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Maxine J. Hawkins

Maxine J. Hawkins

Oct 10, 2009

Maxine J. Hawkins, age 91, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 4:15 A.M. on Saturday, October 10, 2009, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, where she was a resident. Mrs. Hawkins was a member of the Edgerton Church of Christ and the Ladies Aide. Maxine J. Hawkins was born on September 23, 1918, in Bryan, Ohio, the daughter of Ernest...

Debra Lynn Kizer

Debra Lynn Kizer

Oct 9, 2009

Debra Lynn Kizer, age 51, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, October 9, 2009, in Cleveland, Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, where she was a patient. Mrs. Kizer was a graduate of Edgerton High School and Four County Joint Vocational School. She was a cafeteria cook at Edgerton Local Schools and a member of Life Changing Realities Fellowship in...

Larry L. Laub

Larry L. Laub

Oct 9, 2009

Larry L. Laub, age 66, of Lake Seneca, near Montpelier, Ohio, died on Friday, October 9, 2009, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was a patient. He was a 1961 graduate of Stryker High School. Mr. Laub was a longtime resident of Hicksville, Ohio, and of New Palestine, Indiana, where he worked for International Harvester/Navistar, retiring in...

Virgil O. Sloan

Virgil O. Sloan

Oct 3, 2009

Virgil O. Sloan, age 86, of rural Stryker, Ohio, died on Saturday, October 3, 2009, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio. He was born on September 15, 1923, near Stryker, the son of Otis and Dora (Mann) Sloan. On August 6, 1950, he married Wilma Willson of Ai, Ohio. The family celebrates his life as a caring,...

Paul W. Thomas

Paul W. Thomas

Oct 1, 2009

Paul W. "Doc" Thomas, D.C., age 79, of Defiance, Ohio, died at 11:34 A.M. on Thursday, October 1, 2009, shortly after admittance to Defiance Regional Medical Center. Dr. Thomas was a chiropractor, practicing in Defiance for thirty years until his retirement in 2002. He was a graduate of Montpelier High School and a veteran of the United States Air Force,...

Don C. Hey

Don C. Hey

Sep 26, 2009

Don C. Hey, age 68, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 10:25 P.M. on Saturday, September 26, 2009, in his home after a brief illness. Mr. Hey was a 1959 graduate of Wren High School and graduated from Toledo Barber College in 1960. He operated D&D Barber Shop for nearly fifty years in Bryan. Don had been a member of the...

William C. Runkle

William C. Runkle

Sep 25, 2009

William C. “Bill” Runkle, age 79, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 12:20 P.M. on Friday, September 25, 2009, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center, Bryan, Ohio, where he was a patient. Mr. Runkle was a 1947 graduate of Sandusky High School and was a veteran of the United States Army, serving in Korea from 1951-1952. A plumber by trade, Mr....

Harold Ray Steele

Harold Ray Steele

Sep 23, 2009

Harold R. Steele, age 94, of Edgerton, Ohio, and former Decatur, Indiana, and Columbia, Ohio, resident, died at 3:30 A.M. on Wednesday, September 23, 2009, at Park View Nursing Center, Edgerton, Ohio, where he was a resident for six years. Mr. Steele was a member of the Columbia Church of Christ, Columbia, Ohio. He was employed by Norwalk Truck Lines...

Nina Josephine Dangler

Nina Josephine Dangler

Sep 12, 2009

Nina Josephine Dangler, age 93, of Bryan, Ohio, went to be with Jesus at 6:31 A.M. on Saturday, September 12, 2009, in Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan, where she was a patient. Mrs. Dangler worked as a clerk at the Belmont store in Edgerton, Ohio, for ten years and was also employed as a secretary at Airmate, Bryan, from...

Denver Higley

Denver Higley

Sep 10, 2009

Denver Higley, age 84, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 2:55 P.M. on Thursday, September 10, 2009, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, where he was a patient. Mr. Higley attended Bryan High School. He was a veteran of the United States Army Air Corps, serving with the 506th Fighter Group and participated in ground combat at Iwo...

John P. Schelling

John P. Schelling

Sep 10, 2009

John P. Schelling, age 101, of Bryan, Ohio, and most recently of Indian Lake, Ohio, where he resided with his daughter, died at 8:10 P.M. on Thursday, September 10, 2009, at Lima Memorial Hospital, Lima, Ohio, where he was a patient. Mr. Schelling was a member of the United States Army, serving in World War II. He was employed by...

Ralph S. Bush, Jr.

Ralph S. Bush, Jr.

Sep 6, 2009

Ralph S. Bush, Jr., age 78, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 8:43 P.M. on Sunday, September 6, 2009, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, where he was a patient. Mr. Bush was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, having served in Korea. He worked as a machinist for many years with Goss Manufacturing and Rockwell-Collins in...

Joshua W. Wodarski-Felt

Joshua W. Wodarski-Felt

Sep 6, 2009

Joshua W. Wodarski-Felt, 4-year-old son of John E. and Jennifer L. Wodarski-Felt, of rural Edon, Ohio, died at 10:58 P.M. on Sunday, September 6, 2009, at Parkview Memorial Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was admitted after an accidental drowning at his home. Joshua is survived by his parents; his siblings, Jory, Kenyon, Dorian, Sawyer, and Harli Wodarski-Felt, at...

Phyllis M. Reas

Phyllis M. Reas

Aug 23, 2009

Phyllis M. Reas, age 77, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 1:48 A.M. on Sunday, August 23, 2009, at Community Hospitals ands Wellness Centers, Bryan, Ohio, where she had been admitted on Saturday. Mrs, Reas was a nurses’ aide at DeKalb Memorial Hospital in Auburn, Indiana, retiring with thirty-one years of service. She was an emergency medical technician at DeKalb Memorial...

Kenneth L. Hopkins

Kenneth L. Hopkins

Aug 17, 2009

Kenneth L. Hopkins, age 95, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 5:32 A.M. on Monday, August 17, 2009, at St. Anne’s Hospital in Westerville, Ohio, after a brief illness. Mr. Hopkins and his wife had been living at the Worthington Christian Village in Columbus, Ohio, for the last 1 ½ years. He was a graduate of Edgerton High School and was...

Burl T. Mercer

Burl T. Mercer

Aug 15, 2009

Burl T. Mercer, age 69, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 3:05 p.m. on Saturday, August 15, 2009, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, Ohio, after a brief illness. Mr. Mercer was employed by Edgerton Metal Products as a trim press operator, retiring in 2001 with the closure of the plant and thirty years of service. Burl T. Mercer...

Viola B. Myers Leslie

Viola B. Myers Leslie

Aug 12, 2009

Viola B. Myers Leslie, age 94, of Montpelier, Ohio, died at 9:17 a.m. on Wednesday, August 12, 2009, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Montpelier, Ohio, after a brief illness. Mrs. Leslie attended both Pulaski and Bryan Schools. She was a member of the Pulaski United Methodist Church and the Pulaski U.M.W. Viola was the cafeteria manager at Pulaski...

Nancy L. Bible

Nancy L. Bible

Aug 8, 2009

Nancy L. Bible, age 67, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 1:33 p.m. on Saturday, August 8, 2009, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center after an illness of several weeks. Nancy worked on the Etch-A-Sketch line at the Ohio Art Company in Bryan, retiring on August 31, 2007, with forty-five years of service. She was a member of the Bryan Veterans...

Dewey Dossett

Dewey Dossett

Aug 7, 2009

Dewey Dossett, age 69, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 10:40 p.m. on Friday, August 7, 2009, in his home after a lengthy illness. Mr. Dossett was a truck driver for Stoneco prior to his retirement and was a member of the Montpelier Eagles, Aerie 2246. Dewey Dossett was born on June 18, 1940, in Bryan, Ohio, the son of Lyle...

Thelma C. Wehrle

Thelma C. Wehrle

Jul 26, 2009

Thelma C. Wehrle, age 99, of Blakeslee, Ohio, died at 1:33 p.m. on Sunday, July 26, 2009, in Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan, where she was a patient. Mrs. Wehrle was a homemaker and member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Blakeslee. Thelma C. Wehrle was born on July 31, 1909, in rural Bryan, Ohio, the daughter of Henry and...

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