Obituaries

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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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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.

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