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Richard Baier

Richard Baier

Sep 14, 2010

Richard Baier, 75, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, died Tuesday, September 14, 2010, in his residence. Born December 28, 1934, in Belle Center, Ohio, he was a son of the late Errett and Helen Torrence Baier. He married Rose Leigh Mayberry on August 4, 1956, in Rockport, and she survives, along with a son, James R. (Miriam) Baier of Huntsville, Ohio; three...

Darwin Crofut

Darwin Crofut

Sep 13, 2010

Darwin H. Crofut, 94, of Huntsville, Ohio, passed away at his residence Monday, September 13, 2010. He was born May 4, 1916 in Massillon, Ohio, to the late Harry and Emma (Fischer) Crofut. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Evelyn Ruffner. On October 23, 1940 he married O. Pearl Inglish in Antrim, Ohio, and she survives along...

Lauren Willoby

Lauren Willoby

Sep 11, 2010

Lauren D. “Bud” Willoby, 74, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Saturday, September 11, 2010 at the Logan Acres Care Center in Bellefontaine. He was born June 27, 1936 in Lynn Township in Hardin County Ohio, to the late Arthur M. and Edna (Shepard) Willoby. He is survived by a son, Terry (Linda) Willoby of New Carlisle, Ohio; a brother, John...

Margaret Howell

Margaret Howell

Sep 9, 2010

Margaret C. Howell, 84, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, went to be with the Lord Thursday, September 9, 2010 at her residence. She was born April 17, 1926, the daughter of the late James D. and Isabella W. (Pollock) Brown. On June 1, 1949, she married Rev. Jesse Howell, and he preceded her in death July 14, 2001. Margaret was a 1948...

Barbara Jakeway

Barbara Jakeway

Sep 7, 2010

Barbara B. Jakeway, 88, of Belle Center, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, September 7, 2010, at Heartland of Bellefontaine in Bellefontaine, Ohio. She was born in Bellefontaine January 6, 1922, a daughter of the late Floyd and Anna Smith. On August 21, 1949, she married Hersel E. Jakeway, and he preceded her in death August 6, 1986. Also preceding her in...

Sylvia Bailey

Sylvia Bailey

Sep 7, 2010

Sylvia M. Bailey, 71, of West Liberty, Ohio, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, September 7, 2010, the result of an automobile accident on US Rt. 68 in Logan County. She was born January 23, 1939 in Kansas City, Missouri to the late George J. and Emma McGuire Jones. She was also preceded in death by brothers, Luther...

Charles Shank

Charles Shank

Sep 1, 2010

Charles R. Shank, 77, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at his residence. He was born February 17, 1933 in Ashton, West Virgina to the late Walter and Nancy (Bateman) Shank. He is survived by his wife, Faith (Hurlburt) Shank, whom he married October 24, 1963. Also surviving is a son, Charles R. (Vicky) Shank II of...

Dean Ballard

Dean Ballard

Aug 31, 2010

Dean Martin Ballard, 41, of Marysville, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima, Ohio. He was born May 2, 1969 in Piqua, Ohio to Donald E. Ballard Sr. of Greenville, Ohio, and Bonnie J. (Floss) Ball of Marysville. Also surviving is his step-father, Frank Ball of Marysville; his wife, Gretchen (Bristol) Ballard and...

USAF Ret. Maj. Richard Munz

USAF Ret. Maj. Richard Munz

Aug 29, 2010

Richard E. “Dick” Munz, 59, of Russells Point, Ohio, went Home to be with his Lord and Savior Sunday, August 29, 2010 in Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, Ohio. He was born September 4, 1950 in Urbana, Ohio, the son of the late Robert W. and Hazel (Burns) Munz, Sr. He is survived by his wife, Carola (Liggett) Munz, whom...

Vivian LeVan

Vivian LeVan

Aug 28, 2010

Vivian Elizabeth LeVan 87, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Friday August 28, 2010 at her residence. She was born March 17, 1923 in Logan County Ohio to the late David Leroy and Anna Mary Johnson Allen. She married Elmer LeVan June 14, 1942 in Logan County, and he preceded her in death February 2, 1980. She is survived by one...

Kim Rogers

Kim Rogers

Aug 24, 2010

Kim Rogers, 53, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away at the Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine Tuesday, August 24, 2010. She was born April 13, 1957 in Bellefontaine, to the late Ivan Q. and Frances (Kinney) Daniels. She is survived by her husband, David M. Rogers Sr., whom she married December 20, 1975 in Bellefontaine. Also surviving are their children, David...

Gwendolyn Rostorfer

Gwendolyn Rostorfer

Aug 23, 2010

Gwendolyn B. Southard Rostorfer, 90, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Monday, August 23, 2010 at the Logan Acres Care Center in Bellefontaine. She was born November 11, 1919, in Logan County Ohio, to the late Forest and Bessie (Hemminger) Watkins. On November 29, 1937 she married her first husband, Kenneth E. Southard, and he preceded her in death September 29,...

Harold Leopard

Harold Leopard

Aug 16, 2010

After a two year battle with cancer, Harold “Bob” Robert Leopard, 68, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Monday, August 16, 2010 at the Logan Acres Care Center in Bellefontaine surrounded by his loving family. He was born July 30, 1942 in Mingo, Ohio to the late Harold and Frances (Dunn) Leopard. On April 10, 1982 he married his loving wife,...

Gail Harman

Gail Harman

Aug 14, 2010

Gail E. Harman, 74, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at her residence. She was born February 17, 1936 in Bellefontaine, to the late Paul and Georgia (Wortman) Burton. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lloyd Harman, whom she married December 20, 2003 in Wear Valley, Tennessee. Also preceding her in death was a step-son,...

Brandon Shupe

Brandon Shupe

Aug 12, 2010

Brandon Michael Shupe, 27, of Greensburg, Indiana, passed away Thursday, August 12, 2010 as a result of a motorcycle accident in Greensburg, IN. He was born January 14, 1983 in Bellefontaine, Ohio to Debbie Lewis of Bellefontaine and Brad (April) Shupe of Sugarcreek, Ohio. He is survived by his brothers, Specialist SPC Matthew T. (fiancé, Tanner Osborne) Cavinder of Russells...

Jo Stearns

Jo Stearns

Aug 10, 2010

Jo Ann Stearns, 72, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, formerly of Russells Point, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at Essex of Springfield. She was born October 2, 1937 in Rushsylvania, Ohio to the late Marshall W. and Goldie A. (Downey) Stearns. Surviving is a son, Paul G. (Angel Barhorst) of Bellefontaine; daughters, Kim Laughlin of Columbus, Ohio, Ruth Kathleen Thornburg...

Violet Cline

Violet Cline

Aug 10, 2010

Violet D. Siegenthaler Cline, 91, of Huntsville, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at the Green Hills Care Center in West Liberty, Ohio. She was born April 13, 1919 in Springfield, Ohio, to the late Hobert Tingley and Maude (Payne) Newman. She is survived by a son, Robert (Rita) Siegenthaler Jr. of Lewistown, Ohio; daughters, Nancy L. Groves of...

Harriet Kies

Harriet Kies

Aug 6, 2010

Harriet M. Kies, 79, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Friday, August 6, 2010 in the Logan Acres Care Center in Bellefontaine. She was born April 11, 1931, the daughter of the late Harry P. and Marie (Miller) Roebuck. She is survived by her husband, Henry A. “Hank” Kies, whom she married June 22, 1952 in Belle Center, Ohio; two sons,...

Rhonda Ford

Rhonda Ford

Aug 6, 2010

Rhonda R. Ford, 47, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Friday, August 6, 2010 at her residence. She was born August 1, 1963 in Columbus, Ohio to the late Reford and Candace Mahon. On March 13, 1985 she married John W. Ford, in Melbourne, Florida, and he survives along with two sons, Timothy J. and Jeremy A. Ford both of Bellefontaine,...

Nancy Dearwester

Nancy Dearwester

Aug 5, 2010

Nancy Ann Dearwester, 78, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Thursday, August 5, 2010 at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima, Ohio. She was born January 16, 1932 in Cedarville, Ohio to the late Frederick Karl and Donna Isabel (Ford) Hanauer. On December 25, 1961 she married William “Willie” Dearwester in Bellefontaine, and he survives along with three daughters, Beverly “B.J.”...

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