Donald Ray Greenwood died at his home on December 15, 2010 after a long illness.

He was born on May 13, 1917 to  the late Jessie H. and Nellie (Typsword) Greenwood. He was a life long resident of the LaRue area and was a 1936 graduate of LaRue High School.

Helen Lucille Pierce, 86, passed away Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at Marion General Hospital.

Helen was born in Marion County August 15, 1924 and had been a lifetime resident of Marion. She was the daughter of the late Albert and Hazel (Shaw) Miley.

Garnet L. Fetter of Kingston Memory Care, formerly of Center Park Dr. in Marion, went to be with her Heavenly Father on December 14, 2010 at 7 AM.

Garnet was born on July 17, 1924 in Marion to the late Eugene C. and Lillian (Schlecht) Smith.

On January 12, 1947 she married Charles D. Fetter at Emanuel Lutheran Church by the late Rev. M.E. Hollenson.

Bobby L. Thacker age 77 of Marion, Ohio, passed away Sunday December 12, 2010 at Marion General Hospital.

He was born June 5, 1933 in Vinton, Co., Ohio to the late Jolly Mollihan and Viola Thacker. He was also preceded in death by his step-father, James Thacker.

Lawrence E. “Larry” Christian, age 77, of Marion, went to be with the Lord Friday evening, December 10, 2010, at his residence surrounded by his loving family following a seven-year battle with pulmonary fibrosis.

On January 22, 1933, Larry was born in Ottawa, Kansas, the son of the late Bernard Henry Christian Sr. and Mabel (Bowman) Christian.  He was raised in Topeka, Kansas, where he graduated from Topeka High School in the Class of 1951.

Carrie J. Severns, 92, went home to be with the Lord, on Friday, December 10, 2010.  She passed away at Marion Manor, which had been her home for the past few years, with family members by her side.

She was born in Ball Ground, Georgia, on March 25, 1918 to the late Joel L. and Flora A. (Shipman) Buchanan.

Charles LeRoy Householder, age 62 of Richwood died Friday evening, December 10, 2010 at home surrounded by his loving family.

He was born December 14, 1947 in Kittanning, Pennsylvania to James and Margaret (Blair) Householder. He was preceded in death by his father, and two brothers, Jimmy and Harry Ray Householder.

Donald T. Wurtsbaugh, 80, passed away Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at his home in Marion.

He was born May 6, 1930 to the late Emmette and Clarice (Mofit) Wurtsbaugh in Richwood where he grew up.

Virgil Burton Hite, age 81, of the Brush Ridge area, died Wednesday evening, December 8, 2010, at Marion Manor after battling Parkinson Disease for many years.

On March 17, 1929, Virgil was born to the late Elder Daily and Lilibel (Cole) Hite in northern Delaware County.  Virgil’s mother died when he was a baby and Daily’s second wife, the late Cora Beaver Hite raised him as her own.

Alice V. Smith age 85 of Marion, Ohio passed away Thursday, December 9, 2010 at Marion General Hospital.

She was born August 31, 1925 in Alba, Ohio to the late Arthur T. and Minnie E. (Blair) Hupp.