Louis David Risser Jr., 92, died Jan. 7, 2020, at the Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora. Louis was born June 10, 1927 in Pandora to the late Louis and Elizabeth (Hodge) Risser. On June 18, 1949, he married Margaret DeVore Risser who preceded him in death on Jan. 3, 2019.
Louis graduated from Pandora High School and served in the U.S. Marines during World War II and the Korean Conflict. After returning from the war, Louis took over the family farm until 1968 when he went to work for Proctor & Gamble in Lima.
Former Bluffton High School principal and later Bluffton superintendent Steven D. Castle, 57, died on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, at Mount Carmel Emergency Room Franklinton, Columbus.
He was born on Sept.10, 1962, in Lima, to Charles R. and Barbara F. (Newland) Castle, Sr., and they survive in Ada. On Nov. 18, 1990, he married Beth A. Burklo and she survives in Dublin.
Amy J. Gallant Linaberry, 48 of Kettering, died Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020,at her home after a courageous eight year battle with breast cancer. She was born Oct. 2, 1971 in Bluffton, Ohio, to Darryl and Marcia (Boutwell) Gallant. Amy married Matthew Linaberry on Oct. 20, 2012, in Kettering.
Amy graduated from Bluffton High School in 1990. She graduated from Lima Technical College in 1993 with a degree in Early Education and graduated in 2006 from Wright State University with a degree in Social Work.
Retired Blufton school teacher Glennys Alene Henry, died on Jan. 4, 2020, due to age related complications, at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, just one week shy of her 95th birthday.
The youngest of four children, she was born at the home farm eight miles from Moundridge, Kan., to Christian D. and Reina Wedel Kaufman. Preceding her in death were her siblings Orlo, Elva, and Tilmar.
Charlotte Faye McKibben, 89, died Jan. 3, 2020 at the Bridge Hospice Care Center in Bowling Green, Ohio. Faye was born Sept. 8, 1930, in Cloverdale, Ohio, to the late Earl and Ashley (Kirkendall) Buckmaster. On June 26, 1948, she married William McKibben who preceded her in death on July 25, 2018.
Faye graduated from Continental High School. She had worked at Triplett Corporation, Bluffton and retired as the branch manager at Citizens National Bank in Bluffton. Faye had also worked with her husband, sister and brother-in-law at M & R Plumbing & Heating in Bluffton.
