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....
Nancy Decamp
Sep 3, 2013
Nancy DeCamp, 64 of Van Wert died at 7:04 p.m., Tuesday September 3, 2013 at the C.H.P. Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. She was born on May 4, 1949 in Van Wert, the daughter of the late Franklin Howard Doan and Ruby Emma (Cowgill), surviving of Van Wert. Nancy was employed at Federal Mogul for over 25 years....
Glen Haydn Owens
Aug 29, 2013
Glen Haydn Owens, 85, of York Township, died at 7:15 p.m., Thursday at St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima. He was born on January 27, 1928, in York Township, the son of the late Evan Glen and Leona (Davis) Owens. On January 31, 1953, he married the former Ione Maye Swartz who survives. Family members include two sons, Don...
George Weck
Aug 25, 2013
George F. P. Weck, 91, of Harrison Township, died at 7:26 a.m., Sunday at the Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born on January 20, 1922, in Van Wert County, the son of the late Frederick and Clara Marie (Schumm) Weck. On August 3, 1947, he married the former Geraldine Delores Brubaker who preceded him in death on...
Lois Edith Wyatt
Aug 14, 2013
Lois Edith Wyatt, 96, passed away at the Country Inn Enhanced Living Center, rural Paulding at 6:55 p.m., Wednesday, August 14, 2013. She was born on October 26 1916, at the Ravenwood Plantation, Nottoway County, Virginia, the daughter of the late John Edward and Myrtle Rose (DeCamp) Wistner. On February 23, 1935, she married Fred D. Wyatt who preceded...
Minnie Burk
Aug 13, 2013
Minnie E. Burk, 88, of Van Wert, passed away at 11:37 p.m., Tuesday at the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born on November 9, 1924, in Van Wert, the daughter of the late William Henry and Hattie Emma (Wayman) Wooderson. She married Russell James Burk who preceded her in death on June 14, 1972. She was also preceded...
Russell Linton
Aug 12, 2013
Russell J. Linton, 89, of Liberty Township, died at 6:10 p.m., Monday at Lima Memorial Hospital. He was born on October 4, 1923, in York Township, the son of the late Marion Russell and Marguerite Kathryn (Reed) Linton. On April 9, 1944, he married the former Flora Mae Stemen who survives. Other family members include two sons, Larry (Susan)...
