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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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Don Herr, life-long farmer, was active in the Bluffton community

He retired from the U.S. Postal Service after 30 years as a letter carrier
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 5, 2020 - 3:08pm

Click here for column remembering Don.

Donald Eugene Herr, 90 of Bluffton died on May 3, 2020, at Willow Ridge – Betty House, Bluffton. He was born in Oak Harbor, Ohio, on March 22, 1930, to the late Edgar and Ethel (Manahan) Herr.  He graduated from Bluffton High School in 1948.  

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Treva Shafer worked at Triplett Corp.

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 4, 2020 - 1:46pm

Treva Margaret Helena (Marquart) Shafer, 94, a resident of Bluffton, Ohio, and died on May 4, 2020, at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.  

Treva was born on June 14, 1925, near Bluffton to the late Albert and Emma Marquart.  On Oct. 20, 1946, she married Wayne Shafer and he preceded her in death on Dec. 5, 2019, after 73 years of marriage.

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