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Wayne Wikle

Wayne Wikle

Aug 26, 2010

Wayne Allen Wikle, 66, of Wellington, died Thursday, August 26, 2010, at Specialty Hospital in Amherst. Wayne was born on July 12, 1944 to the late Harry and Mary Alice (nee Hyde) Wikle and moved to the Wellington area in 1978. Wayne was a retired owner/operator truck driver. He was a member of the Wellington Eagles 2051 and VFW Post...

Doris Brix

Doris Brix

Aug 26, 2010

Doris Louise Brix, 84, formerly of Fairfield, Ohio, died Thursday, August 26, 2010, at The Rehabilitation and Nursing Center at Firelands in New London. Doris was born on November 24, 1925, in Moberly, Missouri, to the late Dudley 'Lass' and Hattie (Randolph) Bradley. She graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in Journalism from The University of Missouri, in 1947. On...

Pauline Hines Mckisson

Pauline Hines Mckisson

Aug 25, 2010

Pauline M. Simonson Hines McKisson, 99, died Wednesday, August 25 at Allen Community Hospital in Oberlin. Pauline was born on April 3, 1911 in Huntington, where she resided for 19 years before moving to Wellington. Pauline was a member of the Jolly Senior Craft Club where she helped make the senior quilts and crafts. She also helped fold the Senior...

Arthur Brinker

Arthur Brinker

Aug 19, 2010

Arthur 'Blackie' Frederick Brinker, 84, of Wellington died Thursday, August 19, 2010 at the Elms. Born on June 23, 1926 in Chatham, Blackie was the only son of Earl and Gladys (nee Smith) Brinker. He attended Spencer High School before being drafted to the Army in 1944. Later, Blackie received an honorary diploma which he was very proud of. For...

Ellen Welch

Ellen Welch

Aug 16, 2010

Ellen M. Welch, 77, of Rochester, died Monday, August 16, 2010 at her home. Born in Centreville, Maryland on August 14, 1933, Ellen moved to the Rochester area in 1969. She worked at Clark Pharmacy in New London and the Grafton Prison as a Pharmacy Tech. Ellen also was a real estate agent. She enjoyed bowling, reading, needle point and...

Kevin Criss

Kevin Criss

Aug 16, 2010

Kevin Ray Criss, 31, of Wellington, died Monday, August 16, 2010, from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Born on January 28, 1979 in Elyria to Kenneth and Gloria (nee Morales) Criss, Kevin graduated from Firelands High School with the Class of 1997. For the past 8 years, Kevin has been a resident of Penfield Township. He served as a...

Samuel Lash,

Samuel Lash,

Aug 15, 2010

Samuel J. Lash, Jr., 93, of LaGrange, died Sunday, August 15, 2010 at the Ohio Veterans Home, Sandusky. Born on July 17, 1917, Samuel was a son of the late Samuel J. and Catherine Lash, Sr. During WWII, Samuel served in the Asiatic Pacific, East Indies and New Guinea during his years of military service in the Army Air Corp....

Carl Ours

Carl Ours

Aug 11, 2010

Carl Richard Ours, Sr., 74, of New London, died Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at Akron City Hospital. Born in Fairfield County on September 12, 1935 to the late Gilbert and Cecelia Ours, Carl graduated from Vermilion High School in 1955. He owned Flowers by Carl in Wakeman and helped other local florists establish shops. Carl was a foreman at Woldarski...

Hunter Charles Barnett

Hunter Charles Barnett

Aug 11, 2010

Hunter King Charles Barnett, infant son of Travis and Kimberly (Hargis) Barnett of Greenwich was stillborn on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at Fisher Titus Medical Center, Norwalk. He is also survived by his brother, Logan, paternal grandparents, Monroe and Tammy Barnett of Greenwich, maternal grandparents, Ronda and Terry Copsey of Greenwich and Larry Hargis of Ashland; maternal great grandmother, Marie...

Allison Kerr

Allison Kerr

Aug 9, 2010

Allison Kerr, age 41, formerly of Avon, died in her sleep of natural causes on August 9, 2010. She was born on August 20, 1968 in Portsmouth, Virginia to Judith Hoffman Kerr of Nova, Ohio and Dewey Kerr of Bay View, Ohio. Allison had been living in Scottsdale, AZ for the past 4 years and had lived in the Atlanta...

Ernest Fannin

Ernest Fannin

Aug 8, 2010

Ernest G. 'Whitey' Fannin, age 85, of Wellington, died Sunday, August 8, 2010 at the Elms Retirement Village, Wellington. He was born January 4, 1925 in Lennox, Kentucky, son of the late William M. and Cloa (nee Adkins) Fannin. Ernest had lived most of his life in Wellington. He had served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Whitey...

Terry Riddle

Terry Riddle

Aug 5, 2010

Terry L. Riddle, 51, of Wellington, died Thursday, August 5, 2010 at her residence. Terry was born in Oberlin on December 24, 1958 and graduated with the Wellington High School Class of 1977. During high school she was the Senior Class Vice President and following graduation she enjoyed helping plan reunions. For the past 14 years, she served as the...

Kevin Hartley

Kevin Hartley

Aug 4, 2010

Kevin L. Hartley, 48, of Clarksfield, died Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at Fisher-Titus Medical Center, Norwalk. Born in Sandusky on February 13, 1962. He lived in Clarksfield all of his life and was a 1980 graduate from Western Reserve High School. He worked as a custodian at the Pleasant Street Elementary School in Norwalk. Kevin was a former conductor of...

June Pease

June Pease

Jul 30, 2010

June K. Pease, 82, of Elyria and formerly of Wellington, died Friday, July 30, 2010 at EMH. June was born September 7, 1927 in Cleveland to the late Ethel and Harry Brown. She spent her childhood in Elyria, graduating from Elyria High School in 1944. June later moved to Wellington and lived there for several years. June and her husband,...

Byron Urie

Byron Urie

Jul 24, 2010

Byron M. Urie, 91, of Greenwich, died Saturday, July 24, 2010 at his home surrounded by family. Born in Ashland County on October 14, 1918, Byron was a son of the late Robert and Maude Urie. Byron lived most of his life in the Shiloh and Greenwich areas and was a 1936 graduate from Shiloh High School. During World War...

Suzanne Mariast

Suzanne Mariast

Jul 21, 2010

Suzanne P. Mariast, age 59, of Wellington, died Wednesday, July 21, 2010 after an apparent heart attack at Allen Community Hospital, Oberlin. She was born March 28, 1951 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Suzanne lived in Nanjemoy, Maryland until 1986 when she moved to Ohio and lived in Wellington since 1989. She was a homemaker. Suzanne was an amazing wife,...

Frances Vanderpool Caudill

Frances Vanderpool Caudill

Jul 21, 2010

Frances Ellen Vanderpool Caudill, 75, of Willard, went home to be with her Lord on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at Hospice of North Central Ohio in Ashland after a short illness. She was born on December 31, 1934 in Magoffin County, Kentucky. She had lived in the Delphi area for the past 57 years. Frances was the valedictorian of her...

Eldred Turner

Eldred Turner

Jul 19, 2010

Eldred Franklin Turner, 88, of Wellington, entered into Heaven on Monday, July 19, 2010. The son of Franklin and Alma Turner, Eldred was born on March 11, 1922 in Thackerville, OK and moved to Ohio as a child. Eldred graduated from Hudson High School and went on to earn his Bachelors Degree. During WWII, Eldred served in the Pacific as...

Allene Shepherd

Allene Shepherd

Jul 18, 2010

Allene E. Shepherd, age 90, of Wellington passed on July 18, 2010 at the Hospice of the Western Reserve in Cleveland. Mrs. Shepherd was born August 17, 1919 in Grandview, Washington. She graduated from Prosser Senior High School in 1938. She attended Washington State Normal School (now Central Washington University) between 1938 and 1941 before moving to San Jose, California...

Paul Hanlin

Paul Hanlin

Jul 17, 2010

Paul E. Hanlin, of Wellington, passed away Saturday, July 17, 2010 at the Ohio Veteran's Home in Sandusky, at the age of 91. Paul was a 1937 graduate of Tanner High School in West Virginia. He was a life long member of the American Legion of Amherst, Ohio and was an Army veteran of WWII. Paul enjoyed bowling, golf and...

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