Janice Mae' Hilty Bulkley was born on May 16, 1941, to Herbert Herman and Mabel Ruth Hilty, at Bluffton Hospital in Bluffton, Ohio. She spent her young life growing up on the family farm in Pandora, Ohio. She had two sisters, Sarah Helen and Karen, as well as many aunts, uncles and cousins.
She is survived by: Robert Lee Bulkley, husband of almost 48 years (on Aug. 8). Children, Robert Allen (Carrie) Bulkley, of Castle Rock, Colo., and Kim Yvonne (Harald) Bjerga, daughter, and three grandchildren: Sarah Dawn, Hagan Erling and Elizabeth Anne, of Chewsville, Maryland.
Josephine Miriam "Jo" Burkholder died at 2:40 a.m. Aug. 19, 2012 at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. She was born Oct. 15, 1932 in Bluffton to Walter and Leona (Burkholder) Augsburger. On Nov. 1, 1952 she married Howard Burkholder and he died Sept. 7, 2007.
She was a homemaker. She attended St. John Mennonite Church, Pandora and was a member of Pandora Missionary Church. She was a graduate of Bluffton High School.
Peter Gerhard Fast, died on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, at 2:45 p.m. in Bluffton, Ohio, after succumbing to a rare neurological disorder, known as Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) or Shy-Dragers.
Mr. Fast was born on April 28, 1925, north of Chinook, Montana, but his family soon moved to Mt. Lake, Minnesota, where he grew up on the family farm. He was the youngest of nine children.
Peter G. Fast, 87, of Bluffton died at 2:45 p.m. Aug. 9, 2012, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. Arrangements are incomplete at Chiles-Laman Funeral and Cremation Services, Bluffton.
Pauline M. Lutz Hirschler, 100 of Bluffton died Aug. 2, 2012 at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. She was born in Lima on Dec. 20, 1911, to Alarta and Tymah Fay Roush Lutz.
She married Alfred E. Hirschler on June 30, 1940, and he preceded her in death in 1972. They lived most of their married life in Springfield, Pa., a suburb of Philadelphia.
Alma Maxine (Moyers) Long, 86, died Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at 11:25 p.m. at Lima Memorial Health System, Lima surrounded by her family.
She was born on Oct. 20, 1925 in Bruceton Mills, W.V. to Charles and Stella (Guthrie) Moyers, who preceded her in death. On June 10, 1951 she married Urban L. Long and he survives in Ada.
Mrs. Long graduated from Bruceton Mills High School and Bridgewater College, Virginia. She began her teaching career in the last one room school in Preston County, West Virginia; in which her mother also taught.
