Lima native and Bluffton University alumnus Phyllis Diller, the veteran TV comedian who made an art of self-deprecation, has died, according to The Associated Press. She was 95.
She married Sherwood Diller, a Bluffton High School graduate, and later they were divorced. She referred to Sherwood as "Fang" in her routinees. Sherwood grew up in the large home on the corner of Main and Poplar.
A memorial service for Carol B. Diller who died June 13, 2012 will begin at 11 am Saturday at First Mennonite Church.
Carol Barbara Diller
Carol Barbara Diller, 97, died at 3:50 p.m. on June 13, 2012, at the Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora, surrounded by family. She was born on Dec. 24, 1914 in Riley Township to Christian and Arvilla Yoder Diller, who preceded her in death.
Janice Mae' Hilty Bulkley was born on May 16, 1941, to Herbert Herman and Mabel Ruth Hilty, at Bluffton Hospital in Bluffton, Ohio. She spent her young life growing up on the family farm in Pandora, Ohio. She had two sisters, Sarah Helen and Karen, as well as many aunts, uncles and cousins.
She is survived by: Robert Lee Bulkley, husband of almost 48 years (on Aug. 8). Children, Robert Allen (Carrie) Bulkley, of Castle Rock, Colo., and Kim Yvonne (Harald) Bjerga, daughter, and three grandchildren: Sarah Dawn, Hagan Erling and Elizabeth Anne, of Chewsville, Maryland.
Josephine Miriam "Jo" Burkholder died at 2:40 a.m. Aug. 19, 2012 at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. She was born Oct. 15, 1932 in Bluffton to Walter and Leona (Burkholder) Augsburger. On Nov. 1, 1952 she married Howard Burkholder and he died Sept. 7, 2007.
She was a homemaker. She attended St. John Mennonite Church, Pandora and was a member of Pandora Missionary Church. She was a graduate of Bluffton High School.
Peter Gerhard Fast, died on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, at 2:45 p.m. in Bluffton, Ohio, after succumbing to a rare neurological disorder, known as Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) or Shy-Dragers.
Mr. Fast was born on April 28, 1925, north of Chinook, Montana, but his family soon moved to Mt. Lake, Minnesota, where he grew up on the family farm. He was the youngest of nine children.
Peter G. Fast, 87, of Bluffton died at 2:45 p.m. Aug. 9, 2012, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral and Cremation Services, Bluffton.
