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Obituaries courtesy of News-Banner Publications, posted with permission.
Nov. 24, 2001 - None
Nov. 26, 2001
Audra Paxson, 91
A retired elementary school teacher, Audra Paxson, 91, of rural Bluffton,
died at 11:08 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 25, at Bluffton Regional Medical Center.
Mrs. Paxson taught third grade for 31 years, retiring in 1974. She taught 13
years in Michigan and 18 years at the Columbian Elementary School in
Bluffton.
She was a member of the Six Mile Church, Church Women United, Retired
Teachers Association, Wells County Historical Society, Home Ec Club,
Bluffton Professional Women, Wells County Council on Aging and Delta
Kappa Gamma.
Mrs. Paxson earned her master’s degree in education at Central State
University in Michigan.
She was born in Wells County Feb. 7, 1910 to George and Ethel Biddle
Davenport. Her marriage at Lake City, Mich., on Oct., 5, 1945 was to
Frederick M. Paxson, who died June 7, 1966.
Surviving are two sons, Tom and Daniel, both of Bluffton; two brothers,
Keith Davenport of Lake City, Mich., and Jay Davenport of Ann Arbor,
Mich.; a sister, Mrs. Bob (Betty) Beebe of Summerville, S.C.; four
grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Three brothers are deceased.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Goodwin Memorial Chapel
with Rev. Emmett Cox officiating. Burial will be in Six Mile Cemetery.
Visitation hours will be Tuesday from 2 to 8 p.m.
Memorials to Six Mile Church or to Wells County Council on Aging.
Leota Runyon Gilbert, 90 -- Rites Pending
Leota Runyon Gilbert, 90, of Montpelier, died at 4 a.m. today, Nov. 26, at
the United Methodist Memorial Home at Warren. Funeral arrangements are
pending at Glancy Funeral Homes, Walker Chapel, in Montpelier.
Ida S. Yost, 91
Funeral services for Ida S. Yost, 91, of Berne, were conducted at 2 p.m.
Sunday at Zion Lutheran Church in Decatur.
Mrs. Yost died at 4:25 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 22, at Adams County
Memorial Hospital in Decatur.
She had worked at Decatur Industries from 1959 to 1980 and had resided in
Decatur until moving to Berne in July 1995. She was a 1928 graduate of
Kirkland High School and a member of Zion Lutheran Church.
She was born at Preble Jan. 27, 1910 to Christian and Kathryn Korte
Borne. Her marriage at Magley on June 23, 1934 was to Jay Jacob Yost,
who survives.
Other survivors are two sisters, Eulalia Augsburger of Decatur and Edna
Stewart of Fort Wayne, and two brothers, Raymond Borne and Chalmer
Borne, both of Fort Wayne; She was preceded in death by two sisters and a
brother.
Rev. Donald W. Biester officiated at the services Sunday and interment was
in Decatur Cemetery. Visitation hours were held Saturday and Sunday at
Zwick & Jahn Funeral Home in Decatur, which had charge of arrangements.
Memorials to the church or to Swiss Village.
Robert E. Taylor, 82
Funeral services for Robert E. Taylor, 82, of Warren, who died Friday,
Nov. 23, at his residence, were held this morning in Montpelier.
Glancy Funeral Homes, H. Brown & Son Chapel, in Montpelier, was in
charge of arrangements and burial was in Gardens of Memory at Marion.
A native of Huntington County, Mr. Taylor retired in 1982 as personnel
manager at Dana Corp. in Marion after 28 years.
He was past president of the AFL-CIO in Marion and headed the United
Way in Grant County.
Surviving are his wife, Claudine; a daughter, Saundra S. Hethcote of Warren;
a son, Robert K. of Converse; a sister, Joan Davison of Columbia City; four
grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and his stepmother, Marjorie
Taylor of Columbia City.
Memorials to the Wesleyan Church at Warren.
Marwin Daniel Horrom, 86
A memorial service will be held in Sebring, Fla., at 4 p.m. Tuesday for
Marwin Daniel Horrom, 86, of Sebring, a former mayor on Montpelier, who
died Friday, Nov. 23.
The service will be at the Stephenson-Nelson Funeral Home in Sebring,
which has charge of arrangements and cremation.
Mr. Horrom served at mayor of Montpelier from 1976 to 1980. He was the
vice president at the Bank of Montpelier and owned the Horrom Insurance
Agency in Montpelier.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
Mr. Horrom was a member of Montpelier Masonic Lodge 600 and member
and active in the First United Methodist Church at Montpelier and the St.
John United Methodist Church at Sebring. He served for 30 years as
chairman of the Salvation Army in Montpelier, member of the American
Legion, past president and director of the Meals on Wheels in Sebring and
past president of the Sebring Hills Association.
He was born in Farmington, Minn., Sept. 3, 1915 to Lyman Timothy and
Mertie L. Prince Horrom.
Surviving are his wife, Barbara Jean; four sons, Daniel of Denver, Colo.,
David of Kokomo, Herb of Auburn, and Richard of Montpelier; a brother,
Lauren of Sturgis, Mich.; a sister, Eleanor Ferner of Sebring; eight
grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Memorials to Sebring Meals on Wheels.
Jennie M. Farber, 81
A Mass of Christian Burial for Jennie M. Farber, 81, of Fort Wayne, will be
conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 1910 Hale
St., Fort Wayne.
Mrs. Farber died Wednesday, Nov. 21, at Ossian Health Care.
Visitation hours will be Tuesday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Mungovan &
Sons Memorial Chapel, 2114 South Calhoun St., Fort Wayne, and at the
church for one hour prior to services. Burial will be in Catholic Cemetery.
A homemaker, Mrs. Farber was born in St. Johns, Mich. Her husband,
Charles H., died in 1983.
Surviving are three sons, Norman C. of Zephyrhill, Fla., Terry L. of Ossian
and Michael D. of Defiance, Ohio; a daughter, Barbara J. Wagner of Ossian;
a brother, Floyd W. Douglas of LaGrange; 13 grandchildren; 20
great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
Memorials to the American Cancer Society or to Masses.
Nov. 27, 2001
Leota L. Gilbert, 90
Funeral services for Leota L. Gilbert, 90, formerly of Montpelier, will be
conducted at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Glancy Funeral Homes, Walker
Chapel, in Montpelier.
Mrs. Gilbert died at 4 a.m. Monday, Nov. 26, at the United Methodist
Memorial Home in Warren, where she had resided for several years.
Visitation hours at the funeral chapel will be Wednesday from 3 to 7 p.m.
Mrs. Gilbert served for many years on the Montpelier-Harrison Township
Public Library Board. She was a member of the First United Methodist
Church in Montpelier, serving many years as a Sunday school teacher, and a
member of Tri-Kappa Sorority.
She was born in Linn Grove Nov. 25, 1911 to Courtney and Lilly Gentis
Runyon. Her marriage was to Robert D. Gilbert, who died May 25, 1990.
Surviving are a son, Jack A. Gilbert of Fremont, Neb.; a brother, Reuben
Runyon of Lima, Ohio; a sister, Nema Fields of Geneva; two grandchildren;
and several nieces and nephews.
Rev. John Bellante will officiate at services and burial will be in the IOOF
Cemetery at Montpelier. Memorials to Jack Gilbert.
Nov. 28, 2001
William A. Dentel, 79
Brother of Richard P. Dentel of Bluffton, William A. Dentel, 79, of Carmel,
died Monday, Nov. 26, at Sunrise of Carmel Healthcare.
He was president of W.A. Dentel & Co. from 1954 until 1992 and was a
U.S. Navy veteran of World War II.
His wife, Emily, preceded him in death.
Surviving, in addition to the brother in Bluffton, are two daughters, Tracy D.
Swearingen of Zionsville and Leslie R. Dentel of Fort Wayne; a half-sister,
Yvonne Kaiser of Fort Wayne; and a grandchild.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Leppert & Hensley Mortuary, Nora
Chapel, Indianapolis.
Calling hours will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday and for two hours Friday
prior to services.
Memorials to Alzheimer’s Association, to Denison University, or to Lambda
Chi Alpha Fraternity.
y. Rites are pending at Glancy Funeral Homes, Walker Chapel in
Montpelier.
Nov. 29, 2001
Joseph H. Davis, 75
Joseph H. Davis, 75, who resided on rural Warren in Wells County, died at
5:30 a.m. today, Nov. 29, at Bluffton Regional Medical Center. He had been
in failing health the last two years.
Mr. Davis worked for 30 years as a tool and die maker for Babcox &
Wilcox Co. in Barberton, Ohio.
He was a member and active in the Covenant Chapel in Bluffton.
He was born in Creston, W.Va., May 14, 1926 to Alonzo and Minnie G.
Shimer Davis. A first marriage was to Gladolia F. Kerby, who died in 1973;
his second marriage at Barberton on Jan. 5, 1974 was to Kitty L. Scott, who
survives.
Surviving also are a daughter, Mrs. Arley (Connie) Higginbotham of Warren;
two sons, Mike Davis of Fairview Park, Ohio, and David Davis of
Barberton; three children raised in the Davis home, Willie Higginbotham of
Akron, Ohio, and Nathan Nutter and Jason Nutter, both at home; a sister,
Ethel Kirby of Mineral Wells, Ohio; a brother, Clarence Davis of Belpre,
Ohio; 14 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Two stepchildren and a
brother are deceased.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Green Lawn Cemetery Chapel in
Akron, Ohio, with Pastor Arley Higginbotham officiating.
Visitation at Thoma/Rich, Hewitt & Chaney Funeral Home in Bluffton will be
Friday from 2 to 6 p.m. and on Saturday at the cemetery chapel in Akron
from 10 a.m. until time for services.
Memorials to the Covenant Chapel in Bluffton.
Ronald K. Cravens, 68
Ronald K. “Hermo” Cravens, 68, of Huntington, died at 1 p.m. Tuesday,
Nov. 27, at Parkview Huntington Hospital.
Mr. Cravens worked as tool and die maker at Fisher Body in Marion.
He was a member of American Legion Post 85 in Huntington.
He was born in Huntington Feb. 5, 1933, a son of Roscoe and Ruth Walker
Cravens.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Alter (Angela K.) Dennis of Huntington; two
brothers, Wallace M. of LaFountaine and Arthur D. of Maumee, Ohio; two
sisters, Carol Ruble of Warren and Diana Wagner of Colorado; three
grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. A brother is deceased.
A memorial service will be conducted at 5:30 p.m. Friday at the Parkview
Apartments Community Building, 1334 Memorial Lane, Huntington, where
visitation hours with the family will be Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. Memorials to
the family in care of Myers Funeral Home, Huntington Chapel, which has
charge of arrangements.
Florence M. Bond Tribolet, 91
Florence M. (Bond) Tribolet, 91, formerly of Clear Creek Township,
Huntington County, died at 1:35 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, at The Heritage of
Huntington.
Mrs. Tribolet was engaged for a few years as a teacher in Ohio and worked
for more than 20 years in food service at Huntington North High School.
She was a member of St. Peter’s First United Church of Christ.
She was born at Defiance, Ohio, Dec. 22, 1909, a daughter of Harl and
Dora Brechbill. A first marriage in October 1931 was to Theodore Bond,
who died in April 1976; her second marriage in May 1982 was to Clifford
Tribolet, who died in September 1993.
Surviving are three sons, Robert E. Bond of Tucson, Ariz., William L. Bond
of Fort Wayne and Richard B. Bond of Dallas, Texas; a stepson, Rex
Tribolet of Huntington; four grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; four
great-grandchildren; and nine stepgreat-grandchildren. A granddaughter and
a daughter-in-law are deceased.
Services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday at Myers Funeral Home,
Huntington Chapel, with Rev. Jonathan Heaslet officiating. Interment will be
in St. Peter’s First Church of Christ Cemetery in Huntington.
Memorials to the church.
Nov. 30, 2001
Timothy K. Meade, 51
Timothy K. Meade, 51, a deputy sergeant with the Wells County Sheriff’s
Department, was pronounced dead Thursday evening at the Bluffton
Regional Medical Center after suffering an apparent massive heart attack.
Sgt. Meade was associated with the sheriff’s department since starting in
1974 as a reserve deputy. He was appointed a regular deputy in 1975. and
became chief deputy in 1981. He was elected in 1990 as sheriff for a single
four-year term.
Sgt. Meade also was active in the Democratic Party and was elected its
chairman the past Aug. 22 to fill a vacancy.
In addition, he was a past president of the Advisory Board of the Wells
County Community Corrections and was a member of the Indiana Sheriffs
Association and the Fraternal Order of Police. He also was a certified K-9
officer.
He was born in Bluffton March 4, 1950 to Avis and Vallera Gray Meade
and was a 1968 graduate of Norwell High School. He resided in rural
Ossian.
Surviving are a son, Nick K. of Ossian; his fiancee, Scheryl Krumma of
Ossian; and five brothers, Pat of Rochester, Rex of Ontario, Canada, Mike
and Greg, both of Bluffton, and Jeff of Fort Wayne.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, at Goodwin Memorial
Chapel in Bluffton with Rev. Douglas McClure officiating. Burial will be in
Fairview Cemetery at Bluffton.
Visitation hours will be Sunday from 1 to 8 p.m. and from 1 to 8 p.m.
Monday at the Goodwin chapel.
Jordan S. Murray, 82
A former resident of Bluffton, Jordan S. Murray, 82, died suddenly Sunday,
Nov. 25, at his residence in Sarasota, Fla.
Mr. Murray was a metallurgical engineer.
He was born in the Canal Zone, Panama, Central America, a son of Homer
H. and Phebe Jordan Murray. His marriage during the World War II period
was to Betty Stafford, who survives.
Mr. Murray served during World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps. He
was a 1937 graduate of Bluffton High School.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, are two daughters and a son. Two brothers,
Homer and James Murray, who had resided in Bluffton, are deceased.
Services were held in Sarasota.
Local arrangements are by Thoma/Rich, Hewitt & Chaney Funeral Home in
Bluffton.
Beatrice (Pinney) Huffman, 92
Rites Pending
Beatrice (Pinney) Huffman, 92, who resided at 206 Park Ave. in Hartford
City, died at 7:5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, at Bluffton Regional Medical
Center. Funeral arrangements are pending at Thoma/Rich, Hewitt & Chaney
Funeral Home in Bluffton.