Obituaries

1960 graduate of Bluffton High School

Morgan Allen Davies, 78, of Bluffton, died Jan. 28, 2021 at his residence. Morgan was born Jan. 29, 1942, in Bluffton to the late Richard and Vernice (McElroy) Davies. On May 30, 1963, he married Patsy Caruso who preceded him in death on May 1, 2020.

Morgan was a 1960 graduate of Bluffton High School. He worked at and retired from Tower Automotive in Bluffton. Morgan served in the United States Army and was a member of the American Legion Post #382, Bluffton. 

Morgan A. Davies, 78, of Bluffton died on Jan. 28, 2021, at his residence. Services will be at  p.m., Monday, Feb. 1, at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services – Bluffton. 

Visitation will be Sunday from 2 – 4 p.m. and one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. 

Arrangements are pending at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services – Bluffton.

Leona Row Conrad died Jan. 25, 2021. She was born on July 28, 1938, in Alvada, Ohio, to Arvel Row and Lou Anna Carpenter. 

She graduated from Vanlue High School. She married Donavon Jan Conrad on Dec. 2, 1961.  She worked at Marathon Oil in accounts payable and later at Cooper Tire in payroll.

She is survived by three children, Jon (Lorie) of Mountain View Wyoming; Canda (John) Rooney of Sedona, Arizona, and Michael of Davison, Michigan, 12 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. 

Bluffton native Wanda M. (Hochstettler) Landes, 88, died at Elderwood on Jan. 21, 2021, in Wheatfield, New York. 

Wanda was born on Feb. 6, 1932, in Bluffton, Ohio, to Andrew A. and Esther S. Hochstettler. She graduated from Bluffton High School in 1950 and then attended Moody Bible Institute. She married Howard J. Landes of Bluffton, on June 19, 1954.

Opal Webb, 95, died Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, at 2:20 a.m. at the Lost Creek Care Center, Lima.

She was born on Sept. 3, 1925, in Prestonsburg, Kentucky, to the late Merda B. and Dora (Adams) Williams. On Sept. 18, 1942 Opal married Charles H. Webb and he preceded her in death on March 14, 1976.

He was a Cory-Rawson HS graduate

Russell E. Ludwig, 84, died Jan. 21, 2021, at Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay.  Russell was born Feb. 8, 1936, in Rawson to the late Paul and Vera (Painter) Ludwig. On Jan. 4, 1955, he married Mary Ellen Burkholder and she survives. 

Russell graduated from Cory-Rawson High School. He worked at and retired from Ex-Cello Corporation in Bluffton where he had been a machinist. Russell enjoyed working with wood doing crafts. 

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