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Van Wert, Ohio Obituaries
Robert Mosier
Jan 11, 2014
Robert Eugene Mosier, 79, of York Township, died at 6:45 p.m., Saturday at the VanCrest Health Care Center in Van Wert. He was born on May 24, 1934, in Paulding, the son of the late Clay Estel Mosier and Ada (Marsh) Mosier MacAdow. On September 28, 1957, he married the former Jo Louise Zeigler who survives. Other family members...
Wayne Sidle
Jan 6, 2014
Wayne H. Sidle, 83, of Van Wert, died at 6:52 p.m., Monday at the Van Wert Manor Nursing Home. He was born on April 24, 1930, in Van Wert, the son of the late Lee Clair and Grace Elizabeth (Mongold) Sidle. On August 29, 1954, he married the former Carol J. Phelps who survives. Other family members include his...
Richard Hurless
Jan 5, 2014
Richard I. Hurless, 83, of Van Wert, died at 12:55 a.m., Sunday at the Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born on September 28, 1930, in Mercer County, the son of the late Alva Doyt and Olive Irene (Hunter) Hurless. On October 29, 1950, he married the former Gloria J. Young who survives. Other family members include daughters and sons-in-law,...
Naomi Fickert
Jan 4, 2014
Naomi Jean Schriver Fickert, 86, of Ohio City, passed away at 2:25 a.m., Saturday at the Van Wert Manor Nursing Home. She was born on July 30, 1927, in Ottawa, Ohio, the daughter of the late Walter and Monnettie (Kindle) Radabaugh. She married Robert Schriver who died in March of 1972. She then married Leroy Melvin Fickert on November...
Alice Kreischer
Dec 26, 2013
Alice B. Kreischer, 90, of Van Wert, died at 7 p.m., Thursday at the VanCrest Health Care Center in Van Wert. She was born on November 18, 1923, in Rudersburg, Germany, the daughter of the late Gustav Freidrich and Emilie Auguste (Seibold) Ehman. On May 30, 1946, she married Norman Kreischer, Jr., who died on December 22, 2000. Family...
Colleen Cook
Dec 21, 2013
Colleen Cook, 85, formerly of Decatur, died at 6:56 p.m., Saturday at The Village of Heritage in Monroeville, Indiana. She was born on January 26, 1928, in Grover Hill, Ohio, the daughter of the late Ray and Rosella (Harpster) Elston. She had been married to Carl E. Cook who died on Nov. 14, 2002. Family survivors include two sons,...
Luetta Jellison
Dec 17, 2013
Luetta Jellison, 90, formerly of Union Township, passed away at 4:10 a.m., Tuesday, at the VanCrest Health Care Center in Van Wert. She was born on January 26, 1923, in Ohio City, the daughter of the late Glenn C. and Clara Etta (Kline) Brubaker. On January 17, 1953, she married Len M. Jellison who preceded her in death on...
Nathen Goodwin
Dec 11, 2013
Nathen E. Goodwin, 25, of Wren, died at 9:44 p.m., Wednesday at the St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima. He was born on November 14, 1988, in Coldwater, Ohio. His parents, David Ernest Goodwin of Wren and Janie Jo (Rogers) Cochran of Willshire, survive. Other family members include his daughter, Madilyn M. Goodwin; a brother, Bradley W. Goodwin of...
Lelan Cook
Dec 1, 2013
Lelan D. Cook, 80, of Pleasant Township, passed away at 11:20 p.m., Sunday at the Van Wert Manor Nursing Home. He was born on June 1, 1933, in Parma, Michigan, the son of the late William Herman and Mary Belle (Swift) Cook. He was also preceded in death by a sister in infancy. On August 30, 1958, he married...
Clinton Galloway
Nov 21, 2013
Clinton R. Galloway, 63, died peacefully and surrounded by his family at 11:221 a.m., Thursday, November 21, 2013 at the home of his daughter in Tampa, Florida. He was born on June 6, 1950, in Van Wert, the son of the late Myrna Rose (Young) Galloway and Thomas Eugene Galloway who survives. Clinton had resided in North Fort Myers,...
Larry Giessler
Nov 20, 2013
Larry Lee Giessler, 79, of Van Wert, passed away at 8:55 a.m., Wednesday at the Inpatient Hospice Center He was born on August 2, 1934, in Van Wert, the son of the late Merlin Smith and Esther Giessler. He was adopted and raised by his grandparents, Adam and Rosena (Klein) Giessler. On July 22, 1972, he married the former...
Berneice Young
Nov 18, 2013
Berneice Young, 100 of Van Wert died at 1:48 p.m., Monday November 18, 2013 at the C.H.P.-Inpatient Hospice Center of Van Wert, Ohio. She was born on August 26, 1913 in Willshire, Ohio, the daughter of the late Franny M. (Krick) and Fred Stetler. She married Harley H. Young, who preceded her in death on November 17, 1989. Berneice...
Ronald Clifton
Nov 17, 2013
Ronald G. Clifton, 78, passed away at 11:35 a.m., Sunday at his residence in Angola, IN. He was born on June 28, 1935, in Wren, the son of the late Corval and Wilma (Agler) Clifton. On October 30, 1955, he married the former Shirley Ann High who survives. Other family members include a son, Donald G. Clifton of Cleveland,...
Nancy Edinger
Nov 15, 2013
Nancy Edinger, 76, passed away at 11:57 p.m., Friday at her home in Van Wert. She was born on August 14, 1937, in Ironton, Ohio. She was the daughter of the late Rev. Robert Louis and Mildred Alice (Holmes) King. On December 30, 1956, she married Robert H. Edinger who survives. Other family members include, a daughter, Debra Sue...
Phyllis Rosendahl
Nov 15, 2013
Phyllis Margaret Rosendahl, 88, of Van Wert, died at 12:45 p.m., Friday at the Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born on July 15, 1925, in Ridge Township, the daughter of the late Floyd William and Emma (Railing) Shaw. On February 5, 1949, she married Harold Louis Rosendahl who survives. Other family members include a son, Allan E....
Rick Ellinger
Nov 13, 2013
Ricky Wayne "Rick" Ellinger, 61, of Liberty Township, passed away at 10:51 p.m., Wednesday at the Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born on August 16, 1952, the son of the late John William and Margaret Ruth (Davis) Ellinger. On October 15, 1983, he married the former Sue Ann Hurless who survives. Other family members include two sons,...
Lola Holmes
Nov 10, 2013
Lola Mae Holmes, 83, of Van Wert, died at 3:30 p.m., Sunday at VanCrest of Convoy. She was born on June 17, 1930, in Van Wert County, the daughter of the late William S. and Elsie May (Speelman) Morehead. On January 25, 1949, she married Walter Dawes Holmes who preceded her in death on March 31, 2006. Family survivors...
Marge Akerman
Nov 7, 2013
Catherine Marguerite "Marge" (Fleming) Akerman, 97, a resident of The Laurels of Shane Hill, Rockford, departed this world to be with the Lord at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2013 She was born June 21, 1916, in Jackson Township, Allen County, Ohio to Frank and Cathern (Ream) Fleming. She graduate from Lafayette High School in 1934 as valedictorian of...
Connie Wilkins
Nov 6, 2013
Connie Elaine Wilkins, 71, of Van Wert, died at 12 a.m., Wednesday at VanCrest Health Care Center. She was born on January 20, 1942, in York Township, the daughter of the late Merle Edgar and Hazel Davida (Owens) Wilkins. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Leora Louise Macklin. Family survivors include her sister, Sharleen (Warner) Heckley...
Dale Bolenbaugh
Nov 2, 2013
Pastor Dale Elliott Bolenbaugh, 44, died unexpectedly Saturday morning at the Van Wert County Hospital. He was born on February 19, 1969, in Van Wert, the son of Diana Glass of Van Wert and the late Fred Keith Bolenbaugh who died in 2004. On May 1, 2004, he married the former Nicole R. Baker who also survives. Other family...
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