Oscar E. Andrews
Mar 6, 2010
Oscar E. Andrews, rural Bluffton, died at 9:48 p.m. Saturday, March 6, 2010, which was his 82nd birthday. Mr. Andrews had worked for Franklin Electric for more than 40 years as head of the Specialty Design Group. He later did consultant work for Franklin Electric. He was a 1946 graduate of Bluffton High School. He attended the Park United Brethren...
Beth A. Followill
Mar 3, 2010
Beth A. Followill, 50 Beth A. Followill, 50, of Bluffton, died Wednesday, March 3, 2010, at Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Followill was born in Carlsbad, N.M. on May 7, 1959 to Charles and Merne (Hollingsworth) Abernathy. She married Mark Followill in Merkel, Texas on Jan. 15, 2007; he survives. Mrs. Followill graduated from Carlsbad High School in 1977 and...
Elizabeth Salyers
Feb 28, 2010
Elizabeth Salyers, 71, Bluffton, died Sunday evening, Feb. 28, 2010, at the Meadowvale Care and Rehabilitation Center in Bluffton. Mrs. Salyers was born on April 23, 2010 in Harveyton, Ky. to William M. and Lena (Daniels) Combs. She married Amos L. Salyers in Hazard, Ky. on May 26, 1956; her husband survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Sherry Salyers of...
Ronda J. Frantz
Feb 27, 2010
Ronda J. Frantz, 54, of Bluffton, died at 9:45 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010, at the Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Frantz was a 10-year employee of Pretzel's, retiring in January of this year. She was a 1973 graduate of Bluffton High School and attended the Reiffsburg United Methodist Church. She participated in the Thursday Nite Bowling League in Bluffton....
Ezra Reinhard Jr.
Feb 27, 2010
Ezra Reinhard Jr., 84, of Bluffton, died at 3:23 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010, at the Christian Care Retirement Community. Mr. Reinhard was a lifelong farmer and mechanic. He was an avid tractor pulling enthusiast. He was a member of the Apostolic Christian Church. Mr. Reinhard was born June 11, 1925, in Wells County, to Ezra Reinhard and Delva Aschliman...
Robert J. Elliott
Feb 23, 2010
Robert J. Elliott, 86, of Bluffton, died at 10:37 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010, at Lutheran Hospital. Mr. Elliott was born in St. Louis on Oct. 24, 1923 to Joseph A. and Virginia L. (Bibb) Elliott. He married Barbara J. Huffman in Wells County on June 13, 1949; she survives. From 1943 to 1946, Mr. Elliott served in the U.S....
Marjorie Mae Taylor
Feb 15, 2010
Marjorie "Mae" Taylor, 92, of Bluffton, died at 2:05 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15, 2010, in the continuing care unit of the Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Taylor was a licensed practical nurse for Wells Community Hospital and the Caylor Nickel Clinic. She was a member of the First Church of Christ. She was born March 31, 1917, in Wells County,...
Donna G. Brown
Feb 15, 2010
Donna G. Brown, 70, Berne, died at 6:45 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15, 2010 at Parkview Memorial Hospital in Fort Wayne. Born in Wells County on Oct. 10, 1939, to Cleo and Marjorie (Barton) Bennett, survivors include her former husband, Roger Brown, to whom she was married for 10 years; a son, Dale (Janet) Brown of Berne; and one step-grandchild. She...
Wilma May Schmidt
Feb 13, 2010
Wilma May Schmidt, 91, of Bluffton, died at 5:20 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010, at Meadowvale Health and Rehabilitation. Mrs. Schmidt was born in Delaware County on May 23, 1918, to Hudson and Mary (McCormick) Penrod. She married James Russel Schmidt in Muncie on Dec. 12 1936; he preceded her in death on March 25, 1978. Mrs. Schmidt was formerly...
Michael Charles Brickley
Feb 12, 2010
Michael Charles Brickley, 57, of Bluffton, died at 2:56 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, 2010, as a result of an automobile accident on Ind. 46 near Columbus. Mr. Brickley was born on March 19, 1952, in Wells County, to Nile Sharpe and Elizabeth (Brickley) Heron. His mother survives in Montpelier. Also surviving are two sons, Michael C. (Athena) Brickley of Ossian...
Kenneth L. Schwartz
Feb 4, 2010
Kenneth L. Schwartz, 82, of Bluffton, died at 9:40 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 at Christian Care Retirement Community. Mr. Schwartz was born in Adams County on Oct. 12, 1927 to Joel and Sarah (Nussbaum) Schwartz. He married Elizabeth Bertsch in Bluffton on Dec. 11, 1949; she survives. Mr. Schwartz served in the U.S. Army. He worked as a press...
William R. Clanin
Jan 29, 2010
William R. Clanin, 84, of Bluffton, died at 1:05 p.m. Friday at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne.Mr. Clanin was born Nov. 22, 1925, at Bluffton, to Russell Clanin and Mary Brown Clanin. He married Norma Jean Wamsley Oct. 11, 1952, in Huntington. His wife died Feb. 23, 1987. Survivors include a son, Kent (Penny) Clanin of DeRay Beach, Fla.; a...
Nina M. Aschliman
Jan 21, 2010
Nina M. Aschliman, 91, Bluffton, died at 9:15 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010 at Christian Care Retirement Community. Born on Jan. 13, 1919 in Wells County to Ferdinand and Mary Aeschliman Krummen, she married Herman H. Aschliman on Dec. 2, 1950 in Bluffton; he died Feb. 28, 1992. A member of the Apostolic Christian Church, she was a homemaker and...
Richard E. Brickley
Jan 19, 2010
Richard E. Brickley, 71, of Bluffton, died at 5:25 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, in the emergency room of the Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Mr. Brickley was employed at Crosby's Construction for 15 years, at General Motors for 10 years, and at Corning Glass for 10 years. He attended the Bluffton Wesleyan Chapel. He enjoyed the Wheels of Yesteryear and...
Anna Marie Stauffer
Jan 10, 2010
Anna Marie Stauffer, 78, of Bluffton, died at 5:05 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010, at the Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Stauffer was born in Bluffton on March 26, 1931, to Cornelius and Anna (Oberlander) Steffen. She married Robert L. Stauffer in Bluffton on Nov. 30, 1951; he preceded her in death on Dec. 28, 2003. A 1949 graduate of...
Gene L. Ireland
Jan 8, 2010
Gene L. Ireland, 69, of Bluffton, died at 2:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8, 2010, at his home. Mr. Ireland worked at B.F. Goodrich at Woodburn for 21 years and at Corning Glass for 16 years. He was born Sept. 20, 1940, at Balbec, Ind., to Millard and Goldie Stephen Ireland. Survivors include two daughters, Cathy Todd of Warsaw and Patty...
Jane K. Gregg
Jan 5, 2010
Jane K. Gregg, 72, of Bluffton, died at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at the River Terrace Estates. Miss Gregg had worked as a telephone operator for AT&T and Indiana Bell. She was a 1955 graduate of Bluffton High School and was a member of the First Reformed Church in Bluffton. She was a member of the Pioneers Club. She was born...
Richard I. Welter
Jan 4, 2010
Richard I. Welter, 64, of Bluffton, a former resident of Swanton, Ohio, passed away Monday evening, Jan. 4, 2010, at the Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Mr. Welter was born June 26, 1945, in Toledo, Ohio, to Jacob and Esther(Langenderfer) Welter. He farmed since an early age, and kept busy repairing lawn equipment. He was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic...
Frank E. Wolfe
Jan 1, 2010
Frank E. Wolfe, 73, Bluffton, died at 9:22 a.m. Friday, Jan. 1, 2010, at his residence. Mr. Wolfe was born Jan. 24, 1936, in Monroe, Mich., to Gerald F. and Mary Margaret Hagen Wolfe. He was an electrician with Local 305 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in Fort Wayne, retiring after 27 years of service. He was an...
