Obituaries

Served 30 years on Bluffton fire department; retired as captain

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Steven C. Swank, 55, died March 11, 2017 at Bluffton Hospital.  Steve was born Oct. 19, 1961 in Bluffton to the late Charles and Helen (Zuercher) Swank. 

Steve was a 1980 graduate of Bluffton High School.  He was the owner/operator of S & K Mower of Bluffton that he owned for 25 years before becoming a custodian at Allen East High School. 

He was a retired member of the Bluffton Fire Department after serving over 30 years where he had served as a captain.  Steve was a past member of the Bluffton Sportsman’s Club and the Sons of the American Legion. 

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Thomas G. Clark, 59 of Noblesville, Indiana, and formerly of Bluffton, Ohio, died at his residence.  Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.

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Dennis E. Boyd, 57, died Friday, March 10, 2017, at Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay.  He was born Sept. 6, 1959, in Killeen, Texas to James and Wilma (Sargent) Boyd who survive in Orient, Ohio. 

 Dennis was employed by General Dynamics for 35 years. He was an avid hunter and fisherman who truly enjoyed the outdoors.

She also volunteered at the hospital

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Patricia Ann McCafferty, 73, died March 5, 2017, at Bluffton Hospital. She was born May 17, 1943, in New Jersey to the late John and Anita (Matthews) Derry.  On Oct. 21, 1977, she married Bob McCafferty who survives.

Pat graduated from Chagrin Falls High School in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.  She retired from housekeeping at Bluffton Hospital and also volunteered at the hospital.  She was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ in Bluffton.  Pat enjoyed gardening, reading and traveling to Maine. 

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R. Marie Welty, 88, died March 4, 2017, at Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora.  Marie was born Jan. 12, 1929, in Findlay to the late Charles and Cecile (Davis) Leader.  On March 18, 1949, she married Donald "Red" Welty who preceded her in death on July 16, 1976.

Marie graduated from Findlay High School and then worked as a candy striper at Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay.  She later worked as a switchboard operator at Bell Telephone, Pandora Dry Goods, Menke's Pharmacy, Pandora Lunch Box, and Pandora Medical Center and as a self-employed homemaker service. 

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Royce Allen Engle, 98, died Feb. 24, 2017, at Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton.

A memorial services will be held Saturday, March 4, at 11 a.m. at First Mennonite Church, Bluffton.

He was born near Abilene, Kansas, on Nov. 2, 1918, to Homer and Myrta Hildebrand Engle.

Royce graduated from Messiah Academy (high school), Grantham, Pa., in 1938.  He also graduated from Goshen College and two weeks prior to graduation, married Doris Stuckey in May of 1942. Doris died in 1994.

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