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...
Virginia Pollock
May 14, 2017
Virginia J. "Ginny" Pollock, 87, of York Township, passed away at 1:27 p.m., Sunday at Vancrst of Convoy. She was born on December 3, 1929, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the daughter of the late Homer E. And Vera M. (Ankey) Foreman. On July 19, 1947, she married William "David" Pollock" at St. Marks Lutheran Church. He died on January...
Joseph A Eachus
May 12, 2017
Joseph A. Eachus of Van Wert, Ohio, passed away May 12, 2017. He was born January 8, 1933, in Gallipolis, Ohio, to Madge and Ben Eachus. Both preceded him in death. On December 19, 1954, he married Jane Ellen Norris, who survives. Also surviving are two daughters, Linda (Robert) Pelton of Hicksville, Ohio, and Sally (Jack) Jeffery of Lima,...
Marion Vibbert
May 2, 2017
Marion Harold Vibbert, 78 of Convoy, died at 12:54 p.m., Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at the C.H.P.-Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert where he had received such special and caring support during his last days. He was born on February 18, 1939, in Armysville, Indiana, the son of the late Russel and Inez (Davenport) Vibbert. On September 8, 1959,...
Harold Callahan
Apr 28, 2017
Harold Wayne Callahan, Sr., 68, of Van Wert passed away at 11:55 p.m., Friday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born on February 1, 1949, in Erwin, Tennessee, the son of the late Arthur and Frances (Ingle) Callahan. He was also preceded in death by his parents-in-law, Russell and Luella Ann (Mottinger) Pangle; his grandmother-in-law, Lucille Mottinger;...
Dan Ricker
Apr 25, 2017
Dan Joseph Ricker, 56, died Tuesday morning, April 25, 2017 at his residence in Van Wert. He was born on June 11, 1960 in Ottoville, Ohio, the son of the late Ambrose and Loretta (Pohlman) Ricker. He is survived by his daughter, Lori Ann Ricker of Delphos; a son Kevin Joseph (Catherine) Ricker of Delphos; three brothers, Dennis (Karen)...
Howard Moore
Apr 19, 2017
Howard L. "Lenny" Moore, Jr., 50, of Van Wert, died Wednesday morning at the University of Toledo Hospital in Toledo. He was born on February 27, 1967, in Cincinnati, the son of the late Howard and Sandra L. (Taylor) Moore, Sr. Survivors include his significant other, Sheila Buckner of Van Wert; six children, Sheena (Tim) Reynolds, Jena (Kyle) Brockoff,...
Helen Wahmhoff
Apr 17, 2017
Helen L. Wahmhoff, 86 of Van Wert, died at 5:32 p.m., Monday, April 17, 2017 at the C.H.P.-Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert, Ohio. She was born on May 15, 1930 in Van Wert County, the daughter of the late Ira G. and Cora E. (Handwerk) Davis. She was married to Robert J. Wahmhoff who preceded her in death...
Ellis Hunter
Apr 17, 2017
Ellis V. Hunter, 98 of Van Wert, died at 1:30 a.m., Monday, April 17, 2017 at the C.H.P.-Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert, Ohio He was born on March 25, 1919 in Union Township to Walter Gale and Cora A. (Hunter) Hunter. He was raised by his Aunt Lucy Walls. He married the former Dorothy L. Starkey on October...
William Jones
Apr 11, 2017
William (Bill) Jones, 72 of Fort Myers, FL and formerly of Van Wert, Ohio died April 11, 2017 after an extended illness. He passed away surrounded by family and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, William Ollen Jones and Francis (Hagerman) Jones of Van Wert, OH and is survived by his brother, Ollen Jones, Jr. (Bonnie)...
Donna Horn
Apr 3, 2017
Donna Joy Horn, 80, of Van Wert passed away at 2:20 a.m., Monday, April 3, 2017, at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. She was born on June 8, 1936, in Richmond, Kentucky, the daughter of the late Leroy and Madrue (Neikirk) Bruner. She was married to Winfred Dunaway, Jr., then Othia P. Horn who both preceded...
Timothy Taylor
Mar 30, 2017
Timothy Max Taylor, 62, of Van Wert, passed away surrounded by his family at Lima Memorial Hospital Thursday morning following a short illness. He was born on January 18, 1955, in Van Wert, the son of the late Max H. Taylor and Deloris M. (Ford) McMillen. Deloris survives along with her husband, Harvey W. McMillen in Van Wert. Other...
Margaret Gehres
Mar 29, 2017
Margaret Hoover Gehres "Marg" joined her Heavenly Father on March 29, 2017, age 97, under hospice care at Sun City Center, Florida. Marg was born June 23, 1919, in Van Wert County, Ohio, daughter of Russel M. and Helen Kreischer Hoover. She married Floyd Gehres on Aug 27, 1939. He preceded her in death having been married 73 years....
Ricky Stemen
Mar 24, 2017
Ricky Dean Stemen, 53, of Van Wert, died at 10 a.m., Friday at his residence. He was born on July 18, 1963, in Van Wert, the son of the late Dean and Judy Stemen of Middle Point. Surviving are a daughter, Regan Elaine Stemen of Lancaster, Ohio; a son, Nicholas Dean Stemen of Lancaster; a granddaughter, Rylenn Jones of...
Patricia Sue Eleyet
Mar 22, 2017
Patricia Sue Eleyet, 77, of Pleasant Township, died at 7:07 p.m., Wednesday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. She was born on October 18, 1939, in Van Wert County, the daughter of the late Emo Russell and Grace Myra (Faulkner) Ralston. On June 12, 1960, she married Richard K. Eleyet, whom also preceded her in death...
