Obituaries

Nov 13, 2011

Eileen H. Vellenga, 86, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away at 5:03 A.M. Sunday, November 13, 2011 at the Logan Acres Care Center in Bellefontaine. She was born July 24, 1925, the daughter of the late Harry E. and Edna (Tapp) Hughes. She married John S. Vellenga February 27, 1948 in Rushsylvania, Ohio, and he preceded her in death March...

Nov 12, 2011

LouAnne Devore, age 65, of Middleburg, Ohio, passed away at 2:54 P.M. Saturday, November 12, 2011 at The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. She was born in Urbana, Ohio December 3, 1945, to the late Hobert H. and Clara Lou Cole Harmon. Three brothers, Burl, Roy, and Troy Harmon and three sisters, Sarah Jean Blair, Walledith and...

Nov 11, 2011

Anita S. Franks, 72, of Toledo, Ohio passed away at 11:37 P.M. Friday, November 11, 2011 at the University of Toledo Medical Center. She was born in Kentucky October 28, 1938, to the late Frank and Ethel M. Salyers. In 1997, she married Gordon Franks of Toledo, and he survives. She is also survived by two daughters, Kim (John)...

Nov 11, 2011

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Joseph H. Bowdle, II, 81 of Belle Center, Ohio, passed away at his residence at 8:00 A.M. Friday, November 11, 2011. He was born December 9, 1929, in a log cabin near Roundhead, to the late Joseph Holmes and Gladys Thompson Bowdle. On May 25, 1947,...

Nov 10, 2011

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Jane Mikesell Younkman, 75, of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away Thursday, November 10, 2011 at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima, Ohio. Jane was born in West Liberty January 13, 1936, to the late Dr. Hobart and Helene Foust Mikesell. On June 7, 1958 she married David A. Younkman in West Liberty. Jane is survived by her husband...

Nov 10, 2011

Richard E. Ingle, 82, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 6:57 P.M. in the emergency room at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. He was born in Dayton, Ohio September 17, 1929, a son of the late Harry Robert and Bertha Isabel (Williams) Ingle. He was also preceded in death by his first wife Yvetta and an...

Nov 7, 2011

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Lilly A. Smith, 77, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Monday, November 7, 2011 at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. Lilly was born June 28, 1934 in Waverly, Ohio, to the late Edward D. and Mary (Williams) Logan. She was preceded in death by a brother, Arthur Logan and a...

Nov 7, 2011

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Frederick G. Steinhelfer, 49, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Monday, November 7, 2011 in Union County, Ohio. He was born January 15, 1962 in Kenton, Ohio to John Timothy Steinhelfer of Zanesfield, Ohio and Nancy (Bocook) Thompson of Lima, Ohio. On May 1, 1990, he married Melinda Slayback in...

Nov 7, 2011

Richard “Dick” Glen Cayot, 75, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, went to meet his maker Monday, November 7, 2011 at Heartland of Bellefontaine. He was born February 13, 1936 in Wells County, Indiana, to the late Roy and Martha (Huebner) Cayot. He is survived by his loving wife, Jacqueline and children, Kathy, Mike (Ann), Linda (Gary), Steve (Kim), Yvonne (Jeff), Clark (Tara);...

Nov 3, 2011

Tammy L. Dorsey, 27, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Thursday, November 3, 2011 at her residence. She was born July 28, 1984 in Bellefontaine, to the late Charles L. Dorsey and Brenda (Fair) Smith, who survives in Huntsville, Ohio. She is survived by her siblings, Charles E. Dorsey Jr. of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, Angela (Michael) Bradley of Huntsville, Evelyn (Tony Little)...

Nov 1, 2011

Thurman Ansel Allmon, 81, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. He was born May 25, 1930 in Logan County Ohio, to the late Earl F. and Goldie M. (Routt) Allmon. On August 5, 1953, he married Elizabeth A. “Betty” Badertscher in Bluffton, Ohio, and she preceded him in death March 20,...

Oct 31, 2011

Edward R. Dowdy, 85, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away at 4:40 P.M. Monday, October 31, 2011, in the emergency room at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. He was born in Cordale, Georgia February 8, 1926, a son of the late William and Florence (Ussery) Dowdy. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Florence Irene Tudor, one grandson, two...

Oct 31, 2011

Mary Agnes Dillon, 95, of Belle Center, Ohio, passed away at 6:40 P.M. Monday, October 31, 2011, at Heartland of Bellefontaine. She was born December 4, 1915 in Logan County, a daughter of the late George I. and M. Agnes (Stout) Dillon. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Mildred Fisher and brothers, Emerson and Russell Dillon and...

Oct 28, 2011

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Louise B. King, 91, formerly of East Liberty, Ohio, passed away Friday, October 28, 2011 at the Green Hills Care Center in West Liberty, Ohio. She was born May 13, 1920 in West Liberty, to the late Earl and Mary (Robbins) Burson. Louise married Richard F. King August 17, 1941, in West Liberty, and he preceded her in...

Oct 25, 2011

Minnie Jane Givens Jeffrey, 78, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at the Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She was born January 7, 1933, in Logan County, to the late Albert Justin and Viola May (Snyder) Stanford. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Louis Marshall Givens, who passed away November 20, 1994....

Oct 24, 2011

Gary E. Dowler, 76, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Monday, October 24, 2011 at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. He was born August 2, 1935 in Columbus, Ohio, to the late Gey Edward and Audrey (Coates) Dowler. On September 22, 1984 he married Johnie Posey in Bellefontaine and she survives along with 4 daughters, Amy (Tom) Allen of Columbus, Gina...

Oct 23, 2011

Eileen Claassen, 90, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Sunday, October 23, 2011 at Logan Acres Care Center in Bellefontaine, Ohio. She was born in Liverpool, England February 20, 1921, to the late John and Sarah (Hill) Scanlon. On May 22, 1948, she married Franciscus Jacobus Claassen and he preceded her in death in 1990. She is survived by a son,...

Oct 22, 2011

Donna Lynn Rattliff, 53, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away at her residence Saturday, October 22, 2011. She was born June 11, 1958, in Springfield, Ohio, to the late Walter Virgil and Pearline (Johnson) Egler. She is also preceded in death by her husband, Monroe Rattliff. Surviving are her children, Joel (Katie), Sean, and Charice Egler all of Bellefontaine; brothers, Virgle...

Oct 20, 2011

Oma E. Williams, 95, of West Liberty, Ohio, passed away Thursday, October 20, 2011 at the Green Hills Care Center in West Liberty. She was born September 13, 1916 in Logan County Ohio, to the late Juluis A. and Cleo M. (Souders) Fender. On May 22, 1942 she married Thomas Williams in Huntsville, Ohio, and he preceded her in death....

Oct 20, 2011

Elmer T. Wood, Jr., 80, of Belle Center, Ohio, passed away Thursday, October 20, 2011 at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Kenton, Ohio. He was born in Hardin County Ohio November 18, 1930 a son of the late Elmer T., Sr. and Fern (Bates) Wood. On January 15, 1954, in Kenton, he married the former Mabel Wanda Wells and she preceded...