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John M. Whitney

John M. Whitney

May 3, 2012

John M. Whitney, age 83, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 4:40 A.M. on Thursday, May 3, 2012, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center, where he was a patient, after a brief illness. Mr. Whitney was a graduate of Kenmore High School in Akron, Ohio, and joined the United State Army, serving in Korea from 1947-1948. He graduated from the University...

Sean L. Traxler

Sean L. Traxler

May 2, 2012

Sean Lewis Traxler, age 44, of McKinney. Texas, and formerly of the Edgerton, Ohio, area, died on Wednesday, May 2, 2012, in his home of an apparent heart attack. Mr. Traxler was a 1985 graduate of Edgerton High School and attended Ivy Tech, becoming certified in Computer Networking Plus and A Plus. He was currently working for Raytheon in McKinney,...

Loretto P. Kohl

Loretto P. Kohl

Apr 30, 2012

Loretto P. Kohl, age 93, of rural Montpelier, Ohio, died at 11:30 A.M. on Monday, April 30, 2012, in her home after a brief illness. Mrs. Kohl was a 1936 graduate of Pioneer High School and was a dedicated farm wife. She was active in the community as a 4-H advisor with the Dainty Dish 4-H club and had been...

William P. Harvey

William P. Harvey

Apr 23, 2012

William P. Harvey, age 91, of Bryan, Ohio, died on Monday, April 23, 2012, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center. A longtime resident of Texas, Mr. Harvey resided in Bryan for the last five years where he attended to Episcopal and Presbyterian Churches and enjoyed activities at the Bryan Senior Center. Services will be held at a later date. Krill...

Wilma Jean Armstrong

Wilma Jean Armstrong

Apr 22, 2012

Wilma Jean “Till” Armstrong, age 83, of Butler, Indiana, died at 11:35 A.M. on Sunday, April 22, 2012, at Laurels of DeKalb in Butler, where she was a resident, after an extended illness. Mrs. Armstrong was a 1947 graduate of Edgerton High School and was employed by Crane-Edmund and then DeKalb Molded Plastics in Butler until her retirement. She also...

Veda L. Hastings

Veda L. Hastings

Apr 19, 2012

Veda L. Hastings, age 92, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 7:55 A.M. on Thursday, April 19, 2012, at Hillside Country Living near Bryan, where she was a resident. Mrs. Hastings was a 1937 graduate of Bryan High School and was employed by the Aro Corporation as a secretary, retiring with forty years of service. Her memberships include Faith United Methodist...

Jean M. MacFarlane

Jean M. MacFarlane

Apr 13, 2012

Jean M. MacFarlane, age 73, of Bryan, Ohio, died early on Friday, April 13, 2012, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center in Bryan, Ohio, where she was a resident, after an extended illness. She was also a longtime resident of Frontier, Michigan. Mrs. MacFarlane was an accomplished musician who in her youth played the piano and accordion and won a...

W. Lawrence Koeppe

W. Lawrence Koeppe

Apr 13, 2012

W. Lawrence Koeppe, age 76, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 9:30 A.M. on Friday, April, 13, 2012, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Maumee, Ohio, where he was a patient, after a brief illness. Mr. Koeppe was a graduate of Ney High School and graduated from Defiance College with a Bachelor’s Degree in Education. During his teaching career, he taught at...

Gladys Witsaman

Gladys Witsaman

Apr 13, 2012

Gladys Witsaman, age 98, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 9:35 P.M. on Friday, April 13, 2012, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center, where she was a resident, after a brief illness. Mrs. Witsaman was a waitress, who began her working career at the age of sixteen and worked until her retirement at age seventy-five with a total of fifty-nine years...

LaVon Eschhofen

LaVon Eschhofen

Apr 10, 2012

LaVon Eschhofen, age 83, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 10, 2012, in his home, with the help of the Bryan Hospital Hospice team. He was born on October 30, 1928, near Edgerton, Ohio, to Mildred (Reichman) and Louden Eschhofen. He graduated from Bryan High School in 1946 and joined his father in farming, an occupation which...

Wayne A. Bowsher

Wayne A. Bowsher

Apr 3, 2012

Wayne A. Bowsher, age 58, of Edgerton, Ohio, died early on Tuesday, April 3, 2012, in his home. Mr. Bowsher was a 1972 graduate of Caverna High School in Horse Cave, Kentucky, where he was the starting catcher on the 1972 state championship baseball team. He was employed as a salesman with H & W Automotive for thirty-six years. Wayne...

Sam Mondoc, Jr.

Sam Mondoc, Jr.

Apr 2, 2012

Sam Mondoc, Jr., age 86, of Bryan, Ohio, and formerly of Brookfield, Ohio, died at 9:37 A.M. on Monday, April 2, 2012, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan. Mr. Mondoc was a retired steel worker, employed by US Steel in Masury, Ohio, for more than twenty-five years. He was a veteran of the United States...

Luke Edward Deemer

Luke Edward Deemer

Apr 1, 2012

Luke Edward Deemer, infant son of James and Lyndsi (Greathouse) Deemer, died at 12:18 A.M. on Sunday, April 1, 2012, shortly after birth at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, Ohio. Survivors include his parents with the United States Air Force in New Mexico, grandparents, Mark and Connie Greathouse and Robert and Karen Deemer, all of Edgerton, Ohio, and...

DeLynn Noel Madoux

DeLynn Noel Madoux

Apr 1, 2012

DeLynn Noel Madoux, age 46, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, passed on to her heavenly home on Apr 1, 2012. She was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on December 10, 1965, to Denny Wilson Madoux, Sr. and Marilyn Joan (Gruver) Madoux. She graduated from Hilltop High School in West Unity, Ohio in 1983, and graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma...

Wilmetta M. Hootman

Wilmetta M. Hootman

Mar 31, 2012

Wilmetta M. Hootman, age 98, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 9:35 A.M. on Saturday, March 31, 2012, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, Ohio, where she was a resident. Mrs. Hootman was a graduate of Bryan High School, where she was a member of the girls basketball team. During her working career, she was employed by the Crystal Company,...

Bonnie L. Buell

Bonnie L. Buell

Mar 30, 2012

Bonnie L. (Champion) Buell, age 71, of Hamilton, Indiana, died at 2:03 P.M. on Friday, March 30, 2012, at the Laurels of DeKalb in Butler, Indiana, where she was a patient for one week, from complications of a 2 ½ year battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Mrs. Buell was a 1958 graduate of Fremont (Indiana) High School and was a proud...

Wayne E. Shaffer

Wayne E. Shaffer

Mar 27, 2012

Wayne E. Shaffer, age 89, passed away peacefully in his home with the help of the Bryan Hospital Hospice team, surrounded by his loving daughter and care-givers. He died from complications of Parkinson’s Disease. He was born in Wauseon, Ohio, in 1922, the eldest son of Leva Rashley Shaffer and Chalmer L. Shaffer. Wayne’s younger brother, Stanley Shaffer, of whom...

Ruth A. Schiming

Ruth A. Schiming

Mar 23, 2012

Ruth A. Schiming, age 94, of Bryan, Ohio, and formerly a long-time resident of Cleveland, Ohio, died at 4:20 P.M. on Friday, March 23, 2012, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center, where she was a patient. Mrs. Schiming was a teller for Union Savings Bank in Cleveland for twenty years and was a member of St. Mark Lutheran Church in...

Elma C. Burbank

Elma C. Burbank

Mar 22, 2012

Elma C. Burbank, age 79, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 7:50 P.M. on Thursday, March 22, 2012, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, where she was a resident. Mrs. Burbank was a homemaker and a member of the Edgerton United Methodist Church and John D. Smith Post #10 Legion Auxiliary in Edgerton. She enjoyed collecting dolls and crocheting. Elma...

C. Robert Bradley

C. Robert Bradley

Mar 18, 2012

C. Robert Bradley, age 84, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 10:50 P.M. on Sunday, March 18, 2012, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan, where he was a patient, after a brief illness. Mr. Bradley was a graduate of Montpelier High School and served in the United States Army during World War II. He worked for and retired from The...

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