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Tommy A. Sims

Tommy A. Sims

Nov 16, 2006

Tommy A. Sims, age 76, of Edgerton and formerly of Bryan, Ohio, died at 11:18 a.m. on Thursday, November 16, 2006, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, where he had been a patient. Mr. Sims was employed by The Aro Corporation as a forklift operator, retiring in 1994 with forty-three years of service. He was also a veteran...

Tammy Marie Hills

Tammy Marie Hills

Nov 13, 2006

View Video Tribute Tammy Marie Hills, 44 years, of rural Edon, died at 7:30 a.m. Monday, November 13, 2006 in her home after a two year battle with cancer. Tammy was a graduate of Edon High School. She began her working career was a welder at Kustom Fit of Ohio in Pioneer, where she worked for 11 years. Tammy then...

Rosa I. Burlew

Rosa I. Burlew

Nov 6, 2006

Rosa I. Burlew, age 78, of rural Edon, Ohio, died Monday, November 6, 2006 at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana where she had been a patient since Saturday. Mrs. Burlew was a homemaker and a bus driver for the Edon Northwest Schools retiring in 1996 with twenty-five years of service. She attended the Columbia Church of Christ and enjoyed...

Donna J. Hayes

Donna J. Hayes

Nov 5, 2006

View Video Tribute Donna J. Hayes, age 69, of Edon, Ohio, died at 7:40 p.m. on Sunday, November 5, 2006, at Harborside Care Center in Bryan, Ohio, where she was a patient. Mrs. Hayes was the manager of the Edon Main Stop for thirty years. Donna J. Hayes was born on January 12, 1937, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the daughter...

Susan A. Messer

Susan A. Messer

Nov 5, 2006

Susan A. Messer, age 58, of Edgerton and formerly of the Columbus, Ohio, area, died early on Sunday, November 5, 2006, in The Defiance Regional Medical Center, where she was a patient. She was a graduate of Columbus North High School and retired as Kitchen Supervisor at Friendship Village in Columbus, Ohio. Susan A. Messer was born on November 17,...

Russell C. Kuckuck

Russell C. Kuckuck

Nov 3, 2006

Russell C. Kuckuck, age 90, formerly of Edon, Ohio, died Friday, November 3, 2006 in Leesburg Regional Medical Center where he was a patient. Mr. Kuckuck operated the Edon Shell Station for many years until his retirement. He was a World War II Navy veteran and a member of the Edon American Legion Post #662. He was also a member...

Charles R. Orick

Charles R. Orick

Nov 2, 2006

View Video Tribute Charles Robert Orick, age 74, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at early on Thursday, November 2, 2006, at the Dilworth Center in Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Montpelier, Ohio, where he was a patient. Mr. Orick was production operator at Edgerton Metal Products until his retirement in 1994 with thirty-five years of service. Charles Robert Orick was...

William L. Armstrong

William L. Armstrong

Nov 2, 2006

View video Tribute William Lewis Armstrong, age 78, of Bryan, Ohio died early Thursday, November 2, 2006 at his home after an illness of three years. Mr. Armstrong was employed by Simpson Industries in Edon, Ohio as a shift supervisor retiring in 1990 with twenty years of service. He was a veteran of the United States Navy serving during World...

James R. Myers

James R. Myers

Nov 1, 2006

View Video Tribute James R. “Jim” Myers, 66 years, of Bryan, died at 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 1, 2006, at the Dilworth Center of Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Montpelier, Ohio, where he was a patient the past several days. Jim was a 1958 graduate of Galion High School and also attended the University of Toledo, where he received...

Dean P. Clark

Dean P. Clark

Oct 28, 2006

Dean P. Clark, age 81, formerly of Edon, Ohio, died on Saturday, October 28, 2006, at the Life Care Center in Charleston, South Carolina, where he was a resident. Mr. Clark was a switchman for the Norfolk and Western Railroad System, retiring with thirty years of service. He was a World War II Navy veteran and a member of the...

Ted A. Smith

Ted A. Smith

Oct 22, 2006

Ted A. Smith, age 85, of Hamilton, Indiana, and formerly of Edon, Ohio, died at 11:39 a.m. on Sunday, October 22, 2006, at the Dilworth Center of Community Hospitals and Wellness Center of Williams County in Montpelier, Ohio, after an illness of one month. Mr. Smith was a 1940 graduate of West Unity High School, where he lettered in track,...

Mitchel D. Onstott

Mitchel D. Onstott

Oct 20, 2006

View Video Tribute Mitchel D. Onstott, 62 years, of Bryan, died Friday, October 20, 2006 in his residence. Mitch attended Hicksville High School. He began his working career as a linesman for the former Wabash Railroad. He also worked as an Iron worker for several years. Mitchel D. Onstott was born on July 16, 1944, in Hicksville, Ohio, the son...

June J. Jozefowicz

June J. Jozefowicz

Oct 19, 2006

View Video Tribute June J. Jozefowicz, age 74, of Montpelier, died on Thursday, October 19, 2006, at Evergreen Manor, Montpelier, where she had been a resident the past week. A devoted homemaker, June was a member of the Columbia Church of Christ, Columbia, Ohio, and a former member of the Columbia Ladies Aide. June J. Jozefowicz was born on May...

Charles E. Cope

Charles E. Cope

Oct 18, 2006

Charles E. Cope, 77 years, of Bryan, died at 10:14 p.m. on Wednesday, October 18, 2006, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan, Ohio. Mr. Cope was an Army Veteran of the Korean War. He was a car salesman for Poinsette Motors in Fort Wayne for several years. He was a member of the Neosho American Legion Post 163. Charles...

Norma M. Grim

Norma M. Grim

Oct 17, 2006

View Video Tribute Norma M. Grim, 86 years, of Bryan, died on Tuesday, October 17, 2006, at Hillside Country Living, Bryan, where she had been a resident. Norma was a beautician and she owned and operated the former Nikki Sue’s Beauty Shop in Bryan for over twenty years.  She also had worked at Uhlman’s Department Store in Bryan and in the...

Bobby L. Coleman

Bobby L. Coleman

Oct 15, 2006

Bobby L. Coleman, 64 years, of Edon, Ohio, died at 10:23 p.m. on Sunday, October 15, 2006, in the emergency room of Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan, Ohio. Bobby was a newspaper deliveryman for the Toledo Blade for 14 years, retiring on disability in 1996. Bobby L. Coleman was born on February 14, 1942, in Morenci, Michigan, the son...

Robert L. Jaramillo

Robert L. Jaramillo

Oct 14, 2006

Robert L. Jaramillo, 67 years, of West Unity, Ohio, and formerly of Montpelier, Ohio, died on Saturday, October 14, 2006, in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana. A Navy veteran of the Korean War, Mr. Jaramillo was an operating engineer, working out of Operating Engineers Local #324 for 42 years. He was a member of the Bryan Eagles Aerie 2233, Bryan...

Donald L. Gruver, Sr.

Donald L. Gruver, Sr.

Oct 5, 2006

View Video Tribute Donald L. Gruver, Sr., age 90, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 12:25 a.m. on Thursday, October 5, 2006, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Montpelier, where he was a patient. Mr. Gruver operated Gruver’s Grocery in Edgerton for seventeen years and then was employed by Lutterbein Lumber Company for nineteen years. He was a member of...

Judith A. Powell

Judith A. Powell

Oct 1, 2006

View Video Tribute Judith A. Powell, age 66, of Spencerville, Indiana, died at 11:39 p.m. on Sunday, October 1, 2006, at Heritage Park Nursing Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she was a patient. Mrs. Powell was employed by General Electric in Fort Wayne, retiring in 1999 with twenty-five years of service. She attended the Spencerville United Methodist Church and...

Nancy M. McKibben

Nancy M. McKibben

Sep 28, 2006

View Video Tribute Nancy M. McKibben, age 57, of Edon, Ohio, died at 10:10 a.m. on Thursday, September 28, 2006, in her home after an illness of ten months. Mrs. McKibben had attended Bluffton College, where she studied music and then graduated summa cum laude from Northwest State Community College in 1991 with an associate degree in accounting. She was...

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