Obituaries

Robert Faber

Nov 19, 2014

Robert (Bob) L. Faber, age 70, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Wednesday evening, November 19, 2014. He was born in Logan County Ohio March 24, 1944, to the late Ralph and Hazel (Worst) Faber. Bob is survived by his wife of forty years, Jane (Reed) Faber, whom he married August 16, 1974. He is also survived by his children,...

Mary Crapnell

Nov 18, 2014

Mary Lou Crapnell, age 91, of Belle Center, Ohio, passed away at her residence Tuesday, November 18, 2014. She was born on the family farm in Hardin County Ohio to the late John Earl and Emma Lucille (Allen) McAlexander by Dr. A.E. Jones, the new doctor in town January 26, 1923, during a blizzard. She was his first delivery in...

Gail Hunt

Nov 17, 2014

Gail Thomas Hunt, age 90, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Monday, November 17, 2014 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He was born in Bellefontaine July 2, 1924, to the late Leo Thomas and Hazel (Sullivan) Hunt. On April 6, 1946, he married the former Dorothy Marie Eley in Lakeview, Ohio and she preceded him in death November 27,...

Carol Skeen

Nov 17, 2014

Carol L. Skeen, age 80, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Monday, November 17, 2014 at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. She was born August 4, 1934 in Bellefontaine, to the late Charles and Anna Belle (Shafer) Fridley. On May 23, 1953, she married Thomas W. Skeen in Bellefontaine and he preceded her in death April 19, 2009. She was...

Frank Brown

Nov 16, 2014

Frank Edward Brown, age 78, of Bellefontaine, Ohio passed away Sunday, November 16, 2014 at his home. He was born April 17, 1936 in Bellefontaine, a son of the late Edward and Edna B. (Durflinger) Brown. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Dorothy Doty. He was the owner and operator of Brown’s Washer Repair and was a...

Darrell Hinkle

Nov 15, 2014

Darrell Gene Hinkle, age 49, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away at 3:59 P.M. Saturday, November 15, 2014 at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. On September 30, 1965, he was born to the late Eugene and Francis (Horn) Hinkle. On July 17, 1992, he married Sandra “Dee” Daniels and she survives. Darrell also leaves behind...

Marjorie Bayless

Nov 14, 2014

Marjorie Bayless, age 99, of Ridgeway, Ohio, passed away Friday, November 14, 2014 at Heartland of Bellefontaine in Bellefontaine, Ohio. She was born February 8, 1915 in North Lewisburg, Ohio, the daughter of the late Homer Sr. and Gertrude (Clark) Howell. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Delbert Lamont Bayless whom she married...

Juanita Rothrock

Nov 14, 2014

Juanita Rothrock, age 105, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Friday, November 14, 2014 at her home in Bellefontaine. She was born February 19, 1909, in Logan County Ohio the daughter of the late Claude and Ivy (Gillenwater) Rosebrook. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her first husband, Dwight Burden and her second husband, Robert...

Patricia Klopfenstein

Nov 12, 2014

Patricia A. Klopfenstein, age 90, of Jackson Center, Ohio, passed away at 11:13 A.M. Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at Dorothy Love Retirement Community in Sidney, Ohio. She was born January 6, 1924, to the late Harry and Bertha (DuVall) Dearbaugh. On June 12, 1943 she married Adrian Eugene Klopfenstein, and he preceded her in death July 24, 2008. She...

Russell Gatchell

Nov 11, 2014

Russell R. Gatchell, age 88, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at Logan Acres Care Center in Bellefontaine. He was born September 23, 1926 in Dunkirk, Ohio, to the late Frank H. and Elfa Mae (Pemberton) Gatchell. He was also preceded in death by his former wife, Paula (Bazzle) Waner and his siblings, Avonelle Call and Donald...

Jean Covault

Nov 11, 2014

Jean M. Covault, age 80, of Sidney, Ohio, passed away at 9:51 P.M. Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at Lima Memorial Health System in Lima, Ohio. She was born in Miami County Ohio October 16, 1934, to the late Herman and Iva Jane (Pine) Pond. In June 1957, she married Wyman M. Stotler who preceded her in death in 1963....

Daniel Carr

Nov 9, 2014

Daniel Clay Carr, age 49, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away at his residence Sunday, November 9, 2014. He was born May 29, 1965 in Bellefontaine, to late John P. Carr, who passed away February 19, 1996 and Mary Lou Carr, who survives in Bellefontaine. Surviving is a son, Sean Carr of Jackson Center, Ohio; Daniel's siblings, Cheryl L. Snyder...

Wendell Hurless

Nov 8, 2014

Wendell A. Hurless, age 77, of Belle Center, Ohio, passed away Saturday, November 8, 2014 at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, Ohio. He was born May 31, 1937 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to the late Wade and Eleanor (Snyder) Hurless. On August 31, 1958, he married the former Pauline A. Shafer in Ada, Ohio and she preceded him in...

Sally Zupp

Nov 6, 2014

Biography

Sara Jane “Sally” Zupp, age 90, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Thursday afternoon, November 6, 2014 at Heartland of Bellefontaine. She was born in Rushsylvania, Ohio March 10, 1924, to the late Ned and Ruth (Stevenson) Paxson. On September 8, 1946, Sally married George Warren Zupp in Belle Center, Ohio and he preceded her in death July 7,...

Gerald Hengsteler

Nov 4, 2014

Biography

Gerald Dee Hengsteler, age 70, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Tuesday morning, November 4, 2014. Interment will be at the Greenwood-Union Cemetery in DeGraff, Ohio on Friday, November 21, 2014 at 10:00a.m. The staff of the Eichholtz Funeral Home in Bellefontaine assisted the family with the arrangements.

Eula McKirahan

Nov 4, 2014

Eula Mae McKirahan, age 94, of Belle Center, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at Green Hills Community in West Liberty, Ohio. She was born in Hardin County Ohio March 1, 1920, to the late J. Alex and Mary (Tough) Fulton. On July 20, 1944, she married her high school sweetheart Wilfred “Willy” McKirahan, who preceded her in death...

Everett Culp

Nov 2, 2014

Everett E. Culp, age 91 of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Sunday, November 2, 2014 at 11:00 A.M. at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine where he had been a patient since the previous Monday. Born April 30, 1923, at home near Rushsylvania, Ohio, he was a son of the late John Otto and Clara Lucrectia (McAdams) Culp and was a...

Carl Jacobs

Nov 1, 2014

Carl R. Jacobs, age 80, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away at 3:44 A.M. Saturday, November 1, 2014 at Heartland of Bellefontaine with his family by his side. He was born in Logan County Ohio May 7, 1934, to the late George Washington and Hallie Belle (Boon) Jacobs. He was also preceded in death by two wives, Barbara A. Green and...

Cynthia Kopus

Oct 31, 2014

Biography

Cynthia Louise “Cindi D.” Kopus, age 62, of DeGraff, Ohio, passed away October 31, 2014, at Kindred Hospital in Dayton, Ohio. She was born October 24, 1952, to Joan Dunfee, who survives, and the late Luther Dunfee. She is survived by her beloved husband of twenty nine years, Dick; three children, Joshua (Renee), Jarrett and Tammy; five granddaughters,...

Donald Mosbarger

Oct 26, 2014

Donald Eugene Mosbarger, age 86, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Sunday morning, October 26, 2014 at Lima Memorial Hospital in Lima, Ohio. He was born in Waverly, Ohio March 13, 1928, to the late Ollie and Ota (Humble) Mosbarger. Don was also preceded in death by two brothers, James and George Mosbarger; five sisters, Irene Bailey, Dorothy Cox, Margaret Mosbarger,...