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Saturday, June 10, 2017BOWLING GREEN, OHIO — Donald G. Downie, 59, of Bowling Green, passed away Wednesday, June 7, 2017, after a battle with Huntington’s Disease.Don was born Nov. 2, 1957, in Ashtabula, Ohio, to the late Joseph and Carolyn (Swanson) Downie. He married Paula Roth on Aug. 25, 1979, at BGSU’s Prout Chapel, and she survives in Bowling Green.Also surviving are his children, Cassandra (Adam) Saunders of Franklin, Ohio, and Thomas (Katie) Downie of Bowling Green; sisters, Rebecca Bartel of Mayfield Heights, Ohio, Susan Carr of Panesville, Ohio, Diane Olekshuk of Conneaut, Ohio; brothers, Joseph Downie II of Mentor on the Lake, Ohio, and David (Jodee) Downie of Geneva, Ohio; grandchildren, Amelia and Oliver Saunders and Calvin Downie.He was preceded in death by his three sisters, Sally Condra, Barbara and Katrina Downie.Don graduated from Ashtabula High School in ’76 and BGSU with a degree in information technology. He worked several years at BGSU, Intelidata, Mazada, and retired from Medical Mutua...
Monday, February 27, 2017Ford of Gadsden, Alabama, John Lloyd Ford and Brunhilde Stickler Ford; and their children of Pasadena, Texas, James Gregory Ford of Birmingham, Alabama, Michael Howard Ford and Dawn Ledbetter Ford of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Peggy Ford Chastain of Glencoe, Alabama. She was predeceased by beloved husband, James Edwin Ludlum; son, James Scott Ludlum; parents, Oscar Tillman Breeden, Sr. and Allen Millican Breeden; and brother, Oscar Tillman Breeden, Jr. Born in Keener, Alabama on Sunday, September 10, 1933, Peggy was raised in Glencoe and attended Jacksonville State University and Howard College, now Samford University in Birmingham. Married to the love of her life, Jim, in 1956, they were separated by his death in Roanoke, Virginia in 2010. Peggy Jane will be lovingly remembered for her treasured holiday gatherings and as a consummate daughter, wife, mother and friend. Relatives and friends are invited to attend a visitation from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, February 28, 2017, at Crestwood Funeral Home at 2209 East Broad Street in Gadsden, Alabama, 256-492-5544. Interment will be private. All expressions of sympathy are very much appreciated. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital at 262 Danny Thomas Place in Memphis, Tennessee 38105. Online condolences may be expressed by visiting www.crestwoodmemorialfh.com.
Monday, February 27, 2017Cathedral Preparatory School in Erie and earned his bachelor’s degree from Clarion University of Pennsylvania, his master’s degree from Gannon University and his Ph.D. from Bowling Green State University. On May 13, 1989, he married Brenda Kay Green. In 1989 Mark began his teaching career at Thiel College where he was an English professor for the past 27 years. He was an active member of St. Michael Catholic Church of Greenville and was involved in the Cursillo movement of the Erie Diocese. Mark’s great loves were his family, his faith, teaching, especially his favorite course, History of the Western Humanities and Baltimore Orioles baseball. In 2014, after recovering from his first round of cancer treatments and in gratitude for his recovery, he made a sabbatical pilgrimage to Spain to walk five hundred miles on the Camino de Santiago, or the Way of Saint James. Survivors include his wife of 27 years, Brenda Kay DelMaramo of Perry Township, Pennsylvania; his four children, Daniel J. DelMaramo of Carnegie, Pennsylvania, Nathan C. DelMaramo, Sarah R. DelMaramo and Noah J. DelMaramo all at home; his mother, Constance L. DelMaramo of Erie; his sister, Beth L. Garzony of Toledo and nephews, Brian, Andrew and Christopher.A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Michael Catholic Church, 85 North High Street, Greenville, Pennsylvania, 16125 with Rev. Daniel Hoffman as chief celebrant. Burial will follow in St. Michael’s Cem...
Monday, February 20, 2017Calif.Kolega, Bruno: Mar. 3, 10 a.m., St. Jude Catholic Church. Covenant Funeral Service, Fredericksburg.Kulynych, Judy: Feb. 20, 11 a.m., Fredericksburg Full Gospel Fellowship. Storke Funeral Home, Bowling Green.Lynn, Gerald E.: Feb. 20, 10 a.m., Antioch Baptist Church, Unionville. Clore-English Funeral Home, Culpeper.Manger, Joseph E.: Feb. 20, 10 a.m., Fredericksburg United Methodist Church. Covenant Funeral Service, Fredericksburg.Menks, Doris: Feb. 20, 11 a.m. Mullins and Thompson Funeral Service, Stafford.Millward, Barbara A.: Feb. 25, 2 p.m., Monroe Bay Assembly of God, Colonial Beach. Storke Funeral Home, Colonial Beach.Funeral homes submit obituaries. Family members who submit obituaries have to pay in advance and provide the funeral home name and phone number. The deadline is 3 p.m. for funeral homes and noon for family submitted obituaries. Information appears in the funeral box the day the obituary appears in the paper, the day before the funeral and the day of the funeral. We reserve the right to edit obituaries to conform to newspaper style. Fax: 540/374-5537. Phone: 540/374-5410. Email: flsobits@freelancestar.com.FuneralsArnette Jr., Clyde E.: Feb. 23, 1 p.m., Christ Episcopal Chruch, Charlotteville. Hill and Wood Funeral Home, Charlotteville.Nannie Gammon “Nancy” Brown: Feb. 22, 12:30 p.m., Johnson Funeral Home, Locust Grove.Brown, Maureen O.: Feb. 25, 11:30 a.m., St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Charlottesville. Kyger Funeral Homes & Crematory, Harrisonburg.Daniels, William: Feb. 21, 12 p.m., Johnson Funeral Home, Locust Grove.Greer–Carpenter, Maryann: Feb. 25, 11 a.m., Church of the Messiah, Fredericksburg. Johnson Funeral Home, Locust Grove.Harper, Raymond A., Rev.: Feb. 19, 3 p.m., Philadelphia Missionary Baptist Church Shiloh, N.C. Hortons Funeral Home, Hertford, N.C.Johnson, Lodan: Feb. 20, 1 p.m., First Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Newton. Washington Funeral Home.Johnson, Veronica S.: Feb. 20, 12 noon, St. Mary Catholic Church, Fredericksburg. Covenant Funeral Service, Fredericksburg.Katsarelis, Manuel T.: Mar. 11, Sunnyvale, Calif., Neptune Society of San Jose, Calif.Kolega, Bruno: Mar. 3, 10 a.m., St. Jude Catholic Church. Covenant Funeral Service, Fredericksburg.Kulynych, Judy: Feb. 20, 11 a.m., Fredericksburg Full Gospel Fellowship. Storke Funeral Home, Bowling Green.Lynn, Gerald E.: Feb. 20, 10 a.m., Antioch Baptist Church, Unionville. Clore-English Funeral Home, Culpeper.Manger, Joseph E.: Feb. 20, 10 a.m., Fredericksburg United Methodist Church. Covenant Funeral Service, Fredericksburg.Menks, Doris: Feb. 20, 11 a.m. Mullins and Thompson Funeral Service, Stafford.Millward, Barbara A.: Feb. 25, 2 p.m., Monroe Bay Assembly of God, Colonial Beach. Storke Funeral Home, Colonial Beach.Funeral homes submit obituaries. Family members who submit obituaries have to pay in advance and provide the funeral home name and phone number. The deadline is 3 p.m. for funeral homes and noon for family submitted obituaries. Information appears in the funeral box the day the obituary appears in the paper, the day before the funeral and the day of the funeral. We reserve the right to edit obituaries to conform to newspaper style. Fax: 540/374-5537. Phone: 540/374-5410. Email: flsobits@freelancestar.com.
Monday, February 20, 2017Church, Bumpass. Thomasson Watson Funeral Service.McElroy, Stuart: Nov. 22, 11 a.m., Storke Funeral Home, Nash and Slaw Chapel, King George.Mundy, Renay: Nov. 21, 11 a.m., Storke Funeral Home, Bowling Green.Ponder, Charles: Nov. 21, 1 p.m., Wright’s Chapel United Methodist Church, Ruther Glen. Storke Funeral Home, Bowling Green.Timmons, William “Tommy”: Nov. 22, 11 a.m., Grace United Methodist Church, Fredericksburg. Clore-English Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Culpeper.Toombs, Charles: Nov. 22, 11 a.m., County Line Baptist Church, Ruther Glen. Nelson Funeral Home, Ashland.Williams, Lillian S.: Nov. 23, 10 a.m., Confederate Cemetery, Spotsylvania County. Covenant Funeral Service, Fredericksburg.Wilson, Richard B.: Nov. 21, 12 p.m., Quantico National Cemetery, Traingle. Owens Funeral Services.DEATH NOTICESGreen, Martin F., “Doctor Henley Smythe”: 55, Spotsylvania County.Funeral homes submit obituaries. Family members who submit obituaries have to pay in advance and provide the funeral home name and phone number. The deadline is 3 p.m. for funeral homes and noon for family submitted obituaries. Information appears in the funeral box the day the obituary appears in the paper, the day before the funeral and the day of the funeral. We reserve the right to edit obituaries to conform to newspaper style. Fax: 540/373-8455. Phone: 540/374-5410. Email: flsobits@freelancestar.com.#ndn-video-player-3.ndn_embedded .ndn_floatContainer { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; }FuneralsArnette Jr., Clyde E.: Feb. 23, 1 p.m., Christ Episcopal Chruch, Charlotteville. Hill and Wood Funeral Home, Charlotteville.Nannie Gammon “Nancy” Brown: Feb. 22, 12:30 p.m., Johnson Funeral Home, Locust Grove.Brown, Maureen O.: Feb. 25, 11:30 a.m., St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Charlottesville. Kyger Funeral Homes & Crematory, Harrisonburg.Daniels, William: Feb. 21, 12 p.m., Johnson Funeral Home, Locust Grove.Greer–Carpenter, Maryann: Feb. 25, 11 a.m., Church of the Messiah, Fredericksburg. Johnson Funeral Home, Locust Grove.Harper, Raymond A., Rev.: Feb. 19, 3 p.m., Philadelphia Missionary Baptist Church Shiloh, N.C. Hortons Funeral Home, Hertford, N.C.Johnson, Lodan: Feb. 20, 1 p.m., First Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Newton. Washington Funeral Home.Johnson, Veronica S.: Feb. 20, 12 noon, St. Mary Catholic Church, Fredericksburg. Covenant Fune...
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Saturday, June 10, 2017BOWLING GREEN, OHIO — Donald G. Downie, 59, of Bowling Green, passed away Wednesday, June 7, 2017, after a battle with Huntington’s Disease.Don was born Nov. 2, 1957, in Ashtabula, Ohio, to the late Joseph and Carolyn (Swanson) Downie. He married Paula Roth on Aug. 25, 1979, at BGSU’s Prout Chapel, and she survives in Bowling Green.Also surviving are his children, Cassandra (Adam) Saunders of Franklin, Ohio, and Thomas (Katie) Downie of Bowling Green; sisters, Rebecca Bartel of Mayfield Heights, Ohio, Susan Carr of Panesville, Ohio, Diane Olekshuk of Conneaut, Ohio; brothers, Joseph Downie II of Mentor on the Lake, Ohio, and David (Jodee) Downie of Geneva, Ohio; grandchildren, Amelia and Oliver Saunders and Calvin Downie.He was preceded in death by his three sisters, Sally Condra, Barbara and Katrina Downie.Don graduated from Ashtabula High School in ’76 and BGSU with a degree in information technology. He worked several years at BGSU, Intelidata, Mazada, and retired from Medical Mutua...
Monday, February 27, 2017Ford of Gadsden, Alabama, John Lloyd Ford and Brunhilde Stickler Ford; and their children of Pasadena, Texas, James Gregory Ford of Birmingham, Alabama, Michael Howard Ford and Dawn Ledbetter Ford of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Peggy Ford Chastain of Glencoe, Alabama. She was predeceased by beloved husband, James Edwin Ludlum; son, James Scott Ludlum; parents, Oscar Tillman Breeden, Sr. and Allen Millican Breeden; and brother, Oscar Tillman Breeden, Jr. Born in Keener, Alabama on Sunday, September 10, 1933, Peggy was raised in Glencoe and attended Jacksonville State University and Howard College, now Samford University in Birmingham. Married to the love of her life, Jim, in 1956, they were separated by his death in Roanoke, Virginia in 2010. Peggy Jane will be lovingly remembered for her treasured holiday gatherings and as a consummate daughter, wife, mother and friend. Relatives and friends are invited to attend a visitation from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, February 28, 2017, at Crestwood Funeral Home at 2209 East Broad Street in Gadsden, Alabama, 256-492-5544. Interment will be private. All expressions of sympathy are very much appreciated. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital at 262 Danny Thomas Place in Memphis, Tennessee 38105. Online condolences may be expressed by visiting www.crestwoodmemorialfh.com.
Monday, February 27, 2017Cathedral Preparatory School in Erie and earned his bachelor’s degree from Clarion University of Pennsylvania, his master’s degree from Gannon University and his Ph.D. from Bowling Green State University. On May 13, 1989, he married Brenda Kay Green. In 1989 Mark began his teaching career at Thiel College where he was an English professor for the past 27 years. He was an active member of St. Michael Catholic Church of Greenville and was involved in the Cursillo movement of the Erie Diocese. Mark’s great loves were his family, his faith, teaching, especially his favorite course, History of the Western Humanities and Baltimore Orioles baseball. In 2014, after recovering from his first round of cancer treatments and in gratitude for his recovery, he made a sabbatical pilgrimage to Spain to walk five hundred miles on the Camino de Santiago, or the Way of Saint James. Survivors include his wife of 27 years, Brenda Kay DelMaramo of Perry Township, Pennsylvania; his four children, Daniel J. DelMaramo of Carnegie, Pennsylvania, Nathan C. DelMaramo, Sarah R. DelMaramo and Noah J. DelMaramo all at home; his mother, Constance L. DelMaramo of Erie; his sister, Beth L. Garzony of Toledo and nephews, Brian, Andrew and Christopher.A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Michael Catholic Church, 85 North High Street, Greenville, Pennsylvania, 16125 with Rev. Daniel Hoffman as chief celebrant. Burial will follow in St. Michael’s Cem...
Monday, February 20, 2017Calif.Kolega, Bruno: Mar. 3, 10 a.m., St. Jude Catholic Church. Covenant Funeral Service, Fredericksburg.Kulynych, Judy: Feb. 20, 11 a.m., Fredericksburg Full Gospel Fellowship. Storke Funeral Home, Bowling Green.Lynn, Gerald E.: Feb. 20, 10 a.m., Antioch Baptist Church, Unionville. Clore-English Funeral Home, Culpeper.Manger, Joseph E.: Feb. 20, 10 a.m., Fredericksburg United Methodist Church. Covenant Funeral Service, Fredericksburg.Menks, Doris: Feb. 20, 11 a.m. Mullins and Thompson Funeral Service, Stafford.Millward, Barbara A.: Feb. 25, 2 p.m., Monroe Bay Assembly of God, Colonial Beach. Storke Funeral Home, Colonial Beach.Funeral homes submit obituaries. Family members who submit obituaries have to pay in advance and provide the funeral home name and phone number. The deadline is 3 p.m. for funeral homes and noon for family submitted obituaries. Information appears in the funeral box the day the obituary appears in the paper, the day before the funeral and the day of the funeral. We reserve the right to edit obituaries to conform to newspaper style. Fax: 540/374-5537. Phone: 540/374-5410. Email: flsobits@freelancestar.com.FuneralsArnette Jr., Clyde E.: Feb. 23, 1 p.m., Christ Episcopal Chruch, Charlotteville. Hill and Wood Funeral Home, Charlotteville.Nannie Gammon “Nancy” Brown: Feb. 22, 12:30 p.m., Johnson Funeral Home, Locust Grove.Brown, Maureen O.: Feb. 25, 11:30 a.m., St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Charlottesville. Kyger Funeral Homes & Crematory, Harrisonburg.Daniels, William: Feb. 21, 12 p.m., Johnson Funeral Home, Locust Grove.Greer–Carpenter, Maryann: Feb. 25, 11 a.m., Church of the Messiah, Fredericksburg. Johnson Funeral Home, Locust Grove.Harper, Raymond A., Rev.: Feb. 19, 3 p.m., Philadelphia Missionary Baptist Church Shiloh, N.C. Hortons Funeral Home, Hertford, N.C.Johnson, Lodan: Feb. 20, 1 p.m., First Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Newton. Washington Funeral Home.Johnson, Veronica S.: Feb. 20, 12 noon, St. Mary Catholic Church, Fredericksburg. Covenant Funeral Service, Fredericksburg.Katsarelis, Manuel T.: Mar. 11, Sunnyvale, Calif., Neptune Society of San Jose, Calif.Kolega, Bruno: Mar. 3, 10 a.m., St. Jude Catholic Church. Covenant Funeral Service, Fredericksburg.Kulynych, Judy: Feb. 20, 11 a.m., Fredericksburg Full Gospel Fellowship. Storke Funeral Home, Bowling Green.Lynn, Gerald E.: Feb. 20, 10 a.m., Antioch Baptist Church, Unionville. Clore-English Funeral Home, Culpeper.Manger, Joseph E.: Feb. 20, 10 a.m., Fredericksburg United Methodist Church. Covenant Funeral Service, Fredericksburg.Menks, Doris: Feb. 20, 11 a.m. Mullins and Thompson Funeral Service, Stafford.Millward, Barbara A.: Feb. 25, 2 p.m., Monroe Bay Assembly of God, Colonial Beach. Storke Funeral Home, Colonial Beach.Funeral homes submit obituaries. Family members who submit obituaries have to pay in advance and provide the funeral home name and phone number. The deadline is 3 p.m. for funeral homes and noon for family submitted obituaries. Information appears in the funeral box the day the obituary appears in the paper, the day before the funeral and the day of the funeral. We reserve the right to edit obituaries to conform to newspaper style. Fax: 540/374-5537. Phone: 540/374-5410. Email: flsobits@freelancestar.com.
Monday, February 20, 2017Church, Bumpass. Thomasson Watson Funeral Service.McElroy, Stuart: Nov. 22, 11 a.m., Storke Funeral Home, Nash and Slaw Chapel, King George.Mundy, Renay: Nov. 21, 11 a.m., Storke Funeral Home, Bowling Green.Ponder, Charles: Nov. 21, 1 p.m., Wright’s Chapel United Methodist Church, Ruther Glen. Storke Funeral Home, Bowling Green.Timmons, William “Tommy”: Nov. 22, 11 a.m., Grace United Methodist Church, Fredericksburg. Clore-English Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Culpeper.Toombs, Charles: Nov. 22, 11 a.m., County Line Baptist Church, Ruther Glen. Nelson Funeral Home, Ashland.Williams, Lillian S.: Nov. 23, 10 a.m., Confederate Cemetery, Spotsylvania County. Covenant Funeral Service, Fredericksburg.Wilson, Richard B.: Nov. 21, 12 p.m., Quantico National Cemetery, Traingle. Owens Funeral Services.DEATH NOTICESGreen, Martin F., “Doctor Henley Smythe”: 55, Spotsylvania County.Funeral homes submit obituaries. Family members who submit obituaries have to pay in advance and provide the funeral home name and phone number. The deadline is 3 p.m. for funeral homes and noon for family submitted obituaries. Information appears in the funeral box the day the obituary appears in the paper, the day before the funeral and the day of the funeral. We reserve the right to edit obituaries to conform to newspaper style. Fax: 540/373-8455. Phone: 540/374-5410. Email: flsobits@freelancestar.com.#ndn-video-player-3.ndn_embedded .ndn_floatContainer { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; }FuneralsArnette Jr., Clyde E.: Feb. 23, 1 p.m., Christ Episcopal Chruch, Charlotteville. Hill and Wood Funeral Home, Charlotteville.Nannie Gammon “Nancy” Brown: Feb. 22, 12:30 p.m., Johnson Funeral Home, Locust Grove.Brown, Maureen O.: Feb. 25, 11:30 a.m., St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Charlottesville. Kyger Funeral Homes & Crematory, Harrisonburg.Daniels, William: Feb. 21, 12 p.m., Johnson Funeral Home, Locust Grove.Greer–Carpenter, Maryann: Feb. 25, 11 a.m., Church of the Messiah, Fredericksburg. Johnson Funeral Home, Locust Grove.Harper, Raymond A., Rev.: Feb. 19, 3 p.m., Philadelphia Missionary Baptist Church Shiloh, N.C. Hortons Funeral Home, Hertford, N.C.Johnson, Lodan: Feb. 20, 1 p.m., First Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Newton. Washington Funeral Home.Johnson, Veronica S.: Feb. 20, 12 noon, St. Mary Catholic Church, Fredericksburg. Covenant Fune...
