Obituaries

May 22, 2014

Paul Raymond Craig, age 79, of Huntsville, Ohio, passed away Thursday, May 22, 2014 at the Mary Rutan Hospital, Bellefontaine, Ohio. He was born in Rushsylvania, Ohio December 18, 1934, to the late Isaac and Roxie (Gordon) Craig. Also preceding him in death were brothers, Sherman and Leo Craig and Robert Reynolds; one grandchild and one great grandchild. On June...

May 21, 2014

Dwight M. Spencer, Sr., age 79, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at Heartland of Bellefontaine. He was born December 23, 1934 in Hardin County Ohio, to the late Gale and Eula (Shaw) Spencer. He was also preceded in death by his sisters, Roena Cain and her husband Leroy; Neva Pitman and her husband Wade; Iola Spencer,...

May 19, 2014

Robert Earl Weller, age 90, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Monday evening, May 19, 2014 at his home. He was born in West Liberty, Ohio May 30, 1923, to the late Don E. and Myrtle (Holycross) Weller. He was also preceded in death by a son, Michael Weller January 4, 1963; a daughter, Debbie Weller Benedict March 23, 2004; a...

May 19, 2014

William G. “Bud” Allenbaugh, age 88, of Jackson Center, Ohio, passed away Monday morning, May 19, 2014 at Dorothy Love Retirement Community in Sidney, Ohio. He was born on the family farm in Montra, Ohio May 25, 1925, to the late William George and Bertha (Ambos) Allenbaugh. On June 5, 1949, he married the former Doris Gerber in Jackson Center...

May 19, 2014

Our husband, dad and grandpa, Dan L. Williams, went home to be with his heavenly Father Monday evening, May 19, 2014 at 9:30 P.M. with family and friends singing praise and worship songs to him and the final reading of Psalms 23rd and Mathew 28. Love you, see you someday in heaven. Dan was born July 1, 1941, in...

May 15, 2014

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Richard H. Crandall, age 82, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Thursday, May 15, 2014 at the Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He was born March 8, 1932 in Delaware County Ohio, to the late Odus and Mary (Phillips) Crandall. On December 31, 1955, he married the former Iris Mae Tennant at the Forest Lawn Presbyterian Church in...

May 14, 2014

Evelyn Eileen Stayrook, age 77, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. She was born August 10, 1936, in Nelsonville, Ohio to the late Elmer and Beatrice (Nelson) Rutter. Also preceding her in death were her siblings, Geraldine Davis, Martha Heinlein, Elmer Rutter and Arthur Rutter. On October 29, 1956, she married...

May 13, 2014

Roger Lee Beech, age 78, of Huntsville, Ohio, passed away Tuesday evening, May 13, 2014 at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, Ohio. He was born in St. Johns, Ohio January 20, 1936, to the late Everett Earl and Ruth Velma (Johns) Beech. He was also preceded in death by sister-in-laws Donna Hasty, Cheryl Beech, and Vickie Creviston, and brother-in-laws...

May 10, 2014

Judith Bell, age 74, of Quincy, Ohio, passed away May 10, 2014, at Dorothy Love in Sidney, Ohio. She was born December 31, 1939 on the family farm outside of Quincy, to the late Clifford and Flossie (Notestine) Bell. She was also proceeded in death by brothers, Donald and Paul Bell; sisters Ruth Lantz, Rosemary Rice, Pauline Simpkins Weller...

May 8, 2014

Mildred Louise Owings, age 76, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Thursday, May 8, 2014 at Logan Acres Care Center in Bellefontaine. She was born August 25, 1937 in Bellefontaine, to the late Thomas W. and Della Mary (Siffin) Berry. On March 1, 1968, she married Marvin “Mike” Owings in Bellefontaine and he preceded her in death October 3, 1991. She...

May 8, 2014

Richard D. Brenneman, age 96, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, peacefully passed on at Green Hills Community in West Liberty, Ohio surrounded by his family on the morning of May 8, 2014. He was born in Rittman, Ohio October 9, 1917, to the late Willard M. and Cora Mae (Hoff) Brenneman. He was also preceded in death by three brothers, Ellsworth, Paul...

May 8, 2014

Betsy J. Watkins Matthews, age 70, of Winamac, Indiana passed away Thursday morning, May 8, 2014 at the Pulaski Health Care Center in Winamac. She was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio October 8, 1943, to the late Marion F. and Eva Gladys (Groves) Watkins. She was also preceded in death by an infant daughter Megan O. Matthews, a brother, John...

May 4, 2014

C. Louise Grant, age 81, of West Liberty, Ohio and formerly of Roundhead, Ohio passed away Sunday, May 4, 2014 at her residence. She was born in Hancock County Ohio October 7, 1932, a daughter of the late Carl and Sarah (Flick) Businger. On April 3, 1950 in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, she married Herbert J. Grant and he preceded...

Apr 29, 2014

Verna M. Kirkbride, age 75, of Newton Falls, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at Heartland of Bellefontaine in Bellefontaine, Ohio. She was born March 14, 1939 in Salem, Ohio, to the late William Sr. and Nellie (Lipscomb) McNeal. On October 23, 1960, she married C. Wayne Kirkbride and he preceded her in death July 30, 1988. Surviving...

Apr 28, 2014

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Ellen Grace Burkhammer, age 80, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Monday morning, April 28, 2014 at Heartland of Bellefontaine. She was born in Weston, West Virginia May 15, 1933, to the late Fay M. and Dora (Moody) Smith. Grace was also preceded in death by a brother, Thomas F....

Apr 27, 2014

Helen M. Jacks, age 89, of rural DeGraff, Ohio, passed away Sunday, April 27, 2014 at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. She was born April 15, 1925 to the late Harvey and Ramie Blue. She married Luther J. Jacks November 29, 1949 in Urbana, Ohio, and he preceded her in death February 23, 2008. Surviving...

Apr 26, 2014

Phillip Marion Salyer, 69, of Quincy, Ohio, passed away Saturday afternoon April 26, 2014, at his home. He was born in Paynesville, Kentucky February 24, 1945, to the late Curtis and Delma (Williams) Salyer. He was also preceded in death by a son, William Alvis Salyer, a grandson, Donavon Hempker and a great-grandson, Brenon Martin. On November 11, 1977, he...

Apr 24, 2014

Edna Kathryn Godwin, age 97, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Thursday, April 24, 2014 at Logan Acres Care Center in Bellefontaine. She was born August 20, 1916 in Logan County Ohio, to the late James C. and Luella Houchin Foulk. On July 17, 1933, she married Harold W. Godwin in New Port, Kentucky and he preceded her in death...

Apr 23, 2014

Willa D. Turner Yoesting Van Natta, age 89, formerly of Roundhead, Ohio, passed away Wednesday evening, April 23, 2014 at the Hospitality House in Massillon, Ohio. She was born in Grantsville, West Virginia August 17, 1924, to the late W. Frederick and Bertha McCulty Bennett. She was also preceded in death by three husbands, Wayne Turner, Edwin Yoesting and...

Apr 21, 2014

Noan Bee Hullinger, 87, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Monday afternoon, April 21, 2014 at Green Community in West Liberty, Ohio. She was born in Toledo, Ohio August 17, 1926, to the late Louis and Helen (Wirick) Schumacher. Noan married Richard Irvin Hullinger November 25, 1950 in Angola, Indiana, and preceded her in death June 20, 1971. She was...