Ola Mae Mercer-Hill
Jul 29, 2010
Ola Mae Mercer-Hill, age 85 of Markle, passed away Thursday morning, July 29, 2010, at Markle Health & Rehab. A full obituary can be found on this site later this afternoon.
George E. Bower
Jul 22, 2010
George E. Bower, 72, of Poneto, died at 1:29 a.m. Thursday, July 22, 2010, at his residence. Mr. Bower was born in Poneto on Aug. 20, 1937, to Paul V. and Florence (Cline) Bower. He married Ramona Carr in Bluffton on July 25, 1959; she survives. A 1955 graduate of Petroleum High School, Mr. Bower retired from Franklin Electric in...
Avis L. Freds
Jul 22, 2010
Avis L. Freds, 84, of Fort Myers, Fla., died Thursday,July 22, 2010, at her residence. Mrs. Freds was born in Huntington County on Aug.15, 1925, to Frank and Mary (Beck) Allred. She married Bryce S. Freds in Warren on April 22, 1943; he survives. A 1943 graduate of West Rockcreek High School,Mrs. Freds was a homemaker who also assisted her...
Howard E. Schwartz
Jul 18, 2010
Howard E. Schwartz, 84, of Bluffton, died at 1:54 a.m. Sunday, July 18, 2010, at the Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Mr. Schwartz worked for the U.S. Postal Service from 1965 to 1987, serving as postmaster in Craigville and Ossian. He had also been employed at Gerber Furniture and Dunbar Furniture. Worked part-time for nine years at Umber's Ace Hardware. He...
Allen L. Bell
Jul 11, 2010
Allen L. Bell, 61, of Berne,died at 2:12 a.m. Sunday, July 11, 2010, at Chalet Village Health and Rehabilitation. Mr. Bell had been an employee of Keebler Manufacturing,the Rustic Cove, and the Snug restaurant. He was a member of Faith Baptist Church. Mr. Bell was born April 25, 1949, in Fort Wayne, to Lee Edward Bell and Virginia Brown Bell....
Earleen B. Steffen
Jul 7, 2010
Earleen B. Steffen, 85, Decatur, died at 8:33 p.m. Wednesday, July 7, 2010, at Adams County Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Steffen had been employed as the treasurer for the Adams Central School Corp. She was a 1943 graduate of Lancaster High School and was a member of the Apostolic Christian Church. She was born May 27, 1925, in Wells County, to...
Melvin M. Fiechter
Jul 2, 2010
Melvin M. Fiechter, 91, of Bluffton, went to be with his Lord Friday morning, July 2, 2010, at his rural Bluffton residence. He was born in Wells County on Feb. 25, 1919, to Joel and Lucinda Baumgartner) Fiechter. He married Doris Frauhiger on May 2, 1943, in Bluffton. They were blessed with 67 years of marriage. Melvin was a life...
Walter B. Valentine
Jun 15, 2010
Walter B. Valentine, 83, of Bluffton, died at 6:35 p.m. Tuesday, June 15, 2010, at Meadowvale Care and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Valentine was born in Circleville, Ohio on July 22, 1926, to George and Esther (Murray) Valentine. He married Wilma Marshall in Bluffton on Feb. 21, 1998; she survives. Mr. Valentine served in the U.S. Army from 1945 to 1946....
Nila G. Schlagenhauf
Jun 4, 2010
Nila G. Schlagenhauf, 100, a resident of the Christian Care Retirement Community, died there at 7:20 a.m. Friday, June 4, 2010. Mrs. Schlagenhauf was a housewife and was also a retail clerk at J.C. Penney before her retirement. She was a 1928 graduate of Petroleum High School and was a member of the Nottingham Church. She was born Dec. 8,...
Esther L. Bucklin
Jun 1, 2010
Esther J. Bucklin, 79, of Bluffton, died at 6:08 a.m. Tuesday, June 1, at the Bluffton Regional Medical Center. She was born Nov. 20, 1930, in South Bend, to Alex Stefanski and Dorothy Wawrzyniak Stefanski. She married Rick Neeley Nov. 5, 1993, in Fort Wayne. Her husband survives. Also surviving is a brother, Aloysuis (Carole) Stefanski of Wayndale. She was...
Charles J. Baller Jr.
May 29, 2010
Charles J. Baller Jr., 81, of Bluffton, died at 9:26 a.m. Saturday, May 29, 2010, at the Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Mr. Baller was born Aug. 2, 1928, at Poneto, to Charles J. Baller Sr. and Grace Baumgartner Baller. He married Rosalie T. Wolfe Aug. 15, 1948, in Wells County; his wife died Feb. 2, 1978. Survivors include a son,...
Kenneth M. Austin
May 29, 2010
Kenneth M. Austin, 70, of Bluffton, died at 7:04 p.m. Saturday, May 29, 2010, at the Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Mr. Austin was retired from the Bluffton-Harrison Metropolitan School District, where he had worked for 23 years as a janitor and in service/maintenance. He was a 1959 graduate of Dunkirk High School. He was a member of the Epworth United...
Helen Lucille Ford
May 24, 2010
Helen Lucille Ford, age 91 of Whitney, Texas, passed away peacefully Monday, May 24, 2010, at Hillcrest Hospital in Waco, Texas. Mrs. Ford was born on April 19, 1919, in Keystone, Indiana to James Elmer and Myrtle (Hammond) Wilson. She was preceded in death by two husbands, Wayne Bauserman and Arthur Ford. Survivors include two daughters, Linda (Ray) Howell and...
Ruth N. Maddux
May 14, 2010
Ruth N. Maddux, 91, of Fort Wayne and formerly of Bluffton, died at 12:50 a.m. Friday, May 14, at her residence. Mrs. Maddux was born in Hanbil, Mo. on Dec. 15, 1918, to Harry M. and Hazel (Hughes) Miller. She married Nathan H. Maddux in Bluffton; he preceded her in death on March 11, 1981. A 1936 graduate of Bluffton...
Thomas R. Melching
May 11, 2010
Thomas R. Melching, 54, of Bluffton, died at 1:25 p.m. Tuesday, May 11, 2010, at his residence. Mr. Melching was born in Bluffton on April 14, 1956 to Homer and Lois "Ginger" (Kleinknight) Melching. A 1975 graduate of Bluffton High School, Mr. Melching attended college in Michigan for two years. He worked for the Marriott Hotel in Fort Wayne and...
Mahilda L. Dubach
May 11, 2010
Mahilda L. Dubach, 87, of Bluffton, died at 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, May 11, 2010, at the Christian Care Retirement Community. Mrs. Dubach had been a waitress at the Dutch Mill restaurant and had retired as an inspector for the CTS Corp. in Berne after 25 years' employment. She was a member of the Apostolic Christian Church. She loved her grandchildren...
Mary E. Dewitt
May 5, 2010
Mary E. DeWitt, 89, a former resident of Bluffton, died at 7:25 a.m. Wednesday, May 5, 2010,at the Ossian Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. DeWitt was born June 6, 1920, in Harlan County, KY to James Saylor and Lithey Allen Saylor Sharp. She married Alpha A. DeWitt March 13, 1956, in Winchester. Her husband died June 30, 2007. Survivors include...
Mark R. Moser
May 1, 2010
Mark R. Moser, 60, a resident of rural Decatur, died at 4:40 a.m. Saturday, May 1, 2010, at his residence. Mr. Moser worked for 30 years as an agent for National Oil and Gas in Bluffton. He was a farmer and also did dairy farming. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Mr. Moser was a 1968 graduate...
Betty Roslie Voss
Apr 25, 2010
Betty Roslie Wildman Voss, 81, of Bluffton, died at 8:05 p.m. Sunday, April 25, 2010, at River Terrace Estates. Mrs. Voss was born Oct. 8, 1928, in Bement, Ill., to Russell Wildman and Lena Hammon Wildman. She married Scottie Voss Dec. 12, 1958, in Chicago. Her husband preceded her in death Nov. 24, 1978. She is survived by a sister,...
Jesse A. Gephart
Apr 24, 2010
Jesse A. Gephart, 70, of Bluffton, died at 6:27 p.m. Saturday, April 24, 2010, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. Mr. Gephart was an employee of the Meshberger stone quarry for more than 40 years. He was born Aug. 13, 1939, in Poneto, to Marion L. Gephart and Mary E. Murray Gephart. He married Alice F. Hiester in Bluffton on...
