Margaret J. Core, 87, of Pandora died at 11:35 p.m. Nov. 15, 2011 at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. She was born Feb. 22, 1924 in Bluffton to Charles W. and Dorothy J. Allstaetter Young. On Dec. 19, 1946 she married Ray V. Core Jr. and he preceded her in death on July 15, 1996.
Mrs. Core was a homemaker and had worked at Triplett Corp., Bluffton. She was a graduate of Bluffton High School.
Raymond Scoles, 61, of rural Ada, died at 7:45 pm Nov. 4, 2011 at Lima Memorial Health System. He was born May 19, 1950, in Bluffton to Allen and Anna Montgomery Scoles.
On Oct. 17, 1970, he married Janet Habegger Triplett and they were divorced.
Raymond was a farmer and had worked at Triplett Corp, and Mackintosh Industries both of Bluffton. He was a 1968 graduate of Cory-Rawson High School and served in the Army National Guard, Ada Armory.
He was a member of the Columbus Grove Eagles, Ada VFW, and the Findlay Moose.
Jean M. Lewis, 73, died on Nov. 3, 2011 at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. She had recently returned to Bluffton in her retirement.
She was born on Aug. 30, 1938, the daughter of Charles Bernard Lewis and Catherine Bockrath. She graduated from St. Marys High School. She became a registered nurse after completing courses at St. Elizabeth's Nursing School in Dayton. She followed a friend to Cleveland where she met her former husband, Richard Wagner.
Edison "Eddie" LeRoy Young, 81, of Bluffton, OH, died at 7:55 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 at Blanchard Valley Hospital, Findlay. Eddie was born on July 23, 1930 in Bluffton to Lester and Ethel Gail (Shulaw) Young. He married Hilda Binkley Young on Oct. 15, 1948, she survives and they have been married for 63 years.
Also surviving are two sons, Richard W., of Bluffton; and Roger L., of Arlington; 2 grandchildren, Ryan and Renae Young; and 2 great-grandchildren, Gage and Dayton Young.
Vernal H. Corson, 94, of Bluffton died Oct. 24, 2011 at Baton Rouge Senior Services Health Center, Lima. She was born May 21, 1917, in Van Wert to Raymond and Ruby Ausman Holbrook. On June 19, 1937, she married Donald C. Corson and he preceded her in death.
Vernal spent most of her adult life in Bluffton. She was employed as the secretary/clerk of the Board of Education and treasurer for the Bluffton Schools for a number of years.
Later she worked as a secretary for Ex-Cello Corp. She was a 1935 graduate of Lima Central High School.
Norma J. Bassitt, 77, of Bluffton died at 2:40 p.m., Oct. 22, 2011 at Richland Manor, Bluffton, She was born Sept. 26, 1934, in Lima to Kenneth James and Lillian Dysert Harbert. She was married to Loren Bassitt who preceded her in death.
Mrs. Bassitt retired from Richland Manor, Bluffton where she was a nurse's aid.
