Ronnie D. Niccum
Feb 6, 2014
Ronnie D. Niccum, age 69, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 12:32 A.M. on Thursday, February 6, 2014, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, Defiance, Ohio. Mr. Niccum was a machinist at Defiance Precision Products, retiring with 33 years of service. Ronnie was a member of the United Auto Workers, the Defiance Sons of the AmVets, and Defiance Eagles Aerie...
E. Nadine Coy
Feb 4, 2014
E. Nadine Coy, age 93, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, February 4, 2014, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center. Nadine retired after many years of service at Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville, Ohio, as an LPN. Over the years, her memberships included the Hicksville First Church of Christ, First Baptist Church of Bryan, and a Life Member of VFW Auxiliary...
Helen L. Ryan
Feb 1, 2014
Helen Louise Ryan, age 79, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 4:15 P.M. on Saturday, February 1, 2014, at Dream Haven in Edgerton, where she was a resident, after a sudden illness. Mrs. Ryan was born and raised in the Edgerton area and was a 1952 graduate of Edgerton High School. She was a member of the Edgerton United Methodist Church...
Bonnie Jean Krontz
Feb 1, 2014
Bonnie Jean Krontz, age 88, of Blakeslee, Ohio, died at 1:24 A.M. on Saturday, February 1, 2014, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, Ohio. Mrs. Krontz was a homemaker and enjoyed being with her family and baby-sitting her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She also enjoyed going to garage sales and watching birds from her window at...
Peter Poncsak
Jan 31, 2014
Peter Poncsak, age 76, of West Unity, Ohio, died at 7:37 A.M. on Friday, January 31, 2014, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, where he was a patient, after a brief illness. An immigrant of Hungary, at age 19, Peter escaped the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 into Austria, where he stayed for the next six months before being...
Katie Marie Carper
Jan 29, 2014
Katie Marie Carper, age 53, of Montgomery, Michigan, died unexpectedly Wednesday, January 29, 2014, in her home. She was a 1980 graduate of Angola, Indiana High School and for many years tended bar at Skip’s in Angola. She last was employed as a truck driver for several area trucking firms with twelve years of experience. Katie Marie Carper was born...
Roger L. Kime
Jan 27, 2014
Roger L. Kime, age 66, of Bryan, died on Monday, January 27, 2014, at Community Health and Wellness Centers-Bryan shortly after admittance. Roger had been a machinist at The Aro Corporation, retiring after 35 years of service. After his retirement he worked for a time at Precision Metal in Defiance and Sauder Woodworking in Archbold. He was a member of...
Harriette G. Carey
Jan 27, 2014
Harriette G. Carey, age 94, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Monday, January 27, 2014, at her daughter’s home in Cecil, Ohio. Mrs. Carey retired from The Aro Corporation’s custodial services department. She was a woman of deep faith and enjoyed gardening. Harriette was born on April 21, 1919, in Montpelier, Ohio, the daughter of Charles and Palma (Ewers) Henry....
Ralph Russell McClellan
Jan 25, 2014
Ralph Russell McClellan, age 95, of Butler, Indiana, died at 5:45 P.M. on Saturday, January 25, 2014, at Laurels of DeKalb, in Butler, where he was a resident after two-weeks in Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville, Ohio. Prior to that, he was a resident at Dream Haven, in Edgerton, Ohio, for six years. Ralph Russell McClellan was born on September...
Kenneth A. Geiger
Jan 23, 2014
Kenneth A. Geiger, age 90, of Auburn, Indiana, and formerly of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 7:30 P.M. on Thursday, January 23, 2014, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was a patient, after a brief illness. Mr. Geiger was a 1941 graduate of Edgerton High School and attended International Business College in Fort Wayne, receiving a...
Lyle E. "Shorty" Manges
Jan 20, 2014
Lyle E. “Shorty” Manges, age 72, of rural Edon, Ohio, died at 11:15 P.M. on Monday, January 20, 2014, in his home, surrounded by his family after a brief illness. Shorty was a 1959 graduate of Edon High School and operated Manges Insurance in Edon for thirteen years, was employed by Thiel Construction for five years, and then became co-owner,...
Rex J. Smith
Jan 18, 2014
Rex J. Smith, age 86, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 8:50 P.M. on Saturday, January 18, 2014, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, Defiance, Ohio, where he was a patient. Mr. Smith was a 1945 graduate of Farmer High School and served in the United States Air Force during the Korean Conflict. He was employed as a truck driver for...
David P. Oberlin
Jan 18, 2014
David P. Oberlin, age 57, of Bryan, Ohio, died on Saturday, January 18, 2014, at his home in Bryan. David was a 1974 graduate of Bryan High School and a lifelong resident of Williams County. David Perry Oberlin was born on May 25, 1956, at Montpelier Hospital, Montpelier, Ohio, the son of Perry Oberlin, Jr. and Madge (Hardesty) Oberlin. He...
B. Lucille Osmun
Jan 17, 2014
B. Lucille Osmun, age 91, of rural Edon, Ohio, passed away on Friday, January 17, 2014, at 9:15 P.M., shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Montpelier, Ohio. She was a graduate of Mark Center High School, a mother and homemaker and devoted farm wife. She also enjoyed attending auctions, flea markets, reading Amish novels, mowing her...
Barbara Ann Dietrich
Jan 17, 2014
Barbara Ann Dietrich, age 79, of Bryan, Ohio, died on Friday, January 17, 2014, in her home after a brief illness. Mrs. Dietrich was a 1952 graduate of Montpelier High School and a 1954 graduate of Warner College of Beauty Culture. Following college, she worked at Yoder Beauty Salon in Montpelier, Ohio, for many years and then at Bryan Nursing...
Seldon W. Schad
Jan 15, 2014
Seldon W. Schad, age 88, of Bryan, Ohio, died on Wednesday, January 15, 2014, at his residence. Mr. Schad was a 1943 graduate of Ney High School and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He worked at Libby Glass in Rossford and Bryan Welding Shop, was Plant Manager at Pepsi Company and retired from Spangler Candy Company in...
DeLoss C. Dangler, Jr.
Jan 14, 2014
DeLoss C. Dangler, Jr., age 60, of rural Edgerton, Ohio, passed away quietly on Tuesday, January 14, 2014, at his residence, leaving his wife, children, grandchildren, mother, brother and sisters, along with many friends, brothers- and sisters-in-law, and his dog, Max, to mourn him. A 1972 graduate of Edgerton High School and Four County Joint Vocational School, DeLoss was a...
Teresa M. Risner
Jan 11, 2014
Teresa M. Risner, age 44, of Bryan, Ohio, died Saturday, January 11, 2014, at her home. She had worked at Valero in Archbold, Hardee's and QUADCO. Teresa was born October 16, 1969 in Hicksville, Ohio, the daughter of Harold E. and Carolyn J. (Reeves) Underwood, Sr. She married Rodney D. Risner in 2000 and he survives. Teresa is also survived...
Virginia M. Schatzer
Jan 10, 2014
Virginia M. Schatzer, age 89, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 9:08 P.M. on Friday, January 10, 2014, at her home. She was a member of the Bryan Church of the Nazarene and retired from Bryan Custom Plastics in 1982. Virginia was born on January 25, 1924, in Williams County, Ohio, the daughter of Glen and Ida (Flower) Gorrell. She...
Carol L. Hooser
Jan 9, 2014
Carol L. Hooser, age 63, of West Unity, Ohio, died on Thursday, January 9, 2014, at Community Health and Wellness Center in Bryan, where she had been a patient. Carol was a foreman at the former Fayette Tubular until production relocated and later was a truck driver. Carol Louise Hooser was born on November 23, 1950, in Huntington, West Virginia,...