Jerry D. Dingledine

Jerry D. Dingledine, 76, of Lima, died at 5:26 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017 in the emergency room of Lima Memorial Health Systems. He was born Sept. 18, 1940 in Lima to Lawrence and Dorothy (Ruth) Dingledine, Sr., who preceded him in death. He was married Shelba Jean Castle who preceded him in death.

Surviving are four children: Deborah Jean Crawford of Findlay, Teresa (Steve) Davis of Lima, Jeffrey Dingledine of Kenton and Linda Converse of Florida; a sister-Janet Hunter of Ohio; eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

The following siblings preceded him in death: Alice Hughes, Mary Lou Dunlap and Lawrence Dingledine, Jr.

Jerry was a long-time employee of Airfoil Textron, formerly Ex-Cell-O. He was a member of the Lima Seventh-day Adventist Church where he collected food for their Food Bank. He was a ham radio operator and was fascinated with any form of electronic gadgetry. He is most remembered by his wonderful sense of humor. He enjoyed traveling and loved his children and grandchildren.

Services will begin at 1:00 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017 at Siferd-Orians Funeral Home, with Pastor Don Byard officiating, where friends and family may call one hour prior to the service.

Memorial contributions may be made to his family.

Condolences may be expressed online at www.siferd-oriansfuneralhome.com