Louise E Stuff

March 3, 1922 - June 18, 2018

Louise E. Stuff, 96, of Bluffton passed away on Monday afternoon, June 18, 2018, at her residence in Bluffton. Louise was born on March 3, 1922 in Craigville, Indiana to Roy H. & Lillian (Smith) Deihl. She graduated from Lancaster High School with the class of 1940 and from Wayne Beauty School in Fort Wayne. Louise was the owner/ operator of Louise’s Beauty Shop for many years, along with being a homemaker. A longtime member of the First Presbyterian Church where she helped with Happy Hour, along with her memberships in the Bluffton Elks Lodge, American Legion Post #111 Auxiliary and the Parlor City Country Club. On October 25, 1941 in Attica, Indiana, Louise and Leonard L. Stuff were married. He preceded her in death on June 27, 1989. Survivors include her daughter Linda K. Bauer of Bluffton along with two nieces Diane (Clyde) Black of Florida, Carol (Bob) Eppers of Texas and two nephews; Brad Stuff of Bluffton and Kenneth Stuff of Florida. She is preceded in death by a sister Betty J. Edington. Funeral services will be held at 1 P.M. on Monday (June 25th) at the Thoma/Rich, Lemler Funeral Home with Rick Garton officiating. Calling hours will from 10 A.M. to 1 P.M. prior to the service on Monday at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Elm Grove Cemetery in Bluffton. Memorials can be made to IU School of Medicine for Epilepsy Research or Southern Care Hospice of Fort Wayne. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Thoma/Rich, Lemler Funeral Home in Bluffton. Friends can send online condolences to the family at www.thomarich.com.