Clara Faith Rectenwald
Oct 29, 2012
Clara Faith Rectenwald entered into the Gates of Heaven before entering this world. Clara Faith was stillborn on Oct. 29, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. at the Parkview Women and Children's Hospital in Fort Wayne. Though Clara Faith never uttered a sound, her life and death were a testimony to the wonderful grace of Jesus Christ. Many people were touched by...
Jakob M. Gerber
Oct 24, 2012
Jakob M. Gerber, 16, of rural Bluffton, passed away at 11:36 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. He was born Nov. 10, 1995, in Fort Wayne, to Kip M. and Jill R. (Ringger) Gerber. He attended Life Community Church. Survivors include his parents; two sisters, Aerika Gerber and Aisha (Brett) Pfister, both of Bluffton;...
Harriet I. Lindsey
Oct 22, 2012
Harriet I. Lindsey, 88, of Bluffton, passed away at 2 a.m. Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, at Christian Care Retirement Community. She was born Jan. 4, 1924, in Dayton, Ohio, to August Joseph "A.J." Horst and Sarah Jane (Marsh) Horst. She married Leon D. "Twig" Lindsey, Oct. 17, 1947, in Fort Wayne. He preceded her in death Dec. 24, 2000. A...
Leon E. Gerber
Oct 14, 2012
Leon E. Gerber, 69, of Warren, died Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012, at Physician's Regional Hospital in Naples Fla. Leon was born in Adams County, June 17, 1943, to David Gerber and Ada M. (Neuenschwander) Gerber. He married Mary K. Gerber in Wells County, July 12, 1964; she survives. A 1961 graduate of Adams Central High School, Leon was the founder...
Aldulla Marie Reinhard-Pulver
Oct 3, 2012
Aldulla M. Reinhard-Pulver, 90, of Bluffton, died at 2:35 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, at Christian Care Retirement Community. She was born Aug. 25, 1922, in Wells County, to Ezra A. Reinhard and Delva (Aschliman) Reinhard. She married Lester Pulver in Bluffton Sept. 20, 1978; he preceded her in death Feb. 14, 2000. She worked at The Snug in the...
J. Stephen Brangan
Sep 28, 2012
J. Stephen "Steve" Brangan, 62, of Fort Wayne, passed away Friday, September 28, 2012, at Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home in Fort Wayne, after a courageous three-year battle with cancer. He was surrounded by family and close friends. Born on December 10, 1949, in Richmond, IN, to Richard and Janice (Roberts) Brangan, Steve married Andrea Pastor in Fort Wayne on...
Martha B. Heyerly
Sep 27, 2012
Martha B. Heyerly, 92, died at 9:10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, at the Christian Care Retirement Community. Mrs. Heyerly was a housewife who helped her husband, Luster Heyerly, with Heyerly's Market in Bluffton. She also had worked for a time at General Electric in Fort Wayne. She was a member of the Apostolic Christian Church. She was born Jan....
James Herndon
Sep 27, 2012
James "Jim" Kenneth Herndon, 85, of Bluffton, passed away Thursday evening, September 27, 2012, at River Terrace Estates in Bluffton. Born on September 20, 1927, in Huntington County, IN, to Elijah J. and Mary L. (Holmes) Herndon, he married Rita E. Geis in Decatur, IN, on March 26, 1949. Rita preceded him in death on February 17, 1966. Jim then...
Dale E. Meyer
Sep 24, 2012
Dale E. Meyer, 80, of Bluffton, died at 1:48 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24, at Swiss Village. He was born in Bluffton, Dec. 6, 1931, to Jacob Meyer and Anne (Bucher) Meyer. He married Glenda Kaye Hari in Cissna Park, Ill., June 14, 1953; she preceded him in death Sept. 28, 1996. He married Sally Gerber in Syracuse July 17, 1999;...
Rodney Jack Russell
Sep 22, 2012
Rodney Jack Russell, 54, of Bluffton, passed away quietly with his family and friends by his side Saturday evening, Sept. 22, 2012, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. He was born April 17, 1958, in Bluffton, to Arthur Jack Russell and Juanita P. (Brown) Russell. He worked as Supervisor Product Development at Master Spas in Fort Wayne for 25 years....
Godfrey J. Bertsch
Sep 14, 2012
Godfrey J. Bertsch, 79, of Bluffton, passed away Friday morning, September 14, 2012, at Christian Care Retirement Community in Bluffton. Born in Adams County on February 11, 1933, to John P. and Leah E. (Rauch) Bertsch, he married Anita C. Lehman in Berne, IN, on May 25, 1952, she survives. A member of the Apostolic Christian Church, Mr. Bertsch was...
Donald Pulley
Sep 11, 2012
Donald O. "Don" Pulley, 79, a lifelong resident of Poneto, passed away at 11:40 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, at Markle Health and Rehabilitation. He was born March 22, 1933, in Grant County, to Harry E. Pulley and Mary O. (Murray) Pulley. He married Alma Rush, Feb. 14, 1953, in Geneva; she survives. A 1951 graduate of Chester Center High...
Debra M. (Carroll) Nelson
Sep 8, 2012
Debra Marie Nelson, 51, of Bluffton, died at 12:35 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, at Bluffton Regional Medical Center E.R. She was born March 11, 1961, in Bluffton, to Everett R. Carroll and Anita M. (Hernandez) Carroll. A 1979 graduate of Bluffton High School, she had been working as an inspector for Quality Inspection since 2006. She attended St. Joseph...
Gwendolyn B. Payne
Sep 6, 2012
Gwendolyn B. "Gwen" Payne, 89, of Bluffton, died at 6:35 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, at Markle Health and Rehabilitation. She was born Oct. 6, 1922, in Fremont, Ohio, to Herbert M. Sommers and Monna R. (Rummell) Sommers. She married James Russell Payne Feb. 20, 1940, in Wauseon, Ohio; he preceded her in death Jan., 30, 1982. Mrs. Payne was...
Doris J. Mcfarren
Sep 3, 2012
Doris J. McFarren, age 87, passed away at 12:20 pm Monday, September 3, 2012 surrounded by her family. She was born in Huntington County to Claude and Rosa Belle (Harris) Shaw on April 3, 1925. She married Gustin E. Oswalt on December 24, 1943 in Hartford City, Indiana, he passed on June 9, 1961. She then married Harold McFarren on...
John P. Stiles
Sep 3, 2012
John P. Stiles, 60, of Bluffton, died at 11:15 a.m. Monday, Sept. 3, 2012, at the Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home in Fort Wayne. Born on Jan. 6, 1952, in Morgantown, W.Va., to George W. and Mabel C. (Zetty) Stiles, he married Deb Brown on Sept. 29, 1979 in Bluffton; she survives. Other survivors include two sons, John Paul Stiles...
Clyde L. Gray
Sep 2, 2012
Clyde L. Gray, 93, passed away at 11:45 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012, at Christian Care Retirement Community in Bluffton. Born in Wells County on Sept. 4, 1918, to Roy and Velvie (Coffield) Gray, he married Rosemary L. Baroni on July 13, 1940, in Bluffton. His wife died Dec. 16, 2009. A Bluffton High School graduate, he and his wife...
William Davidson
Sep 2, 2012
William J. "Bill" Davidson, 62, of Poneto, died at 1:15 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012, at the Meadowvale Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Davidson was born March 7, 1950, at Bluffton, to Thomas Davidson and Nondus Cain Davidson. He married Patricia A. Fuller Sept. 11, 1976, at Poneto; his wife survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Rebecca L. (Brian) Gard...
Robert "Bob" Wayne Kaehr
Aug 18, 2012
Robert "Bob" Wayne Kaehr, 65, of Bluffton, passed away at 8:50 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012, at Meadowvale Health & Rehabilitation Center. Born in Bluffton on Oct. 6, 1946, to Ervin "Kelly" and Irene E. (Adams) Kaehr, he was a 1966 graduate of Lancaster High School and attended the Apostolic Christian Church. Mr. Kaehr served in the U.S. Navy during...
Dorothy M. Pastore
Aug 15, 2012
Dorothy M. Pastore, 79, of Bluffton, died at 3:34 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Pastore was born on Feb. 6, 1933, in Lawton, Okla., to Ernest M. Nottingham and Mildred L. (Reach) Nottingham. She married Nicholas A. Pastore on July 18, 1953, in Lawton, Okla.; he preceded her in death on June 29,...
