Obituaries
Jeanette Marker
Aug 25, 2016
Jeanette Marker, 74, of Bellefontaine passed away Thursday afternoon, August 25, 2016 at Kobacher House, Columbus. She was born June 15, 1942, in Champaign County to the late Orval and Margaret (Couchman) Marker. Jeanette was also preceded in death by a sister Sandra Marker and a brother Charles Marker. Jeanette is survived by her twin sister Janet Marker of Bellefontaine,...
Phillip Moon
Aug 23, 2016
Phillip Ray “Bud” Moon, 72, of Bellefontaine passed away peacefully surrounded by his family Tuesday afternoon, August 23, 2016 at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus. He was born in Logan County on January 18, 1944 to the late Arthur and Helen (Rhoades) Moon. Bud was also preceded in death by four brothers, Frank, Charles, Robert, and Harold Moon and a sister,...
Bernice Beightler
Aug 23, 2016
Bernice Beightler, 100, of Bellefontaine passed away Tuesday, August 23, 2016 in Vancrest of Urbana. She was born at her country farm home in Union County, Ohio near Milford Center on August 12, 1916, the daughter of the late Henry and Marie (Bishop) Wolff. On December 24, 1935, she married Clarence Dorland Beightler at the Trinity Lutheran Parsonage in...
Lynn Michael
Aug 22, 2016
Lynn L. Michael, 79, of Lima, passed away Monday, August 22, 2016 at 7:18 p.m. in Mary Rutan Hospital. He was born in Lima, Ohio on November 20, 1936, to the late Lawrence W. and Jane (Hullinbarger) Michael. On May 15, 1986, in Dayton, Ohio he married the former Paula Mallott, and she survives. He is also survived by a...
Robert Vander Roest
Aug 20, 2016
Robert James “Moose” Vander Roest, 81, of Bellefontaine, passed away at 3:38 p.m. on Saturday, August 20, 2016 at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima. He was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan on October 23, 1934 to the late Edward and Sophia (Theal) Vander Roest. He was also preceded in death by his two sisters, Louise and Helen; three brothers,...
John Deere
Aug 19, 2016
John Henry Deere, 55, of DeGraff, passed away at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, August 19, 2016 at his home. He was born in Parkersburg, West Virginia on October 17, 1960 to the late Ernest and Royal (Odle) Deere. He was also preceded in death by his two sisters, Ronda Collins and Glenda Hormell. On December 22, 1984, John married the...
Martha Harshbarger
Aug 19, 2016
Martha E. Harshbarger, 81, of Bellefontaine passed away at 6:15 a.m. on Friday, August 19, 2016 at Green Hills Care Center in West Liberty. She was born in DeGraff, Ohio on September 11, 1934 to the late Clyde and Anne (Blado) Marsh. On June 24, 1950 Martha married Richard “Dick” Harshbarger in Indiana, and he survives; along with their...
David Legge
Aug 17, 2016
David C. Legge, 73, of West Liberty passed away Wednesday, August 17, 2016 in Springfield Nursing & Independent Living Facility. He was born on February 23, 1943 in Champaign County, the son of the late David Franklin and Amy Alberta (Barbee) Legge. He is also preceded in death by a grandson, Jacob Detwiler. On September 20, 1980 in West...
Janice Wolford
Aug 16, 2016
Jenny K. Wolford, 76, of Huntsville, passed away at 2:56 p.m. on Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima. She was born in St. Marys, Ohio on March 7, 1940 to the late Earl Waitman and Edna Oma (Guffey) Cox. On August 9, 1957, she married Darrel Wolford and he survives. She is also survived by...
Tambrala Elkins
Aug 15, 2016
Tambrala D. “Tammy” Elkins, 44, of rural West Liberty, passed away on Monday, August 15, 2016 at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. She was born on August 29, 1971 in Bellefontaine, a daughter of Larry and Bonnie (Bazoza) Franks whom both survive in Urbana. She is also survived by her children, Clarissa (Aaron) Moffitt of St. Paris, Caleb (Megan)...
Mark Axe
Aug 14, 2016
Mark S. Axe, 58, of Belle Center, Ohio, passed away on Sunday afternoon, August 14th, 2016 at his home encircled by his loving family. Mark was born in St. Mary’s, Ohio to Paul and Bernice Axe on August 18th, 1957. He graduated high school in 1977 at Memorial High School in St. Mary’s and attended Wright State University. He married...
Shirley Burke
Aug 14, 2016
Shirley Evelyn Burke, 84, of DeGraff passed away Sunday morning, August 14, 2016 at Green Hills Care Center. She was born in Logan County on June 20, 1932 to the late Lester and Clarabelle (Shigley) Hall. She was also preceded in death by an infant son, a sister Maxine Goings, a brother and a half-brother. Shirley attended DeGraff High...
David Haw
Aug 13, 2016
David D. Haw, 61, of Bellefontaine passed away Saturday afternoon, August 13, 2016 at Zusman Hospice – Wexner Heritage Village, Columbus. He was born on February 1, 1955 in Bellefontaine to the late Bruce and Elizabeth Madlyn (Evans) Haw. David was also preceded in death by a sister Margaret “Peggy” Culp, and a dear cousin Allan J. Devine. David was...
Marjorie Calland
Aug 12, 2016
Marjorie R. Calland, 97, of DeGraff passed away Friday morning, August 12, 2016 at Hearth & Home at Urbana. She was born in Harrison Township, Champaign County on February 3, 1919 to the late John William and Bonnie Hazel (Hill) Rouse. Marjorie married Clemmeth R. Calland on June 7, 1937 in Union City, Indiana and he preceded her in...
David Barhorst
Aug 12, 2016
David F. Barhorst, 67, of Lakeview, passed away Friday, August 12, 2016 at Lima Memorial Hospital. He was born on December 29, 1948 in Sidney, Ohio, a son of the late Fred and Rosella “Sally” (Platfoot) Barhorst-Ware. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Susan Barhorst; and two brothers, Russell and Dale Barhorst. On March 29, 1969 in...
Edward Wallace
Aug 11, 2016
Ed L. Wallace, 63, of Bellefontaine, passed away at 7:05 a.m. on Thursday, August 11, 2016 at his home, surrounded by family. He was born in Bellefontaine on October 5, 1952 to the late Carroll Edward and Marguerite (Martin) Wallace. On August 4, 1973 he married the former Cathy Meredith and she survives. He is also survived by a son,...
Harry Neal
Aug 11, 2016
Harry M. Neal, 79, of Bellefontaine, passed away at 2:15 p.m. on Thursday, August 11, 2016 at his home. He was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio on July 26, 1937 to the late Guy Merle and Alma Irene (Wagner) Neal. On August 11, 2011 Harry married the former Betty Ratliff, and she survives in Bellefontaine, along with his daughter, Deanna...
Robert Troyer
Aug 10, 2016
Robert T. Troyer, 92, of Belle Center, passed away Wednesday morning, August 10, 2016, at his home. He was born in Logan County on May 11, 1924 to the late Foreast A. and Helen (Elder) Troyer. He was preceded in death by his wife, Eleanor (Vance) Troyer; his sister, Doris (Troyer) Hurley; and son-in-law, Thomas E. Moore. Bob was a...
Paul Taylor Sr
Aug 9, 2016
Paul Douglas Taylor, Sr. died peacefully surrounded by his family on Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at Heartland of Bellefontaine. He was born on November 29, 1939 in Urbana, Ohio to the late Charles Washington and Marjorie Elizabeth (Ladd) Taylor. He was also preceded in death by a sister Brenda. Paul is survived by his wife of fifty-three years, Valorie Jean...
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