David L. Flanders

David L. Flanders, 97, died Sunday, November 18, 2012, in Akron. He was born September 5, 1915, in Battle Creek, Mich., the son of the late Oscar H. and Hazel D. (Frey) Flanders. On May 9, 1942, in Akron, he married Mary E. (Frederick) Flanders, who survives. Other survivors include three daughters, Julianne (Bruce) Kennedy […]

Erwin Jacob Gehres

Erwin Jacob Gehres, 103, of Wren, died at 8 a.m. Tuesday, November 20, 2012, at Vancrest Health Care Center in Van Wert. He was born Mary 15, 1909, in Wren, the son of the late Otto and Iona Caroline (Kreischer) Gehres. On February 10, 1932, he married Margaret Marcile (Kreischer) Gehres, who preceded him in […]

Bernard Ray Flint

Bernard Ray Flint, 87, of Paulding, died Monday, November 19, 2012, at the Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born December 29, 1924, in Paulding County, the son of the late Jesse and Essa (Doster) Flint. On August 19, 1950, he married Jane Ann (Deisler) Flint, who preceded him in death on November 30, […]

Carla V. Yoh

Carla V. Yoh, 72, of Paulding, died Monday, November 19, 2012, at the Gardens of Paulding. She was born December 9, 1939, in Tuscarawas County, the daughter of the late Jeptha D. and Mildred L. (Holmes) Fitzgerald. In 1990, she married George W. Yoh, who preceded her in death on August 17, 1998. Survivors include […]

Robert L. Smith

Robert L. Smith, 89, of Convoy, died at 9:45 a.m. Monday, November 19, 2012, at Van Wert County Hospital in Van Wert. He was born December 19, 1922, in Union Township, Van Wert County, the son of the late Homer and Iva Ruth (Greenawalt) Smith. On March 23, 1947, he married Caroline “Connie” (Myers) Smith, […]

Law Enforcement 11/20/12

Van Wert Police No new reports. Delphos Police No new reports.

Court upholds Jones’ murder conviction

DAVE MOSIER/independent editor The Ohio Third District Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of a Van Wert man who brutally murdered his own grandmother on October 1, 2010. In a unanimous decision written by Judge John Willamowski, the appellate court affirmed the conviction of Shawn M. Jones, who was convicted of murder in the […]

C’view bd. honors Scholastic Bowl team

DAVE MOSIER/independent editor CONVOY — The Crestview Local Board of Education honored its Scholastic Bowl team during an otherwise uneventful November meeting held Monday in the district boardroom. The team won the WTLW Quiz Bowl, as well as the Northwest Conference Scholastic Bowl, and team members Cody Klinker and Shelby Ripley presented a trophy and […]

New Sears store opens

Local Sears store owner Kirk Berryman cuts the ribbon on the store while h is wife, Erica, Van Wert Area Chamber of Commerce board members and Mayor Don Farmer look on. The store, which is now located in the former Fashion Bug store on Fox Road and features an enhanced assortment of Sears merchandise, will […]

Ohioans could see food stamp reduction

Job and Family Services information In the next few weeks many Ohio households will receive a letter saying their food assistance will be reduced in 2013.  Some of the 1,511 households in Van Wert County currently receiving Food Assistance will get those letters. “As recently as last week there was concern families would see a […]