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Deloy L. Osmun

Deloy L. Osmun

Feb 9, 2012

Deloy LaVerl Osmun, age 90, of rural Edon, Ohio, died at 10:42 A.M. on Thursday, February 9, 2012, in his home surrounded by his family. Mr. Osmun was a 1940 graduate of Farmer High School. He was a lifelong farmer and had worked as a mechanic for Casebere Motors Sales in Edgerton for many years and then worked at Bryan...

Arthur E. Stiltner

Arthur E. Stiltner

Feb 8, 2012

Arthur E. Stiltner, age 72, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 9:57 P.M. on Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center in Bryan, where he was a resident. Mr. Siltner was a self- employed truck driver for over fifty years and a member of the Eastland Baptist Church. Art E. Stiltner was born on December 31, 1939, in...

Betty L. Conrad

Betty L. Conrad

Feb 7, 2012

Betty Louise Conrad, age 84, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 11:40 P.M. on Tuesday, February 7, 2012, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center, where she was a resident. Mrs. Conrad was a homemaker and an avid bingo player. Betty Louise Conrad was born on June 23, 1927, in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Glen and Iva (Fletcher) Imler. She married...

R. Undine Donze

R. Undine Donze

Feb 6, 2012

R. Undine Donze, age 89, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 3:00 P.M. on Monday, February 6, 2012, in her home after a brief illness. Mrs. Donze was a 1939 graduate of Farmer High School and worked at the Ohio Art Company, for Ohio Farmers in Ney, Ohio, and also worked on the family farm with her husband. She attended Calvary...

Thep Phonephomhom

Thep Phonephomhom

Feb 3, 2012

Thep Phonephomhom, age 72, of Bryan, Ohio, died on Friday, February 3, 2012 at 5:40 A.M. in Parkview Memorial Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she was a patient. Mrs. Phonephomhom was employed by Potter, Inc., Bryan, for twenty years, retiring in 2005. Thep Phonephomhom was born in That Phanom, Thailand, on January 10, 1940, the daughter of Pa Yia Nou...

Michael W. Nicholls

Michael W. Nicholls

Feb 1, 2012

Michael W. Nicholls, age 58, of Pioneer, Ohio, died at 10:46 A.M. on Wednesday, February 1, 2012, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Montpelier, Ohio. Mr. Nicholls formerly worked for Chrysler Jeep in Toledo, Ohio, and had resided in Pioneer since 1994. He was a veteran of the United States Navy and was a member of...

Jane L. Youse

Jane L. Youse

Jan 31, 2012

Jane L. Youse, age 71, of Bryan, Ohio, and formerly of Edon, Ohio, died at 9:42 P.M. on Tuesday, January 31, 2012, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, where she was a patient, after an extended illness. Mrs. Youse was a 1958 graduate of Edon High School and was employed as a waitress and cook for many...

Raymond R. Pessefall

Raymond R. Pessefall

Jan 31, 2012

Raymond R. Pessefall, age 66, of Montpelier, Ohio, died at 7:58 A.M. on Tuesday, January 31, 2012, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan. Mr. Pessefall was employed by Norfolk and Southern Railroad, retiring in 2005 with thirty years of service. In retirement he worked for the Montpelier Auto Auction. He was a member of Montpelier...

Paul L. Rohrs

Paul L. Rohrs

Jan 25, 2012

Paul L. Rohrs, age 86, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 12:19 A.M. on Wednesday, January 25, 2012, at Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville, Ohio, where he had been a patient since January 4, 2012. Mr. Rohrs was a construction superintendent, working with Schinner and Trump Construction, and then retired from Schenkel Construction in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In his retirement, he...

Melvin W. Davis

Melvin W. Davis

Jan 23, 2012

Melvin W. Davis, age 82, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 3:10 A.M. on Monday, January 23, 2012, in his home following an illness of two months. Mr. Davis was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving during the Korean Conflict. After attending barber college in Dayton, Ohio, he was a barber for over fifty years and was co-owner of Mel...

Gaylord L. Davis

Gaylord L. Davis

Jan 21, 2012

Gaylord L. Davis, age 75, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 4:05 A.M. on Saturday, January 21, 2012, at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo, where he had been a patient for the last two weeks. Mr. Davis was a 1954 graduate of Ney High School and was employed as a millwright for General Motors Central Foundry in Defiance, Ohio,...

Harold A. Cooley

Harold A. Cooley

Jan 21, 2012

Harold A. Cooley, age 86, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 7:45 A.M. on Saturday, January 21, 2012, in his home after an extended illness. Mr. Cooley was a veteran of World War II, serving with Company D, 20th Infantry 6th Division in the Pacific Theatre and following the war was stationed in Korea. He worked for the Ohio Art Company...

Burton L. Finch

Burton L. Finch

Jan 20, 2012

Burton L. Finch, age 73, of West Unity, Ohio, died at 10:02 A.M. on Friday, January 20, 2012, at Evergreen Manor, Montpelier, Ohio, where he had been a resident for two weeks. Mr. Finch worked at Dinner Bell Foods in Archbold, Ohio, for thirty-four years, until it closed. He was then employed by Sauder Manufacturing in Stryker, Ohio, from where...

Dorothy B. Kline

Dorothy B. Kline

Jan 20, 2012

Dorothy B. Kline, age 91, of Edon, Ohio, died at 5:00 A.M. on Friday, January 20, 2012, at Dream Haven in Edgerton, Ohio, where she was a resident. Mrs. Kline was a 1940 graduate of Waterloo High School in Waterloo, Indiana. She worked for Holabird Manufacturing in Bryan until the plant closed and then was employed by Power Train Components...

Sheryl L. Yarde

Sheryl L. Yarde

Jan 17, 2012

Sheryl L. Yarde, age 57, of Montpelier, Ohio, died at 7:20 A.M. on Tuesday, January 17, 2012, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan. A graduate of Garrett (Indiana) High School, Sheryl was a member of F.O.E. #2233 Auxiliary in Bryan, of which she was a two-time past president. Sheryl L. Yarde was born on August...

James E. Fortner

James E. Fortner

Jan 14, 2012

James E. Fortner, age 80, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 11:40 P.M. on Saturday, January 14, 2012, at Bryan Care and Rehab after an extended illness. Mr. Fortner was a founding member of Eastland Baptist Church, where he has served as a deacon and on the building committee and was church financial secretary. He was employed by Hayes Albion for...

Lucille M. Devitt

Lucille M. Devitt

Jan 11, 2012

Lucille M. Devitt, age 90, of Edon, Ohio, and formerly a longtime resident of Jackson, Michigan, died at 4:15 P.M. on Wednesday, January 11, 2012, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, Ohio, where she was resident. Mrs. Devitt retired from Hayes Industries and enjoyed traveling with her husband in their motor home. Lucille M. Devitt was born on July...

Franklin P. Wiles

Franklin P. Wiles

Jan 10, 2012

Franklin P. Wiles, age 70, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 2:00 A.M. on Tuesday, January 10, 2012, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was a patient, after a brief illness. Mr. Wiles’ work career began with Winzeler Construction, where he was a foreman. He then began a career in logging with Lavon Wiles Construction and as a...

B. Arlene Peter

B. Arlene Peter

Jan 10, 2012

B. Arlene Peter, age 89, of Farmer, Ohio, died at 5:06 A.M. on Tuesday, January 10, 2012, at Hillside Country Living near Bryan, Ohio, where she was a resident, after an extended illness. Mrs. Peter was a graduate of Farmer High School and was a homemaker and farm wife who operated Pete’s Orchard near Farmer with her husband for many...

Shirley I. McKlem

Shirley I. McKlem

Jan 8, 2012

Shirley “Skip” McKlem, age 82, of Hicksville, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, January 8, 2012, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, where she was a patient. Shirley loved gardening and was a member of the Defiance County Master Gardeners. She was also an avid canoeist and was involved with the Voyager Re-enactments. Shirley McKlem was born on April...

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