Ronald H. Brenneman
Sep 12, 2013
Ronald H. Brenneman, age 82, died on Thursday, September 12, 2013, at 11:00 A.M. in his grandson’s home near Bryan, surrounded by his loving family and friends. He was a laborer with Brust Pipeline in Bryan, Ohio, for many years. Ronald was a veteran of the United States Army, serving during the Korean War, and received a Purple Heart for...
William "Bill" Vogelsong
Sep 10, 2013
William “Bill” P. Vogelsong, age 82, of Defiance, Ohio, went to be with the Lord at 1:05 P.M. on Tuesday, September 10, 2013, at Community Health Partners Inpatient Hospice in Defiance, Ohio. Mr. Vogelsong was an elevator mechanic with the Otis Elevator Company in Chicago for 31 years. He served our country in the U.S. Army during the Korean War....
Marie C. Best
Sep 3, 2013
Marie C. Best, age 94, of Edon, Ohio, went to be with her Lord at 6:57 A.M. on Tuesday, September 3, 2013, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, knowing that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. To her family she was like a saint, one of kind, a woman of...
Betty Lou Johnson
Aug 28, 2013
Betty Lou Johnson, age 80, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, died at 2:50 A.M. on Wednesday, August 28, 2013, at Arbor Glen Retirement Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she was a resident after an illness of two years. Ms. Johnson was a 1951 graduate of Edgerton High School and traveled the country for a few years playing professional exhibition basketball with...
Charles V. "Vic" Malherbe, Sr.
Aug 28, 2013
Charles Victor "Vic" Malherbe, Sr., age 84, of Bryan, passed from this world early Wednesday, August 28, 2013, with family at his beside, while in rehabilitation at Genesis Healthcare in Bryan. Vic was a mechanical engineer and owned his own real estate agency, "Flying M Realtors", in Arizona for many years. He loved to fly and as a private pilot,...
Glenn Spencer Whitson
Aug 26, 2013
Glenn Spencer Whitson, age 85, of Edon, Ohio, passed away in his residence at 1:46 p.m. on Monday, August 26, 2013. Mr. Whitson retired as an Inspector at Dana Corporation. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy having served at the end of World War II as a Navy Corpsman. Glenn Spencer Whitson was born on March 5, 1928,...
Helen L. Rosendaul
Aug 25, 2013
Helen L. Rosendaul, age 97, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 8:15 A.M. on Sunday, August 25, 2013, at Evergreen Manor Nursing Home in Montpelier, Ohio, where she had been a resident. Mrs. Rosendaul was a member of the Bryan First Church of Christ. She held the position of National President of the Mothers of World War II in 1991-1992. Helen...
Juan Barrientes, Jr.
Aug 24, 2013
Juan Barrientes, Jr., age 66, of Bryan passed away in his home, August 24, 2013. Juan attended Brownsville High School in Brownsville, Texas, and joined the U.S. Army in 1967. He served two tours in Vietnam and was awarded three Purple Heart awards for injuries he received in combat. Juan was a member of the Bryan VFW Post 2489 and...
Rose Marie Chrisman
Aug 24, 2013
Rose Marie Chrisman, age 83, of Edon, Ohio, died at 4:50 A.M. on Saturday, August 24, 2013, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, after a brief illness. Mrs. Chrisman attended Metz High School and was a homemaker, devoted wife, mother and grandmother and enjoyed the time she spent with her family. She was a lifelong member of...
Mabel I. Ames
Aug 23, 2013
Mabel I. Ames, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away peacefully at Hillside Country Living at 8:30 A.M. on Friday, August 23, 2013, two days before her 100th birthday. Mrs. Ames was a homemaker and was a member of the Pulaski United Methodist Church. Mabel helped found the Sunnyside School in West Jefferson. She and her husband farmed near Pulaski and their...
DeWayne Dick
Aug 23, 2013
W. DeWayne Dick, age 85, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 8:07 A.M. at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, after a brief illness. Mr. Dick was employed as a machinist at Mohawk Tools in Montpelier, Ohio, retiring in 2000 with thirty-seven years of service. He was a model train enthusiast and an avid Nascar fan and enjoyed flying....
Jeffrey A. Stryker
Aug 23, 2013
Jeffrey A. Stryker, age 51, of Edgerton, Ohio, died late Friday, August 23, 2013, from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in Hillsdale County, Michigan. Mr. Stryker was a 1980 graduate of Edgerton High School and the Four County Vocational School carpentry class. Upon graduation he was employed by Lutterbein Lumber Company, then by the Ohio Turnpike Commission Maintenance Department...
Elizabeth "Betty" Martindale
Aug 21, 2013
Elizabeth “Betty” M. Martindale, age 76, of Defiance, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, August 21, 2013, at the Laurels of Defiance, where she had been a resident. Betty was a homemaker. Born August 20, 1937, in Jackson, Michigan, she was the daughter of Hazel (Wheeler) and Harold Chambers. She married AJ Martindale on November 16, 1956, in Saginaw, Michigan, and...
Brenda K. Rupert
Aug 20, 2013
Brenda K. Rupert, age 73, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away early Tuesday morning, August 20, 2013, at Evergreen Manor in Montpelier, Ohio. Brenda was a Dietary Clerk at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers for over 20 years and had previously worked as an Assignment Clerk at General Telephone. She was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Bryan. Born...
Paul E. O'Brien
Aug 19, 2013
Paul E. O’Brien, Jr., age 70, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 12:20 A.M. on Monday, August 19, 2013, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan. Mr. O’Brien attended Gahanna High School and upon moving to Bryan worked as a draftsman for Bryan Metals, retiring in 2000 after thirty-six years of service. Music was his first love...
Nicholas L. Watson
Aug 18, 2013
Nicholas L. Watson, age 77, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 8:50 P.M. on Sunday, August 18, 2013, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan. Mr. Watson was a longtime employee of Lutterbein Lumber Company in Edgerton, Ohio, where he was a yard man and truck driver. In retirement he thoroughly enjoyed his game shows. Nicholas L....
Opal M. Engler
Aug 17, 2013
Opal M. Engler, age 99, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 5:30 A.M. on Saturday, August 17, 2013, at Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville, Ohio, where she was a patient, after a brief illness. Mrs. Engler was a 1931 graduate of Farmer High school, a homemaker, a member of the Edgerton Church of Christ, the Ladies Aid of the church and...
Basil M. "Mike" Huard
Aug 17, 2013
Basil M. “Mike” Huard, age 78, of Edon, Ohio, died on Saturday, August 17, 2013, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, Ohio, where he was a patient. He was a 1952 graduate of Edon High School and worked for Siebenaler Equipment for over thirty years and then for Thiel Construction for fifteen years until his retirement. He was a...
Geneva L. Flower
Aug 16, 2013
Geneva L. “GG” Flower, age 75, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 4:41 P.M. on Friday, August 16, 2013, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, where she was a patient. Mrs. Flower was a member of Bryan Eagles Aerie #2233, attended Grace Community Church in Bryan, and loved her weekly scratch-off tickets. Geneva L. Flower was born on...
Christopher L. Balogh
Aug 13, 2013
Christopher L. Balogh, age 38, of Corunna, Indiana, died at 12:00 P.M. on Tuesday, August 13, 2013, in his home, surrounded by his family, after a long battle with Burkett’s Lymphoma. Mr. Balogh was a 1993 graduate of Edgerton High School and attended Wright State University. He was employed as a quality technician with Fort Wayne Metals. Chris was a...