The Van Wert County Courthouse

Saturday, May. 23, 2026

Kelly M. Baker, Kelly M. Williman and Timothy J. Williman to Joseph F. Stratz and Rodriga B. Stratz, inlot 343, Convoy. Estate of Richard A. Schumm to Phyllis A. Schumm, portion of sections 10, 15, Pleasant Township, portion of inlot 1805, Van Wert. John A. Linder and A. Joan Linder to A. Joan Linder, outlot […]

POSTED: 01/22/11 at 4:09 pm. FILED UNDER: Real Estate Transfers

Watson N. Ley, 91, of Van Wert, went to be with his Lord on Friday, January 21, 2011, at the Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born March 24, 1919, in Ridge Township, the son of the late Phillip J. and Clara (Johnson) Ley. On March 22, 1941, he married Esther Mae (Summersett) Ley, […]

POSTED: 01/22/11 at 3:37 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries

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POSTED: 01/22/11 at 1:08 pm. FILED UNDER: Info

Crime Stoppers will pay you cash for information if it will help the Van Wert Police Department solve the break-in of the Van Wert County Council on Aging, 220 Fox Road. Sometime between November 10 and November 12, 2010, someone entered the building and stole an undisclosed amount of cash. If you have any information […]

POSTED: 01/22/11 at 12:56 pm. FILED UNDER: Crime Stoppers

Grace V. Keysor, 99, of Van Wert, died at 8:50 p.m. Wednesday, January 19, 2011, at Van Wert Manor. She was born July 21, 1911, in Champaign, Ill., the daughter of the late George H. and Viola J. (Gibbink) Fiock. On April 8, 1932, she married Elmer C. Keysor, who preceded her in death on […]

POSTED: 01/22/11 at 12:33 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries

Robert J. Patton, 81, of Wren, died at 1:40 a.m. Tuesday, January 18, 2011, at Van Wert Manor. He was born June 28, 1928, in Summerset, Ky., the son of the late Andrew and Sarah Patton. On November 17, 1964, he married Carolyn Eleanor (Adams) Patton, who preceded him in death on December 8, 1990. […]

POSTED: 01/22/11 at 12:32 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries

Russell W. “Rusty” Mace, 75, of Van Wert, went to be with his Lord at 3:24 p.m. Saturday, January 15, 2011, at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima. He was born April 4, 1935, in Van Wert, the son of the late W. Russell and Ella G. (Rise) Mace. On June 20, 1959, he married […]

POSTED: 01/22/11 at 12:29 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries

Verlon E. “Red” Moody, 79, of Ohio City, died at 11 p.m. Thursday, January 13, 2011, at Hearth & Home in Van Wert. He was born May 7, 1931, in Lawrenceburg, Tenn., the son of the late Henry Clay and Versie Grace (Dailey) Moody. On April 6, 1973, he married Mary L. (Williams) Moody, who […]

POSTED: 01/22/11 at 12:27 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries

Portia Lucille Ainsworth, 59, of Ohio City, died at 11:48 p.m. Thursday, January 13, at Vancrest Health Care Center in Van Wert. She was born July 31, 1951, in Van Wert, the daughter of Velma Lorene (Hart) Agler and the late Basil Leroy Agler Sr. On July 8, 1972, she married Edwin Wayne Ainsworth, who […]

POSTED: 01/22/11 at 12:25 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries

Ernestine Ellen Springer, 97, of rural Van Wert, died at 4:24 a.m. Wednesday, January 12, 2011, at Van Wert County Hospital in Van Wert. She was born January 27, 1913, in Blue Creek Township, Paulding County, the daughter of the late Warren Mangus and Ada Caroline (Hofacker) Goble. On May 28, 1938, she married Meredith […]

POSTED: 01/22/11 at 12:23 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries