CALCUTTA, Ohio — Harold Ellsworth Ferguson, 82, of Old Fredericktown Road, Calcutta, died at St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown, May 10, 2009, from a sudden illness and resulting complications with a long-standing heart condition.
Harold was born on Kountz Avenue in Wellsville, Ohio, May 17, 1926, and was a son of the late Ralph E. […]
BEACH CITY, Ohio — Leslie “Les” Howard Howell, 72, of Beach City died May 19, 2009, at his home following a brief illness.
Les was born Jan. 8, 1937, in Somerton, Ohio, the son of J. Blanche Skinner Howell of Beach City and the late Howard R. Howell.
He retired from Norfolk & Western Railroad in Brewster, […]
MOUNT GILEAD, Ohio — Donald R. Staley, 66, of Mount Gilead, Ohio, passed away May 7.
Staley was born August 14, 1942 in Marion, Ohio, the son of the late Richard “Dick” and Edna Ivalue (Allbaugh) Staley.
A 1961 graduate of Mount Gilead High School, Staley met his wife-to-be, Patricia Geyer. They married Oct. 3, […]
SEBRING, Ohio — Donald Charles Rupert, 95, of 800 South 15th Street, Sebring, Ohio, died April 21, 2009, in the Crandall Medical Center of Copeland Oaks.
He was born to Willis and Emma Van Skiver Rupert Dec. 14, 1913, on the Rupert family farm outside of New Waterford, Ohio.
After graduating from Fairfield Centralized […]
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. — Kenneth Allen Seamans, 69, of Pulaski Mercer Road, Wilmington Township, Mercer County, New Wilmington, Pa., died March 29 in Horizon Hospital.
Born July 29, 1939, in Edinburg, he was a son of John Cory and Mary Elizabeth Salzman Seamans.
Seamans graduated from Union High School in 1957. He married the former Kay […]
RANDOLPH, Ohio — Virginia M. “Sis” Sayre, 79, of Randolph passed away March 1 at Akron City Hospital. Born May 6, 1929 in Batavia, N.Y., to the late Carl and Pat Snyder, Sis was a wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
While living in Florida, she worked many years for Gressinger and Sons as a secretary […]
LISBON, Ohio — Wilbur G. Hawthorne, 81, of West High Street, died at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 6 at his home following a lengthy illness.
Hawthorne was born Jan. 23, 1928 in Broadacre, Ohio, a son of the late Avery and Grace (Peggs) Hawthorne, and had lived in the Lisbon area since 1938.
He owned and […]
Gary Vermeer, 90, founder and chairman emeritus of Vermeer Corporation in Pella, Iowa, died Feb. 2, 2009, at the Comfort House of Pella.
Born Sept. 29, 1918, he was the son of the late Jacob and Anna Vermeer.
Mr. Vermeer and a cousin started the business in 1948, after inventing a wagon hoist five years earlier, […]
DOVER, Ohio — Carl Edwin Finton, 95, passed away Jan. 29, 2009, in Country Club Retirement Campus, at Dover, where he resided for the past year.
Born Nov. 18, 1913, he was the son of the late Charles Clifford and Hattie Bahmer Finton.
Carl graduated from New Philadelphia High School in 1931. Following graduation, Carl joined his […]
SALEM, Ohio — Paul H. Hays, 78, of 7489 McCann Road, Kensington, Ohio, died at 5:20 a.m. Feb. 1, 2009, at the Aultman Hospital in Canton.
He was born Jan. 10, 1931, in Salem, the son of the late Herman and Annie (Ritchey) Hays.
Until his retirement, Paul had been a self-employed dairy farmer with Holstein cattle.
Paul […]
