Betty J. Rockwell
Jun 26, 2011
Betty J. Rockwell, 85, of Bluffton, died at 4:12 p.m. Sunday June 26, 2011, at Meadowvale Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Rockwell was born in Wells County on June 6, 1926, to Raymond and Essie (Sliger) Johnson. She married Robert Rockwell in Wells County on Aug. 10, 1946; he preceded her in death on Sept. 12, 1987. Mrs. Rockwell was...
Dorothy E. Fosnaugh
Jun 23, 2011
Dorothy E. Fosnaugh, 91, rural Bluffton, died at 12:45 a.m. Thursday, June 23, 2011 at Meadowvale Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Bluffton on April 1, 1920 to Harold and Elsie C. (Crum) Ivins, she married Max E. Fosnaugh on April 12, 1941 in Bluffton; he died Sept. 15, 2003. A 1938 graduate of Bluffton High School, Mrs. Fosnaugh was...
Helen Swisher
Jun 20, 2011
Helen "Jeane" Swisher, 63, of Bluffton, died at 9:15 p.m. Monday, June 20, 2011, at the Ossian Health Care and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Swisher was the clerk of the Bluffton City Court for 25 years. She was a graduate of Bluffton High School. She was born Aug. 24, 1947, in Bluffton, to Paul T. Heller and Kathryn Kohls Heller. She...
Ronald L. Milholland
Jun 8, 2011
Ronald L. Milholland, age 74, passed away Wednesday, June 8, 2011, in Kamuala, Hawaii. He was born in Bluffton on Sept. 10, 1936, to Kedric and Mary Jane (Koenig) Milholland. He married Marlyn Runyon in Bluffton on April 21, 1957; she preceded him in death in 1966. He then married Natalie J. Pittenger in Bluffton on April 23, 1981; she...
Harold A. Perry
Jun 7, 2011
Harold A. Perry, 67, of rural Wells County, died at 3:21 a.m. Tuesday, June 7, 2011, at Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Mr. Perry was born in Bluffton on Jan. 19, 1944, to Kenneth W. and Mary Jane (Grogg) Perry. He married Blanche A. Arnold in Bluffton on June 21, 1969; she survives. Mr. Perry worked at Sterling Casting for 34...
Annette K. Levy
Jun 7, 2011
Annette "Annie" K. Levy, 59, of Fort Wayne, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 7, 2011, at the Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home in Fort Wayne, while surrounded by her loved ones. Born in Bluffton, on Jan. 20, 1952, to Kenneth "Ken" L. and Justine "Juss" Heyerly Aschliman, Annie is survived by her loving husband, Robert "Bob" A. Levy. Annie...
Andrew F. Stiltner
Jun 5, 2011
Andrew F. Stiltner, age 81, of Domestic, departed this world Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 12:43 am. At the Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Andrew (Andy) was born February 8, 1930 in Pearly, Virginia to John M. & Malissa V. (Coleman) Stiltner. Services will be held Wednesday June 8, 2011 at 10:00 am with Mark Dauterman officiating at the Goodwin Memorial...
Della Mae Smallman
Jun 3, 2011
Della M. Smallman, 72, Bluffton, died at 1:30 p.m. Friday, June 3, 2011 at her residence. Born in Hignight, Ky. on July 2, 1938 to James I. and Emmer K. (Upton) Jackson, she married Carl R. Smallman Jr. on Sept. 24, 1958 in Balkin, Ky.; he survives. Mrs. Smallman was a housekeeper at Meadowvale Health and Rehabilitation Center for 31...
Donna K. Lewis
May 26, 2011
Donna K. Lewis, 72, of Bluffton, died at 12:58 p.m. Thursday, May 26, 2011, at her residence. Mrs. Lewis was born in Bluffton on March 8, 1939, to William and Rosetta (Jones) Betz. She married Clyde M. Lewis in Bluffton on Aug. 20, 1955; he preceded her in death on April 25, 2001. Mrs. Lewis was a housewife, and attended...
Eugene Glover
May 16, 2011
Eugene W. "Geno" Glover, 71, of Ossian, died at 5:10 a.m. Monday, May 16, 2011, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. Mr. Glover was born in Edgley, N.D. on May 4, 1940, to Stephen and Marie (McDougal) Glover. He married Glenda Faye Courtios in Bluffton on March 28, 1992; she survives. Mr. Glover attended Merrill High School in Wisconsin and...
William A. Isch
May 7, 2011
William A. Isch, 80, of Bluffton, died at 12:33 a.m. Saturday, May 7, 2011, at River Terrace Estates. Mr. Isch was born in Decatur on July 14, 1930, to William J. and Iva (Andrews) Isch. He married Mary Lou Strait in Pennville on Aug. 17, 1957; she survives. Mr. Isch served in the U.S. Army from 1954 to 1956. He...
Gary W. Ramseyer Sr.
May 6, 2011
Gary W. Ramseyer Sr., 60, of Bluffton, died at 3:30 a.m. Friday, May 6, 2011, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. Mr. Ramseyer was born in Bluffton on Feb. 5, 1951, to Gerald and Joan (Ulmer) Ramseyer. He married Pam Rains in Montpelier on July 10, 1982; she survives. Mr. Ramseyer worked for STS Truck and Equipment in Uniondale as...
Diana Sue Tonner
May 5, 2011
Diana S. Tonner, 65, of rural Decatur, died at 9:37 p.m. Thursday, May 5, 2011, at her residence. Mrs. Tonner was born in Decatur on March 22, 1946 to Carl and May (Kaehr) Hirschy. She married William D. Tonner in Berne on June 3, 1966; he survives. A 1964 graduate of Adams Central High School, Mrs. Tonner was a housewife...
Sylvia S. Reinhard
May 4, 2011
Sylvia S. Reinhard, 96, of Bluffton, went to be with her Lord at 3:52 a.m. Wednesday, May 4, 2011, at the Christian Care Retirement Community in Bluffton. Sylvia was born May 29, 1914, in Adams County, to Daniel O. and Katherine Kipfer. Sylvia cared for her widowed mother for 38 years. She also worked as a seamstress for many years...
Barbra Lou Lesh
May 3, 2011
Barbra L. Lesh, 83, of Bluffton,died at 2 a.m. Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at River Terrace Estates.Mrs. Lesh was a former librarian at the Wells County Publicibrary, and she taught reading at Lancaster Central Elementary School for 18 years. She loved music and was in several musicals. She played the organ at St. Paul Lutheran Church for approximately 50 years.She...
James J. Smith
Apr 28, 2011
James J. Smith, 85, of Bluffton, died at 2:55 a.m. Thursday, April 28, 2011, at his son's residence in Bluffton. Mr. Smith was born in Richlands, Va., on Jan. 14, 1926. He married Donna Hounshell on June 6, 1951; she preceded him in death on Feb. 19, 1997. Mr. Smith served in the U.S. Army, and also worked at General...
Edwin C. Baublet
Apr 28, 2011
Edwin C. Baublet, 65, of Poneto, died Thursday, April 28, 2011, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. Mr. Baublet was born in Wabash on March 11, 1946, to Carl E. and Lura M. (Comstock) Baublet. He married Phyllis Dulworth on Sept. 26, 1965; she preceded him in death on Aug. 21, 1969. He married Billie M. (McCoin) Baublet in Wells...
Betty Jo Young
Apr 19, 2011
Betty Jo Young, 77, of Huntington, the sister of two Bluffton residents, died at her home at 3:15 a.m. Tuesday, April 19, 2011. Mrs. Young was born April 14, 1934, at Shelby Gap, Ky., to Leaf VanOver and Cosby Alice Anderson VanOver. She married Robert M. Young July 13, 1968, in Ringgold, Ga.; her husband preceded her in death October...
Roxie Ann Michael
Apr 18, 2011
Roxie Ann Michael, 51, of Craigville, died at 9:46 p.m. Monday, April 18, 2011, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. She was born Feb. 19, 1960, in Bluffton, to Robert E. Grimm and Malvra A. Bailey Grimm. She married William K. "Bill" Michael April 1, 1978, in Petroleum; her husband survives. Also surviving are her father and stepmother, Robert and...
Jerry L. Penrod
Apr 18, 2011
Jerry L. Penrod, 67, of Bluffton, died at 10:15 a.m. Monday, April 18, 2011, at his residence. Mr. Penrod was born in Bluffton on Nov. 7, 1943 to Claude and Verda (Gordon) Penrod. He married Joanna Jump in Uniondale on Aug. 30, 1964; she survives. A 1961 graduate of Rockcreek High School, Mr. Penrod also graduated from Ball State University...
