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Ruth Ellen Hammer was a homemaker

Posted by Staff on November 29, 2023 - 8:23am

COLUMBUS GROVE__Ruth Ellen Hammer (Ruthie) of Columbus Grove passed peacefully on Saturday, November 25 at The Meadows of Ottawa.

She was born Ruth Ellen Beck on June 11, 1935 to Herbert and Mary Beck. She attended Lakeview High School and on October 3, 1955, she married Charles “Tack” Hammer who passed away March 19, 2015. Ruth is also preceded in death by 11 siblings and survived by 2 siblings Donald (Angie) Beck and Jim (Mary Margaret) Beck.

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Wade L. Oberly served in the U.S. Army

Posted by Paula Scott on November 29, 2023 - 6:00am

Wade L. Oberly, 93, passed away on November 27, 2023 at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. Wade was born September 20, 1930 in Putnam County, Ohio to the late Reno and Bertha (Hochstettler) Oberly. On December 29, 1950 he married Carolyn Matter Oberly who preceded him in death on August 1, 2018. 

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Robert Pyzik was an industrial engineer

Posted by Staff on November 26, 2023 - 8:43am

LIVONIA, Mich.­­—On November 10, 2023, Robert Henry Pyzik passed away at the age of 92 years. Robert is lovingly remembered by his children, Christopher (Tina) Pyzik, Robin (John Shuler) Pyzik-Shuler, Paula (Robert) Scott, and Sarah (Robert) Dotto; grandchildren, Aaron (Hershey Cohen) Shuler, Clara Shuler, Nathaniel and Noah Pyzik, Katherine and Duncan Scott, and Taylor and Lauren Dotto, and by his brother-in-law and sisters-in-law, Richard and Barbara Bonk, and Mary Ann Coopersmith. Preceding him in death were wife Dorothy (Connie Bonk) Pyzik, parents Joseph and Tillie (Baron) Pyzik and brothers Henry, Raymond, Arthur and Eugene Pyzik and sister-in-law, Gertrude Bonk.

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Obituary for Charles David Montgomery

Posted by Staff on November 23, 2023 - 8:55am

Charles David Montgomery, 68, passed away November 22, 2023 at his residence. Charles was born June 9, 1955 in Bluffton to Charles and Marjorie (Reams) Montgomery.  On December 15, 1973 he married Sandra Dunlap Montgomery who survives.

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Clarabeth Bixel was a nurse and homemaker

Posted by Staff on November 19, 2023 - 7:04am

Clarabeth Bixel, 87, passed away November 18, 2023 at Willow Ridge - Frieda House, Bluffton. Clarabeth was born January 29, 1936 in Pandora to the late Archie and Velma (Miller) Diller. On April 2, 1955 she married Dwight Bixel who preceded her in death on October 24, 2017. 

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Rodney W. Barnes was a toolmaker

Posted by Staff on November 13, 2023 - 3:45pm

Rodney W. Barnes, 72, passed away unexpectedly on November 12, 2023.  He was born August, 23, 1951 in Toledo to the late James W. and Betty (Stair) Barnes of Oregon, Ohio. Rodney graduated in 1969 from Clay High School in Oregon, Ohio and in 1973 from Bluffton College. He went through the apprenticeship program at Lima Ford Engine Plant and became a toolmaker, retiring in 2003.

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