Harry J. Longenberger
Mar 7, 2012
Harry J. Longenberger, 84, of Monroe, passed away following a battle with cancer at 2:53 a.m. Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at his residence at the Christian Care Retirement Community. Mr. Longenberger was employed at Gerber Furniture for 21 years before purchasing the business with his brother Roger in 1969. He remained a co-owner of Gerber Furniture for the next 24...
Danny Dwayne Morgan
Mar 3, 2012
Danny Dwayne Morgan, 66, of Bluffton and formerly of Naples, Fla., died at 1:47 a.m. Saturday, March 3, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Morgan was born in Muncie on July 4, 1945, to Paul Earnest Morgan and Mary Alice Knapp Morgan. He married Debborah Lynn Cowan in Beaufort, S.C., on Sept. 30, 1966; she survives in Naples, Fla. Other surviving...
Baby Bear (Stillborn)
Mar 1, 2012
Baby Bear was stillborn at 8:59 p.m., Thursday, March 1, 2012 at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. Survivors include the parents, Dr. Kevin and Kami (Fiechter) Bear and two brothers, Jackson and Bentley Bear, all of Bluffton; paternal grandparents, Gary and Cindy (Highlen) Bear of Ossian; maternal grandparents Tim & Vicki (Isch) Fiechter of Bluffton; paternal greatgrandparents Mildred Bear of...
Delmar W. Jeffries
Feb 29, 2012
Delmar "Jim" W. Jeffries, 87, of Bluffton, died at 5:20 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, at Christian Care Retirement Community in Bluffton. Mr. Jeffires was born in Bluffton on Dec. 8, 1924, to Delmar H. and Clara (Abbott) Jeffries. He married Betty J. Stout in Reiffsburg on June 30, 1951; she preceded him in death on April 8, 2004. A...
Alan R. Steffen
Feb 25, 2012
Alan R. Steffen, 54, of Richmond, a former resident of Bluffton, died at 8:36 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, at Reid Hospital and Health Services in Richmond. Mr. Steffen was born in Bluffton on June 21, 1957, to Max M. Steffen and Eunice A. Kipfer Steffen. Surviving relatives include his mother, a resident of Bluffton, and a brother, Daniel (Jane)...
Cary A. Kahn
Feb 14, 2012
Cary A. Kahn, 53, of Fort Wayne and formerly of Wells County, died at 11:47 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Kahn was born on July 26, 1958, in Wells County, to Lester D. and Carolyn R. (Bennett) Kahn. Surviving relatives include one daughter, Jessica D. Kahn of Fort Wayne; one brother, Larry W. Kahn of Florida;...
Phyllis Gonzalez
Feb 13, 2012
Phyllis I. Gonzalez, 69, a lifelong resident of Poneto, passed away at 6:10 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, at the Woodcrest Retirement Community in Decatur. She attended Liberty Center Elementary School and Liberty Center High School. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and was a member of American Legion Post 111's Women's Auxiliary. She loved being with...
Robert D. Walburn
Feb 13, 2012
Robert D. Walburn, 88, of Bluffton, passed away at 12:26 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, at the Swiss Village in Berne. Mr. Walburn was a farmer. He was a 1941 graduate of Bluffton High School and was a member of the First Reformed Church of Bluffton. He was a member of the 4-H Association and enjoyed bowling. He was an...
Luster Heyerly
Feb 8, 2012
Luster H. Heyerly, 92, of Bluffton, died at 3:07 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, at Christian Care Retirement Community. He was born in Wells County on Oct. 3, 1919, to Albert and Aldine (Aschliman) Heyerly. He married Martha Neuenschwander in Bluffton on Feb. 14, 1943; she survives. Along with his brothers, Ray and Herman, Luster was the owner of Heyerly's...
Richard Garrett
Feb 5, 2012
Richard E. Garrett, 86, of Chicago and formerly of Bluffton, died at 3:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Garrett was born in Bluffton on Dec. 18, 1925, to Alonzo and Frances(Shafer) Garrett. A 1943 graduate of Bluffton High School, he also graduated from the Indiana University School of Business in 1948. He worked as a salesman...
Rachel Eileen Webb
Feb 3, 2012
Rachel E. Dunn Webb, 89, Bluffton, died at 4:07 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 at her residence. She was born in Allen County on Sept. 7, 1922, to Leo and Marie (Grabner) Louden. Survivors include four daughters, Rochelle Trimble of Killingworth, Conn., Glenda K. (David) Goeglein of Greeley, Ohio, Lyn (Michael) McPherson of Albuquerque, N.M., and Trudi (Robert) Captain of...
Lucille M. Levy
Feb 1, 2012
Lucille M. Levy, 99, a resident of Christian Care Retirement Community in Bluffton, passed away on Wednesday, February 1, 2012, at Bluffton Regional Medical Center. She was born October 16, 1912, in Wells County, to Cleophas E. Myers and Marie (Risley) Myers. She married Amos "Stook" Levy on March 8, 1941; he preceded her in death on August 3, 1987....
John Thomas Goodwin
Jan 31, 2012
J. Thomas Goodwin, 87, of Fort Wayne, died at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, at St. Anne's Home in Fort Wayne. Mr. Goodwin was born in Fort Wayne on Oct. 16, 1924, to Pierce A. and Elizabeth (Schmitt) Goodwin. He married Mary Jane Bear; she preceded him in death on July 15, 2011. Surviving relatives include one son, Robert...
Roy C. Meyer
Jan 25, 2012
Roy C. Meyer, 90, of Monroeville,died at 12:50 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, at The Village of Heritage. Mr. Meyer was born in Vera Cruz on April 19, 1921, to Charles and Esther Yager. He married Evelyn Mae Rauch in Vera Cruz on April 10, 1944; she survives. Mr. Meyer fought in the European Theater with the 4th Division of...
Lahna Roxanne Tonner
Jan 24, 2012
Lahna Roxanne Tonner, infant, died at 7:13 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, at Adams Memorial Hospital. Surviving relatives include her parents, Trevor C. and Rachel R. (Tungate) Tonner of Berne; grandparents, Dean and Julie Tonner of Berne, Randy and Shelly James of Bluffton and Anthony Tungate of Hartford City; great-grandparents, Gerald and Diann Tonner of Decatur, Mary Tungate of Hartford...
Donald G. Maller
Jan 23, 2012
Donald G. Maller, 55, of Bluffton, died at 11:10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Maller was born in Bluffton on July 26, 1956, to Glen W. and Mary (Bickel) Maller. Mr. Maller was a registered nurse, and a 1983 graduate of the Lutheran School of Nursing.He worked for over 20 years at Lutheran Hospital. He was...
Troy William Mercer
Jan 20, 2012
Troy William Mercer, 67, of Bluffton, died Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, in Bluffton. Mr. Mercer was born in Willard, Ohio, on Sept. 4, 1944, to Andrew J. and Ethel M. (Rowe) Mercer. He married Charlene L. Jennings in Ashland, Ky., on May 28, 1968; she survives. Other surviving relatives include three sons, Dan (Edwina) Ocasio of Montpelier, Wayne Ocasio of...
Deborah G. Miller
Jan 12, 2012
Deborah G. Miller, 51, of Bluffton, passed away at 10:47 p.m. Thursday, January 12, 2012, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Miller was born in Indianapolis on December 5, 1960, to George R. and Doris E. (Frost) Akers. She married Terry L. Miller in New Castle on Sept. 24, 1983; he survives. A 1979 graduate of Walter P. Chrysler...
Robert N. Parker Ii
Jan 11, 2012
Robert N. Parker II, 52, of Berne, died Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. Mr. Parker was born in Indianapolis on April 9, 1959, to Robert N. and Sherkyn G. (Serene) Parker. Surviving relatives include one son, Robert N. (Sierra) Parker III of Berne; one daughter, Teresa (Chris) Garner of Poneto; three sisters, Jennifer (Dave) Stemen...
Virgil S. Stubblefield
Jan 11, 2012
Virgil S. Stubblefield, 79, Bluffton, died at 3:10 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012 at Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Born on Sept. 16, 1932, in Cameron County, Texas, to Francis Edward and Lou Vena (Coots) Stubblefield, he married Doris Mae Maxwell on Nov. 3, 2007, in Chicago; she survives. Mr. Stubblefield served in the U.S. Army from 1950 to 1953 and...
