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Funeral arrangements incomplete for Vera Higgins, 94

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 27, 2013 - 10:56am

Vera A. Higgins, 94 died at 7:05 a.m. Jan. 27, 2013 at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.  Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services, Bluffton.

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Roger Wannemacher was father of a Bluffton resident

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 21, 2013 - 2:46pm

Roger J. Wannemacher, 73, died 2:43 p.m. Friday, January 18, 2013 at Putnam County Ambulatory Care Center, Glandorf. 

He was born March 25, 1939 in Cloverdale to Oscar and Rita (Burgei) Wannemacher.  His mother survives in Cloverdale and his father is deceased. 

On November 3, 1962, he married Marilyn Ellerbrock, with just celebrating 50 yrs of marriage.  She survives in Cloverdale.

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Edith Daft was member of Bethel Church of Christ.

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 21, 2013 - 2:37pm

Edith M. Daft, 81, of Bluffton, formerly of Ada, died Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 10:05 p.m. at Bridge Hospice Care Center at Blanchard Valley Hospital, Findlay.

Edith was born on October 10, 1931 in Orange Township, Hancock County, Ohio to the Leonard and Flossie (Hartman) Henry, who preceded her in death.

She married J. Robert Daft in 1951. He survives at Maple Crest Retirement Center in Bluffton.

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Private funeral services for Walter Marshall, former BHS principal

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 21, 2013 - 9:29am

Former Bluffton High School principal Walter Leonard “Bud” Marshall, 78, of Three Rivers, Michigan, died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

He was born in Lima to  James Walter and Thelma Brown Marshall. Walter was a 1952 graduate of Shawnee High School and a 1957 graduate of Ohio Northern University. He earned a Masters degree of Education from Indiana University. He was a member of Sigma Phi fraternity.

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Allan Ray Tschiegg grew up in Bluffton

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 19, 2013 - 3:52pm

Pastor Allan Ray Tschiegg died Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, in Dallas, Oregon. He was born at home on the farm in Columbus Grove, Ohio, on September 27, 1930 to Eldon and Grace (Lora) Tschiegg.

He worked on the farm and at Farmers Grain Co. in Bluffton, Ohio until he left for Grace Bible Institute in Omaha, Nebraska. There he met Adelia Marie Heinrichs. A year later they were married while he was attending Grace Seminary in Winona Lake, Indiana. During his seminary years he was pastor of Pleasant Valley Community Church, south of Warsaw, Ind.

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Kay Parent was a Bluffton High School and Bluffton College graduate

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 17, 2013 - 4:24pm

Bluffton native Kay (Rodabaugh) Parent, 64 of Kettering, Ohio, died at her home, Jan. 14, 2013.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Dr. Franklin and Lois Rodabaugh and a sister, Rosanne Dolan. She graduated from Bluffton High School in 1966 and from Bluffton College in 1970.

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