Obituaries

Donna G. Augsburger, 91, of Bluffton died Aug. 31, 2020 at the Bridge Hospice Care Center in Findlay.  Private graveside services will be held.  Arrangements are pending at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffto

Accompanied many performances of Handel's Messiah; was a Bluffton Lions Club citizen of the year

Jean Ann Szabo,  93, of Bluffton, died Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020, at Willow Ridge, Bluffton, Ohio.

She was born April 15, 1927, in Findlay, Ohio, to Forrest L. and Joyce V. (Flick) Steinman. The family lived in Jenera, Ohio, and moved to Bluffton in 1935. She married E. James Szabo on Sept. 24, 1949, in Bluffton, and he died in 2010.

She was a graduate of Bluffton High School

Jane Ann Kinsinger, 71, died Aug. 12, 202, at Bluffton Hospital. Jane was born July 27, 1949, in Bluffton to Orville and Naomi (Shrider) Basinger. On Aug. 12, 1966, she married Mark Kinsinger and he survives.  

Barbara A. Koontz, 92, died Aug. 4, 2020, at Lima Memorial Health System.  Barbara was born Nov. 11, 1927, in Pandora, Ohio, to the late Ernest and Lona (Welty) Bauman.  On May 19, 1950, she married Robert Koontz who preceded her in death on Oct. 12, 2003. 

Visitation Monday 5 - 8 p.m. at Chiles-Laman, Bluffton

Briana Renae Schmidt, 12, died July 31, 2020, at Russell J. Ebeid Children's Hospital in Toledo. Briana was born on Nov. 10, 2007. in Bluffton. 

Briana attended Bluffton Elementary School where she would have been a seventh grader. She attended Tri-County Family Assembly of God and Pleasant View United Methodist Church both of Bluffton. Briana enjoyed playing soccer, practicing gymnastics and art.  She was described as a very energetic and out-going child and a friend who will be remembered for her smile.  

Was on the university art faculty for 37 years

Retired Bluffton University art professor Jaye Bumbaugh of Lima, died Friday, July 25, 2020, at The Kobacker House in Columbus. 

Jaye was born July 30, 1937, to Glenn and Grace (Thorpe) Bumbaugh in Lorain, Ohio. He graduated from Ohio Northern University in 1959. 

Jaye taught junior high and senior high school classes at Midview Schools,  Grafton, and then in the Bluffton schools.

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