Archive - Jun 2011
June 1st
Anna Lee Huffer, 85, of Lima, died at 4:55 p.m. Friday, May 27, 2011, at Lost Creek Care Center in Lima.
She was born Oct. 7, 1925, the daughter of Edith L. (Pierson) and John M. McGraw.
She married Byron W. Huffer, who died in June of 1982.
Surviving is a son, Anthony “Tony” (Shelley) Huffer, of Waynesfield.
Services are at 1 p.m. today at Walnut Hill Cemetery in New Hampshire, with the Rev. Doneta Warren officiating.
Arrangements are being handled by Armentrout Funeral Home in Waynesfield.
Contributions can be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.
Troopers with the Wapakoneta Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol handled no crashes involving injuries or fatalities during the Memorial Day weekend.
Lt. Scott Carrico, commander of the local post, described it as a “nice, quiet weekend.”
He said troopers handled just five property damage crashes.
They made contact with 763 motorists and issued 395 citations and 281 warnings.
Niles D. “Bud” Smith, 83, of Cridersville, died at 6:24 a.m. Tuesday, May 31, 2011, at Otterbein-Cridersville Skilled Care Facility.
He was born Feb. 28, 1928, in Cridersville, the son of Wanda (Spyker) and Benjamin Smith. Both parents are deceased. On January 30, 1948, he married Betty Joan Miller, who died July 16, 2006.
The 22nd annual Buckeye Farm Antiques (BFA) Show went on without a hitch despite periods of inclement weather, one of the organizer’s says.
“We had a big rain on Thursday and Saturday,” BFA Advertising Director Esther Gaier said. “So attendance was down a bit because of that, but we had good attendance on Saturday and Sunday. We had attendance of about 5,000 the four days.”
Due to the weather, the tractor and truck pulls, which typically bring in large crowds, had to be cancelled, along with the garden tractor show.
Jason Dean Strauser, 17, of Wapakoneta, died at 6:33 a.m. May 30, 2011, at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus.
He was born Jan. 17, 1994, in Lima, the son of Judy (Treadway) and Rick Strauser who both survive in Wapakoneta.
