Esther Henrey
Mar 25, 2014
Esther Jane Henrey, 91, of rural Wren, Ohio, went to the arms of her savior at 12:55 on March 25th, 2014 at CHP Inpatient Hospice Center, Van Wert. She was born on May 22nd, 1922 to Anna E. (Gahman) and Clarence R. Abbott in Craigville, IN. She graduated from Tully Convoy High School in 1940. On April 9th, 1944...
Marjorie Riley
Mar 12, 2014
Marjorie Helen Riley, 86, of Ohio City, passed away at 8:30 p.m., Wednesday a the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born on March 12, 1928, in Van Wert, the daughter of the late Isaac and Amy (Carr) Pearson. On October 29, 1948, she married Ralph H. Riley who survives. Other survivors include her son, David Riley of Van...
Max Swoveland
Mar 8, 2014
Max D. Swoveland went home to be with his Lord and Savior on March 8, 2014, with his family and his fiancé by his side. He died at Kindred Hospital in Lima after an illness of two months. He was born on August 9, 1924, in Ohio City to Von Cassel and Neoma Luetta (Dilbone) Swoveland who preceded him...
Dolores Jerome
Mar 7, 2014
Dolores Rice Jerome, 94, died at 2:35 p.m., Friday, March 7, 2014, in her home in Kettering, Ohio. She was born on January 5, 1920, in Mendon, Ohio, the daughter of the late Harriet (Goodwin) and Otley Rice. On August 2, 1941, she married Byron Max Jerome. Dolores retired as a Procurement Agent after 36 years from the Defense...
Mary Huse
Feb 14, 2014
Mary L. Huse, 83, of Van Wert, passed away at 10:09 a.m., Friday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born on September 20, 1930, in New Castle, Indiana, the daughter of the late Alva and Lethia (Bennett) Howard. On June 10, 1950, she married Don Huse who survives. Other family survivors include two sons, Rodney L. (Anita)...
Pauline Kundert-Gamble
Feb 11, 2014
Pauline R. Kundert Gamble, 95, of Van Wert went to her heavenly home, at 6:55 p.m., February 11, 2014, at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center, with many of her family members present. She was born on September 24, 1918 to James Artie and Gladys Ethel (Hebb) Keysor who preceded her in death. She was married to Forrest A. Kundert...
Eugene Bagley
Feb 9, 2014
F. Eugene Bagley, 80, of Colon, Michigan and formerly of Van Wert, passed away at 5:30 p.m., Sunday at the Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He was born on April 30, 1933, in Van Wert, the son of the late Floyd Everett Bagley and Helen M. (Bricker) Bagley who survives in Van Wert. On May 18, 1952, he...
Sandra Scheidt
Jan 31, 2014
Sandra Kay Scheidt, 74, of Van Wert, passed away at 6:20 p.m, Friday at the Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born on August 9, 1939, in Columbia City, Indiana, the daughter of the late Benjamin Paul and Zelma I. (Garman) Pequignot. On June 3, 1961, she married Robert Basil Scheidt who preceded her in death on...
Marilyn Darras
Jan 23, 2014
Marilyn Kathleen (Billieu) Darras, was born October 20, 1930, and passed away on January, 23, 2014 at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born to the late Gladys M.(Gill) Billieu and Orley F. Billieu in Ohio City, Ohio. Marilyn attended the Ohio City Grammar School, moved to Van Wert and attended the Van Wert High School during her...
Richard Guthrie
Jan 21, 2014
Richard Earl (Dick) Guthrie passed away Tuesday morning, January 21, 2014, in Van Wert, Ohio. Dick was born January 11, 1937, in Washington, PA. A standout wrestler and football player at Trinity High School, he attended Taylor University in Upland, Indiana, on a football scholarship. After college he joined the staff at Peters Township High School, where he taught...
Ellen L. Kohn
Jan 19, 2014
Ellen L. Kohn, 77 of Ohio City, died at 7:25 p.m., Sunday January 19, 2014 at the Van Wert County Hospital in Van Wert, Ohio. She was born on July 23, 1936 in Liberty Township, Van Wert County, Ohio, the daughter of the late Gladys Malinda (Brown) and Bryon C. Stump. On September 11, 1954, she married Max Lee...
Dave Horner
Jan 15, 2014
Dave A. "Salty" Horner, 71 of Van Wert died at 11:55 p.m., Wednesday January 15, 2014 at the C.H.P.-Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert, Ohio. He was born on May 11, 1942 in Indianapolis, Indiana, the son of the late Ward L. and Mary K. (Caldwell) Horner. Dave retired in 1996 from the Van Wert O.D.O.T. garage. He attended...
Kathryn Jenkins
Jan 14, 2014
Kathryn Marcile Jenkins, 96, of Van Wert, passed away at 4:12 p.m., Tuesday at the VanCrest Health Care Center. She was born on May 5, 1917, in Grover Hill, the daughter of the late Lee M. and Belva (Sherry) Ross. On June 25, 1935, she married Clifford James Jenkins who died on October 18, 1992. She is also preceded...
Franklin Rison
Jan 13, 2014
Franklin Earl Rison, Jr., 54, of Paulding and formerly of Van Wert, died at 9:58 p.m., Monday at his residence. He was born on October 23, 1959, in Van Wert, the son of the late Franklin Earl and Lou Ann (Emery) Rison, Sr. On November 20, 1996, he married the former Kathy Ann Friedrich who survives. Other family members...
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,...
