Obituaries
Van Wert, Ohio Obituaries
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...
Gordon Fralick
Feb 28, 2016
Gordon L. Fralick, 91, of Harrison Township, passed away at 10:35 p.m., Sunday, February 28, 2016, at VanCrest of Van Wert. He was born on July 10, 1924, a son of the late Robert Lancaster and Lola Grace (Springer) Fralick. On September 5, 1992, he married Annabell Dull who preceded him in death on October 3, 2011. Family survivors...
Robert Hartsock
Feb 26, 2016
Robert Gene Hartsock, 68, of Van Wert, died Friday morning at the I.U. Medical Center in Indianapolis. He was born on May 18, 1947, in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, the son of the late Donald and Ruth (Fields) Hartsock. On March 2, 2013, he married the former Paula Reynolds who survives. Other family members include four children, Robin (Tom)...
Ralph E Rager
Feb 24, 2016
Ralph E. Rager, 85, of Van Wert passed away February 24, 2016, at Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born in Scott, Ohio, to the late Ezra L. and Mamie L. (Foust) Rager on June 25, 1930. He married Joan M. Spencer on December 27, 1949, and she preceded him in death on December 19, 2012. He formerly...
Gage Miller
Feb 12, 2016
Gage P. Miller, 21 of rural Ohio City, died Friday a.m., February 12, 2016 in Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida. He was born on March 17, 1994 in Lima, Ohio, the son of Clint P. Miller of Van Wert and Angela M. (Coomer) Merkle of Ohio City, Ohio. He is survived by his father Clint; mother Angela and...
Dennis Bidlack
Feb 10, 2016
Dennis Ray Bidlack, 70, of Van Wert, passed from this life into the presence of Jesus Wednesday morning, Feb. 10, 2016, at the Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born on April 9, 1945, in Washington Township, Paulding County, the son of R. Paul and Shirley (Thrasher) Bidlack. He married the former Cheryl Agler on December 5, 1964,...
Arthur Shook
Jan 28, 2016
Arthur L. "Art" Shook, 89, of Van Wert, passed away at 5:22 p.m., Thursday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. He was born on December 1, 1926, in Van Wert, the son of the late William J. and Anna K. (Rose) Shook. On June 27, 1947, he married the former Betty J. Tangeman who survives. Other...
Elaine Deaton
Jan 27, 2016
Elaine K. Deaton, 68, of Van Wert, passed away at 5:05 p.m., Wednesday at the VanCrest Health Care Center in Van Wert. She was born on April 19, 1947, in Columbus, the daughter of the late Richard and Mildred Sudman. Family survivors include her two sons, Rich W. (Sheri) Kline and Kurt A. (Angie) Kline, all of Ohio City;...
Marcus Watson
Jan 23, 2016
Marcus Anthony Watson, 29, died, 11:41 a.m., Saturday, at Van Wert County Hospital. He was born on October 27, 1986, in Lima, the son of Rev. William J. and Annetta (Cole) Watson, Sr., of Van Wert. On July 27, 2006, he married the former Danielle Lautzenheiser who survives. Other family members include his two children, Karter Anthony and Jaida...
Mark Youtzy
Jan 22, 2016
Mark Lynn Youtzy, 59, of Van Wert, died at 5:40 p.m., Friday at the VanCrest Health Care Center following a short illness. He was born on November 18, 1956, in Van Wert, the son of Juanita P. (Gilbert) Youtzy of Van Wert and the late Donald Gene Youtzy. Besides his mother, other family members include two brothers, Jerry Youtzy...
Janice Clark
Jan 16, 2016
Janice L. Clark, 76, of Van Wert and formerly of Ohio City, died at 5:15 a.m., Saturday at Vancrest Assisted Living in Van Wert. She was born on August 24, 1939, in Ohio City, the daughter of the late George Clayton and Edith Irene (Clouse) Adelblue. She was also preceded in death by three sisters, Marilyn Adelblue, Carolyn Adelblue,...
Lee Lare
Jan 13, 2016
Lee J. Lare, 94, of Venedocia, died at 3:42 a.m., Wednesday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. He was born on August 2, 1921, in Lansing, Michigan, the son of the late Ray Elbert and Nora Lee (Barker) Lare. On July 12, 1944, he married the former Marcile Millisor who preceded him in death on April...
Angela Harmon
Jan 12, 2016
Angela Jean Harmon, 52, of Harrison Township, died at 10:33 a.m., shortly after arrival Tuesday at Van Wert County Hospital. She was born on September 11, 1963, in Van Wert, the daughter of Michael and Eloise M. (Kreischer) Biro, Sr., who survive in rural Van Wert. On Sept. 13, 1986, she married Jeff A. Harmon who also survives. Other...
Olse Hernandez
Jan 11, 2016
Olse W. Hernandez, 85, of Van Wert, died at 12:40 p.m., Monday at the Lima Memorial Hospital. He was born on March 17, 1930, in Spanish Lake, Louisiana, the son of the late John and Rose Hernandez. Family survivors include his son, Jim (Marilyn) Hernandez of Van Wert; a daughter, Sherry Hernandez (John Hernandez) of Van Wert; his adopted...
Ralph Wood
Jan 9, 2016
Ralph Edwin Wood, 76, passed away at 9:40 p.m., Saturday at his residence in Van Wert. He was born on October 17, 1939, in Wabash, Indiana, the son of the late Charles Wood and Alice (Hawley) Wright. On June 3, 1991, he married the former Gloria S. Hurless who survives. Other family members include his five children, Jeff (Kim)...
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