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Jesse H. Johnson, age 74 of Fairborn, Ohio, passed away Thursday, July 8, 2021 at Hospice of Dayton. He was born June 24, 1947 in Lenox, Kentucky to the late James and Anna Johnson.

Jesse will be missed by his loving wife of 49 years, Judy; son, Jeremy (Sherrie) Johnson; grandchildren, Matthew Young and Ruby Johnson; siblings, Ethel Mae Gilliam, Betty Jean Gilliam, James Herbert (Gail) Johnson and Lyndon (Sheree) Johnson; and close friend and cousin Dave (Patsy) Sturey.

Jesse was a loving husband, father and grandfather. He always worked to provide for his family. He had been a member of the Faith Hill Church of God for many years where he and Judy were saved on March 27, 1973, baptized on April 8, 1973 and married on May 13, 1973. Jesse loved going to church and playing music. He retired from the City of Fairborn Water Department after 30 years. He enjoyed building and working on things, playing jokes on people and playing cards.

Visitation will be held Friday, July 16, 2021 from 5-8 p.m. at Faith Hill Church of God, 35 Vanderbilt Dr., Fairborn, OH where the funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday. Burial Byron Cemetery.

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GAU, Linda Marie, age 58 of Dayton, passed away on October 17, 2018. She was born at Wright Patterson Air Force Base on February 2, 1960 to the late Charles and Carolyn Gau. Linda had a kind and loving heart and never knew a stranger. She could light up a room with her smile and her contagious laugh . Linda loved to talk on the phone to her loved ones. She was a caring, compassionate, and kind mother, sister, grandmother, aunt, and friend. She will be greatly missed and fondly remembered by all who knew her.

In addition to her parents, Linda was preceded in death by her daughter, Stacey Lynn Barnes.

Linda leaves to cherish her memory, children Amy (Chris) Thomason and David (Monica) Barnes; sisters, Judith (Jesse) Johnson, Diana Long, and Marsha Gau; brothers, David Gau and Kenny (Lisa) Gau; granddaughter, Korie Brooke; and many other loving nieces, nephews, cousins, and dear friends.

A funeral service will be held on Saturday, October 20, 2018 at Newcomer North Chapel at 1pm. Family will greet friends and loved ones for two hours prior (11am - 1pm). Pastor Steve Wagner to officiate. Burial will follow at Fairfield Cemetery in Fairborn, OH.

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Marsha L. Gau, age 58 of Hillsboro, passed away Thursday August 6, 2020 at Heartland of Hillsboro. She was born September 28, 1961 in Dayton, the daughter of the late Charles A. and Carolyn (Godfrey) Gau. She is survived by her life companion, Michael Knight; her granddaughter Brookelyn Thomas; a son, Eddie (fianceé Tamara Rodgers) Thomas; Brookelyn’s mother Michelle Thomas; four siblings Judith Ann (Jesse) Johnson, David Gau, Kenny (Lisa) Gau, Diana Marie Long; as well as several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a sister, Linda Gau. Visitation will be held from 10 am until 11 am on Wednesday August 12, 2020 at the Turner & Son Funeral Home in Hillsboro. The funeral service will follow visitation at 11 am. The graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the Fairfield Cemetery in Fairborn.

Esther married three times:

Everett Jay Dunham (1917 - 1987)

John Merrill Howell (1907 - 1984)

Wilbur Eugene Goheen (1927 - 2018), married 2004

The available public documents do not reveal when the first two marriages occurred, or whether any of the children of Everett Dunham or John Howell were also hers. DLB 2021.

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LYONS - Loren E. Wiens, 85, died Sept. 22, 2013, at Rice County District Hospital, Lyons. He was born Dec. 11, 1927, in Lyons, Kan., the son of Peter and Lanah Long Wiens.

A Lyons resident since 2007, formerly 80 year rural Chase resident, he was a retired farmer-stockman, later years helping his wife, Phyllis, at the S.H.E. Shoppe in Lyons. He graduated from Chase High School in 1945 and received a bachelor's degree in business from Kansas State College, which later became KSU. He was a member of Theta Xi fraternity. State Farm Insurance hired Loren directly from the campus at the frat house to sell insurance, though according to Loren, provided absolutely no training on how to do so. He then worked at Gambles in Kansas City for a short period, then moved on to sell tractor parts for a Kansas City-based company, covering the state of Kansas. He moved to Wichita thereafter to take a job at Beechcraft and he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. His memberships included: Community Presbyterian Church, Chase, where he served as an Elder, currently Trustee, former Treasurer; 1960 to 2008 he was Lincoln Township Board Trustee; board member, Bushton Grain & Supply from 1981 to 1989; Chase Co-op Board from 1965 to 1974, including service as president from 1969 to 1973; He was a 60-year Mason, joining the Masonic Lodge of Frederick, and then Chase and most recently at Lyons. He is remembered fondly as a loving husband, father and friend to all he met.

On Nov. 16, 1952, he married Phyllis M. Schardein in Hutchinson. She died Oct 12, 2011. Survivors include: daughter, Jacque Charisse Wiens of Lyons; his Aunt Rose Hurd, 108 years old, Ehrlinger, Ky.; and four nephews, Doug Sykes of Longmont, Colo., Stan Sykes of Austin, Texas, Ken McFarland and Kevin McFarland, both of Nickerson. He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Leland Kurt Wiens, Aug 3, 1964, at Fort Morgan, Colo.; and a sister, Eulalia Marlene Wiens Sykes.

Funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, at Community Presbyterian Church, Chase, with the Revs. Jesse and Arlene Patrick officiating. Burial will be in Lyons Municipal Cemetery, with military honors by the U.S. Navy and Masonic Graveside Service. Visitation from 2 to 7 p.m. with family present from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013, at Birzer Funeral Home, Lyons. Memorials may be made to Rice County District Hospital, in care of the funeral home.

from The Hutchinson News, Wednesday, 25 Sept 2013.

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LYONS - Phyllis Marie Schardein Wiens was born at the family farm southwest of Nickerson, KS, to Ray Oliver Schardein and Inez Marie Ewing Schardein, Nov 17, 1922.

Phyllis graduated from Fairview Grade School in Reno County, Nickerson High School class of 1940. She attended Hutchinson Community Junior College. Phyllis worked at Fred Harvey House as a Harvey House waitress, numerous other part-time jobs and at Cessna Aircraft, where she helped build Gliders for the World War II effort. In Sept of 1941, she joined the United States "Waves" and served at the Great Lakes Naval Air Station, where she was a Flight Instrument Technician until Sept of 1945. Phyllis later attended Kansas State College, later renamed Kansas State University, where she got a degree in Home Economics and Interior Design. She was then employed by International Harvester as a Home Ecomomist, demonstrating their new lines of Home appliances. She would hold home demonstration group and community demonstrations.

She worked for Smokey Hill Electric at Ellsworth, doing similar demonstrations, Ark Valley Electric Co-Op hired her away and she became their first Home Electrification Advisor. On one of her home visits on Aug 13, 1952, she met Loren Wiens, they married on Nov 16, 1952, at Hutchinson Presbyterian Church. They took over the Wiens' farm in March of 1953, where they lived until May 7, 2007, when they experienced two major floods and wind-storms, causing them to choose to move to north of Lyons with their daughter, Jacque. Their first child, Jacque Charisse Wiens was born Feb 3, 1956, she survives.

Their second child, Leland Kurt Wiens, was born 17 Jan 1958. He passed away Aug 3, 1964, from drowning in a Fort Morgan, Colorado swimming pool. Phyllis was a homemaker and an Avon representative for 23 years. On Feb 1, 1977, she opened the S.H.E. Shoppe, a gift and collectible shop in Lyons, which she has continuously operated. Her memberships included: Chase Community Presbyterian Church, where she served on various committees and was a past Session Member. During her military duty she became a member of the Eastern Star.

She is survived by her husband, Loren; daughter, Jacque Wiens; four nephews, Kenneth and Vickie McFarland, Kevin and Linda McFarland, both of Nickerson, Doug and Barbara Sykes of Kamiah, Idaho, Stan and Carol Sykes of Austin, Texas. She was preceded in death by her parents; and sister, Marilyn McFarland.

Funeral service will be held at 5 pm Saturday Oct 15, 2011, at Birzer Funeral Home, Lyons, with burial in Lyons Municipal Cemetery.

Visitation 2 to 7 pm Friday with family receiving friends from 5 to 7 pm, Birzer Funeral Home, Lyons. Memorials in lieu of flowers, to the Bell and Star Fund or Community Presbyterian Church, in care of Birzer Funeral Home, Lyons.

from the Hutchinson News, Oct 13, 2011.