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Mark Seibert
Mar 8, 2021
Continental; Mark S. Seibert, 57, of Continental, passed away peacefully at 3:53 PM Monday March 8, 2021 in the Lima Memorial Health System, following a short illness.
He was born March 28, 1963 in Lima, son of the late Clarence and Eva Mae Halter Seibert. On August 14, 1979 he married Mary L. Oard, who survives in...
Rebecca Shaffer
Mar 4, 2021
Lima,; Rebecca K. "Becky" Shaffer, 78, of Lima, died at 7:17 PM Thursday, March 4, 2021 at the Blanchard Valley Bridge Hospice Care Center in Findlay, with her family at her side.
She was born May 30, 1942 in Lima, the daughter of the late Robert J. and Maureen (Sargent) Kline. On April 24, 1959 she married...
Raymond Briggs
Mar 2, 2021
Raymond M. Briggs, 94 of Spencerville, passed away in his home on March 2, 2021. He was born on October 18, 1926, near Ohio City, to Leo Roscoe Briggs and Anna Elizabeth Seibert Briggs.
Ray was a 1944 graduate of Spencerville High School. On May 28, 1955, he married Helen Joyce Thompson Briggs, the...
Max Meyer
Feb 24, 2021
Max Meyer passed away on February 24 th , 2021 in his home surrounded by his family. He was the loving husband of Jane (Sensabaugh) Meyer, who survives in Spencerville.
Max was born in Lima OH to Rudy and Alice Meyer who proceeded him in death. He graduated from Shawnee High School in 1955 and immediately joined...
Larry Brincefield
Feb 22, 2021
DELPHOS — Larry Dale "Hoss" Brincefield, 58, died at 5:39 p.m. Monday, Feb. 22, 2021 at Mercy Health-St. Rita's Medical Center.
Services will be held at a later date.
Jean Macdonald
Feb 13, 2021
On February 13, 2021, heaven gained an angel when our beloved mother, Jean MacDonald, passed away peacefully at St Rita's Medical Center in Lima, Ohio after an extended illness. Her emotional and physical strength was challenged in 2012 when against the odds, she survived pancreatic cancer. Throughout all of her physical battles, she will be remembered for her calm...
Leo Brown
Feb 9, 2021
SPENCERVILLE - Leo J. Brown, age 95, passed from this life Feb. 9, 2021 at Wyngate Senior Living Community where he had resided the past 4 years. His daughters are grateful they were able to be with him and for the loving care shown by the staff at Wyngate during his residence there. Leo was born Sept. 24, 1925...
Mike Hefner
Feb 6, 2021
LIMA – Miles Jacob Hefner, age 98, passed away February 6, 2021 at 1:58 P.M. in the house he built near Spencerville surrounded by his loved ones.
Miles was born May 5, 1922 in Bath Township to Pearl and Melvin Hefner who preceded him in death. Miles married his childhood sweetheart, Betty Jene Hefner, on July 8,...
Helen Joyce Briggs
Feb 4, 2021
SPENCERVILLE — Helen Joyce "Sunshine" Briggs died Thursday February 4th,2021 at 1:05am at St Ritas Medical Center in Lima, Ohio.
She was born March 5, 1936 in Hume, Ohio to Adelbert Clyde "Kelly" and Wandah Jane Wooddell Thompson. They preceded her in death. She was a 1954 graduate of Shawnee High School. On May 28,1955 she married...
Ruthann Reynolds
Feb 3, 2021
Spencerville; Ruthann Reynolds, 79, formerly of Spencerville, passed away at 9:54 PM Wednesday, February 3, 2021 in the Vancrest of Delphos, where she had resided the past three years.
She was born July 16, 1941 in Spencerville, a daughter of the late Daniel B. and Velma Mae Brubaker Gaberdiel, Sr. On December 8, 1962 she married Paul...
Sally Roof
Jan 14, 2021
Lima: Sally Sue Miller Roof, 82, of Lima, formerly of Fort Amanda Road, Spencerville, passed away at 6:30 PM Thursday, January 14, 2021 at her son Randy Roof's home in Spencerville following a short illness.
She was born in Lima, August 21, 1938, a daughter of the late Paul David and Sarah Evelyn Best Miller. On September...
Richard Hoverman
Jan 5, 2021
Spencerville; Richard "Digger" Hoverman, 88, died January 5, 2021 at Mercy Health St. Rita's Medical Center following a short illness. He had been a resident at Otterbein, Cridersville.
He was born March 24, 1932 in Salem Twp., Auglaize County to the late A. J. and Helen Vogel Hoverman. On August 29, 1953 he married Arlene M. Thielk,...
Alice White
Jan 2, 2021
Spencerville; Alice L. White, 81, of Spencerville, passed away at 9:31 PM Saturday, January 2, 2021 in the Lima Manor following an extended illness.
She was born November 1, 1939 in Elida, a daughter of the late Bevan Forest and Elizabeth Rachel Sawmiller White.
Surviving are her close nephews and nieces; Timothy (Debbie Watkins) Potts,...
Curtis Whetstone
Jan 1, 2021
Curtis Wayne Whetstone,58, passed away at 8:17 AM on Friday, January 1, 2021, at Mercy Health St. Rita's Medical Center. Curt was born on May 6, 1962 in Lima, Ohio, to Wayne and Barbra ( Cross ) Whetstone. Curt attended Apollo Career Center and graduated in 1981 from Spencerville High School. He was a toolmaker at Toledo Molding and Die...
Louine Smith
Jan 1, 2021
Louine A. Smith, 96, formerly of Spencerville, passed away January 1, 2021 at Burton Ridge Assisted Living where she had resided 6 and a half years .
She was born on June 10, 1924 in Lima, a daughter of the late Samuel Irving and Ella Mae Reed Binkley. She was one of ten children; Jollie, Harmon, Virgil,...
Claude Brown
Jan 1, 2021
Claude B Brown, of Spencerville, passed away peacefully at home On January 1 st , 2021.
Claude was born in Lackey, KY on August 24, 1940. He is the son of the late Chester & Mary Brown. He retired from Ohio Decorative Products in 2005, where he was the second shift foreman. He enjoyed watching TV and...
Donald Davenport
Dec 31, 2020
Wapakoneta; Donald E. "Don" Davenport, 93, of rural Wapakoneta, died Thursday, December 31, 2020 at Mercy Health St. Rita's Medical Center, after a sudden illness.
He was born August 26, 1927 at home on the family farm near Kossuth, Ohio , the son of the late Bernard and Lena Briggs Davenport. He was born again at the...
Jerry Bockrath
Dec 31, 2020
Jerry Lee Bockrath, 72, of rural Spencerville, passed away at 7 PM Thursday, December 31, 2020 at his residence following a sudden illness.
Funeral services will be 10 AM Wednesday in the Thomas E. Bayliff Funeral Home in Spencerville with Pastor Andrew J. Atkins officiating. Burial will follow in the New Salem Cemetery, South of Monticello.
Katharine Boyer
Dec 29, 2020
On Tuesday, December 29 th , Katharine Elizabeth Boyer passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home in Surprise, Arizona at the age of 65.
Kathy was born August 19 th , 1955 in Lima, Ohio to Herbert and Carolyn Boyer. She was preceded in death by her parents and brother Phillip Boyer, who was tragically...
Anna Zwiebel
Dec 27, 2020
Spencerville; Anna M. Zwiebel, 97, of Spencerville, passed away peacefully at 7 AM Sunday, December 27, 2020 in the Roselawn Manor in Spencerville, where she had resided 13 years.
She was born May 18, 1923 in Spencerville, a daughter of the Late Frank and Iva Detrick Stonehill. On September 16, 1944 she married Walter E. Zwiebel, who...
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