Obituaries
Thomas Messner
Feb 15, 2009
Thomas I. Messner, 66, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, February 15, 2009 at Logan Acres after a long courageous battle with ALS. He was born on September 14, 1942 in Cleveland, Ohio, to the late William H. and Blanche Bayne Messner. On October 7, 1975, 33 years ago, he married Patricia A. Severs in Zanesfield, Ohio, and she...

Richard Smith
Feb 15, 2009
Richard H. Smith, 80, of East Liberty, Ohio, passed away at his home on Sunday morning February 15, 2009. He was born March 31, 1928, in Logan County Ohio, the son of the late Clifford J. and Dorothy K. Downing Smith. On May 26, 1948, 58 years ago, he married Lois J. Sampson Smith and she preceded him in death...

Rachel Branan
Feb 11, 2009
Rachel A. Branan, 83, of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at Green Hills Care Center in West Liberty, Ohio. She was born October 3, 1925, in Kenton, Ohio, to the late W. Dow and Mary Jane Swanigan Wagner. On June 27, 1941, she married Paul Branan in Kentucky and he preceded her in death September 28,...

Paul Watkins
Feb 10, 2009
Paul D. Watkins, 76, of Huntsville, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, February 10, 2009. Gene Marine will conduct the graveside service at 10:00 am on Friday, February 13, 2009, at the Zanesfield, Ohio Cemetery. The Eichholtz Funeral Home in Bellefontaine handled the arrangements. Condolences to the family may be expressed at www.eichholtzfuneralhome.com

Mabel Wayman
Feb 10, 2009
Mabel A. Wayman, 81, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, February 10, 2009, at Heartland of Bellefontaine. She was born on May 13, 1927, in Champaign County, Ohio, to the late Alfred and Mildred Vaughn Johnson Larry. She married George Wayman Jr. in Champaign Co. and he preceded her in death on January 15, 1969. She is also preceded...
DeVelva Graves
Feb 10, 2009
DeVelva A. Graves, 86, of Zanesfield, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, February 10, 2009, at Logan Acres. She was born October 25, 1922, in Logan County to the late Ora & Mabel Wilgus Garman. On August 30, 1943, she married Fred “Bus” Graves Jr. in Covington, Kentucky, and he preceded her in death June 20, 1998. She is also preceded in...

Ruth Fulkerson
Feb 10, 2009
Ruth E. Fulkerson, 86, of Belle Center, Ohio, passed away at 12:13 p.m. Tuesday, February 10, 2009, at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, Ohio. She was born in Logan County February 17, 1922, a daughter of the late Robert J. and Anna Jane Patterson Aiken. On February 14, 1944, she married Andrew F. Fulkerson in Belle Center, and he survives,...

Betty Slaughter
Feb 7, 2009
Betty Eileen Slaughter, 87, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, went to be with her Lord on Saturday, February 7, 2009, in Logan Acres Care Center. She was born in Bellefontaine on November 6, 1921, a daughter of the late Samuel A. and Florence Lucille Brooks Carter. On October 6, 1940, she married Robert A. Slaughter in Bellefontaine, and he preceded her in...

Gladys Hall
Feb 6, 2009
Gladys V. Shumaker Hall, 97, formerly of Bellefontaine, Ohio, went home to be with the Lord Monday, February 16, 2009, at Heartland of Urbana, Ohio. She was born June 13, 1911 in Wingett Run, Ohio, the daughter of the late George and Cora Boston Adams. On July 26, 1930, she married Harold C. Shumaker and he preceded her in death...
Michael Snow
Feb 3, 2009
Michael Joseph Snow, 55, and Linda Joy Snow, 53, both of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, February 3, 2009, as the result of a motorcycle accident near Gila River, Arizona. Mike was born on October 27, 1953, in Lima, Ohio, the son of Lyle Joseph and Lois D’Nell (Aten) Snow, whom survive in Kenton, Ohio. Also surviving are 2...
Linda Snow
Feb 3, 2009
Michael Joseph Snow, 55, and Linda Joy Snow, 53, both of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, February 3, 2009, as the result of a motorcycle accident near Gila River, Arizona. Mike was born on October 27, 1953, in Lima, Ohio, the son of Lyle Joseph and Lois D’Nell (Aten) Snow, whom survive in Kenton, Ohio. Also surviving are 2...

Payton and Ashley Gayman
Feb 1, 2009
Payton Montgomery Renee Gayman and Ashley Rose May Gayman were stillborn on Sunday, February 1, 2009, at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, Ohio. Surviving are their parents, Jacob Gayman and Amber Corey, both of Bellefontaine. Surviving is a brother, Jacob Gayman Jr.; sisters, Haley and Nevaeh Gayman; grandparents, John & Peggy Corey of Bellefontaine, Ohio, James Gayman of Kenton, Ohio,...
James Cordrey
Jan 31, 2009
James Benner Cordrey, 87, of Belle Center, Ohio, passed away Saturday, January 31, 2009, at the Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, Ohio. He was born in Logan County September 23, 1921, to the late Loren Benner & Nellie Long Cordrey. He is also preceded in death by a sister. Loved by all, he attended the Belle Center Church of Christ...

Martin Joyce, Jr
Jan 27, 2009
Martin A. Joyce, Jr., 75, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, January 27, 2009, at the Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio May 1, 1933, to the late Martin A. and Emma V. (Edmonson) Joyce. He is survived by his companion, Harriette Edwards of Bellefontaine; a son, Martin (Dana) Joyce of Sheffield Village, Ohio; 4...

Deborah Skaggs
Jan 27, 2009
Deborah A. “Debbie” Skaggs, 53, of Huntsville, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, January 27, 2009, at her residence. She was born in Springfield, Ohio, on April 14, 1955, to Charles “Charlie” and Ruby H. Lawson Johns. She was preceded in death by her mother and a sister, Sandra “Sandy” Johns. She is survived by her husband, Jeff W. Skaggs, whom...

William Chambers
Jan 24, 2009
William Darrell Chambers, 71, of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away Saturday, January 24, 2009, at his residence. He was born December 4, 1937 in Macfarlan, West Virginia. He was adopted and raised by the late Eulah Chambers Miller. One brother preceded him in death. Surviving are 2 daughters, Lori Ann (Guy R.) Blauser of Powell, Ohio, and Mary Beth (Greg)...
Robert Hamilton
Jan 23, 2009
Robert Thomas Hamilton, 58, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Friday, January 23, 2009, at The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, September 7, 1950, to the late Beverly Mae Deslandes Hamilton and Roscelle Clark, who survives in Bellefontaine. Also surviving are his 2 sons, Robert Hamilton II of Columbus and Koree Thompson...
Cheryl Bensman
Jan 23, 2009
Cheryl Jane Bensman, 57, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Friday, January 23, 2009 in her residence. She was born in Kenton, Ohio, on April 6, 1951, the daughter of Vernal Lee Willeke, who preceded her in death and Marilyn Joan (Wilkerson) Willeke, who survives in Belle Center, Ohio. Also preceding her in death is her son, Jonathan Adam Bensman, who...
Barbara Allmon
Jan 20, 2009
Barbara Ann Allmon, 69, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, January 20, 2009, at Heartland of Bellefontaine. She was born on May 20, 1939, to the late Paul E. & Ruth V. Young Thornton. She is survived by her husband, Thurman A. Allmon, whom she married in Logan County on April 13, 1992. Also surviving is a son, Mike...

Braylyn Warren
Jan 16, 2009
Braylyn Matthew Warren, a son of Sandy Nicole Skeens and Joshua Dale Warren of Huntsville, Ohio, was stillborn Friday, January 16, 2009, at the Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, Ohio. Other survivors include two brothers, Landon Jimmy Krouse and Isaiah Michael Krouse; maternal grandmother Samantha Skeens of Fairborn, Ohio; paternal grandparents Don and Camille Burton of Huntsville; maternal great-grandparents Clyde...
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