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Obituaries

Mass of Christian Burial April 24 for Irene Stober

Irene L. Stober, 101 died on Friday April 17, 2015, at 4:41 p.m. at Lee Memorial Hospital, Fort Myers, Florida.

She was born on Oct. 1, 1913, in Ft. Jennings, Ohio, to George M. and Anna Barbara (Geckle) Moore and they preceded her in death. She married Robert M. Stober on Aug. 15, 1942, and he preceded her in death on April 27, 1992.

Shewas a homemaker and had worked at Westinghouse Electric Corporation for 34 years. She was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Ada, and a member of its Altar Rosary Society. She was a member of the Ada Senior Citizens, Inc. and a member of the Kenton Elks #157. 

Marion Lawrence served in the Korean War

Marion Lee “Buzz” Lawrence, age 83, died Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 1:33 a.m. at St. Rita’s Medical Center.

He was born March 28, 1932 in Hardin County, Ohio to Oliver Clay and Idorah Norma Jean (Johnson) Lawrence. He was preceded in death by his father, mother and step father, Forest Eugene Donnal. On September 15, 1954 he married Madonna Jean Dirmeyer and she survives in Alger.

Betty Watkins operated Watkins Florist in Alger

Betty M. Watkins, 72, died Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 6:11 p.m. at Lima Memorial Health System.

She was born January 28, 1943 in Lima, Ohio to Theodore and Hazel (Marshall) Newland and they preceded her in death. She married Leroy C. Watkins on April 11, 1959 and he survives in Alger.

Joseph M. Theodore was on the ONU pharmacy faculty for 32 years

Joseph M. Theodore, Jr., 83, died Friday, April 10, 2015 at his residence in Ada, Ohio. He was born April 29, 1931, to Joseph Medeiros Theodore Sr. and Lillian Lima Theodore in Fall River, Mass.

Accepted to the New England Conservatory of Music after high school, he continued his musical training there before changing direction to a career in Pharmacy and Education.

He earned a BS from the New England College of Pharmacy in 1955  and married Theresa Rouleau that same year.

He received a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1958.

Helen Pyatt lived to be 103 years old

Helen M. Pyatt, 103 died on Friday, April 10, 2015 at 8:13 p.m. at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, Ohio.  

She was born on Oct. 21, 1911, in Bedford, Pennsylvania, to Elmer and Blanche (Diehl) Diehl and both are deceased. She married Albert Meier in 1937 and he died. She then married Leroy Pyatt in June 1966 and he died in September 1982.

Dora Dyer 1921-2015

Dora (Minix) Dyer, 93 died on Thursday, April 9, 2015, at 7:15 p.m. at residence in Alger.

She was born on December 6, 1921, in Carver, Kentucky, to Kim and Doris (Williams) Minix who preceded her in death. On November 2, 1940 she married Dexter Dyer and he died on May 14, 2001.
She was a homemaker. 

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