Obituaries

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...

Robert “Bob” D. Castle, 50, died at the Kobacker House on Sunday, April 9, 2017. He was born in Columbus on July 25, 1966, to Earl and Judy (Akers) Castle.

Phyllis A. Merriman Curtis, 72, of North Lewisburg, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, April 5, 2017, at Memorial Hospital. She was born on Jan. 6, 1945, in Delaware, to the late Herbert and Ruth Dye Mer...

James Edward “Jim” Clevenger, 64, of Marysville, died peacefully Thursday, April 6, 2017, at his home surrounded by his loving family and canine companion, Harley. He was born on June 11, 1952, in Man...

Linda Lou Scheiderer Comeau, 69, of Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada, formerly of Marysville, died on Sunday, April 2, 2017 at the Miramichi Regional Hospital. She was born on April 10, 1947, in Sandu...

Joyce M. Combs Riley, 76, of Marysville, died unexpectedly Wednesday, April 5, 2017, at Memorial Hospital. She was born March 28, 1941, in Irwin, to the late Crit Combs and Elsie Williams Combs Mills.

Mark A. Shoemaker, 35, of Unionville, died on Tuesday, April 4, 2017, in Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus. He was born on March 30, 1982, in London.

Gene E. Johnson, 81, of Marysville, died unexpectedly Tuesday afternoon, April 4, 2017, at Memorial Hospital. He was born on March 30, 1936, in Delaware County, to the late Ralph and Hattie Dixon John...

Harold G. Coy, 89, of Milford Center, died Tuesday evening, April 4, 2017, at his home with his loving family by his side. He was born Sept. 21, 1927, in Richmondale, to the late David Otto and Charit...

Barton D. Beardsley, 49, of Marysville, died Sunday, April 2, 2017, at OhioHealth Hospice Kobacker House in Columbus. He was born on March 30, 1968, in Columbus to the James Beardsley and Mary “Margo”...

Richard Eugene Cline, 82, of Urbana, died on Thursday, March 30, 2017, in Mercy Memorial Hospital. He was born on Jan. 26, 1935, in Pottersburg.