Obituaries
John Ladden
May 29, 2005
JOHN E. LADDEN, 64, died at 4:55 p.m. May 29, 2005, at Shawnee Manor Nursing Home. He was born July 27, 1940, in Lima to James C. and Lillian T. Boudrie Ladden, who preceded him in death. On June 14, 1968, at St. Rose Catholic Church, he married Peggy Lou Rode, who died Jan. 6, 1996. Mr. Ladden retired in...
Gayle Bowersock
May 25, 2005
Lima GAYLE E. BOWERSOCK, 72, died at 2:06 a.m. May 25, 2005, at Lima Memorial Health System. He was born March 2, 1933, in Lima to Marian and Mildred Verbryke Bowersock, who preceded him in death. On May 14, 1955, he married Margaret A. "Peg" Bishop, who survives in Lima. Mr. Bowersock retired from Dana Corp. He was a member...
Homer Bowers
May 24, 2005
HOMER C. BOWERS, 82, died at 4:50 a.m. May 24, 2005, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born September 25, 1922, in Spencerville, Ohio to John W. and Mary Ellen Brown Bowers, who preceded him in death. On August 19, 1939, in Decatur, Indiana, he married Leota M. Curl, who survives in Cridersville, Ohio. Mr. Bowers retired in 1984...
Loretta Miller
May 23, 2005
LORETTA M. MILLER, 85, died at 7 p.m. May 23, 2005, at Shawnee Manor Nursing Home. She was born September 6, 1919, in Lima, Ohio to Harold and Gladys Wierman Dillon, who preceded her in death. On June 6, 1940, she married Robert W. Miller, who died February 25, 2000. Mrs. Miller had worked at Neon Products and Westinghouse Electric...
Nora Kowalsky
May 23, 2005
NORA JEAN KOWALSKY, 79, died at 3:15 a.m. May 23, 2005, at Springview Manor Nursing Home. She was born September 7, 1925, in Lima, Ohio to Levi Elliot and Grace Kennedy Laman, who preceded her in death. On April 14, 1941, in Clarksburg, W.Virginia, she married Edward F. Kowalsky, who died November 29, 1986. Mrs. Kowalsky was a member of...
Susan Schurr
May 22, 2005
SUSAN K. SCHURR, 59, died at 9:45 p.m. May 22, 2005, at St. Rita's Medical Center. She was born February 17, 1946, in Lima, Ohio to Vernon Bunch and Madonna Fisher Robert. Her father preceded her in death. Her mother survives in Shreveport, Louisiana. She had been married to Daniel O'Keefe, who survives in Defiance, Ohio. Mrs. Schurr sold real...
Robert Woodward
May 19, 2005
ROBERT THOMAS WOODWARD, 86, died at 9:20 p.m. May 19, 2005, at Otterbein-Cridersville. He was born Jan. 18, 1919, in Lima to Samuel and Jessie Lundie Woodward, who preceded him in death. On Aug. 18, 1940, he married Helen Marie Ward, who died March 28, 1997. Mr. Woodward retired in 1983 as a security officer from the Lima State Hospital....
John Pitz
May 15, 2005
JOHN PITZ, 76, died at 1:15 p.m. May 15, 2005, at Plus Health Care Center. He was born Dec. 17, 1928, in Barberton to John Joseph and Lois Ellen Cutter Pitz, who preceded him in death. On May 1, 1948, in Greenup, Ky., he married Della Pond, who survives in Lima. Mr. Pitz retired as a machine setter from Ford...
Sewelda VOSSLER-HULLINGER
May 12, 2005
SEWELDA MAE VOSSLER HULLINGER, 88, died at 6:50 p.m. May 12, 2005, at Gables of Green Pastures. She was born Oct. 11, 1916, in Duchouquet Township, to Henry August and Eda Koch Vossler, who both preceded her in death. On Aug. 31, 1941, she married Eldon L. Hullinger, who died Oct. 6, 2000. Mrs. Hullinger was employed by Duff Truck...
Patrick MICHAEL
May 11, 2005
PATRICK ALAN MICHAEL, 58, died at 9:10 p.m. May 11, 2005, at Lima Memorial Health System. He was born July 28, 1946, in Lima, to Paul A. Michael and Anna Louise Wooley Michael-Holliday. His parents preceded him in death. Mr. Micahel was the owner of Michael Engineering, and retired in 1999 as an assembler from the Ford Motor Co. He...
Nondas Powers
May 10, 2005
NONDAS LUCILLE POWERS, 84, died at 9:46 p.m. May 10, 2005, at St. Rita's Medical Center following a short illness. She was born Oct. 15, 1920, in Bellevue to Vaughn and Ethel Horton, who preceded her in death. On June 20, 1945, she married Robert Powers, who died Feb. 26, 1992. Mrs. Powers worked and was a co-owner of Powers...
Christine Brinkman Green
May 7, 2005
Lima CHRISTINE ELAINE BRINKMAN GREEN, 55, died at 1:40 p.m. May 7, 2005, at Lost Creek Care Center. She was born Oct. 11, 1949, in Lima, to William and Phyllis Stewart Schwaiger, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Green worked at St. Rita's Medical Center as an EKG technician. Survivors include two former husbands, Jim Brinkman and Joe Green; a...
Lauren NOLTE
May 6, 2005
LAUREN M. NOLTE, newborn, died at noon May 6, 2005, at Ohio State University Hospital. She was born May 6, 2005, in Columbus to Karl and Melissa Briem Nolte, who survive in Elida. Survivors also include two sisters, Taylor Nolte and Kelsey Nolte at home; maternal grandparents, Cheryl and Vern Theis of Elida, Gary Briem of Colorado, and Vernon and...
Clarence Helmig
May 5, 2005
Lima CLARENCE ROBERT "JUNIOR" HELMIG, 67, died at 6:53 p.m. May 5, 2005, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born June 24, 1937, in Lima to Clarence G. and Marguerite Maxwell Helmig, who preceded him in death. On Sept. 8, 1962, in Lima, he married Carol Grubenhoff, who survives. Mr. Helmig worked in small parts and as a machine...
Frueh VIRGINIA
May 5, 2005
Lima VIRGINIA M. FRUEH, 84, died at 12:30 p.m. May 5, 2004, at Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Perrysburg. She was born Aug. 31, 1920, in Lima to John and Elsie Staples, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Frueh had worked at Meat City and had been co-owner of Frueh's Bake Shop. She was a member of St. Gerard Catholic Church...
Pauline Baker
May 5, 2005
Lima PAULINE H. BAKER, 95, died at 6:45 a.m. May 5, 2005, at Springview Manor Nursing Home. She was born March 24, 1910, in Hardin County to Fred and Inis Shepherd, who preceded her in death. On July 19, 1930, she married Virgil O. "Hunter" Baker, who died April 8, 1983. Mrs. Baker was a homemaker. She was a charter...
Grace SHENK
May 5, 2005
Lima GRACE ANN SHENK, 83, died at 2:10 a.m. May 5, 2005, at the Wyngate Senior Living Community, surrounded by her children. She was born Jan. 5, 1922, in Jay County, Ind., to Charles and Mary Burwell Loy, who preceded her in death. On July 21, 1948, she married Warren G. Shenk, who died Sept. 16, 1994. Mrs. Shenk was...
The Frank R. Hamblen
May 2, 2005
THE REV. FRANK R. HAMBLEN, 91, died at 10:33 a.m. May 2, 2005, at the Lima Convalescent Home. He was born Sept. 1, 1913, in Chattanooga, Tenn., to Gilbert Rankin and Carrie Lee Smith Hamblen, who preceded him in death. On April 10, 1938, he married Erdine Roberts of Lima, who died Jan. 26, 1957. On May 18, 1958, he...
Pauline Keller
Apr 29, 2005
PAULINE B. KELLER, 95, died at 12:15 a.m. April 29, 2005, at Springview Manor Nursing Home. She was born August 2, 1909, in Wabash, Indiana, to Ed and Della Smith Watson, who preceded her in death. On May 30, 1931, she married Earl Keller, who died July 14, 1995. Mrs. Keller sold Stanley Home Products for 45 years. She was...
Howard Osborn
Apr 28, 2005
HOWARD W. OSBORN, 79, died at 5:25 p.m. April 28, 2005, at St. Rita's Medical Center. He was born September 24, 1925, in Tiffin, Ohio, to Ted and Ruth Bowman Osborn, who preceded him in death. Mr. Osborn was a baker's helper at Silver Star Bakery. In 1993, he was named Volunteer of the Year for Union Place Weekend Meal...
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