Robert Lee Gilliom
Jan 5, 2013
Robert L. "Bob" Gilliom, 83, of Ossian, passed away at 5:40 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, at Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home in Fort Wayne. Born in Wells County on Oct. 14, 1929, to Raymond J. and Nora Grace (Robart) Gilliom, he married Joyce Ann Felts on Oct. 27, 1950, in Bluffton; she survives. He was a 1947 graduate of...
Mack F. Stewart
Jan 3, 2013
Mack F. Stewart, 75, of Bluffton, passed away at 3:46 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. Mr. Stewart was a retired 42-year employee of Sterling Casting. He had a ifetime of motor repair and drag racing. "He was a simple man with love for his family." He was born Dec. 13, 1937, in Scott County,...
Lois M. Martin
Jan 1, 2013
Lois M. Martin, 81, of Bluffton,died Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, at Bluffton Regional Medical Center. She was born Jan. 10, 1931, in Huntington, to Clell H. Myers and Leetu A. Lawrence Myers. She married Robert L. Martin in Marion July 12, 1968; he preceded her in death June 5, 2006. She was an inspector at Kitco Manufacturing for 25 years....
Janet K. Fahl
Dec 27, 2012
Janet K. Fahl, 73, Bluffton, passed away at 10:50 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, at River Terrace Estates. Born in Bluffton on April 23, 1939, to Charles L. Wilson and Margaret I. (McFarren) Hughes, she was a 1957 graduate of Bluffton High School and a member of the First Church of Christ in Bluffton. Survivors include a daughter, Michelle Richard...
Mary Ann Lucabaugh
Dec 26, 2012
Mary Ann Lucabaugh, 95, passed away at 4:58 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012, at Christian Care Retirement Community. Born in Bluffton on March 4, 1917, to John N. and Ida (Newcomet) Schreiber, she married Omer L. Lucabaugh on Aug. 18, 1937 in Bluffton; he died Sept. 16, 2002 She was a homemaker and was also employed at Kitco Corp. for...
Walter H. Aeschliman
Dec 25, 2012
Walter H. Aeschliman, 91, Bluffton, died at 10:40 p.m.on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012 at Christian Care Retirement Community. Born on June 18, 1921 in Wells County to Samuel and Minnie Gilliom) Aeschliman, he married Imogene R.Bucher on Jan. 18, 1944 in LaCrosse, Ind.; she died July 26, 2003. A graduate of Bluffton High School in 1939, he was a veteran,...
Charleen Ford
Dec 24, 2012
Charleen "Charlie" Ford, 91, rural Bluffton, passed away at 12:55 p.m. Monday, Dec. 24, 2012 at Woodcrest Nursing Center in Decatur. Born in Mt. Vernon, Ill. on Mar. 27, 1921 to Charles and Lena (Highsmith) Ford, she married Harold K. Ford on Apr. 7, 1939 in Paducah, Ky.; he died Jan. 14, 2003. She was a member of the First...
Ursula M. Reich
Dec 24, 2012
Ursula M. Reich, 89, formerly of rural Bluffton, passed away at 2:10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 24, 2012 at Geneva Village in Geneva, Ohio. Born on March 13, 1923 in East Prussia, Germany to Otto and Bertha(Petukat) Dudde, she married Bruno E. Reich on May 14, 1948 in the East Zone, Woez, Germany; he died Dec. 19, 1984. She was a...
Edwin C. Rodenbeck
Dec 23, 2012
Edwin C. Rodenbeck, 87, of Bluffton, passed away Sunday evening, December 23, 2012, at Christian Care Retirement Community in Bluffton. Visitation will be Thursday, December 27, 2012, from 2:00 until 8:00 P.M. at Goodwin Memorial Chapel. Services will be Friday, at Calvary Lutheran Church, at 3:00 P.M., with one hour of visitation prior to the service at the church. Pastor...
Irene J. Steffen
Dec 8, 2012
Irene J. Steffen, 93, Bluffton, died at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012 at Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Born in Wells County on Aug. 12, 1919 to Levi and Mary (Heyerly) Frauhiger, she married Glennes E. Steffen on Mar. 5, 1950 in Bluffton; he died May 25, 1985. She was a homemaker and a member of the Apostolic Christian Church....
Robert E. Pence
Dec 8, 2012
Robert E. Pence, 73, of Fort Wayne, passed away at his residence, Saturday morning, December 8, 2012. Mr. Pence was born on July 1, 1939, in Ft. Wayne, IN, to Herman E. and Allene E. (Baumgartner) Pence; both parents preceded him in death. A 1957 graduate of Bluffton High School, Bob served in the United States Air Force from 1962...
Eleanor Ruth Rice
Dec 4, 2012
Eleanor Ruth Rice, 93, of Wamego, Kansas passed away due to respiratory failure Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at the Wamego City Hospital, in Wamego, Kansas. Eleanor was born April 18, 1919, in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of James C. and Lilian (Doty) Woolley. She attended schools in Wichita, graduating from Wichita State University in 1940 and later attending Ball State,...
Mary E. Moynihan
Nov 30, 2012
Mary E. Moynihan, 97, of Fort Wayne, died at 4:35 a.m. Friday, Nov. 30, 2012, at Woodview Health Center in Fort Wayne. She was born in Bluffton Sept. 12, 1915, to John C. and Elizabeth Effinger Moynihan. She is survived by three cousins, Marcie (Jim) Hunter of Bluffton, Mary Ann Aldin of Fort Wayne and Sister Jeanette Lester, St. Mary...
Mary G. Williams
Nov 27, 2012
Mary G. Williams, 100, formerly of Bluffton, died at 2;10 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, at Heritage Pointe in Warren. She was born Oct. 8, 1912, in Bluffton, to Victor Grosjean and Elizabeth (Eddington) Grosjean. She married Clarence L. Williams in Bluffton, Dec. 19, 1948; he preceded her in death, Oct. 24, 1998. A 1930 graduate of P.A. Allen High...
Kevin K. Miller
Nov 22, 2012
Kevin K. Miller, 53, of Bluffton, passed away on Thursday evening, Nov. 22, 2012, at his residence. He was born Aug. 6, 1959, at Fort Hood, Texas, to Wayne "Bud" Miller and Phyllis (Royal) Miller. Mr. Miller had attended Bluffton High school and had served in the United States Navy. He recently had been working at Medaldyne in Bluffton, was...
Russell Roberts
Nov 22, 2012
Russell Roberts, 82, of Bluffton, passed away at 10:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012, at Meadowvale Health and Rehabilitation. Mr. Roberts was born July 20, 1930, in Champaign, Ill., to Elmore Roberts and Virdie (Anderson) Roberts. He married Betty Jean Morrow; she preceded him in death Jan. 13, 2004. Surviving relatives include two sons, David R. (Therese) Roberts of Markle...
Nellie Marie Harris
Nov 22, 2012
Nellie Marie Harris, 104, of Bluffton, passed away Thursday morning, November 22, 2012, at Christian Care Retirement Community. Born on February 6, 1908, in Uniondale, IN, to Harley and Lulu M. (Nickelson) Haiflich, Nellie first married Ross E. Fahl in Uniondale, on May 17, 1930. Together they had one child, a son, Kenneth Fahl. On October 16, 1937, she later...
Glen Dale Shoemaker
Nov 19, 2012
Glen Dale Shoemaker, 90, of Bluffton, died at 11:50 a.m., Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. Mr. Shoemaker was born in Hartford Township, Adams County, March 22, 1922, to Forest Shoemaker and Flossie Fern (Bryan) Shoemaker. He married Mabel Frances Ireland in Pennville, April 1, 1945; she survives. A 1940 graduate of Hartford Center High School,...
Darlene Kay Erickson
Nov 18, 2012
Darlene Kay Spichiger Erickson, 60, of Nehalem, Ore., passed away Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012 in Nehalen, Ore. Darlene was born in Bluffton, Feb. 27, 1952, to Lloyd and Peggy (Campbell) Spichiger. She attended grade school in Hartford Center, Adams County, and graduated high school in Bluffton in 1970. Darlene traveled west to Jackson Hole, Wyo., for a short period of...
Abilene Marie Fiechter
Nov 8, 2012
Abilene Marie Fiechter, was stillborn on November 8, 2012, at Dupont Hospital in Fort Wayne. Abilene is survived by her parents, Mitch & Jenna (Imel) Fiechter. Private graveside services were held Friday morning, November 9, 2012, at Apostolic Christian Cemetery. A complete obituary will appear on this website at a later date.
