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,...
Robert A. Flowers
Aug 15, 2012
Robert A. "Bob" Flowers, 51, of Bluffton, died at 6:42 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Flowers was born on Feb. 21, 1961, in Bluffton, to Roger L. Flowers and Karen J. (Markley) Flowers. He married Judith A. Boots on Sept. 29, 1979, in Markle; she survives. A 1979 graduate of Bluffton High School, Mr. Flowers owned...
Alfred R. Gordon
Jul 31, 2012
Alfred R. Gordon, 84, of Rockcreek Township, passed away at 9:24 a.m. Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne.
He was born June 6, 1928, in Rockcreek Township, to Robert Ray Gordon and Carrie Alice (Foster) Gordon. He married Gloria E. Stoffel, Nov. 26, 1949, in SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Huntington;...
Lucille Steffen
Jul 30, 2012
Lucille Steffen, 87, of Berne, passed away at 9:30 a.m. Monday, July 30, 2012, at her residence. She was born June 25, 1925, in Wells County, to Louis F. Baumgartner and Ida M. Meyer Baumgartner. She married Norman E. Steffen, May 20, 1945, at the Apostolic Christian Church East in Bluffton; he preceded her in death on Nov. 1, 1961....
Liza Miller
Jul 29, 2012
Liza Miller, 85, of Bluffton, passed away at 1:10 p.m. Sunday, July 29, 2012, at Bluffton Regional Medical Center. She was born Feb. 16, 1927, in Busy, Ky., to George W. Hurt and Susan "Alice" Combs Hurt. She married Milburn Miller Oct. 24, 1944, in Pigeon Roost, Ky.; he preceded her in death Oct. 7, 2011. Mrs. Miller worked for...
Edsel D. Pierce
Jul 26, 2012
Edsel D. Pierce, 87, of Craigville, died at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, July 26, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Pierce was born on June 28, 1925, in Craigville, to Henry L. Pierce and L. Esther Gottschalk Pierce. He was preceded in death by a brother, Edward Pierce. Private family services will be at the Elm Grove Cemetery. The Goodwin Memorial Chapel...
Mary W. Niemann
Jul 26, 2012
Mary W. "Neta" Niemann, 46, of Bluffton, died at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, July 26, 2012, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. She was born on Sept. 23, 1965, in Bluffton, to Max E. Perry and Mary Jean (Thompson) Perry. She married Carlton H. "Jody" Niemann on March 27, 2008, in Poneto; he survives. A 1983 graduate of Bluffton High School,...
Margaret Balentine
Jul 6, 2012
Margaret Ann Balentine, 92, of Bluffton, passed away Friday morning, July 6, 2012, at 11:45 a.m. at her residence. Mrs. Balentine was born on January 19, 1920, in Newport, KY, to William J. and Ann (Thompson) Hollohan. In January of 1943, Margaret enlisted in the United States Navy and served as an Aviation Radio Technician during WWII until October of...
Joyce I. Johnson
Jul 1, 2012
Joyce Ileen Johnson, 59, Berne, died at 7:10 a.m. Sunday, July 1, 2012, at Chalet Village in Berne. Born in Bluffton on Dec. 10, 1952, to Earl E. and Crystal M. (Tuttle) Masterson, she married Stephen Wayne Johnson on Dec. 6, 1979, in Bluffton; he survives. She attended Bluffton High School and was a homemaker and a caregiver for her...
Marjorie Faye Hubart
Jul 1, 2012
Marjorie Faye Hubart, 93, of McGaheysville, Va., died at 5:45 a.m. Sunday, July 1, 2012, at Rockingham Memorial Hospital. She was born on March 15, 1919, in Delphos, Ohio, to William and Edessa June (Sturgis) Hallinan. She married Wallace C. Hubart in Bluffton on March 10, 1941; he preceded her in death on Nov. 9, 1991. Mrs. Hubart was a...
