Diana S. Coates, age 69, died on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 2:46 a.m. at Lima Memorial Health System.
She was born on June 2, 1948 in Lima, Ohio to the late Virgil and Marian (Crites) Salsburey. On November 28, 1970 Diana married F. Alan Coates and he died on July 21, 1993.
Diana was a homemaker.
She is survived by two sons: Shawn Coates of LaFayette and Tracy Coates of Syracuse, IN; a daughter, Lisa Coates of LaFayette; two grandchildren: Brady Coates and Samantha Coates; and three sisters: Betty Mikesell of Lima, Peggy Frysinger of Shawnee and Rebecca Harrod of Lima.
Several Ohio Northern University students have been recognized for their leadership on campus. The DeBow Freed Award for Outstanding Student Leadership as an Undergraduate Student is presented annually to one male and one female student from each undergraduate class. The award recognizes recipients for their positive leadership in the campus community.
The awards were first presented in 1999 and are named in honor of the former president and president emeritus of the University, who has dedicated his life to the virtue of servant leadership.
At the turn of an earlier century running water was piped into Ada homes and businesses. Here's a photograph of the Ada water works building. From the collection of Lee Crouse.
Ada Railroad Park was a peaceful place on Monday morning when Civil War veterans from Ada and Liberty Township were remembered in a service organized by Dr. John Lomax, an ONU history professor, who retired earlier this month. Watch the Icon on Tuesday afternoon for more photo and details of the event. Here, Molly Chow sings the National Anthem during the ceremony. (Monty Siekerman photo)
By Monty Siekerman
The 66 Ada High School graduates turn their tassels (also known as liripipes) at the conclusion of the graduation ceremony in the school gym on Sunday afternoon.
Cheers, clapping and shouts of joy were heard from the class members and family and friends in the audience when the students moved their tassels from the right side of their mortarboards to the left side, indicating the students had graduated.
