Obituary Listing

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...

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....

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...

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;...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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;...

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....

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...

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...