Emmaline Whittington
May 24, 2013
Emmaline Whittington, 79, of Pleasant Township, passed away at 12:17 p.m., Friday at the Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born on June 14, 1933, in Lafe, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Barnie T. and Eula May (O'Guin) Gibble. On May 28, 1954, she married Leon Whittington who survives. Other family members include a son, Allen (Theresa)...
Lenice Willingham
May 14, 2013
Lenice Lucille Willingham, 93, of Van Wert and formerly of Tuscumbia, Alabama, passed away at 11:10 p.m., Tuesday, at the VanCrest Health Care Center in Van Wert. She was born on April 26, 1920, the daughter of the late John Edward and Mary Lou (Tomkins) Carmack. She was married to J.T. Willingham who preceded her in death. Family survivors...
George Walker
May 14, 2013
George Franklin Walker, 90, of Liberty Township, died at 10:09 a.m., Tuesday at the Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born on November 29, 1922 in West Plains, Missouri, the son of the late David William and Georgia Gertrude (Davis) Walker. On June 20, 1943, he married the former Edith Louise Proffitt who preceded him in death on...
Gale Compton
May 7, 2013
Gale R. Compton, 86, of Van Wert, passed away at 4:05 p.m., Tuesday at the Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born on October 7, 1926, in Haviland, the son of the late Roscoe and Ethel Irene (Reid) Compton. On April 14, 1945, he married for former Vernabel Louise Murphy who preceded him in death on February 4,...
Dana Nofer
May 3, 2013
Dana Jay Nofer, 45, of Convoy, died at 11 p.m. Friday, May 3, 2013, on Willshire-Ohio City Road in Liberty Township. His life was cut short by a tragic accident. He was born August 45, 1967, in Van Wert, the son of the late Robert Charles and Dixie Lee (Myers) Nofer who survives in rural Ohio City. Other family...
Lois Irene Fegley
May 2, 2013
Lois A. Fegley, 93 of Harrison Township, passed from this life at 5:05 a.m., Thursday at the Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She was born on January 1, 1920, in Craigville, Indiana, the daughter of the late Clarence R. and Anna E. (Gahman) Abbott. On May 11, 1941, she married Chester Lloyd Fegley who preceded her...
Donald Thomas Weck
May 2, 2013
Donald Thomas, Weck, 80, of Harrison Township, died at 5:25 a.m., Thursday at the Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born on December 11, 1932, in Harrison Township, the son of the late George Peter and Olga Lella (Shaffer) Weck. On September 9, 1956, he married the former LouElla Mae Speck who preceded him in death on August...
Nelle Haviland Dustman
Apr 28, 2013
Nelle Haviland Dustman, of Van Wert died at 4:24 p.m., Sunday at the C.H.P.-Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert, Ohio. She was born in Portland, Indiana, the daughter of the late Clyde S. and Lena B. (Buhler). On September 23, 1976, she married Ernest Dustman, who preceded her in death on May 23, 1992. She was a graduate of...
Waldo Charles Owens
Apr 26, 2013
Waldo Charles "Bud" Owens, 84, of Tully Township, died at 5:57 p.m., Friday shortly after arrival at Van Wert County Hospital. He was born on July 10, 1928, in Convoy, the son of the late Lyman and Merle (Finkhousen) Owens. On November 1, 1947, he married the former Joyce A. Ley who survives. Other family survivors include their three...
Della Mae Evans
Apr 17, 2013
Della Mae (Jones) Evans, 91, of Van Wert, died at 3:39 p.m., Wednesday at the Van Wert County Hospital. She was born on December 8, 1921, in Lima, Ohio, the daughter of the late Melvin and Florance (Crocket) Jones, Sr. On November 1, 1947, she married Harry Evans who preceded her in death on June 8, 1969. Also preceding...
Shirley Ann Couts
Apr 15, 2013
Shirley Ann Counts, 76, of Van Wert, passed away at 8:32 a.m., Monday, at the VanCrest Health Care Center in Van Wert. She was born on May 24, 1936, in Haviland, the daughter of the late Ray R. and Ethel (Chapke) Speakman. She was married to Daniel J. McConahay on October 16, 1954. She later married Lee Ray Couts...
Floyd Timothy Agler
Apr 14, 2013
Floyd Timothy "Tim" Agler, 83, of Willshire Township, passed away at 6:26 p.m., Sunday at the Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born on December 11, 1929, in Columbus, the son of the late Floyd E. and Clara Catherine (Merkle) Agler. On April 2, 1967, he married the former Dorothy May Mengerink who survives. Other family members include...
Vicie Lin Mounts
Apr 10, 2013
Vicie Lin Mounts of Van Wert went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at 10:35 p.m., after a brief illness of cancer and a powerful fight against it. She was born on April 18, 1959 in Decatur, Indiana, to the late Victor and Mary (Shinn) Lautzenheiser. On March 6, 1990, she married her high school...
Robert Hoyt Shindeldecker
Apr 10, 2013
Robert Hoyt "Bob" Shindeldecker, 92, of Liberty Township, went to be with his Lord and Savior at 10:58 p.m., Wednesday at the Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born on July 8, 1920, in Ohio City, the son of the late Eugene F. and Hattie Annetta (High) Shindeldecker. On December 4, 1948, he married the former Ceola Fern...
Daniel Lynn Boroff
Apr 3, 2013
Daniel Lynn Boroff, 62, of rural Van Wert, died at 3:40 p.m., Wednesday at the Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was born on June 23, 1950, in Paulding County, the son of Loy and Wilma (Rau) Boroff. Mrs. Boroff survives in Defiance. On April 8, 1978, he married the former Mary Alice Jones also surviving....
Genevieve Ann Lautenschleger
Apr 1, 2013
Genevieve Ann Lautenschleger, 81, of Middle Point, passed away at 3:04 p.m., Monday at the Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne, Indiana. She was born on October 14, 1931, in Liberty Township, the daughter of the late Marion Delbert and Mildred Ruth (Agler) Taylor. On March 2, 1952, she married Owen D. Lautenschleger who died on March 25, 1992. She...
Lola Marie Woods
Mar 31, 2013
Lola Marie Woods, 90, of Convoy, died at 3:49 p.m., Sunday at the Hospice Home of Fort Wayne. She was born on January 1, 1923, in Van Wert County, the daughter of the late Walter and Emma (Kiehl) Schaadt. On June 16, 1945, she married Charlie James Woods who preceded her in death on August 20, 2009. Also preceding...
Paul Chester Dangler
Mar 23, 2013
Paul C. Dangler, 69, of rural Van Wert, passed away at 8:55 p.m., Saturday, March 23, 2013. He was born on June 8, 1943, in Van Wert the son of the late Chester Paul and Isabelle (Kiggins) Dangler. He married the former Della Jean Mottinger on July 18, 1970, and she survives. Family survivors include two daughters, Renee Runyon...
Betty Louise Bilderback
Mar 22, 2013
Betty Louise Bilderback, 79, of Van Wert, died at 1:54 p.m., Friday at the Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born on December 7, 1933, in Willshire Township, the daughter of the late William Clarence and Ida Philippina (Giessler) Bilderback. Survivors include her sister-in-law, Barbara Bashire of Van Wert; a niece, Debra Bridges of Madison, Indiana; three nephews,...
Fern Eloise Book
Mar 22, 2013
Fern Eloise Book, 92, of Van Wert, died at 11 a.m., Friday at the Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born on June 17, 1920, in Van Wert, the daughter of the late Ira Asa and Mabel L. (Shafer) Redlinger. She was married to Charles W. Debolt who died on August 6, 1977. She then married Rev. Rea...
