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Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014 Edition of The Daily Standard

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CELINA - The Mercer County Council on Aging hopes to soon begin assessing the needs of Mercelina Mobile Court residents who must leave their properties before the end of the year. The approximately 50 home-owners are being forc . . .

Panthers fend off Railroaders for sixth win

ROCKFORD - Parkway's girls basketball game with Bradford on Tuesday night was big on two levels. The first was the Panthers beat the Railroaders 52-49 to move them to 6-7, doubling their win total from a year ago. The second . . .

Print Edition Only News Stories

• County to pay toward lake post

• Official recommends keeping voting site

• Giesige to leave board of elections

• Dooley joins Rockford council

• Fort Recovery's E-Days plan praised

• Cavaliers crank up offense to beat Kenton

Local Obituaries

Dorothy Raymond

Dorothy "Ruth" Raymond, 93, St. Marys, died at 8:15 a.m. Jan. 20, 2014, in St. Marys. She was born Oct. 14, 1920, in St. Marys, to Ralph Harrison and Mina Christine (Finke) Palmer. On May 29, 1938, she married Edwin M. Hollman . . .

Robert Caldwell

Robert W. Caldwell, 85, St. Marys, died at 9:30 p.m. Jan. 20, 2014, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. He was born July 22, 1928, in Toledo, to Clarence and Thelma Ashton Caldwell. On Oct. 9, 1954, he marr . . .

Gloria Inniger

Gloria S. Inniger, 69, Decatur, Ind., died Jan. 19, 2014, at Adams Memorial Hospital in Decatur. Funeral services were 2 p.m. today at Haggard-Sefton & Hirschy Funeral Home, with visitation to follow the service until 7 p.m. Pa . . .

Ronald DeTomaso

Ronald P. DeTomaso, 65, of Redmond, Ore., formerly of St. Marys, passed away Dec. 21, 2013, at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend, Oregon. Private services will be held for the family with burial at St. Marys Cemetery, Celina. . . .

Ralph Godwin

Ralph Godwin, 91, Celina, died at 11:55 a.m. Jan. 20, 2014, in Naples, Fla. He was born Nov. 12, 1922, in Bluffton, Ind., to Clark Harvey and Gertrude Ira Huffman Godwin. On Feb. 12, 1953, he married Rita Knapschaefer, who died . . .

Wendell Geurkink

Furniture designer and artist Wendell Raymond Geurkink, 75, of North Vernon, Ind., passed away Jan. 4, 2014, at Our Hospice of South Central Indiana Inpatient Facility in Columbus, Ind. He was born Dec. 25, 1938, in St. Cloud, . . .

Kenneth Laux

Kenneth B. Laux, 95, Celina, passed away Jan. 19, 2014, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. He was born Nov. 26, 1918, in Trinity, Ind., to John A. and Cleopha Buetle Laux. On Oct. 6, 1951, he married Marie Hole and . . .

Lucille Miller

Lucille "Teal" Miller, 101, Celina, passed away Jan. 21, 2014, at Roselawn Manor Nursing Home in Spencerville. She was born Jan. 15, 1913, in Mercer County, to Wesley and Grace (Howell) Stiner. On June 7, 1950, she married Grov . . .

Hugo Schlarman

Hugo E. Schlarman, 82, Osgood, passed away of natural causes Jan. 19, 2014, at State of the Heart Hospice Care Center in Greenville. He was born April 23, 1931, in St. Wendelin, to John and Mary Bergman Schlarman. On Sept. 17, . . .

Edward Curts

Edward L. Curts, 72, Sheridan, Wyo., formerly of Celina, passed away Jan. 17, 2014, from complications associated with congestive heart failure and a recent fall. He was born July 12, 1941, to Alfred F. and Pearl E. Burden Curt . . .

Thomas Smith

Thomas W. Smith Sr., 71, Celina, passed away at 3:30 p.m. Jan. 19, 2014, at the Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born May 19, 1942, in Lex, W.Va., to Virgil and Pearlie Mae Addair Smith. On Aug. 19, 1976, he married Jo . . .

Tamara Wendel

Tamara M. "Tammy" Wendel, 35, Fort Recovery, died Jan. 20, 2014, at the James Cancer Center, Columbus. She was born Nov. 24, 1978, in Coldwater, to Robert L. and Marilyn Quinter Wendel, who survive in Fort Recovery. Also sur . . .

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