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Tuesday, November 30, 1999
Margaret E. Butzin
Former Dayton Marine employee
Margaret E. Butzin, 77, of Green Springs, died Saturday evening, Nov. 27, 1999, in Bethesda Care Center, Fremont, after an extended illness.
She was born in Queen, Pa., July 4, 1922, to Caselton and Linnie (Feathers) Stiffler. On Feb. 24, 1945, she married Arnold A. Butzin. He died Feb. 22, 1997
Surviving are: a daughter, Connie Steinberger of Fremont; a son, Gary Butzin of Green Springs; a sister, Delma Fredrick of Oak Harbor; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Butzin was an employee of the former Dayton Marine in Fremont and prior to that she worked at the Fremont Company.
The Rev. Larry Knigga will be the officiant at the 2 p.m. Wednesday service in the Crosser Funeral Home, Oak Harbor. Interment will be in Limestone Cemetery, Limestone, Ohio.
Visitation at the funeral home is 2-4 and 6-9 p.m. today.
Memorials may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.
Mary Ellen Myers
Retired federal employee
Word has been received of the death of Mary Ellen Myers, 85, of Port Charlotte, Fla., who died Monday, Nov. 15, 1999, in a Port Charlotte nursing home.
She was born June 6, 1914, in Tiffin, to Leslie Leland and Ruth Isabel (Robenalt) Frederick. On Dec. 31, 1936, she married Phillip A. Myers. He died in 1991.
Mrs. Myers, a retired federal employee, was a Columbian High School graduate.
Survivors include: Ruth Evelyn Cooper and Robert B. Frederick, both of Tiffin, Leslie Frederick Jr. of Republic and Jack Frederick of Alford, Fla.
A brother Calvin is deceased.
The body has been cremated and interred in Lee Memorial Park, Lehigh Acres, Fla.
Lucille B. Stine
Tiffin homemaker
Services for Lucille B. Stine, 84, of Tiffin, who died Thursday, Nov. 25, 1999, have been changed to 12:30 p.m. today in the Turner-Engle Funeral Home.
Cozetta M. Daring
Fostoria Industries retiree
Cozetta M. Daring, 77, died at 3:10 p.m. Monday, Nov. 29, 1999, at her residence at 804 W. North St., Fostoria.
She was born in Fostoria Jan. 29, 1922, to Frank Rader and Alta Mae (Paugh) Rader Cardwell. Her husband, Kenneth L. Daring, who she married June 30, 1978, in the First Christian Church, Fostoria, survives in Fostoria.
Other survivors include: a son, Jack K. Walker Jr. of Dayton; two stepsons, David Daring of Findlay and Michael Daring of Carey; three sisters, Mrs. William (Garlyn) Saldausky and Phyllis Richard, both of Fostoria, and Mrs. Lewis (LaDonna) Arnold of Tiffin; three granddaughters, two great-granddaughters and three step-grandchildren.
Mrs. Daring, a member of Eagles Auxiliary 430 and Ladies of the Moose 1567, both of Fostoria, retired in 1983 as an assembler from Fostoria Industries, where she had worked for more than 10 years.
Services in the Mann-Hare Funeral Home, Fostoria, will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, with the Rev. Bertie Dell officiating. Interment will be in Fountain Cemetery, Fostoria.
Visitation at the funeral home will be 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, where Moose memorial services will be at 6 p.m.
Memorials may be made to Community Hospice Care.
Eugene B. Runion
Basic retiree
Eugene B. Runion, 68, of 149 E. Buckeye St., Clyde, died Monday, Nov. 29, 1999, in the Medical College of Ohio Hospital, Toledo, after a brief illness.
He was born Dec. 24, 1930, in Tiffin, to the late Raymond
and Grace Runion.
Surviving are his former wife, Pat Runion of Indiana; two daughters, Miss Peggy Runion and Mrs. Maria Morrow, both of Clyde; a brother, Bruce Runion of Republic; four sisters, Marjorie Grover of Tiffin, Anna Sieger of Clyde, Betty Straub of Bettsville and Dora Corthell of Green Springs; and two grandchildren.
Also preceding him in death were two brothers, Alfred and Sylvester Runion; and two sisters, Mazel King and Lucy Claybaugh.
Mr. Runion, a U.S. Air Force veteran, having served during the Korean Conflict, retired in 1985 from C.E. Basic, Bettsville, after 27 years.
He enjoyed playing horseshoes and bowling.
Pastor Paul Finney will conduct the 10:30 a.m. Friday service in the Foos-Klein Funeral Home, Clyde. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memory Gardens, Clyde, where Clyde American Legion Post 122 and VFW Post 3343 will conduct military graveside services.
Visitation at the funeral home will be 7-9 p.m. Wednesday and 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Thursday.
Memorials may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.
Zella Pennycuff
Tiffin homemaker
Services were Monday in the Turner-Engle Funeral Home, followed by burial in Fairmont Cemetery, for Zella Pennycuff, 76, 11 Bobb St. She died at 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 25, 1999, at Mercy Hospital, Tiffin.
Dr. Jacob Yaeger officiated.
She was born in McCreary County, Ky., June 18, 1923, to Lewis and Ada Mae (Strunk) Davis. On Sept. 13, 1939, in McCreary County, she married Robert Lee Pennycuff, who is deceased.
Survivors include: five sons, William Pennycuff of Tiffin, Lewis Pennycuff of Sidney, and Robert L. Jr., Jeffrey D. Sr. and Timothy Pennycuff, also all of Tiffin; five daughters, Sue Caroline Chaney, Debra Brock, Sheila Brock and Michelle Hayes, all of Tiffin, and Shirley Thorton of McCutchenville; 33 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; three brothers, Nelson and James Davis, both of Sidney, and Wendel Davis of Piqua; and five sisters, Mrs. Arthur (Maudie) Morgan of Montecello, Ky., Mrs. Lora Hill, Mrs. Hettie Bowman and Mrs. Don (Sula) Lynch, all of Stearns, Ky., and Mrs. Arnold (Wanda) Jones of Sidney.
Preceding her in death were two sons, Fredrick and Kevin Pennycuff; a grandchild; two great-grandchildren; three brothers, Freeman, Clifford and Kenneth Davis; and a sister, Ina Davis.
Mrs. Pennycuff, a homemaker and a resident of the Tiffin area since 1947, was a member of Bible Baptist Church.
Memorials may be made to the church.