Donald Hoover
Feb 15, 2017
Donald E. Hoover, 92, of Harrison Township, passed away at 11:21 a.m., Wednesday at the Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born on November 25, 1924, in Harrison Township, the son of the late Russel M. and Helen (Kreischer) Hoover. On June 11, 1949, he married the former Erma Louise Dougal who survives. Other family survivors include his...
Brenda Sue Jerome
Feb 13, 2017
Brenda Sue (Norling) Jerome, 62 of Van Wert, died at 9:00 p.m., Monday, February 13, 2017 at the VanCrest of Van Wert. She was born in December 21, 1954 in Paulding County, Ohio, the daughter of the late Darwin "Doc" & Viola (Tipsword) Sherry. Brenda had formerly driven bus for Thomas Edison Schools. She was a graduate of Paulding...
Dale Hoover
Feb 10, 2017
Dale A. Hoover, 93, of Harrison Township, passed away at 6 p.m., Friday at Hearth & Home of Van Wert. He was born on June 5, 1923, in Harrison Township, the son of the late Russel M. and Helen (Kreischer) Hoover. On December 26, 1943, he married the former Alice Neoma Poling who preceded him in death on February...
Luther Friesner
Feb 9, 2017
Luther J. Friesner, 94, of Van Wert, passed away at 4:15 a.m., Thursday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. He was born on July 10, 1922, in Middle Point, the son of the late Luther and Fayne (Armstrong) Friesner. On March 24, 1946, he married the former Myra L. Hunsaker who survives. Other family survivors include...
Louise Perry
Feb 6, 2017
E. Louise Perry, 84, of Van Wert, passed away at 2 p.m., Monday at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She was born on September 4, 1932, in Van Wert, the daughter of the late Paul R. and Wanda A. (Wiseman) Goodwin. On May 13, 1951, she married Maurice E. Perry who survives. Other family members include...
Norman Joseph Myers
Feb 6, 2017
Norman Joseph Myers, 84 of Convoy, died Monday February 6, 2017 at his residence. He was born on June 30, 1932 in Tully Township, Van Wert County, Ohio, the son of the late Donald J. and Olive Evelyn (Foust) Myers. Norman retired from Navistar International in Indianapolis, Indiana; also had worked in his early years at Convoy Equity. He...
Crystal Elston
Feb 2, 2017
Crystal Marie Elston, 34, of Grover Hill, passed away at 10 p.m. Thursday, at the Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. She was born on December 4, 1982, in Van Wert, the daughter of Brenda Sue (Mosier) Nantz who survives in Grover Hill and Gregory Lee German surviving of Fort Wayne. She is also survived by her fiance...
Irene Gehres
Jan 27, 2017
Irene B. Gehres, 99 of rural Ohio City, died at 11:50 a.m., Friday January 27, 2017 at VanCrest of Van Wert. She was born on January 1, 1918 in Harrison Township, Van Wert County, Ohio, the daughter of the late Louis P. and Anna Wilhemine (Greenwald) Kreischer. On April 13, 1941, she married W. Atlee Gehres, who preceded her...
Roger Finger
Jan 21, 2017
Roger D. Finger, 78, of Van Wert, passed away at 5:17 a.m., Saturday at Lima Memorial Hospital in Lima. He was born on April 10, 1938, in Fort Wayne, the son of the late Wilber and Lucille (Gusler) Finger. On June 15, 1973, he married the former Nita Felger who survives. Other family members include his four children, Kerri...
Myron Thornell
Jan 21, 2017
Myron Wayne Thornell, a long-time resident of Convoy, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, January 21, in Cadillac, Michigan. Myron was a devoted man of God and lived out his faith through sharing that faith with others and always putting his own work aside to help those around him. Myron was hardworking. As much...
Judith Mcelroy
Jan 20, 2017
Judith F. McElroy, 86 of Van Wert, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Friday morning from the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. She was born on January 27, 1930, in Mendon, Ohio, the daughter of the late Dwight Leon and Mae Fern (Sill) Drake. In May of 1948, she married Robert L. Cassel who died...
James Thomas
Jan 17, 2017
Former Convoy resident James L. Thomas, 89, passed away at 1:55 a.m., Tuesday at the Laurels of Shane Hill in Rockford. He was born on March 22, 1927, in Van Wert County, the son of the late Waldo Curtis and Ella Mae (Book) Thomas. On February 18, 1951, he married the former Mary Alice (Linton) who preceded him in...
Harry A Schaffner
Jan 12, 2017
Harry A. Schaffner, 77 of Van Wert, died at 2:20 p.m., Thursday, January 12, 2017 at the VanCrest Health Care Center in Van Wert. He was born on September 23, 1939 in Grove City, Pennsylvania, the son of the late Michael H. and Gladys (McCann) Schaffner. No visitation or services are planned. Expressions of sympathy may be forwarded at...
Jo Louise Mosier
Jan 12, 2017
Jo Louise Mosier, 81, of rural Ohio City, died at 8:00 a.m., Thursday, January 12, 2017 at the C.H.P.- Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert, Ohio. She was born on January 14, 1935 in Mercer County, Ohio, the daughter of the late Creighton and Ada Margaret (Nichols) Zeigler. On September 28, 1957, she married Robert E. Mosier, who preceded...
Ned Eugene Dull
Jan 11, 2017
Ned Eugene Dull, 93, currently residing with family in Springboro and long time resident and business owner in Van Wert, died at 1 a.m., Wednesday morning. He was born on October 18, 1923, in Ohio City, the son of the late Eugene Arthur and Faye Leona (Dudgeon) Dull. On January 29, 1944, he married the former Margaret Irene Stahl,...
Randy Bullinger
Jan 8, 2017
Randy L. Bullinger, 60, of rural Van Wert, died at 12:46 p.m., Sunday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. He was born on December 28, 1956, in Lima, the son of the late Robert S. and Lois (Saxton) Bullinger. On October 3, 1975, he married the former Karen McOmber who survives. Other family members include a...
Allen Eckhart
Jan 7, 2017
Allen W. Eckhart, 82, died at 8:20 p.m., Saturday at his residence west of Convoy. He was born on December 14, 1934, in Altoona, Pennsylvania, the son of Frank H. and Minnie Irene Eckhart. On May 29, 1964, he married the former Gaylee Bush who survives. He was preceded in death by a sister, Dorothy Slemmer. Allen was a...
Geraldine L Smith
Jan 5, 2017
Geraldine L. Smith, 86 of Van Wert, died at 4:00 a.m., Thursday, January 5, 2017 at the C.H.P.-Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert, Ohio. She was born on April 16, 1930 in Huntington, Indiana, the daughter of the late Harold and Irene (Hoover) Drabenstot. On September 24, 1949, she married James W. Smith, who survives. Geraldine was a homemaker....
Hubert Keuneke
Jan 5, 2017
Hubert O. Keuneke, 91, of St. Marys and formerly of rural Ohio City, passed away at 12 noon Thursday at Grand Lake Health Care Center in St. Marys. He was born on August 8, 1925, in Preble Township, Adams County, Indiana, the son of the late Albert and Martha (Kiess) Keuneke. On June 20, 1965, he married the former...
Jeanne Germann
Jan 3, 2017
Jeanne (Ross) Germann, 89, of Van Wert, passed away at 7:20 Tuesday morning at the home of her daughter in rural Ohio City. She was born on November 12, 1927, in Van Wert, the daughter of the late Leo H. and Elizabeth L. (Roesner) Ross. On April 12, 1947, she married Donald R. Germann who preceded her in death...
