Opal Colegrove
Sep 8, 2014
Opal Colegrove, 78, of Convoy, died at 6:10 a.m., Monday shortly after arrival at Van Wert County Hospital. She was born in Harlan County, Kentucky on February 25, 1936, the daughter of the late David and Catherine (Taylor) Wilson. On March 10, 1956, she married Orbie Melvin Colegrove who preceded her in death on Oct. 28, 2003. She was...
Tootie Allen
Aug 31, 2014
Thelma Mae "Tootie" Allen, 84, of Ohio City, died at 8:45 a.m., Sunday at the Colonial Nursing Home in Rockford. She was born on October 24, 1929, Ohio City, the daughter of the late Peter W. and Loretta Louetta (Rayer) Wiseman. On June 19, 1968, she married Morrel Groom "Chum" Allen who also preceded her in death on June...
Anita Weeder
Aug 31, 2014
Anita Mae Weeder, 103, of Van Wert, passed away at 7 p.m., Sunday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. She was born on June 15, 1911, in Auglaize County, the daughter of the late Melvin F. and Hannah (Zimmerman) Metzger. On March 5, 1938, she married Clair Wilbur Weeder and they enjoyed 73 years of marriage...
Eugene Salway
Aug 25, 2014
Eugene Allen "Gene" Salway, 54, of Dayton, passed away at 1:47 a.m., Monday, at the Hospice of Dayton. He was born in Van Wert on April 28, 1960, the son of Emma Marcile (Allmandinger) Salway of Ohio City and the late Harold Floyd Salway. Family survivors include his sister, Ellen M. (Jerry) Reigle of rural Ohio City; a brother,...
Nina Dealey
Aug 21, 2014
Nina Duella Dealey, 89, of Convoy, passed away at 3:42 p.m., Thursday at the Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born on April 21, 1925, in Van Wert County, the daughter of the late Francis and Duella (Krauter) Krick. On August 2, 1941, she married Oliver Henry Dealey who died on July 21, 1995. She was also preceded in death...
Cheryl Clark
Aug 19, 2014
Cheryl Ann Clark, 59 of Scott, Ohio, died at 9:00 p.m., Tuesday August 19, 2014 at her residence in Scott, Ohio. She was born on October 6, 1954 in Paulding, Ohio, the daughter of the late David and Mildred (Rohlf) Strawser. On August 6, 1991, she married Richard Clark, who survives at the residence. Cheryl had worked in the...
David Brake
Aug 18, 2014
David L. Brake, 50 of rural Van Wert, died at 10:40 a.m., Monday August 18, 2014 at his residence in Harrison Township. He was born on July 28, 1964 in Van Wert, the son of the late Virginia Jean (May) Brake. On September 9, 1989, he married Traci L. (Kelly) Brake, who survives at the residence. David was the...
Pearl Saylor
Aug 18, 2014
Francis Pearl Saylor, 90 of Coconut Creek, Florida, and formerly of London, Kentucky and Convoy, Ohio died at 12:40 p.m., Monday, August 18, 2014 at the home of her daughter in Florida. She was born April 13, 1924 in Alva, Kentucky, the daughter of the late Arthur Asher and Marguarette (Lundy) Morse. On Feb 10, 1946, she married Levi...
Helen Shinabery
Aug 16, 2014
Helen Pauline Shinabery, 93, of Rockford, died at 10:30 p.m., Saturday at VanCrest Health Care Center, Van Wert. She was born on July 29, 1921, in Ohio City, the daughter of the late Peter W. and Loretta Louetta (Rayer) Wiseman. On October 17, 1941, she married Darlene M. Shinabery who preceded her in death on December 17, 1993. Family...
Delores "Dee" Howell
Aug 13, 2014
Delores Kay "Dee" Howell, 65 of Van Wert, Ohio, died at 12:05 p.m., Wednesday, August 13, 2014 at the C.H.P.-Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. She was born on July 1, 1949 in Paulding County, Ohio, the daughter of the late Robert and Mable (Hartwick) Simpson. Besides her parents, Dee was preceded in death by paternal grandparents, Floyd E....
Jerry Spoon
Aug 12, 2014
Jerry F. Spoon, 86, of Van Wert passed away at 12:10 p.m., Tuesday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born on July 27, 1928, in Kirby, Ohio, the son of the late Raymond W. and Marie Elizabeth (Kuntz) Spoon. On December 27, 1946, he married the former Helen Maxine Bolinger who preceded him in death on December...
Edna Mae "Daisy" Creel
Aug 12, 2014
Edna Mae "Daisy" Creel, 89 of Van Wert, Ohio and formerly of Anderson, Alabama, died at 1:50 a.m., Tuesday August 12, 2014 at the C.H.P.-Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert, Ohio. She was born on May 29, 1925 in Ohio City, Ohio, the daughter of the late Henry William and Grace Adeline (Magoto) Stutz. On May 1, 1954, she...
Lois Owens
Aug 3, 2014
Lois E. Owens, 77, of Convoy, passed away at 7:05 a.m., Sunday, August 3, 2014, at her residence. She was born on August 20, 1936, in Van Wert County, the daughter of the late Otto G. and Ethel (Lee) Krugh of rural Convoy. On May 20, 1956, she married Doyt L. Owens who survives. Lois was a graduate of...
Geraldine Cowell
Jul 28, 2014
Geraldine Ellen Cowell, 89, of Van Wert, passed away at 9:54 p.m., Monday at the Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born on September 20, 1924 in Painesville, Ohio, the daughter of the late Floyd and Jessie (Myers) Brown. On March 26, 1941, she married Earl Wesley Cowell. He preceded her in death on September 28, 1986. Family members include...
Roger Wagner
Jul 27, 2014
Roger Lee Wagner, 75, of Van Wert, died at 12:28 a.m., Sunday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born on December 21, 1938, in Delphos, the son of the late George and Lucille (Kershner) Wagner. On August 30, 1958, he married the former Alberta Agnes Huber who died on June 1, 2007. He then married Rosemary (Davis)...
Clayton Springer
Jul 26, 2014
Clayton Eugene Springer, 88, of Sun City Center, Florida and formerly of Van Wert and Mendon, passed away at 6 a.m., Saturday in Sun City Center. He was born on January 3, 1926, in Mercer County, the son of the late Elza Clayton and Stella M. (Baucher) Springer. On September 25, 1949, he married the former Margaret L. Ries...
Lyle Mitchener
Jul 21, 2014
Lyle R. "Zeb" Mitchener, 67, of Celina and formerly of Van Wert, died at 9:05 a.m., Monday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. He was born on January 30, 1947, in Van Wert the son of Dorotha J. "Dottie" (Canny) Mitchener of Van Wert and the late Paul F. Mitchener. Survivors in his long-time partner, Kathy...
Linda Youtzy
Jul 19, 2014
Linda Anne Youtzy, 68, of Convoy, passed away comfortably surrounded by her family and love at 9:46 a.m., Saturday, at the Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. She was born on December 17, 1945, in Russell, Massachusetts, the daughter of Beatrice (Blake) Russillo who preceded her in death. On July 14, 1984, she married Jerry Lee Youtzy who survives. Other...
Alma Bolenbaugh
Jul 18, 2014
Alma Ellen Bolenbaugh, 97, of Van Wert, died at 12:28 a.m., Friday at the St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima. She was born on January 19, 1917, in Mercer County. She was the last surviving child of the family of the late Philip and Rebecca (Williams) Swander. She married John Vernon Bolenbaugh on March 30, 1937 in Huntington County,...
Dorthy Trisel
Jul 6, 2014
Dorthy Marie Trisel, 94, formerly of Van Wert and Mendon, died at 3:30 a.m., Sunday at The Laurels of Shane Hill near Rockford. She was born on March 19, 1920, in Ohio City, the daughter of the late Lewis J. and Stella Heneretta (Smith) Agler. On June 17, 1939, she married Arthur P. "Budd" Trisel and he preceded her...
