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...
Terrell L. Bunch
Feb 4, 2015
Terrell L. "Terry" Bunch, 67, of Muncie, died Wednesday evening, Feb. 4, 2015, at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie. He was the owner of Uniondale Heating and Plumbing for five years and also worked for Moser & Sons Heating in Bluffton. He retired in 1994 from Hydro Conduit in Fort Wayne. He was a 1965 graduate of Bluffton...
James W Anderson
Feb 4, 2015
James W. Anderson, 84, of Craigville, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, at Bluffton Regional Medical Center. James was born Sept. 8, 1930, in Huntington County to Willis D. Anderson and Mary Genevieve Ware Anderson. He married Janice A. Julian Dec. 27, 1975, in Ossian; she survives. He served in the U.S. Army in 1952. He was a machinist at...
Floyd A. Meyers
Feb 3, 2015
Floyd A. Meyers, 88, of Berne, passed away at 3:25 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. Floyd was born April 27, 1926, in Summerset, Pa., to Albert Clayton Meyers and Annie Mae Arnold Meyers. He married Marlene W. Meyers in Winchester, Va., July 13, 1984; she preceded him in death Jan. 20, 2005. He is...
James L. Speheger
Feb 1, 2015
James L. Speheger, 93, of Grand Rapids, Mich. and formerly of Bluffton, passed away Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, at Spectrum Health Care in Grand Rapids, Mich. James was born March 27, 1921, in Bluffton to Charles Speheger Sr. and Mary Meyer Speheger. He was in the United States Air Force from 1942 to 1946. He was a retired chemist at...
Ronald D. "Ron" Garner
Jan 31, 2015
Ronald D. Garner, 65, of Bluffton, passed away Saturday morning, January 31, 2015, at his residence. Born on May 4, 1949, to Eugene Garner and Carol (Stoltz) Trepane, his mother still survives in Gary, IN. On October 2, 1969, in Gary, IN, Ron married Kathy Niblick, she preceded him in death on Dec. 15, 2011. Ron later married Matilda L....
Ruth Ann Haneline
Jan 27, 2015
Ruth Ann Haneline, 76, of Bluffton, passed away Tuesday afternoon, January 27, 2015, at Ossian Health and Rehabilitation Center in Ossian. Born on January 12, 1939, in Wells County, to Robert E. and Mary E. (Ramsey) Green, she married James K. "Jim" Haneline on July 30, 1960, in Montpelier, IN; he preceded her in death on April 1, 2002. Ruth...
Hagan Glenn Quillen Ii
Jan 21, 2015
Hagan Glenn Quillen II, 47, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 21, at his home in Berne. Hagan was born Nov. 23, 1967, in Bluffton to Hagan G. and Kathleen E. (Hoving) Quillen; they survive in Domestic. Hagan was blessed with artistic talent and drew cartoons. He whittled things out of wood, played video games and was a Purdue basketball fan. He...
Robert "Bobby" J. Bennett, Jr.
Jan 18, 2015
Robert J. "Bobby" Bennett, Jr., 64, rural Uniondale, passed away at 6:01 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015 at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. He was born in Circleville, Ohio, on July 14, 1950, to Robert J. and Kathryn (Tominson) Bennett, Sr. and graduated from high school in Xenia, Ohio. He worked at Strick Corp. in Monroe for 30 years as...
Owen William-Anthony Collins
Jan 18, 2015
Owen William-Anthony Collins, 3, of Bluffton, passed away Sunday evening, Jan. 18, 2015, at his residence. He was born Aug. 21, 2011, to Tyler Lee Collins and Breanna Joy Arnold; they survive in Bluffton. Owen loved animals and enjoyed SpongeBob, Transformers, and video games. He loved the outdoors and liked playing at the park and riding his bike. Survivors include...
Diann K. Carroll
Jan 16, 2015
Diann K. Carroll, 50, of Bluffton, passed away Friday morning, January 16, 2015, at her residence. She was born on December 28, 1964, in Bluffton, IN, to Ivan E. and Donna J. (Earhart) Breedlove. Diann was a 1983 graduate of Bluffton High School. She is survived by her parents of Bluffton, along with three sons, Adam D. (Tera) Carroll of...
Roger Huffman
Jan 14, 2015
Roger W. Huffman, age 90, of Bluffton, passed away Wednesday morning, January 14, 2015, at his residence. Born in Warren, IN, on Nov. 17, 1924, to Raymond and Iva (Moore) Huffman, he grew up near Warren and Liberty Center, IN. He frequently reminisced about his boyhood on the farm when his father plowed and farmed acres of land walking behind...
Maxine E. Curry
Jan 13, 2015
Maxine E. Curry, 98, of Bluffton, passed away Tuesday morning, January 13, 2015, at Christian Care Retirement Community in Bluffton. Maxine is survived by one son, Jan (Alice) Curry of Bluffton; a daughter, Sharon (Luther) Gerber of Craigville; 9 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and 21 great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Victor and Elizabeth (Porter) Grosjean; her...
Dorothy L. "Dottie" Gerber
Jan 8, 2015
Dorothy L. "Dottie" Gerber, 71, of Bluffton, died at 6:50 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, 2014, at the Swiss Village Retirement Community in Berne. She was born Dec. 25, 1943, in Bluffton, to Herman Gerber and Blanche Easterbay Gerber. Survivors include a daughter, Kathy (Bruce) Toland of Geneva, and two sisters, Geraldine (Robert) Richardson of Hernando, Fla., and Roberta Eisaman of...
Darlene M. Flick
Jan 7, 2015
Darlene M. Flick, 58, of Bluffton, passed away Wednsesday, Jan. 7, 2015, at her residence. She was born Dec. 24, 1956, in Bluffton to Bryce Brickley Sr. and Dorothy Hamrick Brickley. She married Duane Flick in Bluffton Feb. 6, 1982; he survives. Darlene was a Bluffton High School graduate of 1975 and a housewife. Additional survivors include her children, Jonathan...
Martha M. Flowers
Jan 5, 2015
Martha M. Flowers, 89, Bluffton, passed away Monday, Jan. 5, 2014, at her residence. She was born Oct. 18, 1925, in Wells County to Marion R. and Edith E. Johnson Raber. She married Henry Wayne Flowers March 19, 1946, in Hartford City; he preceded her in death Oct. 27, 2004. She retired from OK Modern Cleaners in Bluffton and worked...
