Obituaries

ERMA M. MEYER, age 96 of New Knoxville, died on Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 12:05 A.M. at the Vancrest of St. Marys. She was born on December 15, 1922 in Columbus Grove, Ohio, the daughter of the late Raymond L. and Velma M. (Vandemark) Holt. On October 5, 1946…...

LEWIS J. BERTKE, age 88 of New Bremen, died on Wednesday, April 17, 2019, at the Heritage Center in Minster. He was born on December 7, 1930 in Mercer County, the son of the late Ivo. O. and Christina (Albers) Bertke. On September 14, 1954 he married Rita E. Enneking…...

JUNE SCHOTT, 90, Of New Bremen, died at 11:05 P.M. on Thursday, April 11, 2019 at the Laurels of Shane Hill in Rockford, where she had been a resident for the past few years. She was born on April 4, 1929 in Mt. Pleasant, MI, the daughter of the late…...

Betty W. (Waterman) McGowan went to Heaven on March 30, 2019. She was 97 years old. Betty was born on November 26, 1921 in New Bremen, to Clara P.W. (Fischbach) and Arnold W. “Pete” Waterman. She had one sister Doris Howe (Les) and four brothers; Don Waterman (Alice), Jim Waterman…...

PATRICK J. C. MACKENZIE, 63, Of New Bremen, died peacefully at his residence at 5:10 P.M. on Sunday, March 24, 2019 after a long struggle with Multiple Myeloma, a blood cancer of the plasma cells. He was born on August 24, 1955 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin to Robert L.…...

JESSE G. RODRIGUEZ, 72, Of New Bremen, died suddenly at 1:10 A.M. on Monday, February 18, 2019, at his winter residence in St. Petersburg, Florida. He was born on August 23, 1946 in Bryon, Ohio to the late Adolfo E. and Guadalupe “Lupe” M. (Garza) Rodriguez. On August 23, 1985…...

WILLIAM R. “BILL” ELSASS, age 72 of Anna, died on Sunday, February 17, 2019 at 9:49 P.M. at the Kettering Medical Center in Kettering, Ohio. He was born on March 10, 1946 in Sidney, the son of the late Richard K. and Marie R. (Tangeman) Elsass. On February 27, 1965…...

GARY L. JOYCE, 66, Of Anna, died at 9:46 P.M. on Friday, February 15, 2019 at the Lima Memorial Health System in Lima, Ohio. He was born on June 2, 1952 in Coldwater, the son of the late Harry and Laverta M. (Roettger) Joyce. On August 2, 1991, he married…...

CONNIE S. (DEEM) SHACKELFORD, age 70 Of Williamstown, WV, died on Friday, February 8, 2019 at 3:18 P.M. at the Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She was born on February 23, 1948 in Parkersburg, WV, the daughter the late Ronald M. Deem and Betty L. (LeRow) Deem who survives…...

ROBERT C. “BOB” MEIRING, 73, Of New Bremen, died at 9:15 A.M. on Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at the St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima, Ohio. He was born on March 10, 1945 in Celina, the son of the late Frank and Dorothea (Kueterman) Meiring. In July of 1965 he…...