Obituaries

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Marie Kaiser, 88, died Thursday, July 11, 2019, at 6:59 PM at Lima Memorial Health System, Lima, Ohio.

She was born on Jan. 24, 1931, in Allen County, Ohio, to the late Walter and Nellie (Underwood) Thompson. On Dec. 5, 1948, Marie married Lewis E. Kaiser and he preceded her in death on Sept. 21, 1999.

Marie formerly worked as a cook for the Upper Scioto Valley Schools for several years. She was a member of the Royal Neighbors of Alger. Marie was a Blue Star Mother of three.

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Beverly “Bevie” Joan (Weddle) Contris, 63, died Friday, July 12, 2019, at 11:52 a.m. at Lima Memorial Health System, Lima, Ohio.

She was born on Sept. 21, 1955, in Lima, Ohio, to the late Samuel E. and Sara M. (Petty) Weddle. Her step-father, Floyd Cleveland survives in Harrod. On Feb. 14, 1973, Bevie married David Contris and he survives in Harrod, Ohio.

Bevie was a self-employed broker for Coast To Coast Freight Brokerage.  She loved her Collie dog, Cassie.

She is survived by one son:  Matt (Jessica) Contris of Lima and two sisters: Marilyn (Jim) Williams of Harrod and Leesa (Dan Jones) Robb of Dearborn, MO and three grandchildren: Tyler, Brynna and Landon.

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Joseph Bischoff, 70, died July 13, 2019, at 5:45 p.m. at his residence in rural Ada, Ohio.

He was born Oct. 10, 1948, in Lima, Ohio, to the late Robert J. and Eloise (Walker) Bischoff.   On Dec. 19, 1970 he married Anita (Christopher Berkshire) and she survives.

Joe was a 1966 graduate of Ada High School and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from Urbana University. He was part owner of Highway Oil Company, a family business, for over 20 years and co-owner of the Highway Animal Farm.

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Former Ada resident Clarence Byron Weihrauch, 75, of Tombstone  Arizona, died on June 13, 2019. There will be a celebration of life service for him at 4 p.m., Sunday, July 14, at Sugar Grove United Methodist Church, 4945 State Route 81 Ada.

Established a scholarship in chemistry in memory of her daughters

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Inara (Mencis) Brubaker, 81, died at 8:35 p.m. on July 2, 2019, at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, Ohio, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. 

She was born in Riga, Latvia, on May 1, 1938, to the late Arnolds and Herta (Stebers) Mencis. 

She was preceded in death by her daughters, Erika J. Brubaker and Andra E. Brubaker, in 1993.

 Inara emigrated to the United States when she was 12 years old, and graduated from Shawnee High School in Lima, Ohio. She retired in 2002 from the UOP/AlliedSignal (now Honeywell International) Research Center.

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Mary Ann Jordan, 83, died July 2, 2019, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.  Mary Ann was born Aug. 30, 1935 in Bluffton, Ohio, to the late Clarence and Geneva (Reichenbach) Fleming. On Sept. 17, 1956, she married Richard "Dick" H. Jordan who preceded her in death on March 8, 2019.

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