Obituaries

Ratliff, Kimberly Ann, 49, of Springfield, passed away on July 29, 2013 in her residence. She was born December 24, 1963 in Springfield, OH to Jose Gutierrez and Virginia Gonzales. Survivors include her children Paula Gutierrez, Fawn and Audrey Ratliff; siblings Rose Thomas, Mario (Heather) Gutierrez and Marcilineo (Heather) Gutierrez; and seven grandchildren. Arrangements handled by CONROY FUNERAL HOME. Memorial...

KORB, Jan S., 74, of Aurora, Indiana, passed away August 1, 2013 in Oakwood Village. He was born February 22, 1939 in Cincinnati the son of Kingdom and Lenora Korb. He was a well-known fisherman at Lake Erie to all his buddies and was a United States Marine Corp. veteran. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Kyle & Millie Korb,...

Johnson, Gretchen Tyler, 84, of Springfield, passed away peacefully on July 29, 2013 at Masonic Home. She was born August 31, 1928 in Columbus, OH to Marvin and Vernice (Hill) Tyler. Gretchen retired from Fairborn City Schools. She loved cooking and was a chef extraordinaire. She enjoyed spending time with her family and was a loving wife, mother and grandmother....

Rape, Sheila Y., 71, of Springfield, died at 5:40 a.m. Sunday July 28, 2013 in Springfield Regional Medical Center. She was born in Springfield on August 19, 1941 the daughter of Roy and Ruth (Milton) Brooks. She retired from SPECO after more than 20 years of service. Survivors include her four children, Roy (Theresa) Rape, Kim Blevins, Lisa Bloomfield and...

WOLBERT, Mary Ellen (Heeg), 96, of Springfield, passed away Wednesday, July 24, 2013 in Grand Court. She was born April 5, 1917 in Goes, Ohio the daughter of Thomas S. and Alice Eugenia (Light) Heeg. She graduated from Springfield High School in 1935. Survivors include four children and spouses, Robert Jr. (Shirley) Wolbert, Joseph (Monica) Wolbert, Susan (Robert) Downey and...

FOX, Mary Jane Fenton, 95, of Springfield passed away Friday, July 19, 2013 in Villa Springfield. She was born October 10, 1917 in London, OH to Warner and Edna (Linson) Snyder. Survivors include two children, Gary (Sandy) Fenton and Warren "Al" (Bridget) Fenton, both of Springfield; seven grandchildren, Christopher, Amanda, Mark, Melissa, Brian, Jodi and Erin; 13 great grandchildren; four...

WOLBERT, Robert E., Sr., 98, of Springfield, passed away Friday, July 19, 2013 in Grand Court. He was born January 30, 1915 in Urbana, Ohio the son of George and Stephanie (Bouchard) Wolbert. Bob was a lifelong resident of Springfield and worked his entire life as a meat cutter for Pulver's Meat Market, Lutterel's in Yellow Springs and was an...

Shay, William E. "Gene", 90, of Springfield died Saturday, July 6, 2013 in the Ohio Masonic Home. He was born in Springfield on February 14, 1923 the son of William T. and Mabel (McCollum) Shay. He graduated from Springfield High School in 1941 and was an automobile salesman for most of his life. He served in the U.S. Army Air...

RUSH, Robert L., 95, of Springfield, passed away Wednesday, July 3, 2013 in Oakwood Village. He was born December 25, 1917 in Springfield the son of Harry E. and Bessie (Craft) Rush. He retired February 1, 1981 after 43 years of service as the general plant superintendent of Holophane Company, Springfield, OH, a division of Manville Corporation. He was a...

Roberts, William Junior "Bill", 84, Loving father and friend went to rest on Wednesday, July 3, 2013 in his home surrounded by his family. William was born to the late William O. and Marie S. (Reed) Roberts on July 20, 1928. William married Martha Cochran on October 18, 1948. He also retired from Taylor Tank and Lining and Udylite Corporation....

Ainsworth, Nicholas, 63, of Springfield, OH passed away on June 30, 2013 in his residence. Nick was born on December 12, 1949 in Springfield to Alvin and Dorothy (Stanton) Ainsworth. He worked as an assembler for Navistar for 33 years, and was a United States Army Veteran of the Vietnam Conflict. Nick is survived by his wife, Beverly (Walker) Ainsworth,...

Riffe, Alice Elizabeth (Bailey), 82, of Springfield passed away Monday, July 1, 2013 at Forest Glen Health Campus. She was born September 3, 1930 in Logan County, Ohio and was the daughter of George and Mildred (Couchman) Bailey. She was a member of Faith United Methodist Church. Alice attended Springfield Business College and then worked for the City of Springfield...

Crist, Dianna Marnice (Zappe), 51, of Ennis, Texas passed away on Sunday, June 30 in her home surrounded by family after a long battle with lung cancer. Dianna was born on December 25, 1961 in Springfield, Ohio, the daughter of Richard A. Zappe and Ada L. Neu (Zappe). Dianna graduated from Shawnee High School in 1980 and attended Eastern Kentucky...

PROSSER, Thomas M., 80, of Springfield, passed away June 30, 2013 in Springfield Regional Medical Center. He was born January 17, 1933 in Springfield the son of John E. and Virgie (Metz) Prosser. He graduated from New Moorefield in 1951 and later worked as a certified mechanic for Springfield Country Club for 22 years. Tom was a former member of...

FOSTER, Dennis "Dale", 65, of Springfield, passed away June 28, 2013 in Springfield Regional Medical Center. He was born February 18, 1948 in Covington, Kentucky the son of Melvin James and Blanche (Riley) Foster. He retired from Navistar after 30 years and was an avid outdoorsman and deer hunter. He was also a member of the Anthony Lodge NO. 455...

Rodgers, Harriett A., 94, of Springfield, died at 8:18 p.m. Monday, June 24, 2013 in the Springfield Masonic Community. She was born in New York, New York on April 28, 1919 the daughter of Carl and Florence (Derby) Tungate. She worked as a secretary at Kenyon College for many years before retiring in 1983. She was a member of St....

Conroy, Stephen George, 46, of Springfield, died Friday, June 21, 2013 in his residence. He was born in Ft. Dodge, Iowa on September 11, 1966 the son of John P. Conroy and the late Geraldine (Rubow). He was a 1984 graduate of Worthington Christian High School, loved the Ohio State Buckeyes, was an avid golfer, baseball player and bowler in...

McMULLEN, Franklin C. "Skeeter", 75, of Springfield, died Saturday, June 22, 2013 in the VA Medical Center in Dayton. He was born March 10, 1938 in St. Marys, Ohio the son of Clyde and Bernedette (Cottrell) McMullen. He retired after 20 years in the United States Navy. He was a member of The Union Club, Eagles #397, Moose Lodge, Machinist...

FORD, Barbara M., 80, of Springfield, passed away Wednesday, June 19, 2013 in Dayspring surrounded by her family. She was born November 1, 1932 in Springfield the daughter of Stanley J. and Emma E. (Allison) Latimer. She attended First Baptist Church. Barbara was a graduate of Springfield High School, a member of Women of the Moose, Union Club, F.O.E. #397,...

Powers, Evelyn M., 85, of Springfield, OH died June 17, 2013 in Vancrest Health Care Center, Urbana, OH. She was born December 20, 1927 in Galloway, OH to Joseph J. and Ethel B. (Madden) Cardosi. Evelyn worked for a number of years as a teller for Miami Deposit Bank and later retired from the Village of Yellow Springs, OH. Survivors...