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Elizabeth Pitts
Jul 22, 2007
Elizabeth Margaret Pitts, age 91, of Wellington, died Sunday, July 22, 2007 at the Elms Retirement Village in Wellington, after a short illness. Mrs. Pitts was born August 17, 1915 in Maple Heights, Ohio, daughter of the late, John & Anna (Krupanski) Hoprich. She was a 1935 graduate of Maple Heights High School. She was a clerk for a drug...
Shirley Wendling
Jul 22, 2007
Shirley A. Wendling, age 56 of New London, died Sunday July 22, 2007 in New London after a sudden illness. Mrs. Wendling was born February 16, 1951 in Wellington, daughter of the late, Robert & Mary (Pay) Farnsworth. She had lived in the New London and Spencer areas, and in Wellington most of her adult life. Since retirement she had...
Kirke Grose
Jul 20, 2007
Kirke E. Grose, age 64, of Wellington died July 20, 2007 at St. Vincent Charity Hospital in Cleveland after a long illness. Mr. Grose was born December 1, 1942 to the late Kenneth and Mabel (nee Clark) Grose. He had lived in Wellington most of his life and was a graduate of Wellington High School. Mr. Grose worked at Oberlin...
William Kruki
Jul 18, 2007
William Kruki, age 76, of New London died Wednesday, July 18, 2007 at Stein Hospice Care Center in Sandusky, after a three year battle with cancer. Mr. Kruki was born August 26, 1930 in Gallatin, PA, son of the late, John & Mary (Rapp) Kruki. He received his GED from Monongahela High School. He served in the US Air Force...
Betty Stefl
Jul 17, 2007
Betty J. (Luther) Stefl, age 72, of Milan, Ohio, died Tuesday, July 17, 2007 at Briarfield of Milan after a lengthy illness. Betty was born June 10, 1935 in Springville, New York, daughter of the late Eugene and Myrtle (Widrig) Luther. She was a lifetime resident of New York state until she moved to Milan in 1996 to be closer...
Michael Braig,
Jul 14, 2007
Michael A. Braig, Sr., forever 21, of Sullivan, died July 14, 2007 following a motorcycle accident. He was born April 11, 1969 in Bay Village. Michael grew up in Elyria and had resided in Sullivan for the past ten years. Michael attended Elyria High School. He worked for Ridge Tool in Elyria for thirteen years. He was a member of...
Kenneth Bricker
Jul 10, 2007
Kenneth H. (Kenny) Bricker, age 82, of New London, died Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at his home. Mr. Bricker was born January 13, 1925 in Mansfield, son of the late, J. Harrison & Naomi Mae (Shade) Bricker. He moved to New London in the early 1930's. He was a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army and served in the European...
Raymond Donaldson
Jul 10, 2007
Raymond Walter Donaldson, age 88, of Wellington, died Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at EMH Regional Medical Center, Elyria. He was born April 6, 1919, in Cleveland, Ohio, son of the late Ellis and Oceana K. (Hitchcox) Donaldson. He attended schools in Cleveland and Bainbridge. Mr. Donaldson had lived in Wellington for the past 14 years. He was a carpenter and...
Christian Walton
Jul 8, 2007
Christian J. Walton, age 37, of Sheffield Lake died Sunday, July 8, 2007. He was born July 23, 1969 in Newport, RI and had lived most of his life in the Cleveland area. Christian was a 1987 graduate of Cleveland Central Catholic and graduated from the University of Toledo in 2003. Christian worked as a social services liaison for Cuyahoga...
Marjorie Huston
Jul 4, 2007
EASTMAN FUNERAL HOME 419-929-3781 Marge 'Aunt Marge' Huston, age 82, of Willard, died Wednesday, July 4, 2007 at the home of her niece after a lengthy illness. She was born November 25, 1924 in East Greenwich, Ohio, daughter of the late Donald P. and Pluma (Reynolds) Sparks. Mrs. Huston was a 1942 graduate of the Greenwich High School. She lived...
Maurice Davidson
Jun 29, 2007
Maurice R. Davidson, age 97, of Wellington died Friday, June 29, 2007 at Welcome Nursing Home in Oberlin. He was born October 28, 1909 in Brighton Township to the late Samuel and May (nee Mills) Davidson. Maurice was a life long farmer and he enjoyed being a carpenter. Survivors include his daughter, Carol Eloise (Kenneth) Sharp of Brighton, 2 granddaughters,...
Robert Eugene
Jun 28, 2007
Robert Eugene Dee, Sr., age 79, of New London died Thursday, June 28, 2007 at his home, surrounded by his family after a lengthy illness. He was born March 9, 1928 in Hartford City, Indiana, son of the late Tim and Thelma (Fuller) Dee. He was a 1946 graduate of Hartford City High School. He played football and baseball in...
Stanley Duposki
Jun 27, 2007
Stanley J. 'Stan' Duposki, age 54, of Ashland died Wednesday, June 27th. He was born February 16, 1953 in Lodi to Rudolph and Sophia (Pileski) Duposki. Stanley grew up in the Litchfield area and lived many years in the New London and Nova areas. He worked for Modern Poured Walls in Wellington where he was a boom truck operator. He...
Kenneth Fields
Jun 27, 2007
EASTMAN FUNERAL HOME 419-929-3781 Kenneth 'Kenny' Edward Fields, age 48, of Emerson, Georgia and formerly of Plymouth, Ohio, died unexpectedly from a water accident, Wednesday, June 27, 2007 in Emerson. He was born July 3, 1958 in Jamestown, Ohio. He was a 1976 graduate of Plymouth High School. He had lived in the Plymouth and Greenwich area until he moved...
Theodore Timbs
Jun 26, 2007
Theodore L. (Thee) Timbs, age 95, of Wakeman, died Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at Fisher Titus Medical Center, Norwalk. He was born April 10, 1912 in Wakeman, Ohio, son of the late George and Bertha (Crawford) Timbs. He was a lifelong resident of Wakeman. Mr. Timbs worked construction as a heavy equipment operator for about 45 years. He was a...
Aura Griggs
Jun 21, 2007
Aura Earline Griggs, age 79, of Huntington Twp., died June 21, 2007 at her home after a short illness. She was born December 22, 1927 in Hartfield Center, daughter of the late William and Anna (Ironmonger) VonSeggern. Mrs. Griggs was raised in Norwalk and was a resident of Huntington Twp. for 57 years. She graduated from Norwalk High School in...
Jennirose Dunn
Jun 21, 2007
EASTMAN FUNERAL HOME 419-929-3781 Jennirose M. (Marett) Dunn, age 97, of New London, died Thursday, June 21, 2007 at the Rehabilitation and Nursing Center at Firelands in New London. Mrs. Dunn was born March 21, 1910 in New London, daughter of the late, John & Mayme (Andrews) O'Hara. She was a life long resident of New London, graduating in 1928...
Edward Sparks
Jun 18, 2007
EASTMAN FUNERAL HOME 419-929-3781 Gene Sparks, age 80 of Willard, died Monday, June 18, 2007 at home after a short illness. He was born January 30, 1927 in Greenwich Twp., Ohio, son of the late Donald Peter and Pluma (Reynolds) Sparks. He was a lifelong resident of the Delphi area. Mr. Sparks was a lifelong farmer. He bred and sold...
Harry Hopkins
Jun 15, 2007
Harry L. Hopkins, age 71, of Greenwich passed away Friday, June 15th after a short illness. Harry was born and raised in Gem, West Virginia. He had lived in Baltimore and Chicago. Since the late 1960's he had resided in the Huntington and New London areas. Harry owned and operated Hopkins Deli in Huntington and was a real estate agent...
Russell Saunders
Jun 14, 2007
EASTMAN FUNERAL HOME 419-929-3781 Russell E. 'Russ' Saunders, age 76, of New London, died Thursday, June 14, 2007 at Fisher-Titus Medical Center in Norwalk, after a lengthy illness. Mr. Saunders was born August 20, 1930 in North Royalton, Ohio, son of the late, Kirk & Bessie (Wilson) Saunders. He was a graduate of North Royalton High School and had served...
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