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...
Case Bradley Maller
Mar 3, 2015
Case Bradley Maller died Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. He is survived by his parents, Mark R. and Stacy L. (Troxel) Maller, of Craigville; grandparents Bob and Kim Maller, of Bluffton; grandparents Brad and Dahlys Troxel, of Bluffton; great-grandparents Gladys Maller, Joyce Troxel and Jeannie Baumgartner, all of Bluffton; a brother, Wade R. Maller, of...
James W. Mobley
Feb 25, 2015
James W. Mobley, 73, Ossian, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. He was born Aug. 20, 1941, in Alabama to James R. Mobley and Mary Alpha Stults; his mother survives in Dearborn Heights, Mich. He married Nancy S. Driscoll in Dearborn, Mich., April 19, 1981; she survives. He graduated from Fordson High School in...
Ruth Helen Reinhard
Feb 22, 2015
Ruth H. Reinhard, 79, of Bluffton, passed away Feb. 22, 2015, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. Ruth was born Feb. 3, 1936, in Fort Wayne to Herbert W. Stoller and Leah Laukhuf Stoller, the youngest of eight children. She made a confession of her faith and was baptized Nov. 25, 1951, at the Apostolic Christian Church in Latty, Ohio....
Lucille J. Kaehr Grandlienard
Feb 15, 2015
Lucille "June" Kaehr Grandlienard, 92, died Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, at Christian Care Retirement Center in Bluffton. She was born July 2, 1922, in Wells County to William G. and Elizabeth (Schwartz) Neuenschwander. Her first marriage was to Walter R. Kaehr June 27, 1943; he preceded her in death. She married Leonard P. Grandlienard Nov. 15, 1995; he preceded her...
Carla Sue Stultz
Feb 12, 2015
Carla Sue Stultz, 58, of Bluffton, passed away Thursday afternoon, February 12, 2015, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. Born on February 8, 1957, in Bluffton, IN, to Darrell L. and Iris E. (August) Stultz, her parents survive in Bluffton. Carla was a 1975 graduate of Bluffton High School and worked in the health care industry for 40...
