Obituaries

Claude Eugene “Gene” Yaktin, 62, of Plain City, died Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, at Riverside Methodist Hospital. He was born Feb. 7, 1953, in Columbus. He was of the late  Wilson Howard and Shirley War...

Dale G. Benedict, 77, of Marysville, died Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015, at his residence, surrounded by his family, following many months of failing health. He was born Sept. 23, 1937, in Marion, to the lat...

Harry George Stefanyk, 93, of Marysville, formerly of Delaware and Lakeville, died Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015, at Memorial Gables. He was born Aug. 9, 1922, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, to the late Nic...

Bertha M. Stalling, 87, of West Mansfield, formerly of Newark, died Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, at the Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital in Columbus. She was born Aug. 4, 1928, in Newark, the daughter of the...

Paul A. Parmenter, 66, of Marysville, died Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, at the Ohio State University Medical Center. He was born March 8, 1949, in Delaware, to the late Raymond Burton “Gus” and Frances Dye ...

Ralph J. Rausch was called home on Sept. 6, 2015, 87 yrs. young. Born to Edna Elizabeth Anna (Kleiber) Rausch and George Casper Rausch in Milford Center Ohio.

Frank N. Lewis Jr., 41, of Sunbury, died Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, at Grady Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. He was born Nov. 24, 1973, in Columbus, to Frank N. Lewis and Cathy Plummer.

Ramona Sue Pyles Billingsley, 58, of Marysville, died Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015, at her home with her family by her side. She was born Feb. 16, 1957, in Columbus, to Cora Caldwell Pyles, who survives in M...

Arthur G. Landon, 96, died Monday, Sept. 7, 2015, at Riverside Hospital. He was born April 19, 1919, in Columbus, to the late Arthur and Margaret (Rinehart) Landon.

Mary Annette Hilbert (Card) passed away in the presence of her family Sept. 2, 2015 after 91 years of life.  Mary was the third of four children born to Vivien and Ross Card on Feb. 3, 1924 in Ontario...

Lelia Ruth Scheiderer, 89, of Milford Center, died Monday, Sept. 7, 2015, at Memorial Hospital. She was born Sept. 26, 1925, in Lowell, to the late Andrew and Alice (Henniger) Forshey.

Harry K. McMannis, 85, of Marysville, died Friday, Sept. 4, 2015. He was born July 27, 1930, in Leaton, Michigan, to the late Jesse and Florence Keidel McMannis.

Shirley F. Birling, 71, of Pine River, Wisconsin, died Friday, Aug. 28, 2015.After graduating from Marysville High School, she proudly joined the United States Marine Corps. After serving her country,...

Brandy Michele Burns Kise, 31, of Unionville Center, died Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015. She was born Feb. 12, 1984, in Columbus, to George and Sandy Burns, who survive in Plain City.

Bruce A. Weaver, 53, of Hilliard, died Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015. HE was the son of the late Charles and Marjorie Weaver.

Judith Ann Burson Cotter, 70, of Marysville, died Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, at the Ohio State University Ross Heart Hospital. She was born Feb. 10, 1945, in Marysville, to the late Paul and Mary Fox Burs...

Daniel E. Webb, 59, of Richwood, died Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, at the Ohio State Medical Center in Columbus. He was born May 5, 1956, in Marysville, to the late John and Dorothy (Hanes) Webb.

Bruce A. Weaver, 53, of Hilliard, died Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015.

Jeri Huffman Cooper, 82, of London, died Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, in the Kobacker House, Columbus. She was born Dec. 11, 1932, in Honolulu, Hawaii, the daughter of the late Manuel and Marie (Silva) Ferr...

Gary Wayne Fisher, 49, of Marysville, died Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015, in his home. He was born on March 4, 1966, in Piqua, the son of Howard C. and the late Shirley (Smith) Fisher.

Howard James Kerr, Sr., age 88, of Hilliard, Ohio, passed away peacefully on August 29, 2015, at the Heartland of Marysville, Ohio, after complications from congestive heart failure.  Howard had been ...

Richard R. Seitz, 84, of Pioneer, formerly of Marysville, died Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015, at his home at Fountain Park Assisted Living Facility in Bryan. He was born June 3, 1931, in Forest, to the lat...

Shirley F. Birling, 71, of Pine River, Wisconsin, died Friday, Aug. 28, 2015. She was born Aug. 26, 1944, in Jamestown, the daughter of the late Lorice and Darlene (Haney) Sergent.

John R. Fry, age 78, died peacefully in his Florida home on August 25, 2015.  He was born in Union County, Ohio, the son of the late Royal Lewis and Mary Hoffman Fry.

Leroy Schwartzkopf, 87, of Paducah, Kentucky, formerly of Union County, died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, at Parkview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was the son of the late Edward L. and Lillie Nico...

Mary “Maxine” Spires, 70, of Plain City, died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, at Mt. Carmel West. She was born May 19, 1945, in Meigs County, to the late Ishar and Edna (West) Baker.

Sally Sue Krohn, 53, of Columbus, formerly of Marysville, died Monday, Aug. 17, 2015, at Riverside Methodist Hospital after a courageous three-year battle with cancer.  She is survived by mother, Mart...

George E. Eirich, 93, of Raymond, died Sunday morning, Aug. 23, 2015, at his home following many years of failing health. He was born March 31, 1922, in Union County, to the late Martin Luther and Mar...

Marian Virginia Jones Billington, 82, of Marysville, died Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015, at Carriage Court Assisted Living. She was born Feb. 4, 1933, in Davis, West Virginia, to the late Adolphus and Edna...

Delores Jean Smith Wootchie, 73, of Marysville, formerly of Hopedale and Cadiz, died Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015, at Hospice at Riverside Kobacker House in Columbus. She was born March 5, 1942, in Steuben...