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Van Wert, Ohio Obituaries
Harlan Kaiser
Apr 29, 2016
Harlan R. Kaiser, 87, passed away Friday morning at his residence in Van Wert. He was born on July 31, 1928, in Edon, Ohio, the son of the late Raymond George and Jennie Fern (Dove) Kaiser. On June 14, 1951, he married the former Donna Joan Brown who survives. Other family member include his two daughters, Linda L. Kaiser...
William Bates
Apr 22, 2016
William L. Bates, 63, of Grover Hill, died at 4 p.m., Friday from injuries received in a vehicle accident on State Route 114, in Paulding County. He was born on July 15, 1952, in Adams County, Indian, the son of the late Glen E. and Annis K. (Marbaugh) Bates. On November 17, 2001, he married the former Rhonda Miller...
Dorothy L Stemen
Apr 20, 2016
Dorothy L. Stemen, 79 of Van Wert, died at 10:00 p.m., Wednesday April 20, 2016 at Kindred Care Hospital in Lima, Ohio. She was born on March 8, 1937 in Van Wert, Ohio, the daughter of the late Lewis Harold Johnson & Dorothy M. (Lee) Death. On November 27, 1955, she married Robert L. Stemen, who survives at the...
Carol Leppard
Apr 20, 2016
Carol Ann Leppard, 54 of Van Wert, died at 6:16 p.m., Wednesday April 20, 2016 at Lima Memorial Hospital in Lima, Ohio. She was born on October 21, 1961 in Van Wert, Ohio, the daughter of the late Kenneth Thompson and Nancy L. Barnett, surviving of Van Wert. Her step-father, Robert Franklin Barnett is also deceased. Her step mother...
Crystle Brower
Apr 17, 2016
Crystle L. Brower, 39, died at 8:35 p.m., Sunday as a result of injuries from a vehicle/bicycle accident on State Route 49 south of Convoy. She was born on December 10, 1976, in Portsmouth, Virginia, the daughter of Mike and Angie (Edgmon) Clevenger who both survive in Winchester, Indiana. On April 2, 2005, she married Adam L. Brower who...
Anne Rivera
Apr 15, 2016
Anne Marie Rivera, 60, of Convoy, passed away Friday afternoon at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She was born on December 21, 1955, in Mercer County, Ohio, and was the daughter of the late Louise V. (Schwarck) and Robert L. Wertenberger who survives in Convoy. On October 16, 2015, she married Jimmy Rivera who also survives. Other family...
Irene Myers
Mar 29, 2016
Irene H. Myers, 99, of rural Ohio City, died at 4:55 p.m., Tuesday at the VanCrest Health Care Center in Van Wert. She was born on December 8, 1916, in Dayton, Ohio, the daughter of the late Harry and Eva (Hodgson) Spidel. On November 27, 1935, she married Walter William Myers, who died on December 28, 1991. Family survivors...
Leon Whittington
Mar 28, 2016
Leon Whittington, 82, of Van Wert, died at 11:33 a.m., Monday, at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. He was born on August 25, 1933, in Denton, Missouri, the son of the late Emery Whittington and Irene (Siegler) Cora. On May 28, 1954, he married the former Emmaline Gribble who also preceded him in death on May...
Gordon Morgan
Mar 23, 2016
Gordon T. Morgan, 90 of Van Wert, died at 12:13 a.m., Wednesday at the Van Wert County Hospital. He was born on March 6, 1926, in Wetzel, the son of the late Evan Telford and Edith (McGinnis) Morgan. On October 12, 1947, he married the former Charlotte Eloise Black at the First United Methodist Church in Van Wert. She...
Donnabelle Clark
Mar 22, 2016
Donnabelle A. Clark, 81, of Scott, died at 2:05 a.m., Tuesday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. She was born on July 13, 1934, in Paulding County, the daughter of the late Elmer Aaron and Gertrude (Shafer) Lehman. On January 8, 1955, she married Henry James Clark who preceded her in death on November 16, 2006....
Bud Prichard
Mar 21, 2016
Lloyd R. "Bud" Prichard, 88, died Monday morning at his residence in Van Wert. He was born on March 3, 1928, in Ohio City, the son of the late Alta Ralph and Hattie (Dunbar) Prichard. On September 26, 1953, he married the former Shirley Mae Highley who survives. Other family members include his two sons, Kevin L. (Gretta) Prichard...
Joyce Heil
Mar 19, 2016
Joyce Darlene Heil, 66, of Van Wert, died at 10:30 p.m., Saturday at Vibra Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana. She was born on October 26, 1949, in Van Wert, the daughter of the late Adrian and Thelma (Kiehl) Kipp. She married Michael Lee Heil who preceded her in death on June 30, 1990. Family survivors include three sons, Jereme (Elizabeth)...
Beatrice Haines
Mar 13, 2016
Beatrice O. (Myers) Haines, 95, of Van Wert, died at 5 a.m., Sunday at VanCrest Health Care Center in Van Wert. She was born on January 3, 1921, in Van Wert County, the daughter of the late Fred and Orah (Rummel) Myers. On Oct. 17, 1959, she married Louis E. Haines who died on Feb. 10, 1994. She was...
Hazel Felver
Mar 12, 2016
Hazel Felver, 96, of Van Wert, passed away at 8:05 p.m., Saturday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. She was born on June 24, 1919, in Ohio City, the daughter of the late Charles Harold and Iva Myrtle (Rickard) Sutton. On August 6, 1938, she married Maxville Orren Felver who died on March 22, 1993. She...
Aimee Schulte
Mar 6, 2016
Aimee Nichole Schulte, 36, of Van Wert, passed away at 6:50 p.m., Sunday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. She was born on September 27, 1979, in Van Wert, the daughter of Mark A. and Catherine A. (Gill) Schulte who survive in Van Wert. Other family members include her sister, Leah C. (Brian Phillips) Schulte of...
Judith Bolenbaugh
Mar 4, 2016
Judith A. Bolenbaugh, 58, of Van Wert, passed away at 4:50 p.m., Friday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. She was born on September 9, 1957, in Bluffton, Indiana, the daughter of the late Stanley A. and Fondah G. (Walter) Morgan. On May 15, 2001, she married Dean F. Bolenbaugh who survives. Other family members include...
Joan Schlatter
Mar 4, 2016
Joan Schlatter, 91 of Van Wert, peacefull passed away at 10:37 p.m., Friday, March 4, 2016,surrounded by her family, at the Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. She was born on October 18, 1924 in Van Wert, Ohio, the daughter of the late Orley W. and Jennie M. (Baker) Putman. On December 7, 1946, she married...
Glen Hastings
Mar 2, 2016
Glen E. Hastings, 77, of Van Wert, passed away peacefully at his home at 5:15 p.m., Wednesday, March 2, 2016. He was born on May 29, 1938 in Manchester Township, Indiana, the son of the late Charles A. and Zula (Bales) Hastings. He married the former Judy A. Davies on September 19, 1985, who survives. Other family members include...
Larry Welker
Mar 2, 2016
Larry D. Welker, 78, of Venedocia, passed away at 5:40 a.m., Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at Van Crest Health Care Center in Van Wert. He was born on April 14, 1937, in Venedocia to the late Delmar E. and Lucile G. (Thomas) Welker. He graduate from York High School and was employed at Kennedy Manufacturing in Van Wert, retiring...
Steven Stahr
Feb 29, 2016
Steven J. Stahr, 52, of Philadelphia, PA, died at 7:48 p.m., Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, at Mercy Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was born on May 21, 1963, in Celina, the son of the late Elsie Mae (Miller) Stahr and Jack L. Stahr who survives in Van Wert. Also surviving are numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. Steven was a 1981...
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