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Juan A. Espinoza

Juan A. Espinoza

Sep 8, 2015

Juan A. Espinoza, age 81, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 9:55 P.M. on Tuesday, September 8, 2015, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center where he had been a resident. Mr. Espinoza had been an auto mechanic and was a US Army veteran. He was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witness in Montpelier and formerly in Napoleon, where he was...

John F. Keller

John F. Keller

Sep 6, 2015

John F. Keller, age 81, of Hicksville, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2015, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance. John had worked in quality control at Bohn Aluminum in Angola, Indiana for over 30 years prior to his retirement. John F. Keller was born April 17, 1934 in Hicksville, Ohio, the son of Alfred and Cleo...

Meryl B. Brillhart

Meryl B. Brillhart

Sep 5, 2015

Meryl B. Brillhart, age 90, of Edon, Ohio, passed away on September 5, 2015. Mr. Brillhart was a lifelong farmer and had also worked for the Ohio Turnpike in road maintenance prior to retiring in 1989. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, having served on the USS Portsmouth. Meryl was a member of the American Legion,...

Lois M. Stombaugh

Lois M. Stombaugh

Sep 4, 2015

Lois M. Stombaugh, age 91, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 4:50 A.M. on Friday, September 4, 2015, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, near Defiance, Ohio. Mrs. Stombaugh was a 1941 graduate of Pioneer High School. She and her husband Paul farmed their land for nearly 40 years and she was a member of the Farm Bureau. Lois was also...

Anna Lorene Stryker

Anna Lorene Stryker

Aug 31, 2015

Anna Lorene “Dolly” Stryker, age 90, of Edgerton, Ohio, died late afternoon on Monday, August 31, 2015, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, after a brief illness. Mrs. Stryker was a 1941 graduate of Edon High School and had been employed in the telephone office in Edgerton and Spangler Candy Company in Bryan, Ohio, for a short time and...

Margaret A. Hinzman

Margaret A. Hinzman

Aug 25, 2015

Margaret Ann (Wiles) Hinzman, age 78, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, August 25, 2015, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, near Defiance, Ohio. Margaret was a registered nurse and retired from Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, after 25 years of service. She loved living in Phoenix, but in the summers she would take her camper to the...

Gretchen E. Mauerhan

Gretchen E. Mauerhan

Aug 24, 2015

Gretchen Elizabeth Mauerhan, age 83, of Edon, Ohio, passed away peacefully at 10:10 P.M. on Monday, August 24, 2015, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, with her family at her side, after a brief illness. 

Born on June 11, 1932, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, she was the daughter of Harry and Sally (Beard) VanBrunt. Mrs. Mauerhan was...

Gene A. Casebere

Gene A. Casebere

Aug 23, 2015

Gene Allen Casebere, age 83, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, August 23, 2015. Gene was born in Bryan to Carmon D. and Ethel (Lash) Casebere. He was preceded in death by his parents; his dear sister and brother-in-law, Vivian and Paul Brannan; and his son-in-law, Michael Farley. Gene graduated from Bryan High School in 1949....

Ronald W. Brewer

Ronald W. Brewer

Aug 22, 2015

Ronald Wayne Brewer, age 89, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2015, at 9:43 P.M. at the Toledo Hospital, where he had been a patient. Ron retired from Pet Milk after 36 years of service in many areas of the company, then worked as a delivery man for Spangler Candy Company for six years and last worked...

Daniel Fenstermaker

Daniel Fenstermaker

Aug 21, 2015

Daniel Fenstermaker, age 78, of Edon, Ohio, died at 6:33 P.M. on Friday, August 21, 2015, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was a patient, after an extended illness. Mr. Fenstermaker was a mechanic for forty-four years and long time owner and operator of Dan’s Service in Edon. He was a member of St. Peter’s...

Timothy W. Brenneman

Timothy W. Brenneman

Aug 21, 2015

Timothy W. Brenneman, age 58, of Montpelier, Ohio, died at 8:08 P.M. on Friday, August 21, 2015, at his brother’s home in West Unity, Ohio. Tim was a graduate of Edgerton High School and was a United State Marine Corps veteran. Tim worked as a machinist for many years at Metal Spinners in Angola, Indiana, and also at DPI in...

Daniella "Danii" Goltare

Daniella "Danii" Goltare

Aug 17, 2015

Daniella “Danii” M. Goltare, age 24, of Edgerton Ohio, passed away at 11:05 A.M. on Monday, August 17, 2015, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, surrounded by her family after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was a member of the 2010 class of Edgerton High School and worked at Westar Plastics with her father. She was...

Janet Orick

Janet Orick

Aug 14, 2015

Janet Orick, age 58, of Angola, Indiana, died on Friday, August 14, 2015, at her home in Angola. She attended Edgerton High School and was currently employed by Western Consolidated Technologies in Fremont, Indiana. Her greatest joy in life was being with her grandchildren and her dog, Charlie. She also enjoyed collecting rocks and hunting treasures at garage sales in...

Noah Prince

Noah Prince

Aug 12, 2015

Noah Prince, age 91, of Edon, Ohio, died at 9:15 P.M. on Tuesday, August 12, 2015, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, after a brief illness. Mr. Prince was a timber buyer and operated Prince Logging for fifty years. For many years he raced stock cars at local tracks throughout the region. Noah Prince was born on March 22,...

Wanda J. Robinett

Wanda J. Robinett

Aug 12, 2015

Wanda J. Robinett, age 81, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 1:06 P.M. on Wednesday, August 12, 2015, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, Ohio. Mrs. Robinett was a graduate of Fremont Ross High School and worked along side her husband for thirty-five years in the Robinett Bakery in Edgerton, where she was an accomplished cake...

Doyle W. Clark

Doyle W. Clark

Aug 11, 2015

Doyle W. Clark, age 81, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, August 11, 2015, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center, where he had been a patient. Doyle was a machinist at The Aro Corporation for 43 years prior to his retirement. He was also a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Mr. Clark was assigned to a M.A.S.H. unit as...

John "Tim" Timothy Price

John "Tim" Timothy Price

Aug 10, 2015

John Timothy "Tim” Price, age 55, of Archbold, Ohio, and longtime resident of Bryan, Ohio, died at 6:15 P.M. on Monday, August 10, 2015, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, near Defiance, Ohio, after an illness of several months. Mr. Price was a graduate of Fremont, Ohio, High School, attended Wooster College for two years and graduated from Defiance College...

Judel K Henricks

Judel K Henricks

Aug 9, 2015

Judel K Henricks, age 74, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away in her home on Sunday, August 9, 2015. Mrs. Henricks attended Edgerton High School and was a member of the Melbern United Methodist Church. She drove bus for the Hilltop Local Schools for a number of years and worked at HRH Industries, where she met her husband, Glen Smith. Judel...

Anthony L. Guilford

Anthony L. Guilford

Aug 8, 2015

Anthony “Tony” Lynn Guilford, age 49, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 10:39 A.M. on Saturday, August 8, 2015, in his home. He was a 1984 graduate of Edon High School and enjoyed hunting. Anthony Lynn “Tony” Guilford was born on April 22, 1966, in Montpelier, Ohio, the son of Arthur A. and Bonnie L. (Pratt) Guilford who preceded him in...

Mary Jean Arnett

Mary Jean Arnett

Aug 1, 2015

Mary J. Arnett, age 93, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 8:04 P.M. on Saturday, August 1, 2015, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center, where she had been a resident. She and her husband, Stanley, operated the Stryker Food Locker from 1955-1969 and she retired from Spangler Candy Company in Bryan with thirteen years of service. Mary enjoyed quilting, making delicious pies...

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