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...
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...
