Obituaries

Arliss Dale Plaugher, 84, died Dec. 27, 2019, at Lima Memorial Health System.  He was born Jan. 15, 1935 in Lafayette to the late Odie and Dortha (Kettimon) Plaugher. On Oct. 26, 1956, he married Barbara Hall Plaugher who survives.

Arliss graduated from Harrod High School.  He worked at various jobs including for the Allen County Farm Bureau, Contris Stockyards, had been a foreman at Bluffton Septic Company, Ex-Cello Corp., Warner-Swasey, Clark Equipment, was a heavy equipment operator and was a lifetime farmer. He later owned and operated Arliss D. Plaugher Builders from which he retired.  

 Mary L. Harrod, 95, died on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019, at 6:14 a.m. at The Wyngate Senior Living Community, Lima.

She was born on Dec. 25, 1923 in Painesville, Ohio, to the late William H. and Marie (Warren) Hathaway.  On Sept. 8, 1944 Mary married Louis W. Harrod and he preceded her in death on May 10, 2017.

Mary was a homemaker. She was a member of the Harrod Christian Church, where she taught Sunday school and Bible school. She was a 1941 graduate of Newark High School. Mary volunteered at Memorial Hospital and at a Hospice in Ft. Wayne, Ind.  She wrote poetry and songs.  She enjoyed being with her grandkids and great grandkids.