Obituaries

Dorothy D. Wymer

Dorothy D. Wymer

Nov 28, 2007

Dorothy D. Wymer, age 84, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 2:25 a.m. on Wednesday, November 28, 2007, at Hillside Country Living near Bryan, where she was a resident. Dorothy D. Wymer was born on October 27, 1923, in Toledo, Ohio, the daughter of Louis and Bessie Huth. She married Harold J. Wymer and he preceded her in death. Mrs. Wymer...

Frieda C. Solonen

Frieda C. Solonen

Nov 27, 2007

Frieda C. Solonen, age 90, of Edon, Ohio, died Tuesday, November 27, 2007, at the home of her daughter near Edon, Ohio. Mrs. Solonen was born September 5, 1917, in Muscatine, Iowa, the daughter of Rudolf and Maleda (Maritz) Gross. She was a graduate of Muscatine High School in 1924, and then graduated from Wartsburg College in 1928. She married...

Stanley Gene Dennis

Stanley Gene Dennis

Nov 24, 2007

Stanley Gene Dennis, age 76, of Montpelier, Ohio, died on Saturday, November 24, 2007, in his home after an illness of more than a year. Mr. Dennis was a 1949 graduate of Edgerton High School and was employed as an owner/operator in the semi trucking business until his retirement in 1989. He spent seventeen years in Englewood, Florida, and summered...

Betty I. Carroll

Betty I. Carroll

Nov 21, 2007

Betty I. Carroll, age 79, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 4:14 p.m. on Wednesday, November 21, 2007, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she was a patient. Mrs. Carroll was a 1946 graduate of Bryan High School and was employed by the Ohio Art Company in Bryan, Ohio, retiring in 1990 with thirty-seven years of service. She was...

Carlton E. Rinehart

Carlton E. Rinehart

Nov 21, 2007

Carlton E. Rinehart, age 78, of Edon, Ohio, died at 7:00 a.m., on Wednesday, November 21, 2007, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne Indiana, after a brief illness. Mr. Rinehart was a machinist and retired from the Aro corporation in Bryan, Ohio. Carlton E. Rinehart was born April 9, 1929, in Angola, Indiana, the son of Earl and Osa (Sams)...

Joanna J. Grigg

Joanna J. Grigg

Nov 17, 2007

Joanna J. Grigg, age 53, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 2:20 a.m., on Saturday, November 17, 2007, at Harborside Care Center of Northwest Ohio, in Bryan, Ohio, where she was a resident. She was a graduate of Camden Frontier High School with the distinction of valedictorian and was employed as a seamstress at Kustom Fit in Pioneer, Ohio and a...

Janet M. Blom

Janet M. Blom

Nov 9, 2007

View Video Tribute Janet M. Blom, age 47, of West Unity, Ohio, died at 4:47 p.m. on Friday, November 9, 2007, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, Ohio. She was employed by the Ohio Art Company in Bryan, Ohio, and retired due to disability after twenty-five years of service. Janet M. Blom was born on...

Violet E. Robinson

Violet E. Robinson

Nov 9, 2007

Violet E. Robinson, age 88, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 2:25 p.m. on Friday, November 9, 2007, in Harborside Healthcare Center of Northwest Ohio in Bryan, where she was a resident. Mrs. Robinson had been employed by Hayes-Albion 50 Division for twenty-five years until her retirement. Mrs. Robinson was a member of Faith United Methodist Church in Bryan and attended...

Evadne E. Casebere

Evadne E. Casebere

Nov 8, 2007

Evadne E. Casebere, age 90, a lifelong resident of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 8:45 p.m. on Thursday, November 8, 2007, in Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers of Williams County in Bryan, where she was admitted earlier in the day. Mrs. Casebere was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Edgerton and the Rosary Altar Society. Evadne E. Casebere was...

Charles H. Miller

Charles H. Miller

Nov 6, 2007

Charles H. Miller, age 93, of Edon, Ohio, died at 5:29 a.m. on Tuesday, November 6, 2007, at Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville, Ohio, where he was a patient. Mr. Miller was plant manager for Simpson Industries, Edgerton Manufacturing Division, for twenty-three years until his retirement in 1976. He was an Edon resident for fifty-four years. Charles H. Miller was...

Toby Lee Wildes

Toby Lee Wildes

Oct 30, 2007

Toby Lee Wildes, age 50, of rural Edgerton, Ohio, died late Tuesday, October 30, 2007, in her home. She was a homemaker and also a veteran of the United States Navy. Toby Lee Wildes was born on September 28, 1957, in Montpelier, Ohio, to Donald W. and Sharon L. (Clay) Weisz. She married Jamie W. Wildes on October 28, 1981,...

Elizabeth M. Martin

Elizabeth M. Martin

Oct 26, 2007

Elizabeth (Libby) Meeker Martin, age 85, died Friday, October 26, 2007, at Hillside Country Living, near Bryan, Ohio, where she had been living for almost two years. Born April 24, 1922, in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Howard R. and Harriett (Bowman) Meeker, she was the widow of former Indiana State Senator and President Pro-Tem, C. Wendell Martin, who preceded her in...

Ladyne C. Kurtz

Ladyne C. Kurtz

Oct 23, 2007

Ladyne C. Kurtz, age 87, of Blakeslee, Ohio, died at 9:50 a.m. on Tuesday, October 23, 2007, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, Ohio, where she had been a patient for one day. She was 1938 graduate of Montpelier High School. Mrs. Kurtz worked as a housekeeper for the Plaza Motel in Bryan, Ohio, for sixteen years. She...

James M. Browning

James M. Browning

Oct 22, 2007

View Video Tribute James M. Browning, age 29, of rural Edgerton, Ohio, died unexpectedly this past weekend in Toledo, Ohio. He was a graduate of Edgerton High School and attended Four County Joint Vocational School, majoring in computerized accounting. James M. Browning was born on September 23, 1978, in Bryan, Ohio, the son of Charles W. and Martha V. (Ferrebee)...

Alan Jay Williams

Alan Jay Williams

Oct 18, 2007

View Video Tribute Alan Jay Williams, age 56, of Edon, Ohio, died at 4:42 a.m. on Thursday, October 18, 2007, at his residence following a lengthy illness. A graduate of Fremont High School, Fremont, Indiana, Mr. Williams attended Tri-State University in Angola, Indiana. He achieved thirty years of service as a machinist at The Aro Corporation and then New Era...

Wallace K. Jones

Wallace K. Jones

Oct 17, 2007

View Video Tribute Wallace K. Jones, age 101, of Montpelier, Ohio, died at 9:52 p.m. on Wednesday, October 17, 2007, at Evergreen Manor Nursing Home in Montpelier after a lengthy illness. Mr. Jones worked at The Aro Corporation and Spangler Candy Company for several years and then worked for Sinclair Pipeline Co., from where he retired in 1971. He then...

Myra Jane McCavit

Myra Jane McCavit

Oct 14, 2007

Myra Jane McCavit, age 89, of Pampa, Texas, died on Sunday, October 14, 2007, in Amarillo, Texas. A graduate of Farmer High School and Fort Wayne Business College in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Mrs. McCavit was the secretary for the superintendent of schools in Gonzales, Texas, for many years. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Pampa and...

Roland T. Shook

Roland T. Shook

Oct 14, 2007

Roland T. “R.T”. Shook, age 76, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 2:50 p.m. on Sunday, October 14, 2007, at his home after an extended illness. He was a heavy equipment mechanic for Holloway Construction and Winzeler Excavating prior to his retirement. Mr. Shook was a veteran of the United States Army and served in Korea. He was a member of...

William C. Clark

William C. Clark

Oct 12, 2007

View Video Tribute William C. “Bill” Clark, age 68, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 5:22 p.m. on Friday, October 12, 2007, in Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, where he had been a patient for one week. Mr. Clark retired from The Aro Corporation in Bryan, Ohio, in 1999 with thirty-seven years of service. He was a veteran of...

Karen S. Schwender

Karen S. Schwender

Oct 10, 2007

Karen S. Schwender, age 61, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 10, 2007, at Harborside Healthcare of Northwest Ohio in Bryan, Ohio, after an illness of one year. Mrs. Schwender was a homemaker and was a Bryan resident since 1965. Karen S. Schwender was born on June 5, 1946, in Spencer, West Virginia, the daughter of...