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I. Paul Boroff
I. Paul Boroff, 87, of Venedocia, died at 3:45 p.m. Nov. 29, 2003, at Van Wert County Hospital.
He was born April 14, 1916, in Mercer County, to Harry and Annetta Jane Jones Boroff. On April 18, 1942, he married Edith Mearl Workman who died May 10, 2002.
Surviving are a son, Paul Leslie (Janell A.) of Van Wert; three brothers, Donald (Carolyn) of Hawkinsville, Ga., Charles of Mendon and Richard (Lois) of Spencerville; a sister, Mildred (Harold) Patrick, Converse; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
He was a farmer and worked 191/2 years as a manufacturing engineer at Teleflex Corp., Van Wert. He was a 1935 graduate of Mendon High School and a member of Spencerville United Church of Christ, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Acadia Lodge 306 Free and Accepted Masons, Spencerville Chapter 169 Royal Arch Masons, Delphos Council 72 Royal and Select Masters and the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of Dayton.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the church, the Rev. Ronald L. Shifley officiating. Burial will follow at Spencerville Cemetery.
Calling is 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at Thomas E. Bayliff Funeral Home, Spencerville. Masonic memorial rites will be conducted there at 8 p.m.
Contributions can be made to the Spencerville Invincible Fire Company.
Bertha Bruns
Bertha Sophia Bruns, 81, 418 West North Street, Coldwater, died at 1:40 p.m. Nov. 30, 2003, at her residence.
She was born May 27, 1922, in Coldwater, to Joseph and Anna Steggeman Wenning. On Oct. 9, 1945, she married Urban Bruns who died Dec. 20, 1992.
Surviving are four sons, Paul (Judy), Jim (Marg) and Ken, all of Coldwater, and Donald of Union City; a daughter, Ruth (John) Peters, Ansonia; two brothers, Walter (Benetta) Wenning, Texas, and James (Juanita) Wenning, Coldwater; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Deceased are a daughter, Cynthia; a brother, William Wenning; and two sisters, Loretta Hemmert and Sally Paulus.
She was a homemaker and a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church and St. Ann's Rosary Altar Sodality, both of Coldwater.
Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the church, the Rev. Ronald Wilker officiating. Burial will follow at St. Elizabeth Cemetery, Coldwater.
Calling is 2-8 p.m. Tuesday and 9-10 a.m. Wednesday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Coldwater.
Donna Denney
Donna M. Denney, 77, formerly of 546 Locust St., St. Marys, and a resident of Valley Nursing Home, St. Marys, died at 8:25 p.m. Nov. 29, 2003, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys.
She was born Jan. 9, 1926, in Churubusco, Ind., to Elmer and Rilla Sedam Longsworth. On Feb. 3, 1945, she married Dellious Denney who died Sept. 3, 1987.
Surviving are a son, Gene (Judy) of Norwalk; two daughters, Ida (John) Valentine, Canal Winchester, and Joan (Bill) Ahlers, New Bremen; six grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Deceased are a brother, Paul Longsworth, and a sister, Ethel Harruff.
She worked at the former St. Marys Cotton Mill and later was a housekeeper at Valley Nursing Home.
Services are 1 p.m. Wednesday at Miller-Long and Folk Funeral Home, St. Marys, the Rev. James Nuhfer officiating. Burial will follow at Resthaven Memory Gardens.
Calling is 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Marie Froning
Marie J. Froning, 92, formerly of Mill Street, Chickasaw, and St. Sebastian, died at 8:45 p.m. Nov. 28, 2003, at Heritage Manor Nursing Center, Minster.
She was born Nov. 13, 1911, in Sharpsburg, to John and Rose Kuether Sutter. On Sept. 11, 1934, she married Clem J. Froning who died March 9, 1994.
Surviving are a son, John (Beverly) of Lake City, Tenn.; six daughters, Sister Patricia of Owensboro, Ky., Virginia Stephenson, Wooster, Marge (James) Goecke, Coatsville, Ind., Judith (Urban) Mescher, Maria Stein, Kathleen (William) Scholes, Fremont, N.H. and Cynthia (Nicholas) Rammel, Montezuma; a son-in-law, James Brown, Tiffin; 30 grandchildren and 41 great-grandchildren.
A daughter, Joan, is deceased.
She had worked as cafeteria cook and manager at Marion Local Schools for 17 years and also was a homemaker. She was a member of Precious Blood Catholic Church and the Rosary Altar Sodality, both of Chickasaw, Catholic Knights of America, Cassella, the Knights of St. John Auxiliary, Maria Stein, and the Rosary Altar Sodality of St. Sebastian Catholic Church.
Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Chickasaw church, the Rev. John Bensman officiating. Burial will follow at St. Sebastian Cemetery.
Calling is 2-8 p.m. today and 9-10 a.m. Tuesday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Coldwater.
Doris Hoelscher
Doris J. Hoelscher, 60, 13343 Conover Road, Versailles, died at 5:30 a.m. Nov. 28, 2003, in the emergency room at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. Death was due to natural causes.
She was born Dec. 4, 1942, in Fort Loramie, to Herbert and Helen Bergman Brandewie. On Feb. 19, 1963, she married Richard F. Hoescher who survives.
Also surviving are a son, Michael (Catherine) of Yorkshire; two daughters, Kelly (Greg) Ranard, San Angelo, Texas, and Pamela (Terry) Daulton, Urbana; a brother, Daniel (Treva) Brandewie, Fort Loramie; a sister, Sally (Louis) Dirksen, Portland, Ind.; 14 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
A son, Charles, is deceased.
She was a 1960 graduate of Fort Loramie High School and a member of St. Nicholas Catholic Church, Osgood.
Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the church, the Rev. David Zink officiating. Burial will be at St. Martin Cemetery, Osgood.
Calling is 2-8 p.m. Tuesday and 9-10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Martin Cemetery, Osgood.
Contributions can be made to the Osgood Rescue Squad.
Doris Imwalle
Doris Jean Imwalle, 71, 333 High St., Newport, died at 9:05 p.m. Nov. 27, 2003, in the emergency room at Wilson Memorial Hospital, Sidney.
She was born Jan. 12, 1932, in Fort Loramie, to William H. and Margaret C. Lachey Raterman. On Oct. 3, 1953, she married Walter L. Brandewie who died Feb. 13, 1963. On June 21, 1968, she married Herbert J. Imwalle who died July 3, 1974.
Surviving are 10 sons, Steven J. Brandewie, Anna, William P. (Joyce) Brandewie, Versailles, Daniel L. (Kristi) Brandewie, Russia, Mark A. (Anita) Brandewie and Joseph H. (Connie) Imwalle, all of Fort Loramie, Eric W. Brandewie, Newport, Michael A. (Mary Kara) Imwalle, Mobile, Ala., Steven L. (Kris) Imwalle and Daniel J. Imwalle, all of New Bremen, and David C. (Eileen) Imwalle, Tulsa, Okla.; and six daughters, Shirley A. (Ron) Finkenbine, Anna, Michelle J. (Mark) Middendorf, Fort Loramie, Linda L. (William) Meyer, Debra A. (Jack) Maurer and Kathy M. (Jeff) Pape, all of New Bremen, and Connie S. (Walter H. III) Wright, Houston.
Others survivors include a brother, Paul W. (Kate) Raterman, Urbana; three sisters, Mary Lou Noonan, Texas, Patricia Ann (Ray) Shouse, Arizona, and Peggy D. Cordonnier, Sidney; 45 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
She owned and operated Jean's Beauty Shop, worked as a bookkeeper for Meyer's Garage in Newport and was a Shelby County Board of Elections worker. She retired from the communications department at Wilson Memorial Hospital. She was a member of Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, the Ladies Sodality and the church prayer circle, all of Newport.
Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the church, the Rev. Anthony Cutcher officiating. Burial will follow at St. Michael Cemetery, Fort Loramie.
Calling is 2-8 p.m. Wednesday and 9-10 a.m. Thursday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Minster.
Contributions can be made to Fort Loramie Rescue Squad or Wilson Hospice Care.
James Boerger
James R. Boerger, 68, Church Street, Fort Loramie, died at 5:50 p.m. March 31, 2004, at Wilson Memorial Hospital, Sidney.
He was born Oct. 2, 1935, in Fort Loramie, to Albert and Catherine Barhorst Boerger. On Nov. 27, 1958, he married Marcia H. Connaughton who survives.
Also surviving are three sons, Timothy (Christine), Nicholas (Lisa) and Michael (Katie), all of Fort Loramie; three daughters, Lynn (Mark) Koverman, Fort Loramie, Sue (Frank) Fuss, St. Petersburg, Fla., and Jean (Ronald) Spitzer, McMinnville, Tenn.; two brothers, Albert (Jane) of Lancaster, Pa., and Harold (Rita) of Leesburg, Fla.; three sisters, Veronica Unverferth, Kettering, Patricia (Ronald) Pulfer, Port Jefferson, and Jane (Robert) Yeazel, St. Petersburg, Fla.; and 13 grandchildren.
A brother, Urban, and a sister, Virginia Prueter, are deceased.
He had worked as a maintenance boiler tender at The Dannon Co. in Minster prior to becoming disabled in August 1988. He was a member of St. MichaelŐs Catholic Church, American Legion Post 355, White Oak Lake Corporation and the fire department, all of Fort Loramie. He was past president of the Fort Loramie Kiwanis and Fort Loramie GYM Committee and formerly served as a Fort Loramie councilor. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict and later in the Army Reserves.
Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church, the Rev. Steven Shoup officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery with the American Legion conducting military rites.
Calling is 2-8 p.m. Friday and 9-10 a.m. Saturday at Gehret Funeral Home, Fort Loramie.
Elmer Quinter
Mercer County native Elmer V. Quinter, 77, of Richmond, Ind., died March 30, 2004, at Reid Memorial Hospital, Richmond.
Born June 26, 1926, in Cranberry Prairie, he was born to Phillip and Rose Klosterman Quinter.
Surviving with Janet, his wife of 54 years, are a son, David P., and two daughters, Terri Quinter and Ann Short, all of Richmond; a sister, Alice Rish, Phoenix, Ariz.; and a granddaughter.
Deceased are two brothers, Paul and Harold, and two sisters, Mary Ann Testa and Deloris Sturgis.
Funeral Mass is 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Andrew Catholic Church, Richmond, the Rev. Steve Giannini officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery.
Calling is 5-7 p.m. Friday at Riggle-Waltermann Mortuary, Richmond. A prayer service will be held there at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
Contributions can be made to the church.
Philip Tangeman
Philip J. Tangeman, 92, 725 W. Walnut St., Coldwater, died at 10:20 a.m. March 31, 2004, at Briarwood Manor Nursing Home.
He was born June 5, 1911, in Macedon, to Gerhart and Margaret Brislley Tangeman. On June 8, 1940, he married the former Philomena Wendel, who died Jan. 26, 1990.
Surviving are a son, Roger; a brother, Cletus, both of Coldwater; two sisters-in-law: Leona Koesters, St. Henry, and Laura Wendel, St. Peter.
Deceased are a daughter, Mary Catherine; and two sisters, Mildred Tangeman and Loretta Moore.
He was amember of Holy Trinity Catholic Church and had been an employee of the former Mersman Furniture Co, Foss Nursery, Coldwater Shell and Wenning Welding. He was also engaged in farming and was owner/operator of Tangeman Landscaping.
Funeral Mass is 2 p.m. Saturday at the church, the Rev. Thomas Dorn officiating. Burial will follow at St. ElizabethŐs Cemetery.
Calling is 2-8 p.m. Friday and 1-1:45 p.m. Saturday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Coldwater.
