Obituaries

Helen Coy
Dec 25, 2008
Helen R. Coy, 67, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Thursday, December 25, 2008 at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. She was born March 23, 1941 in Lewistown, Ohio, to the late William L. and Mary Onofer Harford. She married George Coy Jr. on January 19, 1957, and he survives. She is also survived by sons, Tony (Barbara) Coy of Qunicy,...

Charles Rutherford
Dec 25, 2008
Charles F. Rutherford, 82, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, December 25, 2008, at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. He was born on October 24, 1926 in Gallia County, Ohio, to the late Roscoe Cecil and Lucy M. Spencer Rutherford. On April 13, 1989, he married Barbara May Blackson in Bellefontaine, Ohio, and she preceded him in death on...

Connie Kinney
Dec 23, 2008
Connie M. Kinney, 48, of West Mansfield, Ohio, died Tuesday evening, December 23, 2008, at her residence. She was born in Marysville, Ohio, on February 20, 1960, a daughter of the late George and Carolyn Shoemaker Zedeker. She also was preceded in death by a brother, Doug Zedeker. Survivors include two daughters, Lora (Roger) Stiles of Bellefontaine, Ohio, and Mandy...

Mary Finefrock
Dec 23, 2008
Mary-Jane Finefrock passed away Tuesday, December 23, 2008, at Mary Rutan Hospital, less than a month before her 89th birthday. She lived in Bellefontaine, Ohio, for more than 60 years, raised three children here, made lifelong friends, and encouraged the planting and preservation of shade trees. She was born Mary-Jane Smith January 11, 1920, in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up...

Doris Sloan
Dec 23, 2008
Doris A. Sloan, age 81 of Belle Center, Ohio, died Tuesday December 23, 2008, at Kenton Nursing Home and Rehabiliation in Kenton, Ohio. She was born December 1, 1927 in Huntsville, Ohio, the daughter of Scott and Mary Wolfe Hoon, who preceded her death. She was married to Wilbur Sloan who survives. Also surviving is a sister, Agnes H. Fisher,...
John Houchins
Dec 22, 2008
John R. “Catspaw” Houchins, 52, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Monday, December 22, 2008 at The Ohio State University Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He was born June 22, 1956, in Bellefontaine to the late James E. & Ruth Irene Herford Houchin. He was also preceded in death by brothers, Fredrick & James Houchin, and a sister, Anita “Butchie” Hooper. He...

JoLynn Brown
Dec 22, 2008
JoLynn Brown, 72, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Monday, December 22, 2008, at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, Ohio. She was born to the late James & Leola Harris McCray December 3, 1936, in Cincinnati, Ohio. She married John Brown Sr. in Logan County February 10, 1953 and he passed away in 2000. She is survived by her sons, John...
David Fairchild
Dec 20, 2008
David Dean Fairchild, 68, of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away Saturday, December 20, 2008, in the Miami Valley Hospital Dayton, Ohio. He was born in Champaign County October 22, 1940, the son of the late Charles and Mary (Gaver) Fairchild. Also preceding him in death were his sister and brother-in-law Patricia and Robert Long. He is survived by his wife,...

Margaret Mueller
Dec 20, 2008
Margaret L. “Peg” Mueller, 63, formerly of Columbus, Ohio, passed away Saturday, December 20, 2008, at Green Hills Care Center in West Liberty, Ohio. She was born in Columbus March 17, 1945, a daughter of the late Adalbert C. and Lois I. Neff Mueller. Survivors include a brother, Charles F. Mueller of Findlay, Ohio; sister, Luann (John) Kauffman of Belle...

William Todd
Dec 19, 2008
William H. Todd, 85, of West Liberty, Ohio, died Friday, December 19, 2008, at Mary Rutan Hospital In Bellefontaine, Ohio. He was born in Cleveland, a son of the late Alfred S. and Margaret Mary Patton Todd. On September 10, 1988, he married the former Sheryl S. Berry in Bellefontaine, and she preceded him in death June 25, 2007. Survivors...

George Meyer
Dec 17, 2008
George Herman Meyer, 70, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, December 17, 2008, at the Ohio State University Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He was born on February 20, 1938 in Ft. Jennings, Ohio, to the late Adolph and Regina Wyantt Meyer. On January 15, 1966, he married the former Rebecca “Becky” Harrison in Bellefontaine and she survives. He is...

Lawrence Zeller
Dec 17, 2008
Lawrence W. Zeller, 82, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, December 17, 2008, at Logan Acres. He was born in Indianapolis on July 30, 1926, a son of the late Lawrence W. Sr. and Elizabeth Cavanaugh Zeller. On August 21, 1948, he married the former Dolores Surgue and she survives, along with a son, David; a daughter, Mary E. (John)...
Philip Ganson
Dec 17, 2008
Philip L. Ganson, 80, of Huntsville, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, December 17, 2008, at his home surrounded by his family and a very special friend, Wendy Davis. He had been in failing health for some time. He was born January 31, 1928, in West Liberty, Ohio, the son of the late Roy & Edna Wells Ganson. His wife of 61...

Harry Carnes Sr
Dec 17, 2008
Harry B. Carnes Sr., 76, of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, December 17, 2008, at the Green Hills Retirement Community in West Liberty. He was born in Bellefontaine April 16, 1932, a son of the late Michael and Cecil Jacobs Carnes. On December 9, 1951, he married the former Lois A. Ellis in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, and she passed away...

Phyllis Yoder
Dec 17, 2008
Phyllis N. Yoder, 90, of West Liberty, Ohio, died Wednesday, December 17, 2008, at the Green Hills Retirement Center in West Liberty. She was born in Logan County on January 20, 1918, a daughter of the late Floyd R. and Kathryn B. Plank Yoder. Survivors include a sister, Celia (Gayler) Hooley of West Liberty; 19 nieces and nephews; a brother-in-law,...
Daisy Gossard
Dec 14, 2008
Daisy A. Gossard, 90, of Belle Center, Ohio, passed away Sunday, December 14, 2008 at her residence. She was born June 6, 1918 to the late Halley Arthur and Blanche Tuttle Wilson. On March 12, 1940, in Hardin County, she married Russell Gossard and he preceded her in death November 10, 1982. She was also preceded in death by a...

Marilyn Kinney
Dec 13, 2008
Marilyn Elizabeth Kinney, 83, of Rushsylvania, Ohio, passed away Saturday, December 13, 2008, at Mary Rutan Hospital. She was born in Logan County on December 28, 1924, a daughter of the late John P. and Myrtle Mae Windham Johnson. She also was preceded in death by a granddaughter, DeeAnna M. Kinney Batton. On September 1, 1942, she married Gilbert “Bud”...

Ann Klemme
Dec 13, 2008
Ann Elizabeth Klemme, 85, of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away Saturday, December 13, 2008, at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, Ohio. She was born in Bellefontaine on October 27, 1923, a daughter of the late Harry W. and Elizabeth Buchenroth Messner. On August 17, 1947, she married Raymond James Klemme in Bellefontaine and he preceded her in death March 23,...

Virginia Bloom
Dec 11, 2008
Virginia Ann Hall Bloom, 90, of Versailles, Kentucky, and formerly of Belle Center, Ohio, passed away Thursday, December 11, 2008, at Hospice of the Bluegrass in Frankfort, Kentucky. She was born in Circleville on August 25, 1918, a daughter of the late Samuel E. “Sam” and Ruth Lois Smith Hall. She also was preceded in death by her husband, James...

William Moffitt
Dec 11, 2008
William Harley Moffitt, 65, of West Liberty, Ohio, died at his home among family Thursday, December 11, 2008, after a short battle with cancer. He was born November 21, 1943, in Bellefontaine, a son of the late Wayne and Josephine Moffitt. He married the former Priscilla Ann Hartzler on July 11, 1964, in West Liberty, and they recently celebrated 44...
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