Obituaries

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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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

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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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Joyce A. Long, 80, died on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, at 4:15 p.m. at Vancrest of Ada.

She was born on June 14, 1940, in Lima, Ohio, to Irvin and Edna (Hassan) Vandemark who preceded her in death. On Nov. 12, 1960 she married Edison D. Long and he preceded her in death on May 7, 2013. 

Joyce was a homemaker. 

Surviving are two sons: Edward (Rose) Long of Radnor and Donald (Ranea) Long of Bluffton; a daughter, Cindy Sweigart of Beaverdam; seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren;  

She was preceded in death by a grandson, Terry Lee Williams, Jr.

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