Obituaries

Apr 12, 2014

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Ioda B. Wickliff, age 86, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Saturday, April 12, 2014 at her home. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio May 22, 1927, to the late Samuel C. and Celestia (Baker) Gooch. She was also preceded in death by three sisters, Evelyn Gooch, Reba Frazier and...

Apr 12, 2014

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Emery Louis “Louie” Meredith, age 98, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Saturday, April 12, 2014, at Logan Acres Care Center in Bellefontaine, Ohio. He was born March 11, 1916 in Bellefontaine, a son of the late Emery A. and Hazel (Hullinger) Meredith. On June 4, 1938, he married the...

Apr 11, 2014

Mary E. Goodwin, age 92, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Friday, April 11, 2014 at Logan Acres in Bellefontaine with her family by her side. She was born November 18, 1921 in Dayton, Ohio, a daughter of the late Joseph and Mary (Rakos) Barney. She was also preceded in death by a son, Larry Lee Goodwin and a brother,...

Apr 11, 2014

Fred W. Penrod, age 67, of DeGraff, Ohio, passed away at 4:00 P.M. Friday, April 11, 2014, at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, Ohio. He was born in Bellefontaine September 23, 1946, to the late Donald F. and Dorothy Penrod. On May 20, 1966, he married the former Jackie Finfrock, and she survives. He is also survived by his...

Apr 11, 2014

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Loren A. Cox, 84, of Ridgeway, Ohio, passed away Friday, April 11, 2014, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Kenton, Ohio. He was born January 30, 1930 in Huntsville, Ohio, a son of the late Kenneth T. and Emma Belle (Barr) Cox. On February 11, 1950, he married his first wife, Dorothy Lay and they divorced. He then married...

Apr 9, 2014

Mary Lu Herring Meyer, age 98, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Wednesday night, April 9, 2014 at Logan Acres Care Center in Bellefontaine. She was born in Logan County Ohio December 1, 1915, to the late Joseph B. and Agnes (Scott) Ricks. Orphaned at the age of 8, she was raised by the late James and Elizabeth Cooke. Mary...

Apr 9, 2014

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Ricky W. Saunders, age 56, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, April 9, 2014, at Heartland of Bellefontaine. He was born January 21, 1958 in Sidney, Ohio, a son of the late Forrest Saunders and June (Poling) Coil who survives in Bellefontaine. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Gregory Coil. Survivors also include a daughter,...

Apr 8, 2014

Phyllis J. Pulfer, age 83, of rural Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away at 12:55 A.M. Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima, Ohio. She was born in Dayton, Ohio January 8, 1931, to the late Charles Sr. and Frieda (Klenk) Schwartz. On July 4, 1948, she married Marvin Pulfer in Jackson Center, Ohio and he preceded her...

Apr 8, 2014

Alice Delores Martin, age 85, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away at 1:00 P.M. Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at her home. She was born in Springfield, Ohio September 11, 1928, to the late Oliver H. and Mary Luella (Tuttle) Rhoads. On September 4, 1946, she married James Richard Martin and he preceded her in death April 4, 1978. She was...

Apr 8, 2014

Christina S. Smucker, age 99, of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away Tuesday morning, April 8, 2014 at Green Hills Community in West Liberty. She was born in Champaign County Ohio September 26, 1914, to the late C.S. and Ida Belle Yoder Smucker. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Irene (Smucker) King; a brother-in-law, Forest King; a sister,...

Apr 8, 2014

Janis Marie Barrett, age 74, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Tuesday evening, April 8, 2014 at Green Hills Community in West Liberty, Ohio. She was born in Pomeroy, Ohio March 13, 1940, to the late Alfred and Lily (Landecker) Deck. She was also preceded in death by a son, Danny Goins; step-sons, Richard and Gillan Goins, and a sister,...

Apr 8, 2014

Brenda Kay Maier Levy, age 53, of West Liberty Ohio, passed away Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima, Ohio. She was born March 3, 1961 in El Paso, Texas, the daughter of Richard Paul and Rita Fay (Madden) Maier, who both survive of Bellefontaine, Ohio. She is also survived by her three children, Lindsey R.,...

Apr 8, 2014

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Robert Lee Bailey, age 54, of Kenton, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at his home. He was born January 9, 1960 in Bellefontaine, Ohio, a son of the late Raymond and Sylvia (Jones) Bailey. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Ronnie Bailey. Survivors include his daughters, Annie (Ben) Manbevers of Bellefontaine, Kelli (Brooks)...

Apr 7, 2014

Sylvia A. Wroten, age 67, of Bellefontaine, Ohio and formerly of DeGraff, Ohio passed away at 7:55 P.M. Monday, April 7, 2014 at home. She was born in Bellefontaine September 9, 1946, to the late Ralph Edward and Georgia (Insley) Stamm. She was also preceded in death by her son James “J.R.” Lamb and her step-mother, Margaret “Peg” Wise. She...

Apr 7, 2014

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Edna Hershberger, age 80, of Huntsville, Ohio, passed away Monday morning April 7, 2014, at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. She was born in Hartville, Ohio August 17, 1933, to the late Henry A. and Barbara (Shrock) Coblentz. She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Emma Coblentz; a son-in-law, Dave Wagler;...

Apr 6, 2014

Cathleen A. German, age 64, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Sunday, April 6, 2014 at Heartland of Bellefontaine. She was born November 25, 1949 in Bellefontaine, the daughter of the late Phillip and Ruth Bell Lantz. On August 27, 1970, she married Richard L. German in Monroe, Michigan and he preceded her in death September 12, 1983. She was also...

Apr 5, 2014

Wesley C. Worrell, age 62 of Rushsylvania, Ohio, passed away at 2:55 P.M. Saturday, April 5, 2014, at Heartland of Bellefontaine in Bellefontaine, Ohio. He was born in Franklin, Ohio June 18, 1951, to the late Willie and Alice (Coyle) Worrell. A sister, Rhonda Worrell, also preceded him in death. On November 7, 1970, he married the former Karen...

Apr 4, 2014

David B. Costin, 76, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Friday, April 4, 2014 at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. He was born in Bellefontaine January 13, 1938, the son of the late Roland Joseph and Margaret (Dowell) Costin. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Shirley Smucker and a nephew, Brian Smucker. He is...

Apr 1, 2014

Joe E. Deardurff, age 74, of Huntsville, Ohio, passed away Tuesday evening, April 1, 2014 at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, Ohio. He was born in Logan County Ohio March 18, 1940, to the late Franklin E. and Berniece M. (McKee) Deardurff. Joe was also preceded in death by a brother, Gene Deardurff in 2005. Joe is survived by his...

Apr 1, 2014

Dixie E. Boysel, age 78, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at her residence. She was born January 26, 1936 in Cherokee, Ohio, to the late James C. and Norma E. (Short) Grow. She was also preceded in death by a son, James Frazier, and her siblings, June Blosser, Jim Grow and John Grow. Surviving is her...