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Louise D. West

Louise D. West. 75, of Bluffton, IN, and having family members in Huntington County, IN, died Sunday, April 20, 2014, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.

Mrs. West was a lifelong resident of Wells County and a member of the Bluffton Church of God, where she sang in the church choir. She attended Lancaster High School. She retired in 2002 from Kitco, in Bluffton, where she had been employed for 34 years.

She was born June 28, 1938, in Wells County to Andrew and Mildred Davidson Bertsch-Graft. She married Donald L. West on Feb. 16, 1991, in Tocsin, and he survives.

Additional survivors include seven children, Anita (Brian) Penrod, of Ossian; Christian "Chris" (Jennifer) Earhart, Tammy King and Kelly (David Jr.) Gardner, all of Bluffton; Charles (Deb) Earhart, of Decatur; Angie West-Waldron, of Huntington; and Stacey West, of Warren; three sisters, Irene Brown, of Zanesville; Roberta Kunkle, of Tocsin; and Helen (Max) Myers, of Decatur; 14 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Calling is Wednesday, April 23, 2014, from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Thoma/Rich, Lemler Funeral Home, in Bluffton. A service will be held on Thursday, April 24, 2014, at 10 a.m., with calling one hour prior to the service, at the Bluffton Church of God. Rev. Don Marlow and Jeff Lemler will officiate. Burial will be at Prairie View Cemetery, in Tocsin.

Memorial gifts may be made to the Bluffton Church of God in care of the funeral home.

Online condolences may be made at www.thomarich.com.