Sharon Knoll
Jun 3, 2015
Sharon Rose Case Knoll, 75, of Van Wert, went to be with her Lord at 8:03 a.m., Wednesday at the VanCrest Health Care Center, Van Wert. She was born on February 13, 1940, in Berne, Indiana, the daughter of the late Joyce Ray and Velma Marie (Pontius) Case. On May 11, 1962, she married William Franklin "Bill" Knoll who...
Ruth Stewart
May 31, 2015
Ruth L. Stewart, 99, of Grover Hill, died on May 31, 2015, at the VanCrest Health Care Center in Van Wert. She was born on July 18, 1915, in Van Wert County, the daughter of the late Lehr and Nora (Stemen) McCracken. She married Lloyd Stewart on January 16, 1937, and he preceded her in death. Ruth was a...
Nancy Sheets
May 22, 2015
Nancy Jill Sheets went to be with the Lord and Savior on Friday, May 22, 2015 at 7:05 p.m., at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. She was born on August 17, 1950 in Van Wert County to the daughter of the late Margaret (Schwartz) Pierce and Edwin J. Pierce surviving of of Rockford. Mrs. Sheets was...
Janet Harmon
May 20, 2015
Janet Ann Harmon, 68, of Van Wert, died at 8:52 a.m., Wednesday at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana. She was born on December 6, 1946, in Van Wert, the daughter of the late Bertis William and Doris Marie (Prichard) Harmon. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Gary Lynn Harmon and Larry D. Harmon. Survivors include a...
Sylvia Stetler
May 18, 2015
Sylvia Ruth Stetler, 89 of Van Wert went to be with her Lord at 2:50 a.m., Monday , May 18, 2015 at the VanCrest Health Care Center, Van Wert. She was born on January 24, 1926 in Union Township, the daughter of the late Charley Franklin and Alma Ilo (Good) Albright. On October 18, 1958, she married Denton Ralph...
Cheryl Miller
May 17, 2015
Cheryl Kay Miller, 62 of Van Wert, died Sunday at 10:37 a.m., May 17, 2015 at her residence. She was born on September 2, 1952 in Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of Barbara (McPherson) Army Steptoe of Ohio City and the late Bernard Walter Army, Jr. She married Dr. Dennis J. Miller, who survives in Van Wert, Ohio. Cheryl was...
Mary Krugh
May 16, 2015
Mary Lue Krugh, 86, of Ohio City, passed away at 11:47 p.m., Saturday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. She was born on July 9, 1928, in Ohio City, the daughter of the late John Elroy and Grace Elma (High) Prichard. On September 13, 1947, she married Ned D. Krugh who survives. Other family members include...
Ray Burk
May 10, 2015
Ray M. Burk, 67, of Pleasant Township. passed away Sunday evening shortly after arrival at the Van Wert County Hospital. He was born on September 18, 1947, in Scott, Ohio, the son of the late Richard and Thelma (Schwartz) Burk. On September 30, 1967, he married the former Carol L. DeMaderios who survives. Other family members include two sons,...
Darlene Ditto
May 7, 2015
Darlene N. Ditto, 81, went to be with Jesus Thursday morning, May 7, 2015, at Woodcrest of Decatur. She was born on September 4, 1933, in Guymon, Oklahoma. She was the 13th of fifteen children born to the late Gustave W. and Della (McCaskey) Sinning. During the Dust Bowl, she moved with her family to Mountain Grove, Missouri, when...
Marjorie Arn
Apr 27, 2015
Marjorie Ruth Arn, 93, of rural Convoy, passed away peacefully at 2:40 p.m., Monday at the Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born on December 8, 1921, in Ohio City to William O. and Ruth Marie (Stewart) Blush. On August 26, 1940, she married Walter H. Arn who died on January 19, 1997. She later married David Roger...
James Foster
Apr 17, 2015
James Michael Foster, 60, of Van Wert, died at 1:10 p.m., Friday at St. Joseph Hospital in Fort Wayne. He was born on March 3, 1955, the son of the late Ralph Albert and Betty Catherine (Case) Foster. He was also preceded in death by two brothers, Eugene Wayne Foster and Marvin Lee Foster. Family survivors include two sisters...
Fritz Stewart
Apr 3, 2015
Frances M. "Fritzi" Stewart, 83, of Convoy, passed away at 6:20 p.m., Friday at the home of her daughter near Fort Wayne. She was born on January 6, 1932, in Van Wert County, the daughter of the late H. Robert and Dorothy (Gordon) Hummel. On May 5, 1951, she married Bryan A. Stewart who preceded her in death on...
Nancy Jo Laukhuf
Mar 31, 2015
Nancy Jo Laukhuf, 64 of Paulding, Ohio, died at 3:06 p.m., Tuesday March 31, 2015 at the Bucyrus Community Hospital in Bucyrus, Ohio. She was born on August 20, 1950 in Paulding, Ohio, the daughter of the late Ernest and Iva (Leonard) Adkins. On August 24, 1968, she married David L. Laukhuf, who survives at the residence. Nancy had...
Janet O'Neill
Mar 23, 2015
Janet Louise (Shaffer) O'Neill, 73, of rural Middle Point, went home to be with her Lord and Savior at 2:09 p.m., Monday, at the Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born on July 24, 1941, near Rockford, the daughter of the late Hoyt and Edith (Whittenbarger) Shaffer. On November 18, 1961, she married T. James O'Neill who survives....
Betty Owens
Mar 16, 2015
Betty Louise Owens, 94, of Van Wert, died at 1:20 p.m., Monday at VanCrest of Convoy. She was born on November 3, 1920, in Adams County, Indiana, the daughter of the late Joseph William and Pearl (Imler) Feasby. On June 15, 1946, she married Dale Gribler who died on June 15, 1957. She married Jacob Owens, Sept. 4, 1974,...
Donald Sutton
Mar 15, 2015
Donald C. Sutton, 85, of Liberty Township, died at 11:25 a.m., Sunday at the Van Wert County Hospital. He was born on June 26, 1929, in Van Wert County, the son of the late Archie Clifford and Bertha Mae (Farling) Sutton. On December 11, 1948, he married his high school sweetheart and love of his life, the former Darlene...
Douglas Holman
Mar 15, 2015
Dr. Douglas N. Holman, 70, of Van Wert, died at 4:15 p.m., Sunday at the St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima. He was born on September 17, 1944, in Defiance, Ohio, the son of the late Virgil and Erma (Kennedy) Holman. On December 10, 2000, he married the former Donna Kyle who survives. Other family members include his daughter...
Mark Ainsworth
Mar 11, 2015
Mark Allen Ainsworth, 59, of Ohio City, passed away at 8:58 p.m., Wednesday at the Van Wert County Hospital. He was born on October 11, 1955, in Ohio City, with son of the late Hugh V. and Martha Helen (Wiseman) Ainsworth. On April 24, 1977, he married the former Deborah Ellen Lehman who survives. Other family members include two...
Louis Ryan
Mar 9, 2015
Louis James Ryan, 99, of Convoy, died at 9:25 a.m., Monday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born on December 5, 1915, in Convoy, the son of the late Walter and Bessie (Baxter) Ryan. On June 14, 1941, he married the former Eileen Louise Weck who preceded him in death on November 28, 1998. He was also...
James Johnson
Mar 7, 2015
James A. Johnson, 69 of Middle Point, Ohio, died at 8:20 a.m., Saturday March 7, 2015 at the Lima Manor Nursing Home, only recently being moved there (Lima Manor) after spending seven months at St. Rita's, the Cleveland Clinic and Kindred Hospital in Lima following complications from surgery. He was born on March 22, 1945 in Massillon, Ohio, and...
