Rachel Shaw, 80, died on Monday, July 14, 2014 at 4:20 a.m. at Lima Memorial Health System, Lima.
She was born on November 28, 1933 in Silver Creek, Ohio to Raymond and Zelma (Case) Vermillion and they preceded her in death. On November 15, 1953 she married Robert Shaw and he survives in Ada.
Ralph Carmichael, 90, died on Thursday, July 10, 2014, at Shady Lawn Retirement Community in Dalton, Ohio.
Ralph was born in Hull, England, on May 1, 1924, to Gladys and Harry Carmichael. During WWII, he served in the 2nd. Battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment of the British Army in India. His regiment fought in the Battle of Imphal in Northern India with the 14th. Army. He also served in Penang, Malaya, before returning to England after the war with the rank of Sergeant.
Vera Kathryn Gratz Core died at 12:10 a.m., July 9, 2014, at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. She was born on June 5, 1917, in Bluffton to the late Ernest and Lena Boegli Gratz. On Nov. 28, 1937 she was married to George Richard Core who died Feb. 24, 1997.
Paul F. Reichenbach died in his home on July 3, 2014.
He was born Jan. 26, 1928, in Pandora to the late Hiram and Edna (Zimmerman) Reichenbach. On July 25, 1948, he married M. Jean (Burkholder) Reichenbach, who survives in Bluffton.
He was a 1945 graduate of Bluffton High School and served in the United States Army. He worked in the lumber business for many years beginning at Steinman Brothers Lumber, then at Tuttle Lumber and finally as owner of Reichenbach Lumber in Bluffton. In retirement Paul worked in real estate for a time.
Carolyn Sue (Spicer) Grismore, 65, of Pandora died on July 2, 2014 at the Bridge Hospice Care Center in Findlay. She was born on May 25, 1949, to Robert and Dorothy Spicer in Lima. She married Mark Grismore on Feb. 22, 1969 in Pandora.
Carol attended Pandora-Gilboa H.S. but graduated from Bath High School. She was a member of St. John Mennonite Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Mark, and her parents.
Arabella Nicole Bricker was stillborn June 20, 2014, at Bluffton Hospital. She was the daughter of Jesse and Tara Marsh Bricker of Bluffton. She is survived by a brother, Sebastian Bricker, maternal grandparents, Pam and Cliff Marsh of Bluffton and paternal grandmother, Barbara Marino of Pittsburgh, Pa.
She was preceded in death by her paternal great grandfather, Keith Bricker. There will be no public services. Arrangements are through Chiles-Laman Funeral and Cremation Services, Bluffton.
