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Van Wert, Ohio Obituaries

Max  D. Prichard

Max D. Prichard

Nov 22, 2016

Max D. Prichard, 83 of Fort Wayne, died at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at Parkview Memorial Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was born on December 10, 1932 in Ohio City, Ohio, the son of the late John Elroy and Grace Elma (High) Prichard. On April 3, 1968, he married Margaret E. (Hope), who survives at the...

Lois Sutton

Lois Sutton

Nov 16, 2016

Lois L. Sutton, 95, passed away at 1 p.m., Wednesday at her residence in Ohio City. She was born on March 27, 1921, in Ohio City, the daughter of the late Ray F. and Willa Naomi (Kampf) Ickes. On May 3, 1940, she married Claybern Zachriah Sutton who preceded her in death on October 8, 2005. Family survivors include...

Sara Davis

Sara Davis

Nov 12, 2016

Sara A. Davis, 91, of Van Wert, passed away at 7:20 a.m., Saturday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. She was born on September 2, 1925, in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of the late Aaron B. and Kathryn (Reily) Cook. She is also preceded in death by her step mother, Violet M. (Book) Cook; her husband,...

Fred Sargent,  Sr.

Fred Sargent, Sr.

Nov 12, 2016

Fred E. Sargent, Sr., 77, of Van Wert, died at 10:40 a.m., Saturday, at the Van Wert Manor Nursing Home. He was born on November 14, 1938, in Van Wert, the son of the late Floyd Sargent, Sr., and Gladys (Foust) Sargent. Fred was raised by his foster parents Glenn & Ruth Baltzell of Celina who also are deceased....

Allan Rosendahl

Allan Rosendahl

Nov 11, 2016

Allan E. Rosendahl, 67, died at 8:20 a.m., Friday, at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. He was born on August 15, 1949, in Van Wert, the son of Phyllis Margaret (Shaw) Rosendahl who died on November 15, 2013, and Harold L. Rosendahl who survives in Van Wert. Other family survivors include his son, Robert Rosendahl of...

Gary  M. Gehres

Gary M. Gehres

Nov 7, 2016

Gary M. Gehres, 82, of Willshire Township, passed away at 9:34 p.m., Monday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. He was born on April 14, 1934, in Wren, Ohio, the son of the late Orley and Juanita Lola (McClure) Gehres. On June 25, 1955, he married the former Barbara Jean Weaver who also preceded him in...

Teagen James Christopher Ackermann

Teagen James Christopher Ackermann

Oct 25, 2016

Delphos- Teagen James Christopher Ackermann, 9 days, died shortly after midnight on Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was born on October 16, 2016 at the Van Wert County Hospital, the son of Justin John Lenny and Alexandra Keri (Mitchener) Ackermann. He is survived by his grandparents, maternal grandparents Chris Mitchener of...

Connie  K. Cowgill

Connie K. Cowgill

Oct 24, 2016

Connie Cowgill, 75, of Findlay, passed away at 2:45 p.m., Monday October 24, 2016 at the Bridge Hospice in Findlay. She was born on February 11, 1941, in Mercer County, Ohio, the daughter of the late Virgil L. Chaney and Mary E. (Hoffman) Keith. She was also preceded in death by her step father, Milo J. Keith. Family survivors...

Richard Ellinger

Richard Ellinger

Oct 22, 2016

Ohio City - Richard "Dick" R. Ellinger, 94, passed away early Saturday at Hearth and Home in Van Wert. He was born on March 13, 1922, in Ohio City He was the son of the late Perry Walter "Jack" Ellinger and Pearl Mae (Garrard) Ellinger. He is survived by his wife, Pauline, whom he married June 11, 1944. Other...

Wanda Hurless

Wanda Hurless

Oct 16, 2016

Wanda I. Hurless, 81, went to be with her Lord, Sunday afternoon at her residence in Ohio City. She was born on March 28, 1935, in Paulding County, the daughter of the late Ralph L. and Flo Edith (Williamson) Speakman. On March 29, 1963, she married Rex. L. Hurless who preceded her in death on January 30, 2000. Wanda...

Howard Hoblet

Howard Hoblet

Oct 13, 2016

Howard H. Hoblet, 94 of rural Convoy, died at 11:50 p.m., Thursday, October 13, 2016 at VanCrest of Convoy. He was born on January 20, 1922 in Wisner, Nebraska, the son of the late Floyd and Anna Marie (Stauffer) Hoblet. On September 12, 1942, he married the former Marjorie J. Owens, who survives. He was a 1939 graduate of...

Bernard  L Smith

Bernard L Smith

Oct 12, 2016

Bernard L. Smith, 91 of Convoy, died at 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at the C.H.P.-Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. He was born in January 5, 1925 in Van Wert County, Ohio, the son of the late Lester Sylvester and Pricilla Mae (Johnson) Smith. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Stanley Smith. Bernard graduated...

Beverly Decamp

Beverly Decamp

Oct 10, 2016

Beverly Ann DeCamp, 82, of Van Wert, went home to be with her Lord at 4:05 a.m., Monday at the Sarah Jane Living Center in Delphos. She was born on August 26, 1934, in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of the late Darle Aurelius and Cecile Luella (Bevington) Brown. On January 17, 1954, she married Floyd L. DeCamp who survives....

Albert Bolenbaugh

Albert Bolenbaugh

Sep 29, 2016

Albert E. Bolenbaugh, 96, formerly of Ohio City, passed away at 10:50 a.m., Thursday at Vancrest Health Care Center, Van Wert. He was born on February 8, 1920, in Ohio City, the son of the late Wilbert Dalton and Emma Magdalene (Leuenberger) Bolenbaugh. On March 17, 1946, he married the former Opal Irene Firkins, who preceded him in death...

Phyllis Holmes

Phyllis Holmes

Sep 22, 2016

Phyllis J. Holmes, 72, of rural Ohio City, died at 2:04 p.m., Thursday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. She was born on March 19, 1944, in Van Wert, the daughter of Charles Blackmore who died June 24, 1970, and Mildred (Robeson) Blackmore who died on July 17, 1998. Phyllis was also preceded in death by...

Trella  M Gause

Trella M Gause

Sep 14, 2016

Trella M. Gause, 85 of Van Wert, died at 2:36 p.m., Wednesday September 14, 2016 at the VanCrest Health Care Center in Van Wert, Ohio. She was born on March 19, 1931 in Whitley County, Indiana, the daughter of the late Clarence and Hazel (Marker) Gross. On September 16, 1950, she married Murray A. Gause, who survives at the...

Glenn  T Markley

Glenn T Markley

Sep 12, 2016

Glenn T. Markley, 70 of Van Wert, died at 11:57 a.m., Monday, September 12, 2016 at the Lutheran Hospital of Indiana in Fort Wayne. He was born on July 4, 1946 in Lima, Ohio, the son of the late Henry R. and Doris Elsie (Miller) Markley. On June 30, 2001, he married Dorothy E. "Dot" Mason-Markley, who survives at...

Montayne L. "Monnie" Ferris

Montayne L. "Monnie" Ferris

Sep 8, 2016

Montayne L. "Monnie" Ferris, 95 of Van Wert, died at 10:22 a.m., Thursday, September 8, 2016 at the Vancrest Health Care Center in Van Wert, Ohio. She was born May 28, 1921 in Wapakoneta, Ohio, the daughter of the late Frank A. and Clara B. (Kolter) Abraham. On December 23, 1942, she married John M. Keirns. On July 17,...

Beverley Cowan

Beverley Cowan

Sep 4, 2016

Beverley Jean Cowan, 69, of Van Wert passed from this life Sunday evening at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born on January 22, 1947, in Van Wert, the daughter of the late Lowell Clarence and Rosella Marie (Turner) Camp. She was also preceded in death by her "Aunt Dean", H. Eileen Bloomfield who raised Beverley. On June...

Bill  Dean Kirchenbauer

Bill Dean Kirchenbauer

Sep 3, 2016

Bill Dean Kirchenbauer, 87 of Celina, Ohio, died at 6:26 p.m., Saturday September 3, 2016 at the C.H.P.- Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert, Ohio. He was born on December 29, 1928 in Wren, Ohio, the son of the late Harold and Minnie Bernice (Allen) Kirchenbauer. On November 29, 1947, he married Martha Jane (Eyanson) Kirchenbauer, who preceded him...

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