Paul J. Fry
Jun 7, 2014
Paul J. Fry, age 83, of Edon, Ohio, died at 4:15 P.M. on Saturday, June 7, 2014, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, where he was a patient. Mr. Fry was a 1948 graduate of Edon High School and was a veteran of the United States Marines. He had been employed by The Aro Corporation in Bryan,...
Eleanor J. Horvath
Jun 5, 2014
Eleanor J. Horvath, age 90, of Bryan, Ohio, and formerly of Toledo, Ohio, died on Thursday, June 5, 2014, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio. Mrs. Horvath was employed by Swartzbaugh Manufacturing in Toledo, then went on to work at the Manhatten K-Mart in Toledo, where she was a department manager, retiring in 1980. She was a...
Sandra Ann France
Jun 4, 2014
Sandra Ann “Sandy” France, age 67, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 8:10 A.M. on Wednesday, June 4, 2014, in her home after a brief illness. Mrs. France graduated from Lunenburg, Massachusetts, High School in 1964 and attended Fitchburg State College in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. She was active with the Girl Scouts, serving as a leader, den mother and Brownie leader, and...
Larry M. "Smiley" Muehlfeld
Jun 2, 2014
Larry M. “Smiley” Muehlfeld, age 75, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 6:13 P.M. on Monday, June 2, 2014, at the University of Toledo Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio, after a brief illness. Mr. Muehlfeld was a 1957 graduate of Edon High School and was employed by the Williams County Highway Department as a dispatcher, retiring with 30 years of service....
Merle O. Altaffer
May 31, 2014
Merle O. Altaffer, age 88, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 1:25 A.M. on Saturday, May 31, 2014, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, where he was a patient, after an extended illness. Mr. Altaffer was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving in multiple campaigns in the European Theater. He was employed by Hayes-Albion as...
Inez E. Vitale
May 31, 2014
Inez E. Vitale, age 92, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 4:35 A.M. on Saturday, May 31, 2014, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, Defiance, Ohio, where she had been a patient. She was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Bryan, where she helped prepare and serve funeral dinners for many years, helped start the Church Women United...
Marshall J. McClain
May 27, 2014
Marshall J. McClain, age 41, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 9:20 P.M. on Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was patient, after an extended illness. Marshall was a 1990 graduate of Edgerton High School and received an Associate Degree in accounting from Northwest State Community College. He was employed by A-Stamp Industries as...
Blade X. Herman
May 24, 2014
Blade X. Herman, age 33, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Saturday, May 24, 2014, at his residence. He was an accomplished tattoo artist. Blade was born on June 12, 1980, in Bryan, Ohio, the son of Gerald Herman and Cindy Harr. He is survived by his daughter, Destiny Polanco of Defiance; his father, Gerald “Jerry” Herman, of Edgerton; his...
Corinne M. Buff
May 19, 2014
Corinne M. Buff, age 86, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 9:35 P.M. on Monday, May 19, 2014, at Fountain Park Inn and Villas, where she was a resident, after an extended illness. Mrs. Buff was formerly employed by Edgerton Metals, Syncro-Tech and Air-Way Manufacturing. She was a former member of the Zion United Methodist Church near Edgerton, currently was a...
Jeremy D. Traxler
May 19, 2014
Jeremy D. Traxler, age 36, of Columbus, Ohio, and formerly of Bryan, Ohio, died at 1:25 A.M. on Monday, May 19, 2014, after a brief illness, at Riverside Hospital in Columbus, where he was a patient. Jeremy was a 1996 graduate of Bryan High School and received his Associate’s Degree in Accounting from Northwest State Community College. He went on...
Gayle L. Lang
May 17, 2014
Gayle L. Lang, age 67, of Defiance, Ohio, passed away at 8:27 A.M. on Saturday, May 17, 2014, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she had been a patient. Gayle was a homemaker and caretaker for her grandson, Peyton. Gayle was born on July 5, 1946, in Defiance, Ohio, the daughter of Ralph G. and Gloria L....
James L. Newman, Sr.
May 13, 2014
James L. Newman, Sr., age 75, of Edgerton, Ohio, died on Tuesday afternoon, May 13, 2014, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was admitted on Monday, after a brief illness. Mr. Newman was a 1955 graduate of Edon High School and received an Associate Degree in Diesel Engineering in 1995 from Ivy Tech, where also...
Dr. Thomas R. Olnhausen
May 11, 2014
Dr. Thomas Roland Olnhausen, 84, beloved father, grandfather, optometrist and dear friend of so many, passed away on May 11, 2014. Tom was born on October 20, 1929, in Cambridge, Ohio, to the late Dr. Roland “Oly” Henry and Bertha “Bert” Mae Olnhausen. After graduating from Cambridge High School he went on to attend The Ohio State University in the...
James L. Newman, Jr.
May 11, 2014
James L. Newman, Jr., age 51, of Edgerton, Ohio, died early on Sunday, May 11, 2014, at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he was a patient, after a valiant battle with cancer. Mr. Newman was a 1980 graduate of Edgerton High School, where he played football, basketball and baseball and was a member of...
Helen J. Stull
May 11, 2014
Helen J. Stull, age 77, of Montpelier, Ohio, died at 10:05 P.M. on Sunday, May 11, 2014, at Evergreen Manor Care Center in Montpelier, where she was a resident. Helen J. Stull was born on September 11, 1936, in Clarence Township, Calhoun County, Michigan, the daughter of Harold J. and Winona W. (Slagle) Stull. Survivors include one brother, Harold (Linda)...
Rose G. O'Dell
May 9, 2014
Rose G. O’Dell, age 69, of Butler, Indiana, died at 4:05 P.M. on Friday, May 9, 2014, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she was a patient, after a brief illness. Mrs. O’Dell was a homemaker an had become a minister in 2010. She was a member of the Butler Church of Christ. Rose G. O’Dell was born...
Kelli Jo Bell
May 7, 2014
Kelli Jo Bell, age 50, died at 1:30 P.M. on Wednesday, May 7, 2014, at Visiting Nurses and Hospice Home in Fort Wayne, Indiana, after an extended illness. She was a graduate of Edgerton High School and was a self-employed breeder of English bulldogs. Kelli Jo Bell was born on August 13, 1963, in Toledo, Ohio. Survivors include her parents,...
Kathryn E. Young
May 7, 2014
Kathryn E. Young, age 91, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 7:30 P.M. on Wednesday, May 7, 2014, at Park View Nursing Center where she was resident after a brief illness. She was a homemaker and longtime resident of Edgerton. Kathryn E. Young was born on April 21, 1923, in Alvordton, Ohio the daughter of Roy and Doris (DeGroff) Stahl. Survivors...
Zelda A. Higley
May 5, 2014
Zelda A. (Spangler) Higley, age 89, of Williams Center, Ohio, passed away on Monday, May 5, 2014. She was a homemaker and a member of the Williams Center United Methodist Church. Zelda was born on December 13, 1924, in Defiance County, Ohio, the daughter of the late Robert R. and Edith E. (Crawford) Spangler. She was preceded in death by...
June A. Horn
Apr 30, 2014
June A. (Castor) Horn, age 89, of Bryan, Ohio, and formerly of Kenton, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 30, 2014, at Hillside Country Living. Born on Sunday, June 22, 1924, to W. Murray and Dorothy (Patterson) Castor, she was a 1945 graduate of Lima Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. As a registered nurse, June was the surgery supervisor...


