Ira "Bud" Johns
Apr 28, 2018
Ira “Bud” Johns, 77, was surrounded by many who loved him when he died peacefully at home on Saturday, April 28, 2018. His mother was working when it was Ira’s time to enter this world, so on December 13, 1940 at the telephone office in New Winchester, he was born, the son of the late Virgil R. and Fairy M....
Lloyd D. Daiber
Apr 26, 2018
Lloyd D. Daiber, 91, of rural Bucyrus died Thursday, April 26, 2018 at his home. His death was unexpected, but he had not been feeling well for a week. He was born in Bucyrus on December 19, 1926 and raised on the family farm on Knauss Road. Lloyd graduated from Mt. Zion High School and enlisted in the US Army...
Roxanna J. Foreman
Apr 24, 2018
Roxanna J. Foreman, 78, of Bucyrus died Tuesday evening, April 24, 2018 at Heartland of Bucyrus where she had been residing with failing health since October. She was born in Richland County on July 26, 1939 to the late Richard O. and Ramona M. (Shephard) Grubb. She went to Madison Comprehensive High School where she played every sport she could...
Nick Vasil
Apr 23, 2018
Nicholas G. Vasil, 75, of Bucyrus died Monday night, April 23, 2018 at his home after being hospitalized and diagnosed with esophageal cancer. He was born October 2, 1942 in Cleveland to the late Nicholas and Helen (Wozniak) Vasil. They teased that they couldn’t afford middle names, however Nick was given George. The Vasil family moved to Bucyrus in the...
William W. Wolfe
Apr 22, 2018
William W. Wolfe, 70, of Galion went home to be with Jesus late Sunday, April 22, 2018 at his residence. He was diagnosed with kidney failure over 10 years ago. Bill was born on February 24, 1948 in Martins Ferry, Ohio, the youngest son of the late Clarence W. and Lois E. (Hess) Wolfe. Bill was raised in Washington, Pennsylvania,...
Mary E. Blum
Apr 20, 2018
Mary E. Blum, 98 a longtime resident of Galion, died Friday, April 20, 2018 at Altercare of Bucyrus. Mary was born May 9, 1919 in Carbondale, Ohio to the late John and Mary (James) Landis. She graduated from Marshfield High School and in 1939, she married Woodrow Blum. They enjoyed nearly 74 years of marriage before his passing in 2013....
Pauline Risner
Apr 18, 2018
Pauline Risner, 85, of rural Bucyrus, died Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at Heartland of Bucyrus. She was born November 4, 1932 in Montgomery County Kentucky to the late Anderson and Thelma (Allen) Willoughby. Pauline married G.R. “Patrick” Risner in 1948 and together, they raised a family, attended many auctions over the years and earlier in their married life, operated Risner’s...
Gene R. Shields
Apr 16, 2018
Gene R. Shields, 82, of Bucyrus died peacefully Monday morning, April 16, 2018 at his home. He was the picture of health and still playing tennis until a recent cancer diagnosis. He was born June 26, 1935 in Marion, the only child of the late Raymond and Wilma (Spiegel) Shields. They moved to Bucyrus where Raymond had a barber shop...
Alice I. Hayne
Apr 16, 2018
Alice I. Hayne, 87, a lifelong area resident, died, Monday, April 16, 2018 at Altercare of Bucyrus. A private graveside service will be held at Nevada Cemetery and for those wishing to give a gift in her memory, they can be made payable to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. These gifts will be accepted at Wise Funeral Service, 129 W....
James E. Hahn II
Apr 13, 2018
The Professor, Jim Hahn, officially signed off following his unexpected death early Friday morning, April 13, 2018 at Bucyrus Community Hospital as a result of bilateral pneumonia. Jim was born March 24, 1956 in Bucyrus to the late James E. Hahn I, and Joyce A. (Linn) Hahn who resides in Bucyrus. He spent most of his life in Bucyrus and...
Tiffy McCarthy
Apr 10, 2018
Kathlyn Jane McCarthy, 73, who was better known as Tiffy, died Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at her home. She had recently been diagnosed with lung cancer but her death was very unexpected. She was born April 14, 1944 in Montague, Massachusetts to the late Elbridge B. and Lois N. (Paige) Dunbar. Kathlyn graduated from Mahar Regional High School in Orange,...
John Franklin Short
Apr 6, 2018
John Franklin Short, 86, husband, father, grandfather, teacher, coach, and mentor, died due to cancer early Friday, April 6, 2018, surrounded by his family. He was born November 20, 1931 in Richwood, West Virginia and raised in Camden-on-Gauley by the late Leonard B. and Emma Jane (Plummer) Starcher. It was in a wildlife area known as “The Cranberry” that John...
Tammy Walker
Apr 2, 2018
Tameria G. Walker, 56, of Mansfield and formerly of Bucyrus died early Monday, April 2, 2018 at OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital from complications of Myotonic Dystrophy. She was born November 10, 1961 in Mansfield to the late Charles Thomas Carroll, Sr. “Tom” and Carole G. (Bridges) Carroll Roberts who survives. She attended Madison Local Schools until being swept off her feet...
Sue Gallant
Apr 1, 2018
Linda Sue Gallant, 62, of North Robinson died Sunday morning, April 1, 2018 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus after serious health issues and living on “borrowed time” for over a month. She was born on October 30, 1955 in Columbus to the late Virgil Lewis Masters and Emogene (Tackett) Masters who survives in Vanceburg, Kentucky. Sue grew up in...
Ruth Ann Wiley
Apr 1, 2018
Ruth Ann Wiley, 75, of Ontario, passed away Sunday morning, April 1, 2018 from complications due to ALS. She was born February 27, 1943 in Galion to the late Leo and Annabelle (Weber) Flohr. Ruth Ann was a member of the first graduating class of Buckeye Central High School. She married Harold Wiley on May 3, 1964 in Crestline and...
Alice M. Beers
Mar 30, 2018
Alice Marie Beers, 74, of rural Bucyrus, died late Friday, March 30, 2018 at Galion Community Hospital following a very brief illness. She was born, March 24, 1944 in Toledo, Ohio but was a lifelong area resident. Alice graduated from Col. Crawford High School in 1962 and that same year married Glen D. Beers whom she met on a blind...
Eric M. Adams
Mar 29, 2018
Eric Matthew Adams, 42, of Bucyrus, died Thursday, March 29, 2018 following an automobile accident. He was born March 4, 1976 in Galion to Brady L. and Vickie L. (Damron) Adams. Eric was a 1995 graduate of Galion High School and shortly thereafter enlisted with the US Marine Corps. Following his years of service with the USMC, he served in...
Esther Belle Ferguson
Mar 26, 2018
Esther Belle Ferguson, 91, of Bucyrus, died Monday, March 26, 2018 at Altercare of Bucyrus. She was born April 17, 1926 at home in Crawford County to the late George and Ruth (Scott) Striker. Esther was a 1944 graduate of Sulphur Springs High School and shortly thereafter, married John Nezdoba who preceded her in death in 1980. In 1982, she...
Marilyn A. Koons
Mar 22, 2018
Marilyn Ann Koons, 79, of Bucyrus died early Thursday, March 22, 2018 at home due to Alzheimer’s Disease and months of failing health. She was born September 10, 1938 in Bucyrus Township to the late Ward D. and Doris E. (Kaler) McCracken. She graduated in 1956 from Tiro High School and met Delbert C. Koons at her uncle’s graduation party....
Howard "Ray" Laipply Jr.
Mar 18, 2018
Howard Raymond Laipply Jr., 91, of Bucyrus, died Sunday, March 18, 2018 at Bucyrus Community Hospital. He was born February 9, 1927 at home in Lykens Twp. Crawford County to the late Howard R. and Gladys E. (Oberlander) Laipply. Howard graduated from Lykens High School in 1945 and shortly thereafter was drafted into the US Army, serving his country for...