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Dorothy Sue Huff 1944-2014

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, November 9, 2014

Dorothy Sue Huff, 70, died at 10:44 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014, at the Lima Memorial Health System in Lima, Ohio.

She was born on Oct. 19, 1944, in Carver, Kentucky, to Leander and Laura (Watkins) Rowe and they are both deceased.

She was first married to William Douglas Burris and he survives in Harrod, Ohio. She married William H. Huff on Nov. 21, 1992 and he died May 19, 2013.

Mrs. Huff was a homemaker. She was formerly involved in the Alger Memorial Day Committee and was a social member of the Ada VFW Post #9381.

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Jean Van Atta was co-owner of Hal and Jean's Restaurant, Ada

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, November 9, 2014

I. Jean Van Atta, age 90, died at 10:25 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 7, 2014, at the Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton, Ohio.

She was born on May 14, 1924, in Ada, Ohio to Floyd D. and Anna Ethel (Pugh) Crowe and they are both deceased. She married Harold F. “Hal” Van Atta on Dec. 20, 1942, and he died Aug. 1, 2006.

Mrs. Van Atta was co-owner and co-operator with her husband, Harold, of Hal & Jean’s Restaurant of Ada, and also owners and operators of 302 Carry-Out of Ada. She was a member of the Sugar Grove United Methodist Church of Ada.

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Henry Howard, 1955-2014

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, November 3, 2014

Henry Howard, 59, died on Monday, Nov. 3, 2014 at 5:54 a.m. at Lima Memorial Health System, Lima.

He was born on Jan. 23, 1955 in Alger to Lebern and JoAnn (May) Howard and they preceded him in death. He married Cheryl L. Hunsicker on June 18, 1975, and she died on Aug. 30, 2013.

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Barbara Holbrook 1948-2014

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, October 31, 2014

Barbara A. Holbrook, 66, died on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014 at 3:44 a.m. at St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima.

She was born on April 26, 1948, in Kenton, Ohio, to Tom and Patricia (Risner) Holbrook and they preceded her in death. First married Dexter Rowe and he died in 1988. She later married Neil Duffman and he is also deceased.

She was a homemaker. She attended the Pentecostal Church.

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Russell Staley served 46 years as a Jackson Township trustee

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, October 31, 2014

Russell D. Staley, age 97, died on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, at 12:13 p.m. at Richland Manor Nursing Home, Bluffton.

He was born on Oct. 3, 1917 in Jackson Township, Allen County, Ohio to George Washington and Edith Edna (Ackerman) Staley and they preceded him in death.

He married Winifred Colleen Mason on July 3, 1941, and she died on Aug. 26, 2012.

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Becky Lynn Burns-Reed was a 1975 graduate of Ada HS

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, October 27, 2014

Becky Lynn Burns-Reed, 57, died at 4:08 p.m.Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, at Mt. Carmel St. Ann's Medical Center, Westerville.

She was born April 29, 1957 in Jamestown, N.Y., to the late A. Chester and Patricia Ann (Woods) Burns. On March 15, 1997, she married Gary L. Reed, who survives in Ada.

She was a 1975 graduate of Ada High School. She had attended Ohio Northern University, and received her Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from Middle Tennessee State University, and received her nursing degree from Owens Community College in Findlay.

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