Rita Mae Wenger, 82, died Oct. 11, 2019, at Putnam County Ambulatory Care Center in Ottawa. Rita was born Nov. 16, 1936, in Lima, Ohio to the late George and Juanita (Keeling) Quillin. On June 28, 1958, she married Edgar Wenger who preceded her in death on April 7, 2010.
Rita had worked Triplett Corporation in Bluffton then Richland Manor as a cook and retired from Bluffton Hospital where she was a cook. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Bluffton.
Colleen Rae Hight, 90, died Oct. 10, 2019, in Pandora. Colleen was born July 4, 1929, in Bluffton, Ohio, to the late Walter and Bessie (Emans) Goodman who preceded her in death. On Oct. 7, 1951, she married George Hight who preceded her in death on Nov. 11, 2006.
Colleen graduated from Bluffton High School. She was a homemaker and Avon representative. Colleen was a previous president of the Bluffton Athletic Boosters and the Big Rock Gun Club. She enjoyed bowling, camping and cooking. Colleen also enjoyed playing music and singing in her family's bluegrass band for 15 years.
Mary Magdalene Boyer, 95, of Bluffton died Oct. 9, 2019, at the Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton. A memorial service will take place at 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 3, at the First Mennonite Church, Bluffton.
Visitation and a luncheon will take place immediately following the service. Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.
Kenneth S. Early, 60, of Glouster, Ohio, and formerly of Bluffton died Oct. 6, 2019, at his residence. Kenneth was born Dec. 4, 1958, in Bluffton, Ohio to the late Floyd and Mildred (Ridenour) Early.
Kenneth was a 1975 graduate of Bath High School and the Ohio State University where he graduated with a degree in agriculture engineering. He worked as an inspector for the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and also loved farming.
Theda M. Lehman died Oct. 5, 2019, just shy of her 99th birthday. She was born Nov. 8, 1920, on her parents Harry and Minnie (Schaublin) Anderson's family farm near Bluffton, Ohio.
She attended grade school in a one-room schoolhouse. With the passing of her mother when she was 10, she learned a lot about life and grew up fast. She went on to graduate from Bluffton High School. While attending Lima business College, she worked for Union Central Life Insurance Co. She also worked at the Lima Locomotive Works as a bookkeeper and at St. Rita's Hospital during World War II.
Bluffton High School graduate Thomas R. Niswander, 68, of Metamora, Ohio died Sept. 15, 2019, in the Toledo Hospital, Toledo, Ohio, following a brief illness.
He was born Dec. 2, 1950, in Bluffton, Ohio, to the late Lysle E. and Leona E. (Schroer) Niswander. Tom retired in 2016 from Toledo Hospital where he worked as a network analyst in the IT department.
He was a lifelong member of St. John's United Church of Christ, Bluffton.
