Obituaries
Albert O'Daffer
Jan 4, 2019
Albert L. O’Daffer, 71, of Middle Point, passed away unexpectedly, Friday evening, January 4, 2019 at Van Wert Health Emergency Room. He was born November 13, 1947, in Van Wert, to the late Carl D. and Dorothy L. (Hoverman) O’Daffer.
Albert was a 1966 graduate of Parkway High School. He went on to serve in the United...
Mark McCormack
Jan 3, 2019
Mark D. McCormack, 65, of Van Wert, passed away Thursday afternoon, January 3, 2019 at St. Rita’s Medical Center. He was born April 20, 1953, in Lima, to the late Richard B. & Claire E. (Wernhoff) McCormack.
Mark was a graduate of Lima Central Catholic High School. He was a longtime grocery manager for...
Donald Balliet
Jan 1, 2019
Donald E. Balliet, 59, a lifelong resident of Ohio City, passed away unexpectedly on November 08, 2019 at Van Wert Health Emergency Department. He was born on August 30, 1960 in, Van Wert, to the late Gerald Charles and Viola (Ramsey) Balliet. He was a 1980 graduate of Ohio City Liberty and was a long-time farmer. He was a...
Timothy Purmort
Dec 29, 2018
Timothy Lee Purmort, 68, of Van Wert, Ohio passed away at 5:15am on Saturday, December 29, 2018 in Van Wert, Ohio. He was born August 5, 1950 to the late Charles M. Purmort, Jr and the late Alice Conn Purmort. He married Lynda Whitacre Purmort on November 27th, 1971, who survives.
Tim is also survived by his...
Larry Joseph
Dec 29, 2018
Larry R. Joseph, 76, of Van Wert died at 8:57 AM on Saturday, December 29, 2018 at Vancrest of Delphos. He was born on June 26, 1942 in Van Wert to the late Loran and Ruth (Miller) Joseph. On March 29, 1969 he married Kathryn E. Mohr and she preceded him in death on January 1, 2003.
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Stanley Tracy
Dec 29, 2018
Stanley R. Tracy, 74, of Van Wert, passed away Saturday, December 29, 2018 at Van Wert Health ER. He was born August 15, 1944, in Paulding, to the late Ralph and Erma (Lehman) Tracy.
Stanley attended Continental High School. He went on to marry the love of his life, Sandra K. McCulley on May...
Pamela Sites
Dec 28, 2018
Pamela Ann Sites, 69, of Van Wert, Ohio died at 1:36 AM, Friday, December 28, 2018 in Van Wert, Ohio. She was born August 2, 1949 to the late James Potter, Sr. and Alice L. Haynes, who survives in Van Wert. She married Jack W. Sites and he preceded her in death on August 14, 1999.
She...
Karen Long
Dec 25, 2018
Karen R. Long, 78, of Rockford, Ohio, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, December 25, 2018, at Mercer Health in Coldwater, Ohio. She was born on September 27, 1940, in Dayton, Ohio, the daughter of Ellsworth and Mabel (Sluterbeck) Collins, both who preceded in death. On August 10, 1963, she married Edwin Long, who survives in Rockford. She moved from Celina,...
Doyle Adams
Dec 22, 2018
Doyle R. Adams, 78, of Van Wert, Ohio died at 4:50 AM on Saturday, December 22, 2018 at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima, Ohio. He was born October 27, 1940 in Van Wert County to the late Vaughn and Selma (Dunlap) Adams. He married Janice Snyder, who survives. They celebrated 60 years of marriage this past June 28....
Frances Miller
Dec 22, 2018
Frances C. (Fran) Miller, 73, of Rockford, Ohio, passed away on Saturday, December 22, 2018, 12:17 p.m., at Van Wert In-Patient Hospice, after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was born on April 6, 1945, in Celina, Ohio, the daughter of Robert L. and Victoria A. (Springer) Gephart and grew up in Rockford, Ohio graduating from Parkway High School in 1963. On...
Donald Lamb
Dec 21, 2018
Donald Russell Lamb, 82, of Van Wert, Ohio died at 8:33 PM on Friday, December 21, 2018 at the Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born March 20, 1936 in Van Wert to the late James Russell Lamb and Dorothy Millie (Brown) Lamb-Stetler. On August 30, 1977 he married Alix Andrea Cline and she survives of Van Wert....
Daniel Taylor
Dec 16, 2018
Daniel E. Taylor, 70, of Venedocia, passed away at 6:17 AM Sunday, December 16, 2018 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He was born October 14, 1948 in Lima to the late Charles and Juanita (Longbrake) Taylor.
Dan spent most of his life working for himself doing plumbing and heating as well...
Ronald Ripley
Dec 12, 2018
Ronald M. Ripley, 80, of Van Wert died unexpectedly at 12:57 PM on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at Van Wert Health. He was born on April 23, 1938 in Roanoke, Indiana to the late Ward Ripley and Doris (Brumbaugh) Rutenberg. On January 22, 1961 he married the first love of his life, Phyllis J. Roesner and she preceded him...
Marilyn Leiter
Dec 11, 2018
Marilyn J. Leiter, 81, of Van Wert, passed away at 3:10 PM on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at Van Wert Inpatient Hospice. She was born November 29, 1937 in York Township, Van Wert County, to the late P. Ray and E. Pauline (Hauter) Mihm.
A 1955 graduate of Rockford High School, Marilyn married the...
Max Harter
Dec 10, 2018
Max D. Harter, 90, of Van Wert, Ohio died at 7:48 AM on Monday, December 10, 2018 at Van Wert Inpatient Hospice. He was born August 25, 1928 to the late Emery and Lena (Rhoades) Harter. On July 8, 1950 he married Virginia “Ginny” Scott. She preceded him in death on November 2, 2015.
Other survivors include...
Robert Weaver
Dec 7, 2018
Robert E. Weaver, 88, of Convoy, passed away at 3:30 AM Friday, December 07, 2018 at Van Wert Inpatient Hospice. He was born August 23, 1930, in Tully Township, to the late Earl Raymond and Cecil Inez (Bell) Weaver.
A 1949 graduate of Convoy High School, Robert married the love of his life, Elsie...
James Thomas
Dec 4, 2018
James A. “Jim” Thomas, 74, of Convoy, passed away Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at Van Wert Inpatient Hospice. He was born January 14, 1944, in Mendon, to the late Freda (Dillbone) and Max Thomas.
In 1972, Jim married the love of his life, Becky Wolf, who preceded him in death. He served in the...
Stephen Cico
Dec 3, 2018
Stephen Louis Cico, 77, of Bluffton, South Carolina, and formerly of Decatur, Indiana, died December 3, 2018, at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida. Stephen had suffered a heart attack and fall while in Key West on a cruise with his wife, Carol, and was emergently airlifted to the trauma center in Miami. Stephen was born in Lorain, Ohio, on...
Myron "Mike" Cashel
Dec 2, 2018
Myron “Mike” E. Cashel, 86, of Van Wert died at 12:40 AM, Sunday, December 02, 2018 at Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born October 14, 1932 in Van Wert County to the late Russell and Wilma (Rogers) Cashel. On April 14, 1957 he married June Clutter and she survives of Van Wert.
Mike retired from...
Linda Young
Nov 30, 2018
Linda F. Young, 66, of Van Wert, Ohio passed away at 5:42 PM on November 30, 2018 at Van Wert Health. She was born October 13, 1952 in Wapakoneta, Ohio to the late Donald and Jennie (Miller) Shroyer. On May 29, 1970 she married Timothy J. Young and he survives of Van Wert.
Linda is also survived...
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