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Charles H. Kinsinger was a retired Bluffton businessman

Charles H. Kinsinger, 92, of Pandora, died at 3:30 p.m. at Hilty Memorial Home on April 19, 2013. He was born on Dec. 15, 1920, in Pandora to John and Fatima (Steiner) Kinsinger.  On Nov. 30, 1944 he married Treva J. Stauffer of Lima.  She survives in Pandora.

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Harold Spallinger was retired from General Dynamics

 

Harold W. Spallinger, 86, of Pandora died at 3:20 p.m. April 12, 2013 at the Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora. 

He was born Sept. 18, 1926 in Toledo to Hiram and Gladys Irene Doty Spallinger.  On Oct. 14, 1949, he married Rosalie Clifton and she survives. 

Mr. Spallinger retired from General Dynamics, Lima.  

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Mary Jane Lugibihl started Harlan's Bar-B-Q and Catering with her husband

Mary Jane (Carr) Lugibihl, 96, of Pandora, died at 12:02 p.m. at Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora, on April 14, 2013. She was born on April 7, 1917, at the family’s “Hickory Farm” near Bluffton, to William G. and Eva M. (Deitler) Carr. She attended grade school at the Hickory One-Room Country School and graduated from Pandora High School where she excelled as a member of the women’s basketball team.

On July 5, 1952, she married Harlan E. Lugibihl who preceded her in death on Jan. 24, 1992.

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Clyde Augsburger was a lifelong farmer

Clyde W. Augsburger, 84, of Bluffton died April 8, 2013, at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, surrounded by family.

Mr. Augsburger was born in Bluffton on Oct. 2, 1928, to the late Omar and Fannie (Frankhauser) Augsburger. On July 11, 1948, he married Donna McCullough and she survives.

He grew up in the Pandora and Bluffton areas, attending the Stratton one-room schoolhouse on the Ewing farm his first and second grades in school. When he graduated from Pandora High School in 1946 he began a lifelong career as a farmer.

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Frederick Farling was a 1945 Rawson High School graduate

Frederick “Fritz” D. Farling, 86, died at 5:40 p.m. April 1, 2013 at Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora. He was born Jan. 6, 1927, in Toledo to the late George and Mae (Porter) Farling. 

On Jan. 2, 1948 he married Betty J. Geiger and she died April 12, 2003.

Mr. Farlling retired from Ex-Cello Corporation, Bluffton, and had also worked at Rusco Corporation, Pandora. He was a member of Grace Mennonite Church, Pandora, the Eagles, Lima and the Moose Club, Findlay. He was a 1945 graduate of Rawson High School.

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Janet E. Wagner, 1921-2013

Janet Elizabeth Wagner, 92,  formerly of Upper Sandusky died Sat March 30, 2013, at her daughter’s home in Bluffton. She was born March 5, 1921, to the late Fred W. and Cleo (Bardon) Moser. She married Austin Wagner on April 7, 1946, and he died June 21, 1991.

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