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Marcia Vermillion sang with Sweet Adelines

Marcia E. Vermillion, 82, died on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016 at her residence in LaFayette.

She was born on Nov. 30, 1933 in Camden, N.J .to Gerald and Helen (Hawkins) Connor who preceded her in death. On May 25, 1952, she married James L. Vermillion and he died on Aug. 28, 2013.

Marcia was a homemaker and previously worked at the LaFayette Elevator for many years. She was a member and Sunday school teacher at LaFayette Congregational Christian Church. Marcia sang in the Sweet Adelines and a Gospel Trio for many years. She was a graduate of LaFayette-Jackson High School class of 1951. She always enjoyed the annual trip to Mohican with her family.

Betty Moore 1935-2016

Betty L. Moore,  81, died Monday, Feb. 22, 2016, at 7:46 p.m. at Lima Rehab and Nursing Center, Lima.

She was born on Feb. 11, 1935, in Martin, Kentucky, to John N. and Lucinda (Ratliff) Patton who preceded her in death. On Aug. 21, 1953, she married Columbus Moore and he survives in Harrod.

Betty was a homemaker. She was a member of the Pentecostal Tabernacle Church of Belle Center.

Betty Jo Hughes Carmean 1923-2016

Betty Jo Hughes Carmean, 92, died Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016, at 9:40 p.m. at her residence in Lima, Ohio.

She was born on Sept. 25, 1923, in Lima, Ohio, to Rush and Ruth (Gossard) Hughes who preceded her in death. On Dec. 5, 1945, she married Eugene Carmean, Sr., who preceded her in death on March 8, 1979.

Betty Jo was a homemaker. She previously worked at Lima Manor Nursing Home. She was a member of the Lima First Assembly of God Church. 

Joyce Reiff was an Alger High School graduate

Joyce M. Reiff, 76, died on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, at approximately 11 p.m. at her residence in Crestview, Florida.               
  
She was born on Oct. 20, 1939 in Hardin County, Ohio, to William W. and Mary C. (Orders) Scott, Sr. and they preceded him in death.  On Aug. 23, 1959 she married Eddy Lee Reiff and he preceded her in death on Oct. 11, 1984.
  
Joyce was a retired accountant and a military wife for 25 years. She was a member of the Immanuel Baptist Church of Savannah, Ga.  She was a graduate of Alger High School.
   

Rhett Eldon LeRoy Piper funeral service Feb. 12

Rhett Eldon LeRoy Piper, 1 month, died on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016 at 7:44 p.m. at Lima Memorial Health Systems, Lima.

Rhett was born on Dec. 21, 2015, in Lima, to Connor E. Piper and Whitney N. Gossard. His father survives in St. Marys and his mother survives in Harrod.

Also surviving are his paternal grandparents: Chad Piper of Lima and Nancy Schmidt of Willshire; maternal grandparents: LeRoy and Wendy Gossard of Harrod; paternal great grandparents: Thomas Wendel and Anita Hynd; maternal great grandparents: Cleo Gossard and Ronald and Loretta Zimmerman; paternal great-great grandmother: Florence Weeks; and several aunts and uncles.

Josephine Cheney 1930-2016

Josephine Melvina Cheney, 85, died Feb. 9, 2016, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima.  Josephine was born Aug. 7, 1930 in Beaverdam to the late Thomas and Gertrude (Meeks) White. In December 1946, she married Earl K. Cheney Sr. who preceded her in death in July 2001.

Josephine had worked in the laundry department at Richland Manor.  She had also worked at ExCello-Airfoil Textron and Triplett Corp., both of Bluffton.  She attended Rockport United Methodist Church. 

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