Obituaries

Dec 5, 2011

Dewey VanHoose III, 52, of Canton, Ohio formerly of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Monday, December 5, 2011, at his residence following a brief illness. He was born July 16, 1959 in Bellefontaine, Ohio to the late Dewey VanHoose Jr., who preceded him in death in 1996 and Janet (Hoffman) VanHoose who survives in Bellefontaine. He was also preceded in death...

Dec 2, 2011

Frank “Flip” Phillips, 74, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, went home to be with the Lord Friday, December 2, 2011 at Heartland of Bellefontaine. He was born February 19, 1937 in Bellefontaine, to the late Albert M. and Edith “Juanita” (Richards) Phillips. On September 20, 1959, he married Donna Wallace in Bellefontaine, and she preceded him in death January 7, 2007. Also...

Nov 30, 2011

Elva Eileen “Dolly” Sutton, 82, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. She was born March 19, 1929 in Birmingham, Ohio, to the late John and Carrie (Gault) Dennison. She was married to Benjamin F. Sutton and he preceded her in death December 19, 1990. Also preceding her...

Nov 30, 2011

Bud Purtee, 71, of DeGraff, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at his residence. He was born July 29, 1940 in St. Paris, Ohio, to the late Arthur and Marie (Beair) Purtee. He is survived by his wife, Sarah (Marvin) Purtee, whom he married March 29, 1958, in Winchester, Indiana. He is also survived by sons, Dean (Lisa)...

Nov 21, 2011

Marvin Dean Nickell, Jr., 44, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Monday, November 21, 2011 in Urbana, Ohio. He was born April 27, 1967 in Bellefontaine, to Marvin Dean and Delores Jean (Nill) Nickell who survive in Millersville, Tennessee. A self-employed contractor, Marvin is survived by a daughter, Ashley Kathryn Nickell and a granddaughter, Chloe Marie Nickell, both of Bellefontaine;...

Nov 16, 2011

Gwendolyn “Gwen” Jocele Foreman, 78, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. She was born in Bellefontaine, September 26, 1933, to the late Herman LeRoy and Elouise Ervine (Rogers) Aulls. She is survived by her husband, Charles “Pete” A. Foreman, whom she married July 27, 1974 at the...

Nov 13, 2011

Rosie M. Shinkle, 90, went to be with her Lord Sunday, November 13, 2011 in Loveland, Colorado. She was born September 10, 1921, in Covington, Kentucky to the late Harry M. and Jessie G. (Chipman) Tomlin. She was also preceded in death by 6 siblings. On November 22, 1947, she married Ralph F. Shinkle and he preceded her in death...

Nov 13, 2011

Eileen H. Vellenga, 86, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away at 5:03 A.M. Sunday, November 13, 2011 at the Logan Acres Care Center in Bellefontaine. She was born July 24, 1925, the daughter of the late Harry E. and Edna (Tapp) Hughes. She married John S. Vellenga February 27, 1948 in Rushsylvania, Ohio, and he preceded her in death March...

Nov 12, 2011

LouAnne Devore, age 65, of Middleburg, Ohio, passed away at 2:54 P.M. Saturday, November 12, 2011 at The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. She was born in Urbana, Ohio December 3, 1945, to the late Hobert H. and Clara Lou Cole Harmon. Three brothers, Burl, Roy, and Troy Harmon and three sisters, Sarah Jean Blair, Walledith and...

Nov 11, 2011

Anita S. Franks, 72, of Toledo, Ohio passed away at 11:37 P.M. Friday, November 11, 2011 at the University of Toledo Medical Center. She was born in Kentucky October 28, 1938, to the late Frank and Ethel M. Salyers. In 1997, she married Gordon Franks of Toledo, and he survives. She is also survived by two daughters, Kim (John)...

Nov 11, 2011

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Joseph H. Bowdle, II, 81 of Belle Center, Ohio, passed away at his residence at 8:00 A.M. Friday, November 11, 2011. He was born December 9, 1929, in a log cabin near Roundhead, to the late Joseph Holmes and Gladys Thompson Bowdle. On May 25, 1947,...

Nov 10, 2011

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Jane Mikesell Younkman, 75, of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away Thursday, November 10, 2011 at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima, Ohio. Jane was born in West Liberty January 13, 1936, to the late Dr. Hobart and Helene Foust Mikesell. On June 7, 1958 she married David A. Younkman in West Liberty. Jane is survived by her husband...

Nov 10, 2011

Richard E. Ingle, 82, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 6:57 P.M. in the emergency room at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. He was born in Dayton, Ohio September 17, 1929, a son of the late Harry Robert and Bertha Isabel (Williams) Ingle. He was also preceded in death by his first wife Yvetta and an...

Nov 7, 2011

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Lilly A. Smith, 77, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Monday, November 7, 2011 at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. Lilly was born June 28, 1934 in Waverly, Ohio, to the late Edward D. and Mary (Williams) Logan. She was preceded in death by a brother, Arthur Logan and a...

Nov 7, 2011

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Frederick G. Steinhelfer, 49, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Monday, November 7, 2011 in Union County, Ohio. He was born January 15, 1962 in Kenton, Ohio to John Timothy Steinhelfer of Zanesfield, Ohio and Nancy (Bocook) Thompson of Lima, Ohio. On May 1, 1990, he married Melinda Slayback in...

Nov 7, 2011

Richard “Dick” Glen Cayot, 75, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, went to meet his maker Monday, November 7, 2011 at Heartland of Bellefontaine. He was born February 13, 1936 in Wells County, Indiana, to the late Roy and Martha (Huebner) Cayot. He is survived by his loving wife, Jacqueline and children, Kathy, Mike (Ann), Linda (Gary), Steve (Kim), Yvonne (Jeff), Clark (Tara);...

Nov 3, 2011

Tammy L. Dorsey, 27, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Thursday, November 3, 2011 at her residence. She was born July 28, 1984 in Bellefontaine, to the late Charles L. Dorsey and Brenda (Fair) Smith, who survives in Huntsville, Ohio. She is survived by her siblings, Charles E. Dorsey Jr. of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, Angela (Michael) Bradley of Huntsville, Evelyn (Tony Little)...

Nov 1, 2011

Thurman Ansel Allmon, 81, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. He was born May 25, 1930 in Logan County Ohio, to the late Earl F. and Goldie M. (Routt) Allmon. On August 5, 1953, he married Elizabeth A. “Betty” Badertscher in Bluffton, Ohio, and she preceded him in death March 20,...

Oct 31, 2011

Edward R. Dowdy, 85, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away at 4:40 P.M. Monday, October 31, 2011, in the emergency room at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. He was born in Cordale, Georgia February 8, 1926, a son of the late William and Florence (Ussery) Dowdy. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Florence Irene Tudor, one grandson, two...

Oct 31, 2011

Mary Agnes Dillon, 95, of Belle Center, Ohio, passed away at 6:40 P.M. Monday, October 31, 2011, at Heartland of Bellefontaine. She was born December 4, 1915 in Logan County, a daughter of the late George I. and M. Agnes (Stout) Dillon. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Mildred Fisher and brothers, Emerson and Russell Dillon and...