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Area Obituaries

Bonnie Caudill

Bonnie Caudill, 81, Upper Sandusky, died Saturday, July 7, 2024. Visitation will be held at Stombaugh-Batton & Snyder Funeral Home, Carey, on Tuesday, July 9, from 4-7 p.m. A funeral will be held at the funeral home at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 10. Burial will follow at Zion Bloom Cemetery, Vanlue.

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Elaine Fair

Elaine Marie Fair, 78, of Carey, passed away on Sunday, June 30, 2024, at the Blanchard Valley Hospital, Findlay. Elaine was born on June 8, 1946, in Millersburg, to John and Wanda (Martin) Armstrong. She excelled as a student and graduated from Millersburg High School.  After graduation, she married Thomas Fair in Nashville, Ohio. They…

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Betty Ann Wolfmeyer

Betty Ann (Conley) Wolfmeyer, Sun Lakes, Ariz., passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center in Glendale, Ariz. She was born in Riceville, Ky., on Aug. 15, 1940, to Bruce and Ruby Ellen (Spears) Conley. Betty grew up in Carey and was a 1959 graduate of Carey High School. After…

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Karen Truesdell

Karen E. Truesdell, 82, Upper Sandusky, died on Sunday, June 9, 2024. A private burial was held at Old Mission Cemetery, Upper Sandusky. Arrangements were handled by Bringman Clark Funeral Home, Upper Sandusky.

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Melva Schmitz

Melva Diane Schmitz, 86, of rural Carey, passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Diane was born May 27, 1938, in Carey, to Melvin and Esther (Tanner) Hotelling. She was a 1956 graduate of Carey High School. She married Robert W. Schmitz on Oct. 1, 1960. He passed Dec. 27, 2017. Diane is survived by her…

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Patricia Althouse

Patricia A. “Pat” Althouse, 84, died Sunday, June 16, 2024. She is survived by her daughters, Victoria Best and Amy Jo (Stephen) Singer, both of Powell, and Anita (Herbert) Berger, Nashville, Tenn. Visitation will be held Thursday, June 20, from 4-7 p.m. at Bringman Clark Funeral Home, Upper Sandusky. A funeral service will be held Friday,…

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Roger Higgins

Roger Dewayne Higgins, of Findlay, formerly of Carey, slipped away at Bridge Hospice in Findlay on Friday, June 14, 2024. He was born in Knox, Ind., on Aug. 10, 1947, to Meda (Montgomery) and Lacy Higgins. He graduated from Carey High School Class of 1965 and, later that year, married Phyllis J. (Ziegler) Higgins, with…

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James Kline

James “Jim” R. Kline, 80, of Upper Sandusky, unexpectedly passed away on Sunday, June 9, 2024. Jim was born on Dec. 18, 1943, in Findlay, to Harold and Clara (Martin) Kline. He was married to Karen Huffman on Oct. 3, 1965, at Trinity Evangelical United Methodist Church and she survives in Upper Sandusky. Jim is…

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Keith Williams

Keith Elvin Williams, 73, of Carey, died unexpectedly of a massive heart attack on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in the emergency room of Tiffin Mercy Hospital. Keith was born in Tiffin to the late Glenn and Bernice (Ruehle) Williams on Jan. 28, 1951. He married Judi Kromer on April 24, 1971, at the Basilica of…

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Ruby Frey

Ruby O. (Fishburn) Frey, 86, of Kirby, passed away surrounded by her family on Saturday, June 8, 2024, at 1:17 p.m. She was born to Alvie and Sylvia (Ealey) Fishburn on Feb. 3, 1938, in Illiopolis Township, Sangamon County, Illinois. Ruby met Jerome through her sister by writing him letters while he served in the…

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