Evelyn L. Mertz, 86, of Bluffton, passed away at 9:33 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022 at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. She was born on Friday, June 19, 1936, in Poasttown, Ohio. She is survived by daughters, Rhonda Moser, Geneva, Wanda Jack, Bluffton; Stepson Michael Nelson, Covington, Ind.; Grandchildren, Maria Bailey, Craigville, Ind., Leon…