Obituaries
Lillian Crowley
Apr 8, 2009
Lillian J. Crowley, 75, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at the Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. She was born in Brooklyn, New York April 26, 1933, to the late Phillip and Lillian (Grogan) Foley. On June 13, 1953, she married Charles C. Crowley in Brooklyn, New York, and he preceded her in death on May 11,...
Welman Crisler
Apr 7, 2009
Welman Dale Crisler, 76, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2009, in St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. He was born October 16, 1932, in Rushsylvania, Ohio, to the late Thomas Russel and Mary Olga (Ansley) Crisler. On August 20, 1955, he married Marilyn S. (Messner) Crisler, and she survives. He is also survived by five children, Teresa...
Douglas McGee
Apr 7, 2009
Douglas Allen McGee, 54, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, died Tuesday, April 7, 2009, at The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. He was born in Bellefontaine on April 27, 1954, a son of the late Earnest and Ellen Benton McGee. Survivors include a sister, Terry (Bud) Mees of DeGraff, Ohio; a brother, Edwin (Barbara) McGee of Jamestown; two nieces,...
Gretchen Jenkins
Apr 5, 2009
Gretchen E. “Beth” Jenkins, 46, of Danbury, Connecticut, and formerly of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Sunday, April 5, 2009 at her Aunt’s home in Bumpass, Virginia. She was born September 12, 1962 in Bellefontaine, to Jerry Edwin and Frances M. Wood Jenkins and they survive in Green Cove Springs, Florida. Also surviving are 2 brothers, David L. (Laura) Jenkins of...
Alma Markley
Apr 2, 2009
Alma Elizabeth Markley, 82, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2009 at her residence. She was born on January 11, 1927 in Morgantown, West Virginia, to the late John & Wilhelmine Ernst Kraus. On August 16, 1952, she married William Robert Markley in Morgantown, West Virginia, and he preceded her in death on October 12, 2006. Also preceding...
Charles Knight
Mar 31, 2009
Charles “Charlie” R. Knight, 77, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at his residence. He was born on September 26, 1931 in Bellefontaine, to the late Charles Hershel and Gladys Twila Cost Knight. On September 27, 1998 he married Eleanor Thompson in Bellefontaine and she survives. Also surviving is his mother-in-law, Esther Thompson; a son, David...
Judith Shannon
Mar 29, 2009
Judith Kay Shannon Judith Kay Shannon, 67, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Sunday, March 29, 2009, at her daughter’s residence in Union City, Ohio. She was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio on September 1, 1941, to the late Macolm & Ruby Dye Floss. She is survived by 3 sons, Randy (Cyndie) Shannon of Russells Point, Ohio, Rusty (Roni) Shannon of Kenton,...
Thelma Neer
Mar 29, 2009
Thelma Irene Huffman Neer, 75, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away at the Green Hills Care Center in West Liberty, Ohio, on Sunday, March 29, 2009. She was born in West Liberty on March 11, 1934, to the late Marston “Mike” and Nellie Irene Fields Huffman. Surviving is her loving companion, James “Jimmy” Knoff of Bellefontaine, Ohio; a son, Roger Philip...
Byron Wickersham
Mar 26, 2009
Byron F. “Wick” Wickersham, 86, of Zanesfield, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, March 26, 2009, at Heartland of Bellefontaine, Ohio. He was born on April 4, 1922 in Zanesfield, Ohio, to the late Charles Emmer and Annise N. Teelle Wickersham. He retired from Molton Gas Service, working until the age of 83. For many years, Wick would play taps for...
Mary Cox
Mar 24, 2009
Mary Joe Cox, 88, of Houston, Texas, and formerly of Belle Center, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at the Oakmont Nursing & Rehab Center in Katy, Texas. She was born in Delphos, Ohio, October 14, 1920, to the late Arthur & Edna Davis Putman. She married Albert Eugene Cox and he preceded her in death in 1968. A...
Kenzy Wright
Mar 23, 2009
Kenzy Layel Wright, daughter of Phillip A. and Heather Lynn Sexton Wright of Rushsylvania, Ohio, was stillborn Monday, March 23, 2009, at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, Ohio. Survivors include two brothers, Hayden Lockwood and Triston Hazel, of the home; one sister, Hailey Lockwood, of the home; paternal grandparents, Deborah and Robert Parsons; maternal grandparents, Gary and Janet Sexton of...
Robert Liles
Mar 22, 2009
Robert Harold Liles, 90, of Belle Center, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, March 22, 2009, at the Green Hills Center in West Liberty, Ohio. Bob was born on December 21, 1918 in Kenton, Ohio, to the late Clyde and Ruth (Wolfley) Liles. On January 30, 1944, 65 years ago, he married Margaret Grace Albers in Loveland, Colorado, and she survives....
Wilma Dougherty
Mar 21, 2009
Wilma Lucille Dougherty, 94, of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away Saturday, March 21, 2009, at her residence. She was born in LaSalle, Michigan, August 18, 1914, to the late Roy Erving and Elizabeth Anne Crowe Carney. Surviving is a daughter, Phyllis Wilber of West Liberty, Ohio, 8 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two sons,...
Coral Davidson
Mar 19, 2009
Coral June Davidson, 76, of Columbus, Ohio, passed away Thursday, March 19, 2009, at Mt. Carmel West Hospital in Columbus. She was born in Kenton, Ohio, February 15, 1933, to the late Pearl and Frances Long Lease. Surviving is a son, Gary Davidson of Columbus; 2 daughters, Teresa Ann (William) Rich of Columbus, and Pamela (Charles) LeBar of Atlanta, Georgia;...
Mildred Cowan
Mar 18, 2009
Mildred Jeannette Wells Cowan, 78, of Huntsville, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2009, of a heart condition while driving in Bellefontaine. She was born July 21, 1930 in Kenton, Ohio, to the late William Wilson and Leilah Josephine (Johnson) Wells. Mildred was a 1948 graduate of Kenton High School, where she was a member of the marching band and...
Virginia Wise
Mar 18, 2009
Virginia Lee Wise, 95, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. She was born on August 4, 1913 in Varna, Illinois, to the late Young Glenn & Nina Lee (Scarborough) Broaddus. On May 11, 1935, in Lewistown, Ohio, she married Hadyn F. Wise, who presently resides at the Green Hills Retirement...
Mary Abshear
Mar 16, 2009
Mary Victoria Abshear, 94, of Newport, North Carolina, formerly of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away on Monday, March 16, 2009 at Green Hills Care Center in West Liberty, Ohio. She was born in Logan County, Ohio on November 16, 1914, to the late William and Silvia Grubbs. She is preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, James Abshear; 3...
Susan Reames
Mar 15, 2009
Susan Marie Reames Susan Marie Reames, 52, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, March 15, 2009 at Heartland of Bellefontaine. On December 25, 1956, she was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio to Donald N. and Barbara (Duty) Lee. She married Jerry Reames in Bellefontaine on September 16, 1994, and he survives. Also surviving is her mother, Barbara of Bellefontaine, and...
Richard Salyer
Mar 15, 2009
Richard “Rick” Eugene Salyer Richard “Rick” Eugene Salyer, 53, of Columbus, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, March 15, 2009 in Howell, Michigan. He was born on September 25, 1955 in Kenton, Ohio, to William Warren and Mona Jean (Leasure) Salyer. He is survived by his mother, Jean, of Russells Point, Ohio; half-sisters, Ellen Oakley of Lakeview, Ohio, and Kathy Jo...
William Sidders
Mar 13, 2009
William R. Sidders, 84, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away on Friday, March 13, 2009 at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. He was born on July 9, 1924 in Champaign County Ohio, to the late Harry E. & Elizabeth E. Barger Sidders. On December 11, 1953, he married Bobbie Rose Sidders in Bellefontaine, and she preceded him in death on January...
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