Obituaries for February 5, 2008

Death notices for Audrey A. Etgen and Herbert Leroy Miller.

ETGEN
    Audrey A. Etgen, 73, of Delphos, died at 5:19 a.m. Tuesday, February 5, 2008, at Vancrest Health Care Center in Delphos.
    She was born June 28, 1934, in Landeck, the daughter of the late Sylvester and Leona (Rahrig) Rode. On September 5, 1953, she married Paul Etgen, who survives in Delphos.
    Other survivors include three sons, Steven (Barb) Etgen of Ottoville, Gregory (Joelyn) Etgen of Delphos and David (Angie) Etgen of Spencerville; a daughter, Janet (Mark) Correll of Delphos; three brothers, Louis (Maxine) Rode of Landeck, Ted Rode of Coldwater, Mich., and Syl Rode of Fort Jennings; and six grandchildren.
    A brother, Quentin Rode, and two sisters, Sylvia Lewis and Zita Martin Allen, also preceded him in death.
    Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, February 8, at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Delphos, with Father Melvin Verhoff officiating. Burial will be in St. John’s Cemetery in Delphos.
    Visitation is from 2-8 p.m. Thursday, February 7, at Harter and Schier Funeral Home in Delphos, where a parish wake service will be held at 7:30 that evening.
    Memorials: St. John’s Parish Foundation.

MILLER
    Herbert Leroy Miller, 78, of Delphos, died at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, February 5, 2008, at his Mission, Texas, residence.
    He was born December 11, 1929, in Delphos, the son of the late Donald and Emma (Rice) Miller. On April 30, 1955, he married Catherine (Rekart) Miller, who survives in Delphos.
    Other survivors include a son, Edward Lee (Sue) Miller of Delphos; one daughter, Cheryl (Mike) Horstman  of Fort Jennings; a brother, Dale Miller of Delphos; two sisters, Oleta Fronk and Ann Miller, both of Delphos; a sister-in-law, Anna Mae Miller of Delphos; and four grandchildren.
    A brother, Robert Miller, also preceded him in death.
    A Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted at 11 a.m. at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Delphos, with Father Melvin Verhoff officiating. Burial will be in Walnut Grove Cemetery, where the Spencerville Veterans of Foreign Wars post will perform military graveside rites.
    Visitation is from 2-8 p.m. Friday, February 8, at Harter and Schier Funeral Home in Delphos, where a parish wake service will be held at 7:30 that evening.
    Memorials: First United Presbyterian Church in Delphos.