Obituaries

MARY LOU HOWELL, age 85, Of New Bremen, died on Friday, February 2, 2024 at 2:32 P.M. at the Hospice of Central Ohio at the OSU Wexner Medical Center surrounded by her family. She was born on September 3, 1938 in St. Marys, the daughter of the late J. Frederick…...

JANICE M. (STANG) CLUNE, age 83, of New Bremen, died peacefully at her home surrounded by her children at 4:30 A.M. on Monday, January 22, 2024. She was born on August 12, 1940 in Ft. Loramie Ohio, the daughter of the late Joseph A. and Ruth M. (Monnin) Stang. On…...

DORIS M. BLANKE, age 88 Of New Bremen, died on Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 3:35 A.M. at the Otterbein Retirement Community, St. Marys, OH. She was born on April 14, 1935 in St. Marys, the daughter of the late Julius and Marie (Liesner) Broerman. On April 21, 1956 she…...

KENNETH E.W. SUDMAN, age 85, Of rural St. Marys, died on Wednesday, January 10, 2024 at 8:22 P.M. at the Kindred Hospital in Lima, Ohio. He was born on March 23, 1938 near New Bremen, the son of the late Wilbert G. and Ethel L. (Ahlers) Sudman. On December 12,…...

VIRGINIA M. “GIN” VORESS, age 70, Of Houston, Ohio, formerly of New Bremen, died on Monday, December 18, 2023 at 6:45 P.M. at the Ohio’s Hospice of Miami County, in Troy. She was born on December 16, 1953 in St. Marys, one of the first babies to be born at…...

VERNON L. PAUL, age 79, Of New Bremen, died suddenly in the evening hours of Sunday, December 3, 2023 at his residence. He was born on September 12, 1944 in German Township, Auglaize County, Ohio, the son of the late Hilgard C. and Esther M. (Rodeheffer) Paul. On June 25,…...

We will be co-hosting a Community Candlelight Remembrance Service on Thursday, December 21, 2023 at 7:00 P.M. at the Church of the Holy Redeemer in New Bremen. If you are not able to make it to the service, you can also view the service online via the church’s YouTube page:…...

ALLEN E. VORDERMARK, age 89, Of St. Marys, Ohio, formerly of Michigan and South Carolina, died on Saturday, November 18, 2023 at 3:23 P.M. at the St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima, Ohio. He was born on April 18, 1934 near New Knoxville, Ohio, the son of the late Oliver…...

STANLEY W. QUELLHORST, age 86, Of New Bremen, died on Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 10:43 A.M. at the Joint Twp. Dist. Memorial Hospital in St. Marys. He had resided at Elmwood Assisted Living in New Bremen for several years. He was born on August 7, 1937 near New Bremen,…...

URBAN A. BERTKE, age 86, of New Bremen, died on Thursday, November 9, 2023, at 10:55 A.M. at the Elmwood Assisted Living in New Bremen. He was born on July 9, 1937, in Maria Stein, the son of the late Ivo O. and Christina J. (Albers) Bertke. On June 17,…...