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Van Wert, Ohio Obituaries

Sandra Scheidt

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,...

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