Category: Obituaries

Beulah Winchester, 93,

Beulah Winchester OAKWOOD – Beulah Winchester, 93, of Oakwood died at 6:56 p.m. Monday, February 11, 2013 at Mercy Hospital in Defiance. She was born December 31, 1919 in Oakwood to the late Harry and Alma (Fitzwater) Grimes. On April 6, 1940 she married Leo E. Winchester who died December 28, 2011. She is survived…

Betty Louise (Grunden) Garver, age 81

Betty Louise (Grunden) Garver, age 81 died Tuesday, February 12 at the Gardens of Paulding, Paulding, Ohio. She was born July 20, 1931 in Paulding co., the daughter of Walter and Bernice (Copsey) Casper. On July 21, 1947 she married Robert Ray Grunden who preceded her in death on June 9, 1995. On November 9,…

Thelma A. Hill

Thelma A. Hill age 98 died February 11, 2013 at the Community Health Professionals / Hospice Center in Defiance Ohio. She was born in Briceton Ohio on July 27, 1914 the daughter of Paul and Elizabeth (Blake) Martin. On June 6, 1931 she married Waveland C. Hill who preceded her in death on December 22,…

Viola M. Ramon, age 88

Viola M. Ramon, age 88 died Thursday, February 7 at the Putnam Acres Nursing Home, Ottawa, OH. She was born December 15, 1924 in Cameron, Texas, the daughter of Louis and Laura (Branstetter) Denker. On October 9, 1942 she married Joseph A. Ramon, who preceded her in death on November 2, 1985. She was employed…

Mary Lorraine Kitson, 77

Mary Lorraine Kitson, 77, of Antwerp, passed away Thursday, February 7, 2013 at Community Memorial Hospital, Hicksville. Mary was born in Reading, PA on May 7, 1935, a daughter of the late Virginia K. (Bowen) and David  Baker. She was a  switchboard operator at Goshen Hospital; a realtor in Ohio & Indiana and  a volunteer…

Ashley Anne Messmann, age 28

Ashley Anne Messmann, age 28 died Tuesday, February 5, 2013 from injuries sustained in an auto accident. She was born December 8, 1984 in Defiance, Ohio, the daughter of Robert “Bob” and Pamela S. (Gross) Gardner. On July 7, 2007 she married Harrison “Harry” Messmann, who survives. She was employed by West Bend News as…

Ruby M. Nern, 84, of Antwerp

Ruby M. Nern, 84, of Antwerp, passed away Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at Hickory Creek Nursing Home, Hicksville. Ruby was born in Oak Hill, Ohio on August 21, 1928, a daughter of the late Dovie (Scarberry) and John  Craft. She worked at Bryan Custom Plastics & was a member of Mount Calvary Lutheran Church of…

Leo Freeman Davis

PAYNE: Leo Freeman Davis, age 97 died Sunday, January 27, 2013 at the Country Inn Enhanced Living Center, Paulding. He was born December 6, 1915 in Payne, Ohio the son of James and Pearl (Merica) Davis. On January 16, 1938 he married Caroline E. Schaefer, who preceded him in death on May 10, 2008. Leo…

Beth A. Marihugh

Beth A. Marihugh, 64, died Saturday, January 26, 2013 at Community Memorial Hospital, Hicksville, Ohio. She was born on April 15, 1948 in Hicksville, the daughter of the late Marshall and Ethel (Smalley) Fields. She was a 1966 graduate of Hicksville High School. On April 15, 1967, she was united in marriage with Elmer Marihugh…

Dortha Schaefer, 92 obituary

Dortha E. Schaefer, 92 of Payne willingly accepted death when she passed away Jan. 23, 2013 She was born in Payne on November 21, 1920 a daughter  of the late John & Vivian (Outland) Bonner. On Feb 3, 1940 she married Roy Schaefer. Dortha was a substitute mail carrier for 17 years and a rural…

Dorothy Coleen Jeffery,

ANTWERP: Dorothy Coleen Jeffery, age 89 died Tuesday, January 15 in the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center, Van Wert, OH. She was born February 28, 1923 in Antwerp, Ohio, the daughter of Carl F. and Norma C. (Filley) Smith. On February 2, 1941 she married Ray R. Jeffery. She was a member of Antwerp United Methodist…

Carol A. Dix

PAULDING: Carol A. Dix, age 66, died Friday, January 11 at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Ft. Wayne, IN. She was born September 4, 1946 in Ft. Wayne, IN, the daughter of Carlton and Cemantha (Sprague) Cluts. On June 28, 1969 she married Roger E. Dix, who survives. She was previously employed by Paulding Exempted Village…

Hulet “Bill” Arms,

OAKWOOD: Hulet “Bill” Arms, age 82 died Saturday, January 12, 2013 after a long battle with Silicosis of the lungs, in the Laurels of Defiance, Defiance, Ohio. He was born October 23, 1930 in Bucu (Dickenson County), VA, in a W. M. Ritter Lumber Camp, the son of John T. and Bonnie (Lester) Arms. He…