The Lima News Tuesday, April 16, 1991 Deaths Lois M. Price DUPONT Lois M. Price, 73, of here, died at 6:30 p.m. Monday at her daughter's residence. She was born April 10, 1918, in Putnam County, the daughter of Elmer and Augusta Spencer Prowant.
On Sept. 2, 1939, she married Leo William Price, who died Jan. 18, 1979. Mrs. Price retired in 1980 from Sylvania, Ottawa.
She was a member of Dupont Church of the Brethren, its Women's Fellowship, Dupont Senior Citizens and the ONO Club. She attended Forest Assembly of God, Silver Springs, where she was a member of the Senior Saints. She was a graduate of Continental High School. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. John (Beverly) Keller of Silver Springs, Mrs.
Leo (Janet) Sholl of Oakwood and Mrs. Michael (Diane) Motko of Fremont, nine grandchildren; one great-grandchild; one brother, Paul Prowant of Sarasota, and two sisters, Mrs. Esther Snell of Richmond, and Mrs. Rex (Mary) Shafer of Silver Springs, Fla. Services will be at 11 a.m.
Friday at Dupont Church of the Brethren, Rev. Terry Porter officiating. Burial will be in Cascade Cemetery, near Cloverdale. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. 9 Wednesday and 9 a.m.
to 9 p.m. Thursday at Snyder Funeral Home, Continental. The family will be present 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Memorial contributions may be made to the Paulding Area Visting Nurses or to the Dupont Church of the Brethren Building Fund.
Death notice Word has been received of the death Monday in Buchanan, of former Elida resident, Minnie H. Raschke, 78. Among survivors are her husband, Elmer Raschke; one daughter; three grandchildren; and one brother. Services will be at 1 9.m. Thursday at Swem Funeral Tome, Buchanan.
Burial will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Friends may the call 7 to 9 p.m. 1 Wednesday at 'funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the cal Organ Fund of Peace EvangeliLutheran Church, Granger, Ind. Funerals ALLEMEIER, Janet Marie Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Greenlawn Cemetery, Elida.
Feller Funeral Home, Waterloo, is in charge of arrangements. BLOSSOM, Evalyn Services will be at 1 p.m. at Snyder-LaPoint Funeral Home, Ottawa, with burial in Harman call 8 Friends may Cemetery, Gilboa. 7 to p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, where an Order of the Eastern Star memorial service will be held at 8 p.m.
Wednesday. COCHRAN, Stephen E. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Hannay-Nemeth Mortuary, Tiffin, with burial in St. Jacob's Cemetery.
Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. FENWICK, Julia A. Services will be at 1:30 p.m, Wednesday at the Kirkpatrick-Behnke Funeral Home, Findlay, with burial in Memory Gardens Cemetery, near Arcadia. Friends may call until 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
today at the funeral home. GRIFFITH, Walter F. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Hartman Sons Funeral Home, Columbus Grove, with burial in Truro Cemetery, Columbus Grove. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m.
Wednesday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. HARRIS, Erma L. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at W.H.
Dick and Sons Funeral Home, Celina, with burial in North Grove Cemetery. Friends may call until 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. MENKE, Vera Rose Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St.
John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Delphos, with burial in Resurrection call Cemetery, until 4 Delphos. Friends may at and 7 to 9 p.m. today Funeral Home, Delphos, where a parish wake service will be held in ex- e's death Shirley Wells Shirley Wells, 67, of Dayton, formerly of McGuffey, died at 11:45 a.m. Monday at Oaks Convalescent Center, Lima. was born Nov.
6, 1923, in County, the daughter of Timothy and Ida Hicks Hicks. She was married to Clifford Wells, who is deceased. Mrs. Wells was a homemaker. She was member of the Pentecostal Church of America, Dayton.
Survivors include one brother, Rev. Lewis Hicks of McGuffey; and one sister, Mrs. Ernest (Roxie) Services Keens of will Wayland, be at a.m. Thursday at Hanson-Neely Funeral Home, Alger, Rev. Wilkie Shepherd officiating.
Burial will be in Preston Cemetery, Alger. Friends may call 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and until time of services Thursday at the funeral home. Billy M. Smith LAKEVIEW Billy M.
Smith, 68, of here, died at 3 a.m. Friday at his residence. He was born March 5, 1923, in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of Frank and Lettie Barton Smith. On Nov. 1, 1945, he married.
Verdeen Zell, who survives. 9 Mr. Smith was employed as a foreman in construction. He was a veteran of the Navy, serving during World War II. He was affiliated with the Galilee Lutheran Church, Russells Point.
Survivors also include two Vicena daughters, of Mrs. Terry (Vicki) Lakeview and Mrs. Steve (Valerie) Carmichael, Dysart, Iowa; four grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Gary (Hazel) Iowa, and Mrs. Thompson of Independence, Morris of Apache Junction, and four brothers, Cecil Smith of Lakewood, Lee Smith Vinton, Iowa, Bert Smith of Evansdale, Iowa, and Merel Smith of Waterloo, Iowa.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. John's American Lutheran Church, Cedar Falls, Iowa, Rev. Steven Lien officiating. Burial will be in the Garden of Memories, Waterloo, Iowa.
Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, Cedar Falls, Iowa, and from 9 to 1 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Van Horn Funeral Home, Lakeview, is in charge of local arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made to TriCare Hospice. at 8 p.m. today, preceded by a C.D. of A. service at 7:30 p.m.
MOREHART, Dorothy F. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Hanson-Neely Funeral Home, Ada, with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery, Ada. Friends may call until 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today and until time of services Wednesday at the funeral home.
MURRAY, Agnes A. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. John's Catholic Church, with burial in Gethsemani Cemetery. Friends may call until 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
today at the Hogenkamp-Bonham Funeral Home, where a VFW Ladies, Auxiliary service will be 7:45 p.m. today, followed by a parish wake service with prayers by the Daughters of Isabella. PLACE, Amos Jacob Jr. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the United Methodist Church, Melrose, with burial in Little Auglaize Cemetery, near Melrose.
Friends may call until 4 and 7 to. 9 p.m. today at Taylor Funeral Home, Oakwood, and one hour prior to services Wednesday at the church. The Eagles will hold a memorial service at 7 p.m. today in the funeral home, followed by a Masonic memorial service at 7:30 p.m.
On June 10, 1940, he married Doris A. Marckel, who survives. A brother, Thomas Place, also survives in Melrose. SAUER, Blanche K. Servin ices Zion will be at 10 a.m.
Wednesday Evangelical Lutheran Church, with burial in St. Matthew Cemetery, near Cridersville. Friends may call 6 to -9 p.m. today at Bayliff and Son Funeral Home, Cridersville, and one hour prior to services Wednesday at the church. YOUNG, Berenice G.
Servat ices Siferd will be at.3 p.m. Wednesday burial in Woodlawn Chapel, Cemetery. with Westwood Friends Wednesday may call 1 to 3 p.m. at the funeral home. Julie K.
Burkholder Julie K. Burkholder, 27, of Lima, died at 6:03 p.m. Monday at St. 'Rita's Medical Center. Arrangements: are incomplete at the Shawnee Chapel of Chiles and Sons-Laman Funeral Home, where friends may call 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m.
Wednesday. Martha Bollenbacher ROCKFORD Martha Bollenbacher, 86, of here, died at 8:15 p.m. Monday at Shane Hill Nursing Home. She was born Jan. 27, 1905, in Liberty Township, Mercer County, the daughter of John and Louisa Gertz Fahncke.
On Oct. 16, 1924, she married Victor T. Bollenbacher, who died in February 1985. Mrs. Bollenbacher was a homemaker.
She was a member of St. Paul's United Church of Christ and its Women's Guild. Survivors include four sons, Jerome Bollenbacher and Don Bollenbacher, both of Rockford, Lloyd Bollenbacher of Celina and Clifford Bollenbacher of North Lima; one daughter, Mrs. Vernon (Martha Jane) Luginbill of 29 great-grandchildren; four stepDecatur, grandchildren; Carl grandchildren; and two brothers, Fahncke and Paul Fahncke, both of Celina. Services will be at 11 a.m.
Thursday at St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Rev. Jeff Hammonds officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call 2 to 9 p.m.
Wednesday at the Ketcham-Ripley Funeral Home, and one hour prior to services Thursday at the church. Esther H. Nedderman NEW BREMEN Esther H. Nedderman, 74, of here, died at 2:10 a.m. Monday at Auglaize Acres.
She was born June 24, 1916, in Shelby County, the daughter of Herwin and Laura Wiegers Mesenbrink. On March 15, 1934, she married Marvin W. Nedderman, who died Dec. 4, 1985. Mrs.
was member of the First United Methodist Church, Wapakoneta, and its Mary Unit. She was a homemaker. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Don (LaRose) Roediger of Wapakoneta; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Wilson (Marie) Moeller and Mrs.
Earl (Ruth) Meckstroth, both of New Bremen. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Gilberg Funeral Home, Rev. David Heistand officiating. Burial will be in German Protestan Cemetery, New Friends may' call 4 to 7 p.m.
today at the funeral home. Memorial may be made to the First United Methodist Church Memorial Fund. John I. Van Cleve ST. MARYS John I.
Van Cleve, 86, of here, died at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital. He was born Jan. 28, 1905, in West Mansfield, the son of Simpson and Alice Hamilton Van Cleve. On March 19, 1925, he married Lucille Rose, who survives.
Mr. Van Cleve retired after teaching for 45 years at Memorial High School. He taught science, chemistry, biology, physics, shop, math and aeronautics. He coached many scholastic bowl teams and devoted much time to Memorial High School athletic programs. He also had worked as a chemist at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.
He was a member of Wayne Street United Methodist Church and Auglaize County Retired Teachers Association. Survivors also include three daughters, Mrs. Richard (Barbara) Loffer of St. Marys, Mrs. Evan (Marjorie) Urhammer of Bowling Green, and Mrs.
David (Merilee) Hitchen of Genoa; 11 grandchildren; and 17 greatgrandchildren. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Miller Funeral Home, Revs. David Woodyard and Harry Adams officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery.
Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association or to the Wayne "Street United Methodist Church. Trial postponed CINCINNATI (AP) The trial of a man accused of kidnapping a 5-year-old girl has been postponed a second time so he can undergo more psychiatric testing. The trial of Hobert Barrett 44, of Florence, which was to have started Monday in U.S.
District Court, was put off until May 6 by Judge Carl Rubin. J. Violet Zender FINDLAY J. Violet Zender, 85, of here, died at 8:55 a.m. Monday at Blanchard Valley Hospital.
She was born July 17, 1905, in Findlay, the daughter of Layfette and Sarah Bosh Radabaugh. On Oct. 17, 1928, she married Hubert F. Zender, who died April 15, 1968. Mrs.
Zender was a homemaker and co owner of Zender Furniture Store. She member of St. Michael's Catholic Church. Survivors include one son, Robert F. Zender of Van Wert; three daughters, Mrs.
John W. (Martha Holle, Mary A. Zender and Mrs. David D. (Rita Inman, all of Findlay; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and one sister, Annabelle Conine of Findlay.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Michael's Catholic Church Downtown, Rev. David R. Kirk officiating.
Burial will be in St. Michael's Cemetery, Findlay. Friends may call until 5 and 7 to 9 Funeral p.m. today at Coldren-Crates Home, Findlay, where a scripture service will be held at 8:30 p.m. today.
FINDLAY (AP) A Hanco*ck County judge has sentenced man to 18 years to life in prison for strangling his former wife. Common Pleas Court' Judge John Patterson on Monday sentenced Ralph King, 45, to 15 years to life in prison for murder and three years for a gun specification. He pleaded guilty last week in a plea bargin with Special Prosecutor Charles Bartholomew. King had been charged with aggravated murder. He could have received a maximum sentence of 20 years to life, plus a mandatory three years for the firearms count.
He strangled Linda King, 34, of Arcadia, on Oct. 24. Her body was found in the front yard of her home. Before being sentenced, King told Patterson he was sorry he killed his former wife. "Not a day will go by where I won't feel the pain of what I have done," he said.
For more than an hour, King talked about his failed marriage. He said he went to his former wife's house on Oct. 24 to commit suicide rather than kill her. "But something snapped," King Official faces sex charges XENIA (AP) An assistant dean at the Ohio Veterans' Children's Home has been indicted charges that he had sexual relations in his office with a 15-yearold female student. Gregory Meaux, 29, has been charged with sexual battery, third degree felony punishable two to 10 years in prison and fine of as much as $5,000.
Meaux was to be arraigned today before Greene County Common Pleas Judge M. David Reid. He has been held in the county jail without bond since Friday, although his indictment by a grand jury wasn't made public until Monday. Meaux is the second administrator indicted in connection with a year-long criminal investigation of the home. Six people have been named in other indictments.
D. Leon Huff, who resigned as the superintendent after he was charged with eight misdemeanors, was indicted on seven counts of failure to report child abuse or neglect and one count of obstructing official business. Stadium lockers target of thieves Lockers a at Lima Stadium were broken into between 5.p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Monday, a Lima Police Department report said.
Taken were four pairs of track shoes, four sweatshirts, two tank tops, two sweatsuits for running, one pair of sweat pants, one pair of shorts and a neck chain. The items were valued at $440. Man, 'serious' after stabbing A Lima man he' was seriously injured when was stabbed at 1:38 a.m. today in the 1600 block of Reese Avenue, a Lima Police Department report said. Kevin L.
Little, 22, of Lima, was in serious condition today in the neurointensive care unit at Lima Memorial Hospital, a hospital spokeswoman said. No further information was available at presto time. Area woman critically hurt McCOMB A Findlay woman remained in critical condition today at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Toledo following a one car accident near here at 5:55 p.m. Monday.
Jackie E. Poe, 34, Findlay, was northbound on state Route 235 when her truck went out of control after rounding a sharp curve and overturned several times, according to a report from the Findlay post of the Ohio Highway Patrol. Her passenger, 29-yearold Richard L. Peterman of Findlay, was treated and released from Blanchard Valley Hospital. The accident remains under investigation.
No citations have been issued. No one injured in area blaze CONTINENTAL Firefighters spent more than two hours Monday fighting a blaze that destroyed part of this Putnam County village's downtown business district. No one was injured in the fire, which heavily damaged the Lucky Lounge Bowling Lares and Restaurant, said Richard Williams, assistant fire chief. He believes the fire started near a cash register. Fire officials said the blaze caused more than $40,000 in damage.
Later, Mrs. King's brother, a Kenneth Knox, said he believed King hadn't any intention of commiting suicide. "The murder was cold and calculated," Knox said. He said the main victims of the slaying are the couple's three children. The case gained attention after the director of the county's domestic violence shelter, Judy Lowe, was fired.
The firing 0c- curred after she criticized the way sheriff's deputies handled the case. The Kings were divorced in January 1990. Mrs. King's friends and family said there were frequent episodes of violence in the In couple's the 13-year marriage. year before her death, Mrs.
King called deputies 30 times to say King had harassed her and threatened to kill King never was arrested before his wife died. Sheriff Byron Boutwell has said there was little he could do to stop' because the harassment of Mrs. King she wasn't injured. Mrs. Lowe and others said King could have been arrested on domestic violence charges even if he didn't assault his wife.
She said hasn't Boutwell's, department abused done enough to help women. A document Bartholomew filed in the case said that before Oct. 24, King had showed a gun to his three children and told them he would use the weapon to kill their mother. It also said King threatened to kill his former wife on a number of occasions. on a by a A trial date hasn't been set for Huff, who has pleaded innocent.
A girl who doesn't live at the home any more said she had a sexual encounter with Meaux in his office in September 1989, said assistant county Prosecutor Robert K. Hendrix. Daily record MUNICIPAL COURT Monday Felony Arraignments James A. Grams, 26, 820. W.
Elm carrying a concealed weapon, assigned to a preliminary hearing, $5,000 cash bond. (Judge Lauber) James Brown, 18, Detroit, drug abuse, assigned to a preliminary hearing, $10,000 cash bond: (Judge Lauber) Charles B. Thomas, 19, Detroit, drug abuse, assigned to a preliminary hearing, $10,000 cash bond. (Judge Lauber) Dispositions Kelly Arthur, 27, 111 Blackburn Drive, driving while under the influence, pleaded no contest, found $300 guilty, three days county fine, driver's licesne suspended one year. (Judge Lauber) Ora Gene Early, pleaded 48, Huntsville, soliciting, no contest, found guilty, 30 days county jail, $250 fine, 30 days suspended with conditions, must AIDS testing.
(Judge Lauber) driving Gary E. while Smith, 23, Fremont, under the influence, jail, pleaded $300 guilty, three days county fine, driver's license suspended one year. (Judge Lauber) Benjamin A. Stoner, 27, Harrod, soliciting, pleaded no contest, found guilty, 30 days county jail, $250 fine, 30 days suspended with conditions, must submit to AIDS testing. (Judge Lauber) COMMON PLEAS COURT Dispositions Monday Paul E.
Curtis, 410 S. Baxter charged with two counts of aggravated drug trafficking, pleaded guilty, sentenced two years to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction on each count, sentences concurrent. (Judge Rumer) Nickie D. Craft, 26, 800 S. Broadway charged with one count of grand theft, one count of burglary and two counts of receiving stolen property, pleaded guilty to one count of grand theft and one count of receiving stolen property, sentenced two years to Robbery victim hit with hammer A 51-year-old Lima man was beaten and robbed of $200 cash at 4:35 a.m.
today, a Lima Police Department report said. by The man said he was stopped a man in the 100 block of East Fish Alley, which runs east and west in the 200 block of South Union Streets. The assailant demanded money and the victim refused. At the point the assailant pulled an law hammer and struck the victim in the head several times and once in the left hand. The assailant then removed a coin purse from the victim's pants pocket and fled.
The victim walked to the police Though the victim had suffered two, one-inch lacerations, he refused medical help. the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction on each count, sentences concurrent, given credit for time served since Feb. 22; remaining counts dismissed. (Judge Rumer) David E. Harvey, 19, 310 N.
Metcalf charged with carrying a concealed weapon, pleaded guilty to attempted carrying a concealed weapon, sentenced years to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, sentence suspended, given credit for time served since Jan. 9, placed on four years' probation. (Judge Rumer) MARRIAGE LICENSES Daniel J. O'Loughlin, 31, Lima, and Tracey, A. Morey, 26, Lima.
David G. Gross, 41, 1725 N. Metcalf and Joanna J. Parlette, 36, 312 W. Kibby St.
Michael L. Reynolds, 24, 1212 Bellefontaine Apt. 27, and Cynthia L. Hover, 22, 811 Michael Ave. BIRTHS St.
Rita's Today Mr. and Mrs. Ellerbrock, Leipsic, girl. Monday Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Bellman, Kalida, girl; Mr. and Mrs. Jay Moye, Findlay, boy. Bluffton Monday Mr. and Mrs.
Jeffery Lehman, Beaverdam, boy. Elsewhere Monday Mr. and Mrs. Bruce (Maureen Ryba) Kratzer, Toledo, girl. Sunday Mr.
and Mrs. Robert (Deanette Westerville, Davis) LaFollette, twin girls. Address changed The address reported for Durelle D. Sorrells in Saturday's Lima News has been changed in Lima Municipal Court records. Court records now list Sorrells address as 641 E.
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