Obituaries

JOALICE MARGARET (KUENNING) NIETER, age 86 of Columbus, formerly of New Bremen and Lima, died on Saturday, December 28, 2019 at 3:00 A.M. at the Convalarium at Indian Run in Dublin, Ohio. She was born on July 2, 1933 in New Bremen, the daughter of the late Allen W. and…...

MARY E. MESCHER age 73, of New Bremen, died on Sunday, December 22, 2019 at 4:15AM at the Heritage Center in Minster. She was born on December 3, 1946 in Versailles, Ohio, the daughter of the late L. Adrian and Margaret V. (Webb) Barga. On May 25, 1990, she married…...

M. EILEEN BUSCHUR, age 90 Of McCartyville, died suddenly on Sunday, December 8, 2019 in the emergency room at the Lima Memorial Hospital. She was born on March 29, 1929 in Minster, the daughter of the late Bernard C. “Ben” and Bernadetta A. (Tecklenberg) Fischer. On July 10, 1948 she…...

Charlie Hibner came into the world silently on Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at 8:19 A.M. at the Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio. His arrival had been awaited by his parents Kurt Hibner and Emma Rostorfer of New Bremen, as well as a sister Lilly Hibner at home. Paternal grandparents…...

JAMES A. WAESCH age 84, of St. Marys, died on Saturday, November 9th, 2019 at the Otterbein St. Marys Retirement Community. He was born on November 15, 1934 in St. Marys Township, the son of the late Irvin and Alma (Dicke) Waesch. On October 20, 1962, he married Judith Bowers,…...

JOHN E. STEINEMAN, age 55 Of New Bremen, died Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 2:45 P.M. in the Emergency Room at Joint Twp. Dist. Memorial Hospital, St. Marys, OH. He was born on January 23, 1964 in St. Marys, the son of Norbert F. and Betty L. (Schroer) Steineman who…...

JAY L. SHARP, age 83 Of Sidney passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 2, 2019. He was born on September 19, 1936 in Van Wert, OH, the son of the late Harris C. Sharp and Norma (Vornholt) Sharp. Surviving are his siblings Donald H. Sharp (Carol) of Lakewood CO. and…...

Roger Willis Dicke, age 84, of New Knoxville, died October 23, 2019 in New Knoxville. He was born February 1, 1935 at home in New Bremen, the son of Wilbur W. and Carabelle (Stroh) Dicke. On Aug. 3, 1957, he married Joanne Wibbeler. She preceded him in death on December…...

Dianne Komminsk, of New Bremen, Ohio, passed away peacefully at her home on October 5, 2019, after a lengthy illness. Dianne was the daughter of Betty (Greene) Komminsk and Paul Lewis Komminsk, both of who predeceased her. She was a graduate of New Bremen High School and Duke University, graduating…...

THOMAS J. BLASER – age 64, Of New Bremen, formerly of Findlay, Ohio, died on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 2:22 PM at the Kobacker House in Columbus, Ohio. He was born on January 11, 1955 in Toledo, the son of the late Eugene G. and Mary (Dolan) Blaser. On…...