Obituaries

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John A. Miller, 89, died Oct. 1, 2018, at Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora.  John was born Dec. 18, 1928, in Cloverdale to the late Ray and Flossie Jane (Shirey) Miller.  On June 3, 1950, he married Carrie Bauman Miller who survives.

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Joan Elizabeth Wilkins, 88, died Oct. 1, 2018, Bridge Hospice Care Center in Findlay.  Joan was born Aug. 12, 1930, in Benton Ridge to the late Clifford and Lois (Reiter) Niswander.  On Oct. 24, 1952 she married Leland Wilkins and he survives.

Joan graduated from Mt. Cory High School.  She was a homemaker and had previously worked at Triplett Corp., Bluffton, and had owned and operated the Posey Patch in Mt. Cory.  Joan was a member of Mt. Cory United Methodist Church. 

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John W. Allison, 92, died on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018 at 8 a.m. at his residence in Bluffton.

He was born on Oct. 30, 1925, in Williamsburg, Pa., to Wilmer M. and Anna Pearl (Sorrick) Allison who preceded him in death.

On Oct. 25, 1947, John married Charlotte Lynn and she preceded him in death on Jan. 26, 2009.

John retired from the Pennsylvania Electric Co., where he worked as an electrical engineer. He was a U.S. Navy veteran who served during WWII. John previously lived in Inverness, FL and Clearfield, Pa. He was a member of the English Lutheran Church in Bluffton.

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Q. Harry Burkholder, 89, died Sept. 20, 2018, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. Harry was born Dec. 3, 1928, in Bluffton to the late Quinten and Edna (Fryman) Burkholder.  On March 21, 1958, he married B. Elinor Bowersox Burkholder who survives.

Harry graduated from Bluffton High School and  served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He was a farmer and had also been a delivery driver for Diller Medical and Stratton Greenhouse both in Bluffton. Harry was a member of the Ebenezer Mennonite Church in Bluffton.

She was band director, choir director, taught us to play instruments and was Lima Symphony oboist

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Jo Souder – make that Miss Souder – taught me to play the trombone in the fifth grade. In BHS band director years it was seven, maybe eight directors ago.

I thought that learning a musical instrument would be difficult, but it wasn’t and, despite what my older brother warned me about her, he was incorrect.  She wasn’t a scary as he made her out to be.

And, was principal oboist for the Lima Symphony Orchestra for 30 years

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Marian Jo Souder, 86, died Sept. 16, 2018, at Bluffton Hospital. Jo was born July 10, 1932 in Ft. Worth, Texas, to the late Marion and Nadine (Jones) Souder. 

Jo was a music teacher/band director at Bluffton Schools and later at Blume Jr. High School in Wapakoneta.  She was a principal oboist for the Lima Symphony Orchestra for 30 years.  Jo enjoyed photography, wild horses and traveling. 

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