Obituaries

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A service of Celebration of the Life of Laura Jane Diller Handford will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009 at First Mennonite Church, Bluffton, Ohio.

Mrs. Handford, 68, a resident of Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, died Sept. 22, 2009 at her residence.

Mrs. Handford was born Feb. 2, 1941 in Bluffton, Ohio to Leland and Helen Iutzi Diller, who preceded her in death. She married Dr. H. Allen Handford, who survives.

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Elizabeth Fields

Elizabeth I. Fields, 100, of Bluffton and formerly of Mt. Cory died at 5:45 a.m. Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, at Richland Manor Nursing Home, Bluffton.

She was born on July 7, 1909, in Mt. Cory to William and Sophia (Fox) Falk. On July 22, 1934, she married James A. Fields in Clay County, Arkansas, and he passed away Sept. 25, 1991.

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Donald W. Steiner, 81, of Bluffton, died at 1 p.m., Oct. 24, 2009, in St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima.

He was born April 15, 1928 to Clarence and Cora Rupp Steiner in rural Bluffton. On March 3, 1951, he married Eileen Gingerich and she survives.

Mr. Steiner was a farmer and retired from Cooper Tire and Rubber Co., Findlay. He was a minster at the Reformed Mennonite Church, Bluffton.

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Doris Dukes

Doris D. Dukes, 90, of Pandora died at 2:30 a.m., Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009 at Hilty Memorial Home, Pandora. She was born April 8, 1919 in Wellington, Ohio, to George and Celia Ruth (Jackson) Devereaux. On Dec. 24, 1944 she married Robert G. Dukes and he died May 30, 1974.

Doris taught high school in Bloomfield High School, Bloomfield, Ohio. She had also worked at Cooper Tire, Findlay, during World War II. After taking time off to raise her family she returned to teaching at Cory-Rawson Middle School retiring in 1984.

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Sue (Geiger) Sazima 1933-2009


Former Bluffton resident Sue Sazima, 75, of Shepherd, Mich., died Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, at St. Mary's Hospital in Saginaw, Mich.

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Maurice Fett

Retired Bluffton businessman and community leader Maurice E. Fett, 86, died at 11:45 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, at Bridge Hospice Care Center, Findlay.

His interests covered all aspects of Bluffton. He retired as owner of Fett Hardware, which at one time was located in the present Bluffton Senior Citizens storefront.

He was born March 2, 1923, in Bluffton to Gilbert and Inez (Triplehorn) Fett. On May 1, 1949, he married Eula Locher. She died Sept. 16, 1991. On June 14, 1997, he married Maeola McClain and she survives.

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