Lee Gerber
Jan 8, 2012
Lee Gerber, 72, of Decatur, died at 8:32 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Gerber was born in Adams County on Oct. 19, 1939, to Obed and Leona (Bahler) Gerber. He married Jennie Schulz in San Antoinio, Texas, on April 13, 1963; she survives. A 1957 graduate of Adams Central, Mr. Gerber was the owner and operator...
Raymond F. Gobernatz
Jan 7, 2012
Raymond Frank Gobernatz,87 years old of Clarksville, TN passed away at 8:10 am Saturday Jan 7 2012. He was born on June 3, 1924 in Holdingford, MN to Joseph and Hildegard (Meier)Gobernatz. Raymond was born and raised in Holdingford, Minnesota on June 3, 1924. He was baptized on June 5, 1924 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Holdingford. He attended...
Thomas Case
Dec 31, 2011
Thomas R. "Tom" Case, 67, rural Bluffton, died at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011 in Celina, Ohio. Born in Bluffton on Oct. 4, 1944 to Robert and Harriett (Johnson) Case, he was a businessman for more than 50 years, owning and operated Case Leasing & Rental, Inc. of Celina for more than 43 years with his father and brother....
Charles H. Oswalt
Dec 29, 2011
Charles H. Oswalt, 76, Poneto, passed away at 11:20 a.m. Thursday at Bluffton Regional Medical Center. He was born March 11, 1935, in Poneto to Faye and Minerva "Nervi" Gustin Oswalt. He married Ruth E. Moser in Berne Nov. 22, 1963. She survives. Charles retired from Meshberger Stone Corporation in 2002. Prior to working at Meshberger, he worked in the...
Ruth E. Pinder
Dec 29, 2011
Ruth E. Pinder, 84, of Bluffton, died at 5:50 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011, at Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Pinder was born in Allen County on Jan. 31, 1927, to Leo W. and Marie (Grabner) Louden. Surviving relatives include two daughters, Debra L. Horton of Winston-Salem, N.C., and Paige A. Pinder of Greensboro, N.C.; one son, Jon P. (Julie)...
Angelene Kiser
Dec 26, 2011
Angelene Kiser, 78, of Ossian, died at 4:15 p.m. Monday, Dec. 26, 2011, at Ossian Health Care. Mrs. Kiser was born in Chidester, Ark., on Aug. 17, 1933, to John E. Burroughs and Willie L. Cubage Burroughs. She married Richard Kiser, who preceded her in death. Surviving relatives include one son, Harvey (Tina) Swift of Conway, Ark.; six daughters, Chrystal...
Richard P. Kiser
Dec 25, 2011
Richard P. Kiser, 74, of Bluffton, died at 6:55 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011, at the Meadowvale Health and Rehabilitation Center in Bluffton. Mr. Kiser was a 12-year employee of Peyton's Northern in Bluffton, retiring in 2000. He enjoyed fishing and traveling with his wife, loved old country and western movies, and spending time with his grandchildren. He was born...
Richard Haiflich
Dec 25, 2011
Richard E. "Dick" Haiflich, 89, of Bluffton, died at 3:45 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011, at the Meadowvale Care Center in Bluffton. Mr. Haiflich was a 1940 graduate of East Union High School and a 1966 graduate of Rydel College. He was employed at Graden's Recapping and Supply, where he was known as "Farmer Dick," and was also engaged in...
Freida L. Steffen
Dec 17, 2011
Freida L. Steffen, 99, of Bluffton, died Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011, at the Christian Care Retirement Center. Born in Wells County on April 15, 1912, to Samuel and Nettie (Neuenschwander) Gerber, she married Clarence C. Steffen on Feb. 8, 1936 in Bluffton; he died June 24, 1997. A homemaker, she had also worked as the bookkeeper for the Craigville Elevator...
Kathy Ann Garner
Dec 15, 2011
Kathy Ann Garner, 60, of Bluffton, died at 1:40 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, at her residence. Mrs. Garner was born in Bluffton on Feb. 5, 1951, to James F. and Beverly E. (Smith) Niblick. She married Ron D. Garner on Aug. 2, 1969 in Crown Point; he survives. Mrs. Garner was a beautician and from 1969 to 1975 was...
Carson Wayne Tubbs Ii
Dec 13, 2011
Carson Wayne Tubbs II, 20, Fort Wayne, died Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011 at 3:52 a.m. at his residence. Born in St. Joe, Mo., on April 2, 1991, to Carson W. Tubbs I and Tina D. Snodgrass, he was a 2009 graduate of Norwell High School. Carson died in a fire along with his fiancé, Jonette Nicole Chacon. He was a...
Leo Snider
Dec 13, 2011
Leo B. Snider (86) died Tuesday at 10:05 am December 13, 2011 at the Brethren Retirement Community, Greenville, Ohio. For most of his life, Leo and his wife of 63 years, Rose Ella (nee Fair), resided in Mercer County, Fort Recovery, Ohio, raising a family of 5 children and owning and operating the Fort Recovery Hardware. In 2000 they moved...
Judy F. Perry
Dec 4, 2011
Judy F. Perry, 60, of Bluffton, died at 4:32 a.m. Sunday at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Perry had been employed at Franklin Electric, Bluffton Rubber, and Standard Plastics. She was a member of the King's Highway Tabernacle. She was a 1968 graduate of Marshall County High School in Marshall County, Ky. She was born Dec. 24, 1950, in...
Virginia L. Hower
Nov 25, 2011
Virginia L. Hower, 85, of Bluffton, died at 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, at Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Hower was born in Ossian on Jan. 18, 1926, to John "Frank" and Mary C. (Davis) Helblig. She married Joseph Carl Hower in Wells County on Dec. 14, 1944; he preceded her in death on Dec. 27, 1964. Surviving relatives...
Crystal M. Masterson
Nov 16, 2011
Crystal M. Masterson, 83, of Bluffton, died at 1:25a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011, at the Ossian Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Masterson had been employed at the Wayne KnittingMill and was a homemaker. She enjoyed baby-sitting her grandchildren. She was born Dec. 19, 1927, in Wells County, to Leander Tuttle and Mary Ellen McCullier Tuttle. She married Earl E. Masterson...
Nova L. Kipfer
Nov 10, 2011
Nova L. Kipfer, 94, of Bluffton, passed away peacefully with her family at her side at 6:12 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, at Christian Care Retirement Community. Mrs. Kipfer was born on Sept. 6, 1917, in Wells County to Fred and Mary (Aeschliman) Fiechter. She married Walter W. Steffen; he preceded her in death in April 1950. She married Carl...
Wilbur L. Schwaller
Nov 8, 2011
Wilbur "Willie" L. Schwaller, 77, of Decatur, formally of Monroe, passed away at 11:20 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011, at Adams Memorial Hospital. Mr. Schwaller was born Jan. 30, 1934, in Ida Grove, Iowa, to Leonard and Anna (Brinkman) Schwaller. He married Nancy Pinkerton in Domestic on July 2, 1988; she preceded him in death Feb. 25, 2005. Surviving relatives...
Annette M. Thill
Nov 7, 2011
Annette M. Thill, 65, of Bluffton, passed away at 9:16 a.m. Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, at the Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Thill was an X-ray technician for the Caylor-Nickel Clinic for 15 years, and then at Jay County Hospital for 20 years, before she retired in July of this year. She was a graduate of Dunkirk High School. She...
Lorraine V. Doyle
Nov 5, 2011
Lorraine V. Doyle, 81, Bluffton, died at 7:52 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011 in the Bluffton Regional Medical Center's emergency room. Born in the Bronx, New York on June 7, 1930 to William and Violet (Gentlis) Simmons, she married Cyril J. Doyle on May 8, 1972 in Nashville, Tenn.; he died Feb. 28, 2000. She worked at the Decatur Wal-Mart...
Shirley M. Harshman
Oct 30, 2011
Shirley M. Harshman, 79, of Bluffton, died Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011, at Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Harshman was born in Willshire, Ohio, on April 22, 1932, to William and Wilma (McFeeters) Camp. Surviving relatives include two sons, Jeff (Janet) Harshman of Bluffton and Steve Harshman of Poneto; three daughters, Cheryl (Steve) Collins of Ossian and Carol Chavarria of Fort...
