Archive - Obituary
May 10th, 2011
Sharon E. Dague, 68, of Berne, died at 9:05 p.m. on Thursday in Berne.
She was born to Raymond and Pauline Bollenbacher Miller.
She married Donald W. Dague; he passed away in 1992.
Gerald E. Hobbs, 67, of Decatur, died at 6:36 p.m. Sunday at his residence.
He married Wilma L. Carter on December 28, 1968; she survives.
He was formerly a maintenance worker at O&R Precision in Geneva and had been attending Cornerstone Missionary Church in Decatur.
L. Irene Hoverman, 91, who lived her entire life in Willshire, Ohio, died there at 12:50 p.m. Monday.
She was born to Floyd L. and Nellie Stetler Strickler.
She married Merl F. Hoverman on July 17, 1938, in Cridersville, Ohio; he passed away on February 20, 1957.
She was a member of the auxiliary at Homer Pierson American Legion Post in Willshire and the Willshire Senior Citizens.
Alice Journay, 90, of Berne, died on Monday at home.
Funeral arrangements are pending at Yager-Kirchhofer Funeral Home, Berne.
May 9th
Linda L. Chrisman, 62, of Berne, a former Decatur resident, died Saturday in Adams Memorial Hospital.
Funeral arrangements are pending at Haggard-Sefton and Hirschy Funeral Home, Decatur.
Gerald E. Hobbs, 66, of Decatur, died on Sunday at home. Funeral arrangements are pending at Zwick and Jahn Funeral Home, Decatur.
Diana S. Tonner, 65, of rural Decatur, died at 9:37 p.m. Thursday at her residence.
She was born on March 22, 1946, in Decatur to Carl and May Kaehr Hirschy, who are deceased.
She married William D. Tonner on June 3, 1966 in Berne; he survives.
She was a 1964 graduate of Adams Central High School, a housewife, a bookkeeper for W. Tonner Farms, and a member of Apostolic Christian Church.
May 6th
Jack G. Petrie, 77, of Midlothian, Virginia, a former Decatur resident, died in Virginia on April 6.
Among survivors are his wife, Molly, and three daughters: Julie Brown, Mrs. Allen (Laurie) Price, and Mrs. Scott (Betsy) Gettig.
A memorial service was held on April 9 in Virginia.
Lucy J. Smith, 81, of Portland, died Thursday in Jay County Hospital at Portland.
She was born to Harley and Ioma Gegenheimer Miller
Among survivors are her husband, Bud; a son, Tom Overla of Portland; and a daughter, Mrs. Greg (Wanda) Shaneyfelt of Geneva.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in Williamson and Spencer Funeral Home, Portland, with burial at a later date in Gravel Hill Cemetery, rural Bryant. Visiting hours are 9-11 a.m. Saturday.
May 4th
Janice K. Calhoun, 64, of Fort Wayne, died Monday in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.
She was born to Jack and Eileen Rowan Myers.
Among survivors are her stepmother, Delores Myers of Deltona, Florida; two sons, Michael and Christopher Irwin of Fort Wayne; and four daughters: Lori Irwin of Decatur and Michelle Savieo-Stein, Mrs. David (Misty) Volmerding, and Lisa Irwin, all of Fort Wayne.
