Betty L. Schneider
Feb 26, 2009
Betty L. Schneider, 75, Bluffton, died at 11:35 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009, at her residence. Mrs. Schneider had been employed at Keebler for 20 years and had also worked at Country Squire Florist. She was a member of the Living Water United Methodist Church. She was born May 18, 1933, in Hartford City, to Ora Crawford Sr. and Mary...
Bernard E. Zimmerman
Jan 28, 2009
Bernard E. Zimmerman, 93, of Berne and formerly of Wells County, died at 6:50 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009, at Swiss Village Retirement Community. Mr. Zimmerman was born in Portland on July 19, 1915 to Noah and Laura (Wiegand) Zimmerman. He married Betty Studebaker in Bluffton on Nov. 3, 1956; she preceded him in death on Feb. 7, 2005. Mr....
Paul E. Gerwig
Jan 18, 2009
Paul E. Gerwig, 87 Former Wells County Sheriff Paul E. Gerwig, who also served as Bluffton's police chief, died at 2:15 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009, at River Terrace Estates. Mr. Gerwig was first elected as Wells County sheriff in 1970 and served two terms, leaving office at the end of 1978. He was appointed to complete a term in...
Harry W. Krummen
Jan 15, 2009
Harry W. Krummen, 91, of Bluffton, died at 2:55 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, at Markle Health and Rehabilitation. Mr. Krummen was born in Wells County on Aug.20, 1917 to Ferdinand and Mary (Aschliman) Krummen. He was a lifelong farmer and worked asa machinist at General Electric in Fort Wayne for 20 years. Mr. Krummen enjoyed farming, the outdoors, gardening,...
John Dale Thompson
Jan 5, 2009
John D. Thompson, 60, Keystone, died at 4:17 a.m. Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, at the Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Mr. Thompson was a mechanical engineer at Franklin Electric, retiring in 2002 after 29 years of employment. He was a 1966 graduate of Bluffton High School and a 1983 graduate of Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne. He was an Army veteran of the...
Carol Sue Austin
Dec 30, 2008
Carol Sue Austin, 68, Bluffton, died at 9:25 a.m. Tuesday at the Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis. Mrs. Austin worked for 29 years as a registered nurse at the Caylor- Nickel Medical Center. She was a 1983 graduate of the Purdue School of Nursing. She was a 1958 graduate of Dunkirk High School and was a member of the...
Paul Allen Glancy
Dec 26, 2008
Paul A. Glancy Sr., 71, of Bluffton, died at 1:05 p.m. Friday, Dec. 26, 2008, at his residence. Mr. Glancy was born in Greenup, Ky., on Aug. 24, 1937, to Mabel Callahan. He served in the U.S. Army and retired as manager of Denny's Restaurant in Dallas, Texas. Survivors include three sons, Paul A. (Maria) Glancy of Adams, Wis., Wendell...
Merrill J. Miller
Dec 26, 2008
Merrill J. Miller, 65, of Bluffton, died at 8:15 a.m. Friday, Dec. 26, 2008, at DeKalb Memorial Hospital in Auburn. Mr. Miller was born in Adams County on Dec. 14, 1943, to the late Harold and Mable (Manley) Miller. He married Sally Johnson in Allen County on Dec. 14, 1968; she survives. He was a 1962 graduate of Parkway High...
Virginia M. Crist
Dec 22, 2008
Virginia M. Crist, 98,of Bluffton, died at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, at Christian Care Retirement Community. Mrs. Crist was born in Huntington on Sept. 18, 1910 to J. Frank and Estella (Briggs) Wolverton. She married Ralph Gaylord Crist in Huntington on Sept. 25, 1928; he preceded her in death on Dec. 30, 1966. A 1928 graduate of Huntington...
Thomas E. Harris
Dec 5, 2008
Thomas E. Harris, 64, of Bluffton, died at 8:15 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, 2008, at Adams Memorial Hospital in Decatur.Mr. Harris was born in Marion Oct. 9, 1944 to Emery Earl and Winifred I. (Ellison) Harris. His first wife of 31 years, Linda L. McClain, preceded him in death in 2000. He married Susan K. Knapp in Gatlinburg, Tenn. on...
Vernie P. Osborn
Nov 30, 2008
Vernie P. Osborn, 70 Vernie P. Osborn, 70, rural Bluffton, died at 8:10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008, at her home.Mrs. Osborn was a teacher's aide for Adams-WellsSpecial Services, retiring in 2001.She was also a homemaker. She attended the Liberty Center United Methodist Church; she had been a member of the Prairie Church,which is now closed. She was born June...
William Q. Jeffers
Nov 29, 2008
William Q. Jeffers, 60, Bluffton, died at 8:20 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008, at his home. Mr. Jeffers worked 31 years for General Motors, retiring in 2005. He also drove a truck for Imel Motors. He was a 1966 graduate of West Salem (Wis.) High School and served in the Army from 1969 to 1971. He was a member of...
