Obituaries

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...

Connie J. Courtney

Connie J. Courtney

Feb 6, 2016

Connie J. Courtney, age 67, of Springfield, Ohio, peacefully went home to be with the Lord, Saturday morning, February 6, 2016. She was born in Bryan, Ohio, on April 19, 1948, the daughter of Darrell E. and Kathryn Betty (Shinabarger) Thorp. She was a 1966 graduate of Bryan High School and attended Bowling Green State University, majoring in early childhood...

Tommie Nichols

Tommie Nichols

Feb 4, 2016

Tommie Nichols, age 69, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 1:40 P.M. on Thursday, February 4, 2016, at St. Joseph Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was a patient, after an extended illness. Mr. Nichols was employed by Edgerton Manufacturing until the plant closed and then by Dietrich Industries until his retirement. He was member of the Butler, Indiana,...

Michael T. Huffman

Michael T. Huffman

Feb 3, 2016

Michael T. Huffman, age 51, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 10:43 A.M. on Wednesday, February 3, 2016, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Mr. Huffman had been employed as a dishwasher at Myro’s Pizza for the past few years and had previously worked at Sauder Manufacturing. Michael was a self-proclaimed American Picker. He enjoyed traveling to auctions...

Doris Callender Flowers

Doris Callender Flowers

Feb 3, 2016

Doris Callender Flowers, age 94, passed to her eternal home on Wednesday, February 3, 2016, in Hicksville, Ohio, where she had been a resident of Hickory Creek of Hicksville. She was born on August 18, 1921, to Glen E. and Vesta (Brown) Callender in Edgerton, Ohio. She was a 1939 graduate of Edgerton High School. She married Milton J. Flowers...

Doran R. Hitt

Doran R. Hitt

Feb 3, 2016

Doran R. Hitt, age 82, of Stryker, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, February 3, 2016, at his home. Doran was a graduate of Bryan High School and a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in Germany during the Korean War. He worked at the former Holabird company, retired from The Aro Corporation after more than 30 years of service and...

James A. Baker

James A. Baker

Feb 2, 2016

James A. Baker, age 85, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 1:22 P.M. on Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at Community Hospitals of Williams County-Bryan following a brief illness. Mr. Baker worked in warehousing for GM in Los Angeles, for 25 years. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force, serving in Japan from 1951-1955. James A. Baker was born...

Vernon "Ray" Babb

Vernon "Ray" Babb

Feb 2, 2016

Vernon "Ray" Babb, age 76, of Bryan, Ohio, and also a twenty-year resident of Saugatuck, Michigan, died on Tuesday, February 2, 2016, in his home after a brief illness. Mr. Babb was a 1959 graduate of Bryan High School and had operated several businesses throughout his work career, including Edon Auto Salvage, Northway Auto Sales, and Babb Trucking, which he...

Edward D. Kline

Edward D. Kline

Feb 1, 2016

Edward D. Kline, age 75, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 9:00 P.M. on Monday, February 1, 2016, at Evergreen Manor Nursing Center, in Montpelier Ohio, where he was resident. Mr. Kline was a lifelong farmer and was a veteran of the United States Army, serving in Vietnam. He had also been employed by the Butler Fertilizer Plant until it closed...

Norman Lawrence Arnett

Norman Lawrence Arnett

Jan 31, 2016

Norm Arnett of Columbus, Ohio, was three weeks into rehabilitation following a brain hemorrhage, when his heart stopped. He was 78. He grew up in the picturesque, small town of Bryan, in northwest Ohio, in the 1940s and 1950s. His parents are Nelson Park Arnett and Leona Tadsen. His grandmother, Clara Elizabeth Arnett, raised him, surrounded by a loving cast...