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Thursday, July 31st, 2014 Edition of The Daily Standard

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Rockford man gets 11 years for deadly crash

CELINA - A Rockford man with a history of drunken driving convictions was sentenced on Wednesday to 11 years in prison for charges stemming from a 2013 traffic crash that killed his friend. Eddy P. Blossom, 28, 109 N. Franklin . . .

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Local Obituaries

Charles Reed

Charles Alvis "Charlie" Reed, 79, Celina, passed away at 10:24 a.m. July 30, 2014, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. He was born May 4, 1935, in Bowen Flatts, Tenn., to Isaac Abraham and Lilly Maybell Lawson Reed. . . .

Donna Varner

Donna M. Varner, 59, Versailles, passed away at 9:35 p.m. July 29, 2014, at State of the Heart Hospice Care Center, Greenville. She was born June 24, 1955, in Lima, to Raymond C. and Hildred C. Liesner Vorhees. On July 20, 1974 . . .

Karen Bowman-Wood

Karen Lee Bowman-Wood, 59, Coldwater, and formerly of Portland, Ind., passed away July 19, 2014, at Celina Manor Nursing Home, Celina. She was born Sept. 12, 1954, in Waverly, Ind., to Richard and Dorothy Joan Glover Bowman. . . .

Gerald Chrisman

Gerald Lee "Buggs" Chrisman, 85, Celina, passed away at 7:30 p.m. July 30, 2014, at his residence with his family present. Funeral services are pending at the Lehman-Hogenkamp-Dzendzel Funeral Home, Celina. . . .

Jacqueline Gerstner

Jacqueline Gerstner, 85, St. Marys, died July 30, 2014, at Otterbein Living Center, St. Marys. Arrangements are pending with the Miller–Long and Folk Funeral Home, St. Marys. . . .

Cordie Miracle

Cordie Miracle, 89, Wapakoneta, died July 30, 2014, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. Arrangements are pending with the Miller Funeral Homes, St. Marys. . . .

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