Obituaries
Eileen Cox
May 15, 2009
Eileen Lenore Cox, 72, of Ridgeway, Ohio, passed away Friday, May 15, 2009, at Heartland of Bellefontaine. She was born May 17, 1936, the daughter of the late Wilbur and Edith (Williams) Epps. On November 25, 1978, in Mt. Victory, Ohio, she married Loren A. Cox and he survives. She is also survived by two sons; James Brian (Sandra Kay)...
Russell Kotsaris
May 15, 2009
Russell G. Kotsaris, 80, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Friday, May 15, 2009, at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. He was born September 2, 1928, the son of the late Pete and Florence (Snapp) Kotsaris. He is survived by his loving companion, Lois Blair of Bellefontaine, a son; Brent (Lora) Kotsaris of North Lewisburg, Ohio, a step son, Gary Alexander...
Janet Hunsicker
May 14, 2009
Janet Sue Hunsicker, 54, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away at her residence Thursday, May 14, 2009. She was born January 12, 1955 in Bellefontaine, to James “Jim” and Caroline (Detweiler) Littlejohn who survive in Bellefontaine. On January 26, 1980, she married Robert J. Hunsicker in Bellefontaine, and he survives along with a son, Joshua (Ashley) Hunsicker of Bellefontaine; a daughter,...
Darrell Nichols
May 13, 2009
Darrell A. Nichols Darrell A. Nichols, 58, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2009, at his residence. He was born Aug. 29, 1950, in Bellefontaine, a son of Bessie Wilkinson Lehman, who survives in Marion, Ohio, and the late John C. Nichols. On Feb. 22, 1993, he married the former Judy Fry, and she survives, along with two...
Betty Lord
May 13, 2009
Betty J. Lord, 82, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 in Osgood, Indiana. She was born in Bellefontaine on April 8, 1927, to the late Frank and Lucille (Means) Buchenroth. On September 4, 1942, she married Ernest Edward Lord in Covington, Kentucky, and he preceded her in death on March 16, 1987. Also preceding her in...
Barbara Lones
May 9, 2009
Barbara A. Lones, 84, of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away on Saturday, May 9, 2009, at the Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. She was born on April 3, 1925, in Harrod, Ohio, to the late Milton and Bessie (Prosser) Lones. Her longtime companion, Lee Collinsworth, preceded her in death on July 4, 2006. An infant daughter, Sandra J. Reed, four...
Irene Jenkins
May 7, 2009
Irene E. Jenkins, 89, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, went home to be with the Jesus Thursday, May 7, 2009. She passed away at the Gables at Green Pastures in Marysville, Ohio. She was born February 22, 1920, in Hardin County, Ohio, to the late Marion F. and Clarice V. Phelps Hisel. Also preceding her in death were her sisters, Wynona Smart,...
Jack Starbuck
May 7, 2009
Jack Eugene Starbuck, 72, of West Liberty, Ohio, went home to be with his Lord on Thursday, May 7, 2009. While on an afternoon trip with his wife, he passed away unexpectedly at the emergency room at Mercy Memorial Hospital in Springfield, Ohio. He was born in Union Township, West Liberty, on June 1, 1936, the son of Russell and...
Edna Downing
May 7, 2009
Edna L. Downing, 71, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away at The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, Thursday, May 7, 2009. She was born August 17, 1937, in Unicoi County, Tennessee, to the late Fred and Lucille (Tucker) Garland. On December 2, 1955, she married Robert Lee Downing in Bellefontaine and he preceded her in death October 18,...
George Neeld, Jr
May 7, 2009
George Thomas “Tom” Neeld, Jr., 86, of Lakeview, Ohio, passed away at his residence on Thursday, May 7, 2009. He was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio, on July 19, 1922, to the late George Thomas Sr. and Edith Wolfe Neeld. Also preceding him in death was a brother, Richard Neeld, a sister, Myrtle Runkle, one grandchild and one great grandchild. He...
William Elliott
May 2, 2009
William Harold Elliott, 60, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Saturday, May 2, 2009, at the Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. He was born April 12, 1949 in Logan County, Ohio, to the late Wilbur and Evelyn (Shafer) Elliott. On March 8, 2005, he married Lei Xue Elliott in Beijing, China, and she survives. Also surviving is a...
Reita Rader
Apr 28, 2009
Reita P. Rader, 66, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2009, at the Grant Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. She was born in Walnut Grove, Ohio, on November 9, 1942, to the late Elbie John and Evelyn Elizabeth (Jones) Wilgus. She was preceded in death by a stillborn son, Brent E. Rader' a grandchild, Carleigh; and, brother-in-laws,...
Edwin Plank
Apr 25, 2009
Edwin “Ed” J. Plank, 65, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, and formerly of Turkey, North Carolina, died Saturday, April 25, 2009, in his home. He was born in Bellefontaine on December 1, 1943, a son of Alma Fern Headings Plank, who survives in Bellefontaine, and the late John Philip Plank. He also was preceded in death by a stepson, Dan Dickinson. On...
Clarissa Anderson
Apr 20, 2009
Clarissa Elizabeth Anderson, 86, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away on Monday, April 20, 2009, at the Logan Acres Care Center in Bellefontaine, Ohio. She was born in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, on January 10, 1923, to the late Thomas Augustus and Mary Elizabeth (Kelly) Ralls. She was preceded in death by a son, Timothy Blaine Anderson. On February 19, 1942, 67...
Thomas Skeen
Apr 19, 2009
Thomas W. Skeen, 79, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, April 19, 2009, at the Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. He was born in Lakeview, Ohio, on June 30, 1929 to the late Doyle Skeen and Alberta (Cavinder) Newkirk. On May 23, 1953, in Bellefontaine, he married Carol (Fridley) Skeen, and she survives along with a daughter, Deborah (Doug)...
Mary Patrick
Apr 14, 2009
Mary C. Patrick, 91, of Rushsylvania, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at the Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, Ohio. She was born on December 10, 1917, in Rushsylvania to the late Frank R. and Edna E. Hommel Roberts. On June 5, 1935, she married Ansley C. Patrick in Rushsylvania and he preceded her in death on April...
Nancye Trimble
Apr 11, 2009
Nancye C. Trimble, 75, of Ray, Ohio, passed away Saturday, April 11, 2009, at the Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She was born September 25, 1933, a daughter of the late Arnold and Emma Brown. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Arthur L. Shepard. On June 17, 1972, she married Patrick C. Trimble in West Liberty,...
Geraldine Ruble
Apr 10, 2009
Geraldine Ruble, 87, of Belle Center, Ohio, died at 7:07 P.M. Friday, April 10, 2009, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Kenton, Ohio. She was born January 1, 1922, in Logan County, a daughter of the late Charles and Cleta Houchin Royer. On May 28, 1940, she married Alpha R. Ruble in Bellefontaine, Ohio, and he preceded her in death February...
Ray Hatcher
Apr 9, 2009
Ray A. Hatcher, 88, of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away Thursday, April 9, 2009 at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, Ohio. He was born May 11, 1920 in Kenton, Ohio, to the late Joseph O. and Margaret (McCullough) Hatcher. On February 15, 1948, he married Martha C. Hatcher in Kenton, Ohio, and she preceded him in death March 4, 1997....
Gordon Holliday
Apr 9, 2009
Gordon “Doc” Hugh Holliday, 60, of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away Thursday, April 9, 2009 at his residence. He was born June 15, 1948, the son of the late, Hugh Emerson and Eva Belle (Watkins) Holliday. He is survived by his wife, Nancy L. Spencer, his daughter, Tracy (George) Taylor of Chillicothe, Ohio, a sister, Karen (Christian) Oberlies of Bellefontaine,...
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