Former Mercer County resident Arthur H. Hess, 76, of Cleveland, Tenn., died at 9:30 a.m. Jan. 14, 2008, in Cleveland.

He was born July 6, 1931, to Henry and Margaret Hoelscher Hess. He was formerly married to Addy Jutte, who survives in St. Henry

Others survivors are four sons, Charles (Joan) and David (Teresa), all of St. Henry, Mark, Portland, Ind., and James (Barb), Fort Recovery; four daughters, Karen (Mike) Timmerman, Ridgeville, Ind., Joyce (Brian) Dicke, Rockford, and Susan Hess and Kathy (Charles) Voskuhl, all of Coldwater; a sister, Rita (Ben) Hoying, Montezuma; three sisters-in-law, Adella and Addie, both of St. Henry, and Eleanor, Coldwater; and 22 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Deceased are three brothers, Urban, Jerry and Art; a sister, Magdelena, and two sisters and their husbands, Bertha and Ernie Beckstedt and Monica and Gregor Grevenkamp.

Services were held Thursday at Grissom Funeral Home, Cleveland. Burial was at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Cleveland.