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Carolyn Dickey was a teacher at Allen East from 1968-1988

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 27, 2013 - 11:22am

Carolyn (Kerry) Vore Dickey, 84, formerly of Bluffton, died Feb. 24, 2013, in Prior Lake, Minn.

Preceded in death by her parents, Roger Miller (d. 1995) and Ida Panabaker (d. 1987) Vore, and one brother, Robert Vore (d. 1998).

Mrs. Dickey was born in Lima, Oct. 31, 1928. She graduated from Lafayette Jackson High School in 1946 and Bluffton College in 1950. She taught kindergarten at Allen-East  from 1968-1988.

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Funeral arrangements for Frederick Fritchie incomplete

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 27, 2013 - 9:07am

Frederick Fritchie, 90, died at 3:15 a.m. Feb. 26, 2013, at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.

Services will begin at 3 p.m. Saturday at English Lutheran Church. Friends may call one hour prior to services Saturday at the church. Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.

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Pete Steiner was a 1955 graduate of Bluffton High School

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 25, 2013 - 10:03am

David  "Pete" L. Steiner, 75,  died  on Feb. 24, 2013, at his residence. On April 3, 1937 he was born in Bluffton to Oliver R. and Helen L. Mumma Steiner, who proceeded him in death. On July 29, 1956, he married Nancy S. Andrews  who survives in Bluffton.

Pete was a 1955 graduate of the Bluffton High School. He had worked for 37 years at the Lima Ford Engine Plant and retired in 1995 at the age of 57. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Bluffton.

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John E. Hartzler, Jr., 1912-2013

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 20, 2013 - 10:01pm

John E. Hartzler, 100, died Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. He was born May 7, 1912 in Elkhart, Ind., the son of John E. and Mamie (Yoder) Hartzler. He was married on Dec. 23, 1934 to Christine J. Blosser.

John was a graduate of Bluffton High School and earned the Bachelor of Arts degree in History at the College of Wooster, and both the Master of Arts Degree in Political Science and the Ph.D. in Educational Administration at The Ohio State University.

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Edith Dunbar was journalist, author and playwright

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 20, 2013 - 4:11pm

Edith Ann (Tews) Dunbar, 87, died Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 in her home in Richland Township, Allen County, Ohio.  A journalist, author and playwright, a member of the Detroit Working Writers, she was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was a graduate of the University of Michigan.

She was a reporter and later Women’s Editor of the Mellus Newspaper in suburban Detroit.  She was a recent resident of Bluffton, previously Northville, Michigan and earlier Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.

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Donald Fultz had been owner of Fultz Sign Co. and Fulco Industries

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 14, 2013 - 11:13am

Donald E. Fultz, 75, died Feb. 13, 2013 at his residence. He was born May 11, 1937 in Lima to the late Eugene V. and Rosetta (Gorham) Fultz.  On Dec. 16, 1966, he married Nancy Packer and she survives.

Mr. Fultz had been the owner/operator of Fultz Sign Company and Fulco Industries. He had also worked at Shellar Globe and Superior Coach.  He was a member of English Lutheran Church, Bluffton. He was actively involved in the Lima Beane Chorus and the Wood Shedder’s Group. He had also been a houseparent for the Allen County Children’s Home.

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