Obituaries

CAVALLARO, Sr., Louis S., 90, of Springfield, passed away February 5, 2020 in San Jacinto, CA. He was born August 24, 1929 in Chester, WV the son of Gennaro and Mariangelia (Tridico) Cavallaro. Louis was a teacher at JVS and Clark State for 27 ½ years retiring in 1991. He was a United States Army veteran serving from 1951 -...

Thomas, Joann M. 91, of Springfield, passed away at 10:25 a.m. Monday, February 10, 2020 in Pathways at the Springfield Masonic Community. She was born November 30, 1928 in Springfield to John and Rosetta (Mullee) Leary. Survivors include her seven children and spouses, Carol (Dan) Navin, Sue Wynn, Jean (Bob) Mitch, William Thomas, Jr., Dick (Ruth) Thomas, Ann (David) Markey...

SCHAEFER, Jerome P. "Jerry", 70, of Springfield, passed away Saturday, February 8, 2020 in his home. He was born April 19, 1949 in Springfield the son of Richard Schaefer and Martha (Amicon) Schaefer Roberts. His first job came as a trainer with the football team at South High School under Lowell Storm. After leaving South High he worked at the...

STEVENSON, Carl F., 99, of Springfield, passed away Tuesday, February 4, 2020 in Oakwood Village. He was born May 27, 1920 in Yellow Springs, Ohio the son of Homer and Mabel (Folck) Stevenson. He was a World War II veteran having served in the United States Army Air Corps for 3 years. Carl retired as the President and General Manager...

KRUPP, James Lawrence, 82, passed away on Monday, January 27, 2020 in Melbourne, FL after a long, hard battle with Alzheimer's Disease. James was born on January 1, 1938 to Isabel and Lawrence Krupp in Springfield, Ohio. James attended St. Teresa Primary School and graduated in 1956 from Catholic Central High School. He excelled at football at the Catholic Youth...

WALDEN, Bette J., 85, of Springfield, passed away on January 30, 2020 in Oakwood Village. She was born in Columbus on June 14, 1934 the daughter of Nelson and Minnie (Miller) Williams. She grew up in Urbana. She was a member of St. John Lutheran Church since 1958, where she was a member of their Business and Professional Women's Club...

McNeil, Katherine "Kay", 95, of Springfield, passed away on Monday, January 27, 2020 in Oakwood Village. Kay was born March 24, 1924 in Boston, MA to Martin and Bridget (Doherty) Gately. She served in the U.S. Navy Waves in World War II. She was married to William A. McNeil at NAS Pensacola, FL on August 21, 1945. They moved to...

FRYE, Andrew H., 69, of Springfield, passed away Sunday, January 26, 2020 in Oakwood Village. He was born January 13, 1951 in Springfield, Ohio the son of Richard C. and Ada Mae (Hahn) Frye. Andrew dedicated his life to music. He was a music teacher and salesman for many years at both Kinder Music and Kinkaid Music. He was choir...

DUNN, Harry Randall, 70, of Springfield, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, January 24, 2020 in the Springfield Regional Medical Center. Harry was born March 28, 1949 in Springfield, Ohio to Harry and Bessie (Woolley) Dunn. He retired from R&M after many years and was a veteran of the United States Air Force. He also enjoyed being an umpire for girl's...

Anuszewski, Dennis E., 61, formerly of Springfield, passed away in Columbus, Ohio. Dennis was born February 8, 1958 in Camden, South Carolina to Eugene and Dolores (Tremmel) Anuszewski. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force. He is survived by three siblings, Chris Anuszewski, Eugenia (Bob) Baker, Sr. and Cara (Lamar) Neal; and several nieces and nephews. He...

Whitacre, Sharon R., 77, passed away peacefully in her home on Monday, January 20, 2020 surrounded by her family. A lifelong resident of Springfield, Sherry was born August 23, 1942 to Vincent and Patricia Hannon and was raised in the home of her special aunt and uncle, William and Mary (Hannon) McLean. She was a 1960 graduate of Catholic Central...

LOUKOUMIDIS, Despina D., 87, of Springfield, passed away Tuesday, January 14, 2020 in Springfield Regional Medical Center. She was born January 20, 1932 in Arnissa, Greece the daughter of Thomas and Catherine (Vafiadou) Papayiandis. She worked with her husband operating Jim Loukoumidis Furs for a number of years and was a member of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Greek...

Betts, Jimmy E., 68, of Springfield, passed away at 10:35 p.m. on Saturday, January 11, 2020 in Springfield Regional Medical Center. He was born in Springfield on March 9, 1951 the son of Don and Thelma (Pitchford) Betts. He retired as an electrician from Springfield City Schools after 40 years of service. Jimmy was a member of Box 27, the...

McLean, Frank P., 82, passed away on Saturday, January 11, 2020 at 5:53 p.m. in his home with his family at his side. He was born May 23, 1937 in Springfield, the son of Clarence and Marie (Dugan) McLean. He was a 1956 graduate of Catholic Central and served as a Medical Corpsman in the U.S. Navy. Frank was the...

HINES, David D., 86, of Springfield passed away Thursday, January 09, 2020 in Springfield Regional Medical Center. He was born July 23, 1933 in Bellefontaine, Ohio, the son of Raymond and Sarah (Ream) Hines. David was a United States Navy veteran having served on the USS Agerholm in Korea. He was the owner and operator of Varsity Barber Shop for...

LIPPENCOTT, David Eugene, 73, passed away on January 9, 2020. He was born on August 20, 1946 to Eugene and Fran (Clagg) Lippencott. He is survived by his son, Kristopher and Maria (Goings) Lippencott; his grandson, Lennox; former wife, Rebecca Lippencott; his brothers, Phillip, John, Charley, Andy and his sister, Kathy Rust. A special thanks to Northwood Nursing Facility for...

Shaw, Barbara E., 68, of Springfield, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, January 10, 2020. She was born in Springfield on November 13, 1951 the daughter of Walter and Marie (Dempsey) Endicott. Survivors, in addition to her father, include her husband, Gene; three children and spouses, Rob (Mary) Shaw, Andy (Meredith) Shaw and Sue Ellen (Mike Smith) Rogers; eight grandchildren, Whitney,...

WIRKNER, Catherine A., 95, of Springfield, passed away Wednesday, January 8, 2020 in Oakwood Village. Catherine was born January 30, 1924 in Springfield, Ohio to Frank and Ann (Preller) Reibold. She was a member of St. Bernard Catholic Church. Survivors include four children, Peg Chapman, Jim (Lisa) Wirkner, Charlie (Kim) Wirkner and Mary (Kevin) Kern; eight grandchildren, Amy (Hung), Kurt...

SHEEHAN, James Edward, 84, a lifelong resident of Springfield Ohio passed away on January 4th in his home. Jimmy was born on October 30, 1935, to Paul Sheehan and Elizabeth (Beb) Scheetz. He married the love of his life, Mary Lou Healy, on August 29, 1959. Jimmy was a 1953 graduate of Catholic Central High School where he remained an...

LANGEN, Francis Eugene "Gene", 90, of Springfield, died peacefully on January 3, 2020 at Mercy Health Oakwood Village Retirement Community. Despite declining health over the last several years, Gene lived each day with dignity; he never lost his sense of humor and never complained. Gene's family is grateful that he lived a full life, highlighted by the love of family,...