RuthAnn Hurley
Dec 2, 2013
RuthAnn Hurley, age 67, died at 2:40 P.M. on Monday, December 2, 2013, at Defiance Inpatient Hospice Center, Defiance, Ohio, after an extended illness. Ms. Hurley was a graduate of Bryan High School and worked at Ohio Citizens Bank as a teller for twenty years and then for the Ramada Inn in Montpelier, where she was front desk clerk for...
Simon W. "Pete" Hug
Nov 30, 2013
Simon W. “Pete” Hug, age 91, of Blakeslee, Ohio, died at 8:45 A.M. on Saturday, November 30, 2013, in his home. Mr. Hug was a lifelong farmer and had built Hug’s Chicken Coop in 1968, which raised 12,000 chickens. He also worked as a milk truck driver for Pet Milk and at 50 Corporation for twelve years and retired from...
John C. Gilliland
Nov 28, 2013
John “Jack” C. Gilliland, age 61, of Bryan, Ohio, and formerly of Celina, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, November 28, 2013, at his residence. Mr. Gilliland graduated from Celina Senior High School and Heidelberg University with a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education. John taught in several school districts, including Hicksville and Fostoria. John C. Gilliland was born on November...
Ian Ingram
Nov 27, 2013
Ian Ingram, age 84, of Portland, Oregon, died at 8:15 P.M. on Wednesday, November 27, 2013, at Marquis Autumn Hills Memory Care in Portland, where he was a resident. Mr. Ingram was a graduate of Edon High School and of the University of Toledo School of Pharmacy. He began his work as a pharmacist in New Mexico and later moved...
Patricia A. Pool
Nov 24, 2013
Patricia A. Pool, age 70, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away with her family at her side at 8:07 P.M. on Sunday, November 24, 2013, in her home after an extended illness. She was a Certified Public Accountant and owner of Patricia A. Pool CPA, Inc. for 25 years. Prior to moving to Bryan in 1977, Pat lived in Bellefontaine, Ohio,...
Marjorie Miller
Nov 23, 2013
Marjorie Miller, age 95, of Edon, Ohio, died at 11:00 P.M. on Saturday, November 23, 2013, in her home, surrounded by her family. Mrs. Miller was a 1936 graduate of Milford High School in Milford, Illinois. A farm wife, she had also worked in accounting at Essex Wire in Fort Wayne. Indiana, for ten years and was a member of...
Norman E. Clock
Nov 21, 2013
Norman E. Clock, age 95, of Bryan, Ohio, and a longtime winter resident of Hollywood, Florida, died at 5:00 P.M. on Thursday, November 21, 2013, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center. Mr. Clock was a partner in Lester’s Diner, which opened in 1965, with Lester Bammesberger and later his son-in-law, Emil Mseis. Norm graduated from Bryan High School in 1936, attended college...
True Paul Ridgway
Nov 20, 2013
True “Paul” Ridgway, age 81, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away, surrounded by his family, on Wednesday, November 20, 2013, at Community Health Professionals Impatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio. Paul was an electrician and partner in Ridgway Brothers Electric. He was a member of the IBEW Local 13. Paul was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and earned several...
Doris I. Stover-Roesch
Nov 19, 2013
Doris I. Stover-Roesch, age 94, of West Unity, Ohio, died at 7:19 P.M. on Tuesday, November 19, 2013, at Hillside Country Living, where she was a resident. She was a member of the Bryan Alliance Church and the West Unity Lioness Club. Doris had worked as a waitress at several area restaurants and had previously worked at Hayes-Albion, 50+5 Division...
Clarence J. Cupp, Jr.
Nov 18, 2013
Clarence James Cupp, Jr., age 83, of Bryan and formerly a longtime resident of Los Angeles, California, died at 10:40 A.M. on Monday, November 18, 2013, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan, where he was a resident. Mr. Cupp was a career golf caddie in the LA area and caddied for many notable celebrities through the years. Clarence James Cupp, Jr., was born...
Penny Kay Carnicom
Nov 18, 2013
Penny Kay Carnicom, age 53, of Montpelier, Ohio, passed away Monday, November 18, 2013 at her residence. Penny was a graduate of Delta High School and had worked several jobs in the area. Penny was born February 19, 1960, in Port Clinton, Ohio, the daughter of James F. and Gloria J. (Sondys) Carnicom. She is survived by her son, Dustin...
David C. Killgallon
Nov 17, 2013
David C. Killgallon, age 41, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, November 17, 2013, at his home. A 1991 graduate of Bryan High School, he then graduated from Hillsdale College in 1995. During his professional career, David was a marketing manager with regional newspapers and magazines in North Carolina, Tennessee and Ohio, including Champs Sports, the Nashville Sounds newspaper...
Bennie I. Beck
Nov 13, 2013
Bennie Irvin Beck, age 76, of Montpelier, Ohio, died at 1:15 A.M. on Wednesday, November 13, 2013, in his home, surrounded by his family, after a brief illness. Mr. Beck was a 1955 graduate of Montpelier High School, where he was an accomplished athlete in track, in which he still holds the NWOAL record for winning four first place finishes...
Wilma Mae Hinkle
Nov 9, 2013
Wilma Mae Hinkle, age 92, of Edon, Ohio, died at 5:00 A.M. on Saturday, November 9, 2013, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers-Bryan, where she had been admitted earlier in the evening. A 1939 graduate of Montpelier High School, Mrs. Hinkle was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Montpelier, Ohio, and Lillian Chapter, Order of the Eastern...
Alice I. Rath
Nov 7, 2013
Alice I. Rath, age 85, of Ney, Ohio, died at 8:10 P.M. on Thursday, November 7, 2013, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan where she was a patient. Mrs. Rath was a bookkeeper at the IGA store in Bryan for 18 years and a member of the VFW Auxiliary. She enjoyed fishing in the Upper Peninsula and spending...
Wilbur Roy Cox
Nov 5, 2013
Wilbur “Roy” Cox, age 83, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 1:00 P.M. on Tuesday, November 5, 2013, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Roy was employed as a metallurgist with The Aro Corporation in Bryan, retiring with over 20 years of service. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, a life member of the...
Charles "Butch" L. Bany
Nov 4, 2013
Charles “Butch” L. Bany, age 73, of Bryan, Ohio, died Monday, November 4, 2013 at his residence. Mr. Bany was assembler and machinist at Aro Corporation and retired after more than 30 years of service. He was a US Army veteran serving in the Korean War. Butch was a member of Bryan VFW Post #2489, AmVets Post #54 and the...
Reginald "Slim" R. Ridgway
Nov 3, 2013
Reginald “Slim” R. Ridgway, age 83, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 9:39 A.M. on Sunday, November 3, 2013, at Evergreen Manor in Montpelier, Ohio. Mr. Ridgway was journeyman lineman and partner in Ridgway Brothers Electric. After his retirement, he assisted the Village of Edgerton with electrical consulting. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in the Korean War. Slim was...
Vivian E. Harvey
Oct 29, 2013
Vivian E. Harvey, age 86, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 11:15 A.M. on Tuesday, October 29, 2013, at Genesis HealthCare in Bryan, where she was a resident. She was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church and the Sweet Adelines choral group. Vivian was an avid bowler and golfer. She was a teller at the former First National Bank, now...
Geraldine M. "Gerry" Mulligan
Oct 28, 2013
Geraldine M. "Gerry" Mulligan, age 86, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 5:58 P.M. on Monday, October 28, 2013, at Hillside Country Living near Bryan, where she was a resident. Gerry was a graduate of St. Louis Beason grade school in New Haven, Indiana, and Central Catholic High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She was a member of St. Patrick Catholic...