All Obituaries

Maurice A. Ickes, Jr., age 52, of 1001 Fourth Avenue, Lot 57, Sidney, passed away August 4, 2020. He was born September 15, 1967 in Auglaize County, Ohio, to the late Maurice A. Ickes Sr. and Bonnie (Gruden) Ickes. On September 12, 1992, he married Kelli (Gates) Ickes and she survives in Sidney. Also surviving is son Maurice A. Ickes III of Dayton and daughter Allison M. Ickes of Sidney, and sister Jenny Kohler of Delphos. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother Jay...

Gloria J. Watercutter, age 74, of Sidney, passed away August 2, 2020 at her residence. She was born December 22, 1945 in Columbus, Ohio, to the late Paul Jones and Mary (Salisbury) Jones. She married Wayne Watercutter on December 30, 1966, and he survives in Sidney. Also surviving are daughters, Kacy Murray and significant other Duane Stewart, Tina (Tony) Lewis of Sidney, grandchildren; Christopher Watercutter, Michael (Christina) Kelly, Jennifer Kelly and significant other Gary Boswell,...

Shonel R. Davis, age 48 of Sidney, passed away July 31, 2020 at her residence. Blessed with a beautiful daughter on December 12, 1971 in Sidney, Ohio, Shonel was born to father Douglas (Becky) Arbogast of Sidney and mother Betty (Fark) Kimbler of Sidney. Shonel leaves behind her loving husband, John R. Davis of Sidney; sons Christian Davis and fiance Colleen Brunswick of Sidney, Steven Helton of Sidney; grandchildren Samuel Helton, Tucker Cox, and Kenleigh Kantzer; sisters and brothers Josh...

Larry D. Sale, age 77, of Anna, passed away peacefully July 29, 2020 at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton. He was born January 1, 1943 in Sidney, the son of the late Alford Earl Sale and Jewel Dean (Hinton) Sale. January 30, 1965, he married Gail (Apple) Sale and she survives in Anna. Also surviving are sons Steven (Jennifer) Sale of Sidney, Eric Douglas (Jody) Sale of Bradford, daughter Jennifer (Travis) Watkins of Anna, grandchildren; Alex Sale, Bailey Watkins, Jay Frazier, Cody Roesser,...

Jacqulynn Bree North, age 20, of Sidney, passed away unexpectedly on July 28, 2020, at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, as a result of an accident. She was born July 1, 2000, in Greenville, Ohio, to Kenneth Gordon of London, Ohio and Misty Lynn (North) Harmon of Sidney. Left to treasure her memory are grandparents; Victor and Karen Righter Mertz of Sidney, Steven Donald North of Plain City, Ohio, great-great grandparents; Donald and Joyce North of Plain City, Ohio, sister Savannah Harman of...

John S. Bailey, age 41, of Piqua, passed away July 28, 2020 at Grandview Medical Center, Dayton. He was born November 17, 1978 in Dayton, to Steve Bailey of Clarksville, TN. and Rhonda (Mayse) Bailey of Lockington. He has been with his partner, Jill (Gariety) Bailey for 23 years.  Also surviving are son Bruce Bailey and daughter Skylar Bailey of Piqua, grandmother Ruby Mayse of Lockington, brother Keith (Rochelle) Bailey of Sidney, two nieces and three nephews. John was employed at...

David Leroy Helman, age 85, of Sidney, passed away on July 26, 2020, at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton. David was born the eldest son, July 28, 1934, in Hardin, Ohio, in Shelby County, to Lucille Barlow Helman and Emory Leroy Helman. He married his wife, Violet Jean Hickman Helman, on April 14, 1974. Left to treasure his memory are his daughters, Judith Moeai, of Laie, Hawaii, and Sherry (Greg Foughty), of Troy, Ohio. Sons include David and Julia Helman, of Sidney, Larry and Bernice, of...

Ricky D. Cook, age 61, of Sidney, passed away July 26, 2020 at Upper Valley Medical Center. He was born February 25, 1959 in Sidney to the late Warren E. Cook and Reba (Foster McKenzie) Cook who survives in Sidney. Also surviving are wife, Deana (King) Cook, son, Johnny Cook of Piqua,  step-children; Shawn (Wendell) Lee of Ky., Herbert Cool of Ky., Jerry Cool of Piqua, 14 grandchildren, brothers; Tim Cook of Sidney, David (Loretta) Cook of Port Jefferson, Bill (Lisa) McKenzie of...

Carl R. Picker Jr., age 55, of Piqua, passed away July 20, 2020 at Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy. Carl was born July 21, 1964 in Allen County, to the late Carl Picker Sr. (Duke) and Margaret Ellen (May) Picker. He married his wife of 23 years, Karen (Fugate) Picker, on April 20, 1997. Carl’s late wife, Sandra Lee (Kennedy) Picker, daughters Emily Casandra Picker, Cassie Ellen Picker, and brother Alan Picker preceded him in death. Left to treasure his memory are...

Patsy (Gunter) Kunzman, born to Leena (Lee) and James Carl Gunter on June 6th, 1952 in Woodbine, Kentucky, passed away peacefully July 20, 2020. She has three siblings, Jimmy (now deceased), Larry and Eddie. Her mother loved her children more than anything and took care of her daughter in the good years and the bad. She provided her with the best childhood she was capable of supplying. Patsy loved nature, music, art and puzzles, singing and dancing along with the radio, watching musicals...