Obituaries

Harry Glett Jr

Harry Glett Jr

Sep 28, 2008

Harry Glett Jr., 87, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Sunday, September 28, 2008, in Heartland of Bellefontaine. He was born in Logan County September 27, 1921, a son of the late Harry and Thersa Belle Swartz Glett. He also was preceded in death by brothers, George and Richard Glett; and a sister, Sarah Jane Glett. On December 30, 1948, he...

Mildred Paxton

Mildred Paxton

Sep 27, 2008

Mildred Early Paxton, 97, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, died Saturday, September 27, 2008, in the Green Hills Retirement Community, West Liberty, Ohio. She was born in Logan County on April 1, 1911, a daughter of the late William H. and Adda May Miller Early. She married William G. Paxton in Columbus, Ohio, and he died in July 1971. She also was...

Robert Dyer

Robert Dyer

Sep 23, 2008

Robert Dwight “Red” Dyer, 84, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, formerly of Kenton, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, September 23, 2008, at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. He was born in Kenton October 5, 1923, a son of the late Emmit and Mildred Wroten Dyer. He also was preceded in death by his brothers, Charles, Russell, Tom, Omar “Johnny” and Hubert “Tank” Dyer;...

Ruth Cline

Ruth Cline

Sep 20, 2008

Ruth Cline, 82, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Saturday, September 20, 2008, at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. She was born in DeGraff, Ohio, November 12, 1925, a daughter of the late Edward F. Sr. and Nora Compton Cline. She also was preceded in death by two brothers, Thomas E. Sr. and Edward F. Cline; and two sisters. Survivors include...

Barbara Coons

Barbara Coons

Sep 19, 2008

Barbara Ann Coons, 65, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Friday, September 19, 2008, in her home. She was born in Lima, Ohio, October 29, 1942, a daughter of Bernadette Roof Bensman, who survives in Bellefontaine, and the late Herbert J. Bensman. She also was preceded in death by a sister, Susan Gildow; and brothers-in-law, Larry and Charles Coons, Larry Sickles,...

Anthony DeLaughder

Anthony DeLaughder

Sep 16, 2008

Anthony A. DeLaughder, 87, of Granville, Ohio, and formerly of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, September 16, 2008, in his home. He was born in Nentershausen, Germany, on May 7, 1921, a son of the late Glenn and Anna DeLaughder. He also was preceded in death by two brothers and one sister. He leaves behind his beloved wife, Louise Rumer...

Alfonso Galvez

Alfonso Galvez

Sep 15, 2008

Alfonso Galvez, 93, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Monday, September 15, 2008, at Logan Acres Care Center in Bellefontaine. He was born in Puebla State in Southern Mexico March 6, 1915, a son of the late Enrique and Carmen Arquello Galvez. On April 1, 1946, he married the former Zelma N. Hertenstein and she passed away December 22, 2003. He...

Roberta Highland

Roberta Highland

Sep 13, 2008

Roberta E. Highland, 86, of Lakeview, Ohio, and a longtime resident of Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away Saturday, September 13, 2008, in Wapakoneta Manor, Wapakoneta, Ohio. She was born in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, August 1, 1922, a daughter of the late Cecil and Elva Schlabach Maggart. On June 8, 1947, she married K. Norell Highland I in Ft. Wayne and he...

Marvin Rieger

Marvin Rieger

Sep 13, 2008

Marvin Rieger, 69, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, died Saturday, September 13, 2008, in his home. He was born in Hillsville, South Dakota, on May 6, 1939, a son of the late Philip and Elizabeth Schneider Rieger. On June 9, 1978, he married the former Sheyna MacImmes in Alaska and she survives, along with a son, Philip Otho Rieger of Lexington, Kentucky;...

Hilda Comer

Hilda Comer

Sep 12, 2008

Hilda Lucille Comer, 93, of Zanesfield, Ohio, passed away Friday, September 12, 2008, in her home. She was born September 30, 1914, a daughter of the late Paul W. and Ruby L. (Antrim) Thompson. She married Ernest F. Comer on September 4, 1945, and he preceded her in death on March 17, 1994. Her brothers, Max “Bud” Thompson, Fred Thompson...

Paul Alexander

Paul Alexander

Sep 12, 2008

Paul D. Alexander, 65, of Belle Center, Ohio, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, September 12, 2009 at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, Ohio. He was born on June 22, 1944 in Pocatello, Idaho, to the late Delmar H. and-Marquarite (French) Alexander. Losing his mother at three months, he was raised by his father and step-mother, Christine (Craig)...

Larry Zupp

Larry Zupp

Sep 10, 2008

Larry J. Zupp, 67, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, died Wednesday, September 10, 2008, in Heartland of Bellefontaine. He was born May 25, 1941, in Bellefontaine, a son of the late Robert Thomas and Ada Ailene Groves Zupp. He worked at Midstates Container Corp. in DeGraff, Ohio and attended the First Lutheran Church in Bellefontaine. He was a U.S. Navy veteran and...

Barbara Brunson

Barbara Brunson

Sep 10, 2008

Barbara Jean Brunson, 76, of Lakeview, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, September 10, 2008, in her residence. Born December 16, 1931, in Zanesfield, Ohio, she was a daughter of the late Gerald and Rosabelle M. Hall Shawver. She married James L. Brunson December 25, 1948, in Jackson Center, Ohio, and he survives, along with a son, Nicholas (Marty) Brunson of Pleasant...

Eugene Frazier

Eugene Frazier

Sep 9, 2008

Eugene “Gene” L. Frazier, 74, of West Mansfield, Ohio, passed away Sunday, November 9, 2008, at his residence. He was born in Union County March 29, 1934, a son of the late True A. and Reba Goach Frazier. A self-employed mechanic, he was the former manager of Ashland Gas Station and White’s BP Station in Bellefontaine, Ohio. He loved John...

Jean. Shafer

Jean. Shafer

Sep 9, 2008

Jean. H. Shafer, 84, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, died Tuesday, September 9, 2008, in Mary Rutan Hospital. Born on October 2, 1923, in Sandusky, she was a daughter of the late Henry and Helen Oswald Guckert. She managed the snack bar at the former G.C. Murphy’s store in Bellefontaine for 20 years, loved to sew, crochet and work on crossword puzzles....

Anna McDonald

Anna McDonald

Sep 4, 2008

Anna Mae McDonald, 87, of West Liberty, died Thursday, September 4, 2008, at the Green Hills Retirement Community in West Liberty, Ohio. She was born in Maplewood on January 3, 1921, a daughter of the late Omer W. and Loretta E. Enoch Clinehens. On February 28, 1947, she married Eugene McDonald in Bellefontaine, Ohio, and he died May 2, 1997....

Roy Angle

Roy Angle

Sep 3, 2008

Roy L. Angle, 92, of Bellefontaine, died Wednesday, September 3, 2008, at Logan Acres Care Center in Bellefontaine. He was born in Putnam County, West Virginia, June 2, 1916, a son of the late John and Laura Erwin Angle. On June 10, 1941, he married the former Iris Everly Mouser in Springfield, and she survives, along with two sons, David...

Jimmy Wagoner

Jimmy Wagoner

Sep 2, 2008

Jimmy Vernon Wagoner Jimmy Vernon Wagoner, 66, of Huntsville, Ohio, died Tuesday, September 2, 2008, in his home. He was born in Sandy Hook, Kentucky, on October 19, 1941, a son of the late Willie Edgar and Mollie Belle Winkleman Wagoner. He also was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters. On November 18, 1963, he married the...

Mary Ricketts

Mary Ricketts

Sep 2, 2008

Mary Lou Ricketts Mary Lou Ricketts, 78, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, and formerly of West Liberty, Ohio, lost her courageous battle with cancer September 2, 2008. She was born in Toledo, Ohio, on July 18, 1930, a daughter of the late Claude and Leone Lyman Mann. She also was preceded in death by a sister, Genevra Mann. On April 19, 1949,...

Eldon Zimmerman

Eldon Zimmerman

Sep 2, 2008

Eldon K. Zimmerman, 81, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, died Tuesday, September 2, 2008, in Belle Center, Ohio. He was born in Auglaize County on December 13, 1926, a son of the late Otto and Bertha W. Rogers Zimmerman. On March 19, 1950, he married the former Janet A. Reames and she died December 9, 2007. He also was preceded in death...