USA High School Yearbooks by State and County
Lima
LARRY P. MORGAN, 70, died at 11:25 p.m. Dec. 10, 2005, at St. Rita's Medical Center.
Services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Chamberlain-Huckeriede Funeral Home. Pastor Samuel Payne will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery.
Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, where arrangements are incomplete.
Oakwood
BETHEL GENE RAKES JR., 48, died Dec. 10, 2005, at his residence.
Services will begin at 11 a.m. Thursday at Heitmeyer Funeral Home, Oakwood. Evangelist Lonnie Lambert will officiate. Burial will be in Sherman cemetery, Oakwood.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and 9 a.m. until time of services Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Sunshine Children's Home.
Celina
BILLIE JOE TAYLOR, 65, died at 5:15 p.m. Dec. 10, 2005, at the Laurels of Shane Hill, Rockford.
Services will begin at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Ketcham-Ripley Funeral Home, Rockford. Pastor Robert Loar will officiate. Burial will be in Riverside cemetery, Rockford.
Friends may call from 10 a.m. until the time of the service Wednesday at the funeral home where Masonic services will begin at 10 a.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to State of the Heart Hospice.
Lima
RICHARD "DICK" WERKING, 69, died at 4:24 a.m. Dec. 11, 2005, at St. Rita's Medical Center.
Services will begin at 6 p.m. Wednesday at South Side Christian Church. The Rev. Doug Adams will officiate.
Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Chamberlain Huckeriede Funeral Home, and from 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at South Side Christian Church.
Arrangements are incomplete at the funeral home.
Continental
HELEN M. ADAIR, 81, died at 4:45 a.m. Jan. 8, 2006, at Putnam Acres Care Center, Ottawa.
Services will begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Heitmeyer Funeral Home, Continental. The Rev. Terry Porter will officiate. Burial will be in Monroe cemetery, Continental.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of the donor's choice.
Cridersville
BERTHA O. BLUBAUGH, 90, died at 9:50 a.m. Jan. 8, 2006, in the Skilled Nursing Unit at Otterbein-Cridersville.
She was born March 10, 1915, in Somerset, Pa., to the Rev. William and Pearl Johnson Minerd, who preceded her in death. On March 20, 1941, she married
Glenn B. Blubaugh, who died March 13, 2002.
Mrs. Blubaugh was a homemaker and had worked with her husband at Blubaugh Service Master. She was a member of Shawnee United Methodist Church and the Gold Circle.
Survivors include two sons, Ronald G. (Lynn) Blubaugh of Lakeview, and Kenneth L. (Dianne) Blubaugh of Marblehead; three grandsons, Ronald Blubaugh Jr. of Lima, Jason Blubaugh of Great Falls, Mont., and Troy Blubaugh of Toledo; and three great-grandsons, Garret, Alexander and Colton Blubaugh.
She was preceded in death by six sisters, Nellie Bish, Ruth Shaffer, Violet Sanner, Lillian Bailey, Ethel Hetzer and Esther Vesck; and three brothers, Melvin, Paul and Don Minerd.
Services will begin at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Bayliff & Son Funeral Home, Cridersville. Dr. Joseph Bishman will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery, Lima.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Otterbein-Cridersville Retirement Community.
Spencerville
CARL E. "BABE" CARMEAN, 77, died at 5:55 p.m. Jan. 7, 2006, at St. Rita's Medical Center following a brief illness.
He was born May 20, 1928, in Delphos to Gordie Isaac and Agnes Rose Kohorst Carmean, who preceded him in death. On June 24, 1951, he married
Glenna LeMar, who survives.
Mr. Carmean retired in 1991 after 36 years of service with Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. in St. Marys. He attended Ross Church of the Brethren of Mendon, the Monday night church bowling league, and the Northwestern Ohio Field and Stream Association. He enjoyed fishing, bowling and spending times with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Survivors also include four daughters, Barbara (Gary) Zeigler and Debra (James) Wells, both of Wapakoneta, Glenna Binkley of Lima and Connie (Tom) Wegesin of Wapakoneta; 15 grandchildren, Jeff, Doug and Craig Obringer, Arleen Boley, Tisha Linberg, Tonya Zeigler, Mikisha Seibert, Jessica Frew, Krystal, Megan and Seth Wegesin, Amber Turnmire, and Mike, Brian and Mark Carmean; a stepgrandchild, Kristine Wells; 15 great-grandchildren, Krysta, Kelsey, Patrick, MacKayla, Jacob, Hailey and Colton Obringer, Courtney and Andrew Boley, Lauren Linberg, Rylie and Carl Lee Carmean, Jaden Markins, and Laurel and Cadence Frew; three stepgreat-grandchildren, Breanna Bommershine, Tasha Baldwin and Trevor Frew; three sisters, Almeda (John) Ondo of Lima, Rita (Richard) Suever of Delphos and Patricia Johnson of Indianapolis; a brother, Gordon (Betty) Carmean of Delphos; and a sister-in-law, Ursula Carmean of Delphos.
He was preceded in death by a son, Carl Lee Carmean; a brother, Lee Carmean; a son-in-law, Roger Obringer; and a brother-in-law, Melvin Johnson.
Services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Thomas E. Bayliff Funeral Home, Spencerville. The Rev. Glenn Masser will officiate. Burial will be in Wright cemetery, Converse.
Friends may call from 1 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Ross Church of the Brethren of Mendon.
Lima
WALTER F. DAVIS, 94, died at 3:10 p.m. Jan. 8, 2006, at Richland Manor Nursing Home, Beaverdam.
Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles & Sons-Laman Funeral Homes, Shawnee Chapel.
Continental
HOWARD H. KIRKENDALL, 89, died at 6:10 a.m. Jan. 8, 2006, at Putnam Acres Care Center, Ottawa.
Services will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Heitmeyer Funeral Home, Continental. The Rev. James Stewart will officiate. Burial will be in Monroe cemetery, Continental.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today and 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the St. John the Baptist Church Building Fund.
Celina
OLEEN W. McELROY, 90, died at 2:15 a.m. Jan. 7, 2006, at Columbus Rehabilitation Center.
Services will begin at 11 a.m. Thursday at Lehman-Hogenkamp-Dzendzel Funeral Home, Celina. The Rev. Steve Moulton will officiate. Burial will be in Swamp College cemetery, Celina.
Friends may call from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday and one hour prior to the service Thursday at the funeral home.
Mount Gilead
GENEVA IRENE RICHENDOLLAR, 83, of Galena and formerly of Mount Gilead, died Jan. 7, 2006, at the Kobacker House Hospice of Riverside Hospital, Columbus.
She was born May 18, 1922, in Tiffin, to Albert and Geneva Garver. On July 24, 1943, she married
Norman Richendollar, who preceded her in death in 1968.
Mrs. Richendollar attended the New Life Assembly of God Church in Mount Gilead. She dedicated her life to charity work with children, Bible study, and loved scrapbooking, crossword puzzles, interior designing and gardening.
Survivors include five children, Garrett (Rebekah) Richendollar of Mansfield, Alan Richendollar of Summerdale, Ala., Lou (Sharon) Richendollar of Howland, Noreen (Tim) Reymann of Galena, and Sylvia (Paul) Bolander of Galena,; three brothers, Albert, Clarence and Morgan Garver; 21 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her brother, Richard Garver; sisters Shirley Garver, Betty Schulz, and Agnes Robisch; and her beloved daughter Geneva Irene.
Services will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Craven Funeral Home, Mount Gilead. Pastor Eric Schroeder will officiate. A graveside service will begin at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Woodlawn cemetery, Ada.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and one hour prior to the service Wednesday at the funeral home.
