John Meredith Zeigler
Jul 21, 2017
John M. Zeigler, 62, of Van Wert, died at 2:40 a.m., Friday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert, surrounded by friends and family. He was born on August 6, 1954, in Van Wert, the son of David L. Zeigler and Carolyn (Drury) Hey. On June 30, 1990, he married the former Molly (Weaver) Zeigler. John was...
Evelyn Stemen
Jul 20, 2017
Evelyn J. Stemen, 89 of Miamisburg, Ohio, passed away at 7:40 p.m., Thursday at the Sycamore Glen Health Center in Miamisburg. She was born on February 18, 1928, in Lakeville, Indiana, the daughter of the late Rev. and Mrs. Fremont D. and Kittie A. (Johnson) Stemen. She was also preceded in death by two sisters, Elizabeth M. and Madelene...
Mildred J. Johnson
Jul 18, 2017
Mildred Jean Johnson, 80 of Middle Point, died at 1:50 a.m., Tuesday, July 18. 2017 at the C.H.P.-Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert, Ohio, after a 50 year fight with multiple sclerosis. She was born on November 27, 1936 in Van Wert County, the daughter of the late Kenneth Lewis and Helen (Neer) Hoghe. On October 5, 1956, she...
Roberta Thomas
Jul 13, 2017
Roberta L. Thomas, 66 of Van Wert, died at 12:46 a.m., Thursday, July 13, 2017 at the St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima, Ohio. She was born on November 5, 1950 in Van Wert, Ohio, the daughter of the late David Balyeat and Dolores (Johns) Balyeat who survives in Convoy, Ohio. She married, Gary Thomas, who survives. Robert was...
Stanley Pontsler
Jul 12, 2017
Stanley Charles Pontsler, 89 of Ohio City, died at 10:20 p.m., Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at the Laurels of Shane Hill in Rockford, Ohio. He was born on December 14, 1927 in Mercer County, the son of the late Charles William Pontsler and Grace Helen (Sharp) Pontsler. On April 2, 1950, he married the former Marcella M. Stetler, who...
Betty Jewel
Jul 8, 2017
Betty R. Jewel, 86, passed away at 6:42 p.m., Saturday at her residence in Van Wert. She was born on August 5, 1930, in Firebrick, Lawrence County, Ohio. Her parents were Allen "Allie" and Thelma Opal (Leonard) Barnhart. She was one of fourteen children. She married Irvin Jewel, Jr. on January 28, 1950, and he preceded her in death...
Betty Amweg
Jul 6, 2017
Betty R. Amweg, 92, formerly of Van Wert, passed away at 10:55 a.m., Thursday, July 6, 2017 at The Manor of Lake Jackson in Sebring, Florida. She was born on April 15, 1925, in Ohio City, the daughter of late Daniel Albert and Bertha Reah (Bevington) High. On July 16, 1944, she married Delbert Glenn Amweg who preceded her...
Charles Mathew
Jul 4, 2017
Charles Robert Mathew, 77, passed away at 11:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 4, 2017 at his residence in Van Wert. He was born on August 24, 1939 in Van Wert, the son of the late Clifford J. and Ruby Eleanor (Endsley) Mathew. On January 17, 1959, he married the former Linda Marie Cowan, who survives at the residence. Charles had...
Dennis Kever
Jul 2, 2017
Dennis Jay Kever, 70, of Van Wert, passed away at 6:35 p.m., Sunday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. He was born on January 12, 1947, in Van Wert County, the son of the late Marvin Kenneth and Mary Jane (Lare) Kever. On November 5, 1977, he married the former Janet Sue Lord who survives in...
Margie Joann Darling
Jun 27, 2017
Margie Joann Darling, 87, of Van Wert, passed away at 12:25 p.m., Tuesday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. She was born on March 26, 1930, in Van Wert, the daughter of the late Harland Howard and Margaret Emma (Bolenbaugh) Kiracofe. On June 18, 1964, she married Glenn Leonard Darling who passed away on January 22,...
Sandra Riley
Jun 21, 2017
Sandra K. Riley, 80, of Van Wert, passed away at 7:13 p.m., Wednesday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. She was born on October 10, 1936, in Decatur, Indiana, the daughter of the late Helen Lucille (Putman) Dysert and Martin C. Dysert. On September 4, 1955, she married Richard L. Riley who survives in Van Wert....
Donald Lanier
Jun 16, 2017
Donald E. Lanier, 95, of Van Wert and formerly of South Charleston, West Virginia, went on to be with our Lord on June 16, 2017, at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. Survivors include two daughters, Delores A. (Mike) Jackson and Cathy L. Lanier all of Van Wert; nine grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren; and two great great...
Helmut Breitwieser
Jun 14, 2017
Helmut Breitwieser, 74, husband of Janice Huffine Breitwieser, died Wednesday, June 14, 2017, at his home in Sumter, South Carolina. Born March 11, 1943, in Yugoslavia, he was a son of the late Henry Breitwieser and the late Katharina Dietrich Breitwieser. He was a very active member of First Southern Methodist Church where he taught Sunday School for many...
Fay Gardner
Jun 13, 2017
Fay D. Gardner, age 70, of rural Van Wert, died June 13, 2017, at 10:37 a.m., in her home after fighting a long battle with several cancers. Fay was born on August 15, 1946, in Peoria, Illinois to the late Samuel and Helena Moehring. Surviving is her best friend and husband, Frank R. Gardner, Sr. Fay married the love...
Robert Long
Jun 8, 2017
Robert Dean Long, 89, of Middle Point, passed away at 3:20 a.m., Thursday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. He was born on August 9, 1927, in Van Wert County, the son of the late Elwyn Edward and Ethel Leota (DeCamp) Long. On May 22, 1948, he married the former Jean Ross in Grover Hill and...
Margaret "Peg" Waltz
Jun 5, 2017
Margaret A. "Peg" Waltz, 76, of rural Van Wert, died at 10:30 a.m., Monday at Van Wert Manor Nursing Home. She was born on February 21, 1941, in Defiance, Ohio, the daughter of the late Zenas Edwin and Mildred Leona (Smith) Stenger. On February 19, 1966, she married Hugh J. "Bud" Waltz, Jr., at the Sherwood United Methodist Church...
Chris Reichert
Jun 3, 2017
Chris H. Reichert, Sr., 84, of Van Wert, died at 7:20 a.m., Saturday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. He was born on December 25, 1932, in Van Wert, the son of the late Adolph and Opal (Taylor) Reichert. On September 23, 1966, he married the former Barbara J. Oechsle who survives. Other family members include...
Marcile Bolenbaugh
May 24, 2017
Marcile Marie Bolenbaugh, 91, of Liberty Township, passed away at 7:39 a.m., Wednesday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. She was born on June 22, 1925, in Van Wert, the daughter of the late Artford C. and Mabel M. (Beeler) Hoghe. On April 12, 1946, she married William Curtis Bolenbaugh in Bowling Green, Ohio and he...
Miriam Iris Oechsle
May 18, 2017
Miriam Iris Oechsle, 87, of Ohio City, died at 1 p.m., Thursday at the Laruels of Shane Hill near Rockford. She was born on July 28, 1929, in Ohio City the daughter of the late Lester Eulus and Grace L. (Mihm) Exline. She married Marvin Franklin Oechsle who died on August 25, 1995. She was also preceded in death...
Sandra Eutsler
May 16, 2017
Sandra Kay Eutsler, 72, of Decatur and formerly of Ohio City, passed away at 4:12 a.m., Tuesday at the Adams Memorial Hospital in Decatur, Indiana. She was born on February 21, 1945, in Van Wert, the daughter of the late Clifford H. and Margaret Ellen (Dixon) Kline. On January 15, 1965, she married Lowell Thomas Eutsler who preceded her...
