Nathan Crass
Oct 29, 2013
Nathan William Crass, 27, of Fort Mill, SC, died at 7:30 a.m., Tuesday due to injuries in a deer-automobile accident north of Ohio City. He was born on September 12, 1986, in Akron, the son of Stephen & Darla (Williams) Crass who survive in Denver, NC. On July 2, 2011, he married the former Shea Lyn McConahay who also...
Delana Galbreath
Oct 26, 2013
Delana Galbreath, 86, of Van Wert, went home to be with her Savior at 5:15 p.m., Saturday at the Van Wert County Hospital. She was born on May 20, 1927, in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, the daughter of the late Ollie James and Mary Jane (Knight) Drake. On October 3, 1953, she married James Robert Galbreath and he preceded her...
Deloris Lichtenberger
Oct 26, 2013
Deloris Mae Lichtenberger, 61, of Van Wert, died at 7:55 p.m., Saturday at the Van Wert County Hospital. She was born on February 23, 1952, in Wren, the daughter of John S. and Wilma (Overholser) Lichtenberger of Wren. Other family survivors include two brothers, Sherman (Virginia) Lichtenberger of Berne, IN and Stanley (Jennifer) Lichtenberger of Van Wert; two sisters,...
Wanda Wenner
Oct 16, 2013
Wanda M. Wenner, 71, of rural Ohio City, passed away unexpectedly at 3:52 p.m, Wednesday at Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne. She was born on May 27, 1942, in Rockford, the daughter of the late Charles W. and Grace Helen (Sharp) Pontsler. Family survivors include a daughter, Stacy Lee Jent of Van Wert; a son, Michael Steven (Brenda Sue)...
Mary Keith
Oct 13, 2013
Mary Elizabeth Keith, 92, of Van Wert, died at 12:45 p.m., Sunday at St. Ritas Medical Center in Lima. She was born on January 28, 1921, in Middlebury, the daughter of the late Henry William and Jessie Almina (Bolenbaugh) Hoffman. She married Milo Jacob Keith in June of 1957 and he preceded her in death on Sept. 24, 1986....
Gerald Cooper
Oct 9, 2013
Beloved grandfather and brother, Gerald J. Cooper, 75, of Van Wert, died Wednesday afternoon at the home of his grandson in Delphos. He was born on December 6, 1937, in Dayton, the son of the late Frank J. and Josephine Cooper. He was also preceded in death by his wife, the former Betty L. Hartman and his son, David...
Shirley Laipply
Oct 8, 2013
Union Township- Shirley J. Laipply, 78 of rural Van Wert, died at 12:59 p.m., Tuesday October 8, 2013 at the Van Wert County Hospital. She was born on September 8, 1935 in Convoy, Ohio the daughter of the late Berniece (Hilton) and Cletus Frane. On June 23, 1961, she married Robert Laipply, who survives at the residence. Shirley retired...
Esten Fortney
Oct 6, 2013
Esten Marlin Fortney, 93, of Convoy, passed away at 12:35 a.m., Sunday at VanCrest of Convoy. He was born on January 28, 1920, in Dixon, the son of the late Earl and Mabel Margrette (Miller) Fortney. He married the former Mary Alice (Grove) in 1944, and she died in 1972. On September 8, 1973, he married the former Betty...
Verda Everett
Oct 2, 2013
Verda C. Everett, 92, died at 11:13 a.m., Wednesday, at her residence in Van Wert. She was born on October 19, 1920 in Rice County, Kansas, the daughter of the late Carl and Lyvia (Sewing) Winkleman. On January 1,1946, she married Carl J. Everett and he preceded her in death on October 23, 1985. She was also preceded in...
Judith Benschneidr
Oct 2, 2013
Judith Kay Benschneider, 71, went to be with the angels on October 2, 2013. She was born to the late Robert and Norma (Draving) Hesher on March 28, 1942. Survivors include two daughters, Terri (Lyle) Ulrey of Van Wert and Lanette (Jarrod) Dossen of Fort Wayne; five grandchildren, Chris and Nick Ulrey, Blake, Branson and Bree Dossen; a sister...
Owen Rank
Oct 2, 2013
Owen E. Rank, 89, went to be with his Lord and Savior on October 2, 2013 at 4:56 in the morning surrounded by his family at the Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born on April 20, 1924, in Van Wert, the son of William and Orah (Knittle) Rank. On June 16, 1944, he married the former Mary...
Ken Kundert
Sep 27, 2013
Kenneth A. "Ken" Kundert, 76, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Sept. 27, 2013 at 10:15 a.m., in the presence of his family and under the loving care of the Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born on March 7, 1937, in York Township, the son of Forrest and Pauline (Keysor) Kundert....
Carolyn Placke
Sep 27, 2013
Carolyn Ann Placke, 64, of Van Wert, passed away at 1:15 a.m., Friday at the VanCrest Health Care Center. She was born on November 22, 1948, in Van Wert, the daughter of the late Carl C. and Donna (Rice) McCoy. She married Stephen F. Placke on August 31, 1974, and he preceded her in death on March 9, 2011....
Martha Spahr
Sep 24, 2013
Martha L. Spahr, 92, of Lima, passed away at 7 a.m., Tuesday at the Lima Convalescent Home. She was born on April 6, 1921, in Ohio City, the daughter of the late Cloyd Abraham and Treva Leota (Agler) Fowler. She married Ernest Joseph "Slim" Spahr on July 16, 1949, and he preceded her in death on January 10, 1999....
Lois Kiehl
Sep 23, 2013
Lois Kathryn Kiehl, 93, of Van Wert, died at 2:10 a.m., Monday at VanCrest in Convoy. She was born on August 31, 1920, in Van Wert County, the daughter of Orbie and Nellie (Harter) Fisher. On October 13, 1940, she married Arthur Glenn Kiehl who preceded her in death on July 18, 1997. Family members include a son, Raymond...
Janet Ainsworth
Sep 20, 2013
Janet Charleen Ainsworth, 88, of Kingston at DuPont in Fort Wayne, died at 5:45 p.m., Friday at the Parkview Hospital North in Fort Wayne. She was born on September 14, 1925, in Convoy the daughter of the late Dewey and Opal (Knittle) Ainsworth. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two twin sisters, Arlene Dellinger...
Gladys Fauble
Sep 18, 2013
Gladys Mae Fauble, 88, of Van Wert, died at 5:50 p.m., Wednesday at the Colonial Nursing Center in Rockford. She was born on August 19, 1925, in Illinois, the daughter of the late Cecil William Hill and Florine May (Miller) Hill Hudson. She married Paul Gilbert Fauble on January 28, 1946, and he preceded her in death on August...
Corrine Snyder-Poulson
Sep 17, 2013
Corrine Ann Snyder-Poulson, 87, of rural Edgerton, died at 4:33 p.m., Tuesday at the Defiance Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born on January 19, 1926, in Van Wert County, the daughter of the late Fred N. And Martha Ann (Swander) Straley. She married Gerald Lloyd Snyder in 1948, who passed away on March 16, 2006. She then married David...
Virginia Sealscott
Sep 10, 2013
Virginia Fay Sealscott, 89, of Van Wert, died at 4:19 a.m., Tuesday at the VanCrest Health Care Center. She was born on May 25, 1924 in Grover Hill, the daughter of the late Foy D. and Cleo E. (Sterns) Martin. On April 19, 1945, she married Doyle Morris Sealscott who also preceded her in death on April 3, 2009....
Ruby Hauter
Sep 8, 2013
Ruby Jewel (Trammell) Hauter, 86, of Middle Point, passed away at 4:10 a.m., Sunday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born on January 26, 1927, in Winfield, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Henry and Minnie Lee (Terry) Trammell. On December 1, 1950, she married Doyt L. Hauter who preceded her in death on August 24, 1997....
