Obituaries

June McCarty, 83, lifelong resident of Magnetic Springs, died on Thursday afternoon, May 4, 2017, at the Memorial Hospital in Marysville. She was born on June 3, 1933 in Magnetic Springs to the late E...

Daniel L. Stillings, 70, of Milford Center, died on Saturday afternoon at his home following years of failing health. He was born Nov. 11, 1946, to the late Cloyd “Jim” and Mary M. Hayes Stillings....

Robert Lee “Bob” Wedge, 86, of Carey, died at 10:34 a.m. on Saturday, May 6, 2017, at Wyandot Memorial Hospital emergency room in Upper Sandusky. He was born on March 8, 1931, in Cottageville, West Vi...

June A. McCarty, 83, of Magnetic Springs, died on Thursday afternoon, May 4, 2017, at Memorial Hospital in Marysville.

Jerry L. Collette, age 73, of Marysville, died unexpectedly Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at Memorial Hospital. He was born March 18, 1944 in Rockwood, Tennessee to the late Howard B. and Marjory Dickson Colle...

George A. Nichols, 74, died in his home on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, after a long battle with the rare cancer multiple myeloma.

Jane Evelyn Richardson, 79, died on April 27, 2017, in Brooksville, Florida. She was born on Nov. 4, 1937, in Bellefontaine.

Dean Crabtree, 76, of Marysville, died on Monday morning, May 1, 2017 at Memorial Hospital of Union County. He was born on Oct. 2, 1940, in Marysville, to the late Alva E. and Bueryl Walter Crabtree.

Donald Gwynn “Donnie” Parrott, 50, of Magnetic Springs, died unexpectedly Friday morning, April 28, 2017, at Memorial Hospital in Marysville. He was born on Nov. 9, 1966, in Kenton, to William and Sal...

Eugene “Gene” Slaughter, 69, of Marysville, died on Friday morning, April 28, at his home following an extended illness. He was born on July 19, 1947, in Union County, to the late Paul H. and Opal J. ...

Raymond G. Holloway, 79, of Marysville, died on Friday afternoon at Dublin Methodist Hospital following many months of failing health. He was born on Oct. 5, 1937, in Portsmouth, to the late Raymond a...

Donald Lee Koontz, 75, of Marysville, died peacefully early Friday morning, April 28, 2017, at his home. He was born Feb. 3, 1942, in Montgomery County. He was preceded in death by his father, Byron D...

Kay F. Risner, 75, of Raymond, died late Wednesday evening on April 26, 2017, at Riverside Methodist Hospital following a brief illness. She was born at the family home in Lunda near rural West Mansfi...

Gary E. Hendrickson, 62, of Broadway, died unexpectedly early Wednesday morning, April 26, 2017, at his home. He was born on Jan. 9, 1955, in Delaware, to the late Francis E. and Velma M. Sexton Hendr...

William F. Clemens, 52, of Marysville, died unexpectedly on Monday, April 17, at the Ohio State University Ross Heart Hospital in Columbus. He was born on Dec. 24, 1964, in Bellflower, California, to ...

Ronald W. Brown “Speedy”, 63, of Marysville, died on Tuesday, April 25, 2017, at the Ohio State University Medical Center. He was born on Dec. 3, 1953, in Bellaire, to the late Ross A. and Nora (Palme...

Josephine Blanche Hendrickson, 80, of Marion, died on Tuesday, April 25, 2017, at Marion General Hospital. She was born on Oct. 3, 1936, in Marion, to the late Charles Herbert and Mary Ann (Jacobs) Hu...

Dean E. Svoboda, 80, died on April 18, 2017. He grew up in Cleveland, and was born in 1937.

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...

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 ...

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” Bumgar...

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 la...

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...

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, a...

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; ...

Jean B. Dixon, 84, of East Liberty, died on Tuesday morning, April 11, 2017, at her home. She was born in Logan County on Aug. 24, 1932, to the late Paul Blackburn and Edith (Inskeep) Blackburn Steven...