Dean E. Svoboda, 80, died on April 18, 2017. He grew up in Cleveland, and was born in 1937.
Author: Jacob Runnels
Rex L. Clevenger, 82, of Magnetic Springs, died on Saturday morning, April 22, 2017, at his residence after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was born on Oct. 5, 1934, in Union County, to the late Leroy and Marjorie (Ridgeway) Clevenger.
Mack R. Hamilton, Jr., age 58, of West Mansfield, died unexpectedly Monday, April 24, at Memorial Hospital. He was born Sept. 2, 1958 in Bellefontaine and was the son of Mack R. Hamilton, Sr. and the late Helen Louise Bradford.
Miriam E. Shaffner, 93, of Urbana, died on Sunday, April 23, 2017, in Zusman Hospice, Columbus. She was born Feb. 13, 1924 in Champaign County, a daughter of Charles Ralph and Emma E. (Wilkins) Scott.
Kathleen Ann “Kathy” Bumgarner Parmenter, 68, a lifetime resident of Marysville, died on Sunday, April 23, 2017, at her home. She was born on Nov. 7, 1948 in Marysville to the late Robert “Bob” Bumgarner and Margaret Ann Adelsberger McKitrick.
Catherine R. (Hannah) Woodruff, 61, of Maimisburg, formerly of West Mansfield, died Thursday, April 20, 2017, at Sycamore Hospital in Miamisburg. She was born in Fairborn on Sept. 1, 1955, to the late Robert F. and Irma D. (Horne) Johnson.
Robert Ballard, 96, of Plain City, died on Wednesday, April 19, 2017. He was born on Nov. 14, 1920, in Madison County, to the late George and Minnie (Becker) Ballard.
Howard Edwards Wentz, III, 88, died on Tuesday, April 18, 2017, at the home of his daughter, Cindy. He was born on Jan. 14, 1929, in Columbus, to the late Howard Edwards and Lillian Jane Purcell Wentz II.
Bluebird Retirement Community held two open house events on Tuesday and Wednesday to the doctors and caretakers of Marysville. The facility will start moving in residents soon, with 36 units being available by the end of the week. (Journal-Tribune photo by Jacob Runnels) Bluebird Retirement Community unveiled its new facility in Marysville with an open house on both Tuesday and Wednesday night.
The Board of Health approved a contract with the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) Wednesday for the administration of its Healthy Homes grant to promote lead poisoning awareness.
Paul A. Styer 87 of Magnetic Springs, died Thursday afternoon April 13, 2017 at the home of his daughter in Marysville. He was born Jan. 7, 1930 in Raymond. I
Betty Mae Lawrence, 79, of Eaton, and formerly of Marysville, died on Wednesday, April 12, 2017, at Maple Garden Nursing Facility in Eaton. She was born on Nov. 8, 1937 in Lawrence County, Kentucky, as the daughter of the late Mitchell and Myrtle (Thompson) Boyd.
How do you treat your news? When it comes to analyzing politics, there is a definite cultural divide between what young or old people care about.
Eileen Runion, 87, of Marysville, died Sunday, April 9, 2017, at her home following a brief illness. She was born on March 9, 1930, in Carlock, Illinois, to the late Ernest and Ina Stuckey Fowler.
Charity Nichole Ransome-Hill, 35, of Lakeview, died unexpectedly Saturday, April 8, 2017. She was born on Oct. 21, 1981, in Marion and is survived by her mother, Juanita Hendrickson of Bellefontaine; her father, Charles Ransome of Richwood.