Obituaries

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Arabella Nicole Bricker was stillborn June 20, 2014, at Bluffton Hospital. She was the daughter of Jesse and Tara Marsh Bricker of Bluffton.  She is survived by a brother, Sebastian Bricker,  maternal grandparents, Pam and Cliff Marsh of Bluffton and paternal grandmother, Barbara Marino of Pittsburgh, Pa. 

She was preceded in death by her paternal great grandfather, Keith Bricker. There will be no public services.  Arrangements are through Chiles-Laman Funeral and Cremation Services, Bluffton.

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Paul Richard Shilling, 94, of Rawson died at 4:15 p.m. on Saturday, June 28, 2014, at his residence. He was born on June 18, 1920 in Van Buren Township to the late George and Catherine (Hannewald) Shilling. He married Harriette E. Fett on Jan. 27, 1946 and she survives.

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Former Bluffton insurance agent, Bruce G. Shelly, 81 of Temple Terrace, Fla., died June 25, 2014. He was born in Wadsworth, Ohio, to Wilmer and Emma Shelly on Feb. 16, 1933.

Mr. Shelly graduated from high school in Boyertown, Pa., and graduated in Business Administration from Bluffton College.

After serving the U.S. Army Signal Corp as a cryptographer in Okinawa, he married his wife, Marilyn, on Aug. 30, 1957 in Gomer, Ohio. He was a Nationwide insurance agent in Bluffton for 31 years, earning membership into the Nationwide President’s Club.

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Mary Margaret Arthur, 87, died at 1:45 p.m. June 20, 2014, at Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora. She was born April 10, 1927, in Lima to the late Raymond and LaDonna (Williams) Zimmerman. On Dec. 21, 1947, she married Melvyn C. Arthur and he died June 12, 2014.

Mrs. Arthur was a retired teacher. She taught at Beaverdam, Moulton and Pandora-Gilboa schools. She had also worked at City Loan in Lima.  She graduated from Beaverdam High School and Ohio Northern University.

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Mary Arthur, 87 died at 1:45 p.m. June 20, 2014, at Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora. Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Gilboa United Methodist Church. 

Visitation will be Monday from 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton. Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.

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Terry H. Miller, 75, died on June 18, 2014 at 2:20 p.m. at his residence. He was born November 11, 1938 in Allen County to the late Harold and Irene Bowers Miller.

Terry was retired from Van Wert Chrysler.  He was a member of Cairo United Methodist Church, Sager Masonic Lodge No. 513, Lafayette, 32nd Degree Valley of Toledo, Zenobia Shrine, Toledo, Fraternal Order of Eagles No. 370, Lima, and a graduate of Beaverdam High School. 

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