Obituaries

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Geneva M. Shetler, 100, of Bluffton died Sept. 13, 2019, at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.  Visitation will begin at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 17, followed by a memorial luncheon at First Mennonite Church in Bluffton.  Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.

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H. Ellen McCullough, 80, died Sept. 5, 2019, at 10:50 p.m. at St. Rita's Ambulatory Care Center in Glandorf.  Ellen was born Oct. 9, 1938, in Gilboa, Ohio to the late Cornelius Jay and Doris (Eck) Dearth.   On October 10, 1934 she married Larry McCullough who survives in Gilboa.

Ellen graduated from Pandora-Gilboa High School in 1956.  She had worked in various offices as an administrative assistant.  Ellen was an active member of the Gilboa United Methodist Church and also the Red Hat Society. 

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Donald Dwight Spar, 96, died at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, at Otterbein Cridersville.

Don was born March 29, 1923, in Ada, Ohio, to the late David Dayle and Lucille Ada (Barnes) Spar of Ada, Ohio. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Charles, Karl, Ralph "Flip" and sister Mary Edith (Spar) Frederick. On July 19, 1945, he married Esther M. Hochstettler of Bluffton, Ohio.

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Vivian L. Brown, 98, died on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, at 10:23 a.m. at Willow Ridge in Bluffton.

She was born on April 15, 1921, in Rockford, Ohio, to the late Ralph and Lulu (Rutledge) Krogman. On Aug. 22, 1947, she married Claude S. Brown and he died on June 4, 1988.  

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James O. Dye, 89, died on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, at 11:46 a.m. at Bridge Hospice Care Center, Findlay.

He was born on April 2, 1930, in Mud Lick, Kentucky, to the late John and Rusha (Blevins) Dye. On Dec. 21, 1951, James married Peach Wireman who preceded him in death on Dec. 14, 2012.

James retired from General Dynamics in 2003, where he worked as a welder. He was a member of the Ada Full Gospel Pentecostal Church of God.  James loved listening to music. 

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Former Bluffton resident and Bluffton High School graduate, Charles Allen Baker, 72, of Millville, Ohio, died at his home on Aug. 24, 2019. He was born Dec. 1, 1946.

He married Carla Lind on Aug. 23 1969, and she survives.

Also surviving are children, Jennifer (Baker) Willoughby and Nicholas Baker, son-in-law, Ken Willoughby, granddaughter, Adison Willoughby, and siblings, Anita (Baker) Ryan, Elaine Baker, Keith Baker, Margaret (Baker) Mann and Mary Jane (Baker) Gavin.

He was proceeded in death by his parents, Arden and Jane (Miller) Baker.

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