Obituaries

 Donald E. Ritzhaupt

Donald E. Ritzhaupt

Apr 20, 2015

Donald E. Ritzhaupt, 67, of Bucyrus, died unexpectedly Monday, April 20, 2015 in Heath, Ohio, where he was working. His death was of natural causes and not job related. Don was born in Galion April 29, 1947 to the late Guy F. and Persis E. (Kocher) Ritzhaupt. He was a 1965 Col. Crawford High School graduate and served in the...

 Pauline Zarcone

Pauline Zarcone

Apr 20, 2015

Pauline Zarcone, 88, of Bucyrus, died Monday, April 20, 2015 at Altercare of Bucyrus. She was born September 3, 1926 in Cherokee County, Alabama to the late Homer and Ethel (Chesnut) Payne. Pauline grew up and graduated high school while living in Alabama and the summer following graduation, she came to Bucyrus to visit her aunt. While here, she met...

 Arlene R. Slagle

Arlene R. Slagle

Apr 15, 2015

Arlene Rose Slagle, 74, of Bucyrus, died Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at Altercare of Bucyrus following a lengthy bout with Parkinson’s disease. She was born February 2, 1941 in New Washington to the late Leo J. and Eleanor K. (Smith) Pifher. She grew up attending Mother of Sorrows Catholic grade school and graduated from New Washington High School. Arlene was...

 Kevin Snyder Sr.

Kevin Snyder Sr.

Apr 14, 2015

Kevin V. Snyder, Sr., 59, of Galion, died Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at the home of his daughter in Galion. He suffered a brain injury in August. Kevin was born in Mansfield on August 16, 1955 to the late Donald and Sylvia (Simpson) Snyder. He married Eva J. Flatt on January 22, 1977 in Glenmont. Their wedding was officiated by...

 Mary Ann Summerson

Mary Ann Summerson

Apr 6, 2015

Mary Ann Summerson, 93, of Marion, died early Monday, April 6, 2015 at Marion Manor. Mary Ann was born November 14, 1921 in Bucyrus Ohio to the late Joseph and Grace (Aidt) Kaupp. Being raised in Bucyrus, her family attended Holy Trinity Catholic Church and she attended grade school in the Catholic school before graduating from Bucyrus High School in...

 Stella Bowser

Stella Bowser

Apr 5, 2015

Stella A. Bowser, 84, of Bucyrus, died Sunday, April 5, 2015 at Altercare of Bucyrus. Born November 17, 1930 in Lorain County to the late Charles H. and Elizabeth J. (Nixon) Bowser, she is also preceded in death by brothers, Adam, Byron, and Jonathan Bowser and sisters, Bertha Stuckman, Thelma Mullins, Rosetta Maynard, Hazel Bowser, and Ethel Bowser. Stella is...

 Guy Baggett

Guy Baggett

Mar 21, 2015

Arthur Guy Baggett, 94, of Stow and longtime resident of Bucyrus died Saturday, March 21, 2015 at Akron City Hospital where he was being treated for a recent heart attack and stroke. The oldest of 10 children, Guy was born August 12, 1920 in Clarksville, Tenn. to the late Edgar and M. Ethel (Perry) Baggett. He grew up throughout Tennessee...

 Kenneth Harold Rader

Kenneth Harold Rader

Mar 15, 2015

Kenneth Harold Rader, 69, of Tiro, died Sunday, March 15, 2015 at Altercare of Bucyrus. He has been in failing health for the past few years. Kenneth was born June 2, 1945 in Ashland to Chester J. and Ethel M. (Leibolt) Rader. His mother died earlier in his life and his dad married Frances June Cuppy who also helped raise...

 Tina Gulley

Tina Gulley

Mar 14, 2015

Regina R. “Tina” Gulley, 49, of Bucyrus, died Saturday, March 14, 2015 at her residence. Tina was born nearly three months premature on March 4, 1966 in Bucyrus to the late Everett and Lillie (Bloomfield) Gulley and was a 1984 graduate of Bucyrus High School. Tina’s work career was limited due to complications from being born prematurely but she had...

 Sylvena M. "Gigi" Carr

Sylvena M. "Gigi" Carr

Mar 12, 2015

Sylvena M. “GiGi” Carr, 62, of Bucyrus, died Thursday, March 12, 2015 at her residence. She was born October 24, 1952 in Nuremberg, Germany where her family was living with her dad serving in the US Army. Sylvena spent time growing up in Maryland and Bucyrus and graduated in 1970 from Bucyrus High School. GiGi always wanted to connect with...

Charles "Junior" Edgington

Charles "Junior" Edgington

Mar 9, 2015

Charles Edgington, Jr., known as “Junior” by many, was 93 when he died peacefully Monday, March 9, 2015 at Carlisle Place. He was born in Bucyrus on July 3, 1921 to the late Charles, Sr. and Pearl (Brown) Edgington. He was a 1939 graduate of Mt. Zion High School and from 1943 to 1945 served in the Army Air Corps....

 Clarence Austin

Clarence Austin

Mar 7, 2015

Clarence Austin, Jr., 90, of Bucyrus, died peacefully Saturday, March 7, 2015 at his residence. He was born August 24, 1924 in Marion, Ohio to the late Clarence D. and Lalla (Powell) Austin. Clarence learned the value of hard work at a young age by leaving school early to help care for the family. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor,...

 Laura J. "Laurie" Sturtz

Laura J. "Laurie" Sturtz

Mar 6, 2015

Laura J. “Laurie” Sturtz, 69, of Columbus, Ohio died, Friday, March 06, 2015 at Mayfair Village following a lengthy battle with renal cell cancer. She was born August 23, 1945, the daughter of Frederick F. and Jemima Scott Sturtz, both of whom preceded her in death. She is survived by five siblings: Charles F. (Judy) Sturtz, Ashton, MD, Melvin J....

 Evelyn Benham

Evelyn Benham

Mar 5, 2015

Evelyn J. Benham, 86, of Bucyrus died while resting peacefully on Thursday, March 5, 2015 at the Inn at Orchard Park. She was born May 13, 1928 in Bucyrus to the late Clarence and Marie (Shumaker) Brinkman. She attended Bucyrus High School where she was a cheerleader, graduating in 1946. She married Daniel H. Benham on April 2, 1949 and...

 Miriam L. Holtshouse

Miriam L. Holtshouse

Mar 4, 2015

Miriam L. Holtshouse, 89, of Bucyrus, died peacefully Wednesday morning, March 4, 2015 at Carlisle Place. She was born August 2, 1925 in Crane Twp., Wyandot County to the late Alfred Gail and Irene (Swan) Wilson. Miriam was a 1943 graduate of Upper Sandusky High School and on May 4, 1947 she married Charles A. Holtshouse who preceded her in...

 Ireta Oberlander

Ireta Oberlander

Feb 24, 2015

Ireta May Oberlander, 87, of Bucyrus, died Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at her residence where she was surrounded by family. She was born March 1, 1927 in Chatfield, Ohio to the late Clifford and Doyle (Sponseller) Gerhart. Ireta graduated from Chatfield High School and on December 9, 1947 she married Ellis M. “Obie” Oberlander whom she’d met while socializing after...

 Naomi Edgington

Naomi Edgington

Feb 23, 2015

Naomi Marie Edgington, 87, of Bucyrus, died peacefully Monday, February 23, 2015 at Carlisle Place where she had lived for over two years. She was born in Nevada on October 1, 1927 to the late Charles H. and Liddie L. (Barth) Bardon. Naomi graduated from Nevada High School and soon afterward on October 3, 1946 married Charles N. Edgington, Jr....

 Marjorie M. Reinhard

Marjorie M. Reinhard

Feb 18, 2015

Marjorie May Reinhard, 92, of Bucyrus passed away on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at The Manor at Perrysburg, Ohio. Marjorie was born May 17, 1922 in Bucyrus to the late Roy Curtis and Laura Almira (Ditty) Linn. She was married November 15, 1942 to Edwin Eugene Reinhard, who passed away October, 1998. She was also preceded in death by her...

 Nancy Miller

Nancy Miller

Feb 12, 2015

Nancy Ann Miller, 62, of Sycamore died Thursday, February 12, 2015 at Wyandot Memorial Hospital in Upper Sandusky. She was born December 15, 1952 to the late James F. Miller and Barbara (Turney) Miller who survives. A lifelong area resident, Nancy was a member of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church and associated with the Angeline School of Opportunity in Upper...

 Glen D. Beers

Glen D. Beers

Feb 12, 2015

Glen Dale Beers, 73, of rural Bucyrus, died Thursday, February 12, 2015 at Galion Community Hospital following a battle with cancer. Glen was born November 22, 1941 in Marion, Ohio to the late Roy and Lois (Clutter) Beers and was a 1959 graduate of Claridon High School where he played trumpet in the band, was a member of the football...