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Jean Triplett memorial service June 16

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 11, 2012 - 10:25am

A memorial service for Lois Jean Hoover Triplett will take place on Saturday, June 16, at 2 p.m. at the Bluffton Presbyterian Church, 112 N. Main Street. Rev. Dr. Matthew Zuehlke will lead the service. Light refreshments and a time of fellowship will follow.

Mrs. Triplett, of Bluffton, Ohio, died on Friday, May 4, 2012. She was born in Rittman, Ohio, on Oct. 18, 1926, the daughter of Lloyd and Zelda Hoover. She was a 1947 graduate of Bluffton College. On July 18, 1948, she married M. Morris Triplett, who predeceased her in 1996.

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Funeral service for Leonard Kingsley June 9

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 5, 2012 - 6:17pm
Leonard Kingsley

Leonard Deal Kingsley, 95, died at 9:20 a.m., June 5, 2012, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. He was born in LaGrange County, Indiana, to Ray S. and Mertie (Deal) Kingsley.

On Sept. 1, 1940, he married Velma K. Emmert and she survives.
Mr. Kingsley worked as an educator (teacher and school administrator) most of his life. He retired as superintendent of Penta-County Vocational High School, Rossford, Ohio, in 1987.

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Kay L. Amstutz 1963-2012

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 4, 2012 - 9:48am
Kay Amstutz

Kay L. Amstutz, 49, of Rawson, died Sunday, June 3, 2012 5:15 p.m. at the Bluffton Hospital. She was born in Bluffton on Jan. 9, 1963 to Phyllis (Pearson) Amstutz who survives at Rawson and the late James R. Amstutz.

She was a 1981 graduate of Cory-Rawson High School where she was an honors student. She attended the University of Northwestern Ohio to study computer programming. She also held a degree from Bluffton University in Accounting. She worked for the Blanchard Valley Health Assn .in the accounting department.

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Irene Althaus was secretary of Bluffton Elementary for 25 years

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 3, 2012 - 1:10pm
Irene Althaus

Irene E. Althaus, 68, of Bluffton died at 8:44 p.m. June 2, 2012 at Bluffton Hospital. She was born Oct. 23, 1943 in Bluffton to Ambert and Edna Bower Basinger. On Jan. 20, 1967 she married Jerry Althaus and he survives.

Mrs. Althaus retired from the Bluffton Public Schools where she was the Elementary School secretary for 25 years. She had also been a telephone operator for the Bluffton Telephone Co and had served on the Bluffton EMS. She was a member of the English Lutheran Church, Bluffton, a graduate of Bluffton High School and attended Bluffton College.

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Alice Wingate, 1919-2012

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 1, 2012 - 1:16pm

Alice I. Wingate, 92, of Bluffton died at 5:40 a.m. June 1, 2012, at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. She was born Nov. 24, 1919, in Putnam County to Clarence and Esther Slusser Jones. On Oct. 4, 1940, she married Paul R. Wingate and he preceded her in death on March 1, 2006.

Mrs. Wingate was a homemaker and retired from the Bluffton High School Cafeteria after 16 years and had worked at Triplett Corp., Bluffton. She was a member of Ebenezer Mennonite Church, Bluffton and the Bluffton Senior Citizens. She was a graduate of Bluffton High School.

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Lois King 1931-2012

Posted by Fred Steiner on May 30, 2012 - 3:06pm

Lois I. King, 80, of Bluffton, Ohio, died May 21, 2012, in Ft. Myers, Fla. She was born in Richland Township on July 27, 1931, to Harley and Lavina (Burkholder) Marquart.

She and her husband, Paul, were married on Oct. 11, 1952, at Ebenezer Mennonite Church, Bluffton. He survives.

Also surviving are two sons, Timothy P. (Dawn) King, Bluffton, and John E. King of Florida. Five grandchildren also survive: Harley King, Zachary King, Cody King, Jennifer King and Justin King.

Preceding her in death was a son, Bruce M. King, and a sister, Phyllis (Donald) Yaussy.

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