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Obituaries

Joan Bemiller, 1940-2013

Joan L. Bemiller, 72, died at her home in Bluffton,on Monday, April 22, 2013. She had lived in Mansfield for over 47 years and recently moved to Bluffton.

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Glen Blosser served on Van Buren Township trustees for 28 years

Glenn M. Blosser, 87, of Bluffton died at 1:30 a.m., April 22, 2013 at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. He was born Oct. 26, 1925, in New Stark to Paul and Grace Hostetler Blosser. On March 19, 1955, he married Mary Rich and she survives.

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John Sheidler was a Pandora High School graduate

John W. Sheidler, 92, died at 11:50 p.m. April 20, 2013 at Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora.  He was born July 22, 1920, in Pandora to the late Ray and Pansy (Miller) Sheidler.  He married Eileen Baker and she preceded him in death.  He later married Marilyn Waltz Shoemaker and she survives in Pandora.

John was a farmer.  He was a member of the Pandora United Methodist Church.  He e was a graduate of Pandora High School.

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Charles H. Kinsinger was a retired Bluffton businessman

Charles H. Kinsinger, 92, of Pandora, died at 3:30 p.m. at Hilty Memorial Home on April 19, 2013. He was born on Dec. 15, 1920, in Pandora to John and Fatima (Steiner) Kinsinger.  On Nov. 30, 1944 he married Treva J. Stauffer of Lima.  She survives in Pandora.

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Harold Spallinger was retired from General Dynamics

 

Harold W. Spallinger, 86, of Pandora died at 3:20 p.m. April 12, 2013 at the Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora. 

He was born Sept. 18, 1926 in Toledo to Hiram and Gladys Irene Doty Spallinger.  On Oct. 14, 1949, he married Rosalie Clifton and she survives. 

Mr. Spallinger retired from General Dynamics, Lima.  

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Mary Jane Lugibihl started Harlan's Bar-B-Q and Catering with her husband

Mary Jane (Carr) Lugibihl, 96, of Pandora, died at 12:02 p.m. at Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora, on April 14, 2013. She was born on April 7, 1917, at the family’s “Hickory Farm” near Bluffton, to William G. and Eva M. (Deitler) Carr. She attended grade school at the Hickory One-Room Country School and graduated from Pandora High School where she excelled as a member of the women’s basketball team.

On July 5, 1952, she married Harlan E. Lugibihl who preceded her in death on Jan. 24, 1992.

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