Obituaries

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Pamela M. Rolston Magill died Jan. 7, 2016 at her residence. Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.

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Nettie Mae Ferrall, 93, died Jan. 2, 2016 at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, where she had been a resident.  Nettie was born March 15, 1922, in Pandora to the late Homer and Ella (Badertscher) Basinger.
 
She graduated from Pandora High School and was a graduate of The Ohio State University with a nursing degree in 1946.  On Aug. 28, 1949 she married Rex W. Ferrall who preceded her in death on Dec. 3, 2010, after 61 years of marriage. 
 

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Nettie Ferrall, 93, of Bluffton died Jan. 2, 2016, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.  Arrangements are pending at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.

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Christina E. Detwiler, 90, died Dec. 25, 2015, at Willow Ridge in Bluffton.

Christina was born on April 6, 1925, in Columbiana County, Ohio,  a daughter of Lester W. and Mary (Ziegler) Detwiler. She previously resided at Parkside Health Care Center in Columbiana. She attended  First Mennonite Church in Bluffton, and also Marimor MRDD Seniors in Lima.  

Christina is survived by a sister Joyce (Donald) Hostetler of Bluffton, and a brother Willard (Patricia) Detwiler of Prescott, Ariz., and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

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Robert Stanford Kreider died on Dec. 27, 2015, at his home in North Newton, Kansas.

Robert was born Jan. 2, 1919, in Sterling, Illinois, son of Amos and Stella (Shoemaker) Kreider. In 1921, the family moved to Goshen, Indiana, and in 1926 to Bluffton, Ohio. In 1929, Robert was baptized in the First Mennonite Church, Bluffton.

In 1935, the family relocated to Newton, Kansas, and Robert entered Bethel College where he earned a B.A. in History. In 1941, Robert earned an M.A. in Social Ethics from the University of Chicago Divinity School.

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Robert Kreider of North Newton, Kansas, died at 4 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 27. He is a former president of Bluffton College. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

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