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Donald Simpkins

Donald Simpkins

Jun 19, 2016

DONALD SIMPKINS ELIDA — Donald G. "Bud" Simpkins, 78, of Elida, died at 6:40 PM Sunday, on Fathers Day, June 19, 2016 at his residence with his loving family at his side, following an extended illness. He was born September 3, 1937 in Perry Twp., Allen County, the son of Elmer and Floy Smith Simpkins, who preceded him in death....

David Olds

David Olds

Jun 18, 2016

DAVID OLDS SPENCERVILLE — David R. "Dave" Olds, 67, of Spencerville, died 8:10 a.m., Sat. June 18, 2016, at his home near Spencerville. He was born Sept. 22, 1948, in Blytheville, AR, the son of Elvis & Thelma (Fite) Olds. His mother, Thelma Foshee survives in Rappahannock, VA. His father and step-father, J.D. Hicks are deceased. On June 14, 1969,...

Richard "Tobe" Taylor

Richard "Tobe" Taylor

Jun 11, 2016

RICHARD TAYLOR DELPHOS — Richard Lee "Tobe" Taylor, 84, of rural Delphos, died at 1:40 PM Saturday, June 11, 2016 at his residence under hospice care following a year long illness with Leukemia. His family was at his side. He was born June 12, 1932 in Elida, a son of Christopher George and Myra O. McMichael Taylor, who are deceased....

Donald Burk

Donald Burk

Jun 5, 2016

DONALD BURK CRIDERSVILLE — Donald E. Burk, 83, of Cridersville, died at 12:04 PM Sunday, June 5, 2016 in the Lima Memorial Health System with his family at his side after an extended illness. He was born January 16, 1933 in Convoy, Ohio, a son of Neal and Myrtle Wallace Burk, who are deceased. On September 26, 1956 he married...

Connie Orchard

Connie Orchard

May 26, 2016

Connie Orchard Connie E. Schaffer Orchard, 66, of New Knoxville, died at 8:10 PM Thursday in the Van Crest Nursing Home in St. Marys with her daughters at her side. She was born December 17, 1949 in St. Marys, a daughter of Orley William and Blanche Evelyn Kundert Schaffer, who are deceased. She was married to David V. Grant, who...

Leslie Sandkuhl

Leslie Sandkuhl

May 23, 2016

LESLIE E. SANDKUHL SPENCERVILLE — Leslie E. Sandkuhl, 72, of Spencerville Ohio, passed away at 2:39 a.m. on May 23, 2016 surrounded by his loving family at the OSU Wexner Medical Center in Columbus. Leslie was born May 26,1943 in Lima, Ohio to Charles and Evalyn Sandkuhl, who preceded him in death. He graduated from Spencerville High School in 196L...

Mable Wien

Mable Wien

May 18, 2016

MABLE WIEN SPENCERVILLE — Mable Leona Wien, 89, of Spencerville, died at 4:14 AM Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at St. Rita's Medical Center following a brief hospital stay. She was born May 27, 1926 in Blanchard Twp., Hancock County, Ohio , the daughter of Samuel Orlando and Mable Jane Pfouts Spence, who are deceased. On June 4, 1944 she married...

Eugene Krick

Eugene Krick

May 9, 2016

EUGENE KRICK SPENCERVILLE — Eugene M. "Gene" Krick, 93, of Spencerville, died at 7:19 PM Monday, May 9, 2016 in the Lima Memorial Health System following a short illness. He was born March 12, 1923 in Ohio City, Van Wert County, a son of Henry W. and Ellen Murray Krick, who are deceased. On December 27, 1944 he married Betty...

Martha Goliver

Martha Goliver

May 8, 2016

MARTHA GOLIVER ELIDA — Martha L. "Marty" Goliver, 76, of rural Elida, died at 12:52 PM Sunday, May 8, 2016 at St. Rita's Medical Center with her loving family at her side following a sudden illness. She was born April 24, 1940 in Springfield, Ohio, a daughter of Robert Charles and Dorothy May Straw Mills, who are deceased. On March...

Laurie Barnes

Laurie Barnes

May 4, 2016

LAURIE BARNES SPENCERVILLE — Laurie L. Holtzhauer Barnes, 54, of Radcliff KY, and formerly of Spencerville, died at 6:28 AM Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at the Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown, Ky, following a sudden illness. She was born May 6, 1961 in Lima, a daughter of Eugene J. and Wanita R. "Sweetie" Graessle Holtzhauer, who are deceased. On May...

Dewey Hurst

Dewey Hurst

Apr 26, 2016

DEWEY HURST SPENCERVILLE — Dewey C. Hurst, 69, of rural Spencerville, died 2:25 a.m. Monday April 26th at his residence with his family at his side following a short illness. He was born September 23, 1946 in Bonny Blue, VA., a son of John H. and Cleo Hubbs Hurst who are deceased. On December 12, 1964 he married Ruth Hawkins...

Albert Klaus

Albert Klaus

Apr 21, 2016

ALBERT KLAUS SPENCERVILLE — Albert F. Klaus, 77, of rural Spencerville, died at 11:13 PM Thursday, April 21, 2106 in the Roselawn Manor Nursing Home in Spencerville following a 5 year illness. He was born May 16, 1938 in Venedocia, a son of Philip P. and Lucinda A. Meyer Klaus, who are deceased. On March 4, 1961 he married Konita...

Richard Roberts

Richard Roberts

Apr 15, 2016

RICHARD ROBERTS SPENCERVILLE — Richard J. "Dick" Roberts, 85, of rural Spencerville, died at 11:45 PM Friday, April 15, 2016 at his residence following an extended illness. He was born March 24, 1931 in Spencerville, a son of Enos and Edna Harter Roberts, who are deceased. On May 19, 1956 he married JoAnn Lindeman, who died May 11, 2009. He...

Doris Schwartz

Doris Schwartz

Apr 13, 2016

DORIS SCHWARTZ SPENCERVILLE — Doris E. Schwartz, 95, of Salem Twp., Auglaize County, died at 7:45 PM Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at her residence with her family at her side. She was born June 12, 1920 at Ohio City in Van Wert County, a daughter of Charles and Lulu Clay McNeal, who are deceased. On August 26, 1940 she married...

James Marshall

James Marshall

Apr 12, 2016

JAMES MARSHALL LIMA — James B. Marshall, Jr., 73, of rural Lima, died at 1:54 AM Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at his residence with his family and friends at his side. He was born March 13, 1943 in Staffordsville, Ky., a son of James B. and Geneva Ward Marshall, Sr., who are deceased. On October 29, 1964 he married Linda...

Armin Rife Jewett

Armin Rife Jewett

Mar 30, 2016

ARMIN JEWETT SPENCERVILLE — Armin "Rife" Jewett, 77, of Spencerville, died at 11:18 PM Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at his residence surrounded by his loving family following an extended illness. He was born July 11,1938 in Oberlin, Ohio, the son of Graydon Clair and Helen Elizabeth Rife Jewett, who are deceased. On July 20, 1992 he married Carla S. Merricle,...

Sharon Simpkins

Sharon Simpkins

Mar 26, 2016

SHARON SIMPKINS ELIDA — Sharon L. Simpkins, 77, of Elida, died at 9:02 PM Saturday, March 26, 2016 at the Cleveland Clinic where she had been a patient since March 11th. She was born October 14, 1938 in Lima, a daughter of Donald and Desma Butler Verbryke, who are deceased. On February 17, 1957 she married Donald G. "Bud" Simpkins,...

William Sutherly

William Sutherly

Mar 25, 2016

WILLIAM SUTHERLY SPENCERVILLE — William A. "Bill" Sutherly, 77, of Spencerville, died at 12:43 PM Friday, March 25,2016 in the St.Rita's Medical Center Emergency Dept., following an extended illness. He was born November 10, 1938 in Kenton, Ohio, and raised by John and Pearl Cohee, who are deceased. On November 30, 19 57 he married Shirley Ann Good, who died...

James Decamp

James Decamp

Mar 24, 2016

JAMES DeCAMP SPENCERVILLE — James A. "Papa Smurf" DeCamp, Sr., 76 of Spencerville, died at 7:13 PM Thursday, March 24, 2016 at St.Rita's Medical Center Emergency Dept. following a sudden illness. He was born October14, 1939 in Hartford City, IN., a son of Rev. John E. and Carol C. Smith DeCamp, Sr., who are deceased. On July 3, 1965 he...

David Gillispie

David Gillispie

Mar 21, 2016

DAVID GILLISPIE LIMA — Sgt. David R. Gillispie, 43, died Monday, March 21, 2016, in Spencerville, Ohio. Gillispie was a Police Sergeant with the Lima Police Department (Ohio) serving his community with distinction and honor for nearly 20 years. He was born in Circleville, Ohio on February 26, 1973, son of David R. and Ruth McNeil Gillispie. He was proceeded...

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