PAULDING: James D. Smiley, age 90 died Monday, December 23, 2013 at CHP Inpatient Hospice, Defiance, OH. He was born in Indianapolis, IN, on September 3, 1923 the son of Wilford “Bill” and Arzula (Pate) Smiley. He married Phyllis Ann Colley, who preceded him in death on February 14, 1972. During World War II, he…
PAULDING: Delmar Ray Stoller, age 88 passed into eternity Saturday evening, December 21, at the Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. He was born at home April 12, 1925, the youngest son of Jacob and Bertha (Huber) Stoller. He and his three older brothers, Roy, Loren and William were raised on the family farm due…
PAULDING: James Paul Buchman, age 77 died Monday, December 16 at the Paulding County Hospital, Paulding, Ohio. He was born July 19, 1936 in Paulding County the son of John and Ruby (Gunderman) Buchman. On February 15, 1958 he married Patricia Ann Rohr who survives. He was a self employed farmer and horseman and a…
Donald R. Beamer, age 88 went to be with his Lord on Sunday, December 8, 2013. He was born May 3, 1925 in Paulding, Ohio, the son of Edward and Ethel (Brown) Beamer. On April 21, 1946 he married Phyllis R. Weaver, who survives. He attended Paulding School and retired from Grizzly in 1980. He…
PAULDING: Den Adams, age 70, left this earth to go to be in his Heavenly home on Friday, November 29, 2013. He was born December 6, 1942 in Jeremiah, Kentucky, the son of Arthur and Helmer (Thompson) Adams. On August 31, 1962 he married Judith A. Commers who survives. He was a charter member of…
FT. WAYNE: Former Paulding County resident, Mary Jane Gilbert, age 86 died Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at the Lutheran Life Villages – The Village at Pine Valley, Ft. Wayne, IN. She was born in Cecil, Ohio, on February 21, 1927 the daughter of Floyd E. and Mabel M. (Dysinger) Simpson. On July 12, 1947 she…
Oakwood: Flora Harshman, age 84 died Friday November 22 at the Laurels of Defiance. Arrangements pending at Den Herder Funeral Home, Paulding.
PAULDING: John Herzig, age 79, died Friday, November 22, 2013 at the CHP Hospice, Defiance, Ohio. He was born July 16, 1934 in Hungary, the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Metzger) Herzig. On November 9, 1956 he married Cecilia Ottmayer, who preceded him in death on November 13, 2008. He was previously employed by LaFarge…
Fon Du Lac, Wisconsin: Former Paulding County resident, M. Catherine “Cate” Gary Hart, age 98 died Thursday, November 21, 2013 at the Hope Hospice Center. Cate was born to Charles A. and Glenna (Carpenter) Welsh on October 6, 1915 on an Oakwood, Ohio, farm near the Paulding-Putnam county line. She graduated from the Oakwood High…
PAULDING: Donald H. Adams, age 79 died Friday, November 15, 2013 at the Laurels of Defiance, Defiance, Ohio. He was born in Latty, Ohio, on December 25, 1933, the son of James H. and Grace E. (Finnegan) Adams. He grew up in Grover Hill area, attended Hoaglin-Jackson School and spent the last two years at…
NEWPORT, TENNESSEE: Larry B. Young age 71, died Tuesday, November 12 at his residence. He was born in Lafayette, Indiana, on January 12, 1942 the son of Ralph D. and Leanna Gayle (Burroughs) Young. On December 21, 1965 he married Mary Ann Dunham, who preceded him in death on July 15, 1998. He was a…
CECIL: Clair Leroy Paxton, age 86 died Saturday, November 2 at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, Defiance, Ohio. He was born December 18, 1926 in Paulding County, Ohio the son of Ervin L. and Jeanette A. (Brown) Paxton. On January 25, 1959 he married Rosemarie Odaffer, who survives. He was a self employed Grain/Dairy Farmer…
ASHVILLE, NC: Former Paulding and Kalida resident, Raymond H. Stults Jr., age 77 died Monday, October 21, 2013 at the John F. Keever Solace Center, Ashville. He was born in Paulding County, Ohio, on October 8, 1936, the son of Raymond and Martha W. (Barnes) Stults. On April 7, 1957 he married Betty Ann Forney…
