Obituaries

Aug 24, 2018

Brenda Case, 62, of Willshire, Ohio, died on Friday morning, August 24, 2018, at her home, surrounded by her family.  She was born on August 31, 1955, to Jacob C. and Beatrice “Bea”( McCoy) Putman.  She was a graduate of Parkway High School, the Class of 1974.  On June 28, 1982, she married Alan R. Case, and he survives in Willshire.  Brenda...

Aug 23, 2018

Leota May Anderson, 71, of Ohio City, Ohio, died Thursday night, August 23, 2018, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she was a patient.  She was born on February 17, 1947, in Mercer County, Ohio, to Noel Orlando and Edith (Brehm) Brush.  She was a graduate of Parkway High School, the Class of 1966.  On September 27,...

Aug 17, 2018

Ronnie D. Huffine, 62, of Van Wert, Ohio died at 7:30 AM on Friday, August 17, 2018 at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima, Ohio.  He was born November 16, 1955 in Adams County, Indiana to the late Leon and Louise (Stetler) Huffine.

Mr Huffine is survived by a brother, James (Pam) Huffine of Convoy, Ohio; a...

Aug 15, 2018

Meindert van den Hengel, 57, of Scott, Ohio died at 2:04 PM on Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at his residence. He was born on September 6, 1960 in Gouda, The Netherlands to the late Jacob Cornelis van den Hengel and his mother, Dirkje (Bode) van den Hengel, who survives in Stolwijk, The Netherlands. He married Alie van Erk and...

Aug 12, 2018

Charles D. Hunter, 60, of Ohio City, passed away at 11:07AM on Sunday, August 12, 2018 at Lima Memorial. He was born February 18, 1958, in Marion, Indiana, to the late Charles T. & Ilene (Quick) Hunter.

Charles was a service truck driver with Goodyear for many years.

He is survived by his fiancée, Tina...

Aug 11, 2018

Marjorie Hunter Shook Hoellrich, 93, of Sarasota Florida died August 11, 2018.  She was born July 11, 1925 in rural Van Wert County, the daughter of the late Benjamin and Myra (Burris) Hunter.

She was a member of the Methodist Church and attended Union Centralized High School near Van Wert, Ohio.  Her career included being a realtor,...

Aug 11, 2018

Regnald “Reg” McBride, 83, of Hamilton, Ohio, formerly of Rockford, died early Saturday morning, August 11, 2018, at Atrium Medical Center in Middletown, Ohio.  He was born on September 8, 1934, in Black Creek Township, Rockford, Ohio, to Earl and Dorothy (Ripley) McBride.  Along with his father, he farmed for many years. He was also employed by Central Soya,...

Aug 11, 2018

Harold L. “Short” Shaffer, 73, of Rockford, Ohio, died early Saturday morning, August 11, 2018, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana.  He was born in Celina, Ohio, on June 30, 1945, to John William and Grayce (Gibson) Shaffer, both who have preceded in death.  He was a graduate of the Parkway Class of 1964 in Rockford, and in 1965,enlisted...

Aug 9, 2018

Jack E. Dull, 66, of Van Wert, passed away Thursday, August 9, 2018 in the comfort of his home. He was born August 5, 1952 in Paulding County to the late Eugene and Lorna (Griffis) Dull.

Before his stroke, Jack enjoyed playing golf. He also loved refinishing wood projects with his brother, Rick, re-purposing wood crafts with...

Aug 9, 2018

Lucille Rose Watkins, 102, of Van Wert, died at 6:48 pm on August 9, 2018 at Hearth & Home at Van Wert. She was born September 7, 1915, in Athens, Ohio, the daughter of the late Otto H. and Millicent (Paget) Rose, who was born in Broad Marston, England.

On September 11, 1936, she married Calvin G....

Aug 7, 2018

James D. Errett, 79, of Van Wert, went to be with his Lord and Savior at 6:10 AM, Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at Van Wert Inpatient Hospice. He was bon February 5, 1939, in Defiance, Ohio, to the late Donald C. & Bessie (Goodenough) Errett.

Jim worked at the Chrysler plant in...