Michael Medford
Aug 1, 2015
Michael Medford, 60, of rural Van Wert, passed away Saturday morning at his home in Ridge Township. He was born on May 13, 1954, in Van Wert, the son of the late James "Jimmy" and Eldiva Melvine (Griffis) Medford. On April 24, 1982, he married the former Julie Boyer who survives. Other family members include his son, Andrew "Andy"...
Cyrus Stechschulte
Jul 31, 2015
Cyrus Grimm Stechschulte, was born July 13, 2015 at midnight. He passed away on July 31, 2015, in his mother's arms. His life, although very short, has touched and changed many. He will be forever loved and missed. He is survived by his mother Megan (Kraner) Stechschulte and father, Albert Stechsculte of Van Wert; four brothers, Aaron, Josh, Carl...
Keith Robertshaw
Jul 30, 2015
Keith W. Robertshaw, 60 of Van Wert, died at 12:19 p.m., Thursday, July 30, 2015, after a courageous four-year battle with melanoma at the Community Health Professional Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. He was born on May 12, 1955 in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada, the son of Shirley (Hallock) Robertshaw who survives in Woodstock, and the late George Robertshaw....
Carol Longsworth
Jul 28, 2015
Carol Ann Longsworth, 70, of Van Wert, died at 6:53 a.m., Tuesday, shortly after arrival at Van Wert County Hospital. She was born on April 25, 1945, in Carthagena, the daughter of the late Gregory and Margaret (Braun) Huber. She married Clifford Longsworth on May 5, 1988, and he survives. Other family members include her four sons, Bruce (Robin)...
Vera Pruden
Jul 24, 2015
Vera M. Pruden, 92 of rural Rockford, Ohio, died at 8:26 a.m., Friday July 24, 2015 at the Laurels of Shane Hill near Rockford. She was born on November 11, 1922 in Schumm, Ohio, the daughter of the late Alfred Lawrence "Jack" and Viola Henrietta (Reidenbach) Handwerk. On February 11, 1965, she Glenn Gaylord Pruden, who preceded her in...
Lorenz Germann
Jul 21, 2015
Lorenz Herold "Dick" Germann, 89, of Van Wert, died at 7:38 p.m., Tuesday at VanCrest Health Care Center, Van Wert. He was born on December 12, 1925, in Harrison Township, the son of the late Herold A. and Elenora K. (Siegel) Germann. On September 24, 1947, he married the former Helen Marie Bilderback who died on January 6, 2009....
Louise Tingley
Jul 18, 2015
N. Louise Tingley, age 97, of Rockford, Oh, passed away on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 5:15 a.m., at Hearth and Home assisted living facility, Van Wert, OH. Louise was born December 27, 1917 in Ridge Township, Van Wert County, OH, the daughter of Alonzo and Lois (Swick) Gilliland; both preceded her in death. On July 21, 1940 she...
Marilyn Ahrens
Jul 16, 2015
Marilyn I. Ahrens, 85, of Ossian, Indiana, passed away at 10:20 a.m., Thursday, at her daughter's residence near Hollansburg, Ohio. She was born on December 10, 1929, in Van Wert County, the daughter of the late Forest Herbert and Helen Melissa (King) Dull. On August 25, 1951, she married Ralph William Ahrens who preceded her in death on August...
Martha Bowresock
Jul 7, 2015
Martha R. (Brown) Bowersock, 94, of Van Wert, died at 4:20 a.m., Tuesday at VanCrest Health Care Center. She was born on October 25, 1920, in Jay County, Indiana, the daughter of the late Harry and Blanche (Michael) Brown. Family survivors include two daughters, Rosalie Beeson of California, and Patti (Ted) Baldwin of Van Wert; four sons, Sam (Janet)...
Ruth Reed
Jun 29, 2015
Ruth M. Reed, 97, of Grover Hill, OH, passed away Monday, June 29, 2015 at Lutheran Hospital, Ft. Wayne, IN. Ruth was born to William H. and Hazel (Farling) Ries, January 8, 1918 in their log home located in York Township, Van Wert County, Ohio. She had attended International Business College in Fort Wayne. Ruth had worked at General...
James Wagonrod
Jun 28, 2015
James Rodger Wagonrod, 78, of Columbus, died at 7:15 p.m., Sunday at Lima Memorial Hospital. He was born on July 15, 1936, in Van Wert, the son of the late Esta Vernon and Carol May (Sullivan) Wagonrod. He was married to the former Rosemary Eileen Lane who died in 2001, and then he married Jean Ann (Hipsley) who also...
Mildred Welch
Jun 18, 2015
Mildred M. Welch, 95 of Van Wert, went to see Jesus at 2:05 p.m., Thursday, June 18, 2015 at the Van Wert Manor Nursing Home. She was born on May 28, 1920 in Grover Hill, the daughter of the late Clarence and Golda (Poling) Wistner. On August 14, 1941, she married Homer Justus Welch, who preceded her in death...
Robert E Cooper, Jr.
Jun 14, 2015
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., 67 of Van Wert died at 5:30 a.m., Sunday June 14, 2015 at the Lutheran Hospital of Indiana in Fort Wayne. He was born on January 26, 1948 in Van Wert, Ohio, the son of the late Robert E. and Frances (Winhover) Cooper, Sr. On January 29, 1972, he married Patricia Anne (Edsall), who preceded...
Paul English
Jun 8, 2015
Paul C. English, 55, died Monday evening, June 8, 2015, at his residence in Van Wert. He was born on August 21, 1959, the son of the late Donald Charles and Margaret Joyce (Nihiser) English. Family survivors include a sister, Robin Lee Wright of Van Wert; a brother, Donn B. (Tawnya) English of Antwerp; and six children. There will...
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...
