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Bonny L. Wilson

Bonny L. Wilson

May 18, 2011

Bonny L. Wilson, age 74, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 8:30 P.M. on Wednesday, May 18, 2011, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan after an extended battle with cancer. She was a graduate of Alvordton High School in Alvordton, Ohio, and was a member of both the Montpelier and Bryan Eagles. Bonny was a grandmother to several exchange...

John R. Cox

John R. Cox

May 17, 2011

JOHN R. COX, 96, of Bryan, Ohio died May 17, 2011, in Bryan. John retired in 1977 from a career in manufacturing and management spent in Trenton, New Jersey, Dorset, Ohio, and Stryker, Ohio. He was born in Glen Olden, Pennsylvania, and raised in West Trenton, New Jersey. He wished to become a physician, but the Great Depression limited his...

George H. "Bud" Dick

George H. "Bud" Dick

May 17, 2011

George H. "Bud" Dick, age 90, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 11:18 A.M. on Tuesday, May 17, 2011, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, where he was a patient. Mr. Dick was a 1940 graduate of Bryan High School, where earned a FFA State Farmer certificate. He was a lifelong farmer and also a journeyman plumber working for...

Louis E. Hernandez

Louis E. Hernandez

May 15, 2011

Louis E. Hernandez, age, 48, of Fremont, Indiana, died at 1:23 P.M. on Sunday, May 15, 2011, shortly after admittance to Cameron Memorial Hospital in Angola. Mr. Hernandez was a 1981 graduate of Stryker High School, where he was active in baseball, track and wrestling. He recently had been employed by Fremont Village Foods and was a volunteer track coach...

George L. Stotz

George L. Stotz

May 14, 2011

George L. Stotz, age 68, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 8:20 A.M. on Saturday, May 14, 2011, in his home of service-related herbicidal lymphoma. Mr. Stotz was a graduate of Edgerton High School and served with the United States Army as a mechanic and tank driver in Vietnam. He was a lifelong farmer, had worked with Brust Pipeline for ten...

Gerald Allen Smith

Gerald Allen Smith

May 12, 2011

Gerald Allen Smith, age 59, of Defiance and formerly of Pioneer, Ohio, died at 4:20 P.M. on Thursday, May 12, 2011, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance where he was a patient. Mr. Smith was a graduate of Hilltop High School and served in the United States Army with the 101st Airborne in Vietnam and also was stationed...

Mary L. Boysen

Mary L. Boysen

May 10, 2011

Mary L. Boysen, 89, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 7:35 A.M. on Tuesday, May 10, 2011, at Hillside Country Living, where she had been a patient for two months. She was born on March 31, 1922, at Mount Zion in Williams County, Ohio, the daughter of Harley and Ada (Dean) Butler. She was a 1939 graduate of Bryan High School....

Vickie Sue Woolace

Vickie Sue Woolace

May 8, 2011

Vickie Sue (Bauer) Woolace, age 57, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Mother's Day, Sunday, May 8, 2011, at her home after succumbing to a bout with cancer. She was able to spend a beautiful day with her immediate family prior to her passing. She was a beloved and devoted daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother and friend. Her love and...

Ralph E. Stambaugh

Ralph E. Stambaugh

May 4, 2011

Ralph E. Stambaugh, age 78, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 10:09 A.M. on Wednesday, May 4, 2011, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, where he was a patient. Mr. Stambaugh was employed at Challenge-Cook Brothers for twenty-seven years until the plant closed and then worked at The Aro Corporation for fifteen years until his retirement. He was an...

Jemma Jo Richards

Jemma Jo Richards

May 4, 2011

Jemma Jo Richards, age three months, died at 5:19 A.M. on Wednesday, May 4, 2011, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan. Jemma Jo Richards was born on January 26, 2011, the daughter of Jennifer (Oehler) and Tyler Richards. In addition to her parents, her survivors are three brothers, Devlin, Cash, and Izaiah; paternal grandparents, Richard...

Ruth P. Cuenca

Ruth P. Cuenca

May 4, 2011

Ruth P. Cuenca, age 57, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 8:11 P.M. on Wednesday, May 4, 2011, in her home after an extended illness. Mrs. Cuenca was a 1972 graduate of Bryan High School and lived in Edgerton for the past thirty-three years. She was a foster parent for eighteen years and provided in-home daycare for five years. She enjoyed...

William J. Drosky

William J. Drosky

May 2, 2011

William J. Drosky, age 85, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 7:15 P.M. on Monday, May 2, 2011, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, where he was a patient. Mr. Drosky was veteran of World War II, serving with the United States Army 9th Infantry. After his tour he re-enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in Liege,...

Angela Marie Mitchell

Angela Marie Mitchell

Apr 29, 2011

Angela Marie Mitchell, age 26, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 12:20 P.M. on Friday, April 29, 2011, at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-Montefiore/Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, following a fifteen-month battle with complications of a rare form of pancreatitis. A lifelong illness resulted in a five-organ digestive transplant on September 11, 2005, at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-Starzl...

Donald H. Weber

Donald H. Weber

Apr 22, 2011

Donald Weber, age 85, a lifelong resident of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 11:50 P.M. on April 22, 2011, at his home in Leo, Indiana, after an extended illness. Mr. Weber was a 1943 graduate of Edgerton High School and was a lifelong farmer. He was a member of the Edgerton Alliance Church. Donald Weber was born on May 26, 1925,...

David R. Bell

David R. Bell

Apr 22, 2011

David R. Bell, age 59, of Defiance, Ohio, and formerly a longtime resident of Ney, Ohio, died early Friday, April 22, 2011 in his home. Mr. Bell was employed as a Journeyman Millwright with G.M. Powertrain in Defiance, retiring with thirty-five years of service. He was a member of the U.A.W. and enjoyed woodworking and playing golf. David R. Bell...

Donovan J. Vorthman

Donovan J. Vorthman

Apr 20, 2011

Donovan J. Vorthman, age 70, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 11:59 P.M. on Wednesday, April 20, 2011, at Community Hospitals and Welless Centers in Bryan after sudden illness. Mr. Vorthman was a graduate of Wauseon High School and graduated from ITT with a degree in drafting. He worked for TRW Automotive in Fayette, retiring with fifteen years of service. He...

Dan E. Murray

Dan E. Murray

Apr 19, 2011

Dan E. Murray, age 86, beloved husband, father and grandfather, passed away at the Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center on Tuesday, April 19, 2011, after an extended illness. Mr. Murray was born on November 18, 1924, in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Edwin Y. and Flora Olive (Nofsinger) Murray. In his youth, he was a Boy Scout and began building...

Charlotte A. Barns

Charlotte A. Barns

Apr 19, 2011

Charlotte A. Barns, age 79, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 7:31 P.M.. on Tuesday, April 19, 2011, at Anna’s House at Hillside Country Living, near Bryan, where she was resident. Mrs. Barns was employed by Allied Moulded and then retired from Pioneer Transformer after twenty years of service. She attended Hillsdale Assembly of God Church in Jonesville, Michigan. Charlotte A....

Wilson J. Shetler

Wilson J. Shetler

Apr 15, 2011

Wilson J. Shetler, age 94, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 3:58 P.M. on Friday, April 15, 2011, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, Ohio, where he was a resident, after a brief illness. Mr. Shetler was a farmer and worked for Stine Lumber and Mohawk Motors. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, trapping and camping at Huyck Lake. He also was...

Phyllis Altman Leeking

Phyllis Altman Leeking

Apr 15, 2011

Phyllis Altman Leeking, 88, died April 15, 2011, at a nursing home in Tarzana, California. Phyllis was born January 3, 1923, near Bryan, Ohio, and was the second of Phillip and Ruth Altman’s six children. She graduated from Bryan High School as an honor roll student in 1940. During World War II she worked for General Motors in the Fisher...

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