Obituaries

Margaret Howell
Sep 9, 2010
Margaret C. Howell, 84, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, went to be with the Lord Thursday, September 9, 2010 at her residence. She was born April 17, 1926, the daughter of the late James D. and Isabella W. (Pollock) Brown. On June 1, 1949, she married Rev. Jesse Howell, and he preceded her in death July 14, 2001. Margaret was a 1948...

Barbara Jakeway
Sep 7, 2010
Barbara B. Jakeway, 88, of Belle Center, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, September 7, 2010, at Heartland of Bellefontaine in Bellefontaine, Ohio. She was born in Bellefontaine January 6, 1922, a daughter of the late Floyd and Anna Smith. On August 21, 1949, she married Hersel E. Jakeway, and he preceded her in death August 6, 1986. Also preceding her in...

Sylvia Bailey
Sep 7, 2010
Sylvia M. Bailey, 71, of West Liberty, Ohio, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, September 7, 2010, the result of an automobile accident on US Rt. 68 in Logan County. She was born January 23, 1939 in Kansas City, Missouri to the late George J. and Emma McGuire Jones. She was also preceded in death by brothers, Luther...

Charles Shank
Sep 1, 2010
Charles R. Shank, 77, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at his residence. He was born February 17, 1933 in Ashton, West Virgina to the late Walter and Nancy (Bateman) Shank. He is survived by his wife, Faith (Hurlburt) Shank, whom he married October 24, 1963. Also surviving is a son, Charles R. (Vicky) Shank II of...

Dean Ballard
Aug 31, 2010
Dean Martin Ballard, 41, of Marysville, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima, Ohio. He was born May 2, 1969 in Piqua, Ohio to Donald E. Ballard Sr. of Greenville, Ohio, and Bonnie J. (Floss) Ball of Marysville. Also surviving is his step-father, Frank Ball of Marysville; his wife, Gretchen (Bristol) Ballard and...
USAF Ret. Maj. Richard Munz
Aug 29, 2010
Richard E. “Dick” Munz, 59, of Russells Point, Ohio, went Home to be with his Lord and Savior Sunday, August 29, 2010 in Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, Ohio. He was born September 4, 1950 in Urbana, Ohio, the son of the late Robert W. and Hazel (Burns) Munz, Sr. He is survived by his wife, Carola (Liggett) Munz, whom...
Vivian LeVan
Aug 28, 2010
Vivian Elizabeth LeVan 87, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Friday August 28, 2010 at her residence. She was born March 17, 1923 in Logan County Ohio to the late David Leroy and Anna Mary Johnson Allen. She married Elmer LeVan June 14, 1942 in Logan County, and he preceded her in death February 2, 1980. She is survived by one...
Kim Rogers
Aug 24, 2010
Kim Rogers, 53, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away at the Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine Tuesday, August 24, 2010. She was born April 13, 1957 in Bellefontaine, to the late Ivan Q. and Frances (Kinney) Daniels. She is survived by her husband, David M. Rogers Sr., whom she married December 20, 1975 in Bellefontaine. Also surviving are their children, David...
Gwendolyn Rostorfer
Aug 23, 2010
Gwendolyn B. Southard Rostorfer, 90, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Monday, August 23, 2010 at the Logan Acres Care Center in Bellefontaine. She was born November 11, 1919, in Logan County Ohio, to the late Forest and Bessie (Hemminger) Watkins. On November 29, 1937 she married her first husband, Kenneth E. Southard, and he preceded her in death September 29,...

Harold Leopard
Aug 16, 2010
After a two year battle with cancer, Harold “Bob” Robert Leopard, 68, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Monday, August 16, 2010 at the Logan Acres Care Center in Bellefontaine surrounded by his loving family. He was born July 30, 1942 in Mingo, Ohio to the late Harold and Frances (Dunn) Leopard. On April 10, 1982 he married his loving wife,...
Gail Harman
Aug 14, 2010
Gail E. Harman, 74, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at her residence. She was born February 17, 1936 in Bellefontaine, to the late Paul and Georgia (Wortman) Burton. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lloyd Harman, whom she married December 20, 2003 in Wear Valley, Tennessee. Also preceding her in death was a step-son,...
Brandon Shupe
Aug 12, 2010
Brandon Michael Shupe, 27, of Greensburg, Indiana, passed away Thursday, August 12, 2010 as a result of a motorcycle accident in Greensburg, IN. He was born January 14, 1983 in Bellefontaine, Ohio to Debbie Lewis of Bellefontaine and Brad (April) Shupe of Sugarcreek, Ohio. He is survived by his brothers, Specialist SPC Matthew T. (fiancé, Tanner Osborne) Cavinder of Russells...
Jo Stearns
Aug 10, 2010
Jo Ann Stearns, 72, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, formerly of Russells Point, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at Essex of Springfield. She was born October 2, 1937 in Rushsylvania, Ohio to the late Marshall W. and Goldie A. (Downey) Stearns. Surviving is a son, Paul G. (Angel Barhorst) of Bellefontaine; daughters, Kim Laughlin of Columbus, Ohio, Ruth Kathleen Thornburg...

Violet Cline
Aug 10, 2010
Violet D. Siegenthaler Cline, 91, of Huntsville, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at the Green Hills Care Center in West Liberty, Ohio. She was born April 13, 1919 in Springfield, Ohio, to the late Hobert Tingley and Maude (Payne) Newman. She is survived by a son, Robert (Rita) Siegenthaler Jr. of Lewistown, Ohio; daughters, Nancy L. Groves of...
Harriet Kies
Aug 6, 2010
Harriet M. Kies, 79, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Friday, August 6, 2010 in the Logan Acres Care Center in Bellefontaine. She was born April 11, 1931, the daughter of the late Harry P. and Marie (Miller) Roebuck. She is survived by her husband, Henry A. “Hank” Kies, whom she married June 22, 1952 in Belle Center, Ohio; two sons,...

Rhonda Ford
Aug 6, 2010
Rhonda R. Ford, 47, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Friday, August 6, 2010 at her residence. She was born August 1, 1963 in Columbus, Ohio to the late Reford and Candace Mahon. On March 13, 1985 she married John W. Ford, in Melbourne, Florida, and he survives along with two sons, Timothy J. and Jeremy A. Ford both of Bellefontaine,...
Nancy Dearwester
Aug 5, 2010
Nancy Ann Dearwester, 78, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Thursday, August 5, 2010 at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima, Ohio. She was born January 16, 1932 in Cedarville, Ohio to the late Frederick Karl and Donna Isabel (Ford) Hanauer. On December 25, 1961 she married William “Willie” Dearwester in Bellefontaine, and he survives along with three daughters, Beverly “B.J.”...

Robert Bazzle
Aug 5, 2010
Robert Max Bazzle, 79, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, went home to be with the Lord Sunday, August 15, 2010, surrounded in his home by his family. He was born in Ashley, Ohio January 19, 1931, to the late Ivan Paul and Mae Freda Foust Bazzle. He also was preceded in death by a sister, Paula Mae Bazzle Waner; a half-sister, Betty...

Kimberly Close
Aug 4, 2010
Kimberly K. Close, 48, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at her residence. She was born December 7, 1961 to the late Edwin D. and Alberta L. (Creviston) Orahood. On March 20, 1980, she married Rickey “Rick” Close Sr. in Bellefontaine, and he survives along with a son, Rickey (Jessica) Close Jr. of Indianapolis, Indiana; daughters, Rosalie...
John Jeffrey
Aug 1, 2010
Prominent Logan County leader, John A. “Jake” Jeffrey passed away at home in Bellefontaine, Ohio August 1, 2010. He was 83 years old. Teacher, Principal, “Coach of the Year”, and "Coach of the Decade” for the 1960’s, Jake was also well known as an elected official for the City of Bellefontaine City Council from 1975-1979, and Logan County Commissioner from...
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