Person:Mary Carnicom (5)

Mary Lois Overmyer, 80, formerly of South Maple Street, Lindsey, and more recently of Parkside Manor, Fremont, died Wednesday evening after sudden complications at Memorial Hospital.

She was born in Fremont to Harry and Grace (Houtz) Carnicom. Mary Lois graduated with her Green Springs High School class and married Russell Overmyer in 1943 at the former St. Paul's Church in Fremont. Russell died April 18, 1991.

Mary Lois worked at the OH State Highway Patrol, Fremont Post, as a dispatcher. She retired in 1988 after 20 years of service.

A member of the Faith Lutheran Church in Fremont, Mary enjoyed working with ceramics, playing pinochle with her six couple card club for over 35 years, and she also belonged to the OH Child Conservation League.

Surviving are son, Keith (Teresa) Overmyer of Jacksonville, Fla.; daughter, Kay (Kenneth) Tyson of Peoria, Ariz.; sister, Ruth Ann (Roger) Stout of Fremont; four grandchildren and three step-grandchildren. Her husband, brother, Dwight Carnicom, and twin brothers, Sherman and Shelman, and grandson, Christian Frederick, precede her in death.

Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Herman-Kinn-Karlovetz Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Fremont, with the Rev. Karl Ribbeck officiating.

Visitation: 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home and from 9 a.m. until the start of the funeral services at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

Private burial ceremonies will be held later at Greenlawn Memory Gardens, Clyde.

Memorials: Lutheran Social Services, Faith Lutheran Church, Hospice of Memorial Hospital or the American Cancer Society.

Online condolences: www.herman-kinnfuneralhomes.com added by Jon Jay Shultz Originally published May 20, 2005