KLEWER
Leonard C. “Bud” Klewer, 85, of Van Wert, died at 8 p.m.
Monday, April 7, 2008, at Vancrest Health Care Center in Van Wert.
He was born November 8, 1922, in Union Township, Van Wert
County, the
son of the late Rudolph Carl and Mabel Irene (McCoy) Klewer. On
October 16, 1943, he married Helen L. (Reed) Klewer, who survives in Van Wert.
Other survivors include four children, Donna (Larry) Fox,
Ronald (Deborah) Klewer and Mary (Chris) Adams, all of Van Wert, and Nancy
(Joseph) Elston of Convoy; a brother, Herb Klewer of Van Wert; one sister, Betty
Steed of Van Wert; a sister-in-law, Patricia Klewer of Van Wert; 10
grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
A brother, Rudolph Klewer; two sisters, Marguerite Klewer and
Eleanor Zartman; and a great-grandchild, also preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Friday,
April 11, at Alspach-Gearhart Funeral Home in Van Wert, with the Rev. Gerald
Baker officiating. Burial will be in Woodland Cemetery in Van Wert.
Visitation is from 2-8 p.m. Thursday, April 10, at the
funeral home.
Memorials: Upward Basketball, Trinity Friends Church or
the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.
STETLER
Harold E. Stetler, 93, of Willshire, died at 3:45 p.m.
Monday, April 7, 2008, at Van Wert County Hospital in Van Wert.
He was born June 18, 1914, in Van Wert County, the son of the
late Roy H. and Blanche (Koontz) Stetler. On February15, 1936, he married
Berneice F. (Becher) Stetler, who survives in Willshire.
Other survivors include a son, Ronald D. Stetler of
Willshire; one granddaughter; and two great-grandchildren.
Graveside funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m.
Friday, April 11, at Riverside Cemetery in Rockford, with Pastor Randall Swanson
officiating.
There will be no visitation.
Memorials: Zion Lutheran Church in Chattanooga or donor’s
choice.
Messages of sympathy may be sent to the family at
ketchamripleyfh@embarqmail.com.