Doyle Harnish
Jun 9, 2015
Doyle L. Harnish, 78, of Apache Junction, AZ, passed away Tuesday, June 9, 2015, at his residence. Born in Murray, IN, on December 22, 1936, to John W. and Rozada (Hough) Harnish, he married Joannie Taylor in Scottsdale, AZ, on July 23, 1983; she survives. Doyle attended Lancaster High School and later served in the United States Army from 1954...
Dr. Herbert W. Lohmuller
May 27, 2015
Herbert Wendel Lohmuller, M.D, a dedicated physician who cared for the sick for over 40 years, died at River Terrace Retirement Community on Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 5:06 a.m., two days before his ninety-first birthday. Dr. Lohmuller spent the last twenty years of his medical practice at Caylor-Nickel Clinic and Hospital and was probably best known in the community...
Truman Baumgartner
May 14, 2015
Truman Baumgartner, 88, of Bluffton, passed away Thursday morning, May 14, 2015, at 5:15 A.M., at River Terrace Estates in Bluffton. Born in Adams County, IN, on July 22, 1926, to John B. and Mary (Gehring) Baumgartner, Truman married Marjorie Getz in Peoria, IL, on Dec. 17, 1950; she survives. A 1944 graduate of Kirkland High School, Truman was a...
Joan S. Garrett
Apr 29, 2015
Joan S. Garrett, 95, of Bluffton, died Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at River Terrace Estates. She was born Dec. 18, 1919, and was a lifelong resident of Wells County. She graduated from Bluffton High School in 1937 and worked at Ruth's Dress Shop and as a bookkeeper for Garrett's Marathon Service Station. She was a member of Psi Iota Xi...
Ralph E. Schreiber
Apr 29, 2015
Ralph E. Schreiber, 71, of Bluffton, died Wednesday, April 29, 2015, at his residence. He was born Sept. 9, 1943, in Bluffton to Carl P. and Devona Kyle Schreiber. Survivors include a brother, Fred (Mamie) Schreiber of Bridgeport, Wash. Private services will be held and burial will be at Fairview at a later date. Goodwin-Cale & Harnish Memorial Chapel is...
Patricia Sue Dew
Apr 25, 2015
Patricia S. Dew, 84, of Decatur, passed away Saturday evening, April 25, 2015 at Adams Woodcrest Retirement Community in Decatur. She was born in Wells County, IN, on May 2, 1930, to Carl E. and Elizabeth T. (Curry) Heller; her parents preceded her in death. She had retired from Ameritech Corporation and had attended the First Reformed Church in Bluffton....
Patricia Whaley
Apr 21, 2015
Patricia J. Whaley, 88, of Bluffton, passed away Tuesday afternoon, April 21, 2015, at her residence. She was born on March 1, 1927, in Rensselaer, IN, to Grady Wilbanks and Helen (Hardy) Callander. She married Lawrence Louis Whaley on June 21, 1947, in Jasper County; he preceded her in death in 1991. She attended Ball State University for one year...
Earnest "Earnie" Buchanan
Apr 21, 2015
Earnest Lee "Earnie" Buchanan, 80, of Liberty Center, passed away Tuesday afternoon, April 21, 2015, at Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Born on Jan. 31, 1935, in Lee County, VA, Earnie married Mary Etheleen Grover in June of 1958, in Bluffton; she survives. Together, Earnie and Mary ran the Liberty Center Coffee Shop for 20 years. He also worked at Corning...
Patricia Ann Brown
Apr 18, 2015
Patricia Ann (Connett) Brown, 61, of Bluffton, passed away at 3:05 a.m. Saturday, April 18, 2015 at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. Born Aug. 18, 1953 to William S. and Dena (Hammonds) Connett, she married Richard Brown on July 1, 1995 in Zanesville; he passed away June 9, 1998 . She was a Home Health Aide with the Lutheran Health...
Janet R. Ripple
Apr 13, 2015
JANET R. RIPPLE, 82, of Fort Wayne, died on Monday, April 13, 2015, 8:50 a.m., at Saint Anne home, Fort Wayne. Born Sept. 4, 1932, in Wells County, Ind., she was a daughter of the late Harry S. Faus and Mary L. (Archbold) Faus. She married Russell A. Ripple on Oct. 21, 1950, in Bluffton, Ind.; he preceded her in...
Sylvan E. "Sib" Ringger
Apr 10, 2015
Sylvan "Sib" Ringger, 94, of Bluffton, passed away Friday, April 10, 2015, at Christian Care Retirement Community. He was born Feb. 27, 1921, in Adams County to George Ringger Sr. and Leah Steffen Ringger. He married Violet "Vi" Aeschliman May 9, 1943, in Bluffton; she survives. He owned Isch Gas for more than 44 years and was a member of...
Doris Mayer
Mar 27, 2015
Doris K. Mayer, 59, of Bluffton, passed away Friday evening, March 27, 2015, at Woodcrest Retirement Community in Decatur, IN. Born in Bluffton, IN, on January 4, 1956, to Russell L. and Betty J. (Osborn) Mayer, her parents precede her in death. Doris was the assistant business manager at the Fort Wayne Embassy for 17 years and then went to...
Kay (Kirkwood) Leslie
Mar 27, 2015
Kay (Kirkwood) Leslie, 74, of Fort Wayne, passed away Friday morning, March 27, 2015, at her son's residence in Goshen, IN. Born in Wells County on December 4, 1940, to Paul and Mabeline (Gallimore) Kirkwood, her parents both precede her in death. She married Garland S. Leslie on January 23, 1982, he preceded her in death on July 29, 2001....
E. Richard "Dick" Tullis
Mar 26, 2015
Richard "Dick" Tullis, 82, of Bluffton, passed away Thursday evening, March 26, 2015, at Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Born on February 11, 1933, in Champaign County, OH, to Robert Mitchell and Edith Louise (Walters) Tullis, he married Dotty A. Pighetti on August 17, 1980 in Milesburg, PA; she survives. Dick was a 1951 graduate of Westville High School in Ohio...
Daniel D. Perry Sr.
Mar 24, 2015
Daniel D. Perry Sr., 58, of Michigan City, died Tuesday, March 24, 2015, in Fayetteville, W.V. He was born March 13, 1957, in Bluffton. He is survived by his parents, Paul E. Perry Sr. and Barbara A. (Bertsch) Perry, of Bluffton; two daughters, Tabatha Y. Bates of Texas and Chloie (Richard) Hindenlang of Berne; a son, Daniel D. Perry Jr....
Timothy Peabody" Powell
Mar 22, 2015
Tim "Peabody" Powell, 59, of Keystone, passed away Sunday morning, March 22, 2015, at his residence. Born on May 20, 1955, in Bluffton, IN, to Ted and Roberta (Poffenberger) Powell, both parents preceded him in death. He married Pam Clark on June 9, 1979, in Clinton, MI; she survives. Tim attended Southern Wells High School and was the owner and...
Noah Edward Coffield
Mar 22, 2015
Noah Edward Coffield died Sunday, March 22, 2015, at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born March 22, 2015. He is survived by his mother, Amanda M. Coffield, of Bluffton; a sister, Ashlyn R.A. Hall, of Bluffton; his grandmother, Penny C. (Hall) Gibson, of Bluffton; and great-grandmother Evelyn Hall, of Bluffton. A graveside service will be held at 11:30 a.m....
Trey Joseph Hughett
Mar 18, 2015
Trey Joseph Hughett, 19, of Bluffton, passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2015, in Bluffton. He was born Jan. 26, 1996, in Bluffton to Rick J. and Sherry L. Dustman Hughett; they survive in Bluffton. He graduated from Bluffton High School in 2014 and worked as a shredder at Alexin in Bluffton since that year. Trey loved following college basketball, spending...
Terry A. Murray
Mar 14, 2015
Terry A. Murray, age 59, passed away Monday evening at Christian Care Retirement Community following an extended illness. Arrangements are pending at this time, a complete obituary and service information will appear on this site Wednesday afternoon.
Gail Edward Frus
Mar 8, 2015
Gail Edward Frus, 75, of Bluffton, passed away Sunday, March 8, 2015, at his residence. Gail was born Dec. 7, 1939, in Muscatine, Iowa, to Vera M. Beverland Frus and Harry E. Frus. Gail started working for the Indiana Bell Telephone in 1966 and retired in 1994. He was also a full-time Wells County farmer from 1970 to 1999. A...
