Obituaries

Jan 23, 2017

William Burke, 91, of DeGraff, passed away Monday morning, January 23, 2017 at Green Hills Care Center. Bill was born in Sidney on February 18, 1925 to the late William J. and Cora M. (Crim) Burke. He married Marian Midlam Burke in 1945 in Clinton, Oklahoma and she died December 8, 1973. Bill married Shirley Hall Burke on October...

Jan 23, 2017

Robert A. “Fergie” Ferguson, 71, of Belle Center, passed away on Monday, January 23, 2017, at Mary Rutan Hospital. He was born in Lima, Ohio on October 2, 1945. On March 11, 1969, he married Concepcion Moreno (Soria) Ferguson and she survives. He is also survived by his sons, Robert A. (Jennifer) Ferguson Jr. of Russells Point and Sam (Kristy)...

Jan 22, 2017

Angelina C. Cisneros, 51, of Bellefontaine, passed away at 1:10 a.m. on Sunday, January 22, 2017 at Heartland of Bellefontaine. She was born in Marysville on January 7, 1966 to the late Earl C. Trout and Ruby M. (Stanley) Trout who survives in DeGraff. She is also survived by her sons, Willie (Andrea) Trout of Bowling Green, Ohio and Randy...

Jan 21, 2017

Robert E. “Bob” Instine, 56, of Bellefontaine passed away Saturday, January 21, 2017 at his home. He was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio on May 8, 1960 to the late Zeldon D. and Viola Mae (Brunke) Instine. He was also preceded in death by two sisters, Vera Jean Peters and Joyce Ann Instine. Bob is survived by his three children, Brittany...

Jan 21, 2017

Wesley E. “Wesleypipes” Thompson, 38, of Sidney, passed away Saturday, January 21, 2017 at his residence. He was born in Bellefontaine on April 10, 1978 to Kenneth E. Sickles and Carol Lee (Thompson) Hughes. He is survived by his mother, Carol Lee Hughes; sons, Logan Thompson and Treyce Thompson; sisters, Mary Ann Thompson and Amy Thompson; nieces and nephews, Branten,...

Jan 20, 2017

Lewis Dale Boggs, 38, of Bellefontaine passed away Friday, January 20, 2017 at his residence. He was born in Bellefontaine on December 18, 1978, the son of Jess Boggs of Bellefontaine and Dora Ana (Erion) Branham of Georgetown, KY. He is also survived by his wife, Tammy (Judd) Boggs of Bellefontaine, two step-daughters; Shelby Sedgwick of Richwood and Courtney Sedgwick,...

Jan 19, 2017

Biography

Jenean Jackson, 81, of DeGraff, passed away at 6:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 19, 2017 at home surrounded by her family. She was born in Richwood, Ohio on October 18, 1935 to the late Arthur and Verna (Heminger) Roush. On June 2, 1952, Jenean married her husband of 64 years, Howard “Bud” Jackson, and he survives, along with...

Jan 18, 2017

Ruth E. Yoder, 97, of Goshen, Indiana and formerly of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away at 4:58 P.M. Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017 at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born Aug. 12, 1919, in West Liberty, to Oliver R. & Rose A. (Stoltzfus) Byler. She married Chalmer W. Yoder March 5, 1944, in West Liberty and he passed away October 24, 1979.

Surviving...

Jan 16, 2017

Lois Duncan, 68, of Bellefontaine, passed away Monday, January 16, 2017, at her residence. She was born in Bellefontaine on September 15, 1948 to the late Durward and Peggy (Ricketts) Durnell. She is also preceded in death by her husband, John Robert Duncan, whom she married on February 20, 1969 in Akron, Ohio; son, John Robert “JR” Duncan; sister, Rita...

Jan 16, 2017

Stephen B. Schramm, 67, of Quincy passed away peacefully on Monday, January 16, 2017 in Venice, Florida. He was born in Bellaire, Ohio, on November 5th, 1949, the second of three sons, to Clyde T. "Jack" Schramm and Margaret (Bratka) Schramm. Steve graduated from Wintersville High School, Wintersville, Ohio, in 1968. He was a proud member of the undefeated 1967...

Jan 15, 2017

Richard E. Weeks, 85, of Bellefontaine passed away Sunday, January 15, 2017 in Mary Rutan Hospital, Bellefontaine. He was born in Sidney, Ohio on December 25, 1931, the son of the late William A. and Mildred (Vordemark) Weeks. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Debra Sue Gunderson and a sister, Patricia Barbee. On February 17, 1951, he...

Jan 15, 2017

Bonnie Jean Rockhold Myer, 80, of Bellefontaine, passed away on Sunday, January 15, 2017 at her home. She was born in Byhalia, Ohio on February 27, 1936 to the late John Henry and Blanche Mina (Temple) Rockhold. She was also preceded in death by her granddaughter, Jennifer Birt; two sisters, Rachel Rockhold and Marilyn Howard; and two brothers, Bud...

Jan 12, 2017

Virginia K. McPherson, 76, of Lebanon, Ohio passed away Thursday morning, January 12, 2017 at Spring Hills Nursing Home, Franklin, Ohio. Virginia was born in Lima, Ohio to the late Jasper Claude and Virginia Martin Lewis on December 9, 1940. She married John L. McPherson on July 7, 1962 in Beaverdam and he preceded her in death on November 29,...

Jan 12, 2017

David Howard Oliver, 57, of Bellefontaine, was called home on Thursday, January 12, 2017. He passed away at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH. He was born on August 13, 1959 in Columbus to the late William Howard and Dorothy M. (Thompson) Oliver. Preceding him in death is a brother, James W. Oliver; uncles, John “Jack” Oliver,...

Jan 10, 2017

Madeline C. Richey, 73, of Bellefontaine passed away Tuesday, January 10, 2017 in Mary Rutan Hospital. She was born in Blackfork, Ohio on August 24, 1943, the daughter of the late Melvin and Gloria (Gallimore) Johnson. On February 22, 1969 she married Lawrence E. Richey and he preceded her in death on June 9, 2014. She is survived by a...

Jan 8, 2017

Alice Jean Watkins Hughes left for Glory on January 8, 2017. She was born in Bellefontaine on June 8, 1929 to the late Marion Victor Watkins and Ruth Wells Watkins. Alice Jean will be joining her siblings Bill, Burton, Bud, Gwen and Olive, and her cousin, Ruth Harriet, who was like a sister. She was also preceded in death by...

Jan 8, 2017

Donald C. Bayliss, 87, of Columbus and formerly of Rushsylvania, passed away at 8:59 p.m. on Sunday, January 8, 2017 at Dublin Methodist Hospital. He was born in Rushsylvania, Ohio on March 6, 1929 to the late Fred E. and Hazel B. (Jacobs) Bayliss. He was also preceded in death by a sister and brother-in-law, Ruth (Harvey) Terrill; and three...

Jan 7, 2017

Virginia Irene (Parker) Hatfield, 94, of Bellefontaine, passed away at 12:41 a.m. on Saturday, January 7, 2017 at Mary Rutan Hospital. She was born in Bellefontaine on May 23, 1922 to the late Lester C. and Myrtle Marie (Davis) Parker. Virginia first was married to William Clinton Davis. She later married Ollie James “OJ” Hatfield and he preceded her in...

Jan 5, 2017

Norma Jean Godwin, 84, of Belle Center passed away Thursday, January 5, 2017 in Bellefontaine. She was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio on October 20, 1932, the daughter of the late Harley and Gladys (Lakin) Palmer. She is also preceded in death by a sister, Betty Stevenson and three brothers; Dan Palmer, Jim Palmer and Carroll Schultz. On December 27,...

Jan 2, 2017

Jolena D. Hornung, 65, of Bellefontaine, passed away at 12:41 p.m. on Monday, January 2, 2017. She was born in Lewiston, Maine on June 6, 1951 to the late Robert R. Masson and Barbara A. (Stevens) Masson who survives in Bellefontaine. She is also survived by her children, Monte (Kelly) Hornung of Palmdale, California, and Sheila (Tim) Markley of Rushville,...