Marian Maxine Lahm

Marian Maxine Lahm, 86, of Tuscarawas, died Tuesday, March 26, 2013 in Beacon Point Health Care Center at Uhrichsville following a period of declining health.

A daughter of the late Otis and Essie (O’Brien) Simmons, Marian was born September 5, 1926 at Goshen, Ohio.

Marian was a 1944 graduate of Tuscarawas Warwick High School. On May 7, 1949, she married Phillip E. Lahm and together they raised a daughter, Patricia. The couple shared 59 years of marriage prior to Phillip’s passing on March 16, 2009.

She was a member of St. James Lutheran Church at Tuscarawas and was retired from Hart’s Family Center where she worked as a Sales Clerk.

Surviving is her daughter and son-in-law, Patricia and Dana Moore of Tuscarawas; two granddaughters, Rachelle (Tom) Willis of Bolivar and Lindsay (Kevin) Herron of Strasburg; two great granddaughters, Kennedy Willis and Delanee Herron and an expectant great grandchild; a sister, Jane Couts of Dover and several nieces and nephews.

Marian was preceded in death by her parents, a sister, Martha Mathias and a brother, Otis Simmons Jr.

In keeping with Marian’s wishes, private family services will be held in the Linn-Hert-Geib Funeral Home & Crematory at New Philadelphia and interment will take place in East Avenue Cemetery at New Philadelphia.

Contributions may be made on Marian’s memory to St. James Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 336, Tuscarawas, OH 44682 or to Cats N Us c/o Tuscarawas County Humane Society, 6895 Dover-Zoar Road, Dover, OH 44622.