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Virginia M. Gallagher

Virginia M. Gallagher

Aug 17, 2005

Virginia M. Gallagher, 88, a lifelong resident of the Detroit, Michigan, area and a resident of Dream Haven, Edgerton, Ohio, for the last eight months, died Wednesday, August 17, 2005, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers-Bryan, where she was a patient the last six days. A secretary-receptionist for several Detroit area offices during her working career, she had retired at...

Bessie L. Parrish

Bessie L. Parrish

Aug 12, 2005

View Video Tribute Bessie L. Parrish, age 92, of Edon, Ohio, died at 10:40 a.m., Friday, August 12, 2005 in Park View Nursing Home where she was a resident. A longtime Edon resident, Mrs. Parrish was a homemaker and avid gardener. She was a member of the Green Thumb Garden Club, the Northwest Grange and the Nettle Lake Grandmother’s Club....

Carlton D. Johnston

Carlton D. Johnston

Aug 8, 2005

View Video Tribute Carlton D. “Jack” Johnston, 97, of rural Bryan died Monday, August 8, 2005, at The Inn at Fountain Park, Bryan, Ohio, where he had been a resident since October 2004.  A graduate of Edgerton High School, Mr. Johnston had a milk truck business before purchasing the Pulaski General Store from Frank Mallory in 1938.  In 1946, a...

Max L. Howell

Max L. Howell

Jul 26, 2005

Max L. Howell, age 77, of Osteen, Florida, and formerly of Edon, Ohio, died Tuesday, July 26, 2005, at his home in Osteen. Mr. Howell was a machinist employed by Edon Machine for fourteen years. He was then employed by the Marita Bakery in Florida for twenty years until his retirement. He was a World War II veteran and served...

Truman McBride

Truman McBride

Jul 24, 2005

View Video Tribute Truman McBride, 80, of Bryan, Ohio, died late Sunday evening at Harborside Healthcare of Northwest Ohio, Bryan, where he had been a resident the past five days.  Mr. McBride was a Marine Corps Veteran, serving in WWII.  He was a laborer for the former Pet Milk Company for 34 years and also for Ohio Art for five years....

Fredrick D. Bittinger

Fredrick D. Bittinger

Jul 19, 2005

Fredrick D. Bittinger, 59, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 1:02 p.m. on Tuesday, July 19, 2005, in the emergency room at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan, Ohio. An Army Veteran of the Vietanm Conflict, he was a laborer for the Dalton Corporation, Stryker, for five years. He had also worked for Allied Security in Archbold and the former Hayes-Albion...

Millard F. Carpenter

Millard F. Carpenter

Jul 18, 2005

View Video Tribute Millard F. Carpenter, 80, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 6:24 a.m. on Monday, July 18, 2005, at the Dilworth Center of Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Montpelier, Ohio. A graduate of Stryker High School with the class of 1942, Mr. Carpenter attained his private pilot’s license in the 1950s and flew airplanes recreationally for many years. A...

Larry Gene Hartman

Larry Gene Hartman

Jul 17, 2005

View Video Tribute Larry G. (The Breeze) Hartman, age 59, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 6:16 a.m. on Sunday, July 17, 2005, shortly after admittance to Wayne Hospital in Greenville, Ohio, of an apparent heart attack. Mr. Hartman was a heavy equipment operator with Perry Excavating in Edgerton and the former owner and operator of Hartman Tool and Supply in...

David Shoemaker Richie

David Shoemaker Richie

Jul 15, 2005

David Shoemaker Richie, 97 years and 4 days (July 11, 1908), of Bryan, Ohio, and formerly of Moorestown, New Jersey, died peacefully on Friday, July 15, 2005, at the home of his daughter, Martha J. Richie, of Bryan, Ohio. A birthright member of the Society of Friends, he was the son of Edward Laurence and Anna Bailey (Shoemaker) Richie of...

Katie Jo Appel

Katie Jo Appel

Jul 8, 2005

View Video Tribute Katie Jo Appel, 18, of rural Hicksville, Ohio, died at 12:20 p.m. on Friday, July 8, 2005, at University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, after a sudden illness. Katie was a 2005 graduate of Fairview High School. She was a member of the Fairview Apache Ladies Basketball Team and the Varsity Club. She also played softball for...

Samuel W. Metz

Samuel W. Metz

Jul 8, 2005

View Video Tribute Samuel W. Metz, age 52, of Kendallville, Indiana, died at 4:49 p.m., Friday, July 8, 2005, in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana where he was a patient. He was a 1971 graduate of Edgerton High School and received his bachelors degree from Purdue University in 1989. He was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Kendallville,...

Dolores H. Cape

Dolores H. Cape

Jul 7, 2005

View Video Tribute Dolores H. Cape, age 86, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 7:50 a.m. on Thursday, July 7, 2005 at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton where she was a resident after a brief illness. Mrs. Cape was a homemaker and a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and the Rosary Altar Society. Dolores H. Cape was born November...

Forrest S. Krill

Forrest S. Krill

Jul 1, 2005

View Video Tribute Forrest S. Krill, age 95, of Coldwater, Michigan, died Friday, July 1, 2005, in his home after a brief illness. Mr. Krill was born May 15, 1910, in Center Township of Williams County, Ohio, the son of Henry E. and Orpha A.(Thomas) Krill. He was engaged in farming in Bryan until his retirement in 1966. After that...

Alma M. Hake

Alma M. Hake

Jun 21, 2005

Alma M. (Erb) Hake, age 92, was born August 14, 1912, in Centralia, Missouri, to Charles and Anna (Oyer) Erb, was married to Orlys V. Hake on November 10, 1932, and departed this life on Tuesday, June 21, 2005, at the Glencroft Care Center in Glendale, Arizona. Mrs. Hake grew up near Edon, Ohio, and was a homemaker there until...

James H. Collins

James H. Collins

Jun 21, 2005

View Video Tribute James H. Collins, 69, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 4:18 p.m. on Tuesday, June 21, 2005, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Center, Bryan, Ohio, after a two-year illness.  Mr. Collins had been employed by Ohio Art Company, working in the warehouse. James H. Collins was born on March 17, 1936, in Norton, Virginia, the son of Willard...

Ella Mae Stoll

Ella Mae Stoll

Jun 15, 2005

View Video Tribute Ella Mae Stoll, 80 years, of rural Edgerton, died at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 15, 2005 in her residence after a short illness. Mrs. Stoll began her working career as an assembler for Holibard Company. She then worked as a presser at K & R Cleaners. She ended her career was an inspector for the ARO Corporation...

Donna Belle Davis

Donna Belle Davis

Jun 10, 2005

View Video Tribute Donna Davis, 72 years, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 9:40 a.m. Friday, June 10, 2005 at Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana. Mrs. Davis was a dispatcher for the Bryan Police Department for 20 years, retiring in 1992. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Bryan, Ohio. She was a former member Bryan Moose Lodge #1064 and...

Gerald Michael Distel

Gerald Michael Distel

Jun 6, 2005

View Video Tribute Gerald Michael “Jerry” Distel, age 53, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 10:55 p.m. on Monday, June 6, 2005, in his home after an illness of six months. Mr. Distel was employed as a product designer with Ingersoll-Rand/Aro from 1972 until the time of his death. He was a 1970 graduate of Napoleon High School and attended Tri-State...

Joan L. Vitek

Joan L. Vitek

Jun 5, 2005

Joan L. Vitek, 67 years, of Montpelier, Ohio, died at 1:43 p.m. Sunday, June 5, 2005 at the Dilworth Center of Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Montpelier, Ohio. Joan began her working career as a telephone operator for General Telephone, in both Indiana and Ohio. She also worked for the former 50 Corporation, the former Champion Molded Plastics and Higby’s...

Lola Nadene Schafer

Lola Nadene Schafer

Jun 3, 2005

Lola Nadene Schafer, age 72, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 3:20 p.m. Friday, June 3, 2005, in Harborside Healthcare Center of Northwest Ohio in Bryan, where she was a resident. Lola Nadene Schafer was born April 22, 1933, in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Harry Frederick and Leona Belle (Dobbs) Schafer. She is survived by one brother, Robert (Kay)...

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