Laurin L. Bertsch
Mar 15, 2011
Laurin L. Bertsch, 95, of Bluffton, was welcomed into the loving arms of our Lord and Saviour on Tuesday, March 15, 2011. Mr. Bertsch was born in Adams County on Feb. 5, 1916, to Samuel and Rosa (Minger) Bertsch. He married Lillian Kaehr in Bluffton on Feb. 25, 1945; she preceded him in death on Aug. 27, 1996. Mr. Bertsch...
Ronnie K. Weaver
Mar 5, 2011
Ronnie K. Weaver, 65, Bluffton, died at 12:20 p.m. Saturday, March 5, 2011 at Bluffton Regional Medical Center following a long illness. Born in Bluffton on June 19, 1945 to Oren "Sam" and Velda M. (Day) Weaver, he married Sue A. Barnes on March 29, 1975 in Decatur; she survives. Mr. Weaver was a veteran of the U.S. Army and...
Charles Speheger Jr.
Mar 2, 2011
Charles Speheger, Jr., 87, of Grand Rapids, Mich., died at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 2, 2011, at the Spectrum Health, Rehab and Nursing Center in Grand Rapids. A native of Bluffton, he was born on July 14, 1923, to Charles and Mary Rose (Meyer) Speheger, Sr., served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and was retired from General...
Melvin M. Maller
Feb 25, 2011
Melvin M. Maller, 94, of Bluffton, died at his residence at 3:50 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25, 2011. Mr. Maller was a lifelong farmer in Adams and Wells counties. He was a member of the Apostolic Christian Church. He was born Jan. 29, 1917, in Adams County, to Joel N. Maller and Ida M. Gilliom Maller. He married Berniece V. Heyerly...
Bart A. Dudley
Feb 21, 2011
Bart A. Dudley, 44, of Bluffton, died at 2:38 p.m. Monday, Feb. 21, 2011, in Bluffton. Mr. Dudley was born in Battle Creek, Mich., on Feb. 13, 1967. He married Tina E. Poorman in Bluffton on June 24, 1989; she survives. A 1985 graduate of Delton-Kellogg High School in Delton, Mich., Mr. Dudley worked as a Quality Technician at Star...
Beatrice Stout
Feb 19, 2011
Beatrice "Bea" Stout, 84, a resident of Bluffton since 1946, died at 7:47 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011, at the Meadowvale Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Stout was born Jan. 17, 1927, in Greenville, S.C., to Bryant Stout and Nannie Brady Stout. Survivors include three daughters, Judy (Larry) Clifford of Bluffton, Kay (Robert) Mohler of Bluffton, and Bonnie Etie of...
Donald E. Kipfer
Feb 18, 2011
Donald E. Kipfer, age 84, of Bluffton, passed away Friday, February 18, 2011, at Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Born on August 10, 1926, in Adams County, to David and Fannie (Reinhart) Kipfer, Don married Norma Jean Lautzenschleger, who survives. Also surviving includes two sons, Ron D. Kipfer of Craigville, and Wayne E. (Lisa) Kipfer of Bluffton; two granddaughters, Natasha (Brandon)...
Lillian Bertsch
Feb 11, 2011
Lillian M. Bertsch, 80, of Bluffton, died at 7 a.m. Friday, Feb. 11, 2011, at Christian Care Retirement Community. Mrs. Bertsch was born in Wells County on March 18, 1930, to John J. and Lydia (Gerber) Fiechter. She married Walter W. Bertsch in Bluffton on March 4, 1956; he survives. A 1948 graduate of Lancaster High School, Mrs. Bertsch was...
Rose M. Steffen
Feb 10, 2011
Rose Marie Steffen, 58, of Berne, died at 1:20 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011, at her residence. Mrs. Steffen was born in Orlando, Fla. on Feb. 21, 1952, to Donald and Betty (Huber) Lange. She married Ted L. Steffen in Pennville on Sept. 29, 1990; he survives. Other surviving relatives include three daughters, Diane Marie Crawl, Barbara Jean (Matt) Daisey...
Edna Fishbaugh
Feb 7, 2011
Edna Fishbaugh, 99, of Bluffton,died at 2:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7, 2011, at Christian Care Retirement Community. Mrs. Fishbaugh was born in Carlstadt, N.J. on Nov. 11, 1911, to John G. and Bertha (Schumacher)Wohlfarth. She married Clarence E. Fishbaugh in Carlstadt,N.J. on Feb. 20, 1947; he preceded her in death on Nov. 4,2002. A 1933 graduate of Columbia University Presbyterian...
Charles Fiechter
Feb 4, 2011
Charles D. "Charlie" Fiechter, 73, of Bluffton, died at 1:54 p.m. Friday, Feb. 4, 2011, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. Mr. Fiechter was a lifelong farmer. He was a 1955 graduate of Berne High School and was a member of the Apostolic Christian Church. He was born March 11, 1937, in Adams County, to William Fiechter and Salome Aeschliman...
Carolyn J. Gerber
Feb 3, 2011
Carolyn J. Gerber, 71, a resident of rural Craigville, died at 11:50 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011, at the Christian Care Retirement Community. Mrs. Gerber worked for 18 years at the Les Gerber Insurance Agency as a licensed agent and office clerk. She was a 1958 graduate of Decatur High School and was a member of the Apostolic Christian Church....
Barbara N. Hayden
Feb 2, 2011
Barbara Nell Hayden, 88, of Bluffton, died at 5:05 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, at Meadowvale Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Hayden was born in Adams County on July 18, 1922, to William and Ica (French) Grandlinard. She married John Hayden in Wells County on June 9, 1946; he preceded her in death on Oct. 16, 1997. A graduate of...
Justine L. Baumgartner
Jan 30, 2011
Justine L. Baumgartner, 89, of Bluffton, died at 10 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011, at Christian Care Retirement Community. Mrs. Baumgartner was born in Adams County on Aug. 13, 1921, to Joseph and Martha (Aeschliman) Liechty. She married Paul N. Baumgartner in Bluffton on May 16, 1942; he preceded her in death on Oct 25, 2000. Mrs. Baumgartner was a...
John L. Bercot
Jan 25, 2011
The father of a Bluffton resident, John L. Bercot, 76, of Berne, died at 11:06 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. Mr. Bercot was born in Adams County on June 14, 1934, to Louis and Alice (Schaefer) Bercot. He married Betty L. Wenger in Bluffton on March 12, 1955; she survives. Surviving relatives include one...
Emma Josephine Aschliman
Jan 21, 2011
Josephine Aschliman, 90, of Bluffton, died at 1:40 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21, 2011, at the Christian Care Retirement Community. Mrs. Aschliman was a nurse's assistant at the Caylor-Nickel Medical Center for 38 years. She was a 1938 graduate of Petroleum High School and attended Six Mile Church. She was born Feb. 20, 1920, in Jay County, to Lester Paxson and...
Louise Mitchell
Jan 18, 2011
Louise Mitchell, 88, died at 5:50 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011, at Ossian Health Care. Mrs. Mitchell was born Aug. 16, 1922, in Bluffton, to Charles H. Smith and Hazel I. Miller Smith. She was married twice. She married Donald Brooks Faus June 15, 1946, in Bluffton; he preceded her in death Aug. 17, 1962. She married Noble O. Mitchell...
Douglas B. Blessing
Jan 9, 2011
Douglas B. Blessing, 88, of Bluffton, died at 7:15 a.m. Sunday Jan. 9, 2011, at Markle Health and Rehabilitation. Mr. Blessing was a dairy farmer. He owned the former American Motors dealership in Bluffton and was a welder for the Ray Bolinger Welding Shop. He was a 1940 graduate of Rockcreek High School and a member of the Uniondale United...
Clara M. Gerber
Jan 2, 2011
Clara M. Gerber, 85, Bluffton, died at 12:08 a.m. Sunday, January 2, 2011 at the Christian Care Retirement Community. Born in Adams County on Nov. 19, 1925 to Sam H. and Emma (Fiechter) Baumgartner, she married Wilmer J. Gerber on Feb. 14, 1954 in Bluffton; he survives. Mrs. Gerber was a housewife and assisted her husband on their farm. She...
Jo Ann Eubank
Dec 28, 2010
Jo Ann Eubank, 82, Huntertown, died at 6:03 a.m. Tuesday, December 28, 2010 at Parkview North Hospital in Fort Wayne. Born in Wells County on May 26, 1928 to Jacob and Florence (Jones) Houdyshell, she was a 1946 graduate of Bluffton High School and a member of the Park United Brethren Church. She worked at the Toll Gate Motel for...
