Herald Murr
Jan 14, 2010
Herald E. ( Suzzy) Murr, age 83, of Ashland died, January 14, 2010 at Grant Medical Hospital in Columbus after a short illness. He was born July 29, 1926 in Sullivan and grew up in New London. Herald resided in Florida for eleven years and has lived in Ashland since 1972. He graduated with the New London High School class...
Edward Smedley
Jan 12, 2010
Edward E. Smedley, 60, a longtime resident of the Wellington-Wakeman area died Jan. 12, 2010 at a hospital in Alabama following a long illness. He was an employee of GLW Broadband before his illness. He loved hunting and fishing. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. Mr. Smedley is survived by a brother, Dan Smedley of Alabama; three sisters,...
Helen Shriver
Jan 12, 2010
Helen Francis Shriver, 96, of New London, died Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at the Rehabilitation and Nursing Center at Firelands in New London. She was born December 15, 1913 daughter to the late, Bernard F. and Anna (nee King) Thrush in Detroit, MI. Helen lived in Billings, Montana for over 27 years, she loved Billings. Helen also lived in Tucson,...
Evelyn Crow
Jan 11, 2010
Evelyn R. Crow, 89, of Ashland died, Monday, January 11, 2010 at Samaritan Regional Health System of Ashland after a sudden illness. She was born March 21, 1920 to the late Adam and Allie (nee Pope) Hilty in Pandora, OH and has resided in Ashland County since 1959. Evelyn graduated from Pandora High School in 1938 and Bluffton College in...
Okie Clark
Jan 10, 2010
Okie Clark, age 73, of New London, died Sunday, January 10, 2009 at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo. He was born May 14, 1936 in Amba, Kentucky, son of the late, Homer and Liza (Kidd) Clark. He lived in the Huron County area for many years. He is survived by his sisters, Maglene Burrows of Sandusky, Irene Stepp of...
Laura Pycraft
Jan 9, 2010
Laura Bell Pycraft, 102, of Wellington, died at the Elms Retirement Village on Saturday, January 9, 2010. Laura was born March 21, 1907 in Pennsylvania. Laura worked as a short order cook for several years. She was also the head pastry cook for the Oberlin Hospital and attended the Baptist Church in Oberlin. Survivors include her daughter-in-law, Arlene Pycraft, 6...
Andy Takacs,
Jan 8, 2010
Andy S. Takacs, Sr., 75, died Friday, January 8, 2010 at his home following a lengthy illness. Born in Camden Township on December 15, 1934, Andy was the son of the late John and Julia (nee Molnar) Takacs. He graduated from Camden High School in 1952 and lived in both the Camden and Brighton areas throughout his life. Andy owned...
Mary Taylor
Jan 5, 2010
Mary Florence Taylor, 92, of Wellington, died Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at Elm's Retirement Village. She was born January 2, 1918 in Gates Mills, OH to Theadore Henry and Ruth Sink McKay Haberecht. Mary was the youngest of five with three brothers, Edgar, Ted and Carl and her sister, Ruth Helen. Her father had a store in Gates Mills where...
Yvonne Dearth
Jan 2, 2010
Yvonne (Case) Yoder Dearth, 70, was called to her heavenly home on January 2, 2010. She was born March 20, 1939, in Honaker, Kentucky, to Okie and Inez Hall Case. She married William Yoder on July 17, 1958 in Millersburg, Ohio. They divorced in 1977. She married Daniel L. Dearth on Jan. 1, 1985 in Roosevelt, Utah. Prior to moving...
Elsie Scakacs
Jan 2, 2010
Elsie V. Scakacs, 85, of Wellington, died Saturday, January 2, 2010 at The Elms Retirement Village. Elsie was born in Brighton Township to the late Susan and Joseph Sweda, grew up in the North Ridgeville area and recently lived at Saint Patrick's Manor in Wellington. During the war, she worked at General Industries and later went on to work for...
William Parsley
Jan 1, 2010
William R. Parsley, age 59, of New London, died January 1, 2010 at O. S. U. Medical Center, Columbus after a 5 year battle with cancer. He was born January 19, 1950 in London, Kentucky. William was raised in Norwalk, where he was a 1969 graduate of Norwalk High School. He had lived in New London from 1971 until 1979,...
Randall Gelley
Dec 31, 2009
Randall C. Gelley, 80, of Rochester Township, died Thursday, December 31, 2009 at the Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain. Born in Detroit, Michigan to the late Frank and Janice Gelley, Randall moved to Lorain County in 1961. He was a career truck driver, retiring in 1992. Survivors include his three daughters, Christine, Rosie and Donna and 2 sons,...
Nancy Berger
Dec 27, 2009
Nancy L. Berger, 74, of Brighton, died Sunday, December 27, 2009 at the Cleveland Clinic with her family by her bedside. She was born January 6, 1935 in Amherst, to the late Alex and Norma (nee Hastings) Bruce. Nancy attended South Amherst High School and moved to Brighton in 1968. Nancy's main occupation was a homemaker, but she worked for...
Paul Galo
Dec 24, 2009
EASTMAN FUNERAL HOME 419-929-3781 Paul F. Galo of rural New London passed away Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009 at the Elms Nursing Home in Wellington, he was 78. Mr. Galo was born October 1, 1931 in Cleveland, Ohio to the late Andrew & Ruby (Markel) Galo. He had resided in Leroy, Ohio and moved to the New London area in 1971....
Raymond Church
Dec 23, 2009
Raymond Stone Church, 91, died Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at his residence. On October 9, 1918, Ray was born at home to the late Charles S. and Ruth E. (nee Morrison) Church. He graduated with the Wellington High School Class of 1937. Ray worked at the Wellington Foundry prior to joining the Army during WWII. During the war, Ray was...
Helen Manning
Dec 21, 2009
Helen J. Manning, 90, died Monday, December 21, 2009 at her home in Huntington. Born in Liberty, Ohio on March 1, 1919, Helen was the daughter of the late John and Bessie Gingery. She graduated with the 1938 Wellington High School Class and lived most of her life in Huntington. Helen enjoyed working on the farm alongside her family and...
Dean Roice
Dec 18, 2009
Dean Eaton Roice, 84, a lifelong Wellington area resident, died Friday, December 18, 2009 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in Cleveland on September 18, 1925 to the late Enola (nee Eaton) and Court Roice. In 1943, Dean graduated from Wellington High School. He owned the Sohio service station on East Herrick, starting in the 1940's,...
Phyllis Cutright
Dec 17, 2009
Phyllis Jean Cutright, 66, of Wellington, died Thursday, December 17, 2009 at the Elms Retirement Village. She was born on January 21, 1943 in Elyria, to the late Elmer George and Emma (nee Bracken) Moore. Phyllis was a 1961 Wellington High School graduate. Phyllis was an outstanding cook and she worked at both the Elms Retirement Village and Weber Health...
Joan Hawley
Dec 16, 2009
Joan Sophronia Hawley, 81, of Wellington, died Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at Mount Carmel St. Ann's Hospital in Westerville. Born on July 20, 1928 in Brighton to the late Harold and Minnie Belle (nee Tuttle) Hardy, Joan was a lifelong Wellington area resident. She graduated with the Wellington High School class of 1946. Joan worked as an inspector for Rockwell...
Leo Sayles
Dec 15, 2009
Leo J. 'Jerry' Sayles, 77, of Sullivan, passed away in the morning on December 15, 2009, at his residence amongst family. Born in Gary, IN on April 11, 1932, he moved to northeast Ohio at the age of 10 and spent the last 32 years in Sullivan where he enjoyed spending time with his family, woodworking, and operating the Sullivan...
