Phoebe G. Holloway, age 82, died on Saturday, March 17, 2018 at Lima Memorial Health System, Lima.
She was born on February 25, 1936 in Lima, Ohio to the late Hugh and Ruby (Shaw) Holloway.
Phoebe retired from HARCO Sheltered Workshop in Kenton. She was a member of the Ada Church of Christ Disciples and previously attended the First United Methodist Church of Ada.
She is survived by her guardians, Eric and Kim Archer of Ada; several nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews and great-great nieces and nephews; and special friend, David Patton.
Two Indiana residents died in a head-on crash at 9:44 p.m. on Sunday on SR 117 south of Holden. The unincorporated village of Holden is located between Alger and Roundhead, west of SR 235.
A southbound car crashed head-on with a pickup truck. The occupants of the car, Marcus Daniel Cory, 33, Ft. Wayne, and Michelle Hakey, 29, Columbia City, were pronounced dead at the scene
Occupants of the pickup truck were taken by medical helicopter to St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Toledo with serious injuries. They include the driver Sonia Kropaczewski-McNamara, 39, and two children, ages 5 and 9 months of Grand Junction, Michigan.
Anyone interested in helping to form an Historical Society in Ada is welcome to attend a meeting at 6:30 p.m.tonight (Monday) at the Ada Public Library. Several interested citizens from Ada and Liberty Township have been meeting monthly since last fall to organize the Society. The meeting will conclude by 8 p.m.
Monday, April 9, is the deadline to register to vote or change address for the May 8 election. The board of elections, located in the basement of the courthouse, is open 8:30-4 Monday through Friday.
The current United Way campaign raised $178,000 of its $220,000 goal. Therefore, it will not be able to meet all of requests of the 20 partner agencies. Donations are still being accepted. Added funds will be awarded to agencies whose allotment was reduced.
Ohio Northern junior Ryan Bruns (Chickasaw/Marion Local) was named 2nd Team All-America in men's basketball for 2018 in voting conducted by the National Association of Basketball Coaches and D3hoops.com.
Bruns was also named the OAC Men's Basketball Player of the Year and First Team All-Great Lakes Region this season.
He was second on the team, third in the OAC and 12th nationally in scoring at 24.0 ppg this year.
