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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Norma Shaffer
Mar 21, 2016
NORMA SHAFFER SPENCERVILLE — Norma E. Shaffer, 84, died at 11:30 p.m. March 21, 2016, surrounded by her family. She was born March 28, 1921, in Allen County to Arby and Leta McDonel Moorman, who preceded her in death. On March 3, 1942, she married Lavern D. Shaffer, who survives. Mrs. Shaffer was a graduate of Spencerville High School. She...
John Oehlhof
Mar 18, 2016
JOHN OEHLHOF SPENCERVILLE — John F. Oehlhof, 94, formerly of Spencerville, died at 8:10 AM Friday, March 18, 2016 in the Auglaize Acres in Wapakoneta, where he had resided since February 4, 2005. He was born March 25, 1921 in Spencerville, a son of William "Bill" and Nondis Shively Oehlhof, who are deceased. On September 14, 1946 he married Rita...
Robert Leis
Mar 16, 2016
ROBERT LEIS SPENCERVILLE — Robert E. Leis, 86, of Spencerville, died at 10:15 AM Wednesday in the St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima, following an exended illness He was born December 9, 1929 in Spencerville, a son of Harman and Lola C. Strohl Leis, who are deceased.. He was a 1947 graduate of the Spencerville High School and served in...
Chloteen Smith
Mar 6, 2016
CHLOTEEN SMITH ST. MARYS — Chloteen Smith, 75, of rural St. Marys, died at 9:15 AM Sunday, March 6, 2016 in the Lima Memorial Health System following a short illness. She was born in Knott County, KY., May 14, 1940, a daughter of Ulous and Pearlie Combs Hurt, who are deceased. On August 31, 1962 she married Alonzo Smith who...
Jane Miller
Mar 6, 2016
JANE MILLER ELIDA — Jane E. Miller, 80, of rural Elida, died at 8:50 p.m. Sunday, March 6, 2016, at the Vancrest of Delphos Care Center follwoing an extended illness. She was born April 25, 1935, near Gomer, the daughter of Claire and Elsie Holt Vandemark, who preceded her in death. On Feb. 4, 1956, she married Noah Thomas (Tom)...
Helen Ackerman
Mar 6, 2016
HELEN ACKERMAN SPENCERVILLE — Helen Virginia Williams Ackerman, 88, died at 9:18 a.m. March 6, 2016, at Roselawn Manor Nursing Home in Spencerville. She was born Nov. 3, 1927, in Van Wert to Ira Ray and Zelma Elzora Hammond Williams, who preceded her in death. On Easter Sunday, March 25, 1951, in Convoy she married John Lewis Ackerman. Mrs. Ackerman...
Shirley Mays
Mar 4, 2016
SHIRLEY MAYS SPENCERVILLE — Shirley B. Mays, 81, of Spencerville, died at 7:55 AM Friday, March 4, 2016 at the Roselawn Manor Nursing Home in Spencerville following a short illness, with her family at her side. She was born February 25, 1935 in Morgan County, TN., a daughter of Rev. Walter and Meeda Stringfield, who are deceased. On September 26,...
Floyd Wade
Feb 16, 2016
FLOYD WADE SPENCERVILLE — Floyd J. "Bud" Wade, 94, of Spencerville, died peacefully when his health deteriorated at 4:56 AM Tuesday, February 16, 2016 in his home with his family at his side. He was born May 19, 1921 in St. Marys, a son of Otto Earl and Anna Mae Johns Wade, who preceded him in death. On June 15,...
