Obituaries

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Memorial service on Saturday, August 2, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.

UPDATED. Wesley “Wes” Allen Leightner, 84, passed away July 30, 2025 at the Meadows of Leipsic. 

Wes was born March 3, 1941 in Fort Wayne, IN, to Clinton Edward Leightner, from Pandora, OH and Genevieve Marie Dilgart Leightner from Clyde, OH. 

They moved to Houston, TX in 1945, when he was 4 years old, then Humboldt, TN in 1948, when he was 7 years old and then to Pandora, OH in 1957, when he was 16 years old.

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Memorial service at 11 a.m., August 16 at St. Paul’s Church, Ada

Jack Grant Reichenbach, 79, passed away July 27, 2025 at his residence in Bluffton. Jack was born October 18, 1945 in Bluffton to the late Herbert and Dorothy (Agner) Reichenbach. On July 8, 1970, he married Edith "Edie" Staley Reichenbach.

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Judy Lee Reichenbach, 82, passed away July 26, 2025 at her residence surrounded by her family. Judy was born August 28, 1942 in Racine, Wisconsin to the late Leonard and Clara (Truan) Allen. On August 15, 1964 she married Larry Reichenbach.

Judy graduated from Union Grove High School, Union Grove, Wisconsin. She was a homemaker and had worked at various jobs including as a secretary at Ives Manufacturing and Johnsons Wax, as a keypunch at Lima Telephone Company, as a caterer for the Fruit Basket and had been a babysitter and worked with various after school programs. 

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Nancy E. Fultz, 85, passed away at Vancrest of Ada on July 25, 2025. She was born February 24, 1940 in Bluffton to Myrton and Grace (Layton) Packer, and grew up in Lafayette. A 1958 graduate of Lafayette-Jackson High School, Nancy earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Education from Ohio Northern University, and later, a Master’s in Education from the University of Dayton.

Nancy married the late Donald E. Fultz on December 16, 1966, and together they raised their six children: Chris (Evelyn) Fultz of Lima, Cindy (John) Wagner of Bluffton, Becky Slayter of Lima, Scott Born, Dan (Kenna) Fultz of Springfield, Ohio and Katie Ochoa of Bluffton.

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Sondra May Amstutz, 61, passed away July 25, 2025 at her residence. Sondra was born November 5, 1963 in Lima to the late Phillip and Barbara (Underwood) Engle. On April 25, 1987 she married Tim Amstutz who survives.

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Jeffrey A. Hunt, age 67, of Loudonville, passed away on Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at his home.  Jeffrey died peacefully in his sleep when the Lord came to him and said, “Well done my good faithful servant.”

He was born on October 29, 1957 in Lima, Ohio to Harry and Susan (Hullinger) Hunt.  His father Harry preceded him in death and his mother Susan survives in Ashland.  On September 13, 1980 Jeffrey married the love of his life, Julie K. Basinger, and she survives in Loudonville. 

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