Obituaries

Irene Therese Stammen, 84, of New Bremen, passed away peacefully on the Feast of the Nativity of the Lord, Friday, December 25, 2020 at the Elmwood Assisted Living Center in New Bremen where she had been a resident for the past 6 months. She was born August 1, 1936 in…...

Mildred L. Shellenberger, age 99 of New Knoxville, died on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at 8:34 P.M. at Elmwood Assisted Living in New Bremen, where she had been residing for the past two years. She was born on October 7, 1921 in Shelby County, between Botkins and New Knoxville. She…...

John P. Lyons, age 94 of New Bremen, died on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at 7:34 A.M. at Joint Twp. Dist. Memorial Hospital in St. Marys. He was born on October 15, 1926 near Chillicothe, Ohio, the son of the late Frank P. and Mildred H. (Hunter) Lyons. On August…...

DAVID E. KUCK, age 83 of New Bremen, died on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 7:50 P.M. at the Mercer County Community Hospital in Coldwater. He was born on July 10, 1937 on the family farm North of New Bremen, the son of the late Ewald D. and Esther A.…...

Shirley Lou (Seaman) May, age 85 formerly of Port Charlotte, Florida died on Friday, December 11, 2020 at 8:14 A.M. after a period of declining health. She had been residing near New Bremen since July. She was born on January 7, 1935 near Bern (Hamburg) Pennsylvania the middle daughter of…...

VERNON L. KOCH age 80, of New Bremen, died on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 3:40 A.M. at his residence. He was born on June 10, 1940 at home near Wapakoneta, the only child of the late Vernon P. and Cleola M. (Ruck) Koch. On May 18, 1968, he married…...

DAVID LEE WATERMAN age 89, of New Bremen, passed away on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 2:01 A.M. at the Lima Memorial Hospital after a short illness. David was born on July 28, 1931 at home in New Bremen, the son of the late Arnold W. “Pete” and Clara W.…...

Steven J. Dietrich, age 66 formerly of New Bremen, died on Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 4:27 AM at the St. Catherine’s Care Center in Findlay, Ohio where he had resided for the last several years. He was born on May 18, 1954 the only child of the late James…...

RALPH I. PLATTNER, age 85 Of New Bremen, died on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at 10:26 A.M. at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton due to complications of Covid-19. He was born on April 21, 1935, in St. Marys, the son of the late Raymon J. and Anna Marie (Donnerberg) Plattner.…...

MARION C. “MAMIE” RUMP, age 85 of New Bremen, died on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at 8:30 P.M.at the Otterbein Senior Lifestyle Choices of St. Marys where she had resided for the past few years. She was born on January 30, 1935 in Celina, the daughter of the late Joseph…...