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WAPAKONETA -- Russell E. "Russ" Metzger, 72, Wapakoneta, died 4:50 p.m., Friday, September 26, 2025, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. Funeral 10:30 a.m., Friday, October 3, 2025, at Eley Funeral Home & Crematory. Visitation 4-8 p.m. Thursday, October 2, 2025, and 9:30-10:30 a.m. Friday at the funeral Home.
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Jessica holbrook
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I miss my dad already...and still can't believe this is real....he was an amazing father and I couldn't imaging my world without him....but now I have a guardian angel watching over me ...because I am always accident prone like my dad....so now he can protect me a different way....love and miss you always dad
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