Obituaries

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Lucille A. Bracy, 83, of Bluffton, died at 12:30 p.m., Aug. 2, 2010, at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. She was born Sept. 14, 1936, to Carl and Hulda (Reddick) Wilch in Jenera. On Nov. 19, 1955, she married John Bracy and he died Feb. 7, 2004.

Mrs. Bracy had been a nanny, and had worked in the Bluffton school cafeteria. She was a lifetime member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jenera. She was a Sunday school teacher at Trinity. She was a 1944 graduate of Rawson High School.

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Dan Rumer

Daniel F. Rumer, 64, died July 26, 2010, in Findlay, Ohio, of pancreatic cancer. Born Oct. 31, 1945, and raised in Lima, he was a Bath High School graduate, and went on to play football and graduate from Bluffton College in 1967 and St. Francis College in 1971.

Mr. Rumer is survived by his wife, Linda, and they were married for 45 years. They raised three children. The family lived in Bradford, England, for a year while Dan participated in a Fulbright teacher exchange program.

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Frances Louise Bracy

Frances Louise Bracy, 78, Bluffton, died at 3 a.m., July 26, 2010, at St. Rita's Hospital, Lima. She was born July 28, 1931, to Kenneth and Elizabeth (Fletcher) Risner in Carey, Ohio. She married Wilbur L. Bracy on Sept. 30, 1956, and he survives.

Mrs. Bracy worked at Ohio Bell in Findlay and had worked at Balmer's Clothing Store (later Uhlman's), Bluffton. She was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ where she served on various committees. She was a 1951 graduate of Vanlue High School.

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Former Bluffton resident Marcia Travis Kilgore, born, July 20, 1945. died of a heart attack on July 4, 2010 at her home in Aurora, Colo. A memorial service was held July 10, in Aurora. She is survived by her husband, Jerry and children, Nicole Anderson and Brett Kilgore. Local survivors are brothers, John (Tony) and Dave Travis, and sister Betsey Angus of Bluffton.

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Teresa Rieman

Teresa Ann Rieman, 70, of Bluffton died at 12:00 p.m. July 9, 2010 at her residence. She was born on Aug. 3, 1939 in New Cleveland to Norbert and Dorothy Lammers Kuhlman.

On July 1, 1961 she married Karl Rieman and he survives.Teresa was an active member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Bluffton, where she was a former parish council member, lector, greeter and usher.

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Harold L. Closson, 72, Bluffton, died at 9:30 a.m., July 4, 2010, in Bluffton. He was born July 25, 1937 to George and Mary Catherine Meeks Closson, Sr., in Delphos, Ohio. On June 15, 1957, he married Margie Gerber and she survives.

Mr. Clossen was an electrician. He retired from DTR, Bluffton. He had also worked at Pure Pak and Ex Cell O, Bluffton. He was a member of First Mennonite Church, Bluffton, a volunteer at the Et Cetra Shop, Bluffton and a graduate of Delphos Jefferson High School.

He was an electrician, carpenter and woodworker.

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