Obituaries

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.