All Obituaries

Marvin Lee Agler, 73 of rural Rockford, died at 8:27 p.m., Thursday, December 12, 2019 at Mercy Health in Lima, Ohio. He was born on May 29, 1946 in Van Wert County, Ohio, the son of the late Lloyd Elsworth and Ethel Lenore (Miller) Agler.  On July 12, 1969, he married late Diana S. (Boroff), who preceded him in death on December 15, 1998.  On June 21, 2002, he married Belle A. (Shellaberger), who survives. Marvin retired from Federal Mogul in Van Wert and farming.  He was a...

Phyllis A. (Wiseman) Turner, 90, of Van Wert passed away at 9:08 a.m., Sunday at Willow Ridge in Bluffton, Ohio. She was born on April 16, 1929, in Van Wert, the daughter of the late Ralph Edwin and Leota May (Hurst) Wiseman. On August 25, 1946, she married Donald E. Turner who also preceded her in death on July 30, 2012.  Phyllis and Don had five children, David M. (Claudia) Turner of Winona Lake, Indiana, Marlene S. (David) Jerome of Grove City, Ohio, Rosemary (John) Good of...

Pauline Marjorie McGarvey, 91, of Van Wert, passed away at 4:50 a.m., Sunday at the Vancrest Health Care Center. She was born on September 23, 1928, in Van Wert, the daughter of the late Walter Edwin and Emma Marie (Kiehl) Schaadt. She married Nolan McGarvey on July 3, 1948, in Terre Haute, Indiana and he preceded her in death on December 25, 2006. Family survivors include two sons, Danny (Jane) McGarvey of Grover Hill and Jeff (Ellen) McGarvey of Delphos; a sister, Fern (Harold) Miller of...

Misty Rae McLaughlin, 32 of Decatur and formerly of Van Wert, died at 12:10 p.m., Saturday at Kindred Hospital in Lima, Ohio. She was born on September 14, 1987, in Bellaire, Ohio the daughter of Leona (Howard) Nieter who survives in Decatur. Other family members include her sister, Jessica Reynolds of Decatur; two brothers, Curtis Sempkowski of Van Wert and Cory Howard of Decatur; Misty’s grandfather, John Howard, Sr., of Van Wert; seven nephews; three nieces; and one great...

Douglas J. Wierwille, 65, of rural Rockford, passed away at 12:52 p.m., Thursday at Vancrest of Van Wert. He was born on October 18, 1954, in Lima, the son of the late Leland R. “Mouse” and Nancy Lou (Bryan) Wierwille. On October 20, 1979, he married the former Janet S. Bashore who survives. Other family members include his three children, Mathew (Jena) Wierwille of Columbus, Ohio, Ryan Wierwille and fiancee Trisha Garner of Decatur, Indiana and Sarah Wierwille of Columbus,...

Jean Ann Young, 89, of Van Wert passed away at 8 p.m., Wednesday at the Defiance Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born on August 5, 1930, in Lima, Ohio, the daughter of the late James and Matilda (Hiebert) Sampson.  Family survivors include a daughter, Kathleen M. (Leonard) Roby of Ohio City; a son, Charlie (Wanda) Young of Ohio City; two brothers, Merle Sampson of North Carolina and Albert (Cathy) Sampson of Columbus; two sisters, Tillie Washburn of St. Marys and Shirley (Clay)...

Ruth M. Fifer, 81, of Convoy, Ohio, fell asleep in death on November 2, 2019, at Van Wert Manor Nursing Home under the care of  Elara Care Hospice. She was born on March 8, 1938, in Paulding County, Ohio to the late Michael and Susan (Hammons) Halter. Ruth was a member of Van Wert Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses. She spent many hours declaring the Good News of God’s Kingdom to many. She always loved to volunteer on many projects at the Kingdom Hall. Secularly she...

Connie Jo Bickle, 76, of Ohio City, passed away at 6:43 p.m., Saturday at Vancrest of Van Wert. She was born on November 24, 1942, in Kokomo, Indiana the daughter of the late W. Donald Sallee and the late Jessie Marie (Doan) Hickernell. On July 3, 1968, she married R. Bruce Bickle who survives. Other family members include her daughter Teri Bickle of Van Wert; two sons, Don (Mary) Bickle of Rockford and Chris (Michelle) Bickle of Rockford; a brother, John Sallee of Plainwell, Michigan;...

Edwin Philip Wittung, 90, of Liberty Township, passed away at 2:42 p.m., Saturday at Lima Memorial Hospital. He was born on September 21, 1929, in Liberty Township, the son of the late Frederick P. and Iva Leola (Uhrich) Wittung. On March 27, 1960, he married the former Helen Ruth Burch who also preceded him in death on July 7, 2010. Ed was a 1947 graduate of Ohio City-Liberty High School. He was a member of Countryside Church of the Nazarene near Wren where he had taught Sunday school and...

Kristine Dianne Burnett, 69, passed away at The Liberty Retirement Community of Lima on Friday, November 1, 2019, at 1:05 p.m.  She was born on Monday, February 6, 1950, in Van Wert, the daughter of the late Karl Francis and Helen Elizabeth (Bauman) Burnett.  Kris is survived by her siblings:  Daniel (Sharon) Burnett of Wake Forest, NC; Kevin Burnett of Van Wert; Vernice “Pixie” (Mark) Dickman of Middle Point, Frederick Burnett of Weaverville, NC; and Kendall...