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Billy Bailey

Billy Bailey

Oct 20, 2011

Billy Bailey, 42, of Greenwich, died Thursday, October 20, 2011 at his residence. He was born October 25, 1968, in Willard and was a life long resident of Greenwich. He was a 1987 graduate of South Central High School. He received his degree in Horticulture from ATI in Wooster in 1989 and served his internship in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Billy worked...

Deborah Tuttle

Deborah Tuttle

Oct 20, 2011

Deborah Ann Tuttle, age 60, of Willard, died Thursday, October 20, 2011 at Hospice of North Central Ohio, Ashland after a lengthy illness. She was born February 2, 1951 in New London, Ohio, daughter of the late Stonewall and Bertha (Blair) Oney. Deborah was a homemaker. She enjoyed spending time with her family and grandchildren. She is survived by her...

Thymen Krikke

Thymen Krikke

Oct 19, 2011

Thymen A. Krikke, age 93, passed peacefully from his earthly home to his heavenly home to be with his Lord on October 19, 2011. He was born on June 29, 1918 in Oudehaske in Friesland, the Netherlands to Arend Thymen and Lolkje (Veldman) Krikke. After serving in the Dutch Army during World War II, he, with his wife and daughter,...

Margaret Belle

Margaret Belle

Oct 16, 2011

Margaret Belle Fox (Eddy), 70, of Wellington, went to be with the Lord Sunday, October 16, 2011 after a long illness. She was born in Fairview, W.Va to Taft and Pauline Eddy on December 7, 1940. Margie was employed for many years at Wellington Schools in the cafeteria. Her love for life was involvement with her grandkids and family, she...

Nathan Risner

Nathan Risner

Oct 16, 2011

Nathan Thomas Risner, 36, of Greenwich, died Sunday morning, October 16, 2011 at his home after a sudden illness. He was born November 6, 1974 in Oberlin. Nathan was raised in Toledo, lived in Greenwich, Texas, Lorain County and moved back to Greenwich 10 years ago. He was a 1993 graduate of South Central High School, Greenwich. Nathan worked for...

Janet Bracken

Janet Bracken

Oct 16, 2011

Janet M. Bracken, 64, of Ashland, died Sunday, October 16, 2011 at her residence. She was born November 25, 1946 in Oberlin to the late Richard and Josephine (Stocking) Anderson. She graduated from New London High School in 1964. Janet worked as a dental assistant in New London for Dr. Pasek and Hale and the billing department at Samaritan Regional...

Ben Dennis,

Ben Dennis,

Oct 10, 2011

Ben F. Dennis, Jr., 59, of Sullivan, died Monday, October 10, 2011 at his home. Born in Lodi, on January 16, 1952 he lived all of his life in Sullivan. He graduated in 1970 from Black River High School and completed 2 years of computer training. Ben worked 37 years at Cleveland City Forge in Wellington as a CNC setup...

Richard Churpek

Richard Churpek

Oct 5, 2011

Richard Thomas Churpek, 71, of Wellington, died Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at the Elms Retirement Village in Wellington. Born to Thomas and Rose Churpek on July 10, 1940, Richard grew up on the South side of Cleveland and moved to Wellington in the early 1980s. Richard worked at J & L and L.T.V. Steel factories. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and...

Arnold Amburgy

Arnold Amburgy

Oct 5, 2011

Arnold Amburgy, 84, of New London, went home to Heaven, Wednesday, October 5, 2011 after a courageous 2 year battle with cancer. Arnold was born on November 6, 1926, in Hueysville, Kentucky, the youngest child of John and Rebecca (Allen) Amburgy. The family moved to Willard, in 1942 so Arnold's father could farm and get out of the coal mines...

Marie Fulkerson

Marie Fulkerson

Oct 5, 2011

Marie E. Fulkerson (nee Boice), 83, of Wellington passed away at her home surrounded by her loving children on October 5, 2011. She was born February 24, 1928 to the late John and Ina Boice in Huntington. She lived most of her life in Wellington. Marie retired from the Nova Telephone Company and she spent her remaining years spending time...

Joann Walters

Joann Walters

Oct 3, 2011

Joann Ruth (Powers) Walters, an educator and New London Local School District's first kindergarten teacher, died Oct. 3, 2011, in a Columbus nursing home. She was 83 and had been in declining health for several years. She was born March 30, 1928, at Bucyrus, the daughter of Fred. S. and Anna Mary (Souders) Powers, and grew up in Columbus, graduating...

Billy Noble

Billy Noble

Oct 1, 2011

Billy D. Noble, age 84, of Fostoria, died Saturday, October 01, 2011 at Independence House in Fostoria, after a short illness. He was born July 31, 1927 in Shiloh, son of the late, William H. & Anita (Kranz) Noble. Billy was a 1945 graduate of Shiloh High School and served in the US Army from 1944-1946, during the occupation. He...

Bettie Sheller

Bettie Sheller

Sep 29, 2011

Bettie L. Sheller, 86, of Greenwich, died Thursday, September 29, 2011 at her home. She was born in Ashland, on February 8, 1925, daughter of the late Walter Guy and Florence (Hosler) Wolfe. Bettie lived in Ashland and Richland Counties before moving to Greenwich in 1978. She was a homemaker, drove school bus for 17 years for Plymouth Schools and...

Evelyn Buzard

Evelyn Buzard

Sep 28, 2011

Evelyn N. Buzard, age 87, of Howard, Ohio, died Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at Knox Community Hospital, Mount Vernon, Ohio. She was born March 27, 1924 in Plymouth, daughter of the late Omer and Norma (Milliron) Burkett. Evelyn was a 1942 graduate of Plymouth High School. She moved to New London in 1960 and to Howard in 2002. She worked...

Buford Caudill

Buford Caudill

Sep 27, 2011

Buford Caudill, age 87, of Willard, died Tuesday, September 27, 2011 in Georgetown after a brief illness. He was born on July 23, 1924 to William and Eliza (Williams) Caudill in Salyersville, KY. Buford proudly served his country in the Army in World War II. He was a POW and humbly received the Purple Heart, for being wounded while serving....

Anthony Koreski

Anthony Koreski

Sep 27, 2011

Anthony P. Koreski, 63, of New London, died Tuesdsay, September 27, 2011 at his home. Born in Lorain on October 4, 1947 to the late Chester A. and Anna Mae (nee Smith) Koreski, Anthony lived in Elyria for many years before moving to the rural New London area in the mid 1980s. After graduating from Clearview High School, Anthony proudly...

Lyle Barre

Lyle Barre

Sep 27, 2011

Lyle A. Barre, 78, of Mansfield, died Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at MedCentral Health System in Mansfield after a short illness. He was born on January 30, 1933, in Greenwich and lived the majority of his life in Mansfield. He proudly served in the United States Air Force overseas during the Korean War. Lyle retired in 1993 from Copperweld in...

Harold Pettry

Harold Pettry

Sep 24, 2011

Harold R. Pettry, 70, of Lorain, died Saturday, September 24, 2011 at the Elms Retirement Village. Harold was born in West Virginia to the late Oma and Della (nee Webb) Pettry on December 28, 1940. Harold worked for the American Ship Building company until it closed and retired from Van Dorn Demag in Strongsville. He was an avid outdoorsman who...

George Willard,

George Willard,

Sep 24, 2011

George C. Willard, Sr., age 71, of West Salem, died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011 at Hospice of North Central Ohio, from complications of diabetes. He was born April 27, 1940 in Lodi, Ohio, son of the late, Carlton & Florence (Black) Willard. He was a life long resident of the Nova area, and graduated from Ruggles-Troy High School in 1958....

Roger Hirzel

Roger Hirzel

Sep 23, 2011

Roger Arthur Hirzel, 83, of Wellington, died Friday, September 23, 2011 at his home surrounded by family. A son of the late Albert George and Julia (nee Moses) Hirzel, Roger was born on August 13, 1928 in Cleveland. He graduated from North Ridgeville High School. Roger proudly served in the Army 4th Infantry Combat Engineers during the Korean War. He...

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