Obituaries

Sep 27, 2011

Send Flowers Robert Marvin Dressback March 24, 1928 - September 27, 2011

Robert Marvin Dressback, 83, of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at 5:35 P.M. at his residence. He was born in Shelby County, Ohio March 24, 1928, a son of the late Bernard Arie and Amanda (Byler) Dressback. He also was preceded in death...

Sep 26, 2011

Faith Marie (Burden) Harper, 72, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Monday morning, September 26, 2011 at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. She was born March 15, 1939 in Columbus, Ohio, to the late Robert D. and Helen (Hatfield) Burden. Faith is survived by her ex-husband, Samuel Harper of Wyoming; their children, Debbie (Ross) Garen of Worland, Wyoming, Laurie Denny...

Sep 25, 2011

Ralph H. Ricketts, Sr. 79, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away at 11:06 P.M. Sunday, September 25, 2011 at his residence. He was born January 31, 1932 in Jefferson Township Ohio, to the late Milo A. and Mary (Cline) Ricketts, Sr. On September 9, 1955 in Bellefontaine, he married the former Marcile Cook, and she survives along with children, Diane (John)...

Sep 24, 2011

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Joy McDonald, 91, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Saturday, September 24, 2011 at Green Hills Care Center in West Liberty, Ohio. She was born in Bellefontaine March 12, 1920, to the late Lewis and Sarah Williams Thompson. She married Robert D. McDonald March 16, 1941 in Bellefontaine and he preceded her in death March 9, 2005. Joy was...

Sep 23, 2011

Jonathan Brian Angle, 33, of DeGraff, Ohio, passed away Friday, September 23, 2011 at his residence. He was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio May 9, 1978 to Michael and Nancy Kerr Angle, who survive in Bellefontaine. Jonathan was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Bellefontaine. He was a 1996 graduate of Bellefontaine High School, and graduated from...

Sep 22, 2011

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James Lukas Cooper, 30, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Thursday, September 22, 2011. He was born July 21, 1981 in Bellefontaine, to Jeff (Cindy) Cooper of Bellefontaine and Joyce (Doug Wilcox) Grant Cooper of Russells Point, Ohio. He is survived by a son, James Landen of Bellefontaine; a brother, Jacob (Candace) Cooper of Lakeview, Ohio; step-brothers, Austen Pulfer...

Sep 21, 2011

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Victor Lee Scott, 63, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Wednesday morning, September 21, 2011 at his home. He was born in Bellefontaine February 26, 1948, to the late Jason Scott and Rebecca (Cheeseman) Scott Broaddus, who survives. Victor worked for the Logan County Sheriff's Department from June of 1981 through June of 2006. He was a member of...

Sep 17, 2011

John Jacob Vicario, 92, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away at 9:20 A.M. Saturday, September, 17, 2011 at Heartland of Bellefontaine. John was the son of Tony and Perry Cira Vicario, born in Bellefontaine January 24, 1919, who preceded him in death. Also preceding him in death was a son, Jon Michael Vicario; two sisters, Ann Vicario Lombardo and Mary Virginia...

Sep 15, 2011

On Thursday, September 15, 2011, beloved pastor, husband, father, brother, uncle and friend, Howard S. Schmitt, was called home to heaven. He was born in Waterloo County, Ontario October 19, 1933 to the late Delton and Beulah (Weber) Schmitt. He was also preceded in death by brothers-in-law Bill Martin and Jim West. He married D. Jean (West) Schmitt in Brantford,...

Sep 12, 2011

Barbara Lee Butler, 72, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, went to be with the Lord Monday, September 12, 2011, at 11:29 P.M. at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She was born July 8, 1939, in Big Springs, Ohio a daughter of the late Jess and Hattie May (Taylor) Cavinder. She was also preceded in death by brothers, Jim and Gene...

Sep 6, 2011

Nelva Marie Davis, 89, of rural Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, September 6, 2011, at her daughter’s residence in Delaware, Ohio. She was born April 12, 1922, in Union County to the late Fred and Bessie (Bird) McIntosh. She is survived by her husband, Carlyle Davis, whom she married December 22, 1951. Also surviving are their children, Christine (Doyle) Hartman,...

Sep 4, 2011

L. Diane Watkins, 77, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 2:17 P.M. at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima, Ohio following a brief battle with cancer. She was born April 22, 1934, the daughter of the late Elmer Leroy and Donna Katherine (Insley) McBride Young. On October 21, 1956, she married John C. Watkins in...

Aug 30, 2011

Gladys D. Shanks, 90, of Huntsville, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, August 30, 2011, at Heartland of Bellefontaine in Bellefontaine, Ohio. She was born in Kenton, Ohio February 12, 1921, a daughter of the late Howard and Serdula (Oates) Bowman. She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Verna Kay Hanley, 3 sisters and 1 brother. On May 31,...

Aug 29, 2011

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Bill Yelton, 52, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Monday, August 29, 2011, at 1:33 P.M. at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was born in Bellefontaine June 22, 1959, a son of the late Robert Lewis Yelton and Donna Jean (Bishop) Yelton who survives in...

Aug 29, 2011

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Max N. Evans, 72, of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away at his residence Monday, August 29, 2011. He was born August 1, 1939 in Champaign County, Ohio, to Marshall G. and Dorothy (Connolly) Evans. On June 22, 1963, he married the former Vivian Ann Smith in West Liberty. She...

Aug 28, 2011

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LaVerne Buroker, age 77, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away at her grandson’s home Sunday, August 28, 2011. She was born to Johnnie and Dora Shepard Patrick May 9, 1934 in Magoffin County, Kentucky. Survivors include a daughter, Rita Blair of Apache Junction, Arizona; two brothers, Robert (Norma) Blair of...

Aug 27, 2011

Biography Carol Kidwell, 68, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, went to walk with the Lord Saturday, August 27, 2011. She was born August 24, 1943, to the late Valmore and Bernice (Davis) Jeannotte in Nashua, New Hampshire. She was preceded in death by sons, Darren R. and Dustin J. Kidwell and a grandson, Trent Dean Southard. She is survived by daughters, Alison...

Aug 25, 2011

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Betty Kathleen Plank Lehman, 90, of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away at 4:30 P.M. Thursday August 25, 2011 at Green Hills Center in West Liberty. She was born in West Liberty December 23, 1920, a daughter of the late Joe and Gertrude Yoder Plank. On October 28, 1944, she married Kenneth Lehman, and he preceded her in death....

Aug 24, 2011

Esther “Dickie” Pauline Stevens, 83, of Belle Center, Ohio, passed from this life Wednesday, August 24, 2011, at her residence. She was born April 8, 1928, in Bellefontaine, Ohio to the late Jessie W. Hill and Mildred I. (Scott) Hill Hines. She married Howard Ray Stevens in Bellefontaine August 12, 1947, and was married 59 years. He preceded her in...

Aug 21, 2011

Dorothy M. Angle, 92, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Sunday, August 21, 2011 at Heartland of Bellefontaine. She was born May 25, 1919, to the late Carl and Mary Elizabeth (Dunson) Flanagan. On December 16, 1939, she married Vinson W. Angle in Covington, Kentucky, and he passed away in 1996. She was also preceded in death by a son,...