Obituaries
Susan King
Mar 15, 2019
Susan M. King, 93, of Indianapolis passed away on March 15, 2019. She was born in Newtown, Indiana October 8, 1925 to the late Carl H. Palin and Leah A. (Haas) Palin. She was a graduate of Purdue University, and was married to August M. King of Indianapolis for 63 years who preceded her in death. She had two...
Kimberly Owens
Mar 14, 2019
Kimberly L. (Adams) Owens, 61, of Van Wert, Ohio, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in Heaven on Thursday, March 14, 2019, at 11:08 p.m. at Mercy Health - St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima, Ohio. Kim was born on February 18, 1958, in Van Wert, the daughter of Gary and Barbara (Dougal) Adams, who...
Carolyn "Sue" Dempsey
Mar 12, 2019
Carolyn "Sue" Dempsey, 84, of Van Wert died at 8:51 AM on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at Van Wert Inpatient Hospice. She was born on December 9, 1934 in Marion County, Indiana to the late James Noel and Nina (Haines) Reece. Sue retired from the Van Wert County Fair Board office after many years of service. She is survived...
Patricia Wilhelm
Mar 11, 2019
Patricia Lu (Urschel) Wilhelm, 93, of Van Wert died 9:57 PM on Monday, March 11, 2019 at Van Wert Inpatient Hospice. She was born to the late Lucile (Roby) and Joe Urschel on February 26, 1926 in Wabash, Indiana and was raised in North Manchester, Indiana. Pat graduated from North Manchester High School in 1944 and later married Robert...
Marjorie E. Waldron
Mar 11, 2019
Marjorie Ellen Waldron, 81, of Celina, Ohio, died on Monday, March 11, 2019, at Joint Township District Hospital in St. Marys, Ohio, after a lengthy illness. She was born on November 3, 1937, the daughter of the late John and Alma (Swander) Bolenbaugh. She attended Rockford High School and Wright State University. On August 29, 1954, she married Robert...
Edith L. Nierman
Mar 10, 2019
Edith L. Nierman, 92, of Van Wert, passed away at 12:45 PM Sunday, March 10, 2019 at Van Wert Inpatient Hospice. She was born August 16, 1926, in Decatur, IN, to her late parents, Adolph and Viola (Grote) Marbach. On April 22, 1950, Edith married the love of her life, Wilmer D. Nierman. Together they were longtime member of Emmanuel...
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...
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