Obituaries
William Williams
Mar 9, 2019
William Paul Williams, 89 of Rockford, Ohio, formerly of Mendon, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 9, 2019, at the Laurels of Shane Hill in Rockford, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Van Wert County, Liberty Township, Ohio, on March 20, 1929. He was the son of Maurice Rutledge and Anna LaVerne (Lawrence) Williams. He...
Jody L. McClure
Mar 9, 2019
Jody L. McClure, 55, of Van Wert, passed away unexpectedly Saturday morning, March 09, 2019, at Van Wert Health Emergency Room. He was born January 31, 1964, in Van Wert to Carl J. and Rose M. (Voltz) McClure. After graduating in 1982 from Crestview High School, Jody attended Ohio State-Lima Campus. He was currently employed at Greif Brothers. He...
Mary Kilton
Mar 3, 2019
Van Wert, Ohio- Mary L. Kilton, 80, of Van Wert, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at 7:00pm Sunday at Van Wert Manor.
Mary was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin on January 23rd, 1939 to Leona (Kuhn) and Lawrence Michels, who preceded her in death. On September 3rd, 1960, she married Wayne Kilton and...
Elsie Beougher
Mar 1, 2019
Elsie Irene Beougher, 75, of Rockford, died early Friday morning, March 1, 2019, at home, surrounded by her loving family. She was born March 3, 1943, in Decatur, Indiana, the daughter of Delbert and Catherine (Banning) Thatcher. She was a graduate of the last class of Rockford High School, the Class of 1961. On July 6, 1963, she...
James Summersett
Feb 28, 2019
James “Warren” Summersett, 94, of Van Wert, passed away Thursday, February 28, 2019 at Van Wert Inpatient Hospice. He was born October 31, 1924, in Van Wert County, to the late Clifford Summersett and Hazel (Pollock) Summersett.
Warren was a Polar Bear, having graduated from Middle Point High School in 1942. He married the...
Jackie Busbey
Feb 24, 2019
Jackie “Jack” I. Busbey, 61, of Van Wert, Ohio died at 1:42 PM on Sunday, February 24, 2019 in Kindred Hospital at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima, Ohio. He was born August 13, 1957 in Kennett, Missouri to the late James Edward and Leona (Gribble) Busbey.
Jack had attended Wayne Trace High School and worked at...
Neal Shaben
Feb 23, 2019
Neal O. Shaben, 77, of Van Wert, Ohio died at 9:50 PM on Saturday, February 23, 2019 in Kindred Hospital at St. Rita’s Medical Center. He was born July 28, 1941 in Cassville, Wisconsin to the late Orvie and Mary (Gibson) Shaben. He is survived, in Van Wert, by his wife of 55 years, Lila (Robinson) Eck Shaben.
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Connie Grossnickle
Feb 22, 2019
Connie Sue (Gertz) Grossnickle, 80, of Van Wert passed away at 1:20 PM on Friday, February 22, 2019 at her residence. She was born May 20, 1938 in Celina, Ohio to the late Carl and Verlie (Steele) Gertz. On September 2, 1961 she married Robert Grossnickle and he survives in Van Wert.
Connie was formerly employed at...
Antonio Benavidez
Feb 17, 2019
Antonio “Tony” Benavidez, 79, of Union City, Ohio, formerly of Van Wert, passed away at 2:51 A.M. on Sunday, February, 17, 2019 at Lutheran Medical Center in Fort Wayne. He was born January 15, 1940 in Nixon, Texas, to the late Ramon and Herlinda (Trigo) Benavidez.
After graduating high school, Tony served in the...
Brandy Burton
Feb 16, 2019
Brandy S. (Hartman) Burton, 41, of Van Wert, passed away the evening of Saturday, February 16, 2019 at Van Wert Health Emergency Room. She was born March 19, 1977, in Van Wert, to Randy Hartman and Pamela Sue (Custer) Waltmire.
A 1996 graduate of Van Wert High School, Brandy enjoyed playing Bingo and going...
Emmett Gehres
Feb 4, 2019
Emmett E. Gehres, 78, of Van Wert died Monday afternoon, February 4, 2019 in Van Wert. He was born April 13, 1940 in Mendon, Ohio to the late Paul Gehres and the late Mildred (Fox) Siders. Emmett and his sister, Carolyn Nimtz of Ft. Wayne, Indiana, were raised by their late grandparents, Emmett and Jessie Fox. On November 4,...
James Zizelman
Jan 31, 2019
James Ross Zizelman, 94, of Rockford, Ohio, died Thursday, January 31, 2019, at Kindred Hospital in Lima, Ohio. He was born at home in Mercer County, Ohio, the son of Frank and Bertha (Brush) Zizelman. Jim graduated from Rockford High School in the Class of 1942. He then joined the U.S. Army and served in the South Pacific during...
Dwayne Brown
Jan 31, 2019
Dwayne C. Brown, 61, of Van Wert died at 1:40 PM on Thursday, January 31, 2019 at the Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born October 10, 1957 to the late Leslie L. Brown, Sr. and Roxie L. (Brown) Brown who survives in Van Wert. He married Pamela I. Betser and she survives in Van Wert.
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Dennis Krugh
Jan 31, 2019
Dennis Dean Krugh, 69, of Ohio City, Ohio, formerly of Rockford, died Thursday afternoon, January 31, 2019, at Lima Memorial Hospital. He was born on March 13, 1949 in Celina, Ohio, the son of Buddy Jr. “B.J.” and Phyllis Joan (Caywood) Krugh. Denny was lucky enough to be raised by a lovely grandmother, Pauline Caywood, and his uncle Maurice...
Paul Swartz
Jan 31, 2019
Paul O. Swartz, 103, of Ft. Jennings, Ohio died at 1:50 AM on Thursday, January 31, 2019 at his daughter’s residence. He was born May 26, 1915 in Jackson Township, Van Wert County to the late Orn B. and Ruby (Brown) Swartz. On February 10, 1937 he married Francis O. Price and she preceded him in death on April...
Vernon Murray
Jan 31, 2019
Vernon D. Murray, 68, of Delphos, Ohio died at 6:51 PM on Friday, February 1, 2019 at Lima Memorial Hospital. He was born July 15, 1950 to the late Roy Murray and Dorothy (Keihl) Murray who survives in Delphos. On February 1, 1991 he married Mary E. Gilroy and she survives in Delphos.
Vernon retired from I...
Betty Booher
Jan 30, 2019
Betty J. Booher, 85, of Grover Hill, Ohio died at 11:52 AM on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at Van Wert Health. She was born June 27, 1933 in Middle Point, Ohio to the late Allen “Mossy” and Alta (Long) Brown. On May 8, 1954 she married Jack E. Booher and he preceded her in death on March 12, 1982....
Leah Shaw
Jan 29, 2019
Leah A. Shaw, 82, of Van Wert, died at 8:25 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, at her daughter’s residence surrounded by her loving family. Leah was born June 23, 1936, in Decatur, Indiana, to Edward E. May and Isabelle (Swygart) Morris.
On Dec. 19, 1964, she married Dewey C. Shaw, Jr. who proceeded...
Naomi Counterman
Jan 29, 2019
Naomi Lucille Counterman, 91, of Rockford, Ohio, died Tuesday evening, January 29, 2019, at the Laurels of Shane Hill in Rockford. She was born April 15, 1927, at home in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, Ohio, the daughter of Raymond Edward and Ocie Mae (Wurster) Smith. Ocie passed away in 1960, and Raymond then married Thelma Wurster; both are...
Thomas Webster
Jan 27, 2019
Thomas M. Webster, 76, of Van Wert passed away peacefully at 8:20 PM on Sunday, January 27, 2019 at his residence after a lengthy illness. He was born April 23, 1942, in Tonawanda, NY to his late parents, Willis Webster and Mary (Meier) Webster VanEtten.
Thomas served his country as a veteran of the...
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