Obituaries

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James O. Dye, 89, died on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, at 11:46 a.m. at Bridge Hospice Care Center, Findlay.

He was born on April 2, 1930, in Mud Lick, Kentucky, to the late John and Rusha (Blevins) Dye. On Dec. 21, 1951, James married Peach Wireman who preceded him in death on Dec. 14, 2012.

James retired from General Dynamics in 2003, where he worked as a welder. He was a member of the Ada Full Gospel Pentecostal Church of God.  James loved listening to music. 

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Former Bluffton resident and Bluffton High School graduate, Charles Allen Baker, 72, of Millville, Ohio, died at his home on Aug. 24, 2019. He was born Dec. 1, 1946.

He married Carla Lind on Aug. 23 1969, and she survives.

Also surviving are children, Jennifer (Baker) Willoughby and Nicholas Baker, son-in-law, Ken Willoughby, granddaughter, Adison Willoughby, and siblings, Anita (Baker) Ryan, Elaine Baker, Keith Baker, Margaret (Baker) Mann and Mary Jane (Baker) Gavin.

He was proceeded in death by his parents, Arden and Jane (Miller) Baker.

A 1974 Cory-Rawson HS graduate

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Randal L. Anderson, 63, died on Aug. 21, 2019. at his home. Randy was born June 2, 1956, in Bluffton to the late James and Esther (Schumacher) Anderson. 

On Oct. 28, 1978, he married Kimberly Acheson Anderson who survives.

Randy graduated from Cory-Rawson High School in 1974. He co-owned Anderson Tractor Supply in Bluffton with his brother, Gary, for the past 43 years. Randy was a member of Bethel Church of Christ, Ada, where he had been a deacon, Sunday School teacher and head of the Missions Committee. 

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Donna C.  Shadley, 89, died on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019, at 6:19 a.m. at her residence in Ada, surrounded by her family.

She was born on Aug. 17, 1930, in Clearbrook, Minnesota, to the late Karl and Anna (Nelson) Buness. On March 6, 1948, Donna married Carl R. Shadley and he preceded her in death on Feb. 14, 2003. 

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Andy K. Kuhl of Pickerington, Ohio, died on Aug. 15, 2019, after a long illness.

He is survived by his wife, Janeen, sons, Ian and Gideon, mother, Gertrud Kuhl, and father- and mother-in-law, Dwight and Trella Kauffman, formerly of Bluffton, now of Harrisonburg, Va.

Andy was born in Ephrata, Penn., March 15, 1971. He grew up in Terre Hill. His older brother, Chris, died in 1993. His father, David, died in 2012. His mother now lives in West Liberty, Ohio. Andy’s aunts, Anne Kuhl and Nancy Kuhl, live in Arizona. His cousins, Michael, and wife Gazala Hays, live in Colorado.

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C. Joyce Zimmerly, age 81, died on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019, at 10:10 p.m. at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.

Joyce was born on Dec. 31, 1937, in Allen County, Ohio, to Ralph G. and Marian J. (Lyle) McElwain who preceded her in death. On Sept. 25, 1955 she married Glenn Eugene “Gene” Zimmerly and he preceded her in death on Dec. 5, 2013.

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