Obituaries

Maria Valeria “Val” Clay, 77, of Bellefontaine, passed away at 5:53 p.m. on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, at her home. She was born on March 31, 1945, in Bogata Mures. Val married Marion Fr…

Richard L. “Dick” McNabb, age 64, of Lakeview, Ohio, formerly of West Carrollton, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, February 4, 2023, at the Lima Memorial Hospital. He was born on March 27, 1958, …

Terry D. “Tinker” Lookabaugh, 71, of Rushsylvania, passed away Monday morning, February 6, 2023, at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio. Tinker was born in Marion County, O…

LeRoy Allen Watkins, 71, died Sunday, February 5, 2023, at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. He was born in Sidney on May 12, 1951, to the late Allen Coleman and Eva (Cupps) Watkins. LeRoy was also pre…

Jerry W. Britton, 69, of Belle Center, OH passed away, Sunday morning, February 5, 2023, at his home. Jerry was born on January 7, 1954, in Columbus, OH, a son of the late Robert and Carrie Daniels Br…

Rev. John E. Dodds, 87, of St. Marys, OH, died 6:06 a.m., Fri. Feb. 3, 2023, at Otterbein-St. Marys.  He was born Aug. 14, 1935, in Hardin Co., OH, the son of the John O. & Myrtle M. (Tracy) Dodds…

Barbara Jean (Gardner) Bartfield, 76, of West Chester, OH, passed away on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, in Cincinnati. She was born in Bucyrus, Ohio on October 23, 1946, the daughter of the late Harold…

Philip Dennis Metz, born November 7, 1948, in Bellefontaine, Ohio, passed away peacefully Wednesday, February 1, 2023. His wife of 23 years, Edna Metz (Davis), preceded him in death November 29, 2018.…

Ronald Russell Branham, 60, of Bellefontaine, passed away on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, at the Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine. He was born in Lima, Ohio on December 14, 1962, to Ronald H. Bran…

Rock Lynn Brenner, 56, of Cable, Ohio, passed away Saturday, January 28, 2023, in The James Cancer Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, with his wife of thirty plus years by his side, after a nineteen-month batt…