Obituaries

Wilda Mae Gibbon Bachman, 93, formerly of Marysville, died Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, at the Brethren Retirement Community in Greenville. She was born May 9, 1922, in Shawnee, to the late Harry and Edi...

John Leroy “Roy” Styer, 89, died Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, at his residence after a long battle with heart disease. He was born March 11, 1926, in Delaware, to the late John Sylvester Styer and Minnie B...

James C. Keenan, 73, of Powell, died with family by his side, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, at Grant Medical Center in Columbus following a brief illness. He was born June 25, 1942, in New Kensington, Penns...

Melvin L. Patterson, 76, of Marysville, formerly of Plain City and Maryland, died Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015, at his home. He was born Feb. 18, 1939, to the late Robert B. and Frances Motleler Patterson.

Robert A. Caldwell, 79, of Marysville, died Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born Feb. 18, 1936, in Catawba, to the late George and Mary Overfield Caldwell.

Ida June Phipps, 79, of Richwood, died Monday, Oct. 26, 2015, at Heartland of Marysville. She was born June 19, 1936, in West Mansfield, the daughter of the late Perry and Anna (Gray) Phipps.

Helen L. Weaver, 89, of Marysville, died Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, at the Milcrest Nursing Center. She was born Feb. 2, 1926, in Pharisburg, to the late Clyde and Clara (Mohn) Cramer.

Margaret L. Todd Starks, 93, of Raymond, died Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born Sept. 15, 1922, in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, to the late Owen and Goldie (Brig...

Helen L. Weaver, 89, of Marysville, died Thursday evening, Oct. 22, 2015, at the Milcrest Nursing Center. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at the Stof- check-Ballinger Funeral Home, Ric...

M. Dale Nelson Jr., 62, of Delaware, died Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, following a brief illness.

M. “Maggie” Ann Bailey, 47, of Bellefontaine, died Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, at Doctor’s Hospital West. She was born June 6, 1968, to the late Richard and Dee Ann (Dade) Johnson in Chicago, Illinois....

Betty J. Lee, 89, of Marysville, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, at Brookdale Marysville following several months of failing health. She was born Nov. 17, 1925, in Marysville, to the late Cletus W. and...

Carol Jean Burdett Russell, 72, of Marysville, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, at the Laurels of Worthington. She was born April 3, 1943, in Tiffin, to the late Vernon Young and Genevieve Hendricks.

Ruth Anne Rolt-Wheeler Skidmore, 88, of Columbus, formerly of Marysville, died Monday, Oct. 19, 2015, at Mt. Carmel St. Ann’s Hospital in Westerville. She was born March 18, 1927, in Stamford, Connect...

Josefa “Pepi” Acacio de Acosta, 87, of Richwood died Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, at Heartland of Marysville following many months of failing health. She was born July 22, 1928, in Cadiz, Spain, to the lat...

Helen M. LeVan, 96, of West Mansfield, died Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, at Logan Acres Care Center. She was born June 19, 1919, near Chuckery in Union County, to the late Henry G. and Mabel D. (Stierhoff)...

Norman Jones, 72, of Spring Hill, Florida, and formerly of Marysville, died Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015, in Mexico City, Mexico. He was born July 16, 1943, in Georgetown, to Granville and Flora Prather Jo...

Imo Inez Cates Navin, 100, of Marysville, died Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, at Carriage Court Assisted Living in Marysville. She was born April 21, 1915, in Marion County to the late Claude Lacy and Edna V...

Dennis D. Gerfen, 57, of Richwood, died Tuesday morning, Oct. 13, 2015, at his home surrounded by his loving family following a 2-year battle with cancer. He was born Dec. 15, 1957, in Waldo, to the l...

Daryl “Keith” Cantrell, 65, of Springfield, died Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015, in his home. He was born on Oct. 22, 1949, in Shelby, the son of Wayne and Joyce (McKenzie) Cantrell.

Kristina Marie Smith Graves, 44, of Marysville, died unexpectedly early Sunday morning, October 11, 2015, at her home. She was born February 23, 1971 in Indianapolis to the late Michelle Smith and Joh...

Shawn Allen Stultz, 42, of Olive Hill, Kentucky, died Friday, Oct. 2, 2015, at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington. He was born Sept. 22, 1973, in Union County son of  Jerry Stultz ...

Emagene Forsyth Neasse, 93, of Scottsdale, Arizona, died Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015, at McDowell Village. She spent many winter vacations in Florida. She and Bob moved to Cave Creek, Arizona in October 1...

Robert “Bob” Whiteside, 87, died Monday, Oct. 5, 2015, following a two-week illness. He was born in Ostrander on May 23, 1928, to the late Franklin and Hildredth (Davis) Whiteside.

Douglas O. Pennington, 64, of Marysville, died peacefully, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015, at his home. He was born Aug. 1, 1951, in Pennington Gap, Virginia, and the late Earl William Pennington.

James Lee Dale, 88, of Marysville, died Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015, at Memorial Hospital. He was born March 14, 1927, in Edwardsville, Illinois, to the late Douglas Evans and Adelaide Celeste Naylor Dale.

Julie A. Cyphers, 59, died Monday, Oct. 5, 2015, at her residence. She was born June 23, 1956, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to the late Eric R. “Rick” Priday, who died in 2009, and the late Janice (...

Ella Mae Spires, 84, of Plain City, died at her residence surrounded by her loving family Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. She was born June 15, 1931, in Amlin, to the late Fred R. and Gladys M. (Bailey) Franks.

Cheryl Ann “Cherie” Navin Schleeter, 71, of Marysville, died Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015, at her home. She was born Oct. 5, 1943, in Marion to the late Thomas William Navin and Imo Cates Navin of Marysv...

The Rev. Dr. Scott L. Strohm, 60, of Marysville, died Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, at Ohio Health Kobacker House at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus. He was born July 13, 1955, in Rochester, Pennsy...