Telegraph-Forum from Bucyrus, Ohio • Page A2

Obituariesandphotographs submittedtotheBucyrus TelegraphForummaybe repurpose dandotherwise used other mediaplatforms. KennethL.Schifer BUCYRUS: KennethL.Schifer, 81, rangements arependingand willbeannouncedbythestaff atWiseFuneralService. Saturday, OlentangyWoodsNursing Center inGalion. Born Crawford sonofthelateWalterandMary (W Florence(Best)Lautherson survives. He graduatedfromNorth RobinsonHighSchoolin1937 and servedintheUnitedStates Army duringWorldWarII.Jim was amemberofFirstUnited ChurchofChristandaformer member oftheNorthRobinson Grange.Hefarmedandwasa dairy farmerallofhislife.

Inadditiontohiswifeheis survived bythreedaughters Fraizer SteveFraizerofGalionandLeila and BruceLohrofLexington; DonnaLauthersofBucyrus. He was preceded ind eath by four brothers and two sisters. a.m.Wednesday,May8,2013 at Richardson-Davis Funeral Home in Galion with Pastor Brad Smith ing.B urial will be inFairviewCemeteryinGalion. Militarygravesideserviceswill beheldbytheUnitedSates Army and the Galion line Ve terans Military Funeral Detail. Memorial contributions may bemadetotheCysticFibrosis Ohio 43085.

An online obituarya nd guest registryareavailableatwww. richardsondavis.com. James C.Lauthers OhioandformerlyofOgden, Utah and Columb hio, died Friday morning, May 3, 2013. He was born sonofthelateMiltonandPearl 1950 graduate of Bucyrus High School and shortlya fter entering Starforhisservice.Hereceived his Bachelor of Science degree from The Ohio State University, andhisJuristDoctoratefrom FranklinLawSchool(Capital am ember of AcaciaF raternity, Ohio State Chaptera nd Yo rk LodgeNo.0563F.&A.M.Marv andUtahskier. Heissurvivedbyhiswifeof 55 years, PatriciaL Gifford) Rothhaar; as ister, Mary Lois (David)CremerofPerrysburg, Rothhaar of Bucyrus; and several nieces and nephews.

Hewasprecededindeathbya brother obert Rothhaar At request, no services willbeobserved. Memorial contributions may be made to Acacia Fraternity Suite 225, Indianapolis, IN 46268-3176ortheOhioMasonic Spring ld, OH 45504. Ohio is servin gt he family. Yo mayexpresscondolencestothe familyatwww.littletonandrue. com MarvinE.Rothhaar BUCYRUS: BeatriceV.Blevins, 93, 1:30 amSundayinHeartlandof Bucyrus.

MoodyBlevinswhoprecededherin death Inadditiontoherparentsand husband, shewasprecededin death bygrandsonPhilipSmith; brothers husbands, and Te grandchildren; sisters Rowland ofN.CarolinaandBarbaraRowlandofAlabama;aswell asnumerousniecesandnephews. Beatrice graduatedfromRiversideH.S.inChilhowie,VA,moved toBucyrusin1948andwasamemberoftheFirstBaptistChurch. She retiredfromSwanRubberandfollowingretirementdelivered mealsonwheels.Beatriceenjoyedhergrandchildren,beingwith family churchfamily. The familywillreceivefriendsattheMunz-PirnstillFuneral We Rev.PaulDalrympleofficiating. Memori alsmaybegiventoHomeCareMattersortheFirstBaptist Churchthroughthefuneralhomeandexpressionsofsympathycan beleftatmunzpirnstill.com Beatrice V.Blevins Street, Bucyrus, OhiodiedFriday ShewasbornSeptember27, 1937 in Koenigszelt, Germany to Reinhold Paul andE lfriede Natalie (Holly) Hensel, both deceased.

andherfamilywereexpelledfrom theirhomelandinEastGermany and sent to We st Germany and she spent her youth inD unkelsheim and in Seesen, Germany. Inge and John WayneFieldsandtheyhavecelebratedtheir53rdanniversaryand she is survived byh im. She is survived byo ne son, MichaelW ayne Fields andh is wife husbandAaronofMt.ZionRd.;andonegrandson,JordanPaul Fields.Sheisalsosurvivedbyasister,EvelineMaria(Wilfried) Escholt of Ta unusstein, Germany; and two nephews, Andreas and Detlev Isreal of We isbaden, Germany; and af avorite cousin, Erika Theil of Seesen, Germany ge is also survived by cousins in Germany. Mrs.Fields lived in Bucyrus since 1960. She worked at KM art for 21 years and retired from there in 1997.

IngelovedtotravelandhadmademanytripsacrosstheAtlantic tovisitrelativesandherhomeland.ShelovedHawaiiandalways wanted to return and she was very impressed with theb eautiful scenery of Alaska. FriendshipClubandthewomenfromthecountriesofGermany, enjoyedthefriendshipofherco-workersatK-MartandtheK-Mart breakfast women. Inge loved to plant and cultivate wersinherbackyard.Atone backyardanattractiveplacefortakingphotographspriortothe competition. As requested by Mrs. Fields, her body will be cremated and cremains placed inO akwood Cemetery.

Also, as requested the Pirnstillfuneralhomewillbeinchargeofarrangements. ThefamilysuggestsmemorialsbemadetotheCrawfordHumane Society. Condolences may bel eft online at the Munz-PirnstillF uneral Home. IngeElfriede(Hensel)Fields RICHARDS 1-800-824-1291 www.richardsgardens.com 2AWEATHER Telegraph-Forum 113W.RensselaerSt., Phone: 419-562-3333 Fax: 419-562-9162 Toll-Free: 877-TFTODAY (838-6329) TomBrennan, general managerandeditor DavidB.Kennard managingeditor BUCYRUSTELEGRAPH FORUM.COM OFFICEHOURS Thepublisher shallnotbe liablefor damages arisingoutoferrorsinadvertisements beyondtheamountpaidforspace actuallyoccupiedbythatportionof theadvertisementinwhichtheerror liabilityfornoninsertionofany advertisementotherthantheamount paidforsuchad.Allmaterialherein copyright2013. Telegraph-Forum PHONEHOURS Circulation: Ifyouhave questionsaboutyoursub- MondaytoFriday8a.m.to7 p.m.andSaturdayandSun- FullAccess SubscriptionRates: DigitalAccessOnly(ex- cludeshomedeliveryofthe EZPay.

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Tuesday: A slightchanceof showers. Mostlycloudy, withahigh near71.East windaround 7mph.Chance ofprecipitation is20percent.Atnight,aslight chanceofshowers.Mostly Eastwind6to8mph.Chanceof precipitationis20percent. Wednesday: Aslightchanceof showers.Mostlycloudy,witha highnear72.Chanceofprecip- itationis20percent.Atnight, around52. Thursday: highnear74.Atnight,cloudy, withalowaround55. TODAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY LOCALFORECAST BUCYRUS (asof5p.m.)73 51 ALMANAC arealittlebitbehindother OhioDepartmentofEdu- cationspokesmanJohn Charltonsaid.

Charltonattributesthe declineinenrollmenttoa declineinfunding. Dollarsperchildin slightlyabovethenation- tionalreport. Ohioisalreadywork- ingtoimprovethosenum- JohnKasichproposeda increaseinearlychild- hoodeducationaspartof hisexecutivebudget. PresidentObamapro- posedprovidingstates ingfundstoincrease high-qualitypre-kinder- gartenprogramsinthe nextdecade.In2011,Ohio infederalRacetotheTop dollarstohelpchildren prepareforkindergarten. WithRacetothe torshavebeenabletocre- atecomprehensiveearly learningstandardsand tonsaid.

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raffleswillbeheld throughouttheday, alongwithanauction thatwillincludeitems fromlocalbusinesses andPaints. havebeengreatindo- natingitemsfortheben- alsohaveaflatscreen televisionwewillberaf- 419-563-9213 AbenefitisbeingheldbytheSonsoftheAmvetson SaturdaytohelpoffsetmedicalexpensesforSonsof LaciSpearsBalster. SUBMITTEDPHOTO ALS ContinuedfromPage1A MOREINFO Forinformationortodo- natetotheMikeSpears 419-561-1036. Israel rushedtobeefupits rocketdefensesonits northernborderSunday toshieldagainstpossible retaliationaftercarry- ingouttwoairstrikesin unprecedentedescala- tionofIsraeliinvolve- mentintheSyriancivil war. Syriaanditspatron Iranhintedatpossible rhetoricinofficialstate- mentsappearedrelative- lymuted.

Despiteconcerns raeliofficialssignaled theywillkeeptryingto blockwhattheyseeasan effortbyIrantosendso- phisticatedweaponsto litiaaheadofacollapse ofSyrianPresident Israelhasrepeatedly threatenedtointervene intheSyriancivilwarto stopthetransferofwhat Syrian-backedgroup thatbattledIsraeltoa stalemateduringamon- thlongwarin2006. Sincecarryingouta loneairstrikeinJanuary thatreportedlyde- stroyedashipmentofan- ti-aircraftmissileshead- hadlargelystayedonthe sidelines.Thatchanged overtheweekendwitha inganattackneara sprawlingmilitarycom- plexclosetoDamascus earlySundaythatsetoff aseriesofexplosions. TheIsraeligovern- mentandmilitaryre- fusedtocomment.Buta seniorIsraeliofficial saidbothairstrikestar- getedshipmentsofFa- teh-110missilesbound forHezbollah.TheIrani- an-madeguidedmissiles canflydeepintoIsrael anddeliverpowerful half-tonbombswithpin- pointaccuracy. grantviolationofinter- madetheMiddleEast alsoclaimedtheIsraeli strikesprovedtheJew- groupstryingtoover- Israelidefenseoffi- cialsbelieveAssadhas littledesiretoopenanew frontwithIsraelwhenhe ispreoccupiedwiththe survivalofhisregime. Israeliofficialsbelieveit isonlyamatteroftime beforeAssadistoppled.

Israel beefsup rocket defenses ByKarinLaub andJosefFederman AssociatedPress.