Obituaries

Keith Barker

Keith Barker

Nov 1, 2009

Keith Allen Barker, 65, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Sunday, November 1, 2009 at his residence. He was born July 11, 1944 in Celina, Ohio, to the late Frank and Grace (Bennett) Barker. On June 15, 2007, he married Harriet Tully in Bellefontaine and she survives. Also surviving is a son, Brent (Dana) Barker of Carson City, Michigan, and Derek...

Dorothy Nichols

Dorothy Nichols

Oct 31, 2009

Dorothy JoAnn Nichols, 73, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed from this world peacefully, surrounded by family, at 1:07 P.M. October 31, 2009. JoAnn was born in Akron, Ohio August 9, 1936, to the late Walter Freeman and Rosalie Elenore Sanders. She graduated from St. Vincent’s Parochial School in Akron, Ohio in 1954. On May 21, 1955, at St. Martha’s Catholic Church,...

Jennie Bell

Jennie Bell

Oct 30, 2009

Jennie Marie Bell, 91, of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away Friday, October 30, 2009 at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, Ohio. Jennie Marie was born March 30, 1918, the daughter of the late Starley and Clara Irene (Sams) Allen. She was preceded in death by both her first husband, Emerson Sherer and her second husband, Russell Bell, a brother, and...

Herbert Hamilton

Herbert Hamilton

Oct 29, 2009

Herbert L. Hamilton, 81, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Thursday, October 29, 2009 at the Logan Acres Care Center in Bellefontaine. He was born January 3, 1928 to the late William T. and Dorothea C. (Mills) Hamilton in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Surviving is a son, Michael Guy of Powell, Ohio; a brother, Gail E. (Gloria) Hamilton; a sister, Joyce Hassel,...

John Myers

John Myers

Oct 27, 2009

John V. Myers, 70, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at The Ohio State University Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He was born January 29, 1939 in La Rue, Ohio, to the late Clarence H. and Mildred M. (McCreary) Myers. On March 14, 1966, he married Barbara L. Collins in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and she survives along with their...

Robby Maier

Robby Maier

Oct 26, 2009

Robby Sean Maier, 27, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, went home to be with the Lord in peace Monday, October 26, 2009. He was born August 2, 1982 in Bellefontaine. He is survived by his parents, Scott (Shannon) Maier of West Liberty, Ohio, and Christina (Marotti) (Tony Robinson) Williams of Bellefontaine. On May 5, 2005, he married Brandi Lasseter in Quincy, Ohio,...

Betty Freese

Betty Freese

Oct 26, 2009

Betty Jane (Piatt) Freese, 88, of Centerville, Ohio, passed away at 7:40 P.M. Monday, October 26, 2009, at the Liberty Retirement Community in Centerville. She was born in Champaign County November 4, 1920, to the late Jacob I. and Mina Pearl Shanley Piatt. On March 1, 1946, she married James E. Freese whom preceded her in death. Mrs. Freese graduated...

Robert Lewis Jr

Robert Lewis Jr

Oct 25, 2009

Robert F. “Bob” Lewis Jr., 54, of Huntsville, Ohio, passed away Sunday, October 25, 2009, at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, Ohio. He was born October 17, 1955, in Bellefontaine, to the late Robert F. Lewis Sr. and Annette (Queen) Prall. On January 11, 1987, he married Patty Huffman in Kenton, Ohio, and she survives. Also surviving is his step-father,...

Frances Galloway

Frances Galloway

Oct 25, 2009

Frances E. Galloway, 92, a resident of Green Hills Inn, West Liberty, Ohio, was ushered into the presence of her Lord October 25, 2009 from Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, Ohio. She was born October 7, 1917, in Bellefontaine, the daughter of the late Frank E. and Clara Ely Sims. She was preceded in death by her husband of 43...

Merlin Kerns

Merlin Kerns

Oct 24, 2009

Merlin R. Kerns, 87, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Saturday, October 24, 2009, at Heartland of Urbana in Urbana, Ohio. He was born October 28, 1921, in East Liberty, Ohio, to the late Ray and Evalene (Beightler) Kerns. On February 17, 1945, he married Bettie Jo Wehner in Wapakoneta, Ohio, and she preceded him in death on July 1, 2009....

Vanora Patrick

Vanora Patrick

Oct 22, 2009

Vanora Lee Patrick, 54, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Thursday, October 22, 2009, at Lima Memorial Hospital in Lima, Ohio. She was born May 27, 1955, in Roseville, California, to the late Richard C. and Betty Jean (Lee) Bogardus. On June 15, 1973, she married Mike Patrick in Bellefontaine, and he survives along with two daughters, Michelle Lee (Mark Weber)...

Barbara Tapp

Barbara Tapp

Oct 21, 2009

Barbara A. Tapp, 67, of Rushsylvania, Ohio, passed away at her residence Wednesday, October 21, 2009. She was born on November 16, 1941, in Bellefontaine, Ohio, to the late Howard L. and Vedna Naomi (Lamb) Deem. On January 14, 1960, she married Marvin E. Tapp in Rushsylvania, and after 45 years of marriage, he passed away on March 29, 2005....

Andy Castle

Andy Castle

Oct 18, 2009

Andy M. Castle, Jr., 63 of Huntsville, Ohio, passed away at his residence Sunday, October 18, 2009, at 1:55 A.M. He was born November 13, 1945, to the late Andy Melvin Castle, Sr. and Mary Laney Castle. On August 8, 1964, he married the former Imogene “Jean” Johnson and she survives. Mr. Castle had worked as a meat cutter at...

John Dennis

John Dennis

Oct 13, 2009

John Dee Dennis, 72, passed away suddenly Tuesday, October 13, 2009, at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He was born April 26, 1937 in Bowling Green, Ohio, to the late John M. and Vivian (Hudson) Dennis. On June 19, 1965 he married Suzanne Detwiler in Bellefontaine, and she survives along with a sister, Alice Whitacre of Grants, New Mexico;...

Sidney Kerns

Sidney Kerns

Oct 11, 2009

Sidney Earl Kerns, 81, of Belle Center, Ohio, passed away Sunday, October 11, 2009, at his residence. He was born on November 26, 1927 in Belle Center, the son of the late Don O. and Alcie (Allen) Kerns. He married Pauline Ricketts on August 26, 1948, in Bellefontaine, Ohio, and she survives along with a son, Stephen Kerns of Leslie,...

Martha Detrick

Martha Detrick

Oct 10, 2009

Martha “Jean” Detrick, 82, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Saturday, October 10, 2009, in her home. She was born in Champaign County December 27, 1926, a daughter of the late Henry and Martha M. Linebaugh Cost. On August 31, 1973, she married Fred Neil Detrick in DeGraff, Ohio, and he passed away May 5, 2004. She also was preceded in...

Vivian Koontz

Vivian Koontz

Oct 10, 2009

Vivian “Viv” R. Koontz, 82, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away on Saturday, October 10, 2009, at her residence. She was born on August 1, 1927, in Huntington, West Virginia to the late Charles W. and Beatrice (Morrison) Koontz. She is survived by a daughter, Debbie H. (Sam) Slusser of Defiance, Ohio; a niece, Brenda Potthast of Seattle, Washington; six grandchildren,...

Annamae Hoon

Annamae Hoon

Oct 9, 2009

Annamae Vance Hoon, 80, of Rushsylvania, Ohio, passed away Friday, October 9, 2009, at the Green Hills Retirement Center in West Liberty, Ohio. She was born in Rushsylvania on October 26, 1928, to the late Sherman Franklin and Rozella (Green) O’Brien. In 1945 she married Wallace “Leroy” Vance and they had three children, Sandra (Robert) Spriggs of Conover, Ohio, Teresa...

Gary Conrad

Gary Conrad

Oct 4, 2009

Gary Todd Conrad, 44, of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away Sunday, October 4, 2009, at 12:04 A.M. as the result of an all terrain vehicle accident. He was born June 10, 1965 in Springfield, Ohio, a son of Gary Conrad and Sandy Hayslip. On October 8, 2005, he married the former Sharlon Rogers, and she survives along with a son,...

Steven Bush

Steven Bush

Oct 2, 2009

Steven D. Bush, 54, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away at 4:20 P.M. Friday, October 2, 2009, at his residence. He was born in Logan County, Ohio on December 12, 1954, to Shirley Aulls Brown and the late Robert Bush. On August 1, 1980, he married the former Sally Reames, who survives. A supervisor for Cleaners Extraordinaire, he was an avid...