Genealogy Trails- Allen Co, Oh

Lima News
Mar 16, 1952

Funeral services for John Gerald Chidester, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald d. Chidester; Route 5, will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Diller funeral home at Bluffton. The Rev. Roger Riley will officiate and burial will be in West Point cemetery. The baby was born Mar 9 and was sick only one day before he died Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Chidester have three other children, all girls.

Lima News
Mar 16, 1952

John Werst, 86, a retired Lima tailor, died at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Memorial hospital after a lengthly illness. He resided at 207 E. North-st where he also maintained a tailoring shop until a few years ago. He was a native of Sidney. Mr. Werst was a member of St. Rose Catholic church where requiem high mass will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday. The Rev. W.J. McKeown will be celebrant and burial will be in Gethsemani cemetery. The body was taken to Hogenkamp funeral home.

Lima News
Mar 16, 1952

Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Gomer Congregational Christian church for Mrs. Margaret Price, 80, Gomer, who died in her home early Saturday morning. The Rev. A.W. Downs will officiate. Burial will be in Gomer cemetery. The body will be at the residence after 11 a.m. Sunday, and will be taken to the church at 1 p.m. Monday. Arrangements were made by Jones funeral home, McComb.

Note Sources: Printed in The Lima News Allen County, OH Wednesday Dec. 12, 1947

MRS. NANCY VIRGINIA BAILEY
Mrs. Nancy Virginia ( Auntie) Bailey 90, died at 8:30 p.m.Tuesday at her home 1100 N. Mc Cullough-st. She had been ill for two weeks. Her husband, William Bailey ,preceded her in death 24 years ago. She is survived by one sister Mrs. E. A. Miller , Ada; nephew Lewis O.Bailey, Lima Route 5, who was raised in her home; and other nephews and nieces. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday in Sugar Creek Church of the Brethren, of which she was a member. Rev. A. G. Freed will officiate and burial will be in Blue Lick Cemetery. The body will remain at Chiles and Sons funeral home until the services.

Submitted By:

Norita Shepherd Moss

Jan 3, 1946
Lima

Charles Lovejoy, 79, of No. 3 Rowlands Row, died at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday in Memorial hospital following an illness of six months.
A retired laborer, Lovejoy was born in New Haven, Ind., and had lived in Lima for the past 60 years. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Lewis Memorial chapel, with burial in Shawnee cemetery. The body will remain at the funeral home.

Jan 7, 1946
Lima

Ben McClain, 73, of Toledo, formerly of Lima, died at 8:15 p.m. Sunday in Maumee Valley hospital, following an illness of two years.
Born in Nevada, O., McClain is survived by his widow, Bessie and a son, Claude of Toledo. The body is at the Lewis funeral home, and services will be announced later. Burial will be in Salem cemetery, west of Lima,

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