Obituaries
John Baxter
Mar 20, 2021
John W. Baxter, 93, booked passage for His flight home at 6:40 p.m. on Saturday, March 20th. John had been residing at Highland Springs of Fort Thomas Ky. He was born October 19th, 1927, in Van Wert County, Ohio, to William M. and Anna (Overholt) Baxter both of whom preceded him in death. He was a graduate of Ridge (now...
Debrae Drew
Mar 20, 2021
Debrae A. (Saintignon) Drew of Cloverdale and formerly of Van Wert, died at 8:13 p.m. Saturday, March 20, 2021, at the Meadows of Kalida. She resided at Oak Haven Residential Care Center. She was born March 20, 1949, in Mendon, Ohio, the daughter of the late Eldon Saintignon and late Bonnie (Ayers) Saintignon. On October 14, 1989, she married...
Carl Gheen
Mar 14, 2021
Carl Lee Gheen "Cooter", 74, of Van Wert passed away on March 14, 2021 at Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth, Ohio. He was born on February 12, 1947, in Zanesville, to the late Harry and Clara Elizabeth (Samson) Gheen. On January 30, 1975, he married Nancy Bashore. Cooter worked his entire life as a truck driver. He was...
Leonard Jutte
Mar 8, 2021
Leonard Joseph Jutte, 80, of Rockford, Ohio, died Monday, March 8, 2021, in Coldwater, Ohio. He was born on November 9, 1940, in Fort Recovery, Ohio, the son of August and Mary (Moeder) Jutte, both who preceded in death. He was a graduate of Coldwater High School's Class of 1959, and stayed in the Mercer County area all his...
Lawrence McMinn
Mar 6, 2021
Lawrence H. McMinn, 83, of Ohio City passed away at 10:37 PM on March 06, 2021 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. Larry was born on March 05, 1938, in Punxsutawney, PA, the son of the late Mike Sackash and Irene (Bodner) Sackash. Larry enjoyed working on old cars, driving his 1965 truck and attending car and...
Randal Caywood
Mar 4, 2021
Randal Lee Caywood, 61, of Rockford, Ohio, passed away Thursday morning, March 4, 2021, at Lima Memorial Hospital where he was a patient. He was born on November 16, 1959, in Rockford, Ohio, the son of Lowell Edwin and Mary Lois (Williams) Caywood, both who are deceased. Randy was employed at CAPT in Celina, Ohio, and had previously worked...
Nancy Speelman
Mar 2, 2021
Nancy S. Speelman, 66, of Van Wert passed away unexpectedly at 9:32 PM on March 02, 2021 at her residence. She was born on September 10, 1954, in Van Wert, to the late Earl D. and Bonnie L. (Baer) Speelman. Nancy was a 1972 graduate of Crestview High School. She worked for Teleflex for 30 years, before ultimately retiring...
Patricia Linn
Feb 23, 2021
Patricia Ann Linn, 85, of Celina, Ohio, passed away early Tuesday morning, February 23, 2021, at her residence at the Miller House. She was born in Celina, Ohio, on May 7, 1935, the daughter of the late Thornton and Lucille (Hines) Hone. She was a graduate of the Celina High School Class of 1953. After graduation, she worked as...
Ella Jackson
Feb 22, 2021
Ella J. Jackson, 82, of Van Wert passed away at 4:48 AM on February 22, 2021 at her residence. She was born on January 17, 1939, in Van Wert, the daughter of the late George and Edna (Dietrich) Hofmann. On December 25, 1960, she married the John "Dick"Jackson, who survives. Together, they shared many years of memories. Ella was...
Donna Franco
Feb 21, 2021
Donna Franco, 86, of Mendon, Ohio, formerly of Waukee, Iowa, passed away Sunday evening, February 21, 2021, at her residence. She was born on August 25, 1934, in Toledo, Ohio, the daughter of Wayne and Dorothy ( Borton) Hewitt. She was a graduate of Signet High School in Signet, Ohio. On September 3, 1996, she married Wayne Franco, and...
Ellen Froelich
Feb 18, 2021
Ellen Jane Froelich, 89, passed away on February 18, 2021 at Vancrest Assisted Living in Van Wert, Ohio. She was born on October 5, 1931 in Oak Park, Illinois to the late Lola and Burton Oderkirk. Ellen grew up in DeKalb, Illinois and graduated from DeKalb High School. In 1950, she married the love of her life, Walter Dean...
Peter Thomas
Feb 14, 2021
Peter "Pete" Andrew Thomas, 92, of Van Wert, Ohio passed away peacefully on February 14, at Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice surrounded by his family. He was born on August 15,1928, in Van Wert, Ohio, the son of the late Robert Abner Thomas and Laura Ellen (Murphy) Thomas. On August 10, 1954, he married his beloved wife Evelyn Anne Thomas...
Sue Schuller
Feb 10, 2021
Sue E. Etzler Schuller, 66, of Van Wert passed away on February 10, 2021 at her residence. She was born on May 24, 1954, in Van Wert, to the late Hugo A. and Florence E. (Schaffner) Etzler. Sue enjoyed listening to music and loved family activities. She was also a lifetime member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church. She is survived...
John Michael
Feb 10, 2021
John W. Michael, 77, of Van Wert passed away at 12:50 PM on February 10, 2021 at his residence after courageously battling several health issues. John was born on March 16, 1943, in Van Wert, to the late Harry and Esther (Wortman) Michael. John enjoyed watching the birds and squirrels that visited his feeders. He and his wife were...
Norma Putman
Feb 9, 2021
Norma J. Putman, 84, of Rockford, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, February 9, 2021, at Lima Memorial Hospital, where she was a patient. She was born on December 29, 1936, the daughter of George Harold and Ida Marie (Aller) Putman, in Mercer County, Ohio, where she lived all her life. Norma was a Rockford High School graduate of the Class...
Sharon Hyitt
Feb 8, 2021
Sharon Rose (Cochran) Hyitt, 64, of Convoy, passed away at 8:45 PM on Monday, February 8, 2021 at her residence after a courageous, year-long battle with cancer. She was born on August 30, 1956, in Lima, the daughter of the late Byron Cochran and Hazel (Caskey) Cochran, who survives in Spencerville, Ohio. On November 15, 1980, she married James...
S. Louise Boroff
Feb 7, 2021
Louise Boroff, 101,of Van Wert, Ohio, died at 7:00 PM on Sunday, February 7, 2021 at Van Wert Manor. She was born, in Van Wert County, on February 25, 1919, the daughter of the late George O. and Ocie (Temple) Boroff. Louise was a member of the First Church of God in Van Wert. She is survived by one...
Frank McGannon, Jr
Feb 2, 2021
Frank "Mack" McGannon, Jr, 93, passed away February 2, 2021 at Vancrest Health Care Center in Van Wert, Ohio. He was born on April 21, 1927 in Deputy, Indiana to the late Frank and Clara M. (Inness) McGannon, Sr. On December 17, 1947 he married Pauline I. "Polly" (Miller) Stuckey. They shared 72 years of memories together. Polly passed...
Jacqueline Seplak
Jan 31, 2021
Jacqueline Lee Seplak, 81, of Van Wert passed away the morning of January 31, 2021 at her residence. She was born November 21, 1939, in Van Wert, to the late Harold H. and M. Willodean (Helvey) Hoghe. A 1957 graduate of Van Wert High School, Jacqueline went on to graduate from Parkview School of Nursing and became an RN....
Roy Matthews
Jan 24, 2021
Roy Dean Matthews, 76, of Van Wert passed away at his residence and joined his Lord and Savior at 7:40 AM on January 24, 2021. Born on June 14, 1944 in Van Wert, the son of the late Earl Lee and Nellie Anna (Boyd) Matthews. On June 7, 1969, he married the love of his life, former Emiko Kakazu,...
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