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Helen I. Lenhart was an Ada High School graduate

Helen I. Lenhart, 86, died on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, at 6:40 a.m. at Willow Ridge in Bluffton, Ohio.

She was born on Jan. 18, 1928 in Lima, Ohio, to Albert C. and Kathryn E. (Hauenstien) Huber and they preceded her in death. She married on Aug. 29, 1946, Everett W. Lenhart and he died on June 8, 2004.

Mrs. Lenhart worked at Liberty National Bank from 1964 to 1975 as a teller and assisted in the loan department. She also worked at the IGA of Ada and the Charles Company Clothing of Ada. She was a member of the Ada First United Methodist Church. She was a member of the American Legion Post #185 Women’s Auxiliary of Ada. She was a 1946 graduate of Ada High School.

Beulah Hays was active in several Ada organizations

Beulah Mae (Spar) Hays, 90, died Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, at 3:15 a.m. at her residence in rural Ada, Ohio.

She was born on Oct. 21, 1924 at home in Ada, to Jesse Roy and Caroline M. (Clark) Spar who preceded her in death. On May 30, 1948, she married Ralph D. Hays and he preceded her in death on Jan. 27, 2010.

Mrs. Hays was a full time farmer’s wife and mother. She graduated from Bliss Business College in Columbus, Ohio, in accounting and then from the Lima Memorial School of Nursing through the Cadet Nurse Program. She worked as an RN at Lima Memorial Hospital and Gibbons Hospital in Celina, Ohio.

Emma Kathryn Lawrence was born in Alger

Emma Kathryn Lawrence, age 93, died Sunday, December 27, 2014 at 9:30 PM at Hardin Hills Nursing Home, Kenton, Ohio.

She was born on June 30, 1921, in Alger to George and Isabel (Crane) McCreary who preceded her in death. On April 12, 1947, she married Richard C. Lawrence and he died Feb. 7, 1995.

Emma was a homemaker. She was a member of the Royal Neighbors. 

Surviving are a son, Gerald “Butch” (Sandra) Lawrence of Lima; two daughters, Becky (Earnie) England of Ada and Betty (James) Williams of Huber Heights; 14 grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren.

Waldo Rayl was member of County Line Church of the Brethren

Waldo G. Rayl, 78, died on Friday, Dec. 19, 2014, at 10:43 a.m. at The Inpatient Hospice Care Center – Community Health Professionals of Van Wert, Ohio.

He was born Feb. 25, 1936, in Elida, Ohio, to Charles I. and Kathryn C. (Businger) Rayl and they preceded him in death. On Aug. 30, 1958, he married Edith A. “Edy” (Augsburger) in Benton Ridge and they were married for 53 years and she died Jan. 31, 2012.

Mr. Rayl was a member of the County Line Church of the Brethren, rural Ada. 

Linda Cramer had worked as a clerk for Cole-Humphrey Insurance Agency

Linda K. Cramer, 77, died on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, at 12:25 p.m. at her residence in Lima, Ohio.

She was born on July 24, 1937, in Lima to Jack H. and M. Kathlynn “Katie” (Loutzenhiser) Baker and they preceded her in death. She was married to Ernest F. Boutwell and they were divorced.

She worked as a clerk for Cole-Humphrey Insurance Agency of Ada. She was a member of the Ada Junior Civic League and was a volunteer at Lima Memorial Health System.

Glenn Wince was a 1953 graduate of LaFayette Jackson High School

Glenn E. Wince, 79, died Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014, at 7:04 a.m. at Lima Memorial Health System, Lima, Ohio.

He was born Nov. 1, 1935, in Weston, Ill., to Homer and Rose (Lorch) Wince. They preceded him in death. On June 20, 1981 he married Maxine Bayes Wright and she survives in rural LaFayette, Ohio.

He was a farmer and had worked at the Ada Farmers Exchange. He was also a member of the National Guard. He was sexton of Jackson Township for several years and was a 1953 graduate of LaFayette Jackson High School. 

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