Obituaries

Irvin M. "Hoot" Kimpel

Irvin M. "Hoot" Kimpel

Sep 22, 2014

Irvin M. “Hoot” Kimpel, age 98, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 5:00 P.M. on Monday, September 22, 2014, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, where he was a resident. Mr. Kimpel attended Edgerton High School and was a lifelong farmer and substitute mail carrier in Edgerton for thirty years. He was a also lifelong member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran...

Verda R. Curry

Verda R. Curry

Sep 19, 2014

Verda R. Curry, age 85, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 8:05 P.M. on Friday, September 19, 2014, in her home, surrounded by her family. Mrs. Curry was a homemaker and devoted mother and grandmother, who enjoyed attending sporting events of her kids and grandkids, and also enjoyed playing cards and bingo at the senior center. She was a member of...

Larry R. Partee

Larry R. Partee

Sep 18, 2014

Larry R. Partee, age 75, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 11:42 P.M. on Thursday, September 18, 2014, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan. Larry was the owner and founder of Partee Flooring in Bryan, where he worked for almost 40 years prior to his retirement. Larry could be best described as a true craftsman--in all he did....

Mary E. "Betty" Kyser

Mary E. "Betty" Kyser

Sep 15, 2014

Mary E. “Betty” Kyser, age 95, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 9:32 A.M. on Monday, September 15, 2014, at Hillside Country Living near Bryan, where she had been a resident. For many years in the 1950s and 1960s, she managed the Williams Variety Store in Stryker, Ohio. She and her first husband, William Laub, owned and operated the Williams...

Sandra J Fitzenrider

Sandra J Fitzenrider

Sep 13, 2014

Sandra J. Fitzenrider, age 70, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 9:35 A.M. on Saturday, September 13, 2014, in her home, surrounded by family, after an extended illness. Sandra was a 1961 graduate of Edgerton High School and worked for The Aro Corporation for many years and later retired from Air-way Manufacturing in Edgerton. An avid collector of ceramic cardinals, she...

Robert B. Cunningham

Robert B. Cunningham

Sep 10, 2014

Robert Brant Cunningham, age 63, of West Unity passed away Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at the University of Toledo Medical Center. Robert had worked as a Material Handler at the former Aro Corporation in Bryan prior to his retirement. He was a kidney transplant recipient in 1991 and was a past President of the Williams County Kidney Foundation. He attended...

Barry A. Biard

Barry A. Biard

Sep 10, 2014

Barry Albert Biard, age 71, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 5:02 P.M. on Wednesday, September 10, 2014, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, Ohio, where he had been a patient since Monday. Mr. Biard was a1962 graduate of Rich East High School in Park Forest, Illinois, and attended Thornton Junior College. He was employed as a Quality Control...

M. Thomas Sechler

M. Thomas Sechler

Sep 10, 2014

M. Thomas Sechler, age 75, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 10:52 P.M. on Wednesday, September 10, 2014, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio. Mr. Sechler was a 1957 graduate of Edgerton High School and served in the United States Army from 1961-1963. He was a self-employed carpenter, was a member of John D. Smith Post #10 Edgerton...

Larry "Jack" Jackson

Larry "Jack" Jackson

Sep 10, 2014

Larry Jack Jackson, age 61, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 6:38 P.M. on Wednesday, September 10, 2014, in his home, surrounded by his family and friends. Jack had an Associate Degree in electronics and was employed as a computer technician and also operated his own truck contracting business with Bryan Truck Lines for many years. A well-known musician, he played...

Sherry Lea Mason

Sherry Lea Mason

Sep 7, 2014

Sherry Lea Mason, age 45, of Edon, Ohio, died at 2:10 A.M. on Sunday, September 7, 2014, shortly after admittance to Community Health and Wellness Centers, Montpelier, Ohio. Sherry was a graduate of Branch County Christian School and was currently employed by Steffy Wood Products in Angola, Indiana. She was a member of Fremont Moose Lodge #2387 in Fremont, Indiana,...

Mary "Kay" Kelley

Mary "Kay" Kelley

Sep 6, 2014

Mary “Kay” Kelley, age 67, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 10:55 P.M. on Saturday, September 6, 2014, in her home surrounded by her family, after an illness of six months. She had worked at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan, in environmental services for 18 years prior to her retirement due to illness. She also attended Restoration Fellowship Church near...

Colleen Melissa Burkhard

Colleen Melissa Burkhard

Sep 4, 2014

Colleen Melissa Burkhard, infant daughter of Larry J. and Letisha M. (Hutchins) Burkhard, died shortly after birth on Thursday, September 4, 2014, at Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville, Ohio. She is survived by her parents of Edon, Ohio; two brothers, Koewin and Kahnor Burkhard; and her grandparents, John and Melissa Hutchins, of Edon, Ohio, Larry and Kelly Burkhard, of Montpelier,...

Tina M. Impton

Tina M. Impton

Sep 3, 2014

Tina M. (Simon) Impton, age 46, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at her home on Wednesday, September 3, 2014. Tina was formerly a waitress at China Garden in Bryan and was a member of Grace Community Church. Tina was born on November 26, 1967, in Jackson, Michigan, the daughter of Bobby E. Simon, Sr. and Margaret (Mault) Ruff. She married...

Richard J. McClure

Richard J. McClure

Sep 1, 2014

Richard J. McClure, age 87, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Monday, September 1, 2014, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center, where he had been a resident. Mr. McClure was an Engineer for the B&O Railroad and a U.S. Army-Air Force Veteran of World War II. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne, Indian, and enjoyed spending time...

Margaret A. Betts

Margaret A. Betts

Aug 31, 2014

Margaret A. Betts, age 88, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 11:08 A.M. on Sunday, August 31, 2014, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, near Defiance, Ohio. Margaret worked for the Bryan City Schools, starting in the cafeteria, then became secretary at Lincoln School. She was also a cashier for Mohre-Wilson Auctioneers for over 20 years. She had also worked...

Alice J. Sims

Alice J. Sims

Aug 21, 2014

Alice Jeanette (Garver) Sims, age 86, of Ney, Ohio, went Home to her Heavenly Lord and Savior at 1:30 P.M. on Thursday, August 21, 2014, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center, where she was a resident. Mrs Sims was a graduate of Ney High School, class of 1946. She was a secretary for the Central Local Schools for over 30 years and...

Richard C. Schwarzbek

Richard C. Schwarzbek

Aug 18, 2014

Richard C. Schwarzbek, age 79, of Sherwood, Ohio, and for thirty-nine years a resident of Williams Center, Ohio, died at 7:39 A.M. on Monday, August 18, 2014, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center after an extended illness. Mr. Schwarzbek was a 1952 graduate of Edon High School and served in the United States Army from 1956-1957. He was employed by Elder Pharmaceuticals...

Hazel Gearhart

Hazel Gearhart

Aug 18, 2014

Hazel Gearhart, 92, of Edon, Ohio, passed away at 8:20 P.M. on Monday, August 18, 2014, in the Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio. She had resided in The Village at Hillside Country Living near Bryan, Ohio, and had been a lifelong resident of Edon. She was a 1940 graduate of Edon High School and was a member...

Mildred E. Pendleton

Mildred E. Pendleton

Aug 16, 2014

Mildred E. Pendleton, age 94, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 6:55 P.M. on Saturday, August 16, 2014, at Hickory Creek Care Center in Hicksville, Ohio, where she was a resident. Mrs. Pendleton was a 1938 graduate and valedictorian of Farmer High School, where she was also a member of the 1936 state championship girls basketball team. She graduated from...

Minerva Aguilar

Minerva Aguilar

Aug 11, 2014

Minerva Aguilar, age 79, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 11:30 P.M. on Monday, August 11, 2014, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan, where she was a resident. Mrs. Aguilar was formerly employed by Bryan Canning Company, retiring with seventeen years of service. She was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Bryan. Minerva Aguilar was born on September 10, 1934, in Falfurrias,...