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;...
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...
