Obituaries

Joel McCullough
Sep 5, 2009
Joel McCullough, 58, of Sidney, Ohio, passed away Saturday, September, 5, 2009, at Heartland of Indian Lake. He was born November 11, 1950 in Greenville, Mississippi, the son of Frank R. and Lillian (Burks) McCullough whom both survive of Bellefontaine. In addition to his parents, he is survived by four brothers; Frank (Maxine) McCullough, Jr. of Detroit, Michigan, Verne (Tonya)...
Emmett Welch
Sep 5, 2009
Emmett “Kelly” Welch, 50, of Lewistown, Ohio, passed away Saturday, September 5, 2009 in the Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. He was born on November 17, 1958, the son of Emmett Welch Jr., who preceded him in death and Betty L. (Scott) Kinney, who survives in West Mansfield, Ohio. He is also survived by his wife, Bobbie...

Donald Westfall
Sep 4, 2009
Donald “Bo” Westfall, 60, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away at his residence on Friday, September 4, 2009. He was born on April 28, 1949 in Logan County, Ohio to the late Donald and Mildred Louise (Chess) Westfall. He married Kendra Plank on November 11, 1967 in West Liberty, Ohio, and she survives along with a daughter, Dina Westfall, Preceding him...
Joan Schultz
Sep 4, 2009
Joan Lee Schultz, 84, of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away on Friday, September 4, 2009 at the Green Hills Care Center in West Liberty. She was born on June 25, 1925 in Defiance, Ohio, to the late Lester and Irma (Tate) Ensign. Also preceding her in death were two brothers. On August 21, 1954, she married Ralph Schultz in Defiance,...

Zelma Cooke
Sep 3, 2009
Zelma Agnes Cooke, 101, formerly of Belle Center, Ohio, passed away Thursday, September 3, 2009, at the Hardin Hills Health Center in Kenton, Ohio. She was born October 2, 1907 in Crawfordsville, Iowa, to the late James E. and Elizabeth (Scott) Cooke. She was preceded in death by her brother, Roe Cooke and sisters, Frances Nadine Cooke, Zenaide Phillips and...

Elizabeth Shellhaas
Sep 2, 2009
Elizabeth “Betty” J. Shellhaas, 87, of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, passed away September 2, 2009 in Littleton, Colorado. Pastor Bryan Meadows will conduct a graveside service at 1:00 P.M. in the Bellefontaine Cemetery Saturday, May 29, 2010. The staff at the Eichholtz Funeral Home in Bellefontaine handled the arrangements.

Herbert Foreman
Sep 1, 2009
Herbert E. Foreman, 81, of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, September 01, 2009, at his residence. He was born April 25, 1928 in Logan County, Ohio to the late George Guy and Mary May (Hudson) Foreman. On January 31, 1950, he married Phyllis M. Hudson in Angola, Indiana, and she survives along with their children, Stephen (Kaylee) Foreman of...

Kenneth Barrett
Aug 27, 2009
Kenneth B. Barrett, 71, of Rushsylvania, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, August 27, 2009, at Logan Acres Care Center in Bellefontaine, Ohio. He was born on October 14, 1937 in Union County, Indiana, to the late Ernest and Cora (Wilder) Barrett. On July 7, 1957, he married his first wife, Donna (Logan) Barrett in Andersonville, Indiana, and she preceded him...

Melvin Pyhtilla
Aug 25, 2009
Melvin “Mel” Veikko Jaako Pyhtilla, 88, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, August 25, 2009, in Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. He was born August 13, 1921 in Nisula, Finland, the son of the late Andrew and Anna (Jokola) Pyhtila. On October 18, 1985, he married Donna M. (Neer) in Lima, Ohio, and she survives. He is also survived by...
Michael LeVan
Aug 24, 2009
Michael L. LeVan, 68, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away on Monday, August 24, 2009, at the Ohio State University James Cancer Center in Columbus, Ohio. He was born on January 14, 1941 in Troy, Ohio, to the late Charles William and Margaret Helen (Roach) LeVan. On September 30, 1961, he married Jeanette English at the St. Patrick Catholic Church in...
Frances Mills
Aug 23, 2009
Frances Louise Davis Mills, 88, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, August 23, 2009, at Heartland of Bellefontaine. She was born on August 3, 1921, in Belle Center, Ohio, to the late Clinton and Minnie (Grow) Davis. On May 16, 1947 the Rev. V.A. Chesterman, of the First Church of God in Bellefontaine, married her and Don E. Mills...

Richard Newland
Aug 21, 2009
Richard T. Newland Richard T. Newland, 86, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Friday, August 21, 2009, at Heartland of Bellefontaine. He was born October 7, 1922, in Urbana, Ohio, a son of the late Helen Jacobs Newland Morgan Grimes. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Patricia Newland; a brother, Harold Newland; four brothers-in-law and three sisters-in-law. On...
Ernest Horsley
Aug 21, 2009
Ernest Eugene Horsley, 72, of West Liberty, Ohio, went to be with his heavenly father Friday, August 21, 2009, in his residence. He was born February 3, 1937, in Pike County, Ohio, son of the late Delbert and Mabel Orsborne Horsley Reed. On January 4, 1963, he married Ethel Stevens in Concord, Ohio, and they were married for 46 years....

Ralph Jackson
Aug 20, 2009
Ralph E. Jackson, 66, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Thursday, August 20, 2009, at his residence. He was born May 25, 1943, in Urbana, Ohio, a son of Rovella Scott Jackson, who survives in Urbana, and the late Edward Jackson. He also was preceded in death by a sister, Ramona Jane Howell. On March 7, 1970, he married the former...

David Lusby
Aug 16, 2009
David L. Lusby, 52, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, August 16, 2009 at the Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. He was born on January 30, 1957, in Bellefontaine to the late Benjamin Lusby and Lucile (Amos) Lusby who survives in Bellefontaine. On April 6, 1990, he married Lee Ann Hughes in Bellefontaine and she survives along with two...

Pamela Coe
Aug 15, 2009
Pamela Sue Coe, 54, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Saturday, August 15, 2009. She was born in Bellefontaine November 20, 1954, a daughter of the late Wardner and Wannitta Williams. A sister, Wanda Williams, also preceded her in death. Employed at the Lutheran Thrift Center in Bellefontaine from 1996 to 2008, she is survived by three sons, Christian (Mary) Herring...

Raymond Bailey
Aug 15, 2009
Raymond Russell Bailey, 77, of West Liberty, Ohio, went home to be with the Lord at 9:03 A.M. Saturday, August 15, 2009, at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He was born in Logan County Ohio, on July 1, 1932, a son of the late George L. and Mildred Couchman Bailey. On October 26, 1957,...

Kathryn Allen
Aug 15, 2009
Kathryn N. Allen Kathryn N. Allen, 82, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away on Saturday, August 15, 2009, at the home of her granddaughter. She was born on January 24, 1927 in Huntsville, Ohio, to the late Earl R. and Lena Mae (Shroyer) McAdams. On July 20, 1945, she married William L. Allen in Belle Center, Ohio, and he preceded her...

Russel Anderson
Aug 14, 2009
Russel Blaine Anderson, 93, passed away Friday, August 14, 2009, at the Logan Acres Care Center in Bellefontaine, Ohio. He was born April 17, 1916, in Columbus, Ohio, a son of the late Russel H. and Lena Gilmere Anderson of Centerburg. He was preceded in death by his wife, Clarissa Elizabeth Ralls; a son, Timothy Blaine Anderson; and a sister,...

Danny Sullivan
Aug 14, 2009
Danny J. “Goober” Sullivan, 57, of Belle Center, Ohio, died at 9:25 P.M. Friday, August 14, 2009, at Lima Memorial Health System in Lima, Ohio. He was born in Kenton, Ohio, on August 14, 1952, a son of Fern Ann Tevis Sullivan, who survives in Belle Center, and the late Richard D. Sullivan. On December 12, 1975, he married the...
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