Obituaries

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Jeff Ray, 43, died as the result of an accident Jan. 18, 2014, in Seattle, Wash.  He was born in Toledo, April 19, 1970. 

He is survived by his mother, Alice Chumbley Lora, and stepfather, Ronald Lora of Bluffton, his father, Roger D. Ray, and stepmother Katarina Ruedi Ray, of Toledo, his sister, Leah Ray, and her husband, Kevin Grzyb, of Chicago, his aunt, Jan Turbeville, of Little Rock, Ark., and a nephew, Dexter Ray Grzyb, of Chicago. 

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John C. Thomas, of Derby, Kan., died at his daughter's residence, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013. He was born in Lima, Ohio on June 6, 1949, to John H. and Leta Arlene (Hoffman) Thomas. 

He was a graduate of Bluffton High School. He had served for 20 years in the U.S. Air Force and retired in 1987. He was a member of the Derby VFW, Mulvane American Legion, was a past Kansas State Commander for the American Legion, and a member of the Spencer Moose. 

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Darrin L. Conaway, 50 died Jan. 8, 2014, in Liberty Township, Hardin County, Ohio. He was born May 23, 1963, in Bluffton to LeRoy "Lee" and Gayla (Wynkoop) Conaway. He had previously been married to Cassandra Snyder. 

He was an Sprint car owner of Conaway Motor Sports in which he had previously won a national championship. 

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Doreen Dae Metheney, 48 of Houston, Texas, and formerly of Bluffton died Jan. 4, 2014.  She was born Aug. 28, 1965 in Bluffton to the late Gordon and Doris (Rowley) Metheney, Sr. 

She graduated from Bluffton High School in 1983.  She lived and worked in Findlay until the early 1990s and moved to Fort Walton Beach, Florida, where she lived and worked until her illness took her to St. Luke's Medical Center in Houston, Texas. 

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Darrin L. Conaway, 50, died Jan. 8, 2014.  Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton

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Dorothy M. Steiner, 86, of Bluffton, died at 11:29 a.m. January 7, 2014 at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. She was born March 2, 1927, in Bluffton. Her parents were the late Oscar and Frances Wenger.  On Nov. 26, 1947 she married Franklin W. Steiner and he preceded her in death Feb. 23, 1993.

Mrs. Steiner retired from Triplett Corp., Bluffton, and was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ, Bluffton, She was a graduate of Bluffton High School.    

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