Monday, March 17th, 2008
Walter McElroy
Walter Lee McElroy, 74, formerly of 2300 Clover Four Road, New Bremen, died at 5 a.m. March 15, 2008, at his daughter's residence.
He was born March 15, 1934, in Celina, to Ralph Sr. and Mary Rupert McElroy. On Jan. 9, 1954, he married Patsy Geneen Spencer, who died Sept, 23, 2007.
Survivors are two sons, Robert (Carol), St. Marys and Rodney (Terry), Indianapolis, Ind.; three daughters, Vickie (Randal) Wiechart and Betty Ebright, both of Celina, and Becky Miller, Lakeland, Fla.; two brothers Robert (Marge), Monroe, Ind., and Edgar (Esther), Bedford, Ind.; three sisters, Betty Bowersock, St. Marys, Mary Lou (Melvin) Schuman, Botkins, and Jerrilyn Temple, Celina; 14 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Deceased are a son, Walter L. Jr.; a daughter, Tonya; five brothers, William E., Leo, Ralph Jr., James Henry, and Walter Leroy, who died in infancy; a sister, Patricia Swineford; a son-in-law, Jeffrey Miller; and a brother-in-law, Norman Bowersock.
He worked for the former Agco New Idea in Coldwater, for 21 years and retired from Cooper Foods, St. Henry.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at W.H. Dick & Sons-Hellwarth Funeral Home, Celina, the Rev. Steve Howell officiating. Burial is at North Grove Cemetery, Celina.
Calling is 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Contributions can be made to Celina Area Visiting Nurses and Hospice.
Additional obituaries on this date
Dale Judson Cochrane, 71, 212 Haig St., Highland Park, Celina, died at 4:30 p.m. March 14, 2008, at St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima. [More]
Jordan M. Diller, 19, 1553 state Route 716, Maria Stein, died at 3 a.m. March 15, 2008, the result of an auto accident near St. Sebastian. [More]
Jordan "Tug" Goettemoeller, 19, 7766 Fort Recovery-Minster Road, Maria Stein, d [More]
Sharon C. Johns, 64, of 17414 County Road 66-A, St. Marys, died at 1 a.m. March 16, 2008, at home. Death was due to natural causes. [More]
Janet B. Knasel, 64, state Route 47, Sidney, died at 8:40 a.m. March 16, 2008, [More]
Jordan M. Moeller, 18, 8399 Brockman Road, Chickasaw, died at 3 a.m. March 15, 2008, in an auto accident near St. Sebastian. [More]
Bradley "Brad" Roeckner, 19, of 8425 Brockman Road, Chickasaw, died at 3 .m. March 15, 2008, in an auto accident near St. Sebastian. [More]
Werner J. "Dick" Staugler, 89, 2742 Wabash Road, Fort Recovery, died at 11:23 a.m. March 16, 2008, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. [More]
Eugene Jacob "Gene" Winter, 85, of Warren, died at 9:10 p.m. March 13, 2008, at Fairview Hospital, Cleveland. [More]