Obituaries

MARVIN U. HEITKAMP, age 80 of Jacksonville, Florida, formerly of New Bremen, died peacefully on Friday, December 9, 2022 at 1:15 A.M. after a short hospitalization. He was born on October 14, 1942 in Maria Stein, the son of the late Julius E. and Clara E. (Bruns) Heitkamp. On August…...

The annual Community Blue Christmas / Longest Night Service will be held on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 7:00 P.M. at St. Paul United Church of Christ in New Bremen. Everyone is welcome to attend and participate either in person or online via St. Paul’s Facebook-live feed. This service of…...

Jude Joseph Moeder silently entered this world on Saturday, December 10, 2022, at 6:57 P.M. at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima, the son of Anthony and Emily (Phlipot) Moeder who live in New Bremen. Along with his parents, he will be remembered by his older sister Annemarie Moeder, his…...

Oneta Cretoria Lyda, 81, of New Breman, passed away on Monday, November 21, 2022, at Vancrest Rehabilitation Center in St. Marys, Ohio. She was born on February 5, 1941, in Mercer County at the Dicke homestead, to the late Ralph and Lavon Dicke. On May 10, 1969, she married Christopher…...

Rene’ A. Hammond, age 56, of New Knoxville, died on Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 9:51 A.M. at her residence after a tough-fought battle with illness. She was born on April 3, 1966 in Spokane, Washington, the daughter of the late Robert Rempe and Kaye “Kaci” (Topp) Anderson who survives…...

Iva Lou C. Bergman, age 92, of New Bremen, peacefully passed away at 6:58 A.M. in her home surrounded by her children on Tuesday, November 29, 2022. She was born on November 9, 1930 in Rhine, Ohio to the late Edward and Hulda (Steinke) Greve. She married Richard Stephen Bergman…...

CAROL J. KATTERHEINRICH-DOSECK, age 69 of New Knoxville, died on Saturday, November 26, 2022 at 8:45 A.M. at her residence. She was born on January 16, 1953 in Lima, the daughter of the late Charles F. and M. Louise (Vandemark) Altstaetter. On April 20, 1974, Carol married Dennis J. Katterheinrich…...

LINDA A. YANEY, age 75 formerly of New Bremen, died on November 18, 2022 at her residence in Sidney. She was born on January 16, 1947 in Celina, the daughter of the late Luther A. “Jack” and Margaret B. (Coffield) Hirschfeld. On December 12, 1992 she married Orval E. Yaney,…...

Walter R. “Bob” McClure, age 84, of Lititz, Pennsylvania, formerly of the New Bremen area, passed away on Monday, October 31, 2022 surrounded by his loving wife and daughters. Born in Lima on September 15, 1938, he was the husband of Doris E. (Bushman) McClure, with whom he shared 63…...

THOMAS A. GOODWIN, age 57, of Minster, died on Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at 7:30 A.M. at the Wilson Memorial Hospital in Sidney. He was born on September 9, 1965 in St. Marys, the son of the late Leonard A. Goodwin and Gloria I.M. (Quellhorst) Goodwin. Survivors include his siblings:…...