Obituaries

Margaret Yoder
Jan 21, 2011
Margaret Ellen “Margy” Yoder, 67, of West Liberty, Ohio, started her new life at 4:37 A.M. Friday, January 21, 2011 at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, Ohio, surrounded by her family. She was born in Vandalia, Ohio December 4, 1943, to the late Paul R. and Ellen Foughty Shaffer. On February 26, 1966 she married James L. Yoder and he...

Jimmy Dysert
Jan 15, 2011
Jimmy J. Dysert, 76, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away at 10:05 P.M. Saturday, January 15, 2011, at Logan Acres Care Center in Bellefontaine. He was born in Belle Center, Ohio November 12, 1934, to the late Lloyd and Irma (Casey) Dysert. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Shirley Ann Dysert and two brothers, Jackie and Bobby Dysert....

Juanita Linville
Jan 14, 2011
Juanita Irene Linville, 98, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Friday, January 14, 2011, at her residence. She was born August 7, 1912 in Bellefontaine, to the late Foreman and Grace (Hutchinson) Prater. On August 1, 1935, she married Roy H. Linville in Dayton, Ohio and he preceded her in death April 2, 2001. Also preceding her in death was a...
Bernard Alberts
Jan 11, 2011
Bernard J. (Wojciechowski) Alberts beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Monday, January 11, 2011 in his residence. He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan October 3, 1927. He was the son of the late Anthony and Josephine Wojciechowski. On May 3, 1952, he married Marjorie Allison at the Ascension Catholic Church in Van Dyke, Michigan....

Steve Meadows
Jan 11, 2011
Steve Maurice Meadows, 49, of Marysville, Ohio, passed away at 5:39 A.M. Monday, January 11, 2011 at the Dayton V.A. Medical Center in Dayton, Ohio. He was born in Detroit, Michigan August 3, 1961, to Jesse Meadows of Marysville, Washington, and Desiree (step-father, Curtis) McGhee of Talladega, Alabama. Survivors include his wife, Jacqueline (Waters) Meadows; a son, Brett Meadows of...

Lawrence Mech
Jan 6, 2011
Lawrence L. Mech, 78, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Thursday, January 6, 2011 at the Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. He was born November 15, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois to the late Charles L. and Mildred L. (Mathias) Mech. He was married to Mildred E. McClain and later married Phyllis Kay Stinson October 10, 1969 in Reno, Nevada. She preceded...
Annajane Austin
Jan 6, 2011
Annajane Austin, 91, of Bellefontaine, Ohio and formerly of Sun City, Florida, passed away Thursday, January 6, 2011 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She was born May 14, 1919 in Murphysboro, Illinois to the late Walter and Mariam (Howell) Holloway. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Austin in February 1991. She was also preceded in...
Courtney Schienda
Jan 3, 2011
Courtney, 15, one of our precious miracle girls, was taken home by our dear Lord, Monday, January 3, 2011. She began her walk on the streets of gold with Jesus and those family members that have went before her. Courtney and her twin sister, Kiersten, who survives, our precious gifts from God, were born in Columbus, Ohio October 25, 1995...

Alfred Burns, Jr
Dec 28, 2010
Alfred Richard Burns, Jr., 59, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, December 28, 2010, at the VA Medical Center in Dayton, Ohio. He was born April 18, 1951, in Urbana, Ohio, to the late Alfred Richard and Edith Mae (West) Burns. He is survived by a sister, Sondra Kobylack, of Bellefontaine. A United States Air Force veteran, he worked for...
Shirley Watkins
Dec 27, 2010
Shirley Ann Watkins, 79, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Monday, December 27, 2010 at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. She was born January 22, 1931 in Bellefontaine, to the late Roy W. and Hattie (Miller) Shawver. She married Leslie Dale Watkins February 5, 1949 in Bellefontaine, and he preceded her in death March 25, 1979. Surviving are her sons, Robert...

Jeffrey Brown
Dec 27, 2010
Jeffrey J. Brown, 57 of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away at 3:50 A.M. Monday, December 27, 2010 at the Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, Ohio. He was born in Bellefontaine November 7, 1953, to Maurice and the late Johanne Wilson Brown. On August 12, 1995, he married the former Gladys M. Yoder, and she survives. He is also survived by...

Nila Green
Dec 26, 2010
Nila J. “Jean” Green, 68 of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Sunday, December 26, 2010 at 1:25 P.M. at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She was born October 28, 1942 in Urbana, Ohio, a daughter of the late Walter E. Hone and Nila “Juanita” (Hereford) Hone who survives in West Liberty, Ohio. She was preceded in death by a son,...
Arthur Knox
Dec 18, 2010
Arthur E. “Doody” Knox, 63, of Huntsville, Ohio, passed away Saturday, December 18, 2010, as the result of an automobile accident. He was born March 18, 1947 in Urbana, Ohio, to the late Pearl LeRoy Knox and Doris Levon (Spain) Wessel, who survives in Bellefontaine. He is also survived by his wife, Melissa Hoffer Knox, whom he married November 18,...
Mary Steggeman
Dec 17, 2010
Mary Margaret Steggeman, 74, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away at her residence surrounded by her loving family after a lengthy battle with breast cancer Friday, December 17, 2010. She was born January 13, 1936 in Cincinnati, Ohio to the late John M. and Cleopha (Regensburger) O’Brien. On October 11, 1958, she married K.C. Steggeman in Withamsville, Ohio, and he survives...
Louis Bloom
Dec 17, 2010
Louis Karl Bloom, 89, of West Liberty, Ohio, and formerly of Belle Center, Ohio, passed away Friday, December 17, 2010 at Green Hills Inn in West Liberty, surrounded by his family. He was born December 29, 1920 in Belle Center, Ohio, the youngest son of the late Raymond H. and Helen (Nelson) Bloom. On April 11, 1948 he married Janie...

Harold Jenkins
Dec 16, 2010
Harold “Bus” Jenkins, 91, of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away December 16, 2010 at Green Hills Care Center in West Liberty. He was born June 8, 1919 in Huntsville, Ohio, to the late John S. and Bertha (Bayless) Jenkins. On December 18, 1937 he married Ellen (Murray) Jenkins in Muncie, Indiana and she preceded him in death July 30, 2006....
Lucille Castle
Dec 11, 2010
Lucille E. Castle, 78, of Belle Center, Ohio, passed away Saturday, December 11, 2010, at Heartland of Indian Lake, Ohio. She was born September 1, 1932 in Ada, Ohio, to the late Donald and Ida (Shulaw) Rambo. Surviving are two sons, John (Susan Bowman) Castle and David (Monica) Castle both of Greenville, Ohio; two daughters, Christine Castle of Bellefontaine, Ohio,...

Betty Evans
Dec 3, 2010
Betty Kantner Evans, 64, of Belle Center, Ohio, passed away Friday evening, December 3, 2010 at St. Rita’s Hospital in Lima, Ohio. Betty was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, September 18, 1946, to Grant and Dorothy Henderson Kantner. She married Gene Evans in Belle Center April 9, 1972, and worked as a laborer at Nash Finch. She was a member of...
Richard Carnes
Nov 26, 2010
Richard E. “Dick” Carnes, 82, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away peacefully Friday, November 26, 2010 at 1:01 A.M. at home with his family at his side. He was born May 29, 1928 in Bellefontaine to the late William A. and Carmine A. (Patrick) Carnes. He was also preceded in death by a brother, William E. Carnes and a sister, Donna...
Guy Stover
Nov 24, 2010
Guy E. Stover, 75, of Indian Lake Shores, Belle Center, Ohio, passed away Wednesday November 24, 2010, at his residence with his family surrounding him. He was born January 28, 1935 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia to the late Arnold and Sylvia (Cremeans) Stover. He married Connie Preston on August 12, 1966 in Rushsylvania, Ohio, and she survives. Also surviving...
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