Joyce R. Moore, 79, died on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015 at 5:45 a.m. at Richland Manor Nursing Home, Bluffton.
She was born on Dec. 26, 1935, in Lima, Ohio, to William D. and Fern (Ludwig) May who preceded her in death. On Nov. 17, 1979, she married Larry Scott Moore who survives in Ada.
Joyce retired from Honda of Marysville after working for 11 years as a nurse. She previously worked at Cambridge State Hospital and several local nursing homes.
Also surviving is a daughter, Debra (Nick) DeFalco of Freehale, NJ and two grandchildren. There will be no services it was her wish to be cremated.
The December meeting of the Western Ohio Chapter of the Lincoln Highway Association will take place on Tuesday, Dec, 15 in Van Wert.
Members and guests will dine at Black Angus on Main, 282 E. Main Street (Lincoln Highway) at 6 p.m.
At 7 p.m., a brief business meeting will take place. Afterwards, members and guests are welcome and encouraged to share personal Christmas memories, stories, special readings or decorations.
By Monty Siekerman
ONU and the Village of Ada hosted a Tree Commission Academy on Wednesday and Thursday at the Mathile Center.
From left are Mike Hubbell, Steph Miller, Cheryl Geer and Rob Mix. All are members of the Ada tree commission, except Steph who is regional urban forester and who led the sessions.
Twelve members of tree commissions from five northwest Ohio communities participated. Topics covered during the academy included tree biology, urban forestry, ordinances, marketing, and scheduling.
Ken Collins tooks a night cruise around Ada with his camera. He found some amazing Christmas lights. The Icon will share many of them with viewers until Christmas. Here's our first installment.
Let's get serious and talk spring, such as picnics in the park.
The temperature reached a record high of 68 degrees on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 12. Enjoying lunch at War Memorial Park are Griffin Martin, 4, with Ashley Dearth and Thomas Robinson.
Others in the park enjoying temperatures in the high 60s were some youngsters having fun kicking leaves around.
Ada village council will act on legislation to enter an agreement for engineering and related services for the ONU storm extension project during Tuesday's council meeting.
Additional items on Tuesday's agenda are in the council packet in an attachment at the bottom of this story.
The meeting is at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 15, in Room 205 of the First United Methodist Church, Ada.
