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Van Wert, Ohio Obituaries

Leon Whittington

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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;...

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