Obituaries

Feb 5, 2015

Edward D. Henry, 77, of DeGraff passed away at 1:20 p.m. on Thursday, February 5, 2015 at Essex of Springfield Nursing & Rehabilitation in Springfield. He was born in Mechanicsburg, Ohio on July 22, 1937 to the late Donald and Alice (Lee) Henry. Edward married Patricia Kellis in September 1966, and she preceded him in death in 1999. He later...

Feb 4, 2015

Frank Edward Day, 83, of Walnut Creek and formerly of Bellefontaine passed away Wednesday, February 4, 2015 in the Community Hospice House, New Philadelphia, Ohio. He was born December 6, 1931, the son of the late Ned E. and Lela P. (Eggleston) Day Rutherford. On December 5, 1962 in The Hague, Netherlands, he married the former Marcelle Yvonne Monfils...

Jan 31, 2015

Ruth Ellen Yoder, 92, of West Liberty, passed away on January 31, 2015 at Mary Rutan Hospital after a short time of rapidly declining health. She was born in West Liberty to Earl M. and Barbara Allgyer Yoder on May 24, 1922. Her four siblings, Olive, Roy, Stanley, and an infant brother, Byron, preceded her in death. Ruth Ellen had...

Jan 31, 2015

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Ruby M. Pitchford, 98, of Bellefontaine passed away Saturday morning, January 31, 2015 at Mary Rutan Hospital. She was born in Bellefontaine on May 22, 1916 to the late Harry and Ruth (Tice) Koons, Sr. She was also preceded in death by her husband Ernest Pitchford, Sr., a sister...

Jan 27, 2015

Virginia Belle Royer, 95, formerly of Belle Center passed away Tuesday evening, January 27, 2015 at Green Hills Care Center. Virginia was born in Lima, Ohio on November 10, 1919 to the late Ambrose and Edna Sutter Keller. She married Paul Woodrow Royer in Covington, Kentucky on August 25, 1937 and he preceded her in death on June 1,...

Jan 27, 2015

Deborah K. Seeley, 72, of Jackson Center passed away Tuesday afternoon, January 27, 2015 at Lima Memorial Health System. She was born in Lima, Ohio on March 30, 1942 to the late Herschel and Hazel (Winegardner) Line. Deb was also preceded in death by an infant daughter Tracey Sue Seeley, sister-in-law Carroll Line, and son-in-law Chris Hoffman. Deb married...

Jan 27, 2015

Marcene Gwenda (Garmatter) Traucht, 92, of West Liberty, went home to be with Christ, her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 in Green Hills Care Center. She was born March 17, 1922 in Allen County, Ohio, the daughter of the late Calvin and Huldah (Badertscher) Garmatter. On October 16, 1942, she married Herbert A. Traucht in Bluffton, Ohio...

Jan 26, 2015

Jan 24, 2015

Leona Maxine Crum, 82, of Bellefontaine passed away at 3:06 p.m. on Saturday, January 24, 2015 at Green Hills Care Center in West Liberty. She was born in Franklin County, Ohio on September 28, 1932 to the late Maxwell and Anna Mary (Kruse) Eichner. Maxine is survived by her four children; Therese (Mike) Tumas of Coudersport, Pennsylvania, Paul Crum and...

Jan 24, 2015

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Norma Louise “Weezie” Prall, 81, of West Liberty passed away at 9:40 p.m. on Saturday, January 24, 2015 at Green Hills Care Center in West Liberty. She was born in Middleburg, Ohio on May 16, 1933 to the late Mac Prall and Margaret (Shirk) Prall Hindall. Weezie is survived...

Jan 23, 2015

Deborah Kay Marker Austin, 61, of Bellefontaine passed away Friday morning, January 23, 2015 at Heartland of Bellefontaine surrounded by her family and friends. She was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio on June 18, 1953 to Chester S. and Laura Grace (Brunke) Marker. Debra was preceded in death by her father Chester S. Marker, her step-mother, Joyce Marker, a brother, James...

Jan 23, 2015

Leah K. Cook, 93, of West Liberty passed away Friday morning, January 23, 2015 at Mary Rutan Hospital. She was born in Columbus, Ohio on February 24, 1921, to the late Holmes M. and Reva L. (Loffer) Kress. She married Richard W. Cook on May 23, 1942 in Bellefontaine and he preceded her in death on May 6, 2005....

Jan 23, 2015

Joseph K. King, 88, of Quincy passed away at 12:28 a.m. on Friday, January 23, 2015 at his home. He was born in West Liberty, Ohio on July 13, 1926 to the late Alva Jay and Lulu Marie (Kennan) King. On July 10, 1949 he married Patsy Brewer, and she survives. He is also survived by his four children; Stephen...

Jan 23, 2015

Helen Joyce Williams, 82, formerly of Middleburg, passed away on Friday, January 23, 2015 at Green Hills Center, West Liberty. She was born on December 31, 1932 in Logan County, a daughter of the late Henry and Louise Burnside. She was also preceded in death by an infant son, Michael Dean Fischer and several brothers and sisters. She was...

Jan 21, 2015

Gregory A. Peitsmeyer, 60, of Bellefontaine, passed away Wednesday evening, January 21, 2015 at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Greg was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania on August 31, 1954 to Ralph “Skip” and the late Mary Lou (Mihalek) Peitsmeyer. He married the former Mary Brunswick on September 9, 1978 in Coldwater and she survives. Greg is also...

Jan 21, 2015

Frank E. DeRossett, 74, passed away January 21, 2015 at Mary Rutan Hospital. He was born on January 14, 1941 in Lima, Ohio. He is survived by his wife, Karen Sue (McBeth) DeRossett, who he married on May 17, 1968 in Hardin County, Ohio. Also surviving are his children, Sean DeRossett, Summer Ratliff, Jennifer Blair and Wendy DeRossett, six grandchildren...

Jan 20, 2015

Beth Ann Johns, 55, of Bellefontaine, passed away at her residence on Tuesday, January 20, 2015. She was born on July 7, 1959 in Marion, Ohio to the late Ralph William Middaugh and Donna Joy (Staggs) Middaugh, whom survives in Bellefontaine. On February 20, 1982 she married Ray Johns in Lima, Ohio and he survives along with their children,...

Jan 20, 2015

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Joyce A. Kauffman-Beard, 74, of West Liberty and formerly of DeGraff passed away at 9:01 p.m. on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. She was born in Jackson Center, Ohio on October 25, 1940 to the late Ronald and Geraldine (Clay) Elliott. She married Donald Richard Kauffman and he preceded her in death on...

Jan 20, 2015

Robert Duane Dye, 56, of Huntsville passed away on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at Mary Rutan Hospital. He was born in Jacksonville, North Carolina on October 13, 1958 as son of Janet (Summers) Dye and the late Robert Dye. On August 14, 1981 he married Gayle Bradbury, in New Carlisle, Ohio, and she survives. Duane is also survived by...

Jan 19, 2015

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Edith D. Turner, 90, of DeGraff passed away peacefully at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, January 19, 2015 at her home. She was born in DeGraff, Ohio on June 27, 1924 to the late Hamer and Lydia (Long) Smith. She graduated from Lewistown High School in 1942 and married her husband of 69 years, Harold Kenneth Turner, on March...