Marjorie Miller
Mar 21, 2018
Marjorie Juanita Miller, 94, formerly of Van Wert, passed away at 8:40 a.m., Wednesday, March 21, 2018, at Van Wert Manor Nursing Home. She was born on November 22, 1923, in Van Wert County, the daughter of the late Lester and Elva (Bowersock) Wortman. On October 24, 1941, she married Kenneth R. Miller who survives at Country Inn near...
Marilyn Etzler
Mar 19, 2018
Marilyn H. Etzler, 88, of Van Wert passed away at 9:37 a.m., Monday at Hearth & Home of Van Wert. She was born on November 23, 1929, in Van Wert, the daughter of the late Luther D. and Luella M. (Nofer) Carlo. On March 11, 1951, she married G. Edwin "Ed" Etzler who preceded her in death on May...
Gloria Voltz
Mar 8, 2018
Gloria E. Voltz, 92, passed away at 6:10 Thursday evening at her home in Willshire Township. She was born on July 15, 1925, three miles west of Van Wert, the daughter of the late Hugh Bronson and Hazel (Knowlton) Elder. On January 9, 1945, she married Billy Voltz who also preceded her in death on February 22, 2005. Family...
Roberta Matthews
Mar 1, 2018
Roberta Bernice (Harden) Matthews, 77, of Ohio City passed away at 9:40 p.m., Thursday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. She was born on January 25, 1941, in Van Wert the daughter of the late Robert D. and Beulah (Dias) Harden. On June 3, 1960, she married Jan C. Matthews who also preceded her in death...
Jim Rickard
Feb 27, 2018
Jim Rickard, 85, of Fort Wayne, Indiana entered into the arms of his Savior Tuesday morning, February 27, 2018 at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. Jim was born on November 16, 1932, in Ohio City to Arthur and Mildred (Mottinger) Rickard. He graduated from Ohio City Liberty High School in 1951 and also the Fort Wayne...
Cheryl Mcphail
Feb 22, 2018
Cheryl A. McPhail, 70, of Van Wert, passed away at 9:36 p.m., Thursday at VanCrest Health Care Center in Van Wert. She was born on July 27, 1947, in Van Wert the daughter of the late Bertram E. and Zelma L. (Harter) Crates. On August 17, 1974, she married Robert F. McPhail who survives. Other family survivors include her...
Myrna Bolenbaugh
Feb 21, 2018
Myrna L. Bolenbaugh, 87, of Glenmore, died at 8:24 a.m., Wednesday at Van Wert County Hospital. She was born on April 3, 1930, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the daughter of the late Ralph and Marguerite (Adams) Baker. She is survived by a daughter, Melinda K. Bolenbaugh of Glenmore; two sons, Douglas (Misty) Bolenbaugh of Willshire and Dennis (Deb) Bolenbaugh...
Richard L Dawson
Feb 15, 2018
Richard L. Dawson, 65 of Van Wert., died Thursday, February 15, 2018 at his residence in Van Wert, Ohio. He was born on September 4, 1952 in Zanesville, Ohio, the son of the late William Herbert and Mary Eileen (Creavenor) Dawson. His widow, Darlene preceded him in death. Richard retired from I & K in Delphos, Ohio. Family survivors...
Peggy Semer
Feb 13, 2018
Peggy Jo "Peg" Semer, 83 of Van Wert went to be with her Lord and Savior on February 13, 2018 at the C.H.P.- Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert, Ohio. She was born on February 16, 1934 in Van Wert, the daughter of the late Cloise and Frieda (Keith) Agler. She graduated from Van Wert High School in 1952....
Denver L. Workman, Jr.
Jan 31, 2018
Denver L. Workman, Jr. 51 of Grover Hill, died at 10:32 p.m., Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at the St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima, Ohio. He was born on January 1, 1967 in Van Wert, the son of the late Denver L. and Margaret (Price) Workman, Sr. Family survivors include his Fiancée, Rachelle Canfield of Grover Hill; two sons,...
Anne R. Wells
Jan 31, 2018
Anne R. Wells, 80, passed away Wednesday evening at her residence in Van Wert. She was born on September 4, 1937, in Toledo, Ohio, the daughter of the late Dorcie and Ruth (Huenefeld) Turner. On December 1, 1956, she married John Russell Wells who died on December 22, 2001. Family survivors include her daughter, Susan Showalter of Van Wert;...
Mary Kreischer
Jan 30, 2018
Mary L. Kreischer, 82, of formerly of Scott, passed away Tuesday at her home in Van Wert. She was born on July 28, 1935, in Ansonia, Ohio, the daughter of the late Doyt and Bessie Lou (Smith) Downing. On October 30, 1951, she married Donald Eugene Kreischer who died on January 5, 2008. Mary was also preceded in death...
Phyllis Ainsworth
Jan 27, 2018
Phyllis Ainsworth, 96, of Ohio City, passed away Saturday evening at the VanCrest Health Care Center in Van Wert. She was born on November 29, 1921, in Van Wert County the daughter of the late Ada Doyt and Nellie (Rice) Prichard. On December 15, 1938, she married John Fred Ainsworth and he he died on April 20, 1994. She...
James Coombs
Jan 25, 2018
James E. Coombs, 73 of Convoy, died at 2:06 a.m., Thursday at VanCrest Health Care Center in Van Wert. He was born on January 22, 1945, in Waterford, Michigan, the son of the late Derward Jacob and Madge Marie (McCollum) Coombs. On August 14, 1965, he married the former Terry E. Longwell and she survives. Other family members include...
Janis Ann Owens
Jan 23, 2018
Janis Ann Owens, 77 of rural Van Wert, died at 9:19 p.m., Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at the C.H.P.-Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert, Ohio. She was born on July 19, 1940 in Van Wert, Ohio, the daughter of the late Paul LaDoyt and Mary Elizabeth (Chubb) Eller. Janis retired as branch manager at the Commercial Bank in Delphos....
Linda S. Prowse
Jan 21, 2018
Linda S. Prowse, 67 of rural Convoy, died at 8:35 p.m., Sunday, January 21, 2018 at Parkview Regional Medical Center (Dupont Road) in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She was born on March 18, 1950 in Saint Marys, Ohio the daughter of the late Donald W. and Virginia M. (Veit) Dicke. On July 18, 2000, she married James G. Prowse, who...
Barbara Rice
Jan 21, 2018
Barbara L. Rice, 68 of Van Wert, passed away peacefully Sunday afternoon, January 21, 2018, with family by her side. As a loving mother and wife, Barb thoroughly enjoyed camping with her husband and dog. She had a special talent for quilting, gardening and cooking. Barb attended the Ohio State University Branch in Lima and attended the former Antioch...
Janet Hockenberry
Jan 14, 2018
Janet Lou Hockenberry, 83, formerly of Scott, passed away at 12:19 p.m., Sunday, January 14, 2018 at the Country Inn near Paulding, Ohio. She was born on October 29, 1934, in Van Wert, the daughter of the late Remus E. and Grace Fern (Kinkade) Mohr. On August 15, 1954, she married Cloyd Richard Hockenberry, who preceded her in death...
Erma Hoover
Jan 13, 2018
Erma Louise (Dougal) Hoover, 89, of Harrison Township, passed away at 8:40 a.m., Saturday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. She was born on March 21, 1928, in Van Wert County, the daughter of the late Waldo and Matilda (Shockensee) Dougal. On June 11, 1949, she married Donald Eugene Hoover who also preceded her in death...
Genevieve Schell
Jan 8, 2018
Our loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother, Genevieve Louise "Jenny" Schell, 97 of Convoy passed away at 3 p.m., Monday at the Van Wert County Hospital. She was born on April 4, 1920, in Van Wert County, the daughter of the late Walter and Wilhelmina Catherine (Giessler) Klein. On December 30, 1948, she married Alfred Wayne Schell and he...
