Obituaries

May 8, 2021

Lewis F. Delong, 59, of Van Wert passed away at 5:00 AM on Saturday, May 08, 2021 at Lima Memorial Hospice. He was born on February 07, 1962, in Deland, FL, the son of his late parents, Donald L. and Grace E. (Wiley) Delong, Sr. On April 23, 1999, he married Tricia Thatcher. Lewis worked in construction as a...

May 7, 2021

Merl J. "Jami" Saam II, 52, of Convoy passed away at 6:51 AM on Friday, May 7, 2021 at his residence. He was born on March 17, 1969, in Van Wert, the son of Merl J. Saam, Sr. and Jo Ann (Mueller) Bolen. On June 11, 2005, he married the former Ashley Bricker, who survives. He worked in the...

Apr 23, 2021

Rodger S. Wilson, 70, of Convoy passed away at 6:36 am on April 23, 2021 at his residence. He was born on April 11, 1951, in Van Wert, to the late Rodger O. and Winifred ((Campbell) Wilson. On September 09, 1972, he married Barbara Mercer. Together, they shared years of memories and were ready to retire to the lake....

Apr 21, 2021

Patricia Sue Baldwin, 61, of Van Wert passed away on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at Lutheran Hospital in Ft Wayne. Patricia was born on May 20, 1959, in Van Wert, the daughter of the late Karl Grubb and Martha (Brown) Bowersock. Patricia was a graduate of Spencerville High School. She had worked in the bakery at Wal-Mart in Van...

Apr 18, 2021

Romaine Lavaun Minyoung, 86, of Van Wert passed away at 5:15 PM on April 18, 2021 at her residence. She was born on October 03, 1934, in Celina, to the late Carl and Ola (Linn) Maurer. Romaine was a 1952 graduate of Rockford High School. She is survived by her sons: Kent (Arla) Brown of Streetsboro, OH; Stephen (Paulette) Brown...

Apr 14, 2021

Alice L. Pettijohn, 94, of Stow, OH, formerly of Van Wert, passed away at 10:00 AM on April 14, 2021 at Cleveland Clinic Akron General. She was born on July 26, 1926, in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of the late Alfred A. and Emmy C. (Lieke) Turner. On November 30, 1946 in Detroit, MI, Alice married the love of...

Apr 14, 2021

Betty Jean Miller passed away peacefully at the Defiance Inpatient Hospice Center on April 14, 2021 due to complications of a stroke. She was born January 30, 1930 in Addison Michigan, the daughter of Estella Jane Leonard Owens and Howard Mason Owens who both preceded her in death. She lived most of her life in Van Wert, Ohio and...

Apr 12, 2021

VAN WERT Karla S. Krendl, 68, died April 12, 2021. She was born June 7, 1952 to Denzil and Anita Warner who preceded her in death. Karla received her bachelor's degree in education from Ball State University. She later became a member of the Elks Lodge and the co-owner of Ace Hardware in Van Wert. Karla loved to read...

Apr 12, 2021

Billy "Joe" Dettrow, 52, of Van Wert passed away at 3:57 AM on Monday, April 12, 2021 at his residence. Joe was born on October 29, 1968, in Van Wert, the son of Merl and Dorothy (Smith) Dettrow. Joe was a veteran of the United States Army. He worked in maintenance at the Van Wert Moose Lodge and Black...

Apr 12, 2021

Sondra A. Snyder, 86, of Van Wert passed away at 7:25 AM on Monday, April 12, 2021 at Liberty Nursing Home in Lima, Ohio. Sondra was born on January 26, 1935, in Van Wert, the daughter of the late Marlin C. and Helen E. (Gehres) Kilgore. On September 25, 1955, she married Willard E. "Bill" Snyder, who passed away...

Apr 11, 2021

Thomas D. Rupert, 66, of Van Wert, passed away at 5:17 PM on April 11, 2021, at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. He was born on July 23, 1954, in Lima, to the late Admiral Dewey Rupert and Violet Evelyn (Scott) Rupert. On January 05, 1974, he married the Phyllis Ehrnsberger. Thomas retired from the United States...

Apr 9, 2021

Mark S. Price, 65, of Payne, Ohio, completed his dash at 3:03 AM on Friday, April 9, 2021 at St. Joseph Hospital in Ft Wayne, Indiana. Mark was born November 11, 1955,in Van Wert, to the late Harold Price and the late Myrna Young. He married the former Penny McMillan who survives of Payne. Mark worked as an electrical...

Apr 7, 2021

Apr 6, 2021

Murlin Pollock, age 93, died Tuesday April 6th, 2021 in Lakeland Florida. Murlin was born July 10, 1927 to Ernest and Alwilda Pollock who preceded him in death. He married his wife Patricia July 10, 1948, she also preceded him in death.

Murlin retired from the Van Wert Post Office as a clerk. He was said to...

Apr 6, 2021

Gail Justus Perl, 81, of Van Wert, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at Van Wert Manor. He was born June 30, 1939 in Paulding County, Ohio to the late Richard Perl and LaVoon (Klingler) Perl Adams. On July 30, 1955 he married Judith Carol Cavinder who survives. He worked at Paulding/Putnam (REA) Electric,...

Apr 4, 2021

Danny Lee Thatcher, a lifelong farmer and resident of Middle Point, passed away at the age of 80 on April 4, 2021 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Danny was born on April 21, 1940 to Floyd and Harriet (Hanby) Thatcher. He graduated from Hoaglin Jackson High School where he met the love of his life, Phyllis Jean...

Apr 2, 2021

Karenann Winters, 76, of Grover Hill, OH, formerly of Hackettstown, NJ, passed away on April 02, 2021 at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, IN. She was born on January 24, 1945, in Passaic, NJ, to the late Charles and Viola (Mayer) Murray.

On May 21, 1966, she married the love of her life, Robert C....

Apr 1, 2021

David W. Owens, age 95, died Thursday, April 1 at Van Crest Nursing Home following a ten-day illness. His long life was even more remarkable considering he fought a year-long battle with cancer 44 years ago. For the rest of his life, he offered encouragement to others battling cancer. Dave was born December 5, 1925 in the farmhouse in...

Mar 27, 2021

Deaven Marie Vedrinski, 23, passed away at Nationwide Children's Hospital on March 27, 2021. She was born February 27, 1998 to Tonja Vedrinski and Tim Vedrinski. She is preceded in death by her mother, Tonja, and grandparents Reba "Marie" Millay and Thomas Michael Millay. Deaven is survived by her loving father Tim Vedrinski, brother Kyle (Cindy) Erwin, nephew Gabe Erwin,...

Mar 26, 2021

Benjamin L. Hubble, 50, of Van Wert, passed away at 9:42 AM on Friday, March 26, 2021 at Van Wert Health. Ben was born on May 27, 1970, in Lima, the son of Richard and Monica (Burnett) Hubble. Ben put up with his wheelchair and all the limitations, pain and the loss of dreams for almost 15 years. He...