Obituaries

Bobby G. Picklesimer Sr., 85, of Milford Center, died Sunday evening, Aug. 7, 2016, at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born Aug. 24, 1930, in Johnson County, Kentucky to the late Char...

The Rev. Max A. Case, 87, of Marysville, died Monday, Aug. 8, 2016, at his home, with his wife, Geneva, at his side. He was born June 15, 1929, in Decatur, Indiana, to the late Roy and Mary Stetler Ca...

Helen Houck, 98, of Springfield, died Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016, in Springfield. Born Aug. 5, 1918, in Union County, she was a daughter of the late William and Ursel (Brown) Parthemore.

Frances M. Morgan, 92, died Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016, at Memorial Gables in Marysville. She was born May 21, 1924, in Columbus to the late Archie D. and Minnie M. Thiery Chapman.

Clarence Eugene Shreve, 58, of Milford Center, died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, at home, following a fight with cancer for many months. He was born March 28, 1958, in Marysville, to Frank Shreve, who sur...

Margaret Ann (McKenzie) Glassburn, 79, of Mechanicsburg, died, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, in Mercy Memorial Hospital, Urbana. She was born April 7, 1937, in Mechanicsburg, the daughter of the late Eskel...

Dolores Katherine Anderson, 84, of Plain City, died Wednesday morning, Aug. 3, 2016, at Doctors Hospital West. She was born June 23, 1932, in Columbus, to the late Albert and Bertha (Eickemeyer) Moder...

James “Jim” R. Wolfe, 70, died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016, at The Ohio State University Medical Center. He was born March 6, 1946, in Plain City, to the late Ralph and Hazel Wolfe.

Olga Helen Ruiz, 89, of Marysville, died Saturday, July 30, 2016, at Brookdale Marysville. She was born in Toledo, on Dec. 9, 1926, to the late Mike and Dorothy (Lambeva) Vladeff.

Paulie Ann Kessler, 75, of Columbus, died Thursday, July 28, 2016, at Grant Medical Center. She was born Nov. 16, 1940, in Pomeroy.

Mary McConnahea, 75, of Delphos, died Monday, Aug. 1, 2016, at Roselawn Manor in Spencerville. She was born Jan. 18, 1941, to Charles and Mary (Speakman) Wibley.

Aaron H. Holycross, 91, of Bellefontaine, died Friday, July 29, 2016, at Heartland of Bellefontaine. Born October 5, 1924, in Union County, he was the son of the late Isaac and Jennie (Reames) Holycro...

Sarah Georgeann “Jan” Hamilton, 87, of Marysville, died Friday, July 29, 2016, at her residence. She was born April 15, 1929, in the Raymond area near her current home to the late George W. and Doroth...

Herbert V. Baxley, 85, of East Liberty, died Thursday, July 28, 2016, at his residence surrounded by his loving family. Born June 3, 1931, in East Liberty, he was the son of the late George Nelson and...

David F. Weatherby, 80, of West Mansfield, died Thursday, July 28, 2016, at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus. Born Dec. 16, 1935, in Logan County, he was the son of the late William J. and Mar...

Michael James (Kirschenbaum) O’Brien died July 23, 2016, on his 53rd birthday. He was born on July 23, 1963, to the late Mark Kirschenbaum and his surviving mother, Barbara Kirschenbaum of San Diego, ...

Nancy Elaine (Smitley) Gillman, 66, of Bellefontaine, died Sunday, July 24th, 2016 at her home, surrounded by her family after a five year struggle with ovarian cancer. Born in Piqua, Ohio on Feb. 7 t...

Betty Jane Dodge, 88, of Marysville, died Sunday evening, July 24, 2016, at Heartland of Marysville. She was born October 7, 1927, in Irwin, to the late Ray S. and Nellie M. Walke McCarty.

Art D. Salyer Sr., 70, of Woodstock and formerly of Milford Center, died Sunday morning, July 24, 2016, in Woodstock. He was born February 8, 1946, in Paintsville, Kentucky, to the late Milty and Anni...

Arline L. Mercer, 80, died Monday, July 25, 2016, at Brookdale of Marysville after several years of battling Alzheimers. She was born February 16, 1936, in West Jefferson to the late Henry and Nellie ...

Clair Bushong Jr., 91, of Marysville, died early Friday morning, July 22, 2016, at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born October 2, 1924, in West Mansfield, to the late Clair A. and He...

Marie T. Boes, 89, of Carey, died at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 19, 2016, at the Inn at Westbrook in Upper Sandusky. Born Sept. 19, 1926, in Carey, she was the daughter of the late Clifford J. and Theres...

Jennie Douglas, 102, of Milford Center, died Tuesday, July 19, 2016.

Heidi Ann Blumenschein Parker, 55, of Zanesfield, died unexpectedly Saturday, July 16, 2016, at her home. She was born January 21, 1961, in Marysville to the late Erwin and Mary Diana Neer Blumenschei...

Paul Stekel, 82, died Wednesday, July 20, 2016, at Gundersen St. Joseph’s Hospital in Hillsboro, Wisconsin, while surrounded by his wife, loving members of his family and Pastor. He was born April 28,...

Barbara Ann Morris, 73, of Kenton, and formerly of Richwood, died Wednesday, July 20, 2016, at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Richard J. and Dolores M. (Anderson) Placack.

Lyndall Coffey McCloud, 103, died on July 13, 2016, in Charlottesville, Virginia. She was born May 6, 1913, in Woodson, Viginia, the daughter of the late Charles Franklin Coffey and Georgia Campbell C...

Phyllis Benedict Gross, 78, of Florida and formerly of Middleburg, died Sunday, July 17, 2016, at her residence in Florida. Born December 1, 1938, in Union County, she was the daughter of the late Mil...

William D. Ross, 68, of Irwin, died Monday, July 18, 2016, at The Ohio State University East Hospital. On February 14, 1982, in Grove City, he married Nancy and she survives in Rosedale.

Timothy James "Tim" Ramsey, 57, beloved husband of Tonya L. (Martin) Ramsey, passed away peacefully at his home on July 17, 2016 as a result of metastatic bone cancer. He was born on October 21, 1958,...