The Kenton Times

Candler
Charles Wright, 84
Kissimmee, Fla.
Services for Charles Wright Candler will be 4 p.m. Friday in the Chapel of Osceola Memory Gardens Funeral Home, Kissimmee, Fla., by Monsignor Fabian Gimeno. Burial will be in Osceola Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Friends may call 5-8 p.m. today.
He died Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008.
Surviving are his wife, Sarah; two sons, Charles and James; a daughter, Lisa Childers; a step-grandchild and two great-step-grandchildren.
A veteran of World War II in the Army-Air Corps, he was a retired machinist with Precision Tool. He moved to central Florida in 1963 from Ohio.
Condolences may be made at www.osceolamemgds.com.
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Kearns
Clara M., 72
Kenton
Services for Clara M. Kearns will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Schindewolf Stevens Stout Funeral Home in Kenton. Burial will be in the Norman Cemetery.
Friends may call 2-4 and 5-7 p.m. Friday.
She died at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008, at Lima Memorial Hospital.
She was born Aug. 27, 1936, in Hardin County to Howard and Deliah (Byrne) Parthemore. She married Leslie “Pete” Kearns and he preceded her in death on May 9, 1992.
Surviving are a daughter, Vanessa Kearns of Kansas; three sons, Dean Fruchey of Sidney, Rod Fruchey of Zanesfield and John (Sherry) Kearns of Kenton; 13 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Sally (Dick) Vance of Arkansas, Betty (Robert) Dills of Columbus Grove and Wanda (Timothy) Carter of Cridersville and two brothers, George (Sandy) Parthemore of Cleveland and Lauren (Judy) Parthemore of Las Cruces, N.M.
She was preceded in death by three daughters, Cynthia Kay Kearns, Karen Kay Kearns and Jana Jo Kearns and a son, Kevin Kearns.
She was retired from Baumfolders in Sidney.
She graduated from Lafayette High School and was a member of the Ladies of the Moose Lodge 428 of Kenton.
She was a loving mother and grandmother.
Condolences may be sent to stoutfh@alltel.net.
Memorials may be made to the Hardin County Cancer and Heart Association.
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Patton
Martha, 66
Lakeview
formerly of Ada
Arrangements for Martha Patton are incomplete at Hanson-Neely Funeral Home in Ada.
She died at 6:52 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008, at St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima
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Riedlinger
Linus D., 93
Upper Sandusky
Services for Linus D. Riedlinger will be 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Mary's Chapel in Kirby by the Rev. Bob Dendinger. Burial will be in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kirby.
Friends may call 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, where a biblical prayer service will be held at 8 p.m.
He died at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008, at Wyandot Memorial Hospital, Upper Sandusky.
He was born May 19, 1915, in Wyandot County to the late Henry E. and Agatha A. (Boes) Riedlinger. On Oct. 7, 1939, he married Bernice M. Snyder and she preceded him in death on June 5, 2004.
Surviving are two sons, Kenneth L. (Mary) Riedlinger of Upper Sandusky and John L. (Donna) Riedlinger of Carey; three daughters, Janet L. Bright of Blythewood, S.C., Doris I. (Jack) Morton of Cordova, S.C., and Carol S. (Ronald) Heileman of Pensacola, Fla.; 16 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild; and a sister, Mary Ann (Robert) Mundy of Florida.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Barbara Best; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; brothers Raymond Riedlinger, Brother Clarence Riedlinger, Fr. Virgil Riedlinger and a sister, Sister Agatha Riedlinger.
He was a retired farmer yet continued to help with farming after his retirement.
He was a member of Transfiguration of the Lord Catholic Parish St. Mary's Chapel. He also was a former Eucharistic minister.
He was a member of Knights of Columbus 2050, Moose Lodge 1093, Wyandot County Senior Citizens and Farm Bureau.
Memorials may be made to St. Peter's School, Transfiguration of the Lord Catholic Parish or the charity of the donor's choice in care of Bringman Clark Funeral Home, 226 E. Wyandot Ave., Upper Sandusky, OH 43351.
Condolences may be made at www.bringmanclark.com.
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Zimmerman
Eldon K., 81
Bellefontaine
Services for Eldon K. Zimmerman will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Eichholtz Funeral Home in Belle Center by Pastor Bryan Meadows. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Belle Center.
Friends may call 2-5 p.m. Sunday.
He died Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008, in Belle Center.
He was born Dec. 13, 1926, in Auglaize County to the late Otto V. and Bertha W. Rogers Zimmerman. On March 19, 1950, in Belle Center he married Janet A. Reames and she died Dec. 9, 2007.
Surviving are a son, Douglas E. (Libby) Zimmerman of Bellefontaine; a daughter, Beth Ann (Gary) Stevens of Bellefontaine; a brother, Donald R. Zimmerman of Roundhead; a sister, Delores E. Zimmerman of Bellefontaine; grandchildren Heather (David) Karr, Sara (Kyle) Camper, Alysia (Jason) Kuba, Hayley (Blake) Palmer, Matt, Bart and Jeb Morris; great-grandchildren, Khole, Alex, Hannah, Nate, Ella and Colin.
He was preceded in death by a grandson, Benjamin Stevens.
He was the owner and operator of Zimmerman Realty until his retirement.
He attended the Huntsville United Methodist Church. A 1944 Belle Center High School graduate, he was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Belle Center American Legion Willis C. Stout Post 266, member of the Elks, Eastern Star, Masons at all levels of office and the Logan County Fair Board for many years.
Memorials may be made to the Belle Center Summer Recreation Program or the Fireworks Program.
Condolences may be made at www.eichholtzfuneralhome.com.
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