Obituaries

Ruby Culp

Ruby Culp

Jun 6, 2011

Ruby Pauline Culp, 93, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Monday, June 6, 2011, at the Green Hills Inn in West Liberty, Ohio. She was born November 24, 1917 in Logan County, Ohio to the late Milton and Nellie Victoria (Ammons) Jacobs. On August 29, 1939, she married Emory K. Dutch Culp in Richmond, Indiana, and he preceded her in death...

William Columber

William Columber

Jun 3, 2011

William Seigle Columber, 94, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away at 11:00 A.M. Friday, June 3, 2011, at Heartland of Bellefontaine. He was born in Union County, Ohio March 27, 1917, a son of the late Carl and Mollie (Thompson) Columber. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Ernest Columber. On June 14, 1941, he married the former Mary...

Mary Detweiler

Mary Detweiler

Jun 2, 2011

Mary E. Detweiler, 94, of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away Thursday evening, June 2, 2011 at the Green Hills Center in West Liberty. Mary was born in Logan County, Ohio September 6, 1916, to the late Robert and Molly Caldwell Smith. Mary is survived by several nieces, nephews and cousins. She married Joe E. Detweiler November 1, 1933 in Bellefontaine,...

Jay Randall

Jay Randall

Jun 1, 2011

Jay W. Randall, 75, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at the Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. He was born November 8, 1935 in Franklin County, Ohio, to the late George H. and Lolita (Neuenschwander) Randall. On March 21, 1957, he married Anna Belle Smith in Kingscreek, Ohio, and she preceded him in...

Robert Goldsmith

Robert Goldsmith

May 28, 2011

Robert N. Goldsmith, 79, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Saturday, May 28, 2011, in Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. He was born August 28, 1931, the son of the late Huston L. and Donna M. (Hurley) Goldschmidt. He is survived by a sister, Barbara Goldsmith Powell of Bellefontaine; four nieces, Teri (Doug) Roberts of Hilliard, Ohio, Tamara (Rick) Allison of...

Richard Deal

Richard Deal

May 23, 2011

Richard P. Dick Deal, 88, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Monday, May 23, 2011, in the emergency room at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. He was born in Lena, Miami County, Ohio February 7, 1923, a son of the late Floyd M. and Rosa L. (Hawes) Deal. On May 3, 1958 in Bellefontaine, he married the former Doris Ilene VanVoorhis...

Charles Carothers

Charles Carothers

May 22, 2011

Charles W. Carothers, 92 of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Sunday morning, May 22, 2011, at Heartland of Bellefontaine. Charles was born in Defiance, Ohio May 3, 1919, to the late William Lloyd and Helen Louise Miller Carothers. Charles is survived by a brother and sister-in-law Don and Sherry Lee Carothers and a sister and brother in law Sally and Carroll...

Benjamin Wortman

Benjamin Wortman

May 22, 2011

Benjamin Wilbur Wortman, 81, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Sunday morning, May 22, 2011 at his home. Ben was born in Bellefontaine May 27, 1929, to the late George and Almeda Wiles Wortman. He was a 1947 graduate of Bellefontaine High School and married Marilyn Fahle August 12, 1950, in Bellefontaine. In addition to his wife, Ben is survived by...

Jack Ackerman

Jack Ackerman

May 22, 2011

Jack W. Ackerman, 82, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Sunday, May 22, 2011, at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, as the result of a traffic accident near Belle Center, Ohio. He was born in Hershey, Pennsylvania June 24, 1928, a son of the late Harold and Lillian (Houston) Ackerman. On August 24, 1928 in Hershey, Pennsylvania, he married his wife...

June Griffith

June Griffith

May 20, 2011

June M. Griffith, 85, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Friday afternoon, May 20, 2011 at Heartland of Bellefontaine. June was born in Mt. Clemens, Michigan June 14, 1925, to the late Hugo J. and Edna E. Gulf LaVerne. She married Charles V. Griffith in Springfield September 10, 1960, and he preceded her in death May 27, 1995. June was also...

Marjorie Barnwell

Marjorie Barnwell

May 19, 2011

Beloved wife, mother, grandmother and dedicated teacher, Marjorie “Kathy” Barnwell, 76, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Thursday, May 19, 2011 at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. She was born July 31, 1934 in Dayton, Ohio, to the late Robert N. and Marjorie (Sain) Metz. On August 27, 1955, she married Robert J. Barnwell in Dayton, and he survives along with...

Gary Davis Sr

Gary Davis Sr

May 19, 2011

Gary Lynn Davis, Sr., 63, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, and his faithful companion Diego, passed away as the result of a traffic accident in Allen County Ohio, Thursday, May 19, 2011. Gary was born in Bellefontaine October 19, 1947, to the the late Frank Baldwin and Harriet Louise Price Davis, Sr. He married Darlene Auske May 31, 1969 in Russells Point,...

Paul Moore

Paul Moore

May 16, 2011

Paul E. Moore, 70, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly Monday, May 16, 2011, at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio surrounded by his family. He was born July 11, 1940 in East Liberty, Ohio, a son of the late Delmer W. and Florence M. (Hildreth) Moore. He was also preceded in death by a brother, LeRoy Moore. He retired...

Ralph Jenkins

Ralph Jenkins

May 12, 2011

Ralph E. Jenkins, 82, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 2:00 A.M. at the Triumph Hospital in Lima, Ohio. He was born in Huntsville, Ohio December 24, 1928, a son of the late Lewis P. and Doris (Ritchey) Jenkins. He was also preceded in death by his first wife, Shirley (Jamison) Jenkins whom he married in...

Helen Kelley

Helen Kelley

May 11, 2011

Helen R. Kelley, 94, of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 8:19 P.M. at Green Hills Center in West Liberty. She was born in Marion County, Ohio April 6, 1917, a daughter of the late Clyde Hedge and Faye (Corwin) Mercer, and was a 1935 graduate of Marion Harding High School. On August 23, 1940, she...

Arnell Canaday

Arnell Canaday

May 8, 2011

Arnell “Buzz” Canaday, 74, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away at 7:30 A.M. Sunday, May 8, 2011 at Gables at Green Pastures in Marysville, Ohio. He was born in St. George, Georgia July 20, 1936, a son of the late William Monroe & Nellie Stokes Canaday. He was also preceded in death by brothers, Guy Edwin, Franklin and Joseph Canaday and...

Michael Houchin

Michael Houchin

May 8, 2011

Michael Robert Houchin, 54, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Sunday, May 8, 2011 near Indian Lake, Ohio as the result of a motorcycle accident. He was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio September 18, 1956, a son of the late Robert Frances Houchin who preceded him in death in 2008 and Alice V. (Turner) Houchin in 2001. He worked for the Bellefontaine...

Dorothy McCormick

Dorothy McCormick

May 7, 2011

Dorothy Anne McCormick, 71, of Belle Center, Ohio, went to be with her Lord and Savior Saturday morning, May 7, 2011. She was born in Bellaire, Ohio to the late Emily E. Bond and William H. Smith December 19, 1939. She married William B. McCormick on May 26, 1959. Dorothy is survived by her husband William and three children: Beth...

Carl Godwin

Carl Godwin

May 6, 2011

Carl Jay “Pappy” Godwin passed away Friday evening, May 6, 2011 at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, Ohio. He was born December 27, 1930, in Roundhead, Ohio to the late Jacob Lester and Erma Ann (Neal) Godwin. On December 27, 1951, he married Norma Palmer in Bellefontaine and she survives. Also surviving is a son Steven (Robin) Godwin, and a...

Anna Reed

Anna Reed

May 3, 2011

Anna Mae Reed, 77, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at Heartland of Bellefontaine. She was born July 20, 1933 in Bellefontaine to the late Charles F. and Della (Ball) Wickersham. She married Glenn W. Reed April 27, 1965 in Zanesfield, Ohio, and he preceded her in death December 9, 1991. Also preceding her death were her...