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Dorothy Coleen Jeffery,

ANTWERP: Dorothy Coleen Jeffery, age 89 died Tuesday, January 15 in the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center, Van Wert, OH. She was born February 28, 1923 in Antwerp, Ohio, the daughter of Carl F. and Norma C. (Filley) Smith. On February 2, 1941 she married Ray R. Jeffery. She was a member of Antwerp United Methodist…

Ohio Has Talent!

Feb. 9 @ NPAC Contestants will once again be competing for prize money in the sixth annual Ohio Has Talent! competition on Sat. Feb. 9, 7 p.m. at Niswonger Performing Arts Center in Van Wert. The benefit show for Community Health Professionals’ Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center features 20 local and regional performers selected from…

PPEC awards scholarship to Dustin Carnahan

Dustin Carnahan, a student at the University of Toledo was recently presented with the Cooperative Intern Scholarship awarded by the Ohio Rural Electric Cooperatives Inc. Carnahan was an intern with Paulding-Putnam Electric Cooperative this past summer working with the Accounting Department and receives a $1,600 award for winning the scholarship. Among the work he completed…

Carol A. Dix

PAULDING: Carol A. Dix, age 66, died Friday, January 11 at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Ft. Wayne, IN. She was born September 4, 1946 in Ft. Wayne, IN, the daughter of Carlton and Cemantha (Sprague) Cluts. On June 28, 1969 she married Roger E. Dix, who survives. She was previously employed by Paulding Exempted Village…

Hulet “Bill” Arms,

OAKWOOD: Hulet “Bill” Arms, age 82 died Saturday, January 12, 2013 after a long battle with Silicosis of the lungs, in the Laurels of Defiance, Defiance, Ohio. He was born October 23, 1930 in Bucu (Dickenson County), VA, in a W. M. Ritter Lumber Camp, the son of John T. and Bonnie (Lester) Arms. He…

Lois A. Williamson,

TOLEDO: Lois A. Williamson, age 76 died Thursday, January 10. She was born March 7, 1936 in Paulding, Ohio the daughter of Forrest H. and Naomi (Grubaugh) Williamson. She was employed as a teacher by Washington Local High School, Toledo retiring in 1986. She is survived by two sisters, Leah Smith, Payne, and Joan E.…

Alan Ray Whirrett

PAULDING: Alan Ray Whirrett passed away quietly following surgery at St. Rita’s Hospital, Lima on January 6, 2013 at 11:15 PM. Alan was born in Paulding County, Ohio to Bill and Edith (Haney) Whirrett on March 11, 1928. On July 28, 1951 he married Deloris Reinhart, who survives. He retired as Chief Warrant Officer from…

Carolyn Watson

Carolyn Jean Watson, 86, of Antwerp, OH, formerly of Auburn, IN passed away Monday, January 7, 2013 at Hickory Creek Nursing Home, Hicksville. Carolyn was born in Wabash, Indiana on July 30, 1926, a daughter of the late Vera (Stone)  and Carl Burton Irelan. She was a 1944 graduate of Wabash High School and went…

Hope Smith

Hope Eleanor Smith, 96, of Antwerp, passed away Thursday, January 3, 2013 at her residence. Hope was born in Defiance County, Ohio on August 18, 1916, a daughter of the late Mary Edna (Core) and Jesse Ellsworth Revert. She was a 1934 graduate of Mark Center High School and earned a degree from International Business…

Kathryn Arlene Clark

PAULDING: Kathryn Arlene Clark, age 74 died Friday, January 4. She was born January 30, 1938 in Paulding County, Ohio, the daughter of John N. and Ruby E. (Gunderman) Buchman. On April 14, 1956 she married James “Casey” Clark, who preceded her in death on December 23, 2012. She retired in 1986 from Paulding County…

Rebecca Colleen Carr

Former Paulding, Ohio resident Rebecca Colleen Carr, age 87 died Thursday, January 3. She was born in Paulding County, Ohio, the daughter of Benjamin Britton and Dorothy (Geyer) Moore. On January 29, 1953 she married Leland M. Carr who preceded her in death. She attended Mt. Union College and Bowling Green State University. She was…

Rebecca Colleen Moore

WINCHESTER, KENTUCKY: Former Paulding, Ohio resident Rebecca Colleen Moore, age 87 died Thursday, January 3. She was born in Paulding County, Ohio, the daughter of Benjamin Britton and Dorothy (Geyer) Moore. On January 29, 1953 she married Leland M. Carr who preceded her in death. She attended Mt. Union College and Bowling Green State University.…