Mary J. (Buettner) BALLARD, 87, a former longtime resident of Lima passed away at the Hospice of North Central Ohio's Hospice House in Ashland, Ohio on May 25, 2015. She moved to Richland County in 2005 where she was close to her daughter, Carole. For the last five and a half years she had been a resident of the Good Shepard Nursing Home in Ashland, Ohio.
Mary was born June 14, 1927 in Allen County, Ohio. She was the fifth and last born child of Carl F. and Ruth M. (Cochran) Buettner. Her parents, and her older siblings, Carlyle "Shine," Gene, Marjorie, and Marilyn have all preceded her in death. She was proud to be counted among the "First Families" of Allen County, Ohio. Mary's 5 nieces and 3 nephews, "the Buettner descendants," continue to thrive and have settled all over the United States. She was the last of the Delphos, Ohio, C. F. Buettner family. The family farm was located on Defiance Trail at State Rd (Scott's Crossing).
Mary was blessed with five children, Joseph (Joe) A. & Esther (Stober) Ballard of Maryland, Dr. David & Carole (Sprague) Kommer of Delaware Ohio, Nichlas C. & Hahn (Tu Thi Nguyen) Ballard of Elida, Ohio, Kristi M. (Ballard) & Richard (deceased) Greaser of Bowling Green Ohio, and Gary Ballard of California, and eight grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and four step-great-grandchildren. She was anticipating the birth of two more great grandchildren, and her very first great-great grandchild.
While raising her children, as well as throughout her life, she used her special skills as a seamstress/tailor to sew for many of Lima's prominent, as well as mainstream, residents for her livelihood. She could make patterns and fit garments by looking and taking a few measurements. She took great pride in the smiles of satisfaction her clients would have when the garment fit perfectly, often for the first time in their lives. In the early 1960's she traded custom sewing and hard earned savings for a broken down old costume rental business that she turned into "Costumes by Ballard" which thrived to her complete delight for over forty years.
As her nest emptied, she sought out additional employment working for the Lima Police Department, Helping Hands Federal Credit Union, Hardy & Hardy, and the Lima Technical College before retiring in 1989.
Mary was always involved in community service. She was a district coordinator with the Upward Bound Program and worked with the Community Action Commission for years. One of her favorite causes was teaching people how to sew at the Mizpah Mission in South Lima where she made many of her early and lifelong friends.
Mary loved genealogy. Days before her passing she was still trying to figure out where or how this or that person came to be in "Her Clan." Over her 87 years she never tired of visits to her roots on the family farm on Defiance Trail. Her beloved barn still stands there today, and she never missed an opportunity with each new grand, or great grandchild, or anyone for that matter, to tell her stories of the ancestors who built Allen County during the exciting years before and after the Civil War or during the hard years of the Depression.
Mary never knew any strangers in her life. She would talk to anyone, bending their ears for hours while talking about her children, grand children, her medical ailments or procedures, her genealogy, or any one of her many causes. Above all Mary's family was the most important thing in her life.
The family is indebted to the Good Shepherd Nursing Home staff, whom she considered her adopted family. They provided love and support to her, and she amused them with her many stories. Additionally, thanks go to the staff of Hospice of North Central Ohio for easing her journey to the next life.
Services will begin 10:00 a.m. Saturday, May 30, 2015 at CHILES – LAMAN FUNERAL AND CREMATION SERVICES, SHAWNEE CHAPEL, 1170 Shawnee Rd, Lima, Ohio, 45805 (419) 228-5474. Hospice Chaplain David Matos will officiate. Burial will follow in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Delphos, Ohio.
Friends may call from 1:00 – 3:00 and 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Friday, May 29, at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of North Central Ohio, 1056 Dauch Dr., Ashland, Ohio 44805. at http://www.hospiceofnorthcentralohio.org.
Condolences may be expressed at chiles-lamanfh.com
- See more at: http://www.chiles-lamanfh.com/obituary/Mary-J.-Buettner-Ballard/Lima-OH/1512603#sthash.3Jubc58M.JmM6VvVr.dpuf
Mary was born June 14, 1927 in Allen County, Ohio. She was the fifth and last born child of Carl F. and Ruth M. (Cochran) Buettner. Her parents, and her older siblings, Carlyle "Shine," Gene, Marjorie, and Marilyn have all preceded her in death. She was proud to be counted among the "First Families" of Allen County, Ohio. Mary's 5 nieces and 3 nephews, "the Buettner descendants," continue to thrive and have settled all over the United States. She was the last of the Delphos, Ohio, C. F. Buettner family. The family farm was located on Defiance Trail at State Rd (Scott's Crossing).
Mary was blessed with five children, Joseph (Joe) A. & Esther (Stober) Ballard of Maryland, Dr. David & Carole (Sprague) Kommer of Delaware Ohio, Nichlas C. & Hahn (Tu Thi Nguyen) Ballard of Elida, Ohio, Kristi M. (Ballard) & Richard (deceased) Greaser of Bowling Green Ohio, and Gary Ballard of California, and eight grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and four step-great-grandchildren. She was anticipating the birth of two more great grandchildren, and her very first great-great grandchild.
While raising her children, as well as throughout her life, she used her special skills as a seamstress/tailor to sew for many of Lima's prominent, as well as mainstream, residents for her livelihood. She could make patterns and fit garments by looking and taking a few measurements. She took great pride in the smiles of satisfaction her clients would have when the garment fit perfectly, often for the first time in their lives. In the early 1960's she traded custom sewing and hard earned savings for a broken down old costume rental business that she turned into "Costumes by Ballard" which thrived to her complete delight for over forty years.
As her nest emptied, she sought out additional employment working for the Lima Police Department, Helping Hands Federal Credit Union, Hardy & Hardy, and the Lima Technical College before retiring in 1989.
Mary was always involved in community service. She was a district coordinator with the Upward Bound Program and worked with the Community Action Commission for years. One of her favorite causes was teaching people how to sew at the Mizpah Mission in South Lima where she made many of her early and lifelong friends.
Mary loved genealogy. Days before her passing she was still trying to figure out where or how this or that person came to be in "Her Clan." Over her 87 years she never tired of visits to her roots on the family farm on Defiance Trail. Her beloved barn still stands there today, and she never missed an opportunity with each new grand, or great grandchild, or anyone for that matter, to tell her stories of the ancestors who built Allen County during the exciting years before and after the Civil War or during the hard years of the Depression.
Mary never knew any strangers in her life. She would talk to anyone, bending their ears for hours while talking about her children, grand children, her medical ailments or procedures, her genealogy, or any one of her many causes. Above all Mary's family was the most important thing in her life.
The family is indebted to the Good Shepherd Nursing Home staff, whom she considered her adopted family. They provided love and support to her, and she amused them with her many stories. Additionally, thanks go to the staff of Hospice of North Central Ohio for easing her journey to the next life.
Services will begin 10:00 a.m. Saturday, May 30, 2015 at CHILES – LAMAN FUNERAL AND CREMATION SERVICES, SHAWNEE CHAPEL, 1170 Shawnee Rd, Lima, Ohio, 45805 (419) 228-5474. Hospice Chaplain David Matos will officiate. Burial will follow in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Delphos, Ohio.
Friends may call from 1:00 – 3:00 and 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Friday, May 29, at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of North Central Ohio, 1056 Dauch Dr., Ashland, Ohio 44805. at http://www.hospiceofnorthcentralohio.org.
Condolences may be expressed at chiles-lamanfh.com
- See more at: http://www.chiles-lamanfh.com/obituary/Mary-J.-Buettner-Ballard/Lima-OH/1512603#sthash.3Jubc58M.JmM6VvVr.dpuf
Mary J. (Buettner) BALLARD, 87, a former longtime resident of Lima passed away at the Hospice of North Central Ohio's Hospice House in Ashland, Ohio on May 25, 2015. She moved to Richland County in 2005 where she was close to her daughter, Carole. For the last five and a half years she had been a resident of the Good Shepard Nursing Home in Ashland, Ohio.
Mary was born June 14, 1927 in Allen County, Ohio. She was the fifth and last born child of Carl F. and Ruth M. (Cochran) Buettner. Her parents, and her older siblings, Carlyle "Shine," Gene, Marjorie, and Marilyn have all preceded her in death. She was proud to be counted among the "First Families" of Allen County, Ohio. Mary's 5 nieces and 3 nephews, "the Buettner descendants," continue to thrive and have settled all over the United States. She was the last of the Delphos, Ohio, C. F. Buettner family. The family farm was located on Defiance Trail at State Rd (Scott's Crossing).
Mary was blessed with five children, Joseph (Joe) A. & Esther (Stober) Ballard of Maryland, Dr. David & Carole (Sprague) Kommer of Delaware Ohio, Nichlas C. & Hahn (Tu Thi Nguyen) Ballard of Elida, Ohio, Kristi M. (Ballard) & Richard (deceased) Greaser of Bowling Green Ohio, and Gary Ballard of California, and eight grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and four step-great-grandchildren. She was anticipating the birth of two more great grandchildren, and her very first great-great grandchild.
While raising her children, as well as throughout her life, she used her special skills as a seamstress/tailor to sew for many of Lima's prominent, as well as mainstream, residents for her livelihood. She could make patterns and fit garments by looking and taking a few measurements. She took great pride in the smiles of satisfaction her clients would have when the garment fit perfectly, often for the first time in their lives. In the early 1960's she traded custom sewing and hard earned savings for a broken down old costume rental business that she turned into "Costumes by Ballard" which thrived to her complete delight for over forty years.
As her nest emptied, she sought out additional employment working for the Lima Police Department, Helping Hands Federal Credit Union, Hardy & Hardy, and the Lima Technical College before retiring in 1989.
Mary was always involved in community service. She was a district coordinator with the Upward Bound Program and worked with the Community Action Commission for years. One of her favorite causes was teaching people how to sew at the Mizpah Mission in South Lima where she made many of her early and lifelong friends.
Mary loved genealogy. Days before her passing she was still trying to figure out where or how this or that person came to be in "Her Clan." Over her 87 years she never tired of visits to her roots on the family farm on Defiance Trail. Her beloved barn still stands there today, and she never missed an opportunity with each new grand, or great grandchild, or anyone for that matter, to tell her stories of the ancestors who built Allen County during the exciting years before and after the Civil War or during the hard years of the Depression.
Mary never knew any strangers in her life. She would talk to anyone, bending their ears for hours while talking about her children, grand children, her medical ailments or procedures, her genealogy, or any one of her many causes. Above all Mary's family was the most important thing in her life.
The family is indebted to the Good Shepherd Nursing Home staff, whom she considered her adopted family. They provided love and support to her, and she amused them with her many stories. Additionally, thanks go to the staff of Hospice of North Central Ohio for easing her journey to the next life.
Services will begin 10:00 a.m. Saturday, May 30, 2015 at CHILES – LAMAN FUNERAL AND CREMATION SERVICES, SHAWNEE CHAPEL, 1170 Shawnee Rd, Lima, Ohio, 45805 (419) 228-5474. Hospice Chaplain David Matos will officiate. Burial will follow in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Delphos, Ohio.
Friends may call from 1:00 – 3:00 and 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Friday, May 29, at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of North Central Ohio, 1056 Dauch Dr., Ashland, Ohio 44805. at http://www.hospiceofnorthcentralohio.org.
Condolences may be expressed at chiles-lamanfh.com
- See more at: http://www.chiles-lamanfh.com/obituary/Mary-J.-Buettner-Ballard/Lima-OH/1512603#sthash.3Jubc58M.JmM6VvVr.dpuf
Mary was born June 14, 1927 in Allen County, Ohio. She was the fifth and last born child of Carl F. and Ruth M. (Cochran) Buettner. Her parents, and her older siblings, Carlyle "Shine," Gene, Marjorie, and Marilyn have all preceded her in death. She was proud to be counted among the "First Families" of Allen County, Ohio. Mary's 5 nieces and 3 nephews, "the Buettner descendants," continue to thrive and have settled all over the United States. She was the last of the Delphos, Ohio, C. F. Buettner family. The family farm was located on Defiance Trail at State Rd (Scott's Crossing).
Mary was blessed with five children, Joseph (Joe) A. & Esther (Stober) Ballard of Maryland, Dr. David & Carole (Sprague) Kommer of Delaware Ohio, Nichlas C. & Hahn (Tu Thi Nguyen) Ballard of Elida, Ohio, Kristi M. (Ballard) & Richard (deceased) Greaser of Bowling Green Ohio, and Gary Ballard of California, and eight grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and four step-great-grandchildren. She was anticipating the birth of two more great grandchildren, and her very first great-great grandchild.
While raising her children, as well as throughout her life, she used her special skills as a seamstress/tailor to sew for many of Lima's prominent, as well as mainstream, residents for her livelihood. She could make patterns and fit garments by looking and taking a few measurements. She took great pride in the smiles of satisfaction her clients would have when the garment fit perfectly, often for the first time in their lives. In the early 1960's she traded custom sewing and hard earned savings for a broken down old costume rental business that she turned into "Costumes by Ballard" which thrived to her complete delight for over forty years.
As her nest emptied, she sought out additional employment working for the Lima Police Department, Helping Hands Federal Credit Union, Hardy & Hardy, and the Lima Technical College before retiring in 1989.
Mary was always involved in community service. She was a district coordinator with the Upward Bound Program and worked with the Community Action Commission for years. One of her favorite causes was teaching people how to sew at the Mizpah Mission in South Lima where she made many of her early and lifelong friends.
Mary loved genealogy. Days before her passing she was still trying to figure out where or how this or that person came to be in "Her Clan." Over her 87 years she never tired of visits to her roots on the family farm on Defiance Trail. Her beloved barn still stands there today, and she never missed an opportunity with each new grand, or great grandchild, or anyone for that matter, to tell her stories of the ancestors who built Allen County during the exciting years before and after the Civil War or during the hard years of the Depression.
Mary never knew any strangers in her life. She would talk to anyone, bending their ears for hours while talking about her children, grand children, her medical ailments or procedures, her genealogy, or any one of her many causes. Above all Mary's family was the most important thing in her life.
The family is indebted to the Good Shepherd Nursing Home staff, whom she considered her adopted family. They provided love and support to her, and she amused them with her many stories. Additionally, thanks go to the staff of Hospice of North Central Ohio for easing her journey to the next life.
Services will begin 10:00 a.m. Saturday, May 30, 2015 at CHILES – LAMAN FUNERAL AND CREMATION SERVICES, SHAWNEE CHAPEL, 1170 Shawnee Rd, Lima, Ohio, 45805 (419) 228-5474. Hospice Chaplain David Matos will officiate. Burial will follow in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Delphos, Ohio.
Friends may call from 1:00 – 3:00 and 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Friday, May 29, at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of North Central Ohio, 1056 Dauch Dr., Ashland, Ohio 44805. at http://www.hospiceofnorthcentralohio.org.
Condolences may be expressed at chiles-lamanfh.com
- See more at: http://www.chiles-lamanfh.com/obituary/Mary-J.-Buettner-Ballard/Lima-OH/1512603#sthash.3Jubc58M.JmM6VvVr.dpuf
