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...
Ned Scheidt
Dec 30, 2016
Ned D. Scheidt, 81 of rural Van Wert, died at 3:44 a.m., Friday, December 30, 2016, after arrival at the Van Wert County Hospital. He was born on January 24, 1935, in Van Wert, the son of the late Lamo B. and Nellie W. (Hertel) Scheidt. On April 12, 1958, he married the former Marilyn Ann Rhodes, who survives...
Helen Etzler
Dec 28, 2016
Helen E. Etzler, 98, of Convoy, passed away at 8 a.m., Wednesday at VanCrest of Convoy. She was born on April 6, 1918, in LaSalle County, Illinois, the daughter of the late John Lester and Hattie (Deffenbaugh) Boyd. On June 1, 1941, she married Arnold Jacob Etzler who also preceded her in death on March 1, 1981. Family survivors...
Ruby Kohn
Dec 24, 2016
Ruby Taylor Kohn, 80, passed away Saturday, December 24, 2016. Mrs. Kohn was born in Ohio City, Ohio. Surviving are four daughters and their husbands, Deb and Randell Morrison, Kim and Billy Deaton, Connie and Dewey Fondren, and Cindy and Mike Krugh; one brother, Wavel Taylor and wife Sandy; two sisters, Jane Krieger and Alta Parton; eight grandchildren and...
Anna Carr
Dec 22, 2016
Anna Carr, 70, passed away at 10:00 p.m., Thursday at her residence in Ohio City. She was born on June 11, 1946 in Van Wert County, Ohio, the daughter of the late Hugh V. and Martha Helen (Wiseman) Ainsworth. On January 20, 1968, she married Bill Carr who survives at the residence. Anna was a homemaker. She was a...
Rodney Busch
Dec 21, 2016
Rodney James Busch, Sr., of Delphos went to be with his Lord and Savior Wednesday evening, December 21, 2016, surrounded by his family at home. He had fought a three-years battle with cancer. He was born April 2, 1950, in Lima to Richard H and Mary (Fair) Busch, who proceeded him to death. Also proceeding him in death were...
M. Isabelle Schumm
Dec 21, 2016
M. Isabelle Schumm, 100, of Convoy died at 10:45 p.m. Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at Vancrest Convoy. She was born January 21, 1916 in Van Wert County, Ohio, the daughter of William and Grace (Hawkins) Wermer. They both preceded her in death. On January 22, 1938, she married Karl Schumm who survives. They were married for 78 years and...
Donna Kaiser
Dec 15, 2016
Donna Joan Kaiser, 89, of Van Wert, passed away at 5:52 p.m., Thursday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born on August 30, 1927, in Ohio City, the daughter of the late Don Samuel and Vera Gertrude (Hoffman) Brown. On June 14, 1951, she married Harlan Raymond Kaiser who died April 29, 2016. She was also preceded...
Gregg Markley
Dec 2, 2016
Gregg E. Markley, 62, of Scott, died at 9 p.m., Friday, shortly after arrival at Van Wert County Hospital. He was born on February 26, 1954, in Van Wert, the son of Harold Graydon Markley and Mary Ann (Hoaglin) Rogers who are both deceased. On Feb. 26, 1977, he married the former Beverly Lewis who survives. Other family members...
Gabriella Alanna Rose Etzler
Dec 1, 2016
Gabriella Alanna Rose Etzler, daughter of Angela R. Tuckerman and Jason D. Etzler of Van Wert, was stillborn at 5:49 p.m., Thursday, December 1, 2016 at the Van Wert County Hospital. Family survivors include her sister, Arianna Alexis Ann Etzler at home, half-brothers, Blaze T. Tuckerman and Caden Tuckerman of Van Wert; half-sister, Kirsten Tuckerman of Van Wert; paternal...
Christine Bashore
Nov 30, 2016
Christine G. (Allen) Bashore, 52, of Convoy, passed away at 5:25 p.m. on November 30, 2016 at Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center surrounded by her loving family. Chris was born on May 5, 1964 in Lima, Ohio to Larry and Sue Allen. She married her husband, Forest (Frosty) Bashore on September 11, 1982. Chris enjoyed working as a...
Edna Book
Nov 29, 2016
Edna Marie Book, 95 of Celina, died at 1:22 p.m., Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at the C.H.P.-Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. She was born on June 1, 1921 in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of the late Frederick Valentine and Mary (Henges) Herberger. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Lester Soden, Richard Myron Breese, and William...
Richard Kenneth Duncan
Nov 29, 2016
Richard Kenneth Duncan, 73 of Harrod, Ohio, died at 9:23 p.m., Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at his residence in Harrod. He was born on November 17, 1943 in Middle Point, Ohio, the son of the late Virgil and Goldie (Britton) Duncan. Family survivors include his son, Kevin Duncan of Harrod, Ohio; sister, Carol D. (Jack) Brown of Ohio City;...
Elaine Janice Beegle
Nov 27, 2016
Elaine Janice Beegle, 77 of Van Wert, died at 5:40 a.m., Sunday November 27, 2016 at the C.H.P.-Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert, Ohio. She was born on May 23, 1939 in Paulding, Ohio, the daughter of the late Donald and Pauline (Shafer) Tracy. She is preceded in death by her husband James Beegle. She is survived by her...
Samuel Brewster
Nov 22, 2016
What a Friend he had in Jesus and in His loving arms He took Sam and said "Well done thy good and faithful servant". Rev. Samuel A. Brewster Sr. of Rockford, Ohio was called home to rest by our Lord and Savior for whom he so faithfully served by sharing with others God's Love and Salvation. He passed away...
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
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...
