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Annette E. Finken

Annette E. Finken

May 30, 2006

View Video Tribute Annette E. Finken, 86 years, of Bryan, died on Tuesday, May 30, 2006, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan, Ohio. Mrs. Finken was a telephone operator for General Telephone for 28 years, retiring on April 30, 1981. She was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church for over fifty years. She was also a member of...

Clifford C. Coil

Clifford C. Coil

May 29, 2006

View Video Tribute Clifford C. Coil, age 78, a former resident of Edgerton, Ohio, who also resided for fourteen years in Florida and had recently moved to Bryan, Ohio, from Lima, Ohio, where they had lived the past six years, died at 9:40 a.m. on May 29, 2006, in Community Hospitals & Wellness Centers- Bryan after an extended illness. Mr....

Hobart S. Murphy

Hobart S. Murphy

May 29, 2006

View Video Tribute Hobart S. “Bo” Murphy, 79 years, of Woodburn, Indiana, died on Monday, May 29, 2006, at Parkview Memorial Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana, after a three-week illness. An Army/Army Air Corps veteran of World War II and a Marine Corps veteran of the Korean Conflict, Bo was a self-employed truck driver for over 45 years, retiring in September...

Thelma F. Reas

Thelma F. Reas

May 26, 2006

Thelma F. Reas, age 94, formerly of Edon, died at 4:45 p.m. on Friday, May 26, 2006, in Anna’s House at Hillside Country Living, where she had been a resident since 2002. She had been a resident of Edon, Ohio, for sixty-three years and moved to Bryan, Ohio, in 1996, where she remained until moving to Hillside Country Living. She...

Michael L. Worstell

Michael L. Worstell

May 26, 2006

Michael L. Worstell, 61 years, of Bryan, Ohio, and formerly of Nettle Lake and Pioneer, died on Friday, May 26, 2006, in his residence with his family at his side. Mike was a Marine Corps. Veteran of the Vietnam War. He was a truck driver for 34 years, driving as an owner-operator for Universal AM/CAN. He also drove for MTS...

Herbert I.M. Sleesman

Herbert I.M. Sleesman

May 23, 2006

Herbert I.M. Sleesman, 72 years, of Coldwater, Michigan, and formerly of Bryan, Ohio, died at 12:45 a.m.on Tuesday, May 23, 2006, in his residence with his family at his side. Herb was an Army veteran, serving in the Korean Conflict. He was an Assistant Plant Manager for Mark 1 Molded Plastics, Jonesville, Michigan, for 26 years, retiring in 1998. Prior...

Rodney L. Sindel

Rodney L. Sindel

May 21, 2006

View Video Tribute Rodney L. Sindel, age 42, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 3:40 a.m. on Sunday, May 21, 2006, in Parkview Memorial Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana, from injuries sustained in a farm accident. A 1982 graduate of Edgerton High School, Mr. Sindel was a self-employed farmer and was employed as a salesman with Archbold Equipment, Archbold, Ohio, for the...

Lois Eileen Schumm

Lois Eileen Schumm

May 16, 2006

Lois Eileen Schumm, 83, a former resident of Van Wert, Ohio, and a 33-year resident of Tucson, Arizona, died on Tuesday, May 16, 2006, in Park View Nursing Center, Edgerton, Ohio, where she had been a resident the past six months. She was a devoted mother and homemaker. Lois Eileen Schumm was born on July 8, 1922, in Rockford, Ohio,...

Clara Theresa Dockett

Clara Theresa Dockett

May 15, 2006

Clara Theresa Dockett, 80, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, May 15, 2006, in her residence after a lengthy illness. Clara was a press operator for Bryan Custom Plastics for 29 years. She was also a secretary for Edgerton Auto Salvage for 19 years. She was a member of Restoration Fellowship Church, Williams Center, Ohio. Clara Theresa...

Jimmy D. Hodgdon

Jimmy D. Hodgdon

May 13, 2006

Jimmy D. Hodgdon, age 35, of Concho, Arizona, and formerly of Edgerton, Ohio, died suddenly on May 13, 2006, in Eagers, Arizona. Mr. Hodgdon attended Harlan Elementary School in Harlan, Indiana, Edgerton High School and 4-County Joint Vocational School, Archbold, Ohio. He was employed as a construction worker in Concho, Arizona. He participated in Cub Scouts while growing up in...

Ruth H. Clifton-Gfeller

Ruth H. Clifton-Gfeller

May 12, 2006

View Video Tribute Ruth Helen Clifton-Gfeller, age 87, of Corunna, Indiana, died at 7:05 p.m. on Friday, May 12, 2006, in her home after a brief illness. She was homemaker. Ruth Helen Clifton-Gfeller was born September 2, 1918 in Hillsdale, Michigan, the daughter of Fred and Eliza A. (VanOrsdale) Wilcox. She married Donald D. Clifton, Sr, and her preceded in...

Ruby M. Bok

Ruby M. Bok

May 9, 2006

Ruby M. Bok, age 88, of rural Hicksville, Ohio, died 12:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 9, 2006, at Hickory Creek Care Center in Hicksville where she was a patient. Mrs. Bok was a lifelong member of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church near Edgerton, Ohio where she was active in the Ladies Aid. She was also active in the Farm Bureau. She...

Gerald L. Shaffer

Gerald L. Shaffer

May 2, 2006

Gerald L. " Jerry" Shaffer, age 66, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 11:21 p.m. on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 at the Dilworth Center in Montpelier, Ohio, after an illness of two years. Mr. Shaffer was employed at LaChoy Foods in Archbold as a meat handler retiring in 1999 with over twenty years of service. Gerald L. "Jerry" Shaffer was born...

Ruth E. Burkholder

Ruth E. Burkholder

Apr 26, 2006

View Video Tribute Ruth E. Burkholder, 65, of Pasadena, Texas, died on Wednesday, April 26, 2006, in the M D Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, after an extended illness. Mrs. Burkholder was a self-employed accountant. She was a 1958 graduate of Edgerton High School. Ruth E. Burkholder was born on August 1, 1940, near Edgerton, Ohio, the daughter of...

H. Pauline Hand

H. Pauline Hand

Apr 26, 2006

H. Pauline Hand, age 90, of Angola, Indiana, died on Wednesday, April 26, 2005, at 12:35 p.m. in Lakeland Nursing Center in Angola, where she had been a resident since October 2005. Mrs. Hand was a member of the Angola United Methodist Church, Steuben County Senior Citizens and the Williams County Ohio Historical Society. She was a descendent of one...

Naomi K. Zimmerman

Naomi K. Zimmerman

Apr 22, 2006

Naomi Kay Zimmerman, age 64, of Edgerton, Ohio, died Saturday, April 22, 2006, shortly after admittance to Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville, Ohio, after being stricken by a sudden illness. Mrs. Zimmerman was a graduate of Southeast High School in Ravenna, Ohio, and attended Eastern Nazarene College from 1960-1962. She then attended Kent State University and graduated in 1966 with...

Joseph Henry Sack

Joseph Henry Sack

Apr 19, 2006

Joseph Henry Sack, 102, of Bryan, Ohio, and formerly of Toledo, Ohio, died on Wednesday, April 19, 2006, at Harborside Healthcare of Northwest Ohio, Bryan, Ohio. Mr. Sack began his working career in the coal and limestone mines of Pennsylvania. He later entered the gas station business, where he worked for forty years. He operated the first Socony Vacuum Oil...

Dale A. Edwards

Dale A. Edwards

Apr 8, 2006

Dale A. Edwards, 60 years, of rural Pioneer, died Saturday, April 8, 2006 in his residence, after a courageous battle with cancer. A veteran of the United States Army, He had been a lifelong mechanic and truck driver, retiring in 2003 due to his illness. Mr. Edwards had been a long time resident of Phoenix, Arizona and had formerly lived...

Kathleen M. (Welsh) Schindler

Kathleen M. (Welsh) Schindler

Apr 5, 2006

View Video Tribute Kathleen M. (Welsh) Schindler, 56, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 3:56 a.m. on Wednesday, April 5, 2006, in the emergency room of Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan, Ohio. Kathleen was an assistant manager for K-Mart for nine years. She was an assistant manager for Wal*Mart in Napoleon and Wauseon for two years. She was a former...

Mark David Reasor

Mark David Reasor

Apr 3, 2006

View Video Tribute Mark David Reasor, 59, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 8:33 p.m. on Monday, April 3, 2006, in Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers emergency room after a sudden illness. Mr. Reasor attended Edon High School. He was employed in the plating department for The Aro Corporation, Bryan, Ohio, where he worked for 28 years. He had also worked...

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