Obituaries

May 25, 2015

Naomi Eileen Gildow, 83, of Bellefontaine passed away Monday, May 25, 2015 in Heartland of Bellefontaine. She was born in York Center, Ohio on July 2, 1931, the daughter of the late Adam and Thelma (Sherman) Price. On May 25, 1949 she married Garld “Gail” Richard Gildow in Union County and he preceded her in death on March 24,...

May 24, 2015

Dolores V. “Lolly” Helmlinger, 76, of Lakeview, passed away Sunday afternoon, May 24, 2015 at her home. She was born in Goshen, Indiana on August 1, 1938 to the late Edward and Mary (Tharp) Maurer. Lolly was also preceded in death by 2 sisters, Judy Pickering and Pat Spees; and 2 brothers, Phil Maurer and Greg Maurer. Lolly worked...

May 23, 2015

Beatrice (Bea) Chambers, 98, of West Liberty passed away Saturday morning, May 23, 2015 at her Green Hills assisted living apartment with her family at her side. She was born in West Mansfield on August 22, 1916 to the late R. Burl and Goldie Mae (Ansley) Harvey. Beatrice married Richard G. Chambers on October 1, 1938 in Rushsylvania and...

May 18, 2015

William L. Smith, 67, of Bellefontaine, passed away Monday afternoon, May 18, 2015 at Heartland of Bellefontaine. He was born in Piqua on November 12, 1947 to the late Gary M. and Dorothy P. (Poland) Smith. Bill worked many years at RTC. He was a big Elvis Presley fan and loved everything Ohio State. In his spare time, Bill...

May 17, 2015

Arthur Leroy Dearwester, Jr., 70, of Bellefontaine passed away Sunday, May 17, 2015 at his home. He was born in Bellefontaine on April 8, 1945 to the late Arthur Leroy and Alice K. (Mortell) Dearwester, Sr. A veteran of the US Army, Art served during the Viet Nam Conflict. Upon returning to Bellefontaine, Art went to work and later retired...

May 15, 2015

Margaret Ruth Huston Laporte, 90, of Bellefontaine passed away at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, May 15, 2015 at Campbell Place in Bellefontaine. She was born in Concord Township, Champaign County, Ohio on October 16, 1924 to the late Orla D. and Mae L. (Thrush) Huston. On May 8, 1946 she married Kenneth Laporte in Bellefontaine, Ohio and he preceded...

May 15, 2015

Biography Call to Order Flowers by Phone 1-877-212-3610 Code: 72842

Clayton C. Hursh, Jr. passed away on Friday, May 15, 2015 at Logan Acres Care Center. He was born on November 13, 1934, in Middletown, Ohio, the son of the late Clayton C. Hursh, Sr. and Catherine (Weber) Hursh. He was also preceded in death by his sister Caroline...

May 14, 2015

Ann Bishop Kennedy, 97, of Ellijay, Georgia and formerly of Bellefontaine passed away on Thursday, May 14, 2015, at the North Georgia Medical Center in Ellijay, Georgia. She was born June 16, 1917 to her late parents Charles and Louise Bishop in Bellefontaine, Ohio. Mrs. Kennedy was a 1935 graduate of Bellefontaine High School. She worked as a telephone...

May 13, 2015

Hawk (Jerry L.) Pope, 74, of rural Bellefontaine, died Wednesday, May 13, 2015 in Mary Rutan Hospital, Bellefontaine. Hawk was born on April 26, 1941 in Greenfield, IN, the son of the late Harry K. Pope and Mildred Louise (Bell) Pope who survives in Middletown, Ohio. He is also survived by his wife, Gayle Melassa (Everhart) Pope, six sons; Sohn...

May 13, 2015

Donna R. Spencer, 95 of Huntsville, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at Mary Rutan Hospital, Bellefontaine. She was born on March 31, 1920 in Huntsville, Ohio, a daughter of the late Frank and Maude (Burnside-Woodruff) Underwood. On June 12, 1939 in Indianapolis, Indiana she married John R. Spencer II and he preceded her in death on...

May 11, 2015

Buddy G. F. Presson, 72, of Belle Center passed away Monday, May 11, 2015 in Logan Acres Care Center, Bellefontaine. He was born March 23, 1943 in Bellefontaine, the son of the late Herbert A. Presson and Beatrice (Braden) Banta. He is survived by two sisters; Martina Sue (Donald) Ritchie of Colorado Springs, CO and Lorette K. (Edward) Tevis of...

May 10, 2015

Wanda R. “Pat” Einert, 83, of Bellefontaine passed away Sunday, May 10, 2015 at Heartland of Bellefontaine. She was born in Pataskala, Ohio on March 3, 1932 to the late Earnest P. and Ruth C. (Tucker) Rader. Pat was raised by foster parents, Pearl and Carrie Hill, and they preceded her in death along with three sisters, one brother and...

May 10, 2015

Cevera Elbridge “Junior” McLaughlin, 78, of Bellefontaine passed away Sunday morning, May 10, 2015, at his home. He was born in Lewistown, Ohio, on April 4, 1937, to the late Cevera E. and Sarah (Lykins) McLaughlin, Sr. Junior married the former Patricia Howard on February 5, 1955, in Liberty, Indiana, and she survives in Bellefontaine. He is also survived...

May 9, 2015

James. A. Murphy, 88, of Kent, Ohio, and formerly of Bellefontaine, passed away on Saturday, May 9, 2015 at Akron General Medical Center, Akron, Ohio. He was born on December 20, 1926 in Blanche, Kentucky to the late Frank and Rosie May (Smith-Warren) Murphy. On May 7, 1949 he married the former Virgie Whitehead in Pineville, Kentucky and she preceded...

May 8, 2015

Martha Cushman, 83, of West Liberty, passed away at her residence on Friday, May 8, 2015. She was born in Champaign County, Ohio on January 30, 1932 to the late R.E. “Gene” and Evelyn (Ward) Hagans. On September 15, 1957 she married Earl Cushman in Beloit, OH and he survives along with their children, Kathy (Ray) Etgen of West...

May 3, 2015

Romaloy Diane Hussey, 70, formerly of Bellevue passed away Sunday morning, May 3, 2015 at her son’s home. She was born in Scott City, Kansas on July 11, 1944 to the late Willie and Alice I. (Keyse) Edwards. Diane married Thomas W. Hussey on February 15, 1969 in Flat Rock, Ohio and he preceded her in death on July...

May 3, 2015

Former longtime Bellefontaine resident Thelma J. (Damsel) Davidson died Sunday, May 3, 2015 in Springfield, Ohio. She was a resident of the Springfield Masonic Community. Davidson was born in Cincinnati on August 25, 1927 the daughter of Edward and Edna (Gray) Damsel. She married George W. Davidson on June 20, 1948 in Columbus Ohio. In addition to her parents,...

May 3, 2015

Ethel Imogene Dysert, 95, of Huntsville, Ohio passed away at 7:25 a.m. on Sunday, May 3, 2015 at Logan Acres Care Center. She was born in Huntsville, Ohio on April 15, 1920 to the late James Orlando and Bessie Mildred (Page) Willoby. On March 23, 1940, she married Henry “Shorty” Dysert and he preceded her in death on June...

Apr 27, 2015

Joseph Anthony Ollhoff, 22, of East Liberty passed away Monday, April 27, 2015. Joseph was born a celebrity as he was the “first baby to see in ‘93”, arriving on January 1, 1993. He was the Logan County New Year’s Baby. He is survived by his father, Melvin (Ann) Ollhoff of Coshocton, Ohio and his mother, Diane (Brisson) Ollhoff of...

Apr 26, 2015

Ruth A. Craig, 83, of Goshen, Indiana died Sunday, April 26, 2015 at Greencroft Goshen Healthcare, following a long illness of Alzheimer's-like dementia. She had been cared for and attended to by Greencroft’s loving and competent staff since March 2012. She was born May 3, 1931 in West Liberty, Ohio to Stephen S. and Mamie (Byler) Hostetler. She attended...