Obituaries

Eric Jason Howard, 46, of Marysville, died Saturday, July 1, 2017, surrounded his family and friends. He was a 1988 graduate of Marysville High School, where he excelled in sports, including football,...

James F. “Jim” Debney Jr., 72, of Marysville, died unexpectedly Saturday afternoon, June 24, 2017, at The Ohio State University Ross Heart Hospital after a long battle with kidney disease. He retired ...

Larry Lee Jackson, 75, of Marysville, formerly of Raymond, died Monday, June 26, 2017, at Bluebird Retirement Community in Marysville. A commercial transport driver for many years, he was a milk truck...

Barbara Kay Dranschak, 61, died Friday, June 23, 2017, after a long battle with Wegener’s granulomatosis. She graduated from Ridgedale High School in 1974 and later from Marion Technical College’s sch...

Martha Ruth Davisson, 99, of Springfield, died Wednesday, June 21, 2017, at Springfield Masonic Community. She was a graduate of Catawba High School. She earned her master’s degree in education, and r...

Betty Lou Smart-Stierhoff, 87, of Marysville, died Sunday, June 25, 2017, at the Kobacker House in Columbus. She was a graduate of Marysville High School, and a devoted wife and loving mother, grandmo...

Ashley Nichole Russell, 32, of Marysville, died Monday, June 19, 2017. Those who knew her were privileged and will deeply miss her. She was a graduate of Marysville High School and attended Columbus S...

Sabrina Marie Spain, 26, of Marysville, died Thursday, June 15, 2017, at the Springfield Regional Medical Center with her loving family and friends by her side. As a 2009 graduate of Marysville High S...

Phillip David “Buckshot” Butcher Sr., 71, of Clay County, West Virginia, died Wednesday, June 14, 2017, at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus. He was the longtime owner and operator of his compa...

Gertrude Anna Lillian Rausch Nicol, 91, of Marysville, died Saturday, June 17, 2017, at Memorial Gables. She was a retired bank teller with Huntington National Bank, formerly Farmers & Merchants Bank,...

Michael “Elmer” Blevins, 67, of Waverly, died Saturday, May 13, 2017, after a long illness. He was a 1968 graduate of Waverly High School and later became an electrician by trade. He served his appren...

Robert Wagner Denune, 73, of Mechanicsburg, died Friday, June 16, 2017, at Springfield Regional Hospital. He graduated in 1962 from Mechanicsburg High School and then attended The Ohio State Universit...

Mary Ruth (Essex) Patterson, 101, of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, died Sunday, June 11, 2017, surrounded by her many books. She grew up in Bexley, where she graduated from Columbus School for G...

Alice Elizabeth Riley Kraus, 75, of Marysville, died Friday, June 9, 2017, at Mill Run Gardens in Hilliard. She was a retired English teacher with Marysville schools. She also served as the middle sch...

Ila L. LaRue, 86, of Marysville, formerly of Richwood, died Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at Bluebird Retirement Community in Marysville. She graduated as salutatorian from Richwood High School in 1948. She...

Rose Alice McCrary, 91, formerly of Richwood, died early Tuesday morning, June 13, 2017, at Carriage Court in Marysville. She was a longtime member of McKendree Church in York Center and the Women’s S...

Helen “Dee” Sauer Amsler, 75, of Ostrander, formerly of Worthington and Westerville, died Sunday, June 11, 2017, at her home surrounded by her loving family. She retired after 35 years as a real estat...

Thomas Huffman, 52, of Delaware, died unexpectedly June 9, 2017, at his home. He graduated from Buckeye Valley High School in 1983 and was a gifted middle linebacker of the football team. In 1982, he ...

Yvonne R. Hilt Hopkins, 87, of Marysville, formerly of Delaware, died Monday, June 5, 2017, at Memorial Gables in Marysville. A retired employee of Sears Roebuck and Co., she was born March 6, 1930, i...

Carrol McIntosh, 98, died Thursday, June 8, 2017, at Brookdale Senior Living in Marysville. He was a lifetime farmer and an associate at O.M. Scott and Sons for more than 27 years, where he was a supe...

Betsy Dott Pelfrey, 66, peacefully entered life eternal on June 8, 2017, after fighting a brave four-year battle with cancer with her customary deep faith, strength, and grace. She was a graduate of B...

Anna E. “Annie” James, 69, of Marysville, died Monday, June 5, 2017, at the Kobacher House. She was a past member of the Jerome United Methodist Church and past member of the Eastern Star, Rebekah Lod...

Russell Neil Hamilton died Jan. 19, 2017, and Charlene A. Hamilton died Oct. 24, 2013. Both were residents of Marysville, and were married in August, 1959.  He was a 1950 Marysville High School gradua...

Bernice E. Beightler, 81, of Marysville, died Tuesday morning, June 6, 2017, at Memorial Hospital following an extended illness. As the last of eight children, she was born on March 21, 1936, in Marys...

Robert G. “Bob” Carroll, 85, of Marysville, formerly of Plain City, died Sunday, June 4, 2017, at Memorial Gables. He was born March 28, 1932, in Toledo, to the late Robert J. and Beatrice Rapp Carrol...

Thelma E. Callicoat, 90, of Marysville, died Saturday morning, June 3, 2017, at Memorial Gables of Marysville. She was born on Oct. 15, 1926, in Lawrence County, to the late Perry Bradley and Lena (Sm...

Charles “Greg” Kimler, 59, of Magnetic Springs, died Thursday morning, June 1, 2017, at his home following a year and a half battle with cancer. He was born April 10, 1958, in Mason, to the late Olan ...

James M. Stanforth, 74, of Marysville, died Wednesday, May 31, 2017, at the Ohio Veterans Home in Sandusky. He was born Dec. 15, 1942, in Dayton, to the late Marion L. and Ruth Thompson Stanforth.

A celebration of life will be held for Jane Evelyn Richardson on June 25 from 2-5 p.m. at the United Presbyterian Church of Bellefontaine, 117 N. Main St.

Helen L. Simpson, 83, of Marysville, died Monday, May 29, 2017, at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. She was born on July 12, 1933, in Milford Center, to the late Clarence James and Geo...