Dr. Bartholomew Luke Hott

A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 A.M. on Saturday, (March 21, 2026) at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bluffton with Father David Violi celebrating mass. During the current church renovation, mass will be celebrated in the lower level of the church. A Celebration of Life Reception will be held from 12 Noon to 2 P.M. on Saturday, in the Parish Fellowship Gym, on the lower level of the church, following mass. Dr. Bartholomew Luke Hott 44, Roanoke, Indiana and formerly of Rochester, Indiana, passed away at 4:30 P.M. Monday, February 23, 2026, at his residence. He was born on August 25, 1981, in Logansport, Indiana, the son of John “Jack” and Prudence A. (Mummert) Hott. After graduating from Rochester High School, he attended Purdue University graduating with a Bachelors degree in Health Sciences. He attended Indiana University School of Dentistry in Indianapolis, Indiana, graduating with distinction, receiving the Dean’s Gold Medal for high national board score achievement, and elected by faculty to the national dental honor society Omicron Kappa Upsilon. Dr. Hott started his dental career after graduation working for an underserved Amish Clinic, Topeka Dental Clinic in Topeka, Indiana before working for Dr. Moore in Angola, Indiana. In 2013, he purchased a dental practice in Bluffton, Indiana and then operated the Hott Family Dentistry of Bluffton for the past eleven years. He was currently serving on the Wells County Board of Health. In his leisure time, he enjoyed fishing, spending time at his cabin in Michigan and being in the woods, working on cars, playing video games, shopping, telling a good joke, listening to music and taking people for outings. He also enjoyed basketball, cherry coke, playing the game Trouble and his prized procession, Fox body mustang. Survivors include his father, Jack (Barb) Hott, Plymouth, Indiana, children, Joey Hott, Calvin Hott, Reese Hott, Chloe Hott, Oliver Hott, all of Yoder, Indiana, brother, Mark (Bobbi Jo) Hott, Kewanna, Indiana. He was preceded in death by his mother. A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 A.M. on Saturday, (March 21, 2026) at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bluffton with Father David Violi celebrating mass. During the current church renovation, mass will be celebrated in the lower level of the church. A Celebration of Life Reception will be held from 12 Noon to 2 P.M. on Saturday, in the Parish Fellowship Gym, on the lower level of the church, following mass. Local arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Lemler family of Thoma/Rich, Lemler Funeral Home in Bluffton.

Dr. Bartholomew Luke Hott

August 25, 1981 - February 23, 2026