Obituaries
Clyde Miley
Dec 26, 2018
Clyde Miley, 70, formerly of Prospect and recently of Heartland of Marion, passed away Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at Marion General Hospital after nearly 7 years of failing health. Clyde worked as a concrete laborer and finisher for over 35 years and at the former Great Lakes Carbon for 5 years. He was a former member of the Moose #889,...
Delores Baker
Dec 25, 2018
Delores J. Baker, 86, of Marysville, died Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at Memorial Hospital surrounded by her loving family after months of failing health. A graduate of Milford Center High School, she worked at Ranco for a short time before moving on to Ray Lewis and Sons where she worked as an inspector for 41 years. She enjoyed working in...
Pete Hughes
Dec 21, 2018
Pete B. Hughes, 84, of Marysville, died peacefully Friday, December 21, 2018 at his residence after few months of failing health. A 1952 graduate of Belfrey High School, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served on the USS Joyce and the USS Borie. He worked at Ranco for more than 30 years and enjoyed spending time out working in...
Helen Wolford
Dec 19, 2018
Helen L. Wolford, 95, of Marysville, died peacefully Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at Green Hills Community in West Liberty. A devoted wife and loving mother, she had a quick wit with ornery nature. She enjoyed sewing, cooking, canning, gardening and traveling. She helped run the family farm with her husband, baked pies for the former Hermie's Restaurant, volunteered at Memorial...
Garry Daas
Dec 18, 2018
Garry A. Daas, 71, of Morral, passed away peacefully, early Tuesday morning December 18, 2018 at Marion General Hospital with his loving wife by his side. Garry proudly served his country as a Military Policeman with the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He was a self-employed contractor most of his life, always meticulous with his work and also a...
Barbara Hoecke
Dec 17, 2018
Barbara Lee Southard Hoecke passed away peacefully on Monday, December 17th, 2018. She was comforted by her husband of 52 years, Herman P. Hoecke and sons Paul and Christopher. Barbara was born in Columbus, Ohio on September 6, 1937. She was an only child and as such grew up independent & adventurous. Her father, John Southard, was an avid outdoorsman,...

Jamie Crossman
Dec 5, 2018
Jamie S. Crossman, 36, of Marysville, died Wednesday evening, December 5, 2018 at Memorial Hospital after many years of failing health, with her family by her side. A devoted wife and loving mother, she was a strong Christian and a faithful member of Bible Baptist Church where she also helped with the church website. She was an online missionary for...
Robert McColloch, Jr.
Dec 2, 2018
Robert L. "Pup" "Joe" McColloch, Jr. 65, of East Liberty, passed away peacefully Sunday afternoon at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He enjoyed drag racing, tractor pulling, going to car shows, collecting cars and tractors and traveling on his Harley-Davidson, but he truly loved spending time with his family, especially attending all of the activities he could of...
Adam Davis
Nov 21, 2018
Adam L. Davis, 35, of Marysville, died unexpectedly in his sleep Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at his residence. A devoted father, he adored his children and cherished his time spent with them and all of his family. He was a man of strong faith, loved God and would share his faith freely. He enjoyed a good cup of coffee and...
Lillian Burch
Nov 18, 2018
A Celebration of Life Service will be held for Lillian "Honey" Burch at 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, at Ijams Nature Center, in Knoxville, Tenn. Lillian, age 69, died Nov. 18 in Knoxville, where she resided with her husband Jerry Wilson and dogs Itzy and Ruckus. A lifelong advocate, Lillian passionately served as executive director of the disABILITY Resource Center...

Mary Schnees
Nov 14, 2018
Mary Lou Schnees, 87, of Milford Center, died Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at Riverside Methodist Hospital after a short illness. A devoted wife and loving mother and grandmother, she enjoyed reading, crocheting, and watching the Hallmark Channel. She was an avid fan of the Ohio State football team and always enjoyed watching and cheering for her Buckeyes. She was also...
Andrea Hicks
Nov 8, 2018
Andrea Jean Hicks, 43, of Marysville, passed away early Friday, November 8, 2018 at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center after an extended illness. Born March 12, 1975 in London, OH, she was the daughter of Bruce and Shirley (Yurko) Strickland. Her father preceded her in death December 8, 2014. A 1993 graduate of Marysville High School, she worked...
Leland Predmore
Nov 8, 2018
Leland Carl Predmore, 83, of Viera, FL, passed away on Thursday, November 8, 2018 at Wuesthoff Brevard Hospice after a long illness. He was born on December 3, 1934 in Union County near West Mansfield to the late Charles H. and Blanche (Brookens) Predmore. In addition to his parents, he is also preceded in death by his brother, Charles and...
Albert Spaw
Nov 6, 2018
Albert J. Spaw, 78, of Marysville, died Tuesday morning at the Convalarium at Indian Run in Dublin following a couple months of failing health. He truly enjoyed watching the old western movies on T.V., taking care of his garden and being around his cats over the years. He worked as a welder all of his life, with Marysville Steel in...
Robert Hamilton
Nov 3, 2018
Robert O. Hamilton, 91, of Marysville, died Saturday, November 3, 2018 at the OSU/Rhodes Medical Center in Columbus. A long time Union County attorney, Bob served as Union County Prosecuting Attorney for 8 years and then was the Marysville City Attorney for 16 Years. He carried on his law practice until 2007. During his career, he also from time to...
Tom Bright
Nov 3, 2018
Tom Wesley Bright, 70, of Marysville, died Saturday, November 3, 2018 at Prestige Gardens. Born June 2, 1948 in Columbus, he was the son of the late Lawrence Wesley and Clare Lucille (Estepp) Bright. After graduating from Marysville High School, Tom went on to serve his country in the United States Army. He later worked for Deckright and Goodyear. Tom...
Dorothy Weaver
Oct 29, 2018
Dorothy A. Weaver, 65, of Marysville, died unexpectedly Monday evening at Memorial Hospital of Union County. She grew up on the family farm and graduated from Marysville High School in the Class of 1972. She was a longtime employee at Chenile Products and later worked at the Ray Lewis Plant. She also formerly attended the E.U.B. Methodist Church in Peoria....
James Taylor
Oct 27, 2018
James M. Taylor, 83, of Zanesfield, passed away Saturday, October 27, 2018 at the Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital in Columbus. Born May 15, 1935 in Broadway, he was the son of the late John M. and Lillian (Boerger) Taylor. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by a brother, Richard Taylor. A graduate of Northwestern...
George Coder
Oct 23, 2018
George Edward Coder, 91, of Marysville, and former longtime resident of West Mansfield, passed away early Tuesday morning at Bluebird Retirement Community surrounded by his family following months of failing health. A devoted husband and loving father and grandfather, he cherished his time spent with family. He loved to attend the sporting events of his children and grandchildren. He was...
Glen Buettner
Oct 22, 2018
Glen G. Buettner, 68, of Bellefontaine, passed away unexpectedly Monday morning, October 22, 2018 as a result of an accident in Delaware County. Glen liked to camp in his free time, which was not often as he enjoyed staying busy, whether it was woodworking on his own, working in the shop with Chris or expanding the kitchen a bit with...