The Kenton Times

Kissling
James Neil, 83
Kenton
Services for James Neil Kissling will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Price Funeral Home, Kenton by Pastor Brad Ellis. Burial will be in Grove Cemetery.
Friends may call 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Tuesday.
He died at 2:03 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008, at Lima Memorial Hospital.
He was born Nov. 3, 1924, in Hardin County to Michael R. and Edith (Cottrell) Kissling. On April 17, 1942, he married Ethel Rader in Kenton and she survives in Kenton.
Also surviving are two sons, Michael Neil (Doris) Kissling and Pat Eugene (Chery) Kissling, both of Kenton; a granddaughter, Tasha Sue (Jared) Bridenstine of Kenton and two great-grandchildren, Asher and Avery Bridenstine, both of Kenton.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Donald.
He was a mailman in Kenton for 38 years.
He was a member of the First Christian Church.
He liked sports, his dash hounds and loved his grandchildren. He also enjoyed tinkering on cars, camping and traveling.
Memorials may be made to Hardin County Hospice.
(Pd. 092208)
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Rausch
Dorothy P., 89
Rawson
Services for Dorothy P. Rausch were today at the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jenera by the Rev. Alois Schmitzer III and the Rev. Jeffrey Bolwerk. Burial was to be in the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery.
She died Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008, at the Bridge Hospice Care Center in Findlay.
She was born Jan. 22, 1919, near Pandora to Walter and Margaret (Naas) Basinger. On Sept. 29, 1940, she married Walter W. Rausch and he died March 3, 2004.
Surviving are her children, George W. (Ann) Rausch of Benton Harbor, Mich., Robert A. (Dorothy L.) Rausch and Doris A. (Carl) Webb, both of Rawson; eight grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren and a sister, Violet (Wayne) Moser of Bluffton.
Preceding her in death was a great-grandchild and her siblings Harmon, Floyd, Orville and Freeman Basinger; Odessa Augsburger, Geneva Fett and Treva Basinger.
She was a homemaker and formerly employed at Triplett Electrical Corp., Bluffton.
She was a 1937 graduate of Pandora High School and member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jenera.
Memorials may be made to: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Trinity Lutheran School or Bridge Home Health and Hospice.
Condolences maybe sent via www.coldrencrates.com.
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Weatherholtz
Colyer M., 81
Kenton
formerly of Upper Sandusky
Services for Colyer M. Weatherholtz will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Bringman Clark Funeral Home, Upper Sandusky by the Rev. Gregory Hord. Burial will be in the Old Mission Cemetery, Upper Sandusky.
Friends may call 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Tuesday.
She died at 6:23 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008, at Hardin Hills Health Center in Kenton.
She was born March 14, 1927, in Appomattox, Va., to John A. Smith and Sallie M. (Guill) Smith. They both preceded her in death. She married Lawerence T. Weatherholtz and he died on Jan. 8, 1986.
Surviving are a son, Lawerence T. Weatherholtz of Kenton; a step-son Henry A. Weatherholtz of Carey; three grandchildren, four step-grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and three step-great-grandchildren; two brothers Moses "Dick" (Shirley) Smith and Wiley H. (Lois) Smith, both of Spout Spring, Va.; two sisters, Reva S. Cruise of Glen Burnie, Md., and Verneller S. (Calvin) Childress of Appomattox, Va.; and a sister-in-law, Mable D. Smith of Appomattox, Va.
She was preceded in death by brothers Jack Smith, James Smith and John Smith Jr.; sisters Viola Ferguson Mayberry, Florence Doss, Thelma Grishaw, Grace Hawkins, Willie Perdieu; brother-in-law Jim Hawkins and daughter-in-law Lawrene Weatherholtz.
She was a former member of House of Worship, Kenton and Apostolic Gospel Church, Upper Sandusky.
She graduated from Appomattox High School (Virginia) in 1948. She retired from the A.O. Smith/Westinghouse as a laborer prior to that she had worked for Swan Rub-ber Plant, Carey for approx-imately 20 years as a labor-er.
Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society or the Alzheimer's Association 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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