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PUFFER, James Arthur

PUFFER, James Arthur

Male 1929 - 2011  (82 years)

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  • Name PUFFER, James Arthur 
    Nickname Jim 
    Birth 17 Aug 1929  Lancaster, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Cremated MN Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Name Jim Puffer 
    _COLOR 11 
    Death 18 Nov 2011  Bigfork, MN Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Burial Kirkersville, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Address:
    Kirkersville Cemetery 
    Person ID I11636  Puffers
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2023 

    Father PUFFER, John Carroll,   b. 25 Dec 1907, Union, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1991, Heath, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Mother BOYER, Verna Viola,   b. 13 Jul 1909, Muskingum, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 2002, Heath, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Marriage 6 Jan 1926  Newark, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Married Bef 1928 
    Family ID F4933  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 PATTERSON, Laveda Fern,   b. 7 Mar 1922, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 May 1982, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage 1951  [2
    Family ID F4931  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2024 

    Family 2 KETCHUM, Mildred Ruth,   b. CA 1930   d. Aft 2012, Bigfork, MN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 83 years) 
    Marriage 13 Apr 1991  Licking County, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Family ID F4932  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2024 

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  • Notes 
    • Veteran, US Air Force, SSgt.

      BIGFORK, MN: James Arthur Puffer passed away November 18, 2011 at the communities, Spruce Lodge Bigfork, Minnesota. Jim was the son of John Carroll Puffer and Verna Viola Boyer Puffer. He was born in Lancaster, Ohio on August 17, 1929. 

      He attended Jacksontown and Hebron schools. He married Laveda Fern Patterson in 1951 and she preceded him in death in 1982. He married Mildred Ruth Hunter in 1991 and she survives. He leaves two sisters, Carole E. (Jim) Eppley and Ruth E. Anderson both of North Fort Myers, Florida; nephews, James C. (Mary) Eppley of North Fort Myers, Florida, Billy J. (Leslie) Eppley of Newark, Ohio, Fred Lee (Susan) Ramsey of Millersport, Ohio; niece, Shirley Ann (Kenny) Priest of Hebron, Ohio; stepsons, Stanley E. Hunter of Marcell, Minnesota, Michael A Hunter of Little Falls, Minnesota; and numerous cousins and other relatives and friends. 

      Jim was a 58 year member of the Hebron American Legion Post in Hebron, Ohio; Life Member of the NRA; North American Hunting Club; North American Fishing Club; Handymans Club; founder and life member of the Worthington Center, Raton, New Mexico.

      A celebration of his life will be held in the spring in the Bigfork, Marcell, Minnesota area. Time and date to be set after Winter. His ashes will be interred in the Kirkersville Cemetery, Kirkersville, Ohio at a later date. Arrangements by Carroll Funeral Home, Deer River, Minnesota.

      Published in the The Advocate on Nov. 25, 2011

      -- MERGED NOTE ------------

      BIGFORK, MN: James Arthur Puffer passed away November 18, 2011 at the communities, Spruce Lodge Bigfork, Minnesota. Jim was the son of John Carroll Puffer and Verna Viola Boyer Puffer. He was born in Lancaster, Ohio on August 17, 1929. 

      He attended Jacksontown and Hebron schools. He married Laveda Fern Patterson in 1951 and she preceded him in death in 1982. He married Mildred Ruth Hunter in 1991 and she survives. He leaves two sisters, Carole E. (Jim) Eppley and Ruth E. Anderson both of North Fort Myers, Florida; nephews, James C. (Mary) Eppley of North Fort Myers, Florida, Billy J. (Leslie) Eppley of Newark, Ohio, Fred Lee (Susan) Ramsey of Millersport, Ohio; niece, Shirley Ann (Kenny) Priest of Hebron, Ohio; stepsons, Stanley E. Hunter of Marcell, Minnesota, Michael A Hunter of Little Falls, Minnesota; and numerous cousins and other relatives and friends. 

      Jim was a 58 year member of the Hebron American Legion Post in Hebron, Ohio; Life Member of the NRA; North American Hunting Club; North American Fishing Club; Handymans Club; founder and life member of the Worthington Center, Raton, New Mexico.

      A celebration of his life will be held in the spring in the Bigfork, Marcell, Minnesota area. Time and date to be set after Winter. His ashes will be interred in the Kirkersville Cemetery, Kirkersville, Ohio at a later date. Arrangements by Carroll Funeral Home, Deer River, Minnesota.

      Published in the The Advocate on Nov. 25, 2011

  • Sources 
    1. [S1047] United States Obituary Collection.

    2. [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, The Newark Advocate, Newark, OH, 24 Nov 2011, page 4.

    3. [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, The Newark Advocate, Newark, Ohio · Sunday, December 28, 1986, page 12.

    4. [S320] Ohio Marriage Index, 1970, 1972-2007.