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.
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;...
