State Patrol: Fatal Crash in Paulding County

State Patrol Investigating Fatal Crash in Paulding County CRANE TOWNSHIP – The Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Van Wert Post is investigating a vehicle fatal crash that occurred on February 21, 2013 at approximately 5:28 pm on US 24 at County Road 87 in Crane Township, Paulding County. Tiffin E. Aldrich, age 21 of Cecil Ohio,…

Dale F. Armbruster, 80,

Dale F. Armbruster, 80, of Woodburn, died Thursday, February 21, 2013 at home.  Born in Fort Wayne, he was a lifelong member of Zion Lutheran Church, Woodburn.  Dale retired from a lifetime of farming.  He owned and operated Oakdale Landscaping Company and retired as a bus driver for East Allen County Schools after 32 years. …

Margie A. Hill, age 79

Margie A. Hill, age 79 died Tuesday, February 19 at Defiance Inpatient Hospice. She was born January 4, 1934 in Defiance, Ohio, the daughter of Wendell and Eva (Rhoades) Funkhouser. On June 8, 1952 she married Paul H. Hill who survives. She was employed as Paulding Township Clerk retiring in 2000. She was a member…

Nellie Leona Wilhelm, age 91

Nellie Leona Wilhelm, age 91, died Monday, February 18 at her residence. She was born August 15, 1921 in Paulding County, Ohio, the daughter of Raymond and Vira (Shrider) Smalley. On June 27, 1944 she married Theodore Wilhelm, who preceded her in death on January 13, 1986. She was a member of Divine Mercy Catholic…

Carl Jacob Tope, age 93

Carl Jacob Tope, age 93 died Tuesday, February 12 at the Country Inn Enhanced Living Center, Paulding, Ohio. He was born November 23, 1919 in Paulding County, Ohio the son of Elza and Emma (Hubert) Tope. On November 21, 1942 he married Eleanor M. (Riggenbach, who preceded him in death on February 13, 2001. He…

Dorothy L. Edens, age 78

Dorothy L. Edens, age 78 died Friday, February 15 at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Ft. Wayne, IN. She was born July 25, 1934 in Paulding County, Ohio, the daughter of William G. and Pauline E. (Kochenour) Wunder.  On October 5, 1963 she married Donald J. Edens, who preceded her in death on October 13, 1994. …