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Theyma L. Whitney

Theyma L. Whitney

May 5, 2013

Theyma L. Whitney, age 77, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 10:47 A.M. on Sunday, May 5, 2013, shortly after admittance to Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville, Ohio. Mrs. Whitney was a 1953 graduate of Edgerton High School and for many years worked at the Super Valu and then for Kaiser’s Grocery in Edgerton. She retired from Regent Manufacturing in Edgerton,...

Barry L. Yarger

Barry L. Yarger

May 3, 2013

Barry L. Yarger, age 71, of Lake Seneca, near Montpelier, Ohio, died at 10:45 P.M. on Friday May 3, 2013, at Genesis Healthcare in Bryan, Ohio, where he was a patient, after a brief illness. Mr. Yarger was a 1961 graduate of Edgerton High School and served two tours in the United States Navy during the Vietnam Era. He was...

Tommy W. Green

Tommy W. Green

May 3, 2013

Tommy W. Green, age 72, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 6:30 a.m. on Friday, May 3, 2013, at Genesis Healthcare in Bryan. He was a machinist at Aro Corporation for over 40 years and was a member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church near Edgerton. He loved to snowmobile and water ski at Coldwater Lake. Tommy was a US Army...

M. Kathryn Heisler

M. Kathryn Heisler

Apr 30, 2013

M. Kathryn Heisler, age 94, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 9:45 A.M. on Tuesday, April 30, 2013, at Genesis Heath Care in Bryan, where she was a resident. She was a member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church near Edgerton, Ohio, where she was active in the Ladies Aid Society and Lutheran Women’s Missionary League and taught Sunday School for many...

Vester L. Hylton

Vester L. Hylton

Apr 27, 2013

Vester L. Hylton, 99, of Edon passed away April 27, 2013, at Community Health Professionals In-patient Hospice, Defiance. He was a welder who worked in the steel yards that were used in constructing the Golden Gate Bridge and the Neighborhood Community Church in California. He worked for many years at Peterson Tractor working on earth moving equipment. He was a...

Floyd O. Miller

Floyd O. Miller

Apr 26, 2013

Floyd O. Miller, age 78, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 7:47 P.M. on Friday, April 26, 2013, at Community Health Partners In-patient Hospice in Defiance. Mr. Miller was employed as a tool and die maker and supervisor at Edgerton Manufacturing for 28 years and retired from Spangler Candy Company in Bryan. For several years he ran F&K Auto with his...

Waver Lee Keck-Dhaenens

Waver Lee Keck-Dhaenens

Apr 26, 2013

Waver Lee Keck-Dhaenens, age 85, of Bryan, Ohio, joined her heavenly father at 10:47 P.M. on Friday, April 26, 2013, while at Community Hospitals and Wellness Center in Bryan. Prior to devoting her life as wife and mother, Waver Lee was employed as secretary by the 50 Corporation and Ohio Art Company. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church...

Lyle E. Cram

Lyle E. Cram

Apr 23, 2013

Lyle E. Cram, age 70, of Edon, Ohio, died at 11:50 A.M. on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, Ohio, where he was a patient. Mr. Cram was employed as a machinist by Mohawk Tools, Montpelier, Ohio, retiring in 1990 with twenty-four years of service. He was also a driver for the Amish in the...

Monica M. Seibert

Monica M. Seibert

Apr 21, 2013

Monica M. Seibert, age 87, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 11:58 P.M. on Sunday, April 21, 2013, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, where she was a patient. Mrs. Seibert was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church, Edgerton, Ohio, where she was a lector and cantor for many years, Rosary Altar Society and the Farm Bureau....

Mervin C. Helf

Mervin C. Helf

Apr 20, 2013

Mervin C. Helf, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 3:44 A.M. on Saturday, April 20, 2013, just eight days after celebrating his 87th birthday. Mr. Helf entered the United States Navy at the age of seventeen and served as a radioman on Palmyra Island in the Asia-Pacific Theater during World War II. He was employed as a machinist at The Aro...

Thomas James Fleming

Thomas James Fleming

Apr 20, 2013

Thomas James Fleming, age 81, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 2:23 P.M. on Saturday, April 20, 2013, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, after an extended illness. Mr. Fleming was a 1951 graduate of Archbold (Ohio) High School and served with the United States Navy Seabees from 1951-1955 during the Korean Conflict, stationed in Guam and the...

John F. Essman

John F. Essman

Apr 16, 2013

John F. Essman, age 69, of Bryan, Ohio, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, while in Columbus, Ohio. Following graduation from high school, John attended the University of Missouri-Columbia. He went on to found Essman Screw Products and J. & J. Machine, both in Bryan, Ohio, and John Essman Company in Hamilton, Indiana. Currently, he was the owner and...

Margaret C. Friskney

Margaret C. Friskney

Apr 16, 2013

Margaret C. Friskney, age 92, of Edon, Ohio, died on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at St. Joseph Hospital Hospice Care Center in Lexington, Kentucky, where she was a patient. Mrs. Friskney worked as a beautician after graduation from high school and met Frank Friskney at a USO dance in her home town of New Orleans, Louisiana. They were married one...

Karen S. Menefee

Karen S. Menefee

Apr 15, 2013

Karen Schwartzengraber Menefee, age 68, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 1:55 A.M. on Monday, April 15, 2013, at Genesis Health Care in Bryan, where she was a patient, after an extended illness. Karen was a 1963 graduate of Bryan High School and was employed by Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, Ohio, for fifteen years, where she was laundry supervisor...

Edgar E. Schang

Edgar E. Schang

Apr 14, 2013

Edgar Schang, 89,of Bryan died April 14, 2013 at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center. He was a retired teacher and World War II veteran. Edgar was born November 7, 1923 and is survived by his wife Phyllis; children, Greg (Kathy) Schang, Charlotte (Tony) Blad, Craig (Nancy) Sipe, Cutis Sipe, brother, Robert Schang and several grandchildren. There will be no services...

Texas McCauley

Texas McCauley

Apr 12, 2013

Texas McCauley, age 76, of Hicksville, Ohio, died at 8:30 A.M. on Friday, April 12, 2013, surrounded by her family at Genesis Health Care in Bryan, Ohio, where she was a patient. Mrs. McCauley was employed by Western Union as a teletypist for many years, was also a longtime nurses aide and was a licensed beautician. She will be greatly...

Nancy L. Kuszmaul

Nancy L. Kuszmaul

Apr 12, 2013

Nancy L. Kuszmaul, age 72, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Friday, April 12, 2013, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Center in Bryan following an extended illness. Nancy retired as a press operator at the former Bryan Custom Plastics after many years of service. She was a member of the Lick Creek Church of the Brethren and the Montpelier Eagles...

Barbara A. Mason

Barbara A. Mason

Apr 11, 2013

Barbara Ann Mason, age 69, of Coldwater, Michigan, and formerly of rural Edon, Ohio, went home to her heavenly Father on Thursday morning, April 11, 2013, at her home. Barbara was a member of the Independent Full Gospel Church in Ashley, Indiana, and was active in the Women of Worth group and the Kitchen Crew. She was the co-owner of...

Betty G. Raub

Betty G. Raub

Apr 10, 2013

Betty G. Raub, age 67, of Bryan, Ohio, died on Wednesday morning, April 10, 2013, at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center after a brief illness. She worked at Plastec and Bryan Custom Plastics in the Quality Control department, retiring in 2010. Betty was a member of the Union Chapel Church of God and the Bryan Fraternal Order of Eagles,...

Wayne Babb

Wayne Babb

Apr 10, 2013

Wayne Babb, age 65, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 9:05 A.M. on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, in his home after a brief illness. Mr. Babb attended North Central High School, Pioneer, Ohio, and entered the United States Army, serving in Vietnam. He was an accomplished welder, working with Babb Trucking, Edgerton, and his brothers for thirty years. He and his...

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