Helen James Minck of Lima and Clearwater, Fla., died on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2011. Born May 5, 1920, she was the daughter of Cletus and Vera Wolfe. She grew up in Toledo and Lima, and graduated in Physics from Wellesley College in Massachusetts where she met and married Harvard graduate Robert A. James, the founder of Raymond James Financial.
They moved to St. Petersburg in 1945. She had four children, Tom (Mary), Christopher (Debbie), Robin a.k.a. Sulara (Scott Young) and Wendy James Seldon.
Elvina Mae Wilkins, 76, died at 6 p.m. Dec. 25, 2011 at Bridge Hospice Care Center, Findlay from complications of a fall in her home. She was born Nov. 5, 1935 in Bluffton to Waldo and Blanche (Criblez) Wilkins.
Elvina lived her entire life in Orange Township, Hancock County, Ohio. She was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church, Bluffton. During her working years Elvina was employed by the Boss Glove Factory, Bluffton until the company closed and then worked for 25 years at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.
Elvina M. Wilkins, 76 died at 6 a.m. Dec. 25, 2011 at Bridge Hospice Care Center, Findlay. Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.
Nelson D. Schumacher, 92, of Bluffton, died on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011 at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. He was born in Pandora, on Dec. 30, 1918 to the late Menno and Lena (Diller) Schumacher. He married Betty Habegger on Oct. 9, 1949. She died on April 9, 1981. He married Jean Basinger on December 27, 1985 and she survives.
Florence "Flo" Herrmann, 84 died at 5:02 p.m. Dec. 18, 2011 at her residence. She was born May 14, 1927, in Belmont, Ohio to Andrew and Elizabeth (Callahan) McLaughlin. On Nov. 20, 1954 she married Fred Herrmann and he died Sept. 13, 2003.
She had retired as a bookkeeper at the Bluffton Stone Company. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Bluffton. She was a volunteer at Bluffton Hospital and enjoyed reading and traveling. She was a 1945 graduate of Senecaville High School.
Robert F. Bender, 84, of Bluffton died at 3:10 p.m. Dec. 14, 2011 at his residence. He was born Sept. 24, 1927 in Wapakoneta to Frederick Ferdinand and Florence Elizabeth Lamley Bender. On Aug. 24, 1948 he married Jo Ann Brunn and she survives.
Robert and Jo Ann owned A-Z Portion Control Meats of Bluffton. He was a member of Bethel Church of Christ, Ada, and a former board member of the Lima Senior Citizens. He attended Lima Central High School and was a WWII Navy veteran.
