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Obituaries

Steven G. Joseph 1966-2012

Services for Steven G. Joseph will be 11 a.m. Thursday at the Ada Full Gospel Church by the Rev. Karen Rarey. Burial will be in Preston Cemetery in Alger.

Friends may call 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Hanson-Neely Funeral Home in Ada and one hour prior to services Thursday at the church. He died at 9:44 p.m. Friday, April 27, 2012 as the result of a bicycle/automobile accident in Jacksonville, Fla.

He was born April 26, 1966 in Lima to Bernie L. Joseph and Shirley S. (Barnett) Blosser. His father and step-mother, Bernie and Debbie Joseph, survive in Ada and his mother and step-father, Shirley and Joe Blosser, survive in Elida.

"Mac" William McGuffey Beaman, 1983-2012

Services for “Mac” William McGuffey Beaman will be at 10 a.m. Monday, May 1, 2012, at the Hanson-Neely Funeral Home in Alger by Father Anthony Dinovo. Burial will be in Preston Cemetery in Alger.

Friends may call 2-4 p.m. Sunday and until the time of services Monday.

He died at 8:55 p.m. Sunday, April 22, 2012 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was born May 17, 1983 to Brent C. Beaman and Kathleen T. White. His father survives in Heath, Ohio, and his mother survives in Coral Springs, Fla. He married Jennifer Eckert and she survives in Davie, Fla.

ONU honor students to present oral arguments

Ohio Northern University students in the Department of History, Politics and Justice’s “Appellate Advocacy” undergraduate honors course will present “Mandatory Life Without Parole Sentencing for Juvenile Offenders” in the Pettit College of Law Moot Court Room on Tuesday, May 1, at 6:30 p.m.

Woodrow Barclay, 1918-2012, attended ONU

Woodrow Herman Barclay, 93, died at Blodgett Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on April 23, 2012, at 2:30 p.m. He was born Aug. 12, 1918, in Lima, Ohio to Herman and Essie (Parker) Barclay. On Nov. 11, 1942 he married Martha Powell, who died Sept. 4, 2009. They were married for 67 years.

Mr. Barclay graduated from Lima South High School in 1936.

He was a WWII Army veteran serving as a major in the coastal artillery on the east and west coasts from 1941-1946.

John Klingler 1921-2012

John M. Klingler, 90, died at 10:58 a.m., April 21, 2012, at Primrose Retirement Community.

He was born June 24, 1921, near Beaverdam, to Freeman and Pearl (Thomas) Klingler. On September 14, 1945, he married Virginia Schwinn, who preceded him in death on March 5, 2011.

Patricia Ann Watkins, 1946-2012

Patricia Ann Watkins, 66, died at 9:34 p.m. April 20, 2012, at Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus.

She was born Jan. 30, 1946, in Harlan County, Ky., to Rossevelt and Louise Jones Crider, who preceded her in death. On April 20, 1985, she married Raymond Richard Watkins Sr., who survives in Ada.

Patricia participated in the family business, 1st Class Siding and Windows. She attended Crossroads Church of God, Lima. She was a member of Reunion Baptist Church, Knoxville, Tenn. Her favorite things to do were spending time with family, playing bingo and working in her flower gardens, and she loved going dancing.

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