Obituaries

Dec 19, 2012

Wanda F. Trabert, 77, of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, Ohio. She was born August 26, 1935 in Cloden, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Winifred and Ora B. (Martin) Honaker. She married Robert L. Trabert November 22, 1953, in Sidney, Ohio and he preceded her in death June...

Dec 14, 2012

Theda (Kindell) Bauer, 94, of Quitman, Georgia, passed away Friday, December 14, 2012 in Quitman. She was born January 10, 1918, a daughter of the late Newton S. and Ruth (Wagner) Kindell. On March 6, 1938 in Bellefontaine, Ohio, she married Edward Bauer and he preceded her in death in 2005. She was also preceded in death by brothers, Walter...

Dec 12, 2012

Iris M. Angle, 90, of Bellefontaine, Ohio passed away Wednesday morning December 12, 2012, at Green Hills Community in West Liberty, Ohio. She was born in Marion, Ohio November 22, 1922, to the late Fred and Mary Atha Everly. Her mother passed away when Iris was four, and was adopted by the late Elza and Matilda Wooley Mouser of West...

Dec 11, 2012

Leath A. Moon, 43, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at his home. He was born February 8, 1969, a son of the late Larry Moon and Anita (Smith) Stalk, who survives in Bellefontaine. Also preceding him in death was an infant sister, Amy Leann Moon; his paternal grandparents, George and Hazel Moon; and uncle, Rodney Moon...

Dec 11, 2012

Patricia Ann “Patty” Freisthler, 57, of DeGraff, Ohio, passed away at 1:50 P.M. Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at her home. She was born in Bellefontaine September 23, 1955, to the late Jack Owen and Glenna Jean Moore Bishop. On April 23, 1983 she married Ray Freisthler, and he survives along with three sisters; Debra K. Saxton, Karen Sue Strayer and...

Dec 11, 2012

Barbara J. Bassler, 81, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2012 in the emergency room at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. She was born September 11, 1931 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to the late Arvid E. and Violet J. (Lewis) Peterson. In 1951 she married George C. Bassler in Colorado Springs, and he preceded her in death in...

Dec 10, 2012

Biography

Ermalene M. Laird, 88, of DeGraff, Ohio, passed away at 4:20 P.M. Monday, December 10, 2012 at the Mercy McAuley Center in Urbana, Ohio. She was born February 23, 1924 in Pullman, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Charles Boyd and Hattie L. (Meeks) Wright. On September 30, 1956, she married Robert Francis Laird and he preceded...

Dec 8, 2012

Robert John Gibbons, 59, of Dunedin, Florida, passed away Saturday, December 8, 2012 at the Brookside Hospice House in Palm Harbor, Florida. He was born December 16, 1952 in Dayton, Ohio, to the late John F. Gibbons and Louise (Wilson) Gibbons Rooney. He is survived by his wife, Debra Gibbons of Dublin, Ohio; a sister, Julie (Donald) Roebuck of Fairborn,...

Dec 8, 2012

Ralph E. Hughes, 83, of Huntsville, Ohio, passed away Saturday, December 8, 2012 at his residence. He was born April 19, 1929 in McArthur Township, Ohio, the son of the late Lloyd P. and Vera Ruth (Franks) Hughes. Also preceding him in death were two brothers, Richard C. and Rodney H. Hughes. He is survived by his wife, the former...

Dec 3, 2012

Biography

Jeffrey L. Dill, 48, of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away as the result of a traffic accident Monday, December 3, 2012, northwest of Urbana, Ohio. He was born March 18, 1964 in Urbana, a son of Joe and Barbara (Long) Dill of Urbana. On January 10, 1990 in West Liberty, he married the former Debbie L. Spencer and...

Dec 2, 2012

Glenn L. Strawser, 68, of Rushsylvania, Ohio, passed away Sunday, December 2, 2012 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio November 30, 1944, to the late Truman Aubrey and Dorothy May (Miller) Strawser . On September 7, 1968, he married Shirley Heminger in Rushsylvania and she survives along with two daughters, Christina Forsythe of...

Nov 30, 2012

Norma Jean Painter, 77, formerly of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Friday afternoon, November 30, 2012 at Kindred Transitional Care in Pickerington, Ohio. She was born in Richwood, Ohio April 16, 1935, to the late Curtis and Irene Columber Gibson. Norma Jean married Eugene “Buster” Daum October 25, 1955, and he preceded her in death in 1975. On May 16,...

Nov 28, 2012

Pauline Moffitt, 89 of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 5:40 A.M. at Heartland of Bellefontaine, Ohio. She was born July 31, 1923 in Monroe Township, Ohio, a daughter of the late Leo and Margaret (King) Grimes. She married Kaylor Moffitt and he preceded her in death. Also preceding her in death was a sister,...

Nov 28, 2012

Biography

Jack O. Bishop, 81, of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away Wednesday afternoon November 28, 2012 at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, Ohio. He was born in Middleburg, Ohio April 22, 1931, to the late Glenn and Carrie Mae Grant Bishop. He married the former Glenna Jean Moore June 4, 1952 in Urbana, Ohio, and she preceded him in...

Nov 27, 2012

Paul L. Williams, 68, of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away at his residence Tuesday, November 27, 2012. He was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio March 8, 1944, to the late Thomas L. and Oma E. (Fender) Williams. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Samantha A. Williams; sisters, Doris Ann Schultz and Phyllis Irene Yoder, and a brother-in-law,...

Nov 27, 2012

Michael Allen Petty, 55 of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away at 5:30 P.M. at The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio Tuesday, November 27, 2012. He was born August 30, 1957, a son of the late Harold M. Petty who preceded him in death in 1975, and his mother, the former Shirley M. (Linet) Short, who survives in...

Nov 27, 2012

James E. Clark, 61, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away at his residence Tuesday, November 27, 2012. He was born November 17, 1951 in Charleston, West Virginia, to the late Helen (Vaughn) Stine and Glen Clark. He was also preceded in death by his step-father, Ralph F. Stine; his step-mother, Elizabeth Irene Clark, and a sister, Bonnie Vernon. Surviving are...

Nov 26, 2012

Kathryn B. Horn, 96, of Maplewood, Ohio, passed away at 3:00 P.M. Monday, November 26, 2012 at The Pavilion in Sidney, Ohio. She was born in New Hampshire, Ohio April 15, 1916, to the late Ray Everett and A. Cleo (Brunson) Smith. On January 27, 1934, she married Joseph M. Horn and he preceded her in death August 31, 1982....

Nov 25, 2012

Franklin A. “Andy” Hites, 71, of Huntsville, Ohio, passed away Sunday, November 25, 2012 at his residence. He was born in Allen County, Ohio January 19, 1941, a son of the late Harley Edwin and Clara Ellen (Hatcher) Hites. He was also preceded in death by sisters, Elsie Taylor, Calista Hamilton, Martha Offenbacher, Freda Bayer, Phyllis Allen, Susan Krouskop and...

Nov 23, 2012

Agnes H. Fisher, 97, of Belle Center, Ohio, passed away Friday, November 23, 2012 in her home. She was born in Hardin County, Ohio October 28, 1915, to the late Scott and Mary Hoon of Chipmonk Corner, Huntsville. She was preceded in death by her first husband, D.E. Hill as well as her second husband, Carl W. Fisher, her...