Obituaries

Priscilla I. Lane

Priscilla I. Lane

Mar 12, 2022

Priscilla Lane, 77 of Farmington, Michigan, passed peacefully Saturday, March 12, 2022 at Primrose of Findlay following several years of living with Parkinson’s Disease. She was born July 9, 1944 in Morristown, Tenn. to the late Holland R. and Charlsie M. (Bell) Lane. Priscilla’s family moved to the area following her sixth-grade school year and she was a 1962 graduate...

Valerie Ann Clinard

Valerie Ann Clinard

Mar 12, 2022

Valerie Ann Clinard, 48, of Bucyrus, died March 12, 2022 at Altercare where she resided for six years. Valerie was born February 22, 1974 to Roger Lee and Kathleen Valerie (McDaniel) Cotsmire in Bucyrus. She graduated from Bucyrus High School in 1993 and began working in the Dietary Department at Altercare and Bucyrus Community Hospital. Valerie then went on to...

Sylvia Kraft

Sylvia Kraft

Mar 7, 2022

Sylvia Kraft, 67, died unexpectedly of natural causes on Monday, March 7, 2022 at Galion Community Hospital. She was born January 24, 1955 in Chalan Pago, Guam to the late Jose and Emperatriz (Ignacio) Aguon. She graduated from George Washington High School in Mangilao. Sylvia met a marine from New Washington named Andrew Kraft while he was stationed on the...

Raymond R. Ream

Raymond R. Ream

Mar 5, 2022

Raymond R. Ream, 86, died peacefully early Saturday, March 5, 2022 at Altercare of Bucyrus after two months of failing health. The middle child of the late Harold V. and Evelyn “Ada” (Downing) Ream, Ray was born in Bucyrus on June 27, 1935. He attended Whetstone School and worked as a mechanic for the Crawford County Highway Department for 30...

Elon E. Stadler

Elon E. Stadler

Feb 25, 2022

Elon E. Stadler, 83, of Bucyrus, died February 25, 2022 at her home after years of declining health. Elon was born January 27, 1939 to the late Sheldon and LaBerta (Shultz) Emery in Dayton. She graduated from Fairview High School where she did synchronized swimming, then went on to attend Wilmington College. Elon would transfer to the University of Dayton...

Jodi Young

Jodi Young

Feb 21, 2022

Jodi D. Young, 46, made her way to eternity with her Savior, Jesus Christ, on Monday, February 21, 2022 at her home under the care of her family and North Central Ohio Hospice. God’s love and peace has been with her through a grueling pancreatic cancer journey. She was born August 22, 1975 in Bucyrus to the late Chester E....

Dale K. Brause

Dale K. Brause

Feb 19, 2022

Dale K. Brause, 92, of rural Sycamore died unexpectedly in the Bucyrus Community Hospital ER on Saturday, February 19, 2022. He and his twin sister were born September 1, 1929 to the late Clarence A. and Anna M. (Schimpf) Brause. He grew up on the family farm and went to Lykens School where he played basketball and graduated in 1947....

Thomas E. Harley

Thomas E. Harley

Feb 13, 2022

Thomas E. Harley, 71, of Nevada died Sunday evening, February 13, 2022 at Bucyrus Community Hospital from complications of mesothelioma. He was born July 18, 1950 in Shelby to the late Robert Sr. and Sara (Stiteler) Harley and raised in Sulphur Springs. He attended Col. Crawford High School until enlisting in the US Navy in 1968. He served aboard four...

Shirley Ann Hickman

Shirley Ann Hickman

Feb 13, 2022

Shirley Ann Hickman, 62, of Bucyrus, died February 13, 2022 at home after years of battling breast cancer. Shirley was born December 26, 1959 to Margaret (Morgan) Shope and the late Charles Shope in Bucyrus. She attended Wynford High School and married her high school sweetheart, the late James “Jim” Hickman, on May 28, 1976. He preceded her in death...

Lori Marie Frost

Lori Marie Frost

Feb 12, 2022

Lori Marie Frost, 65, of Bucyrus, passed peacefully on February 12, 2022 at her home after a long battle with cancer. She was born October 25, 1956, in Tiffin, Ohio to the late Paul and Frances (Young) Price. Lori graduated from Columbian High School, Tiffin. She married on September 26, 1981 to Jeffrey M. Frost of Bucyrus. She is survived...

Elta "Pennie" Perrin

Elta "Pennie" Perrin

Feb 7, 2022

Elta “Pennie” Perrin, 94, died peacefully Monday, February 7, 2022 at Altercare of Bucyrus where she had resided since 2017. She was born December 26, 1927 in Houston, Ohio to the late Clarence F. and Ida M. (Yagle) Keiser. The Keisers made their way to Galion where Elta grew up and attended school. She met Charles Kenneth Perrin and they...

Shirley M. Assenheimer

Shirley M. Assenheimer

Feb 6, 2022

Shirley Mae Assenheimer, 82, of Bucyrus, died Sunday, February 06, 2022 at her residence following a lengthy illness. Shirley was born December 4, 1939 in Tiffin to the late Lincoln and Bernice (Miller) Jump. She was a 1957 graduate of Sycamore High School and on March 7, 1959 married Charles E. Assenheimer. Shirley was happily married for 61 years until...

Lynn T. Hepner

Lynn T. Hepner

Feb 4, 2022

Lynn Hepner, 79, died peacefully in her sleep Friday, February 4, 2022. She went into eternity with her Savior on her terms as she shoveled snow the day before despite her children’s pleas not to do so considering her heart condition.

Lynn was born January 14, 1943, in Bucyrus to the late Norman and Aleta (Nicholson) Kisor. She graduated from Bucyrus...

Daniel R. Pfleiderer

Daniel R. Pfleiderer

Feb 4, 2022

Daniel R. Pfleiderer, 75, died peacefully Friday, February 4, 2022 at Orchard Park Assisted Living where he had resided for 13 years. Dan was born in Bucyrus on July 3, 1946 to the late Howard and Dolores (Powers) Pfleiderer and baptized at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. He grew up in Oceola and attended Wynford Schools. His mental handicap did not...

Barb J. Winely

Barb J. Winely

Feb 1, 2022

Barb “Barbie” Winely, 78, a former longtime Galion resident, and more recently a resident of Altercare of Bucyrus, passed peacefully in the loving arms of her daughter on Tuesday, February 1, 2022. She was born July 31, 1943 on the family farm on Nazor Road in Galion, the second youngest of 12 children to the late Anthony and Marie (Miller)...

Elena Lewis

Elena Lewis

Feb 1, 2022

Elena Lewis, 93 of Reynoldsburg, and formerly of Bucyrus, passed peacefully Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at The Inn at Summit Trail while holding hands and being comforted by her daughter and granddaughter. Elena (Horsley) Rhoden Lewis was born in Garrison, Ky on December 18, 1928. She was the first of ten children born to Rannel and Mamie (Cooper) Horsley. Helping...

Gail E. Kleer

Gail E. Kleer

Jan 25, 2022

Gail Eileen Kleer, 66, of Bucyrus, died Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at Heartland of Bucyrus. She was born December 2, 1955 in Bucyrus Ohio to the late Robert P. and June E. (McKeehen) Kincade and was a1974 graduate of Bucyrus High School. On August 10, 1975 she married James A Kleer who preceded her in death on December 30, 2017....

Vicky Garverick

Vicky Garverick

Jan 24, 2022

Vicky Garverick, 62, passed into eternity with Jesus on Monday, January 24, 2022 at Bucyrus Community Hospital after weeks of failing health. She was born in Columbus on July 17, 1959 to the late Richard and Susan (George) Dailey. She graduated from Gahanna High School and The Ohio State University. Vicky worked in banking and accounting in greater Columbus until...

John R. Clime

John R. Clime

Jan 23, 2022

Character is what you are when you think no one is looking, and the character by which John R. Clime lived his life was admirable to all. On Sunday, January 23, 2022, John passed peacefully following an extended illness and surrounded by his family at the OSU Wexner Medical Center. He was born December 19, 1950 in Bucyrus to the...

William H. Combs

William H. Combs

Jan 21, 2022

Bill Combs, 94, died Friday, January 21, 2022 at Bucyrus Community Hospital after weeks of failing health. He was born September 1, 1927 in Booneville, Kentucky to the late William O. and Nannie M. (Venable) Combs in Owsley County, Kentucky. The Combs family made their way to Wooster, Ohio where Bill grew up and graduated from Wooster High School in...