Obituaries

Jan 19, 2013

Luella Mae Devine, 78, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Saturday, January 19, 2013 at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. She was born June 15, 1934 in Bellefontaine, to the late Willis and Opal (Dixon) Devine. She is survived by her son, Donald Devine of Bellefontaine. A homemaker and a member of the Zanesfield Community Chapel, Luella enjoyed working with...

Jan 18, 2013

Sharon Yvonne St. Clair, 49, of Sidney, Ohio, passed away Friday, January 18, 2013 at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima, Ohio with her family by her side. She was born August 22, 1963 in Bellefontaine, Ohio to Rudy E. and Virginia (Robb) Dowdy, who survive in Bellefontaine. On January 9, 1999, she married Greg St. Clair in Bellefontaine and...

Jan 18, 2013

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Martha E. Leiss, 93, of Jackson Center, Ohio, passed away Friday, January 18, 2013 at Logan Acres Care Center in Bellefontaine, Ohio. She was born June 24, 1919 in Shelby County Ohio, to the late Wilbur and Dora (Mumaw) Magoto. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl...

Jan 17, 2013

Norman E. Maddox, 76, of Huntsville, Ohio, passed away Thursday evening, January 17, 2013 at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima, Ohio. He was born in Madeira, Ohio August 18, 1936, to the late William L. and Roberta (Combs) Maddox. He was also preceded in death by his brother, William “Lewis” Maddox and a sister, RoseMary Osterhout. Norman is survived...

Jan 14, 2013

Virginia M. Griffith, 92, formerly of Lakeview, Ohio, passed away at Logan Acres Care Center in Bellefontaine, Ohio Monday, January 14, 2013. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania April 4, 1920, to the late William and Della (Bergener) Klee. On September 17, 1941 she married Robert A. Griffith, Sr. in Wellsburg, West Virginia, and he preceded her in death December...

Jan 10, 2013

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Steve Kraus, 58, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Thursday, January 10, 2013 at the Springfield Regional Medical Center in Springfield, Ohio. He was born March 2, 1954 in Delaware, Ohio, to Howard Kraus of Delaware, and the late Jennie Mae (Liggett) Kraus. He is survived by his wife, Maureen Predmore, whom he married February 25, 2000, in Las...

Jan 7, 2013

Send Flowers Steven Wayne Leiss September 2, 1951 - January 7, 2013

Steven Wayne Leiss, 61, of Quincy, Ohio passed away at 4:07 P.M. January 7, 2013, surrounded by family and friends at his home. He was born September 2, 1951, in Sidney, Ohio to the late Clarence Elmer Leiss and Lova Ella Watkins Leiss who survives in Sidney....

Jan 6, 2013

Carolyn J. “Ninny” Troutwine, 70, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Sunday evening, January 6, 2013 at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. She was born in Dayton, Ohio August 27, 1942, to the late Dwight and Dorothy Hayes Gustin. In 1981, she married Charles Troutwine in Dayton, and he preceded her in death May 6, 2006. She was also preceded...

Jan 3, 2013

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Rickie Lee Lawrence, 52, of Lakeview, Ohio, passed away Thursday, January 3, 2013. Rickie was born in Richwood, West Virginia April 2, 1960. Rickie is survived by his mother and step-father Virginia and Ora Brewster of Garrett, Indiana; brothers Randy Lawrence of Charlotte, North Carolina and Ralph Lawrence of...

Jan 3, 2013

Franklin T. “Bud” Tolbert, 77, of Sidney, Ohio, passed away at 12:25 A.M. Thursday, January 3, 2013 at Fair Haven Shelby County Home in Sidney, Ohio. He was born in Kimbell, West Virginia April 27, 1935, to the late Clifford G. and Cecil Gibson Tolbert. On January 9, 1971, he married the former Deloris Shortridge and she survives. He is...

Jan 3, 2013

Carole E. Cunningham, 79, of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away Thursday, January 3, 2013 at Green Hills Community in West Liberty. She was born November 27, 1933 in Butler, Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late John W. and Bernice (Moore) Burris. She was also preceded in death by a son, Dale Cunningham; a sister, Kathleen Burris; brothers, Dale and Wendell...

Jan 3, 2013

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M. Louise Arbogast, 92, of Belle Center, Ohio, passed away Thursday, January 3, 2013 at Logan Acres Care Center in Bellefontaine, Ohio. She was born in Rushsylvania, Ohio June 20, 1920, to the late Charles S. and Geneva S (Peaver) Simpson. Preceding her in death was her first husband,...

Jan 2, 2013

On January 2, 2013 Twyla N. Smith went home to meet her Lord, and join the other family and friends who have passed on before her. Twyla was born September 15, 1919, to the late James and Donna (Rutledge) Bartlett. She was also preceded in death by two brothers James Richard and Millard James Bartlett. Twyla grew up in the...

Dec 30, 2012

Virginia Lee Elliott, 69, of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee passed away at home Sunday, December 30, 2012. She was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio June 13, 1943, to the late Ralph R. and Mildred V. Gildow Williams, Sr. Virginia is survived by her children: Joni Cochran and Jami Porter, both of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee and Joe Elliott of Indianapolis, Indiana; grandchildren Jennifer...

Dec 28, 2012

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William Leo Fullerton, 95, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, was reunited with the love of his life Friday afternoon, December 28, 2012 from Green Hills Community in West Liberty, Ohio. Leo was born in Huntsville, Ohio October 26, 1917, to the late Robert Tiry and Beryl Faye Morton Fullerton. He married...

Dec 19, 2012

Wanda F. Trabert, 77, of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, Ohio. She was born August 26, 1935 in Cloden, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Winifred and Ora B. (Martin) Honaker. She married Robert L. Trabert November 22, 1953, in Sidney, Ohio and he preceded her in death June...

Dec 14, 2012

Theda (Kindell) Bauer, 94, of Quitman, Georgia, passed away Friday, December 14, 2012 in Quitman. She was born January 10, 1918, a daughter of the late Newton S. and Ruth (Wagner) Kindell. On March 6, 1938 in Bellefontaine, Ohio, she married Edward Bauer and he preceded her in death in 2005. She was also preceded in death by brothers, Walter...

Dec 12, 2012

Iris M. Angle, 90, of Bellefontaine, Ohio passed away Wednesday morning December 12, 2012, at Green Hills Community in West Liberty, Ohio. She was born in Marion, Ohio November 22, 1922, to the late Fred and Mary Atha Everly. Her mother passed away when Iris was four, and was adopted by the late Elza and Matilda Wooley Mouser of West...

Dec 11, 2012

Leath A. Moon, 43, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at his home. He was born February 8, 1969, a son of the late Larry Moon and Anita (Smith) Stalk, who survives in Bellefontaine. Also preceding him in death was an infant sister, Amy Leann Moon; his paternal grandparents, George and Hazel Moon; and uncle, Rodney Moon...

Dec 11, 2012

Patricia Ann “Patty” Freisthler, 57, of DeGraff, Ohio, passed away at 1:50 P.M. Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at her home. She was born in Bellefontaine September 23, 1955, to the late Jack Owen and Glenna Jean Moore Bishop. On April 23, 1983 she married Ray Freisthler, and he survives along with three sisters; Debra K. Saxton, Karen Sue Strayer and...