Celina- Loretta Blatteau, 78, died at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday in Community Hospital, Coldwater.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Robert (Mary) Schott and Dorothy Blatteau, both of here, and Ruth Dauby of Miamisburg; 27 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 tonight at W.H. Dick and Sons Funeral Home.

Edwin A Howick, 86, died at 11:25 p.m. Wednesday at Coldwater Community Hospital.
He was born Nov. 20, 1894 in Celina, the son of Stephen and Edith (Yocum) Howick.
 Mr. Howick was a retired farmer.
Survivors include a son, Harold of Celina; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at W.H. Dick and Sons Funeral Home, Celina. Burial will be in North Grove Cemetery.
Friends may call from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Funeral services were held at St. Paul's Lutheran church in Liberty-tp, Monday afternoon for Andrew Koch, 73, former Liberty-tp resident, who died at the Anspaugh invalid home here Saturday. Surviving are one son, Russell. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Celina- Sherman Houts, 72, died Sunday evening at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Noah Sliverdecker. He suffered a stroke several weeks ago.Besides Mrs. Sliverdecker he is survived by a son Clarence of Celina, and another daughter, Mrs. Farrie Miller of Indianapolis. Burial will be in North Grove cemetery.

Daniel Spriggs, 78, native of Mercer-co, died at his home in Wabash, west of here, early Saturday morning.Surviving are his widow, two sons, one daughter, three brothers, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

Charles Thomas Behm Sr., 77, life-long resident of Mercer-co, died at 10:15 a.m. Thursday at the county home where he had been an inmate for the last 14 years. He was born March 16, 1868, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Chris Behm. His wife died in 1934 and one daughter is deceased. Surviving are four sons, William of Ft. Wayne, Clarence of Celina, Chris of Wapakoneta and Charles Jr., of Celina. There are 11 grandchildren, one sister Mrs. Lydia Plummer of Akron, and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Eva Behm of Celina .Funeral rites are planned for 9 a.m. Saturday at the local Catholic church. Burial will be in Swamp College cemetery.

Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Sunday for Ben F. Hile, 82, who died Friday at his home here. Final rites will be conducted in the Dick and Stalter funeral home here with burial in Swamp College cemetery. Besides his widow, Vila, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Cecil Clife, St. Marys, and Mrs. Leona Cencebaugh of here, and a step-daughter, Mrs. Frank Jenkins, also of here.

Joseph J. Houser, 83, of Celina, died here at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Oliver Ruwoldt, with whom he had made his home for the last two years.
Surviving besides the daughter are two sons, Clarence of Mendon and Lawrence, of Celina; two other daughters, Mrs. Lucille Cook, Union City, In., and Mrs. Florence Black, Coldwater; a half-sister, Mrs. Joe McGee, Celina, and a half-brother, Ruffie Monroe, also of Celina.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Beaver chapel in Mercer-co. The body is at Pulskamp funeral home, Celina, where friends may call.

Ruby F. Ashcraft, 72, died at 10:50 a.m. Thursday  in Coldwater Community Hospital.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Edwin (Wanda) Beougher of here and Mrs. Donald (Shirley) Schleucher of Findlay, four grandchildren; a great-grandchild and two sisters.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at W.H. Dick and Sons Funeral Home.
Burial will be in Tomliimson Cemetery, near Rockford.
Friends may call from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home,

 From The Lima News
Feb 26, 1940

Mendon- Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Anderson Bethel church for Homer M. Bowles, 67, a native of Indiana, who died Saturday evening at his home north of here. He is survived by his wife, Margaret. Burial will be in Spencerville cemetery.

Services for Lawrence Houser will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Vale-Stein-Lehman Funeral Home. Burial will be in Swamp College Cemetery. Mr. Houser, 82, of Total Care Nursing Home and formerly of South Sugar Street, died at 10:28 p.m. Monday in Coldwater Community Hospital. He was a retired employee of  Steric Acid Plant. Friends may call after 3 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Montezuma Methodist church for Mrs. Emma Selby McGee, 80, who died Sunday at the Gibbons hospital, Celina. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. C.A. Meyers, Montezuma, and Mrs. Sella Meyers, St. Marys; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Burial will be in Elmgrove cemetery at St. Marys.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the home of a sister-in-law, Mrs. Mary Ann Kable, and at 2:30 at St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed church for Jacob Kable, 80, Liberty-tp, lifelong resident of Mercer-co, who died Thursday evening at his home after a long illness due to complications of age. Mr. Kable was a bachelor. One brother survives, John Kable of Decatur.

Funeral services will be held at the Carr & Vale funeral home Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock for Benjamin Franklin Mowery, 73, who died at the county Tuesday afternoon following a brief illness. Surviving are one son Benjamin Mowery Jr., of Celina; one brother, Luther Mowery of Wayne; 29 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Burial in Swamp College cemetery.

Funeral services were held at St. Aloysius Catholic church Wednesday for Miss Elizabeth Link, 61, who was found dead at her home Sunday morning. Surviving are one sister, Mrs. W. C. Boeckley of Cincinnati; and three brothers, John, Charles and Joseph all of Carthagena. Burial in the church cemetery.

Final rites for William Cochran, 84, former resident of Mercer-co, who died Tuesday in Palm City, Calif., will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Montezuma Church of Christ with burial in Burge cemetery. The body will remain at the Pulskamp funeral home here until services. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. J. G. Smoot, Palm City; a son, Victor, St. Marys; two sisters and three grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Church of Immaculate Conception for Gustave Charles Mathes, 77, who died at his home in Celina Saturday morning of complications. Mr. Mathes was a native of Germany, but had lived at Celina about 50 years. He was an employee of the Stokley Co.Surviving are his widow, Martha Gardner Albers Mathes; a step-daughter, Miss Theresa Albers at home; four brothers, Frank, John, Albert and Joseph, all of Dayton.The body will be removed to the Pulskamp funeral home late Sunday afternoon where friends may call. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery.