Obituaries
Cary Calvin Childs
Mar 6, 2017
Cary Calvin Childs, 68, died at 7:25 PM on Monday, March 6, 2017, expired at his home in Lima, Ohio. Cary was born on Monday, July 19, 1948, in Defiance, Ohio, to the late Harley R. Childs and Vera May (Fuller) Childs He was a 1966 Bath Graduate. Mr. Childs served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He...
Marilyn Madge Swygart
Mar 4, 2017
Marilyn Madge Swygart, 84, died at 12:40 PM on Saturday, March 4, 2017, at Lima Memorial Hospital. Marilyn was born on Sunday, January 29, 1933, in Lima, to Ray Shinabery Sr. and Ruth (Hartman) Shinabery. On Sunday, June 17, 1951, she married Harold Swygart. Marilyn was a member of South Side Christian Church. She had worked at The Lima News,...
John Thomas Sprizzo
Mar 4, 2017
John T. Sprizzo, 45, of Lima, passed away on Saturday, March 4, 2017 at St. Rita's Medical Center. John was born on April 23, 1971 in Brooklyn, NY to Carmine and Karen {Carr} Sprizzo. His mother survives in Lima. Also surviving are his wife Jeanna {Reynolds} Sprizzo, daughter Jessica Beair, grandchildren Ava Beair, Alijah Anderson, and Aydn Anderson, sisters Nancy...
Marguerite Eloise Long Dome
Mar 3, 2017
Marguerite Eloise Long Dome died peacefully on March 3, 2017, in St. Rita's Hospice at the age of 99. Marguerite was born August 24, 1917, in Bluffton Ohio, to Glen and Gertrude Good Long. She graduated in 1935 from Bluffton High School. Marguerite's father Glen bought the nut shop on the northwest side of the Lima Public Square between Rollins...
Mary Ellen Johns
Feb 26, 2017
Wife, Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother, Mary Ellen Johns age 91 of Lima, OH, passed away peacefully at 4:45 am, Sunday February 26, 2017 at Lima Memorial Health System. Mary Ellen was born on April 10, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to the late James W. and Bertha Newton. She married Richard D. Johns on July 31, 1948 who preceded her...
Verlin Dale Lawrence
Feb 24, 2017
Verlin Dale Lawrence 79, died at 1:10 PM on Friday, February 24, 2017, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. Verlin was born on September 6, 1937, in Allen County, Ohio, to the late Charles Thoburn Lawrence and Helen Irene (Hefner) Lawrence. Verlin married Judy Herbert on June 26, 1966. She survives in Elida. He retired from Ford Motor Company...
Richard P. Webb
Feb 20, 2017
Richard P. Webb, 83 of Lima. We are all diminished by the death of Richard (Dick) Patrick Webb, born Jan. 5, 1934 to Cloyd Webb and Hanora Dahill Webb. He passed on February 20 at home, as he wished, surrounded by his beloved family. Dick's father, Cloyd of the Lima Fire Department was one of the last firefighters to die...
Lillian Mae Rupel
Feb 20, 2017
Lillian Mae Rupel, 97, died Monday, February 20, 2017, surrounded by her loving family. She was born August 19, 1919, in Gomer to the late W. Orville and Blanche Beiler Evans. On December 24, 1942, in Oklahoma City, she married H. Clarence Rupel, who died November 21, 2001. Lillian retired in 1988 from General Dynamics as a secretary for labor...
Iona L. Minton
Feb 20, 2017
Iona L. Minton, age 91, passed away at 7:25 A.M., on Monday, February 20, 2017 at the Genesis Hospice Morrison House in Zanesville, OH. She was born in Lima on January 18, 1926 to the late Kenneth and Victoria Bowsher. On September 19, 1959 she married Harry W. Minton who preceded her in death in 2005. Iona was a loving...
Mary Kathryn Pitts
Feb 19, 2017
Mary Kathryn Pitts 64, died at 12:00 AM on Sunday, February 19, 2017, at St. Rita's Inpatient Hospice Unit in Lima, Ohio. Mary was born on August 4, 1952, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Andrew F. Szippl and the late Dorothy Mae (Will) Szippl. Her father survives. On Thursday, February 14, 1991, she married Andrew Mitchell Pitts. He survives in Ada....
Richard Brinkman
Feb 18, 2017
Richard Brinkman, 69, of Lima, passed away on Saturday, February 18, 2017 at Shawnee Manor in Lima. Richard was born in Lima on May 27, 1947 to the late Norbert and Alma {Baumgartner} Brinkman. On June 29, 1968, he married Miriam Zeller, who survives in Lima. Richard is also survived by his children Donna Keener, Susan (Jason) Abbott, and Bob...
Marcella "Jean" (Gass) Nerderman
Feb 18, 2017
Marcella "Jean" (Gass) Nerderman 93, died at 1:40 PM on Saturday, February 18, 2017, at Elmcroft Assisted Living Center in Lima, Ohio. Marcella was born on May 11, 1923, in Celina, Ohio, to the late Henry Leon Gass and Mildred (Stoker) Gass. On Saturday, May 23, 1942, she married Henry J. "Hank" Nerderman who preceded her in death on December...
Catherine A. "Cathy" Rahrig
Feb 15, 2017
Catherine A. "Cathy" Rahrig, 62, died at 3:19 PM on Wednesday, February 15, 2017, at her residence in Lima, Ohio. Cathy was born on Thursday, June 17, 1954, in Lima, to Edward Raymond and Melba (Murray) Ohns. Her dad survives in Cleveland and her mom preceded her in death. On Saturday, October 1, 1977, she married Jeff Rahrig who survives...
Lyman "Ed" Squires
Feb 14, 2017
Lyman E. "Ed" Squires, 84, died at approximately 11pm on February 14, 2017 at Lima Memorial Hospital. He is survived by his loving wife, Mary F. Logsdon Squires, Lima, Sons; Steve (Janeen) Barrett, Phelan, CA , Jim (Tracie) Barrett, Mapleton, UT, daughters; Karen Czirban, Lindon, UT, Terri (Charles) Henson, Ft Wayne, IN and Debi Williams, Lima. He has 23 grandchildren,...
Teresa Dawn (Burden) Lockwood
Feb 11, 2017
Teresa Dawn (Burden) Lockwood, Was born in Lima, April 12, 1975 to Michael (Cindi) Burden and Christina (Burden) (Robert) Friedman who survives in Lima. She passed away at her residence in Uniopolis at the age of 41. Others who survive to cherish her memory include a daughter, Ava Rose Lockwood; brothers, Benjamin (Jennifer) Burden and Johnathan (Autumn) Burden; and a...
Lillian (Gross) Boroff
Feb 9, 2017
Lillian (Gross) Boroff, 79, died at 11:10 AM on Thursday, February 9, 2017, at Shawnee Manor Nursing Home in Lima. Lillian was born on May 18, 1937, in Lima, to the late Dewey and Thelma (Schaub) Gross. She married David Boroff who preceded her in death on November 24, 2000. She was a member of First Missionary Church and musician...
Wanda Sabaturski-Hernandez
Feb 8, 2017
Wanda Sabaturski-Hernandez, 67, of Lima, passed away on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at St. Rita's Medical Center. Wanda was born on April 2, 1949 in Caracas, Venezuela to the late Ignacy and Anna Sabaturski. She is survived by her husband Martin Hernandez, daughter Christine (Michael) Cichon, grandchildren Courtney, Brittany, Sophie, and D'Kota, brother Ignatius, and sister Harriett. She is preceded...
Patricia J. "Patty" Chapman
Feb 7, 2017
Patricia J. "Patty" Chapman, 86, died at 9:15 AM on Tuesday, February 7, 2017, at Lakes of Monclova Assisted Living in Maumee, Ohio. Patricia was born on Friday, August 22, 1930, in Lima, to the late Raymond "Duckie" and Flossie (Keeling) Jones. Patty loved music, movies and reading. She was an avid walker and just truly loved people especially her...
James K. "Jimmy" Everett
Feb 7, 2017
James K. "Jimmy" Everett, 62, died at 7:20 PM on Tuesday, February 7, 2017, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. James was born on Sunday, May 9, 1954, in Lima, to the late Edmund K. "Bud" and Margaret Irene (Rasor) Everett. On Saturday, December 27, 1997, in Lima, he married Pam Quinn who survives in Cairo. Jimmy had recently...
Isobel I. McCaslin
Feb 5, 2017
Isobel I. McCaslin 101, died at 1:01 PM on her birthday, Sunday, February 5, 2017, at Otterbein Cridersville Assisted Living in Cridersville, Ohio. Isobel was born on February 5, 1916, in Lima, Ohio, to the late Earl Lawrence McCaslin, Sr. and Sarah Estella (Battles) McCaslin. Isobel retired from Superior Metal Products (now American Trim) after 29 1/2 years. She was...
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