IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Diana

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Captain

May 3, 1938 – May 15, 2012

Obituary

Diana D. Captain, 74, of Bluffton, died at 6:15 p.m. Monday, May 14, 2012, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. She was born in Bluffton on May 3, 1938, to Nathan Maddux and Ruth Miller. She married Charles F. Captain in Bluffton on April 16, 1960; he survives. A 1956 graduate of Bluffton High School, Mrs. Captain achieved a B.S. degree at Ball State in 1960 and a master's degree, also at Ball State, in 1962. She was an elementary and middle school teacher for 39 years at Bluffton-Harrison Metropolitan School District. For many years she led the coordination of the Washington, D.C., trip for the eighth grade. She was also co-owner of the Berne Antique Mall. Other surviving relatives include three sons, Chad (Renee) Captain of Bluffton, Brad (Jennifer) Captain of Falls Church, Va., and Tim (Rebecca) Captain of Bluffton; three sisters, Marna (Sheridan) Endicott of Fort Wayne, Kathy (Ken) Boeslund of Fort Wayne and Gay Isaksen of Palm Dessert, Calif.; and four grandchildren, Andrew, Grace, Ben and Charlotte Captain. Calling hours will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 16; from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 17; and from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 18 at the Goodwin Memorial Chapel. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the funeral home with Pastor Matt Hartsell officiating. Burial is at the Six Mile Cemetery, rural Bluffton. Preferred memorials are to the Diana D. Captain Scholarship Fund.
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