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Roger L. Cook

Roger L. Cook

Mar 28, 2008

View Video Tribute Roger L. Cook, age 74, of rural Hicksville, Ohio, died on Friday, March 28, 2008, at his residence following an extended illness. A 1951 graduate of Farmer High School, Mr. Cook was a lifelong self-employed farmer and also worked part-time at Farmer Center Equipment. He was a member of St. John Lutheran Church, Sherwood, Ohio, where he...

Van A. Muehlfeld

Van A. Muehlfeld

Mar 26, 2008

View Video Tribute Van A. Muehlfeld, age 58, of Blakeslee, Ohio, died at 3:39 p.m. on Wednesday, March 26, 2008, in his home. Mr. Muehlfeld was a graduate of Orchard Lake St. Mary’s High School in Orchard Lake, Michigan, and served in the United States Air Force from 1970-1976, including a tour in Vietnam. He was a member of St....

Alvin L. Kaufman

Alvin L. Kaufman

Mar 25, 2008

View Video Tribute Alvin L. Kaufman, age 75, of rural Montpelier (Nettle Lake), Ohio, and formerly of Defiance, Ohio, died at 11:50 a.m. on Tuesday, March 25, 2008, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, Ohio, where he was a patient. Mr. Kaufman graduated from Bluffton High School and was a veteran of the United States Army. He was...

Dorothy S. Fiig

Dorothy S. Fiig

Mar 19, 2008

Dorothy S. Fiig, age 80, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 4:50 a.m. on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at the Laurels of DeKalb in Butler, Indiana where she was a resident. Mrs. Fiig was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Edgerton and the rosary altar society. She was employed by the Ohio Art Company in Bryan, Ohio, working on...

Richard A. Callaway

Richard A. Callaway

Mar 16, 2008

View Video Tribute Richard A. Callaway, age 54, of rural Montpelier (Nettle Lake), Ohio, died at 8:18 p.m. on Sunday, March 16, 2008, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Montpelier, Ohio. Mr. Callaway was a 1972 graduate of Edon High School and served in the United States Army as a Medical Specialist. He spent many years...

Thomas C. Mills

Thomas C. Mills

Mar 14, 2008

Thomas C. Mills, age 85, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, March 14, 2008, in his home after a brief illness. A veteran of the Army Air Corps, he served during WWII and then retired as a major in the Air Force Reserves. He worked as an engineer at Ohio Gas Company and Hayes Albion. Thomas C....

H. William Harrison

H. William Harrison

Mar 12, 2008

View Video Tribute H. William “Bill” Harrison, age 82, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 3:50 p.m. on Wednesday, March 12, 2008, in his home after an illness of several weeks.  Mr. Harrison was employed by The Aro Corporation (Ingersoll-Rand) as a supervisor, retiring with thirty-nine and one-half years of service. While at Aro he was involved in the formation of...

Mary E. McCrea

Mary E. McCrea

Mar 7, 2008

Mary E. McCrea, age 88, of Edon, Ohio, died on Friday, March 7, 2008, at Hillside Country Living, Montpelier, Ohio, where she was a resident. A 1937 graduate of Edon High School, Mrs. McCrea was a homemaker and a memeber of Mount Union Christian Union Church and C.U.W.F. Ladies Missionary Society. Mary McCrea was born on October 15, 1919, in...

Joseph M. Barns

Joseph M. Barns

Mar 6, 2008

View Video Tribute Joseph M. Barns, age 85, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 12:11 a.m. on Thursday, March 6, 2008, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers - Bryan, shortly after admittance. Mr. Barns was employed at Challenge-Cook Brothers as a welder, custodian, and crane operator, having retired in 1988. He was also a self-employed farmer. He attended Hillsdale Assembly of...

Virginia A. Phillips

Virginia A. Phillips

Mar 6, 2008

Virginia A. Phillips, age 91, of Bryan, Ohio, died on Thursday, March 6, 2008, at Harborside Healthcare of Northwest Ohio in Bryan, where she had been a resident since May 2006. In early childhood she was baptized in the Corinth Christian Church, Foley, Missouri. A Missourian for 30 years, she worked at McDonald Aircraft and later worked as a licensed...

William John Sickmiller

William John Sickmiller

Mar 5, 2008

William J. Sickmiller, age 81, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 6:20 a.m. on Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers - Bryan, where he was a patient. Mr. Sickmiller was the owner of J & P janitorial service in Cadillac, Michigan, and retired as an over-the-road truck driver. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, having...

Charles U. Kunsman

Charles U. Kunsman

Mar 5, 2008

View Video Tribute Charles U. Kunsman, age 77, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 5, 2008, in Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers - Bryan, Ohio, where he was a patient. Mr. Kunsman was employed as a millright for General Motors in Defiance, Ohio, retiring in 1987 with thirty-four and one-half years of service. He was a...

Eileen Marie Smith

Eileen Marie Smith

Mar 4, 2008

Eileen Marie Smith, age 84, of Hamilton, Indiana, died on Tuesday, March 4, 2008, at her winter residence in Dover, Florida. Mrs. Smith was salutatorian of her graduating class from Edon High School. She went on to receive an Associate’s Degree from Tri-State College in Angola, Indiana. A homemaker, who was an avid gardener and quilter, Mrs. Smith was a...

Billie A. Mearse

Billie A. Mearse

Mar 1, 2008

View Video Tribute Billie A. Mearse, age 78, of Hamilton, Indiana, died at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 1, 2008, at Lakeland Nursing Center in Angola, Indiana, where he was a resident. Mr. Mearse was employed by the New York Central Railroad, farmed and retired as a truck driver with Edon Machine. He was a veteran of the United States...

Eula L. Ryan

Eula L. Ryan

Mar 1, 2008

Eula L. Ryan, age 85, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 11:20 a.m. on Saturday, March 1, 2008, at Harborside Healthcare of Northwest Ohio in Bryan, where she was a resident. Mrs. Ryan was employed as an assembler at Ohio Art Company in Bryan, retiring in 1987 with twenty-seven years of service. She attended Restoration Fellowship Church near Bryan, Ohio. Eula...

Jewell Elaine Treesh

Jewell Elaine Treesh

Feb 29, 2008

Jewell Elaine Treesh, age 65, of Edgerton, Ohio, died in her residence on Friday, February 29, 2008. Mrs. Treesh was a graduate of Auburn High School in Auburn, Indiana, and was a former member of Bryan Eagles. She retired as a machine operator at Oren Elliott Products in Edgerton, Ohio, having first worked at the former SynchroTech and later All...

Thelma M. Sponseller

Thelma M. Sponseller

Feb 28, 2008

View Video Tribute Thelma M. Sponseller, age 76, formerly of Sherwood, Ohio, died at 5:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 28, 2008, at Brookview Healthcare Center in Defiance, Ohio, where she was a resident. Mrs. Sponseller was a graduate of Mark Center High School. Thelma M. Sponseller was born on May 21, 1931, in Mark Center, Ohio, the daughter of George...

Glenn J. Smith

Glenn J. Smith

Feb 27, 2008

View Video Tribute Glenn J. Smith, age 68, of Bryan, Ohio, died in his residence at 9:22 a.m. on Wednesday, February 27, 2008, following an extended illness. Mr. Smith was employed by H R H Industries, Bryan, as a truck driver and heavy equipment operator until he became disabled due to injury. He was a member of Melbern United Methodist...

Lorna Lynne Allshouse

Lorna Lynne Allshouse

Feb 24, 2008

View Video Tribute Lorna Lynne Allshouse, age 44, of Beavercreek, Ohio, died of cancer on Sunday, February 24, 2008, at Hospice of Dayton. She was born on August 1, 1963, in Paulding, Ohio, to Carla Lea (Hinkle) and David Lester Allshouse. Lorna was a 1981 graduate of Bryan High School in the Top 10% of her class. She attended Bowling...

Lester D. McClellan

Lester D. McClellan

Feb 20, 2008

Lester D. McClellan, age 83, of rural Montpelier, Ohio, died at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 20, 2008, at Harborside Healthcare Center of Northwest Ohio in Bryan, Ohio, where he was a resident. Mr. McClellan was a graduate of Edon High School and was a farmer and self-employed carpenter. He was a veteran of the United States Army, serving during...

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