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Funeral arrangements for Guy Rhodes incomplete

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 15, 2020 - 1:36pm

Guy Rhodes, 77, of Bluffton died Jan. 14, 2020, at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus.  Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.

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Ruth Anne Frankhauser Lewis 1941-2020

Bluffton HS and Bluffton College graduate
Posted by Icon K on January 14, 2020 - 6:00am

Ruth Anne (Frankhauser) Lewis, 78, of Ohio City, died Jan. 12, 2020, at her residence.

Mrs. Lewis was born July 13, 1941, in Bluffton, to the late Levi and Mildred (Cotant) Frankhauser.

On Dec. 23, 1961, she married Kenneth L. Lewis, who preceded her in death.

She was an honor graduate of Bluffton High School and Bluffton College.  She was a head start teacher. She retired from the Farm Bureau and Nationwide Insurance, both in Van Wert.

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Dick Badertscher was a 1962 Cory-Rawson HS graduate

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 8, 2020 - 2:51pm

Rawson native Dick Badertscher, 74, of Grangeville, Idaho, died, Dec. 18, 2019,
due to complications of a stroke.

Dick was born in Findlay on Dec. 25, 1944, to Lyle and Geraldine Badertscher. He graduated from Cory-Rawson High School in 1962.  

He married Diane Amstutz on Oct. 28, 1967. Dick was a veteran of the Vietnam War.

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Louis Risser was a past president of the local VOSH chapter

Was a Pandora High School graduate
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 8, 2020 - 2:04pm

Louis David Risser Jr., 92, died Jan. 7, 2020, at the Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora. Louis was born June 10, 1927 in Pandora to the late Louis and Elizabeth (Hodge) Risser.  On June 18, 1949, he married Margaret DeVore Risser who preceded him in death on Jan. 3, 2019. 

Louis graduated from Pandora High School and served in the U.S. Marines during World War II and the Korean Conflict. After returning from the war, Louis took over the family farm until 1968 when he went to work for Proctor & Gamble in Lima.  

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Steven Castle served as Bluffton school superintendent from 1997 to 2003

He joined the Bluffton schools at high school principal
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 7, 2020 - 12:39pm

Former Bluffton High School principal and later Bluffton superintendent Steven D. Castle, 57, died on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, at Mount Carmel Emergency Room Franklinton, Columbus. 

He was born on Sept.10, 1962, in Lima, to Charles R. and Barbara F. (Newland) Castle, Sr., and they survive in Ada. On Nov. 18, 1990, he married Beth A. Burklo and she survives in Dublin.

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Amy Gallant Linaberry was a 1990 BHS graduate

Was volunteer chair for "Making Strides Breast Cancer Walk" in Dayton
Posted by Fred Steiner on January 6, 2020 - 3:19pm

Amy J. Gallant Linaberry, 48 of Kettering, died Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020,at her home after a courageous eight year battle with breast cancer. She was born Oct. 2, 1971 in Bluffton, Ohio, to Darryl and Marcia (Boutwell) Gallant. Amy married Matthew Linaberry on Oct. 20, 2012, in Kettering.

Amy graduated from Bluffton High School in 1990. She graduated from Lima Technical College in 1993 with a degree in Early Education and graduated in 2006 from Wright State University with a degree in Social Work.  

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