ZONTA CLUB OF FINDLAY, OHIO

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P.O. Box 415 - Findlay, OH 45839-0415

ZEE NEWSFEBRUARY 2014

The next Zonta meeting will be held Tuesday, February 4 at noon at the new Elks Lodge. If you cannot attend, or if you are bringing a guest, please email Jodi Devore,

jdevore@openarmsfindlay.org by Monday to let her know.

Scholarship News: Notification of 3 Zonta Scholarships have been reported in the Courier. The applications have been sent to All High School Counselors and college officials. The Scholarship applications are

all available on the FindlayZonta.org website.

Dates for receiving the Zonta Scholarship, Jane M. Klausman and Young Women in Public Affairs Applications are listed below:Zonta Scholarship - March 15, 2014 to Barb Wilson 613 Canterbury Dr., FindlayJane M. Klausman - March 15 to Jane Morrin - 337 Fairlawn Place, FindlayYoung Women in Public Affairs: March 1, 2014 to Colleen Robinson - 410 Nottingham Pl, Findlay

The committee has set up the following dates for sorting, reviewing, chosing and interviewing candidates:MEET: to sort all qualified app’s received: March 25, at UF 424 Fraiser Street. @ 5:30 pm MEET: After reviewing all apps, we will choose April 9, at UF 5:30 10-12 to interview. MEET: To interview chosen candidates April 15, at UF 3:00

-- Barb Wilson

Membership Committee Note:Meeting Wed, Feb 5th 5:30 at R & R Chiropractic

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Zonta Says NoZSNII Committee Meeting January 23, 2014

This was a very productive meeting. The following is a brief version of meeting content important to all Zonta members. Lyn graciously volunteered to take over as ZSNII Committee Chair. Jane will handle loaning of the Chosen DVDs and complete the tracking form, so contact Jane for viewings to groups or other clubs. The committee will resume focusing on the three previously agreed upon areas with the following subcommittees:1) Legislation - Paulette, Deb (Jane Shoemaker and Kathy Creighton may also help in this area in new future). 2) Prevention/Education – Sherry Emerine, Linda Stockton, Mary Kay Combs3) Survivors’ After Care/Suppport for Safe Houses – Barb Wilson, Arlene Schriner Committee members were assigned various tasks. The outcome of their findings will be shared once information is collected and an action plan is ready for presentation to the Club.

Our meeting on March 4th will be a carry-in to benefit Open Arms Domestic Violence and Rape Crisis Services.

Their wish list:

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Fellowship NewsFrom Jodi Devore: Just wanted to give you a little more clarification. My dad was diagnosed with cancer in October. He is doing well, traveling back and forth between Columbus and home for his treatment. They’re hoping to do a bone marrow transplant and the next two months. My father in law has been battling cancer for the past ten years. He was taken to the emergency room last Tuesday with complications, and they put him in ICU. By the next day they told us he only had about a week and transferred him to the hospice wing, where he passed away this morning (Jan. 21, 2014.) Thank you so much for the thoughts & prayers from all of my Contacts sisters---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------From Kim Duff:I thought u would like an update for our zisters. It is now 7 wks from surgery. All I have permission to lift is Baxter (7 lbs) & a milk jug. At WK 10 I begin water therapy. No long trips ( like to Columbus.

My hands & fingers seem to be healing nicely and I am taking this time to view video’s on adv. Jewelry making & u-tube. I want to say thank you to all zisters that have sent me cards, given me a ride for appointments.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

From Kathy Foust:I will be out of town, actually out of the country, from Jan 31 - Feb 11. Dan and I will be celebrating our 25th anniversary in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. If there is an illness or death that the club needs to be aware of during my absence, please contact Jane Shoemaker.

Service Committee ReportMost of this report is just a great big THANK YOU!!! So here we go!

Coats for Christmas – 16 Zontians helped. 1900 coats were distributed, 500 coats taken to City Mission.

Hats and Mittens collected and given to Coats for Christmas valued at $381.42!

City Mission Christmas Boxes were assembled by Becky Noack and her family. 40 boxes were put together with a total cost of $281.94 that we allocated for this purpose.

Hope House Christmas Party – food served and clean up was done by 7 Zontians. Our help was greatly appreciated by the Hope House staff.

WAR (Women at Risk) is sending a mission team to Thailand to work with trafficked women. Deborah Moon from Findlay will be going. We collected $100.00 for her trip.

Open Arms Carry-In will be March 4. We will get their list of needed items to you soon.

Tech Trek is asking for contributions to fund a week long educational camp for local middle school girls. The service committee is recommending $400.00 be given to them.

Hope House Easter Baskets will be assembled by Becky Greeno. They are estimating 20 baskets will be needed this year and we are recommending allowing Becky a total of $200.00 to fill the baskets.

Report by Jeanne Moyer, 1/21/14

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RAWSON — Ruth Ann (von Stein) Bormuth, 90, of Rawson, passed away at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at the Arlington Good Samaritan Center, Arlington. She was born on April 2, 1923, to the late Ivan and Maude (Marquart) von Stein, Sr. in Eagle Twp., Han-cock County. She marr ied Herbert John Bormuth on Januar y 11, 1942, and he preceded her in death on December 1, 2013.

Ruth Ann is survived by her sons: Paul D. (Barbara) Bormuth of Findlay, David O. Bormuth of Jenera, and John R. (Lena) Bormuth of Rawson; daughter, Mary Ann (Clair) Gallant of Orange Twp., Hancock County; 10 grandchil-dren; and 11 great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Ivan von Stein, Jr. and sister, Helen von Stein.

Ruth Ann loved gardening and specialized in flowers and herbs. Flowers and herbs were the joy of her life. She helped start Gath-ering Basket, which is an Herb Society. She was also a member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jenera.

Visitation will be from 3:00-8:00 p.m. on Friday, January 31, 2014 at CRATES FUNERAL HOME, Arlington. Funeral ser-vices will be at 11:00 a.m. on Sat-urday, February 1, 2014 at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jenera, where visitation will be for one hour prior to the service from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Rev. Alois Schmitzer III and Rev. Jeffery Bol-werk will officiate and burial will follow in Trinity Lutheran Cem-etery, Van Buren Twp., Hancock County. Memorials may be made to Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Online condolences may be made via www.coldrencrates.com.

Ruth Ann (von Stein) Bormuth McCOMB — Fritz G. Meyer,

age 91, of McComb, passed away peacefully at Riverside Hospital in Columbus, Ohio on January 28, 2014 at 12:50 p.m.

He was born in Delmen-horst, Germany to Frederich and Gresine (Englebert) Meyer. On February 13, 1943 he married Else Hoppe and she survives in McComb.

In Febru -ary 14, 1955 t he y i m m i -grated to the United States with their two d a u g h t e r s , Marion Meyer of Dublin, OH; and Sigrid (Dan) Like of McComb. There are five grandchildren: Brian, Monika, Gretchen. Kevin, Randy (Brigid) and ten great-grandchildren: Anna, Brody, Mar-garet, Alexandria, Kyle, Audrey, Allison, Emilie, Katherine, and Evelynn.

He was preceded in death by a son, Norbert Fritz Meyer.

In 1955 he received a Masters degree in Germany. He immi-grated to Cincinnati in the baking business and later to Terre Haute, IN. In 1962 he founded the Consol-idated Industries Biscuit Company in McComb. He sold Consolidated Biscuit in the 1980’s and retired in the bakery business. Fritz was honored by the Biscuit Cracker Distribution Association as Manu-facturer of the Year.

He was a former member of the McComb Rotary Club and was a Paul Harris Fellow. He formed the McComb Development Cor-poration for the Norbert F. Meyers Scholarship. He also established the Friels Corporation. He was instrumental in bringing a Doctor, as well as building a pharmacy and a restaurant. Fritz was always con-cerned for McComb.

Visitation will be on Saturday, February 1, 2014, 3-8 p.m. at the HARTLEY FUNERAL HOME in McComb.

Funeral services will be on Sunday, February 2, 2014, 1:30 p.m. at the funeral home with Rev. Linda Zaye officiating. Burial will be in McComb Union Cemetery.

Memorials can be made to MD ANDERSON HOSPITAL in Hous-ton, TX; or St. Judes.

Online condolences may be sent to: www.hartleyfuneralhome.com.

Fritz G. Meyer

DEFIANCE — Mary Frances Steyer, 57, of Defiance, passed away Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at CHP Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center.

She was born in Defiance, Ohio on August 11, 1956, the daughter of Wayne and Joann L. (Spangler) Jones. She was a 1975 graduate of Ayersville High School and a 1979 gradu-ate of Defiance College, where she was named ho m e c o m i n g queen.

Mary was fun loving, high energy, enthusi-astic, spontane-ous, faith-filled, and completely full of joy. She loved to entertain her family and friends, read, cook, play cards and hang out at Clear Lake. She lived her life in love and service to God and encouraged others to do the same. She will be dearly missed.

Mary began teaching at Wil-liams county MRDD as a physi-cal development specialist and Special Olympics director, leading students each summer to compete in the Ohio Special Olympics. She later taught at Spencer Elemen-tary in Defiance.

After leaving the teaching pro-fession to raise her three children, Mary continued to serve young people as a volunteer receptionist at Defiance Junior High School, CCD teacher at St. Mary Catho-lic church, and Youth Director for St. Mary and St. John Catholic Churches. She retired as Youth Director on June 1, 2013.

Mary was a lifelong member of St. Mary Catholic Church, where she served on the liturgy commit-tee, as co-director of Generations of Faith, lector, Eucharistic minis-ter, director of Youth Elect Service (Y.E.S.) program, food pantry, as well as retreat, baptism and con-firmation teams.

On June 10, 1983, she married Gregory L. Steyer, who survives. Mary is also survived by her three sons, Ryan of Washington, D.C., Chad and Andrew, both of Defi-ance, her mother, Joann of Defi-ance, Grandmother, Mary E. Jones of Ottawa, sisters, Cheryl A. Jones of Bowling Green, and Carol S. (Michael) Kurival of Bryan, and brother, Roger L. (Melissa) Jones of Defiance.

Mary was preceded in death by her father, Wayne, grandfather, Emerson Jones, grandparents, Peter B. Spangler and Frances L. (Ensman) Spangler.

Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday, January 30 and from 2-8 p.m. on Friday January 31 at Lawson-Roessner Funeral Home, 1753 S. Clinton St., Defi-ance, with a vigil service at 7 p.m. Friday.

A Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, Feb-ruary 1, 2014 at St. Mary Catholic Church, Defiance, with Fr. Timo-thy Kummerer officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery.

Memorials may be given to the St. Mary and St. John Elect Ser-vice (Y.E.S.) program or St. Mary food pantry.

Condolences may be shared at www.lawsonroessner.com.

Mary Frances Steyer

Ann D. Chesebro, 103, for-merly of Carey, Findlay, Ohio and Akron, Ohio, died on Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at the Wyandot County Skilled Nursing & Rehab Center in Upper Sandusky, Ohio.

Ann was born on July 9, 1910 in Wyandot County, Ohio to Carl J. and Philomena (Kuntz) Dirmeyer. She married Harold Chesebro and they were divorced.

She is survived by her daugh-ter, Barbara J. (Larry) Robinson, Barberton, OH; five living grand-children, Randal Arras, Leon-ard Arras, Laurie Arras, Lana Rufener, and Douglas Arras; five great-grandchildren, Stephanie Arras, Stacey Arras, Samantha Arras, Adam Rufener, and Mat-thew Rufener.

Ann was preceded in death by a brother, Raymond W. Dir-meyer, Findlay and a sister, Marie Collet, Upper Sandusky, OH and one grandchild, Mark Arras of Palatine, IL.

She attended Carey High School and was a 1929 gradu-ate of Findlay High School, and retired in 1973 from Ohio Power Company (now American Elec-tric Power) where she had been a secretary most of her 30+ years in the Findlay Office. In 1983 she was made an honorary member in the Province of the Conven-tual Franciscan Friars. She was a former member of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, Akron, Ohio, and currently a member of Our Lady of Consolation Basilica, Carey, Ohio.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 1, 2014 at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, 617 West Main Cross Street, Findlay, with Fr. John Stowe, celebrant. Burial will follow in St. Michael Parish Cemetery.

Visitation hours are 6-8 p.m. Friday, January 31, 2014 at the Kirkpatrick-Behnke Funeral Home, 500 Lima Avenue, with a Rosary at 7:45 p.m. The ladies of the Altar-Rosary Society will begin praying the rosary at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the church.

Memorials may be made to the Franciscan Mission Associa-tion, 322 West Street, Carey, OH 43316.

Online condolences may be made via www.kirkpatrick-behnke.com.

Ann D. Chesebro

Private funeral services were held for James A. Masi, 89, of Findlay, who died on Monday, January 20, 2014.

He was married to Marianne Cimini Masi, and she preceded him in death.

Surviving is a daughter, Susan, of Findlay; a son, Jim, of Kenton; and 3 grandchildren.

DeCarbo Funeral Home, New Castle, Pa., handled the arrange-ments.

James A. Masi

FOREST — Isabel Turner, 92, of Forest, died at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday at the Sterling House, Findlay. Arrangements are pend-ing at Clark Shields Funeral Home, Forest.

Isabel Turner

NEW RIEGEL — A Mass of Christian Burial for Marie L. Scherger, 93, of New Riegel, will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday at All Saints Catholic Church, New Riegel. Burial will be in St. Boniface Cemetery, New Riegel.

Visitation will be held one hour prior to the Mass on Satur-day at the church.

Mrs. Scherger died at 6:55 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, at St. Catherine’s Care Center, Fostoria.

She marr ied James M. Scherger, and he preceded her in death. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Donald (Shir-ley) Rogier, Risingsun; and Mrs. Bill (Mary Jane) Weinandy, Findlay; three sons, Kenneth J. (Betty) of Jupiter, Fla.; Steven J. (Lucy) of Carey; and William J. of New Riegel; three brothers, Simon (Martha) Schalk, Carey; Raymond (Annie) Schalk, Find-lay; and Arthur (Shirley) Schalk, New Riegel; and two sisters, Gervase Craig and Rose Smith, both of Tiffin.

Memorials may be made to the church or a charity of the donor’s choice in care of Hoen-ing Funeral Home, 242 W. Tiffin St., Fostoria 44830.

Online condolences may be sent to: www.hoeningfuneral-home.com.

Marie Scherger

George Payne, 85, of Findlay, died at 4:40 p.m. Wednesday at Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center, Toledo. Arrangements are pend-ing at Hufford Family Funeral Home.

George Payne

Findlay woman served community as matron at Hancock County jail

By ERIC SCHAADTSTAFF WRITER

Lois Jean Bell didn’t push her sons into careers in law enforce-ment. Not with the low salaries. The long hours. Being on call 24/7.

But that didn’t deter her sons. Some became sheriff ’s deputies and dispatchers.

Those careers seemed attrac-tive to them: The tradition. The respect. A full day’s work. The sharp uniforms.

Inside one interview room at the Hancock County Justice Center, two of her sons, Cris and Brad Bell, reflected recently on the life of their mother, who died on Oct. 13 at age 81 at Bridge Hospice Care Center in Findlay.

Mrs. Bell was a matron at the old Hancock County jail on Broadway at the same time her husband, William Bell, served as county sheriff, from 1965 to 1981.

“She did a little of every-thing,” said Brad Bell, who started at the sheriff’s office in 1971 as a dispatcher and retired as a road deputy in 2001.

When she started as matron, according to Brad Bell, the sheriff ’s office consisted of 13 people, and Mrs. Bell’s role was “multi-tasking.”

Some of her various duties included cooking for prison-ers, handling payroll and other paperwork, and processing female prisoners into the jail.

When needed, she would travel to Wilson’s Sandwich Shop on South Main Street for hamburgers to feed inmates.

“Traditionally, the sheriff ’s wife was matron,” Brad Bell expla ined. “Everybody did everything. I saw the hours they (his parents) put in. It was 24/7.”

Brad and Cris Bell main-tained they were never pushed into law enforcement by their parents, but the brothers saw the examples their parents set.

Brad Bell, born in 1953, said, “I never wanted to do anything else. It was in my blood. They knew that’s what I wanted to do. They knew what I was inter-ested in.”

Cris Bell, today a lieutenant with the sheriff ’s office after starting as a dispatcher in 1992,

recalled, “It was what I thought was an honorable cause.”

Another son, Brent, has been a sheriff ’s dispatcher for two years.

Cris Bell, born in 1967, did entertain the notion of a career in computers, but he saw the respec t h is parents were given in their j o b s . T h e brothers also s a w t h e i r parents go to work in their uniforms.

“ It made me want to continue that,” Cris Bell said.

While working at the jail and raising her children, Mrs. Bell relied on scribbled notes attached with Scotch tape to bulletin boards and other spots to remind co-workers of assign-ments, and, at home, to tell her sons to close the doors after entering the house.

“She had a note around for everything,” Cris Bell said. “She could have invented the Post-It Note.”

Service organizations were important to Mrs. Bell, even when health issues prevented her full participation.

She would bring a Thermos of coffee to people constructing homes for the needy through

Habitat for Humanity.While undergoing rehabilita-

tion at the Heritage, she tried to make sure coffee was being delivered to those sites.

“She was worried about that, not about her health,” Cris Bell recounted. “She still

insisted some-one do that.”T h e s a m e h e l d t r u e with boxes of canned food that had to be delivered f r o m h e r home to food dr ives con -

ducted by Powell Memorial United Methodist Church, even after she had a major surgery.

“She wasn’t worried about herself,” Cris Bell said.

For 25 years, Mrs. Bell was associated with the Zonta orga-nization and its many charity functions.

A 1950 graduate of Findlay High School, she married Wil-liam Bell on July 31, 1950, and he died Dec. 25, 2002.

She retired last year as owner of Bell Security Services, a busi-ness that included as employees, at one time or another, her sons Brian Bell and Craig Bell.

Schaadt: 419-427-8414ericschaadt@thecourier.com

Law enforcement careers run in the Bell family

Photo providedLOIS BELL attends last year’s Zonta Geranium Sale. Bell, who died Oct. 13 at age 81, served as a matron in the old Hancock County jail when her husband, the late William Bell, was county sheriff from 1965 to 1981.

An occasional profile of someone who died recently.

HAMILTON (AP) — A 16-year-old southwestern Ohio boy accused of tying his parents’ bedroom doors shut while they were inside and setting the house on fire has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

He’s charged as an adult with attempted aggravated murder and aggravated arson for the October fire in Liberty Township, north of Cincinnati. Defense attorney Brad Kraemer says the plea was entered Wednesday in Butler County.

The judge ordered a psychological evaluation and set a March 5 hearing.

Deputies say the father injured his leg jumping out of a window, and his wife was rescued by fire crews and treated for smoke inha-lation.

Authorities say the teen apparently was upset that his laptop computer was taken away. The Associated Press isn’t identifying him or his family because of his age.

Ohio teen enters insanity plea in house fire case

One person hurt in rural accident

A rural McComb resident was hurt in a single-car accident on Han-cock County 197 in Amanda Town-ship at 7:47 a.m. Tuesday, according to authorities.

Tami Gonzales, 50, was taken to Blanchard Valley Hospital, the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office reported.

According to the sheriff’s office, Gonzales’ GMC Envoy went off the road and into a yard, striking a tree.

Gonzales was cited for operating a vehicle without reasonable control, the sheriff’s office said.

Interstate crash hurts Bluffton manMOUNT CORY — A Bluffton

man was injured Wednesday when his car rolled over on Interstate 75 near Mount Cory.

David Evans, 19, suffered minor injuries and was taken to Bluffton Community Hospital by Hanco Ambulance, the Findlay post of the State Highway Patrol reported.

The crash occurred about 2:20 p.m. when Evans was driving a

2004 Honda Accord north on the interstate, the patrol said.

Evans’ car was in the passing lane and drifted to the right lane, the patrol said. He swerved to the left to avoid hitting another vehicle and went into the median, where his car struck an embank-ment and rolled over, ending up on its tires.

Evans was cited for failure to control, the patrol said.

Any items of interest for the March Zee News can be sent to Deb Perkins at debperkins@thecourier.com by 5 p.m. Wednesday, February 26, thank you!

-- From The Courier, January 30, 2014

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Save the Date!

Zonta Club of Findlay “Wines Around the World” Wine

Tasting & hors d’oeuvres

Friday, March 21st 5:30-7pm

At Nicki Foos’ (204 Capital Lane, Findlay)

*Non-alcoholic beverages available*

Dinner to follow at 7:30pm at Waldo Pepper’s

Spouses (or Friends) welcome for both wine tasting and dinner

RSVP for wine tasting and/or dinner by March 3: nicole.foos@tpsfindlay.com or call/text Nicki at 614-588-6648.

ZEE NEWS - FEBRUARY 2014 PAGE 6Amelia Earhart Day was celebrated by the Findlay Club

at our meeting on Tuesday, January 21.Members made paper airplanes after

Deb Bartlett gave a short presentation.------------------------

Did you know:-January 11 is Amelia Earhart Day?-She was born 114 years ago this year?-In 1928, she was the first woman passenger to fly across the Atlantic? Upon her return, she became a member of the Zonta Club of Boston and remained an active Zontian in Boston and New York until her disappearance in 1937.-In 1938, Zonta International established the Amelia Earhart Fellowship for women pursuing doctoral degrees in aerospace-related sciences or engineering?-35 awards of $10,00 each are given annually?-The yellow rose was her favorite flower? In a letter written to her husband regarding her accepting aviation challenges and the inherent dangers, Amelia Earhart wrote, “I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.” Don’t forget to honor her memory in some way in you club and/or community. ZI would be interested in hearing about your activities. The ZI web site has a great deal of interesting information about her as does the official AE web site. I am also attaching a sample proclamation for AE Day from ZI. Yours in Zonta,Sandra HommelDistrict 5 PR/Communications Chair PS. The Say No quilt is finished. You will be hearing more soon.

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