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...
Evelyn Heath
Jul 4, 2014
Evelyn Louise Heath, 92, of Liberty Township, died peacefully at 3:14 p.m., Friday, surrounded by her family at the Inpatient Hospice Center. She as born on March 5, 1922, in York Township, the daughter of the late Howard Silas Miller and Grace C. Emerling. She married James Mounts Heath, Jr., on June 16, 1942, in Covington, Kentucky, and he...
Virginia Gamble
Jul 4, 2014
Virginia Marie Holden-Gamble, 91, of Van Wert, died at 4:15 p.m., Friday at the Van Wert Manor Nursing Home. She was born on February 20, 1923, in Toledo, Ohio, the daughter of Ray Howard Kelsey and Gladys Marie (Gill) Kelsey Billieu. Her parents preceded her in death in addition to her husband, Paul F. Holden; her step father, Orley...
Eleanor Cox
Jun 19, 2014
Eleanor Martha Cox, 84, of Tully Township, passed away at 1:28 p.m., Thursday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. She was born on March 10, 1930, in Decatur, Indiana, the daughter of the late William and Alma (Tewers) Goelz. On January 9, 1955, she married Paul Richard Cox who preceded her in death on February 24,...
Chum Allen
Jun 17, 2014
Morrell Groom "Chum" Allen, 79, of Ohio City, died at 12:50 a.m., Tuesday at the Van Wert County Hospital. He was born on February 25, 1935, in Detroit, Michigan, the son of the late Carol M. and Eleanor Margaret (Groom) Allen. He married the former Thelma Mae "Tootie" Wiseman on June 19, 1968, and she survives. Other family members...
Herman Wells
Jun 15, 2014
Herman Glenn Wells, 84, of Van Wert, passed away at 6:30 p.m., Sunday at the VanCrest Health Care Center. He was born on January 26, 1930, in Paulding County, the son of the late Lawson J. and Inez I.(Cotterman) Wells. He married the former Doris M. Moran on July 21, 1951 in Continental and she survives. Other family members...
William Burk
Jun 5, 2014
William Russell Burk, 68, of Ohio City and formerly of Van Wert, died at 9:30 a.m., Thursday at the St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima following a battle with cancer. Her was born on May 5, 1946, in Van Wert to the late Russell A. And Minnie E. (Wooderson) Burk. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
