William E. Dehoff
Mar 15, 2009
William E. DeHoff, 70, of Bluffton, died at 11:47 p.m. Sunday, March 15, 2009, at Lutheran Hospital. Mr. DeHoff was born in Portland on April 16, 1938 to Clarence P. and Bernice (Schelecty) DeHoff. He married Sonja K. Hiday in Pennville on Aug. 28, 1960; she survives. Other surviving relatives include two sons, Scott (Rita) DeHoff of Craigville and Steve...
Mary A. Wilkinson
Mar 14, 2009
Mary A. Wilkinson, 78, Bluffton, died at 4 a.m. Saturday, March 14, 2009 at her residence.Born in Liberty Center on May 1, 1930 to George and Goldie (Culp) Bundren, she was a member of Community Christian Church. She was a former employee at Corning Glass and had also worked for Community & Family Services and at The Green Parrott. Survivors...
Waneta Marie Koons
Mar 12, 2009
Waneta Marie Koons, 86, a resident of River Terrace Estates, died at 1:05 a.m. Thursday, March 12, 2009, at the Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Koons was a former employee of the Dietary Department at Wells Community Hospital, and was a homemaker. She was a 1941 graduate of Bluffton High School. She was born Feb. 2, 1923, in Wells County,...
Martha Ann Mugg
Mar 10, 2009
Martha A. Mugg, 89, Bluffton, died at 10:04 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, 2009, at the Bluffton Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Mugg had been a Wells County residence since 1941. She served as a receptionist for Drs. Panos, Meade, and Hamilton for 10 years and for Drs. Scott and VanWinkle for 25 years. She was a member of the Psi Iota...
Cathy Ann Smeltzer
Mar 10, 2009
Cathy Ann Smeltzer, 55, Bluffton, died at 7 a.m. Tuesday, March 10, 2009, at her residence. Mrs. Smeltzer was a 1972 graduate of Bluffton High School. She had been employed for 23 years at Kitco, where she worked as an inspector. She was born May 28, 1954, in Huntington, to William Clanin and Norma Walmsley Clanin. Her father survives in...
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...
