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Cleo "Leroy" Thiel

Cleo "Leroy" Thiel

Jan 21, 2015

Cleo “Leroy” Thiel, age 59, of Camden, Michigan, died at his home on Wednesday, January 21, 2015. Cleo served in the United States Marine Corps. He was an avid jokester--“a true legend.” He was an avid hunter and fisherman and loved motorcycles, 4-wheelers and working on cars. Cleo Thiel was born on May 22, 1955, in Hicksville, Ohio, the son...

Garry D. Mosier, Sr.

Garry D. Mosier, Sr.

Jan 20, 2015

Garry D. Mosier, Sr., age 73, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 5:27 A.M. on Tuesday, January 20, 2015, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was a patient, after a brief illness. Mr. Mosier retired from Bryan Metals, where he worked as a machinist for 35 years. Garry D. Mosier, Sr. was born on July 6,...

Virginia Rose Barron

Virginia Rose Barron

Jan 19, 2015

Virginia Rose Barron, age 89, formerly of Hamilton, Indiana, died at 2:05 A.M. on Monday, January 19, 2015, at Covington Manor Health and Rehabilitation Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she was a resident, after a brief illness. Mrs. Barron was a homemaker and a member of the Alvarado, Indiana, United Methodist Church and the Rebekah Lodge of Hamilton. She...

Myrtle Irene Lutterbein

Myrtle Irene Lutterbein

Jan 19, 2015

Myrtle Irene (Rowe) Lutterbein, age 92, of Otterbein Northshore at Lakeside, Ohio, and formerly a longtime resident of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 7:55 P.M. on Monday, January 19, 2015, in her home. Mrs. Lutterbein was a graduate of The Ohio State University and taught 2nd grade in the Edgerton Local Schools for many years until her retirement, serving as an...

Mervin R. Stark

Mervin R. Stark

Jan 17, 2015

Mervin R. Stark, age 78, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 4:28 P.M. on Saturday, January 17, 2015, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was a patient, after a brief illness. Mr. Stark was 1954 graduate of Edgerton High School and served six years in the Army Reserve unit based out of Bryan, Ohio. He was...

Franklin L. Jennings

Franklin L. Jennings

Jan 15, 2015

Franklin “Frank” L. Jennings, age 72, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, January 15, 2015, at his home. Mr. Jennings worked at Spangler Candy Company for 47 years, retiring in 2013. He also worked many years part-time at the Sohio gas station in Bryan. Franklin L. Jennings was born on August 13, 1942, in Duffield, Virginia, the son of...

Laura M. Cogswell

Laura M. Cogswell

Jan 12, 2015

Laura M. Cogswell, age 50, of Edon, Ohio, went to heaven at 11:45 A.M. on Monday, January 12, 2015, in her parent’s home after an extended illness. Laura had worked at several area factories during her working career She was a kidney transplant recipient in 1998 and was a member of the Victory Barn near Edgerton. She received a degree...

Terry D. Taylor

Terry D. Taylor

Jan 12, 2015

Terry Dee Taylor, age 79, of Palm Coast, Florida, and originally from Bryan, Ohio, peacefully joined our Heavenly Father on January 12, 2015, following a courageous nine-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Terry graduated from Ney High School in 1953 and attended the Bryan, Ohio, branch of Bowling Green State University for two years. He worked at The Aro Corporation in...

Shirley C. Sisson

Shirley C. Sisson

Jan 11, 2015

Shirley C. Sisson, age 77, of Montpelier, Ohio, and formerly of Edon, Ohio, and a longtime resident of, Coloma, Michigan, died at 4:10 A.M. on Sunday, January 7, 2015, in her home after an extended illness. Mrs. Sisson was a graduate of Oceola, Arkansas, High School and was a homemaker, who enjoyed taking care of people and listening to gospel...

Darwin D. Wampler

Darwin D. Wampler

Jan 8, 2015

Darwin D. Wampler, Jr., age 74, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 9:57 A.M. on Thursday, January 8, 2015, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan after an extended illness. Mr. Wampler had worked at Airway Manufacturing for 43 years as a Shipping Supervisor and then as a Salesman at Quality Manufacturing, he had also owned The Video Shop in...

Frederick Otto Hoch

Frederick Otto Hoch

Jan 8, 2015

Frederick Otto Hoch, 83, of Bradenton, Florida, a longtime resident of Edgerton, Ohio passed away unexpectedly January 8, 2015 with his loving wife and daughter by his side. He was a Korean War veteran having served 8 years in the US Army. He was employed at 50 Division of Hayes-Albion Corp. in Bryan, OH for nearly 40 years in the...

Robert E. Schafer

Robert E. Schafer

Jan 7, 2015

Robert E. Schafer, age 75, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 3:55 A.M. on Wednesday, January 7, 2015, at his home after an extended illness. Mr. Schafer had worked at Chase Brass for 24 years in custodial and processing areas prior to his retirement. He was an avid Kansas City Royals baseball fan and Kansas City Chiefs football fan and followed...

James H. Etchen

James H. Etchen

Jan 4, 2015

James H. Etchen, age 70, of rural Defiance, Ohio, died at 7:15 P.M. on Sunday, January 4, 2015, at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio, after an extended illness. Mr. Etchen was a graduate of Fairview High School and was employed by Johns-Manville in Defiance, retiring with forty-four years of service, and was also a lifelong farmer, retiring...

Jeanette L. Winebar

Jeanette L. Winebar

Jan 4, 2015

Jeanette L. Winebar, age 71, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 4:15 A.M. on Sunday, January 4, 2015, at Evergreen Manor in Montpelier, Ohio, where she was a resident, after an extended illness. Jeanette was a graduate of Bryan High School and was self-employed as a seamstress for many years, specializing in professional embroidery. She loved and cherished her five Jack...

Theodore Vernon Reynolds

Theodore Vernon Reynolds

Dec 31, 2014

Theodore V. “Vernon” Reynolds, age 85, of Bryan, Ohio, and formerly of Fremont, Indiana, died at 7:20 P.M. on Wednesday, December 31, 2014, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center, where he was a resident, after an extended illness. Mr. Reynolds was a graduate of Elyria High School and served in the United States Army in Korea during the Korean Conflict. He was...

Charlene K. Flynn

Charlene K. Flynn

Dec 31, 2014

Charlene K. Flynn, age 82, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 5:02 P.M. on Wednesday, December 31, 2014, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, after a brief illness. Charlene was a graduate of Butler, Indiana, High School and became an Accounts Representative for American Airlines, working in New York City for sixteen years and then in Cincinnati for...

Rick Fuller

Rick Fuller

Dec 26, 2014

Ricky Lee “Rick” Fuller, age 54, of Archbold, Ohio, and formerly a longtime resident of Fort Wayne, Indiana, passed away on Friday, December 26, 2014, in his home. Rick was a graduate of Blackford High School in Hartford City, Indiana. He had been employed as an automotive parts counter manager with Glenbrook Dodge in Fort Wayne for twenty years prior...

Kenneth "Ken" J. Wortkoetter

Kenneth "Ken" J. Wortkoetter

Dec 26, 2014

Kenneth “Ken” J. Wortkoetter, age 54, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Friday, December 26, 2014, at Bethesda North Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, following a sudden medical emergency. Ken was the owner of Fun Zone Distributers, which had become very successful in the past couple years. He had also worked at Spangler Candy Company, was Chief Financial Officer at The...

Dolores J. Robarge

Dolores J. Robarge

Dec 24, 2014

Dolores June Robarge, age 84, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, December 24, 2014, at her home. Dolores was a homemaker and helped her husband for many years with farming. She was a member of the First Brethren Church in Bryan and enjoyed her Sunday School classes there. One of her greatest joys in the past few years was...

Dorothy M. Berry

Dorothy M. Berry

Dec 19, 2014

Dorothy M. Berry, age 83, of rural Bryan, Ohio, died at 6:30 A.M. on Friday, December 19, 2014, at Evergreen Manor Nursing Center in Montpelier, Ohio, where she was a resident. Mrs. Berry was a 1949 graduate of Edon High School and was a long-time employee of Custom Fit, where she sewed seat covers and bucket seats. Dorothy enjoyed reading...

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