Obituaries

Memorial service May 11 at Bluffton Presbyterian Church

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Dale Dickey, 92, formerly of Bluffton, passed away peacefully at his home in Prior Lake, MN, on February 24.

Preceded in death by his wife, Carolyn (Kerry) Vore Dickey (d. 2013) and daughter, Elizabeth Lacey (d. 2014), Dale was born in Sidney, OH August 1, 1925. He graduated from Sidney High School in 1943, Bluffton College in 1950 (B.A.), Princeton Theological Seminary in 1952 (M.Div.), and Bowling Green State University (Ph.D.) in 1980.

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 Elizabeth L. Karhoff, 90, of Lima, died on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at Lima Rehab & Nursing Center. Arrangements are pending with Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Service, Bluffton.
 

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Former Bluffton resident Betty R. Steiner died Feb. 27, 2018. She was born on Dec. 2, 1925, in Vaughnsville, Ohio, to Annabelle (Clawson) and Clarence Kohli. On April 5, 1947 she married Evan Steiner. He died on Feb. 19, 2017; just a few weeks from their 70th wedding anniversary.

Her children are: Carol (Tom) Bell, Westerville, Ohio/ Hobe Sound, Fla.; Greg (Chris), Hobe Sound, Fla./ Indian River, Mich.; Bob (Patsy), Hobe Sound, Fla./Highlands, N.C. She has eight grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren.

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F. Michael Giovinazzo, 84, died at 3:05 a.m., March 5, 2018, at Kindred Hospital in Lima. Mike was born May 8, 1933, in Lima to the late Dominic and Teresa (D'anna) Giovinazzo.  He was a brother to Frank, Jim, Angie Adams, Teresa Swarner and Nick Giovinazzo, who preceded him in death.

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Former Bluffton resident Margaret Diller Gagliardi, 89, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, died on Feb. 23, 2018.

She was a 1946 graduate of Bluffton High School and 1950 graduate of Bluffton College.

She was a home economics teacher at Bluffton High School in the mid-1950s and also taught in the Hamilton County School System. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph F. Gagliardi, Jr.; brother, Ron Diller; and parents, Paul and Verna Diller.

He was a farmer and 1979 Cory-Rawson graduate

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Jeffrey Dean Augustine, 57, of Rawson, died on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018, at Bridge Hospice Care Center, Findlay. He was born on Dec. 21, 1960, to Jerry Dean and Ruth (Stewart) Augustine. He married Tamala (Tammy) K. Roth on Nov. 14, 1981 and she survives.

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