Alice Louise Keegan
Homemaker/factory employee
Alice Louise Keegan, 75, died Sunday, June 7, 1998, at her residence on West Morgan Street, Green Springs.
She was born Sept. 22, 1922, in Green Springs, in the home where she had lived her lifetime, to William F. and Samantha O. (Alspaugh) Swartz. On Dec. 11, 1940, she married Mervin J. Keegan and he survives.
Survivors also include: four sons, Daniel and David Keegan, both of Green Springs, Donald Keegan of Fremont and Ronald Keegan of Clyde; five daughters, Mrs. Karen Bauman of Fort Seneca, Mrs. Paul (Sandra) Danklefsen and Mrs. Norman (Darlene) Hollis, both of Fremont, Mrs. David (Cinda) Stout of Green Springs and Mrs. Michael (Kimberly) Clevinger of Republic; 25 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Lillian Wendling of Tiffin.
A grandchild, a great-grandchild; eight sisters, Jennie Mae Cascaden, Alma Herner, Edna Smith, Olive Kimball, Nora Weatherbee, Ellen Swartz, Mabel Hooten and Treva Swartz; and three brothers, LeRoy , Chester and Ralph Swartz, are deceased.
Mrs. Keegan, who received her education in the Green Springs Schools, was a homemaker and also worked as a laborer at S.E. Nyman, formerly in Fremont, retiring in 1984.
She was a member of Green Springs VFW Ladies Auxiliary.
Services in the Mitchell-Auxter Funeral Home, Clyde, will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, with the Rev. Kevin Pinkerton officiating. Interment will be in Greenlawn Memory Gardens.
Visitation at the funeral home is 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today, where VFW Auxiliary services will be at 6:30 p.m.
Memorials may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.
Mabel Ferne Dininger
Rural Sycamore homemaker
Mabel Ferne Dininger, 90, formerly of 129 New Washington Road, Sycamore, died at 4:45 p.m. Sunday, June 7, 1998, in Wyandot Manor, Upper Sandusky.
Born Dec. 13, 1907, in Wyandot County, the daughter of Jacob Fredrick and Mettie Augusta (Bryan) Sloman, she married Wilbur J. Dininger, Dec. 24, 1938. He died Aug. 10, 1997.
Survivors include: a son, Neil E. Dininger of rural Sycamore; two daughters, Mrs. Terry (Norma Jean) Gast of Northwood and Mrs. William (Joyce) Linn of Grove City; six grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and two step great-grandchildren.
Also deceased are a grandson, a step-great-grandson and a brother, Bryan B. Sloman.
A homemaker, Mrs. Dininger was a member of Plankton United Methodist Church, its Progressive Sunday School Class, where she had taught for many years and the Crawford County Farm Bureau.
Services will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Walton-Moore Funeral Home, Sycamore, with the Rev. Lee Peters officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant View Cemetery, Sycamore.
Visitation at the funeral home is 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today.
Memorials may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.
Margaret Gottwald
Rural Sycamore resident
Margaret Gottwald, 86, of SR 100, Sycamore, died Saturday, June 6, 1998, at the residence of her granddaughter. Arrangements are pending at the Turner-Engle Funeral Home of Tiffin.
George M. Smith
Tiffin residents father
George M. Smith, 75, of TR 111, Mt. Gilead, died in the Extended Care Facility of Morrow County Hospital, Sunday, June 7, 1998.
He was born Dec. 31, 1922, in Marion, the son of Waide and Florence Smith. His wife, Mary Jane (Augenstein) Smith, whom he married March 29, 1947, survives.
Other survivors include: two daughters, Mrs. George (Karen) Hildebrand of Mt. Gilead and Mrs. Rick (Kathy Smith) Thomas of Tiffin; three grandchildren, Kurt and Erik Hildebrand and Joei Aragon; and a great-granddaughter.
Mr. Smith, a 1941 graduate of Marion Harding High School, also attended the Ohio State University.
He worked for the Railway Mail Service and the United States Post Office, retiring in 1979.
A World War II U.S. Army veteran, he was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Mt. Gilead, the Railway Mail Association and Marion Lodge Free and Accepted Masons, where he was a 50-year member.
Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the Craven Funeral Home, Mt. Gilead, where memorial services will be 3 p.m. Wednesday. The Rev. Ron Opfer will officiate.
Memorials may be made to the church or the Morrow County Hospital Home Health Association, in care of the funeral home.
Elsie Faye Wilson
Homemaker/former Green Springs resident
Former Green Springs resident, Elsie Faye Wilson, 77, of Port Charlotte, Fla., where she had resided for the past two years, died at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, June 2, 1998, in the IHS Nursing Home of Port Charlotte.
She was born in Ironton, Ohio, Oct. 6, 1920, to James R. and Elsie (Grubb) Sesher. Her husband, Frances ''Woody'' Wilson, survives.
Survivors also include: three sons, Harlan Wilson of Port Charlotte, David Wilson of Charleston, W.Va. and John Wilson of Corvalis, Ore.; a daughter, Cathie Wilson of Reynoldsburg; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; a brother, Ray Sesher of Ironton; and a sister, Ada Eerkmode, also of Ironton.
Preceding her in death were two brothers, James B. and Lee R. Sesher; and a sister, Ruth Eerkmode.
A homemaker, Mrs. Wilson was a 1938 graduate of Ironton High School and a member of the First Christian Church.
Services in the Engle-Young Fuenral Home of Green Springs, will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memory Gardens, Clyde.
Visitation will be 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.
Mabel F. Dininger
Former Sycamore homemaker
Mabel F. Dininger, 90, formerly of 129 New Washington Road, Sycamore, died at 4:45 p.m. Sunday, June 7, 1998, at Wyandot Manor, Upper Sandusky. Arrangements are pending at the Walton Moore Funeral Home, Sycamore.
Frances Gregory
Retired salesperson
Frances Gregory, 82, formerly of 707 W. Fremont St., Fostoria, died in the Good Shepherd Nursing Home, Fostoria, at 6:15 a.m. Thursday, June 4, 1998.
She was born in Findlay July 19, 1915, to Reginald L. and Nellie G. (Beery) Routson. On Dec. 27, 1940, in Angola, Ind. She married Paul D. Gregory, who had served as safety service director in Fostoria 1980-82. He died March 23, 1984.
Surviving are a son, John Paul Gregory of St. Simon's Island, Ga.; three sisters, Helen L. Davis and Dorothy H. Papenfus, both of Findlay, and Marilyn J. Hayes of Tiffin; and a brother, James K. Routson of Findlay.
A brother, Reginald Leon Routson, also is deceased.
Mrs. Gregory had worked as a salesperson in the 1930s and '40s.
A 1933 Findlay High School graduate, she was a 50-year member of Eastern Star 23, Findlay.
The Rev. Branson J. Hawkes will officiate at the 11 a.m. service today in the Routson Funeral Chapel 201 Osborne Ave., Findlay. Burial will be in Memory Gardens, near Arcadia.
Visitation was Friday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the American-Heart Association-Hancock County Division, in care of Sharon L. Thomas, Fifth Third Bank of Northwestern Ohio, PO Box 748, Findlay, OH 45840.
