Ezra Reinhard Jr.

June 11, 1925 - February 27, 2010

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Ezra Reinhard Jr., 84, of Bluffton, died at 3:23 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010, at the Christian Care Retirement Community.

Mr. Reinhard was a lifelong farmer and mechanic. He was an avid tractor pulling enthusiast. He was a member of the Apostolic Christian Church.

Mr. Reinhard was born June 11, 1925, in Wells County, to Ezra Reinhard and Delva Aschliman Reinhard. He married Doris Clauss June 27, 1954, in Bremen; his wife preceded him in death July 9, 1987.

Survivors include three sons, Wayne (Susan) Reinhard, Jerry (Jodi) Reinhard, and Tony Reinhard, all of Bluffton; a daughter, Mona Reinhard of Schaumburg, Ill.; eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; four sisters, Mildred Badiac of Fort Wayne, Betty (Carl) Macklin of Ossian, and Aldulla Pulver and Edna (William Gene) Moser, both of Bluffton; and two brothers, James (Ruth) Reinhard of Bluffton and Daniel (Delores) Reinhard of Remington.

He was preceded in death by three brothers, Harry Reinhard, Dale Reinhard, and Kenneth Reinhard, and two sisters, Loretta Reinhard and Rose Reinhard.

Calling will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, March 6, and from noon to 8 p.m. Sunday, March 7, at the Goodwin Memorial Chapel in Bluffton. Additional calling will be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 8, at the Apostolic Christian Church East. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 8, at the Apostolic Christian Church East with ministers of the church officiating.

Burial will be at the Apostolic Christian Cemetery.

Preferred memorials are to the Kingdom Academy.