administrator for the Florida State Board of Education. He received his bachelor's degree from Ohio Wesleyan University, his...
Larry HORSTMAN
Jul 17, 2004
LARRY C. HORSTMAN, 70, died at 11:05 p.m. July 17, 2004, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born January 18, 1934, in Muncie, Indiana, to Kenneth and Mary Crow Horstman, who preceded him in death. On January 19, 1963, in Ohio, he married Cathy J. Hartman, who survives in Lima, Ohio. Mr. Horstman retired September 1, 1990, as a...
Grace Bowersock
Jul 16, 2004
GRACE EDNA BOWERSOCK, 91, died at 7 a.m. July 16, 2004, at her residence. She was born May 22, 1913, in Lima, Ohio, to Ellis B. and Agnes Black Rogers, who preceded her in death. She married Martin Bowersock, who died June 1, 1970. Mrs. Bowersock was a homemaker. She and her husband owned Marty's Restaurant in Kenton. She was...
Carmen COOPER
Jul 16, 2004
CARMEN "DUNK" LAVONNE COOPER, 65, died at 6:50 a.m. July 16, 2004, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. She was born September 21, 1938, in Anderson, Indiana. Her father, Devern Welsh, preceded her in death. Her mother, Ruth Stevens Humfleet, survives in Lima, Ohio. Ms. Cooper was a caterer. She attended South Side Christian Church and Lima Baptist Temple. Survivors also...
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