Obituaries

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David Dean Augsburger, 83, died July 2, 2019, at Lima Memorial Health System.  David was born June 14, 1936, in Bluffton to the late Leonard and Ruth (Sommer) Augsburger.  He had been married to Kathryn Skobler Goodin. 

David graduated from Pandora High School and served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict.  He worked at the Lima Ford Engine Plant where he was a computer electronics specialist.  David was a member of Ebenezer Mennonite Church in Bluffton.  He was an avid outdoorsman and nature lover. 

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Mary Ann Jordan, 83, died July 2, 2019, at the Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton.  Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.

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Former Bluffton resident Raymond “Ray” Richard Kohli, 93, died June 18, 2019.

Ray surivors include his wife of 70 years, Alice (Meyer); children, Debra (Douglas) Goare, Beverly (Michael) Geyer, Gary (Linda) Kohli, and Todd (Katie) Kohli, grandchildren, Alexander (Jordan) Goare, Austin (Kellie) Goare, Dr. Stephanie Goare (Kevin Sprang), Ashley (Brian) Chrencik, Kerri Geyer, Tyler Kohli, and Kyle Kohli, and five great-grandchildren, Brycen, Jaxton, Avery, Kensington, and Graham, nephews, Robert (Anita) Kison, Eugene (Betty) Kohli, and Robert (Donna) Kohli.

Born in 1918, graduate of Pandora High School, helped husband in farming

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O. Virginia Dukes, 100, died June 25, 2019, at Hilty Memorial Home in Pandora.  Virginia was born Aug. 1, 1918, in Pandora to the late Clyde and Garnet (Cheney) Sutter. On Sept. 24, 1941 she married Lewis Dukes who preceded her in death on Feb. 23, 2009.

Virginia graduated from Pandora High School, was a homemaker and helped her husband on the farm.  She loved to bake, knit, crochet and quilt.  Her family and friends benefited with many handmade items that she gave away.  Virginia was a member of the Pleasant View United Methodist Church, Mt. Cory. 

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J. Kurt Beach, 68, of North Baltimore died Thursday June 13, 2019.

He was born on June 4, 1951, to the late John J. Beach and Helen A. Beach (Emans) in Bluffton, Ohio. He would marry Rebecca S. (Huss) King in May 1970. They had two sons; Jeffery K. (Nicole) Beach of Forest, and preceded in death by their infant son, Jeremy J. Beach on Nov. 20, 1974.

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Betty E. Kantner, 88, died June 18, 2019, at the Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton.  Betty was born March 21, 1931, in Pandora to the late Gerald and Lela (Oberly) Basinger.  On Dec. 16, 1951, she married Forest "Bud" Kantner who preceded her in death on March 16, 2015.

Betty graduated from Pandora High School and was a homemaker.  She was a life member of Grace Mennonite Church in Pandora and volunteered with the Bluffton Hospital Auxiliary. 

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