Obituaries

Paul E. O'Brien

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Constance "Connie" J. Lavrich

Constance "Connie" J. Lavrich

Aug 9, 2013

Constance “Connie” J. Lavrich, age 75, of Bryan, Ohio, died Friday, August 9, 2013, at Community Health & Wellness Center in Bryan. Connie was a homemaker and had been a Registered Nurse working at Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay as a surgical nurse. Since moving to Bryan, she had become a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church, the Fraternal Order...

Robert R. Meyer

Robert R. Meyer

Aug 9, 2013

Robert R. Meyer, age 83, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 3:45 P.M. on Friday, August 9, 2013, in his home after an extended illness. Mr. Meyer was a 1948 graduate of Edgerton High School and served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. In the early 1960s he operated Meyer Foodland in Edgerton and from 1965-1980 operated the...

Lolita M. Appel

Lolita M. Appel

Aug 4, 2013

Lolita M. Appel, age 50, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 7:30 A.M. on Sunday, August 4, 2013, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she a patient, after an extended illness. Mrs. Appel was a 1981 graduate of Edgerton High School and was a rural postal carrier in Hicksville for fifteen years. Prior to working at the...

Herbert W. Eckman

Herbert W. Eckman

Aug 3, 2013

Herbert William Eckman, age 88, of West Unity, Ohio, died at 7:55 A.M. on Saturday, August 3, 2013, in his home after an extended illness. Mr. Eckman was 1943 graduate of Ligonier, Indiana, High School. While attending the University of Texas, in 1943 he joined the United States Maritime Service as a Deck Cadet. In 1945 he received his 3rd...

Martin Ross LaDuke

Martin Ross LaDuke

Jul 31, 2013

Martin Ross LaDuke, age 74, of Edon, Ohio, and formerly of Winston Salem, North Carolina, died at 12:55 P.M. on Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at Evergreen Manor Nursing Center, where he was a patient, after a brief illness. Mr. LaDuke was a longtime sales representative to grocery stores for Schwan’s Food Service in North Carolina. He was an avid fan...

Robert William Lambert

Robert William Lambert

Jul 31, 2013

Robert William Lambert, age 76, of Ney, Ohio, passed away quickly in the woods, doing what he enjoyed, on Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at his residence. Robert retired from Johns Manville in 1999 after 43 years of service. He enjoyed farming, traveling, spending time with family and an occasional game of Blackjack. Bob loved watching his grandkids compete in their...

Doyle "Pete" F. Lanius

Doyle "Pete" F. Lanius

Jul 29, 2013

Doyle “Pete” F. Lanius, age 81, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 2:05 P.M. on Monday, July 29, 2013, in Brookview Nursing Care, Defiance, Ohio. Mr. Lanius retired from Northwest Electric, working in facilities maintenance. He had worked at the former Pet Milk Company for 18 years and Bard Manufacturing for 15 years. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran...

Helen L. Pence

Helen L. Pence

Jul 28, 2013

Helen L. Pence, age 93, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 7:15 A.M. on Sunday, July 28, 2013, at Dream Haven Assisted Living in Edgerton, Ohio, where she was a resident, after a brief illness. Mrs. Pence was a 1938 graduate of Garrett High School in Garrett, Indiana, and was owner and operator of Pence’s Concessions from 1948-2006, where she enjoyed...

Alfred E. Studer

Alfred E. Studer

Jul 28, 2013

Alfred Eugene (Al) Studer, age 81, of Coldwater, Michigan, and formerly of Edgerton Ohio, passed away at 1:00 A.M. on Sunday, July 28, 2013, at Evergreen Manor Nursing Center in Montpelier, Ohio, after a lengthy illness. Alfred was a longtime resident of Edgerton and had moved to Coldwater in 1978, where he worked at Acorn Door and Window until his...

Dale Harroff, Jr.

Dale Harroff, Jr.

Jul 27, 2013

Dale Harroff, Jr., age 89, of Edon, Ohio, died at 2:10 P.M. on Saturday, July 27, 2013, at Hillside Country Living near Bryan, where he had been a resident of Anna’s House. Mr. Harroff was a farmer who raised Spotted Poland-China hogs and had worked as a machinist at Powers & Sons until his retirement. Dale was a U.S. Army...

Edith M. Deken

Edith M. Deken

Jul 19, 2013

Edith M. Deken, age 76, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 7:40 A.M. on Friday, July 19, 2013, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, surrounded by her family after a brief illness. Mrs. Deken was employed as a cook at numerous places in the area during her career, including the Senior Center in Montpelier, Ohio, the Moose Lodge and V.F.W....

Tanya D. Leslie

Tanya D. Leslie

Jul 13, 2013

Tanya D. Leslie, age 70, of Montpelier, Ohio, died Saturday, July 13, 2013 at Genesis Healthcare in Bryan. Tanya was a Registered Nurse having worked in Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin. She worked at the Odd Fellow’s and Rebecca’s Home in Jackson, Michigan, was the Director of Nursing at Harborside Healthcare in Bryan and Americare in Bryan. She was a 1961...

Michael H. Bostater

Michael H. Bostater

Jul 12, 2013

Michael H. Bostater, age 67, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 12, 2013 in his home. Mr. Bostater was a laborer for the former Pet Milk Company in Bryan and (Universal) Dura Corporation in Butler for many years. He was a graduate of Bryan High School and a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving during the Vietnam...

Irene J. Snyder

Irene J. Snyder

Jul 12, 2013

Irene J. Snyder, 91, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 7:20 P.M. on Friday, July 12, 2013, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, where she was a patient. Mrs. Snyder graduated from Pickens, West Virginia, High School, attended Davis and Elkins College and West Virginia University and graduated from Ashland College. She taught school for thirty-five years, including twenty-six years...