Obituaries

Richard Ivan Biggs Jr., 68, of Richwood, died Tuesday, May 5, 2015, at his home. He was born May 19, 1946, in Columbus, to the late Richard Ivan Sr. and Betty (Campbell) Biggs.

Patricia Louise Ward, 77, of Delaware, died Monday, May 4, 2015, at the Country Club Retirement Center in Delaware. She was born May 18, 1937, in Columbus, to the late Oscar and Ann (Meier) Arnold.

Sarah Elizabeth Mejia, 50, of Marysville, died May 2, 2015. She was born April 9, 1965, in Placerville, California, to Saundra (Nunaly) Rasmusson, who survives, and the late Nickolas Rasmusson.

James Edmond Wheeler, 93, of Marysville, died Friday, May 1, 2015, at his home. He was born May 18, 1921, in Marysville, to the late Dee and Lida Orahood Wheeler.

Dorothy M. Barry, 94, formerly of Calcutta, died Saturday, May 2, 2015, at the Vista Care Center in Lisbon following a brief illness. She was born June 16, 1920, in Union County, the daughter of the l...

Anna E. Snyder, 95, of Marysville, died Saturday, May 2, 2015, at Dublin Methodist Hospital with her son at her side. She was born Dec. 28, 1919, in Kenton, the daughter of the late Sheridan and Ameli...

Robert Shumway Spencer, 82, of Richwood, died Saturday, May 2, 2015, at Memorial Hospital. He was born Oct. 15, 1932, in Paxton, Illinois, to the late William Colwell and Pearl Lauretta (Lower) Spence...

Glenn Pitts, 67, of Marion, died Thursday, April 30, 2015, at Riverside Methodist Hospital. He was born June 7, 1947, in Greenup, Kentucky, to Ruby Mae (Clark), who survives in Richwood, and the late ...

Colleen Mary Greene, 62, died Jan. 25, 2015, at her home in Marysville. She was born May 8, 1952, in Muskego, to the late Joan and James Carroll.

Barbara Ann Copas Bailey, 66, of Gallipolis, died Saturday, April 25, 2015, at her residence. She was born April 17, 1949, in Adams County, the daughter of the late Harold and Dessie Faye Moore Copas.

Carter Elden Curran, 8, died April 26, 2015, at his home in Box Elder, South Dakota. He was born July 20, 2006, in Wooster, to Scott Curran of Medina and Megan Curran of Box Elder.

Helen “Joyce” Culp, 76, of Marysville, died early Monday, April 28, 2015, at Kobacker House in Columbus. She was born Jan. 19, 1939, in Mount Vernon, Kentucky, to the late Herbert and Nancy Miller Sto...

Briella Audrianna Burgess, six months old, died Sunday, April 26, 2015, at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus of complications from a congenital heart defect. She was born Oct. 21, 2014, in Co...

Alene M. Williams, 87, of Defiance, died Sunday, April 26, 2015, at Promedica Defiance Regional Hospital E/R. She was born Aug. 28, 1927, in Henry County, the daughter of the late Curt and Ella (Meyer...

Fannie Lorana Woodford, 87, died Friday, April 24, 2015, at the Our Family Home nursing facility in Worthington. She was born on Feb. 28, 1928. She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Woodford.

Robert F. “Skip” Thompson, 66, of Clearwater, Florida, died Thursday, April 16, 2015, in his home. He was born on Aug. 16, 1948, in Louisa, Kentucky, to the late Ishmael and Olalee (Fugitt) Thompson....

Charles G. “Charlie” Wiant, 86, of Cable, died Wednesday, April 22, 2015, in Sterling House of Urbana. He was born Aug. 13, 1928, in Marion, to the late J. Wendell and Ruth S. (Waddell) Wiant.

Debra Lynn “Deb” Bowersmith, 55, of Marysville, died Tuesday, April 21, 2015, at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus following a brief and unexpected illness. She was born Jan. 18, 1960, in Charl...

Marie A. “Toni” Aller, 81, of Marysville, died Monday, April 20, 2015, at her home with her two sons by her side, after a battle with cancer. She was born Aug. 30, 1933, in Youngstown, to the late Geo...

Amy Beth Holt Davis, 56, of Woodstock, died Sunday afternoon, April 19, 2015, at her home. She was born Sept. 17, 1958, in Urbana, to LeRoy M. Holt, who survives in Marysville, and the late Carolyn J....

Irma “Evadean” Hogue Francis, 80, of Marysville, died Monday, April 20, 2015, at her home surrounded by her family. She was born Aug. 28, 1934, in Union County, to the late David and Eva Hoover Hogue....

James Allen “Jamie” Holton, 34, of San Francisco, California, formerly of Richwood, died Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at his home. He was born Nov. 12, 1980, in Delaware and is survived by his mother Bar...

Jean C. Sweeney, 89, of Marysville, died Monday, April 20, 2015, at her home. She was born Dec. 1, 1925, in Rochester, New York, to the late James and Julia Lutz Ayres.