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Evelyn Dillon
Aug 20, 2017
SPENCERVILLE — Evelyn I. Dillon, 91, of Spencerville, passed away peacefully at 11:55 PM Sunday, August 20, 2017 at the Roselawn Manor Nursing Home in Spencerville, where she had resided the past year. She was born April 30, 1926 in Connersville, IN., a daughter of Cecil Franklin and Susan Lucille Scholl Hartman, who are deceased. On June 11, 1944 she...
Linda Ashbaugh
Aug 1, 2017
SPENCERVILLE — Linda Sue (Hoch) Ashbaugh, 75, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, at 10:26 pm on August 1, 2017 at her residence after long illness and disability. She was born December 27, 1941 in her family's home on Elizabeth Street in Spencerville, Ohio, to Clayton and Frances (Wright) Hoch (both deceased). When Linda was 3 years old...
Nancy Woods
Jul 17, 2017
Nancy Woods WOODS SPENCERVILLE — Nancy J. Woods, 66, died July 17, 2017. Per her request, there will be no public visitation or services. Arrangements are by Thomas E. Bayliff Funeral Home, Spencerville.
Rachell Ketterer
Jul 16, 2017
RACHELL KETTERER LIMA — Rachell Dawn Potts Ketterer, 47, of Lima and formerly of Spencerville, passed away at the OSU Hospitals in Columbus at 7 PM Sunday, July 16, 2017. She was born September 8, 1969 in Lima, a daughter of Carl L. and Delljean V. White Potts, who are deceased. On February 10, 2007 she married Randy J. Ketterer,...
Douglas Croft
Jul 16, 2017
DOUGLAS CROFT SPENCERVILLE — Douglas J. "Jay" Croft, 71, of Spencervlle, passed away peacefully with his family at his side in the Roselawn Manor in Spencerville at 1:40 PM Sunday, July 16, 2017. He was born September 7, 1945 in Lima, a son of Forrest and Ethel Marie Davenport Croft, who are deceased. On November 9, 1991 he married Janice...
James Burnfield
Jul 15, 2017
JAMES BURNFIELD BERNE, Ind. — James F. Burnfield, 47, of Ft. Collins, CO. and formerly of Decatur, In., passed away shortly after his motorcycle collided with an auto in Ft. Collins, CO., on Saturday afternoon, July 15,2017. He was born August 15, 1969 in Decatur, IN., the son of Roger F. Burnfield and Carol J.Reinhard Kuhn. His father survives in...
Jack Moore
Jul 9, 2017
JACK MOORE DELPHOS — Jack D. Moore, 76, of Delphos, passed away peacefully with his family at his side at 9:34 AM Sunday, July 9, 2017 at the Meadows of Kalida. He was born October 10, 1940 in Lackey, KY., a son of John and Nancy Combs Moore, who are deceased. On November 20, 1966 he married Elsie M. "Ellie"...
Daniel Young
Jun 24, 2017
Daniel Young Daniel Dean Young, 50, of Ft. Wayne, IN. and formerly of Mendon, passed away at 6:15 AM Saturday, June 24, 2017 in the Greystone Rehabilitation Center in Ft. Wayne following a two month battle with cancer. He was born January 2, 1967 in Celina, the son of Daniel Dean and Carolyn Ann Coffman Young, who are deceased. Surviving...
Michael Kahle
Jun 24, 2017
MICHAEL KAHLE SPENCERVILLE — Michael J. "Mike" Kahle, 78, of rural Spencerville, passed away peacefully at 2:13 PM Saturday, June 24, 2017 in his home surrounded by his loving family. He fought a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born June 22, 1939 in Lima, the son of Joseph and Annette Schuerman Kahle, who are deceased. On July 8,...
Helen Wells
Jun 21, 2017
HELEN WELLS LIMA — Helen E. Wells, 100, of Lima, died 10:45 a.m., Wed. June 21, 2017, at Roselawn Manor, Spencerville, OH. She was born March 17, 1917, in Emory, VA, the daughter of John F. & Emma B. (Lester) Riffey, who preceded her in death. On Aug. 17, 1935, she married Stokes Wells, and he died Aug. 28, 1993....
Ned Wurster
Jun 8, 2017
NED WURSTER POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — Ned E. Wurster, 90, of Pompano Beach, Florida, formerly of Spencerville, Ohio passed away on June 8, 2017 at 2:06 a.m. following an extended illness at the Woodlands in Pompano Beach, Fla. Ned was born September 20, 1926 in Celina, Ohio to Edward F. & Mollie F. Kruger Wurster who preceded him in death....
Kenneth Warnecke
May 7, 2017
KENNETH WARNECKE SPENCERVILLE — Kenneth R. "Kenny" Warnecke, 53, of rural Spencerville, passed away peacefully in the St. Rita's Medical Center at 8:15 AM Sunday, May 7, 2017 with his family at his side. He had fallen in his home a week earlier. He was born July 10, 1963 in Lima, a son of Carl H. and Norma C. Reindel...
Evelyn Wrocklage
Apr 30, 2017
EVELYN WROCKLAGE SPENCERVILLE — Evelyn M. Wrocklage, 88, of rural Spencerville, died 4:33 a.m., Sunday April 30, 2017, at her residence. She was born Aug. 28, 1928, in Delphos, OH, the daughter of Henry & Violet (Davis) Pavel, who preceded her in death. On May 15, 1948, she married John Henry Wrocklage, Sr., who preceded her in death on April...
David Cox
Apr 22, 2017
DAVID COX SPENCERVILLE — David Allen Cox, 46, of Granger, Indiana, and formerly of rural Spencerville, died Saturday afternoon, April 22, 2017, near Berrien Springs, Michigan, when his motorcycle collided with an automobile that turned in front of he and his wife. His wife, Christine Marie Michinski Cox, also died in the accident. He was born in Bluffton, Ohio, on...
Carole Snyder
Apr 12, 2017
CAROLE SNYDER SPENCERVILLE — Spencerville: Carole Jean Snyder, 74, of Spencerville, passed away peacefully in her home at 12:47 PM Wednesday, April 12, 2017 following a short illness. She was born October 15, 1942 in Lima, the daughter of Rollin M. and Annabelle Morris Bowers, who are deceased. On June 26, 1959 she married Robert W. Snyder, who survives, along...
Rita French
Apr 11, 2017
RITA FRENCH SPENCERVILLE — Rita R. French, 89, of rural Delphos, passed away peacefully in the Lima Memorial Health System at 6:17 PM Tuesday, April 11, 2017 . She was a resident of the Roselawn Manor in Spencerville. She was born August 21, 1927 in Delphos, a daughter of Lewis A. and Ruth V. Stepleton Etgen, who are deceased. On...
Patricia Stumbaugh
Apr 9, 2017
Patricia Stumbaugh STUMBAUGH SPENCERVILLE — Patricia Ann Stumbaugh, 68, died at 11 a.m. April 9, 2017, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. Graveside services will be held at a later date in Spencerville Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Arrangements are by Thomas E. Bayliff Funeral Home, Spencerville.
Anna Mae Truax
Mar 27, 2017
ANNA TRUAX SPENCERVILLE — Anna Mae Truax, 89, of Salem Township, Auglaize County, passed away peacefully at 12:10 PM Monday, March 27, 2017 in the St. Rita's Hospice Center with her family at her side, following a three month illness. She was born April 26, 1927 in Salem Twp., Auglaize County, a daughter of William F. "Bill" and Mary Henne...
Chester Gast
Mar 16, 2017
CHESTER "CHET" GAST SPENCERVILLE — Chester W. "Chet" Gast, 80, of Spencerville, passed away peacefully in the Joint Twp. District Memorial Hospital in St. Marys at 3:05 AM Thursday, March 16, 2017 following a week long illness. He was born August 12, 1936 in Lima, a son of Chester W. and Helen J. Bosch Gast, who are deceased. On November...
Robert Zuber
Mar 11, 2017
ROBERT ZUBER SPENCERVILLE — Robert E. "Bob" Zuber, 73, of Spencerville, passed away peacefully with his family at his side at 9:14 AM Saturday, March 11, 2017 in the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born January 14, 1944 in Lima, a son of Raymond O. and Virginia M. Savidge Zuber,who are deceased. On January 19, 1963 he...
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