Obituaries

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Ellis Hauenstein

Ellis B. Hauenstein, 86, of Bluffton died 2:49 a.m. March 15, 2011 at Bluffton Hospital.

He was born July 7, 1924 in Bluffton to Levi and Lenna Huber Hauenstein. On Aug. 20, 1947 he married Betty J. Risser and she survives.

Mr. Hauenstein was a farmer and also retired from Ex-Cell-O Corp. He was a member of Bluffton Trinity United Methodist Church and the Ada VFW.

In World War II he was a driver for General George Patton.

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Myda Jane Badertscher, 88, of rural Bluffton, died at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, March 11, 2011 at the Bridge Hospice Care Center, Bowling Green.

She was born on Feb. 21, 1923, to the late Byron and Mary (Lehman) Manges in Orange Twp., Hancock County She married Wayne L. Badertscher on Nov. 22, 1951, and he preceded her in death on Jan. 20, 2008.

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Norman G. Sumney, 84, of Grand Junction, Colo., formerly of Lima, died at 12:38 p.m., Wednesday, March 9, 2011, at Aspen Ridge Alzheimer's Center, Grand Junction, Colo.

He was born Aug. 21, 1926, in Bluffton to Wilbur G. and Ruth L. Faze Sumney, who preceded him in death. On Dec. 26, 1944, he married Helen L. Lusk, who died Oct. 30, 2006. They were married 62 years.

Mr. Sumney retired from Ford Motor Co. in Lima as a machine repairman. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II as a seaman first class and was stationed at Port Chicago, Calif.

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Jacob Ryan Graham

Jacob Ryan Graham, 21, of Gomer, and a Bluffton University senior, died at 1 p.m., March 9, 2011 in the Putnam County Ambulatory Care Center, Ottawa.

He was born March 25, 1989, to Daniel "Joe" and Janice K. Moening Graham in Lima.

Survivors include his parents of Gomer; brother, Jason Ball, Lima; Cory King, Columbus; Justin Graham, Gomer; sister, Jenna Graham, Gomer; and niece, Jaylynn Ball.

Preceding him in death were paternal grandparents James and Donna Stemen Graham; and maternal grandparents Theodore "Ted" and Annette Krider Moening.

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Lorrie Montgomery

Lorrie Montgomery, 51, of Bluffton, died after a five-year battle with cancer, at 10:42 p.m. on March 4, 2011. She was born in Roanoke, Va., to the late Homer Brookshire, Sr. and Shirley Brookshire of Riverdale, Ga.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Homer "Butch" Brookshire and survived by two sisters: Teresa (Keith) Harris of Huntsville, Ala., and Kathryn "Suzie" Harper of Riverdale, Ga.

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Herb Reichenbach

Herbert E. Reichenbach, 88 died at 7:05 p.m. March 4, 2011 at Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora. He was born April 10, 1922 in Bluffton, Ohi,o to Amos W. and Mary Ann (Welty) Reichenbach.

On June 19, 1943 he married Dorothy Agner and she preceded him in death. He retired from Triplett Corporation, Bluffton. He was a member of Pandora Missionary Church. He enjoyed woodworking. He was a school bus driver for Bluffton Schools for many years. He drove truck from Steiner Stockyards, Bluffton. He also farmed with his father. He was a Bluffton High School graduate Class of 1941.

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