Brian Wickham, 45, died April 11, 2010, in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral Home, Blufton.

Edgar Wenger

Edgar Eugene Wenger, 77, of Bluffton, died at 2:48 p.m., April 7, 2010, in Bluffton Hospital. He was born Sept. 29, 1932, to Oscar and Frances "Fannie" Flythe Wenger. On June 28, 1958 he married Rita Quillin and she survives.

Mr. Wenger was a skilled tradesman in machine repair. He retired from Dana Corp., Lima. He was a member of Local UAW 1765. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and had been a past member of the Bluffton Fire Department. He was a 1950 Bluffton High School graduate.

Edgar E. Wenger, 77 of Bluffton died at 2:48 p.m., Wednesday April 7, 2010, at Bluffton Hospital Emergency Room. Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral Home, Bluffton.

Kathy Koontz Shepard

Kathy Koontz Shepard, 54, passed away at 12:15 p.m. on Sunday, April 4,
2010 at her home near Bluffton. She was born on March 14, 1956 to Jasper
O. "Joe" and Mary (Schultz) Koontz in Bluffton, and her mother survives.
She married C. Mack Shepard on June 18, 1988, and he survives.

Martin Burkholder

Martin Darrel Burkholder, 88, of Lima, died at 9:18 a.m., April 5, 2010, at Lima Memorial Hospital, Lima. He was born July 29, 1921, in Beaverdam, to Cyrus and Stella (Hilty) Burkholder.

He was a farmer and retired from Shellar Globe, Lima. He attended Ebenezer Mennonite Church and graduated from Beaverdam High School. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army.

Mildred Fay Morrison, 94, of Russels Point, passed away at 7 a.m., Wednesday, March 31, 2010, at the Beckett House in New Concord, Ohio.

She was born in Hancock County to the late Clarence E. and Blanche E. (Abbott) Wells. She married William A. Morrison and he preceded her in death in 2002.

She was also preceded in death by a son, William Wells Morrison; a
grandson; son-in-law, Dennis Bame; two brothers, Richard and James Lee
Wells and five sisters, Margaret M. Swanson; Mary Ellen Jackson; Ruth
Wells; Patricia Poppe and Donna Jean Werner.

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