Carolyn Faye (Mcfarren) Squier
Nov 28, 2009
Carolyn F. Squier, 70, a resident of River Terrace Estates in Bluffton for the past seven years, died there at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009. She had worked as a secretary for Wendell Ham, an attorney, for 10 years, and also worked as an office assistant in the Wells County clerk's office. She was a 1956 graduate of Bluffton...
June V. Gazdik
Nov 22, 2009
June V. Gazdik, 88, of Bluffton, died at 10:50 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, at Christian Care Retirement Center. Mrs. Gazdik was born in Pittsburg, Pa. on June 1, 1921 to Daniel and Nellie (Brown) McCartney. She married Joseph Gazdik in Columbus, Ga. on April 9, 1943; he preceded her in death on April 7, 1986. Mrs. Gazdik retired from...
Nora Aguirre
Nov 16, 2009
Nora A. (Weil) Aguirre, 63, of Fort Wayne, died at 5:15 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, at New Haven Care and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Aguirre was born in New Croydon on Aug. 24, 1946 to Raymond and Pauline (Bollenbacher) Miller. She retired from Franklin Electric in 2000 after 24 years of service. She was a member of the First Christian...
A. Arlene Wilson Studebaker
Nov 10, 2009
A. "Arlene" Wilson Studebaker, 76, Petroleum, died at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, at the Bluffton Regional Medical Center. She was born in Paulding County, Ohio, on July 20, 1933, to James Victor and Georganna May (Henrey) Anderson. She married Jack M. Wilson on April 28, 1951 in Monroe; he died March 1, 2008. She married John Studebaker on...
Betty J. Steffen
Nov 9, 2009
Betty J. Steffen, 80, of Bluffton, died at 2:40 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, at Christian Care Retirement Center. Mrs. Steffen was born in Wells County on June 17, 1929, to Jacob J. and Elizabeth (Aeschliman) Graber. She married Harry Steffen in Bluffton on June 11, 1950; he survives. A 1947 graduate of Bluffton High School, Mrs. Steffen was a...
Vera E. Patrick
Nov 9, 2009
Vera Ellen Patrick, 72, of Uniondale, died at 6:50 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, at Muncie. Mrs. Patrick was born in Milford on March 12, 1937 to Edward and Viola (Wenger) Berkey. She married Dana Patrick; he preceded her in death. Surviving relatives include two daughters, Marsha K. Richards of Tucson, Ariz. and Karen S. Woods of Heritage, Tenn.; one...
Mary Elizabeth Decker
Nov 8, 2009
Mary "Betsy" E. Decker, 66, of Columbus, Ohio, died Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, at James Cancer Hospital in Columbus. Ms. Decker was born in Wells County on Jan. 14, 1943, to Ivan and Elizabeth (Bailey) Decker. A 1961 graduate of Bluffton High School, she worked as a print technician for the State of Ohio Department of Public Safety for 20...
Betty Jane Frantz
Nov 5, 2009
Betty J. Frantz, 80, of Bluffton, died at 8:55 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, at River Terrace Estates. Mrs. Frantz was born in Flint, Mich. on Nov. 28, 1928 to Harry E. and Stella (Gagnier) Polant. She married Robert D. Frantz in Warren on Dec. 14, 1949; he survives. Mrs. Frantz was a 1946 graduateof Rockcreek High School. She was...
Marilyn Bardsley
Oct 19, 2009
Marilyn Bardsley, 72, Bluffton, died at 9:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, 2009, at her home. Mrs. Bardsley was a 1955 graduate of Bluffton High School and was a former member of the Old Salem United Methodist Church. She was born Aug. 7, 1937, in Wells County, to Walter and Helen Gottschalk Linn. She married Max F. Bardsley Oct. 21, 1956,...
Betty Knox-Burniston
Oct 15, 2009
Betty J. (Knox) Burniston, 77, of Bluffton, died at 1:18 a.m. today, Oct. 15, 2009, at Parkview Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Burniston was born on April 9, 1932 in Franklin County, Ohio to Howard E. and Roenna D. (Cochrun) Shipley. She married Robert E. Burniston in Bluffton on July 30, 1988; he preceded her in death on March 10, 2008. Surviving...
Vickie Dee Bracht
Oct 12, 2009
Vickie Dee Bracht, 57, of Bluffton, died at 11:04 a.m. Monday, Oct. 12, 2009, at the Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Bracht was born on April 29, 1952, in Elwood to Don and Colleen (Jackson) Spurlock. She married Scott A. Bacht in Marion in April, 1996; her husband survives. Other surviving relatives include her mother, a resident of Marion; a...
Frances E. Fear
Oct 7, 2009
Frances E. Fear, 92, of Montpelier, died at 3:50 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, at River Terrace Estates Healthcare. Mrs. Fear was born in Blackford County on June 12, 1917 to Phillip and Elizabeth (Willman)Lauck. She married William A. Fear in Hartford City on June 22, 1935; he preceded her in death on May 10, 1988. Mrs. Fear worked for...
Roberta A. Powell
Oct 2, 2009
Roberta A. Powell, 74, Bluffton, died at 3:05 a.m. Friday, October 2, 2009 at Meadowvale Care Center. Born in Bluffton on June 25, 1935 to Robert and Lela (Cossairt) Poffenberger, she was a graduate of Bluffton High School and formerly worked at Corning Glass Works and Simpson Industries. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary. Survivors include a...
Kaye L. Wolfe
Sep 20, 2009
Kaye L. Wolfe, 70, Bluffton, died at 11:25 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. He was a former employee of A.T. Ferrell, retiring in May of 2009 after 40 years' service. He was a graduate of Bluffton High School and a member of the Epworth United Methodist Church. Mr. Wolfe was born Oct. 14, 1938,...
Karen Kay Sullivan
Sep 16, 2009
Karen K. Sullivan, 65, died at 9:28 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009, at St. Elizabeth Hospice Center in Edgewood, Ky. She was born in Bluffton on July 27, 1944 to Benjamin and Rena Mae (Watters) Soper. She graduated from Ball State University and worked as a teacher. She was a lifetime Wells County resident and a member of Liberty Center...
Joseph A. Estrada
Sep 15, 2009
Services will be held Monday in Bluffton for Joseph A. Estrada, 84, of French Lick. Mr. Estrada died at 11:05 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009, at the Medco Health and Rehabilitation Center in French Lick. He was born July 7, 1925, in Mexico, to the late Maria Estrada. Survivors include two daughters, Irene S. (Leroy) Ritter and Jody Estrada, both...
Alice L. Steffen
Sep 13, 2009
Alice L. Steffen, 86, Bluffton, died at 12:54 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009, at the Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Steffen was a housewife, and had also been employed at Franklin Electric. She was a member of the Apostolic Christian Church. She was born Feb. 18, 1923, in Wells County, to Levi and Sarah Reinhard Schwartz. She married Russell W....
Deloris L. Bolenbaugh
Aug 27, 2009
Deloris L. "Dee" Bolenbaugh, 75, Bluffton, died at 2:45 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, at her residence. Mrs. Bolenbaugh was a homemaker. She was born Feb. 15, 1934, in Fort Wayne, to Virgil and Lula Ross Donovan. She married Robert A. Bolenbaugh Nov. 24, 1951; her husband survives. Also surviving are a son, Robert Bolenbaugh Jr. of Milton, Fla.; two...
