Local Obituaries for Seneca County in Ohio

December 2, 2002

Rita M. Smith, age 76, of Republic, Ohio, died November 27, 2002. She was born in Alvada, Ohio, on April 2, 1926, to Michael and Emma (Hammer) Frankart. On February 7, 1948, in Alvada, Ohio, she married Victor Smith, who survives. Also surviving are 5 sons, Michael(Mary)Smith, Victor(Jean)Smith, Jr., Gerry Smith, Kevin(Roxanne)Smith, and Steven(Leslie)Smith; a daughter, Mary(Daniel)Reimer; 18 grandchildren...

November 20, 2002

Anna Louise (Hochstettler) Smith, age 76, of 60 N. SR 101 Tiffin, Ohio, died Sunday, November 17, 2002 at 2:45 AM at her residence. She was born on January 20, 1926 in Bluffton, Ohio to Jacob and Viola (Steiner) Hochstettler. She married Donald E. Smith on December 16, 1961 in Tiffin, Ohio. He survives. Other survivors include 2 daughters,...

November 12, 2002

Dennis D. Dodson, age 46, of 330 Sullivan Street, Bettsville, Ohio, died November 8, 2002. He was born on November 19, 1955 to Ralph W. Dodson, Jr. and Judith A. (Stevens) Dodson. He married Debra Snyder on October 19, 1974 in St. Joseph Catholic Church, Tiffin. She survives. Other survivors include, 1 son, Michael Dodson, of Tiffin, Ohio; 2...

November 11, 2002

Linda Mae Trembath, age 54, of Fort Seneca, Ohio, died November 8, 2002. She was born in Tiffin, Ohio, on March 7, 1948, to Charles and Verna Mae (Hade) Huber. Her mother survives in Fort Seneca. On June 30, 1967, in Fort Seneca, she married David Trembath, and he survives. Also surviving are two sons, Brett (Sara) Trembath of...

November 9, 2002

Margaret "Peg" Weddell, age 95,formerly of 25 Leitner Ave. Tiffin, Ohio, died November 5, 2002 at St. Francis Home. She was born on September 15, 1907 in Niles, Ohio to Ruben and Clara (Willman) Nigh. She married R. B. Weddell on June 26, 1929 in St. Joseph Catholic Church, Tiffin. He died on December 18, 1995. Other survivors include,...

November 7, 2002

Jean A. Stover, age 72, formerly of 3733 E. TR 122, Tiffin, Ohio died at 6:24 P.M. Sunday, November 3, 2002 at Mercy Hospital of Tiffin. She was born to Dale and Dorothy (Mitten) Cole on January 20, 1930. She married George R. Stover on December 28, 1946 in Tiffin. He died on April 7, 2001. Other survivors include...

November 6, 2002

Dale H. Mareches, age 74, born February 21, 1928 passed away at his Tiffin residence on November 1, 2002. His parents, Albert and Cora ( Smith) Mareches and a grandson, Chad Lewis Heyman preceded him in death. On December 20, 1950, he married Jean Lewis, and she survives. Also surviving are two sons and two daughters; Mr. Stephen Mareches...

October 28, 2002

Denise Hunter, age 42, 121 N. TR 165, of Tiffin, Ohio, died at 3:56 p.m. Thursday, October 24, 2002 at her residence. She was born April 23, 1960, in Tiffin, to the late Norman and Patricia (Troxell) Ranker. On April 11, 1980, in St. Mary Catholic Church, she married Terrance Hunter, who survives. Other survivors include two sons, Nicholas...

October 27, 2002

Hilda J. Blust, age 93, of Tiffin, Ohio, died October 24, 2001 at St. Francis Home. She was born to Albert and Elizabeth (Heinan) Boes on May 28, 1908 in Ink, Ohio. She married Wilfrid Blust, on June 27, 1935 in St. Joseph Catholic Church, Tiffin. He preceded her in death in 1969. Survivors include 1 son, James Blust;...

October 6, 2002

Eileen M. Stanton, age 77, of Tiffin, Ohio, died October 3, 2001. She was born Oct. 21, 1923, in Warren, Ohio, to Glenn & Louise (Houke) Hess. She is survived by a son, Lawrence Stanton, a daughter, Saundra Jones, a brother, John Hess, 3 sisters, Edna Fretz, Audrey Horn, and Irene Martorana, 4 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. She...

September 25, 2002

Bernard F. Link, age 76, of 22 Glenwood Drive, Tiffin, Ohio, died September 22, 2002. He was born on November 21, 1925 to Lester and Margaret (Rospert) Link. He married Dorothy Krupp on July 9, 1955 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Tiffin. He is survived by 4 sons, Ronald (Jane) Link; Randy (Lis) Link; James (Beth) Link; and Gregory...

September 24, 2002

Mary A. Graham, age 91, of Tiffin, Ohio, died September 20, 2001, at St. Francis Home. She was born on June 7 1910, in Seneca County, to Thomas and Anna (Hoepf) Keefe. On June 30, 1934 she married Leonard C. Graham at St. Joseph Catholic Church, in Tiffin. He passed away December 11, 1995. Other survivors include: 2 sons,...

September 20, 2002

Betty Lou Chaffee, age 73, of 686 S. Sandusky Street, Lot 66, died at 3:40 P.M. Monday, September 16, 2002. She was born to Wilbur and Nina (Wise) Feasel on July 17, 1929 in Tiffin, Ohio. She married Carl Schindler on March 1, 1947. They divorced. She then married Ronald Chaffee on May 17, 1969. They also divorced. She...

September 12, 2002

Lyola Corrine Lauer, 86, of New Riegel, Ohio, died September 10, 2002. She was born to Phillip and Ida (Elchert) Koby on January 8, 1916 in New Riegel. On May 4, 1940 she married Robert N. Lauer at St. Michael Church in Findlay. He died on May 31, 1995. She is survived by one son, Stephen (Julie) Lauer, two...

September 2, 2002

Katelynn Ruth Carson, age 8 months and 12 days, of 119 Fourth Avenue, Tiffin, Ohio, died August 30, 2002 at the Univerisity of Michigan Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan. She was born to Bryan Keith Carson and Terry Lynn Ferguson of Tiffin. She is survived by 2 half-sisters, Samantha and Vanessa Carson of Clovis, New Mexico; paternal grandparents, Roe...

August 27, 2002

Melissa JoLynn Boucher, age 24, of Sycamore, Ohio, died on August 22, 2002. She was born in Tiffin, Ohio, to Robert P. and Barbara A. (Romig) Smith, III, on November 5, 1977. She married Matthew Boucher on July 5, 1995 in St. Joseph Catholic Church, Tiffin, Ohio. He survives. Other survivors include her 2 sons, Allen and Brandon Boucher,...

August 26, 2002

Rita M. Smith, age 86, of St. Francis Avenue, Tiffin, Ohio, died August 22, 2002. She was born to Michael and Nancy (Koerper)Sendelbach on February 13, 1916 in Liberty Township, Seneca County, Ohio. On May 13, 1939 in St. Andrew Catholic Church, she married Clarence L. Smith, and he survives. Other survivors include, 2 sons, Elmo (Lois) H. Smith...

August 22, 2002

Christopher Allen Newsome, infant son of Gail Boner and Joshua Newsome, of Tiffin, Ohio, was stillborn August 16, 2001. He is also survived by his Maternal Grandparents, Clarence and Bonnie Boner of Tiffin, Ohio; Paternal Grandmother, Cindy Key, Findlay, Ohio; Paternal Grandfather, Gary Newsome, Groton, Connecticut; Maternal Great-Grandmothers, Mary Ellen Boner, Tiffin, Ohio; and Bonnite Mizen, Tiffin, Ohio; Paternal...

July 31, 2002

Dorothy J. Picciuto, age 74, of Tiffin, Ohio, died July 26, 2002. She was born June 3, 1928, in Cromers, Ohio, to William and Margaret (Smith) Bitler. On January 5, 1948, in Indiana, she married Salvator Picciuto. He died January 17, 1998. Survivors include a son, Douglas (Judy) Picciuto; a nephew, Donald Bitler, whom Dorothy and Salvator raised as...

July 31, 2002

Raymond D. "Buzz" Cooley of 1 Teakwood Court,age 73, of Tiffin, Ohio, died July 28, 2002 at his residence. He was born on July 27, 1929 to Raymond and Fannie (Day) Cooley. He married Evelyn Schock on January 24, 1953 in St. Joseph Catholic Church, Tiffin.

Other survivors include 1 son, Dean (Frieda) Cooley of Tiffin, 4...