Laura R. Huffman

Laura R. Huffman, age 88, of Sebring, Ohio, passed away at 9:40 p.m., Saturday, February 17, 2018, at Crandall Medical Center.
She was born January 22, 1930, in Lancaster, Ohio, to Barton and Etha (Teeter) Harmon.
Laura was a 1947 graduate of Rush Creek Memorial High School and attended Otterbein College and Franciscan University.
She was a former member of Vine Street United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Women and a current member of the Sebring United Methodist Church. She enjoyed being a homemaker and minister's wife, singing in church choirs and other community groups; and gardening, sewing and knitting.
Laura is survived by her children, Sue (Mark) Linsenmayer, Rodger Huffman, Donna Huffman (Jim Rhea), Mary (Ed) Smeltz, and Jane (Bob) Herbst; brother, Paul Harmon; brother-in-law, Jim Stephenson: five grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Rev. Aubrey Lee "Bud" Huffman, whom she shared 50 years of marriage until his death in 1999; son, Paul Huffman; and sister, Charlene Stephenson.
Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m., Thursday, February 22, 2018, at Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral Home. Private interment will be held at North Benton Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Sunday, March 4, 2018 in Bennett Chapel at Copeland Oaks.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Copeland Oaks Life Fund 715 S. Johnson Rd. Sebring, OH 44672, Hospice of the Valley 5190 Market St. Boardman, OH 44512, or to the Alzheimer's Association 408 9th St. Canton, OH 44707.
Arrangements are by Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral Home 75 S. Union Ave., Alliance, OH 44601.