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Virginia A. Collins

Virginia A. Collins

Sep 16, 2005

Virginia A. Collins, 89 years, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 6:55 p.m. Friday, September 16, 2005 at The Inn at Fountain Park, Bryan, Ohio. Mrs. Collins and her late husband, Harvey, were the former owners of the Cobblestone Diner, Edon, Ohio. She was a member of Faith United Methodist Church, Bryan, Ohio, Order of the Eastern Star and the Rebekah...

Doris M. Blaisdell

Doris M. Blaisdell

Sep 14, 2005

View Video Tribute Doris M. Blaisdell, age 85, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 14, 2005, at Harborside Healthcare of Northwest Ohio, where she had been a resident the past fifteen months.  Mrs. Blaisdell was a lifetime homemaker. Doris M. Blaisdell was born on September 11, 1920, in Hillsdale County, Michigan, the daughter of Elmer and Florence...

William J. Kunsman

William J. Kunsman

Sep 14, 2005

View Video Tribute William J. Kunsman, age 88, of Edon, Ohio, died at 1:24 p.m. on Wednesday, September 14, 2005, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan. Mr. Kunsman was employed by White Motors in Montpelier for twenty years and then by Challenge- Cook Brothers in Bryan, Ohio, for sixteen years before retiring in 1974. He...

E. Charles Sickmiller

E. Charles Sickmiller

Sep 6, 2005

E. Charles Sickmiller, 90 years, of West Unity, Ohio, died at 4:10 p.m. Tuesday, September 6, 2005, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan, Ohio. A WWII Navy veteran, Mr. Sickmiller was a minister in the Free Methodist Church for over 40 years, serving in Norwich and Stanwood, Michigan, Redwood City, Glendale, Orville and Chino, California. He was a member...

Virginia Frager

Virginia Frager

Sep 2, 2005

View Video Tribute M. Virginia Frager, age 88, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 6:55 a.m. on Friday, September 2, 2005 in Parkview Nursing Center, Edgerton, Ohio where she was a resident. Mrs. Frager was a cafeteria cook for the Edgerton Locals Schools for twenty years retiring in 1983. She was a member of the Edgerton United Methodist Church, VFW Post...

Jerold A. Carlin

Jerold A. Carlin

Aug 30, 2005

View Video Tribute Jerold A. “Jerry” Carlin, 69, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 8:15 p.m. on Tuesday, August 30, 2005, in his residence. Mr. Carlin served our country in the Ohio National Guard Army Reserve. He was a machine operator at Bard Manufacturing for 31 years, retiring in 2001. After his retirement, Mr. Carlin worked at the Montpelier Auto Auction...

Lary Paul Schmitt

Lary Paul Schmitt

Aug 27, 2005

View Video Tribute Lary Paul Schmitt, age 65, of Monroe, North Carolina, died suddenly on Saturday, August 27, 2005, of an apparent heart attack. Mr. Schmitt was a sales representative for Wrisco Industrial Sales in Twinsburg, Ohio, retiring in 2003. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and a jokester with a wonderful sense of humor. He was also a...

Calvin E. Gipple

Calvin E. Gipple

Aug 25, 2005

Calvin E. Gipple, 61, of Hicksville, Ohio, died Thursday, August 25, 2005, in his residence. Calvin was employed by Dura Automotive in Butler, Indiana, in the Plating Department for seven years. He was a member of the Hicksville Eagles Aerie 2556. Calvin E. Gipple was born on March 23, 1944, in Butler, Indiana, the son of Ora J. and Thelma...

Venessa R. Kemarly

Venessa R. Kemarly

Aug 24, 2005

View Video Tribute Venessa R. Kemarly, 14, formerly of Edon, Ohio, and who recently moved to Liberty, Kentucky, died Wednesday, August 24, 2005, at the University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, from injuries sustained in a car-bicycle accident on Saturday near her home. She was an eighth-grade student at Casey County Middle School and had completed K-7th grade in...

Vivian B. Mieth

Vivian B. Mieth

Aug 21, 2005

Vivian B. Mieth, age 91, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 4:05 p.m. on Sunday, August 21, 2005, in Harborside Heathcare of Northwest Ohio in Bryan, Ohio, where she had been a resident for three weeks. Mrs. Mieth was a homemaker and had spent her working career as a bookkeeper for The Edgerton Earth, Caseberes and Days before working for Syncrotec...

Jane C. Flower-Jeko

Jane C. Flower-Jeko

Aug 18, 2005

View Video Tribute Jane C. Flower-Jeko, 62, of Bryan, Ohio, died Thursday, August 18, 2005, in her residence after a brief illness with her family at her side. Mrs. Jeko was employed by Plastec as an Injection Molder for six years, retiring due to a disability.  She was a member of the Bryan Eagles Aerie 2233. Jane C. Flower-Jeko was...

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...

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