Obituaries

Edwin Plank
Apr 25, 2009
Edwin “Ed” J. Plank, 65, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, and formerly of Turkey, North Carolina, died Saturday, April 25, 2009, in his home. He was born in Bellefontaine on December 1, 1943, a son of Alma Fern Headings Plank, who survives in Bellefontaine, and the late John Philip Plank. He also was preceded in death by a stepson, Dan Dickinson. On...

Clarissa Anderson
Apr 20, 2009
Clarissa Elizabeth Anderson, 86, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away on Monday, April 20, 2009, at the Logan Acres Care Center in Bellefontaine, Ohio. She was born in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, on January 10, 1923, to the late Thomas Augustus and Mary Elizabeth (Kelly) Ralls. She was preceded in death by a son, Timothy Blaine Anderson. On February 19, 1942, 67...

Thomas Skeen
Apr 19, 2009
Thomas W. Skeen, 79, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, April 19, 2009, at the Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. He was born in Lakeview, Ohio, on June 30, 1929 to the late Doyle Skeen and Alberta (Cavinder) Newkirk. On May 23, 1953, in Bellefontaine, he married Carol (Fridley) Skeen, and she survives along with a daughter, Deborah (Doug)...
Mary Patrick
Apr 14, 2009
Mary C. Patrick, 91, of Rushsylvania, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at the Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, Ohio. She was born on December 10, 1917, in Rushsylvania to the late Frank R. and Edna E. Hommel Roberts. On June 5, 1935, she married Ansley C. Patrick in Rushsylvania and he preceded her in death on April...

Nancye Trimble
Apr 11, 2009
Nancye C. Trimble, 75, of Ray, Ohio, passed away Saturday, April 11, 2009, at the Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She was born September 25, 1933, a daughter of the late Arnold and Emma Brown. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Arthur L. Shepard. On June 17, 1972, she married Patrick C. Trimble in West Liberty,...

Geraldine Ruble
Apr 10, 2009
Geraldine Ruble, 87, of Belle Center, Ohio, died at 7:07 P.M. Friday, April 10, 2009, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Kenton, Ohio. She was born January 1, 1922, in Logan County, a daughter of the late Charles and Cleta Houchin Royer. On May 28, 1940, she married Alpha R. Ruble in Bellefontaine, Ohio, and he preceded her in death February...

Ray Hatcher
Apr 9, 2009
Ray A. Hatcher, 88, of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away Thursday, April 9, 2009 at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, Ohio. He was born May 11, 1920 in Kenton, Ohio, to the late Joseph O. and Margaret (McCullough) Hatcher. On February 15, 1948, he married Martha C. Hatcher in Kenton, Ohio, and she preceded him in death March 4, 1997....
Gordon Holliday
Apr 9, 2009
Gordon “Doc” Hugh Holliday, 60, of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away Thursday, April 9, 2009 at his residence. He was born June 15, 1948, the son of the late, Hugh Emerson and Eva Belle (Watkins) Holliday. He is survived by his wife, Nancy L. Spencer, his daughter, Tracy (George) Taylor of Chillicothe, Ohio, a sister, Karen (Christian) Oberlies of Bellefontaine,...

Lillian Crowley
Apr 8, 2009
Lillian J. Crowley, 75, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at the Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. She was born in Brooklyn, New York April 26, 1933, to the late Phillip and Lillian (Grogan) Foley. On June 13, 1953, she married Charles C. Crowley in Brooklyn, New York, and he preceded her in death on May 11,...

Welman Crisler
Apr 7, 2009
Welman Dale Crisler, 76, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2009, in St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. He was born October 16, 1932, in Rushsylvania, Ohio, to the late Thomas Russel and Mary Olga (Ansley) Crisler. On August 20, 1955, he married Marilyn S. (Messner) Crisler, and she survives. He is also survived by five children, Teresa...

Douglas McGee
Apr 7, 2009
Douglas Allen McGee, 54, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, died Tuesday, April 7, 2009, at The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. He was born in Bellefontaine on April 27, 1954, a son of the late Earnest and Ellen Benton McGee. Survivors include a sister, Terry (Bud) Mees of DeGraff, Ohio; a brother, Edwin (Barbara) McGee of Jamestown; two nieces,...

Gretchen Jenkins
Apr 5, 2009
Gretchen E. “Beth” Jenkins, 46, of Danbury, Connecticut, and formerly of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Sunday, April 5, 2009 at her Aunt’s home in Bumpass, Virginia. She was born September 12, 1962 in Bellefontaine, to Jerry Edwin and Frances M. Wood Jenkins and they survive in Green Cove Springs, Florida. Also surviving are 2 brothers, David L. (Laura) Jenkins of...

Alma Markley
Apr 2, 2009
Alma Elizabeth Markley, 82, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2009 at her residence. She was born on January 11, 1927 in Morgantown, West Virginia, to the late John & Wilhelmine Ernst Kraus. On August 16, 1952, she married William Robert Markley in Morgantown, West Virginia, and he preceded her in death on October 12, 2006. Also preceding...

Charles Knight
Mar 31, 2009
Charles “Charlie” R. Knight, 77, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at his residence. He was born on September 26, 1931 in Bellefontaine, to the late Charles Hershel and Gladys Twila Cost Knight. On September 27, 1998 he married Eleanor Thompson in Bellefontaine and she survives. Also surviving is his mother-in-law, Esther Thompson; a son, David...

Judith Shannon
Mar 29, 2009
Judith Kay Shannon Judith Kay Shannon, 67, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Sunday, March 29, 2009, at her daughter’s residence in Union City, Ohio. She was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio on September 1, 1941, to the late Macolm & Ruby Dye Floss. She is survived by 3 sons, Randy (Cyndie) Shannon of Russells Point, Ohio, Rusty (Roni) Shannon of Kenton,...

Thelma Neer
Mar 29, 2009
Thelma Irene Huffman Neer, 75, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away at the Green Hills Care Center in West Liberty, Ohio, on Sunday, March 29, 2009. She was born in West Liberty on March 11, 1934, to the late Marston “Mike” and Nellie Irene Fields Huffman. Surviving is her loving companion, James “Jimmy” Knoff of Bellefontaine, Ohio; a son, Roger Philip...
Byron Wickersham
Mar 26, 2009
Byron F. “Wick” Wickersham, 86, of Zanesfield, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, March 26, 2009, at Heartland of Bellefontaine, Ohio. He was born on April 4, 1922 in Zanesfield, Ohio, to the late Charles Emmer and Annise N. Teelle Wickersham. He retired from Molton Gas Service, working until the age of 83. For many years, Wick would play taps for...

Mary Cox
Mar 24, 2009
Mary Joe Cox, 88, of Houston, Texas, and formerly of Belle Center, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at the Oakmont Nursing & Rehab Center in Katy, Texas. She was born in Delphos, Ohio, October 14, 1920, to the late Arthur & Edna Davis Putman. She married Albert Eugene Cox and he preceded her in death in 1968. A...

Kenzy Wright
Mar 23, 2009
Kenzy Layel Wright, daughter of Phillip A. and Heather Lynn Sexton Wright of Rushsylvania, Ohio, was stillborn Monday, March 23, 2009, at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, Ohio. Survivors include two brothers, Hayden Lockwood and Triston Hazel, of the home; one sister, Hailey Lockwood, of the home; paternal grandparents, Deborah and Robert Parsons; maternal grandparents, Gary and Janet Sexton of...
Robert Liles
Mar 22, 2009
Robert Harold Liles, 90, of Belle Center, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, March 22, 2009, at the Green Hills Center in West Liberty, Ohio. Bob was born on December 21, 1918 in Kenton, Ohio, to the late Clyde and Ruth (Wolfley) Liles. On January 30, 1944, 65 years ago, he married Margaret Grace Albers in Loveland, Colorado, and she survives....
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