Archive - Nov 2, 2011 - Obituary
Ivan C. Klopfenstein, 76, of Wapakoneta, died at 11:58 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima.
Arrangements are incomplete at Bayliff & Eley Funeral Home in Wapakoneta.
Ruth L. (Wollam) Casanova, 84, Douglassville, Pa., formerly of Norton, died Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011, at Pottstown Memorial Medical Center.
She was born in Hood River, Ore., the daughter of Gail (Hamilton) and Harry Wollam. She married Albert J. Casanova, who is deceased.
She was preceded in death by a son.
Private service will be held and a date was not released. Burial will follow at Hamilton Bethel Cemetery near Mendon.
Arrangements are being handled by Miller Funeral Homes in St. Marys.
Anne Prueter, 86, of 1315 Kimberly Drive, St. Marys, and a longtime resident of Perrysburg, died at 9:46 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011, at the Gardens of Celina.
She was born April 4, 1925, in Waynesfield, the daughter of Addie (Coolidge) and P. L. Pepple. On March 23, 1947, she married Albert “Tiny” Prueter and he preceded her in death on May 22, 2005.
Ruth Wollam Cassonova, 84, formerly of Mendon, died Sunday, Oct. 30, in Pottstown, Pa.
Arrangements are incomplete at Miller Funeral Home in St. Marys.
Roberta Barnes, 94, of St. Marys, died Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, at Otterbein-St. Marys.
Arrangements are incomplete at Miller Funeral Home in St. Marys.
Betty June Hurley, 80, of Wapakoneta, died at 6:25 a.m. Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, in Heartland of Waterville Nursing Home.
She was born May 22, 1931 in Spencerville, the daughter of Bernice May Logan and Melvin David Richardson. Both parents are deceased. On May 14, 1947, she married the Rev. Donald E. Hurley, who survives at Otterbein-Cridersville Retirement Community.
Janet S. Mackenbach, 64, 12012 Evans Road, Mendon, died at 9:55 a.m. Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima.
She was born Dec. 1, 1946, in Buckland, the daughter of Leota (King) and Gerald Shoffstall. On April 20, 1964, in Wapakoneta, she married Thomas A. Mackenbach, who died Oct. 5, 2006.
Iva Jean Gibson, 77, 111 Clearview Court, St. Marys, died Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, at Golden Living Center in St. Marys.
She was born Jan. 14, 1934, in Middlesboro, Ky., the daughter of Woodie (Webb) and Rubin Burns. On June 10, 1954, she married Kenneth Gibson and he died Jan. 20, 2000.
Surviving are a son, Gary Gibson, of St. Marys, and a daughter, Lisa Coats, of Scottsburg, Ind.
Services are at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Samaria Missionary Baptist Church in St. Marys, with the Rev. Denny Hunter officiating. Burial will follow at Elm Grove Cemetery.
Sandra Kay “Sandy” Shelley, 67, of Wapakoneta, died at 6:43 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima.
She was born April 7, 1944, in Lima, the daughter of Elizabeth J. (VanScoder) and Thomas J. Pickering, who preceded her in death. On Oct. 1, 1966, she married Ralph Lee Shelley, and he died Jan. 17, 1996.
