Obituaries

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Barry Allen Archer, 79, died on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018, at 12:37 p.m. at Lima Memorial Health System.

He was born on Aug. 31, 1939, in Auglaize Township, Ohio,  to Raymond Forest “Buss” and Anna Elizabeth (Binkley) Archer who preceded him in death.  On Sept. 16, 1962 Barry married Suzanne McPheron and she survives in Harrod.

25 years of volunteering at Bluffton Hospital and Mennonite Memorial Home

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Luther Leroy Shetler of Bluffton died on Dec. 15, 2018. He was born on July 1, 1917, on a dairy farm near Goshen, Indiana, to Alvin P. and Sadie (Yoder) Shetler.  He graduated from Goshen College in 1938 and married Geneva Stamm in Goshen on Dec. 22, 1940.

He received a doctorate in Mathematics Education from Indiana University and came to teach Mathematics at Bluffton College in 1950. 

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Luther L. Shetler, 101, of Bluffton died Dec. 15, 2018, at the Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton.  A Memorial Service will be held at a later date.   Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.

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Donald "Don" R. Hamilton, 72, died at 5:40 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, at Lima Memorial Hospital.  He was born Feb. 22, 1946, in Lima, to Richard J. Hamilton and Helen L. (Edwards) Hamilton Braunagel.  They both preceded him in death. 

On Dec. 21, 1968, he married Susan Malin, and she survives in Waynesfield. 

Don is survived by two daughters, AshLee (Tim) Hamilton McGranor and AuBree (Ryan) Lucas both of Columbus; five grandchildren, Malin, Sylvia, Cyrus, Elliott and Sullivan; and one sister, Kay (Gary) Downing of Columbus Grove.   

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Louis Barth Jr., 80, died Dec. 12, 2018, at his residence in Lima.  Lou was born April 16, 1938, in Cincinnati to the late Louis and Leona (Carter) Barth.  On Feb. 6, 1959, he married Janet Barth who preceded him in death on Sept. 25, 2009.

Lou was a butcher at Kroger in Cincinnati and later retired from Dana Corporation.  He was a member of St. Gerard's Catholic Church in Lima and Loyal Order of the Moose #199, Lima.  

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Wade J. Moser, 80, died Dec. 9, 2018, at the Mennonite Memorial Home in Bluffton.  Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.

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