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...
Bertha Mae Strahm
Dec 23, 2010
Bertha "Mae" Strahm, 86, of Bluffton, died at 8:05 p.m. Thursday (Dec. 23, 2010) at the Christian Care Retirement Community. Mrs. Strahm worked for 30 years at the Dutch Mill restaurant, retiring in 1997. She was also a homemaker. She was born Dec. 10, 1924, in Wells County, to Henry Meyer and Lucy Jones Meyer. She married Aden D. Strahm...
Lona Jane Caylor
Dec 16, 2010
Lona Jane Caylor, 76, of Ossian, died at 4:20 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010, at Meadowvale Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Caylor was born in Wabash County on Dec. 7, 1934, to Russell J. and Martha B. (Cole) Minnick. A 1952 graduate of Somerset High School, Mrs. Caylor gained a B.S. degree in nursing at Ball State in 1956 and...
Ruth Maxine Mcfarren
Dec 16, 2010
Ruth Maxine McFarren, 90, formerly of Bluffton, died at 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010, at Heritage Pointe in Warren. Mrs. McFarren was born in Grant County to Allen and Edith (Hall) Eltzroth. She married Enis E. McFarren in Grant County on April 1, 1939; she preceded him in death on July 12, 1995. Mrs. McFarren was a homemaker. Surviving...
Gary Dale Engle Sr.
Dec 14, 2010
Gary Dale Engle Sr., 62, of Bluffton, died at 1:36 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. Mr. Engle was born in Bucyrus, Ohio, on April 11, 1948, to Harry and Virginia (Staiger) Engle. He married Becky Sue Stebing in Bluffton on May 12, 1964; she survives. Mr. Engle was a retired truck driver who had...
Matthew Robert Leman
Dec 14, 2010
Matthew Robert Leman, 41, of Lynbrook, N.Y., died at 12:47 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010, at Mount Sinai Hospital, Manhattan, New York. Mr. Leman was born in Bluffton on Aug. 27, 1969, He married Phyllis Tocci in Lynbrook, N.Y., on Aug. 20, 2008; she survives. A 1987 graduate of Norwell High School, Mr. Leman worked as I.T. Director for NOITU...
Lorene A. Geisel
Dec 10, 2010
Lorene A. Geisel, 88, of Bluffton, died at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 10, 2010, at the Christian Care Retirement Community. She was born Oct. 17, 1922, in Adams County, to Adolph Geisel and Rosa Rauch Geisel. Survivors include a brother, Vernon (Luella) Geisel of Keystone, and a sister, Delores Maller of Bluffton. She was preceded in death by three brothers,...
William Uptgraft
Dec 3, 2010
William "Bill" Uptgraft, 75, of Bluffton, died at 7:41 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, at the Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Mr. Uptgraft had been employed as a mill operator for the Louisiana-Pacific Co. of Missoula, Mont. He was a Navy veteran, serving between 1953 and 1957 on the submarine USS O'Ryan. He was a member of American Legion Post 111. Survivors...
Edson L. Ivins
Dec 1, 2010
Edson Ivins, age 83, passed away Wednesday morning at Christian Care Retirement Community in Bluffton, IN Visitation will be Thursday December 2, 2010 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM and Friday December 3, 2010 from 1:00 to 8:00 PM at the funeral home. Services will be Saturday December 4, 2010 at the Apostolic Christian Church East at 10:30 AM with visitation...
Harold B. Dahl
Nov 15, 2010
Harold B. Dahl, 81, of rural Bluffton, died at 3:43 a.m. Monday, Nov. 15, 2010, at the Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Mr. Dahl was a farmer. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War, serving between 1951 and 1956. He was a member of the Macklin Chapel and was a member of American Legion Post 111 in Bluffton. He...
Irene E. Reinhard
Nov 10, 2010
Irene E. Reinhard, 94, went to be with her Lord at 6:55 p.m., Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at the Christian Care Retirement Community in Bluffton. Irene was born October 27, 1916 in Wells County, to John and Lydia (Gerber) Fiechter. She married Aaron Reinhard on July 7, 1940; he preceded her in death in 1998. Irene was a homemaker and...
Merle W. Hoover
Nov 8, 2010
Merle W. Hoover, 90, of Bluffton and formerly rural Markle, died at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 8, 2010, at Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Mr. Hoover was born in Mansfield, Ohio, on Jan. 1, 1920, to Jesse B. and Lucy Marie (Darkwood) Hoover. He married Helen M. Deihl in Garrett on Dec. 26, 1948; she preceded him in death on March...
Kimsey Anderson
Nov 3, 2010
Kimsey "Spike" Anderson, 86, of Bluffton, died at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, at his residence. Mr. Anderson was born in New Haven on Oct. 30, 1924, to Milton R. and Bertha M. (Allen) Anderson. He married Gussie L. Exum in Plant City, Fla., on April 8, 1953; she survives. A 1943 graduate of Lancaster High School, Mr. Anderson...
Beulah M. Schwartz
Oct 25, 2010
Beulah M. Schwartz, 80, of Bluffton, died at 6:52 p.m. Monday, Oct. 25, 2010, at the Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Schwartz had been employed at Craigville Hardware and Appliance for 20 years and had also worked at Franklin Electric for three years. She was also a homemaker. She was a member of the Apostolic Christian Church. She was born...
