Gloria M. Louth
Jan 1, 2019
Gloria M. Louth, age 93, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 1:13 A.M. on Tuesday, January 1, 2019, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center, where she was a resident. Mrs. Louth was a devoted homemaker, wife, mother, and grandmother who enjoyed cooking and working puzzles and was an avid walker. She was also a Life Member of Bryan Eagles, Aerie #2233. Gloria Mae...
Murriel Maxine Cornell
Dec 26, 2018
Murriel Maxine (Cobbs) Wagner Cornell passed away peacefully at home in the company of her loving grandchildren, Jason and Devin Payne, on Wednesday, December 26, 2018. She was born on November 8, 1931, in Springfield, Tennessee, to Bailey Atchison Cobbs and Lula Idella (Poole) Cobbs. Maxine graduated from Springfield High School, Class of 1950, and attended many joyful reunions with...
Raymond Gardner Siders
Dec 25, 2018
Raymond Gardner Siders, age 87, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 4:35 A.M. on Tuesday, December 25, 2018, at Community Hospitals of Williams County-Bryan. Mr. Siders retired from Bryan Custom Plastics with over 34 years of service. He also drove for Amish families and owned Siders Camper Rentals. He was a member of the Edon Masonic Lodge, was a 32...
Ollie M. Lyons
Dec 25, 2018
Ollie M. Lyons, age 84, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 8:50 P.M. on Tuesday, December 25, 2018, at her home surrounded by her family. Ollie was born on May 13, 1934 in Mount Vernon, Indiana, the daughter of Henry E. and Leona J. (Clark) Shelton. She married Leroy C. Lyons on September 14, 1953 in Mount Vernon, and he...
Opal K. Tawney
Dec 24, 2018
Opal Kathryn Tawney, age 100, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 1:05 A.M. on Monday, December 24, 2018, at Genesis Healthcare-Bryan Center under the care of CHP Hospice. Opal was born on July 15, 1918, in Defiance, Ohio, the daughter of Grover M. and Hazel G. (Croninger) Gearing. She was a 1936 graduate of Defiance High School. Opal married Hugh...
David L. Nofzinger
Dec 22, 2018
David Lee Nofzinger, age 53, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 12:00 P.M. on Saturday, December 22, 2018, at the Cleveland Clinic following an extended illness. David worked for the Street Department for the City of Bryan for over 21 years before his retirement and was currently working as a driver for Sudden Service Expediting. He enjoyed riding his 1977...
Katherine S. Ensman
Dec 20, 2018
Katherine S. Ensman, age 59, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 9:00 P.M. on Thursday, December 20, 2018, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, after an extended illness. Mrs. Ensman began working at a young age at the tomato factory and later was employed at Lester’s Diner in Bryan for many years. She was a member of Bryan...
Paul E. Hoover
Dec 20, 2018
Paul E. “Ernie” Hoover, age 64, of Montpelier, Ohio, died on Thursday, December 20, 2018, at his home following a long battle with cancer. Mr. Hoover was a graduate of Hicksville High School. He was welder at Martin Sprocket and Gear for 39 years prior to his retirement. He served in the United States Army for over six years during...
Roger E. Blough
Dec 19, 2018
Roger E. Blough, age 64, of Bryan, completed his life journey on Wednesday, December 19, 2018, at his home. Roger was a man who loved his family and friends...which included everyone he met. He was a strong, compassionate leader to all he met in Northwest Ohio and beyond. He used his strengths as he accomplished his duties as the Bryan...
Mary Lou Noll
Dec 16, 2018
Mary Lou (Van Zile) Noll, age 95, died on Sunday, December 16, 2018, at Mount Healthy Christian Home in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she was a resident. Mary Lou spent most of her childhood on the family farm, near Metz, Indiana, and she was a graduate of Metz High School. She and her husband, George Noll (also originally from Metz, Indiana),...
James L. Hicks
Dec 14, 2018
James L. Hicks, Sr., age 79, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 9:50 P.M. on Friday, December 14, 2018, at the Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance surrounded by his family, after a brief battle with cancer. James was a 2958 graduate of Defiance High School and served in the United States Army from 1959-1962. He worked at Johns Mansville,...
Norma J. McGill
Dec 11, 2018
Norma J. McGill, age 90, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 8:00 P.M. on Tuesday, December 11, 2018, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center, in Bryan, where she was a resident. Mrs. McGill was a graduate of Bryan High School and had been employed by Bryan City Schools for seventeen years and then for Fifty Division for nine years prior to her retirement....
Wayne E. Grandey
Dec 7, 2018
Wayne E. Grandey, age 95, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 12:45 P.M. on Friday, December 7, 2018, at the Auburn Village Nursing Center in Auburn, Indiana, surrounded by his family, after a brief illness. Mr. Grandey was a 1941 graduate of Edgerton High School and served in the United States Army in the South Pacific during World War II. He was...
Cletus F. Thiel
Dec 7, 2018
Cletus F. Thiel, age 88, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away at 12:38 A.M. on Friday, December 7, 2018, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton after an extended illness. Mr. Thiel was a 1948 graduate of Edgerton High School and a veteran of the United States Army, serving as a company clerk both at Ft. Riley, Kansas, and while stationed...
Douglas J. Mowrer
Dec 6, 2018
Douglas Jay Mowrer, age 74, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 10:55 P.M. on Thursday, December 6, 2018, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice after an extended illness. Mr. Mowrer was a graduate of Lear River High School in Lear River, Illinois, and was a veteran of the United States Army. He was a truck driver, driving for Bryan Truck Lines...
Leroy J. Hoops
Dec 5, 2018
Leroy J. Hoops, age 85, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 6:38 A.M. on Wednesday, December 5, in his home after an extended illness. Leroy had worked in construction for several years, then worked for the City of Bryan in the Street and Parks & Recreation Departments. He did many of the masonry projects for the city including Central Park and...
Eva Lee J. Krathwohl
Dec 2, 2018
Eva Lee J. Krathwohl, age 83, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 11:55 A.M. on Sunday, December 2, 2018, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center in Bryan where she was a resident. Mrs. Krathwohl was graduate of Hudson High School in Hudson, Michigan and had been employed by the Aro Corporation, retiring with twenty-three years of service. She was baptized in the...
Linda Sue LaDuke
Nov 30, 2018
Linda Sue LaDuke, age 77, of Edon, Ohio, and formerly of Winston Salem, North Carolina, died at 12:22 A.M. on Friday, November 30, 2018, at Lakeland Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitaion Center in Angola, Indiana, where she was a resident, after an extended illness. Linda Sue LaDuke was born on April 6, 1941, in Ashland, Kentucky, the daughter of Claude and...
June A. Ramirez
Nov 28, 2018
June A. Ramirez, age 87, formerly of Gibsonburg, Ohio, passed away at 4:15 A.M. on Wednesday, November 28, 2018, at Fountain Park Inn and Villas in Bryan, Ohio. June was a homemaker and enjoyed decorating for the holidays.June A. Ramirez was born on June 30, 1931, in Genoa, Ohio, to Lester and Evelyn (Dunn) Hamann. She married Ruben Ramirez and...
Sylvia G. Dean
Nov 25, 2018
Sylvia G. Dean, age 88, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 8:15 P.M. on Sunday, November 25, 2018, at Hillside Country Living near Bryan, Ohio, where she was a resident. Mrs. Dean had worked at K & R Cleaners, which became Custom Cleaners, for many years and at Wendy’s for more than ten years. She was also a bartender for most...