Obituaries

Raymond “Ray” Russell Seymour Sr., 71, of Marysville, died March 25, 2016, in his home. He was born Sept. 6, 1944, to the late Russell and Sarah (Holt) Seymour.

Jerry W. Ridge, 63, of Richwood, died Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at Memorial Hospital. He was born Jan. 5, 1953, in Kenton, to Ralph and Helen (Hall) Ridge, who survive in Richwood.

Anita Strauch Skoog, 93, of Ostrander, died Palm Sunday, March 20, 2016, at Memorial Gables, where she was a resident the past two years. She was born Aug. 6, 1922, in Minnesota. She also resided in R...

Clark Alan Durant, 67, of Fairbanks, Alaska, died Tuesday, March 8, 2016, in Lakeview. He was born on Oct. 17, 1948, in Columbus, to the late Lewis E. Durant III and Betty Ann Delay Durant Coder.

Tammy M. (Ritchie) Lewis, 42, of Columbus, died Saturday, March 18, 2016, at her residence. She was born March 23, 1973, in Garden Grove, California, to the late Robert Earl Holloway and Linda (Heissl...

Theodore “Ted” Wayne Cremeans, 68, of Ashland, formerly of Hilliard, died Tuesday, March 15, 2016, in Grant Medical Center from complications following heart surgery. He was born on Aug. 28, 1947, in ...

Bertha “Bertie” Disbennett, 84, of Richwood, died Thursday morning, March 17, 2016, at Heartland of Marysville in a room she shared with her husband, Robert, who was holding his hand. She was born Jul...

Freda Jean “Jeannie” Vincent, 65 of Richwood, died peacefully early Friday morning, March 18, 2016, at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born Dec. 30, 1950, in Marysville to the late G...

Goldie M. Conley Knox, 71, of Marysville, died Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at her home surrounded by her loving family following a courageous battle with cancer. She was born June 28, 1944, in West Lib...

Gerald Dean Trees, 82, of Marysville, died Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at his residence surrounded by his family. He was born Dec. 3, 1933, in New Dover, to the late Cecil Clark and Lottie Marie Stiner...

Mary “Betty” Earl, 95, died Saturday, March 5, 2016, in Boca Raton, Florida. She was born June 10, 1920, in Denville, New Jersey, to the late John T. and Bessie (Vanderhoff) Allen.

Dorothy Margaret Arn, 95, of Ely, Minnesota, and formerly of Marysville, died Sunday, March 13, 2016, at Carefree Living in Ely. She was born Dec. 25, 1920, in Columbus, to the late Harry S. and Clara...

Tommy Wayne Stinemetz, 63, of Marysville, died Sunday, March 13, 2016, at his home surrounded by family. He was born Aug. 31, 1952, in Marysville, to the late Howard K. Stinemetz and Doris Marie Fickl...

Larry LeRoy Overfield, 76, of Bellefontaine, formerly of Marysville, died Sunday, March 13, 2016, at Heartland of Bellefontaine. He was born Oct. 24, 1939, in Mechanicsburg, the son of the late Harry ...

Ruth Ann Britton, 93, of Arlington, formerly of Marysville, died Sunday, March 13, 2016, at Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay. She was born Feb. 16, 1923, in Berkshire Township in Delaware County, ...

Mary Alice Schacherbauer, 101, of Marysville, died Sunday, March 13, 2016, surrounded by her family. A lifetime resident of Union County, she was born Dec. 22, 1914, in Chuckery, to the late Jay and R...

William David Huffman, 72, of East Liberty, died Friday morning, March 11, 2016, at his home after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was born Jan. 14, 1944, in Champaign County, to the late William R. ...

R. Waldo Patton, 87, of Marysville, died Friday morning, March 11, 2016, at Memorial Hospital. He was born May 29, 1928, in Yellow Springs, to the late Floyd L. and Thurza I. Forbeck Patton.

Clyde W. Matthews, 79, of Marysville died Wednesday evening, March 9, 2016, at Memorial Gables, following an extended illness, with family at his side. He was born Sept. 12, 1936, in Lawrence County, ...

Roger D. “Fergie” Ferguson, 60, of Richwood, died Thursday morning, March 10, 2016, at Doctors West Hospital. He was born Aug. 16, 1955, in Chicago, to the late Thomas J. and Muriel Wynell (Shaw) Ferg...

Rodney Guy Herriott, 65, of Ostrander, died Thursday, March 10, 2016, at the Kobacker House. He was born Oct. 14, 1950, in Delaware, to the late Mary (Garey) and Robert Lee Herriott.

Barbara E. Daniels, 59, of Marysville, died Thursday, March 10, 2016, at Kobacker House in Columbus with her loving family by her side. She was born Dec. 26, 1956, in Marysville, the daughter of the l...

Vickie L. Havens, 61, of Mechanicsburg, died Thursday, March 10, 2016, in the Springfield Regional Medical Center. She was born Jan. 24, 1955, in Urbana to the late Marion Martin Havens and Lois L. (K...

Patricia Lewis, 81, of Marysville, died Thursday afternoon, March 10, 2016, at the Whetstone Care Center in Columbus surrounded by her loving family. She was born July 23, 1934, in Indianapolis, India...

Betty Lou Salmons, 72, of Marysville, died Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at the Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus. She was born June 19, 1943 in Webb, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Mo...

Cheryl A. Cook, 57, of Richwood, died Wednesday, March 9, 2016, at the Ohio State University Medical Center. She was born June 10, 1958, in Marion, to the late Charles E. Jordan and Donna Jean Jacks.

Norma Jean Edmunds, 77, of Dublin, formerly of Richwood, died Wednesday, March 9, 2016, at the First Community Village in Upper Arlington. She was born May 12, 1938, in Marion, to the late Mervin Proc...

John M. “Mike” Gordon, 80, of Bellefontaine, formerly of West Mansfield, died Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at Kobacker House in Columbus. He was born May 3, 1935, in West Mansfield, the son of the late Joh...

Sandra G. Appel, 81, died Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016, at Hospice of Citrus of the Nature Coast, Florida. She was born Nov. 14, 1934, in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Dixie L. Hines, 65 of Prospect, died Sunday, March 6, 2016. Her death was unexpected.