Obituaries

Jerry Thomas Ruble, 81, of Bay City, Michigan, died Saturday, April 9, 2016. He was born July 3, 1934, in Dayton, to the late Edgar and Elizabeth (Hoffman) Ruble.

Martha R. Huffman, 95, of Milford Center, died Saturday, April 9, 2016, at Memorial Gables. She was born Nov. 5, 1920, in Bowersville, to the late John and Minnie Shigley Binegar.

Jack Lee Schwartz, 66, of Marysville, died Saturday, April 9, 2016, at Memorial Hospital. He was born Oct. 6, 1949, in Peoria, Illinois, the son of the late Paul and Kathleen (Edgar) Schwartz.

George E. Horn, 87, of Marysville, died Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at Memorial Gables.   He was born Jan. 16, 1929, in Brooklyn, New York, to the late George E. and Carolyn Jacques Hart Horn Sr.

George E. Horn, 87, of Marysville, died Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at Memorial Gables. The family will receive friends 4-7 p.m. Monday at Underwood Funeral Home. A full obituary will appear in Saturday...

Frances Maxine Baker, 98, of Greenville, formerly of Marysville, died Monday, April 4, 2016, at Heartland of Greenville. She was born Sept. 10, 1917, in Greenville, to the late John Frederick and Haze...

John W. Purdum, 82, of Plumwood, died Wednesday, April 6, 2016, in his home, on the same farm he was born. He was born May 11, 1933, in Plumwood, to the late Ernest N. and Lela (Ashley) Purdum.

Kathleen Russell Darling, age 73, of Pickerington died Thursday March 31, 2016.  Kathleen was born December 23, 1942 in Marysville, Ohio to the late James W. and Lois Rea Russell.

Rosemary Burcher Hinton, 80, of Milford Center, died Monday, April 4, 2016, at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus. She was born June 17, 1935, in Amesville, to the late Wilbur and Freda Davis Bu...

Linda Lee Jervis Spurgeon, 75, of Marysville, died Thursday, March 31, 2016, at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born Nov. 3, 1940, in Delaware, to the late Leland and Gwen Shaw Jervi...

Terry Gene Whitmore, 54, of North Lewisburg, died Thursday, March 31, 2016, at Heartland of Marysville following an extended illness. He was born Aug 31, 1961, in Nelsonville, to the late John and Reg...

Charles Henry Medley Sr., 80, of Marysville, died Thursday, March 31, 2016, at his home surrounded by his loving wife and family. He was born Feb. 26, 1936, in Morgan County, to the late Frank and Mar...

Blanche L. Fillinger, 85, of Richwood, died Friday, April 1, 2016, at Heartland of Marysville. She was born Aug. 11, 1930, in Hardin County, to the late John and Olga Marie (Phelps) Friermood.

Marion “Lester” Cox, 89, of North Lewisburg, died Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at his home with his family by his side. He was born Aug. 11, 1926, in Fort Gay, West Virginia, to the late Marion W. and O...

Joseph G.V. Hofbauer, 79, of Plain City, died Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at his home. He was born April 29, 1936, above Tedrick’s Hardware Store in downtown Plain City, to the late Joseph V. and Anna (K...

Tonya Sue Manning, 50, of Marysville, died Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, surrounded by her family and friends. She was born March 31, 1965, the daughter of Bill...

Martha B. Thomas Cattani, 82, of Marion, died Friday, March 25, 2016, at Primrose of Marion following a sudden illness. She was born Feb. 8, 1934, in Marion, one of nine children of the late Jesse Alb...

Robert Garland, 58, of Woodstock, formerly of Schaumburg, Illinois, died Friday, March 18, 2016, at his home after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was born Oct. 26, 1957, in Palatine Illinois, to the...

Kenneth P. Vandre Sr., 87, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, died March 23, 2016, at his home. He was born on Nov. 11, 1928, in Lowell, Indiana, the son of the late Rev. Walter and Melanie Vandre.

Richard “Dick” Lewis Worstell, 69, of Marysville, died Saturday, March 26, 2016, at Milcrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born April 2, 1946, in Marysville, to the late Charles Robert and...

Marcella J. Dunham, 88, of Marysville, died Monday, March 28, 2016, at the Memorial Gables. She was born Feb. 13, 1928, in Marysville, the daughter of the late Gerald and Ruth (Griffin) Simpson.

Bernie McElroy, 87, of Richwood, died Friday afternoon, March 25, 2016, at the Ohio State University Medical Center. He was born March 20, 1929, in Richwood, to the late William E. and Ethel (Hildreth...

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...