Obituaries

Feb 14, 2015

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Ronald D. Gilroy, Jr., 58, of Bellefontaine, passed away Saturday morning, February 14, 2015 at his home following a long battle with cancer. Ron was born in Lima, Ohio on September 10, 1956 to Ronald D. and Alice F. (Bailey) Gilroy, and they survive in Lima. He is also survived by his brothers Mark (Nita) Gilroy of Lima...

Feb 13, 2015

Mary Catheryn Dearwester, 85, of Bellefontaine passed away Friday morning, February 13, 2015 at Mary Rutan Hospital. She was born in Union County, Ohio to the late William E. and Catheryn B. (Dunham) Lucas. Mary is also preceded in death by two daughters, a brother Albert L. Lucas, sisters: Beulah McColloch, Donna Bell Wilkins, Wilma Jean Robson, Emma Nell Stout...

Feb 12, 2015

Fred F. Creech, 79, of Bellefontaine, passed away Thursday, February 12, 2015 at Heartland of Bellefontaine. He was born in London, Kentucky on March 14, 1935 to the late Henry and Millie (Creech) Creech. The youngest of thirteen, Fred was preceded in death by twelve siblings. A veteran of the US Army, Fred served during the Korean War. He was...

Feb 11, 2015

Connie A. Harmon, 83, of Bellefontaine passed away at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at Logan Acres Care Center. She was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio on September 1, 1931 to the late Carl and Mildred (Lyle) Brunner. On October 23, 1952 she married William George “Bo” Harmon and he preceded her in death on April 19, 1993. Connie...

Feb 11, 2015

Nancy J. Henry, 79, of Bellefontaine, passed away on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at her home. She was born on June 25, 1935 in Celina, Ohio, a daughter of the late William Franklin and Grace Elizabeth (Bennett) Barker. On December 20, 1953, she married Robert L. “Bob” Henry and he preceded her in death on September 29, 2013. She is...

Feb 9, 2015

Ruth L. Linker-Bixler, 93, of Bellefontaine passed away at 7:30 a.m. on Monday, February 9, 2015 at Logan Acres Care Center. She was born in Shelby County, Ohio on August 28, 1921 to the late Roy and Mary (Ambos) Linker. She was also preceded in death by her two sisters, Erma Leininger and Dorothy Crosley. On June 7, 1941...

Feb 6, 2015

Connie L. Herring, 75, of Jackson Center passed away Friday, February 6, 2015 in Kindred Hospital, Lima. She was born April 21, 1939 in Logan County, Ohio, the daughter of the late Lewis and Grace (Wright) Ward. She is survived by her four children; Lu Ann (J. David) Preston of Sidney, Jamie (Brian) Lotz of Jackson Center, Darren Herring of...

Feb 5, 2015

June E. Herge, 92 of Bellefontaine, passed away on Thursday, February 5, 2015 at Heartland of Bellefontaine. She was born on December 17, 1922, in Bellefontaine, a daughter of the late Alonzo Christopher and Gladys (Mitchell) Jones. On December 31, 1978 in Lakeview, she married Harold Herge and he preceded her in death on January 20, 2002. She was...

Feb 5, 2015

Edward D. Henry, 77, of DeGraff passed away at 1:20 p.m. on Thursday, February 5, 2015 at Essex of Springfield Nursing & Rehabilitation in Springfield. He was born in Mechanicsburg, Ohio on July 22, 1937 to the late Donald and Alice (Lee) Henry. Edward married Patricia Kellis in September 1966, and she preceded him in death in 1999. He later...

Feb 4, 2015

Frank Edward Day, 83, of Walnut Creek and formerly of Bellefontaine passed away Wednesday, February 4, 2015 in the Community Hospice House, New Philadelphia, Ohio. He was born December 6, 1931, the son of the late Ned E. and Lela P. (Eggleston) Day Rutherford. On December 5, 1962 in The Hague, Netherlands, he married the former Marcelle Yvonne Monfils...

Jan 31, 2015

Ruth Ellen Yoder, 92, of West Liberty, passed away on January 31, 2015 at Mary Rutan Hospital after a short time of rapidly declining health. She was born in West Liberty to Earl M. and Barbara Allgyer Yoder on May 24, 1922. Her four siblings, Olive, Roy, Stanley, and an infant brother, Byron, preceded her in death. Ruth Ellen had...

Jan 31, 2015

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Ruby M. Pitchford, 98, of Bellefontaine passed away Saturday morning, January 31, 2015 at Mary Rutan Hospital. She was born in Bellefontaine on May 22, 1916 to the late Harry and Ruth (Tice) Koons, Sr. She was also preceded in death by her husband Ernest Pitchford, Sr., a sister...

Jan 27, 2015

Virginia Belle Royer, 95, formerly of Belle Center passed away Tuesday evening, January 27, 2015 at Green Hills Care Center. Virginia was born in Lima, Ohio on November 10, 1919 to the late Ambrose and Edna Sutter Keller. She married Paul Woodrow Royer in Covington, Kentucky on August 25, 1937 and he preceded her in death on June 1,...

Jan 27, 2015

Deborah K. Seeley, 72, of Jackson Center passed away Tuesday afternoon, January 27, 2015 at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born in Lima, Ohio on March 30, 1942 to the late Herschel and Hazel (Winegardner) Line. Deb was also preceded in death by an infant daughter Tracey Sue Seeley, sister-in-law Carroll Line, and son-in-law Chris Hoffman. Deb married...

Jan 27, 2015

Marcene Gwenda (Garmatter) Traucht, 92, of West Liberty, went home to be with Christ, her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 in Green Hills Care Center. She was born March 17, 1922 in Allen County, Ohio, the daughter of the late Calvin and Huldah (Badertscher) Garmatter. On October 16, 1942, she married Herbert A. Traucht in Bluffton, Ohio...

Jan 26, 2015

Jan 24, 2015

Leona Maxine Crum, 82, of Bellefontaine passed away at 3:06 p.m. on Saturday, January 24, 2015 at Green Hills Care Center in West Liberty. She was born in Franklin County, Ohio on September 28, 1932 to the late Maxwell and Anna Mary (Kruse) Eichner. Maxine is survived by her four children; Therese (Mike) Tumas of Coudersport, Pennsylvania, Paul Crum and...

Jan 24, 2015

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Norma Louise “Weezie” Prall, 81, of West Liberty passed away at 9:40 p.m. on Saturday, January 24, 2015 at Green Hills Care Center in West Liberty. She was born in Middleburg, Ohio on May 16, 1933 to the late Mac Prall and Margaret (Shirk) Prall Hindall. Weezie is survived...

Jan 23, 2015

Deborah Kay Marker Austin, 61, of Bellefontaine passed away Friday morning, January 23, 2015 at Heartland of Bellefontaine surrounded by her family and friends. She was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio on June 18, 1953 to Chester S. and Laura Grace (Brunke) Marker. Debra was preceded in death by her father Chester S. Marker, her step-mother, Joyce Marker, a brother, James...

Jan 23, 2015

Leah K. Cook, 93, of West Liberty passed away Friday morning, January 23, 2015 at Mary Rutan Hospital. She was born in Columbus, Ohio on February 24, 1921, to the late Holmes M. and Reva L. (Loffer) Kress. She married Richard W. Cook on May 23, 1942 in Bellefontaine and he preceded her in death on May 6, 2005....