Obituaries

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Joseph Bischoff, 70, died July 13, 2019, at 5:45 p.m. at his residence in rural Ada, Ohio.

He was born Oct. 10, 1948, in Lima, Ohio, to the late Robert J. and Eloise (Walker) Bischoff.  On Dec. 19, 1970 he married Anita (Christopher Berkshire) and she survives.

Joe was a 1966 graduate of Ada High School and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from Urbana University. He was part owner of Highway Oil Company, a family business, for over 20 years and co-owner of the Highway Animal Farm.

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Robert W. Millager, 84, of Bluffton died July 11, 2019, at Bridge Hospice Care Center in Findlay. Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.

She also had a cake and candy business, Carolyn's Sweet Shop

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Carolyn Elizabeth Rettig, 82, of rural Bluffton, died at 5:54 a.m. on Wednesday, July 10, 2019, at Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay. Carolyn was born on June 15, 1937, in Dola, Ohio, to Willard and Fairy (Wilch) Neff. She graduated from Cory-Rawson in May 1955.

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Inara (Mencis) Brubaker, 81, died at 8:35 p.m. on July 2, 2019, at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, Ohio, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. 

She was born in Riga, Latvia, on May 1, 1938, to the late Arnolds and Herta (Stebers) Mencis. 

She was preceded in death by her daughters, Erika J. Brubaker and Andra E. Brubaker, in 1993.

 Inara emigrated to the United States when she was 12 years old, and graduated from Shawnee High School in Lima, Ohio. She retired in 2002 from the UOP/AlliedSignal (now Honeywell International) Research Center.

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Jacqueline Sheree Walls, 57, died July 3, 2019, at her residence in Pandora.  Jacqueline was born May 11, 1962, in Lima to the late Jack G. and Gloria Jane (Jones) Walls. 

Jacqueline enjoyed her years at Brookhill with the staff and friends. She was well cared for and loved by the staff at her group home in Pandora.  Jacqueline's family of faith was Faith Baptist Church in Ottawa, Ohio. 

She was active in many other Bluffton organizations

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Mary Ann Jordan, 83, died July 2, 2019, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.  Mary Ann was born Aug. 30, 1935 in Bluffton, Ohio, to the late Clarence and Geneva (Reichenbach) Fleming. On Sept. 17, 1956, she married Richard "Dick" H. Jordan who preceded her in death on March 8, 2019.

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