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Wednesday, October 27, 1999
Louis G. Turco
Retired Webster Mfg. Supt.
Louis G. Turco, 79, 231 Clay St., died at 12:50 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26, 1999, in the Emergency room at Providence Hospital, Sandusky.
He was born in Fossa, Italy, May 5, 1920, to Baigio and Candita (Calvisi) Turco. On Nov. 7, 1942, in St. Mary Church, Tiffin, he married Mary P. San Gregory, who survives.
Other survivors include: two sons, Michael Turco of Pembroke Pines, Fla. and Thomas Turco of Bellevue; a daughter, Mrs. Connie Mark of Tiffin; four brothers, Daniel Turco of Gibsonburg and Dominic, James and Edward Turco, all of Toledo; a sister, Josephine Lazzaro of Oregon, Ohio; and six grandchildren.
A brother, John Turco, is deceased.
Mr. Turco, a World War II U.S. Army Signal Corp veteran, retired in 1984 as superintendent from the Webster Mfg., where he had been employed for 45 years.
An avid golfer, he was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church, Eagles 402, VFW Tiffin Post 2858, American Legion Post 169, Tiffin Moose Lodge 846 and the Mohawk Country Club.
He had attended Gibsonburg High School.
A funeral Mass in St. Mary Catholic Church will be at 11 a.m. Friday, with the Rev. Frank Murd and the Rev. William Rose as con-celebrants. The rosary will be recited at the church at 10:45 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in the parish cemetery, where military graveside services will be conducted by the United Veterans Council.
Visitation at the Hoffmann-Gottfried Funeral Home will be 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday, with a wake service at 8:45 p.m.
Memorials may be made to Calvert Foundation or a charity of the donor's choice.
Eileen Marvis Kimmel
Retired teacher
Eileen Marvis Kimmel, 84, formerly of 6196 CR 96, Carey, died at 8:25 p.m. Monday, Oct. 25, 1999, in the Wyandot County Nursing Home, Upper Sandusky, where she had resided since July 1997.
She was born Feb. 23, 1915, in Findlay, to Frank and Laura (Beck) Lackey. Her husband, Henry G. Kimmel, whom she married April 15, 1939, in Mt. Blanchard, survives.
Survivors also include: two sons, Kenneth E. Kimmel of Portland, Maine and Dennis A. Kimmel of Wharton; a daughter, Cheryl A. Matthews of Omaha, Neb.; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Preceding her in death were a granddaughter; and two brothers, Rodney P. and Wallace Lackey.
Mrs. Kimmel retired from teaching in 1977, after 21 years at Salem School, where she taught third grade. Prior to that she taught four years at Mt. Blanchard. She also was a homemaker.
A 1933 graduate of Mt. Blanchard High School, where she served as valedictorian, also graduated from Bowling Green Normal School.
She was a member of North Salem Lutheran Church, rural Upper Sandusky and its Women's Circle; Salem Grange, Wyandot County Farm Bureau Council, Ohio Retired Teacher's Association-Upper Sandusky Chapter and the HB Club.
The Rev. Jonathan Baker will be the officiant at the 11 a.m. Friday service in the North Salem Lutheran Church. Interment will be in North Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery.
Visitation will be 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday at the Stombaugh Memorial Funeral Home, Carey and at the church one hour prior to the service on Friday.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Wyandot County, Wetzel Special Care Unit-Alzheimer Support and the church.
Evelyn C. Cribbs
Fostoria homemaker
Evelyn C. Cribbs, 88, of 400 N. Main St., died at 9:36 p.m. Monday, Oct. 25, 1999, in Blanchard Valley Regional Health Center, Findlay.
She was born in Arcadia, May 25, 1911, to Albert and Lillian (Reed) Churtz. On Oct. 21, 1929, in Fostoria, she married Leland Cribbs, who died Aug. 30, 1984.
Survivors include: cousins Marian and Terry Perkins of Castalia; and friends.
Mrs. Cribbs, a homemaker, attended Wesley United Methodist Church, Fostoria. She was a charter member of the Fostoria Emblem Club.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Mann-Hare Funeral Home, Fostoria, with the Rev. Branson J. Hawkes officiating. Interment will be in Fountain Cemetery, Fostoria.
Visitation at the funeral home will be 4-8 p.m. Friday, where Emblem Club memorial services will be at 7:30 p.m.
Memorials may be made to Wesley United Methodist Church, , 900 Van Buren St., Fostoria, Ohio 44830.
Mabel H. Smith
Retired homemaker
Mabel H. Smith, 91, formerly of McDougal Street, Fostoria, died at 12:20 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26, 1999, in the Good Shepherd Nursing Home, Fostoria.
She was born in Fostoria, Aug. 22, 1908, to Alpheus and Bertha (Carrel) Dillon. She first married Ernest L. Benninghoff on Aug. 28, 1930, in Fostoria. He died June 1, 1954. She later married Harold W. Smith in July 1954, and he preceded her in death in March 1958.
Surviving are: a son, Eugene R. Benninghoff of Monroe, Ohio; a step-daughter, Mrs. George (Kathryn) Thacker of Maumee; five grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Also preceding her in death were two brothers, Carl and Frank Dillon; two sisters, Mae Waggoner and Helen Nolan; and a grandchild.
Mrs. Smith, a homemaker, was a member of High Street United Methodist Church, Fostoria, its Kings Daughters and Bereans.
She also was a member of the Arcadia Garden Club and served as a volunteer at: Fostoria Community Hospital, the Good Shepherd Home and the American Red Cross.
The Rev. Jeffrey L. Waite will conduct the 11 a.m. Friday service in the Harrold-Floriana Funeral Home, Fostoria. Burial will be in Fountain Cemetery, Fostoria.
Visitation at the funeral home will be 7-9 p.m. Thursday.
Memorials may be made to the church, the American Heart Association or the Good Shepherd Nursing Home.
Paul Richard Ellis
Tiffin native
Word has been received of the death of Paul Richard Ellis, 66, who died Wednesday, Oct. 20, 1999, at his resident in Brewton, Ala.
Surviving are his wife, Voncile Ellis of Brewton; a son, Richard Ellis of Wichita Falls, Texas; a daughter, Mary Stevanus of Fort Washington, Md.; two step-sons, Joe Weaver of Brewton and Jerry Weaver of Castleberry, Ala.; two sisters, Dorothy Gelba of Lancaster and Evelyn Wells of Arcadia; and 11 grandchildren.
A native of Tiffin, he had been a resident of Brewton for the past 10 years, coming from Fort Washington, Md.
A veteran of the Korean Conflict, having served with the U.S. Air Force for more than 23 years, he was a member of Norris Masonic Lodge 301, the Order of Eastern Star, the American Legion and Zion Hill Baptist Church.
Services were Oct. 23 in the Craver's Funeral Home Chapel, Brewton, Ala. Interment was in Union Cemetery, Brewton, with military honors.
Richard M. Ranker
Kensington Avenue resident
Richard M. Ranker, 78, 39 Kensington Ave., died at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26, 1999, in Blanchard Valley Regional Health Center, Findlay. Arrangements are pending at the Hoffmann-Gottfried Funeral Home.
Betty Mohn
Aunt of Tiffin resident
Word has been received of the death of Betty Mohn, 87, of Miami, Fla., who died at 12:15 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20, 1999.
She was born May 9, 1912, in Oceola, to Arthur W. and Stella (Fruth) Mohn.
Surviving are a nephew and two nieces, James Oberlander of Tiffin, Jane Clabaugh of Upper Sandusky and Irene Housley of Venice, Fla..
A brother, Richard Mohn, is deceased.
Miss Mohn, a retired teacher and librarian with the Miami Dade County Schools, was a former resident of the Oceola area.
She was a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University.
Memorial graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Oakwood Cemetery, with the Rev. Benjamin Black of Grace United Methodist Church officiating.
The staff of the Wise Funeral Service, Bucyrus, is handling the arrangements.