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Scott Benroth was a Bluffton HS graduate

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 22, 2020 - 4:44pm

Scott Alan Benroth, 54, died May 21, 2020 at his residence. Scott was born July 12, 1965, in Bluffton to Richard and Jane (Alspach) Benroth. On July 13, 1990, he married Rita Jane Swartz Benroth who survives in Bluffton. 

Scott graduated from Bluffton High School and worked as a technician at Proctor & Gamble in Lima. He enjoyed golfing, camping, grilling out, the outdoors, Ohio State football and basketball, NASCAR and spending time with his family.  

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Tim Falk was a 1975 Bluffton High School graduate

Was a sheer operator at Clymer Enterprise
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 21, 2020 - 1:27pm

Timothy Lynn Falk, 63, pdied May 20, 2020 at Bluffton Hospital. Tim was born April 30, 1957, in Bluffton to Dean and Carol (Mathewson) Falk.  On Oct. 5, 1991, he married Joyce Hartman Falk.  

Tim was a 1975 graduate of Bluffton High School. He was a sheer operator at Clymer Enterprises in Pandora and enjoyed fishing, hunting, playing cards and his dogs and cats.  

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Dr. Carl Hoagstrom was a retired ONU faculty member

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on May 20, 2020 - 6:00am

Dr. Carl W. Hoagstrom, 79, died Monday May 18, 2020 at his home in Bluffton. He was born in Holdrege, Nebraska, on Aug. 24, 1940, to the late Elmer and Leona (Shaffer) Hoagstrom. On June 5, 1965, he married Maureen (Goertzen) Hoagstrom and she survives in Bluffton. 

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Doris Fuerstenau died on her 99th birthday

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 15, 2020 - 10:33am

Doris Lillian (Krause) Fuerstenau, 99, died on her birthday, at 4:30 a.m., May 7, 2020. She moved to Ohio, near her son, Mark and his family, last October, when she was no longer physically able to remain in her own home. She was originally from Richmond, Michigan.

Born on May 7, 1921, to Herman and Wilhelmina (Killian) Krause, She married Charles Fuerstenau and they were married for 69 years. He died in 2009.

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Larry Shute owned Bluffton Golf Club from 1971 to 1989

Was a Master PGA golf professional for over 50 years
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 11, 2020 - 4:13pm

Larry Shute, 88, former owner of Bluffton Golf Club from 1971 to 1989, died May 3, 2020, in Bayside Nursing Home, Pensacola, Florida. For several years he was also golf coach at Bluffton College. He was born in Cleveland to Herman and Bernice Shute. 

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Funeral arrangements incomplete for Doris Fuerstenau

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 7, 2020 - 10:09am

Doris L. Fuerstenau, 99, died on May 7, 2020, at the Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton.  Services will be held at a later date.  Arrangements are pending at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.

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