Obituaries

Robert J. Lupien

Robert J. Lupien

Mar 2, 2016

Robert James Lupien, age 72, of Edon, Ohio, died on March 2, 2016, at his residence. Mr. Lupien was a an over-the-road truck driver for many years. He also worked as a police officer for the City of Toledo in the 1960s. After high school, Robert worked with troubled youth in Florida, taking three-month wagon trips out west. He served...

David L. Miller

David L. Miller

Mar 2, 2016

David L. Miller, age 74, of rural Edon, Ohio, died at 8:59 P.M. on Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at the Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio, where he was a patient, after a brief illness. Mr. Miller was a veteran of the United States Navy and worked for more than thirty years for Conrail. He was a member of the American...

Stacy D. Weber

Stacy D. Weber

Mar 1, 2016

Stacy D. Weber, age 27, a lifelong resident of Edgerton, Ohio, and now of Indianapolis, Indiana, died at 8:00 P.M. on Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, where she was a patient after a six-month battle with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Stacy was a 2007 graduate of Edgerton High School, where she was...

Joyce J. Schaefer

Joyce J. Schaefer

Feb 27, 2016

Joyce L. Schaefer, age 83, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 3:40 P.M. on Saturday, February 27, 2016, in her home after a brief illness. Mrs. Schaefer was a 1952 graduate of Bryan High School and worked for many years as a waitress at Sheets Dairy Bar. She also worked at J.J. Newberry’s Department Store as a clerk, for Knox Linen...

James L. Ashbacher

James L. Ashbacher

Feb 27, 2016

James L. “Jim” Ashbacher, age 77, of Defiance, Ohio, died at 8:35 A.M. on Saturday, February 27, 2016, in his home after an extended illness. Mr. Ashbacher was employed by All-Star Products near Defiance from 1956 until the plant closed in 1979 and worked for Oren Elliott Products in Edgerton, Ohio, as a foreman, retiring with twenty-one years of service....

Janet H. Bonifas

Janet H. Bonifas

Feb 25, 2016

Janet H. Bonifas, age 79, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away early Thursday, February 25, 2016, at her winter home in Lakeport, Florida. Mrs. Bonifas was a graduate of Coldwater High School in Coldwater, Ohio. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Edgerton, the Rosary Altar Society and Red Hats of Florida in Lakeport. A devoted wife, mother...

Lucile A. Seibert

Lucile A. Seibert

Feb 22, 2016

Lucile A. Seibert, age 89, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away peacefully in her sleep early Monday, February 22, 2016, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center, where she was a resident. Mrs. Seibert was a 1944 graduate of Edgerton (Ohio) High School and also graduated from International Business College with an Associate Degree in secretarial science. She had worked for the Paulding County...

Billy Harmon

Billy Harmon

Feb 22, 2016

Billy “Bennie” Harmon, age 75, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away peacefully at 5:45 A.M. on Monday, February 22, 2016, surrounded by his family, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio. Mr. Harmon was a 1959 graduate of Hellier High School in Hellier, Kentucky, and served in the United States Army. He left Eastern Kentucky with a group of...

Robert M. Vorthman

Robert M. Vorthman

Feb 21, 2016

Robert M. Vorthman, age 79, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 1:00 A.M. on Sunday, February 21, 2016, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center. Mr. Vorthman worked for over 30 years at the GM Foundry in Defiance, Ohio. He was an avid reader and loved action movies. He considered himself a “foodie” and always enjoyed his chocolate. He also enjoyed playing pool,...

John A. Spurlin

John A. Spurlin

Feb 20, 2016

John A. Spurlin, age 80, of Bryan, Ohio and formerly of Vermillion, Ohio, passed away at 4:40 A.M. on Saturday, February 20, 2016, at his son’s home near Bryan. John owned Office Equipment, a repair service in Sandusky for over 50 years. He also served in the US Marine Corps Reserves. John had been a member of the Elks in...

Philip J. Lupien, Jr.

Philip J. Lupien, Jr.

Feb 20, 2016

Philip J. Lupien, Jr., age 79, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 5:25 A.M. on Saturday, February 20, 2016, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center, near Defiance, Ohio, where he was a patient. Philip was born on October 18, 1936, the son of Philip and Charlotte (Carpenter) Lupien, in his grandmother’s log cabin in Pentland Township, Luce County, Michigan,...

Phyllis L. Luke

Phyllis L. Luke

Feb 19, 2016

Phyllis L. Luke, age 80, of Bryan, Ohio, died peacefully at 10:10 A.M. on Friday, February 19, 2016, at Hillside Country Living near Bryan. Mrs. Luke was a homemaker and a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Bryan, where she was also a member of the Shamrock Circle. She had worked at K-Mart and the Sport Shop. Phyllis was...

Joseph A. Bost

Joseph A. Bost

Feb 16, 2016

Joseph Anthony Bost, age 72, of Bryan, Ohio, and recently of Cedar Park, Texas, passed on Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at New Hope Manor. Mr. Bost retired from General Motors in Defiance after 26 years of service. He later worked as a security guard at Defiance College and drove cars for Integrity Motors. Joseph was a US Navy veteran and...

Suzanne M. (Manon) Kimmel

Suzanne M. (Manon) Kimmel

Feb 14, 2016

Suzanne M. (Manon) Kimmel, age 68, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 3:29 P.M. on Sunday, February 14, 2016, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she was a patient. Mrs. Kimmel was a 1965 graduate of Bryan High School and received her associate degree from Ivy Tech in Fort Wayne as a dietician. She was employed by...

Normagene Andres

Normagene Andres

Feb 14, 2016

Normagene Andres, age 87, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 1:05 A.M. on Sunday, February 14, 2016, at the University of Toledo Medical College, where she was a patient, after a brief illness. Mrs. Andres was salutatorian of the 1946 Stryker High School graduating class and worked alongside her husband on their dairy farm for forty-five years. She was a member...

Richard "Shorty" E. Fritch

Richard "Shorty" E. Fritch

Feb 13, 2016

Richard E. “Shorty” Fritch, age 87, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 5:13 A.M. on Saturday, February 13, 2016, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was patient. Mr. Fritch was a 1947 graduate of Edgerton High School, where he was class president. He had been employed by Day and Day Oil in Edgerton, which later became ARCO, and...

Marilyn "Joanne" Adair

Marilyn "Joanne" Adair

Feb 12, 2016

Marilyn “Joanne” Adair, age 89, of Paulding, Ohio, and formerly of Sherwood, Ohio, died at 9:26 A.M. on Friday, February 12, 2016, at the Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, near Defiance, Ohio. Mrs. Adair was a homemaker. Marilyn was born on January 14, 1927, in Jackson, Michigan. She married Vaughn K. Adair on November 7, 1946, and he preceded her...

Jack D. Sutton

Jack D. Sutton

Feb 9, 2016

Jack D. Sutton, age 89, of Edon, Ohio, died at 7:15 A.M. on Tuesday, February, 9, 2016, at Betz Nursing Home, in Auburn, Indiana, after an extended illness. Mr. Sutton was a1945 graduate of Metz, Indiana, High School and was a lifelong farmer. He was employed by Modernair in Angola, Indiana, and transferred to The Aro Corporation in Bryan, Ohio,...

Clarence H. Wuebben

Clarence H. Wuebben

Feb 9, 2016

Clarence H. Wuebben, age 93, of Edon, Ohio, died at 7:05 A.M. on Tuesday, February 9, 2016, at Commuity Hospitals and Wellness Center in Bryan, where he was a patient. Mr. Wuebben was a veteran of the United States Army, serving during World War II. He was employed by the Edon Farmers Co-op in the Feed Mill and Seed Plant...

Marilyn M. Herman

Marilyn M. Herman

Feb 7, 2016

Marilyn M. Herman, age 77, of rural Edgerton, Ohio, died at 2:39 A.M. on Sunday, February 7, 2016, in her home, surrounded by her family, after an extended illness. Mrs. Herman was a 1956 graduate of Edgerton High School and graduated from the Mercy School of Nursing as a Registered Nurse. She was employed as a surgical nurse at Williams...