Obituaries

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Nicholas H. Spurck, 81, of Arlington died on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. He was born in Galion, Ohio, on Jan. 3, 1937, to the late Hotch H. and Violet M. Spurck. Nick married Shirley A. Gibson on Aug. 27, 1960 and she preceded him in death on March 19, 2011.

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Stanley Allan Hartman, 57, died unexpectedly in his sleep Nov. 3, 2018, at his home in Lincoln, Vermont. He was born in Bluffton, Ohio, on Nov. 9, 1960, one of the seven children of Floyd and Jeannine Hartman. 

As a second generation pipefitter, Stan was a member of the Plumbing Union Local 693 for 38 years.

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Jan Goodger, former part-time teacher at Trinity Lutheran School, Jenera, and wife of Arnold Goodger, teacher of Grades 5 and 6 at Trinity from 1979-1986, was died on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018, after a short illness. 

Janice Louise (Breitenfield) Goodger, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was born on Dec. 21, 1950, in Tomah, Wisconsin, to Victor and Lydia Breitenfield.  She graduated from Luther High School in Onalaska, Wisconsin, in 1969, and from Dr. Martin Luther College in New Ulm, Minnesota, in 1974. 

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Vicki J. Watkins, 64, died Nov. 9, 2018, at Bridge Hospice Care Center in Findlay.  Vicki was born Dec. 29, 1953, in Bluffton, to Don and Ilo (VanScoder) Martin who survive. On May 14, 1983 she married Mark Watkins who survives.

Vicki worked in the cafeteria at Pandora-Gilboa High School.  She was a member of the Pandora United Methodist Church.  Vicki enjoyed cooking, camping and was a graduate of Pandora-Gilboa High School. 

Served with her husband as missionaries in Japan

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Alice Ruth Pannabecker Ramseyer died Monday, Nov. 5, 2018.  She was born in Kai Chow, China, on Sept. 27, 1929, to Mennonite missionaries S. F. “Floyd” and Sylvia (Tschantz) Pannabecker. 

She joined two brothers in the family, Dick Pannabecker (long-time Bluffton resident) and Robert Pannabecker.  The family served on the Kai Chow mission  with the family of Floyd's identical twin Lloyd.

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Alice Ruth Ramseyer, 89, of Bluffton, died November 5, 2018, at Mercy Health – St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima.  Services will be held at 11a.m. on Friday, Nov. 9, at First Mennonite Church, Bluffton. 

Visitation will be Thursday from 5 – 7 p.m. at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton. 

Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.

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