John Sitton
Jun 21, 2014
John L. Sitton, 83, of Ossian, died at 6:42 a.m. Saturday, June 21, 2014, at the Ossian Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Sitton had worked for General Electric for 25 years before retiring in 1990. He was a member of American Legion Post 111 in Bluffton. He was a 50-year member of Bluffton Masonic Lodge 145, F. & A.M., and...
Jack Z. Swyers
Jun 18, 2014
Jack Z. Swyers, 98, of Bluffton, passed away Wednesday, June 18, 2014, at River Terrace Estates. He was born May 24, 1916, in Lewistown, Pa., to Blanchard and Zella M. Zerbe Swyers. He married Violet Marle Wilson Aug. 11, 1940, in Hagerstown, Md.; she preceded him in death Nov. 20, 2004. Jack is a 1935 graduate of Lewistown High School...
Judy K. Boyd
Jun 14, 2014
Judy K. Boyd, 62, of Poneto, passed away Saturday, June 14, 2014, at her residence. Judy was born in Bluffton March 28, 1952, to E.J. Dulworth and Lucille A. Vaughn Dulworth. She married Jonathan D. Boyd in Liberty Center Sept. 28, 1975; he survives. Judy is a 1970 graduate of Southern Wells High School. She was a loving and caring...
E. Berneil Walsh
Jun 12, 2014
E. Berneil Walsh, 88, a native of Wells County, died at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, June 12, at the Brown County Health and Living Community in Nashville, Ind. Mrs. Walsh was a beautician for more than 30 years and was the owner of the Walsh Tack Apparel Shop in Bluffton. She was a 1944 graduate of Bluffton High School and the...
Kathryn A. (Campbell) Disler
Jun 11, 2014
Kathryn A. Campbell Disler, 92, Bluffton, passed away Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at Swiss Village Retirement Community in Berne. She was born Aug. 7, 1921, in Berne to Jacob Mazelin and Florence King Mazelin. She married Frank Disler Aug. 25, 1973, in Homossassa Springs, Fla.; he preceded her in death. Kathryn was a waitress at Dutch Mill and owner of...
Deborah J. Reinhard
Jun 5, 2014
Deborah J. Reinhard, 62, of Bluffton, passed away Thursday evening, June 5, 2014, at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. Born in Bluffton on November 26, 1951, to Robert L. and Mary Eileen (McGough) Betz; her mother survives in Bluffton. She married Rod W. Reinhard in Bluffton on August 7, 1987; he survives. Deb was an elementary school teacher for 40...
David A. Miller
Jun 5, 2014
David A. Miller, 75, of Lynn Haven, FL, passed away Thursday evening, June 5, 2014, at his residence. Born on April 27, 1939, in Fort Wayne, IN, to Richard and Alice (Pfeiffer) Miller, he married Neana S. Kim in Seoul, South Korea, on February 17, 1964; she survives. David served in the United States Army as a military policeman from...
Robert D. "Bob" Gerber
Jun 1, 2014
Robert D. "Bob" Gerber, 86, of Bluffton, passed away Sunday morning, June 1, 2014, at Christian Care Retirement Community in Bluffton. Born on November 7, 1927, in Craigville, IN, to Eli R. and Rose E. (Schwartz) Gerber, Bob married Evelyn Stoller in Bluffton on November 12, 1950; she survives. A 1945 graduate from Lancaster Central High School, Bob served in...
Carroll J. Gerber
May 29, 2014
Carroll J. Gerber, 79, of Bluffton, passed away at 6:05 p.m. Thursday, May 29, 2014 at the Christian Care Retirement Community in Bluffton. Born on July 10, 1934 in Adams County to Elmer and Emma (Sinn) Gerber, he married Louise Bertsch on March 7, 1954 in the Apostolic Christian Church in Wells County; they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in...
Rod A. Morrow
May 17, 2014
Rod A. Morrow, age 47, of Bluffton, passed away Saturday evening at 9:51 P.M., at his residence. Rod was born on November 6, 1966, in Van Wert, OH, to LeVaughan and Jennifer (Keipper) Morrow. His mother survives in Ossian, IN. He was a 1984 graduate of Archer City High School in Archer City, TX. Additional survivors include two sons, Bryce...
Kevin D. Enterline
May 15, 2014
Kevin D. Enterline, 46, of Pennville, died at his home Thursday morning, May 15, 2014. He was employed at the Hartzell Fan Co. in Portland. He had also worked at All American Homes in Decatur for 13 years and at Sterling Casting in Bluffton for six years. He was a 1984 graduate of Jay County High School and was a...
Kendra Kay Lewis
May 14, 2014
Kendra Kay Lewis, 23, of Bluffton, passed away at 1:02 a.m. Wednesday, May 14, 2014, at Lutheran Hospital. Kendra was born July 3, 1990, in Bluffton, to Paul W. Lewis and Jennifer K. Perry Cobbum; her father survives in Elkhart, and her mother survives in Bluffton. Kendra was a member of the Bluffton High School Class of 2009. She was...
Erika J. Baller
May 12, 2014
Erika J. Baller, 39, of Obion, Tenn., passed away Monday, May 12, 2014, at her residence. She was born Aug. 18, 1974, in Wells County to John Dale and Harriett Tonner Thompson; her mother survives in Ossian. Erika married Charles "Chuck" Baller IV in Townsend, Tenn., June 15, 1996. She graduated from Norwell High School with the Class of 1992...
Hubert G. Isch
May 10, 2014
Hubert G. Isch, 85, of Bluffton, went to be with his Lord Saturday evening, May 10, 2014, at 9:30 P.M., at Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Born on September 28, 1928, in Adams County, to Joe R. and Minnie (Aeschliman) Isch, Hubert married Judy Ringger in Bluffton, IN, on August 24, 1969; she survives. Hubert was a graduate of Adams Central...
Francis W. Leist
May 6, 2014
Francis W. Leist, 93, of Roanoke, died Tuesday, May 6, 2014, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. He was born July 28, 1920, in Wells County, to John and Mary Vancamp Leist. He married Esther A. Snider Leist in Bluffton June 28, 1943; she preceded him in death July 13, 1993. Francis served in the United States Air Force during...
Mildred I. Campbell
May 2, 2014
Mildred I. Campbell, 87, a resident of Wells County, passed away Friday, May 2, 2014, at the Wesley Manor Retirement Community in Frankfort, Ind. She was born Oct. 18, 1926, in Wells County, to Ernest McFarren and Della Harris McFarren. She married Walter "Bud" Campbell Jan. 19, 1946, in Warren, Ind. Her husband passed away Sept. 16, 2003. She was...
Steven L. Mikel
May 2, 2014
Steven Lee Mikel, 66, rural Poneto, passed away at 11:05 p.m. Friday, May 2, 2014 at the Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Born in Westville, Ill. on Sept. 30, 1947 to Steve and Marjorie (Mullins) Mikel, he retired in 2010 after 35 years of service at Franklin Electric and Bluffton Motor Works. A graduate of S.W. (Jackson) High School in 1965,...
Dale R. Maller
Apr 29, 2014
Dale R. Maller, 86, of Bluffton, passed away Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at Rolling Meadows Health Care in LaFountaine. He was born Jan. 17, 1928, in Wells County to Samuel and Katie M. Schwartz Maller. He married Pauline J. Williams May 7, 1954, in Bluffton; she preceded him in death July 11, 1983. Dale graduated from Bluffton High School in...
Jed D. Olvey
Apr 28, 2014
Jed D. Olvey, 63, of Bluffton, died Monday, April 28, 2014, following an auto accident in Rushville. He was born Oct. 16, 1950, in Fort Wayne, to William E. and Betty Lou Maines Olvey; they survive in Ocala, Fla. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a brother, Jay (Sue) Olvey of Fort Wayne, and a sister, Jan...
Lawrence E. Eubank
Apr 28, 2014
Lawrence E. Eubank, 74, of Bluffton, passed away Monday, April 28, 2014, at Meadowvale Health Care. He was born Jan. 24, 1940, in Bluffton to Harry B. and Ada Maxine Baumgartner Eubank. He served in the United States Army from May 1961 to February 1964 and worked at Tuthill Pump for 11 years. He was a member of the Church...
