Obituaries

Jane H. Bell

Jane H. Bell

May 20, 2013

Jane Hurst Bell, age 83, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 5:21 A.M. on Monday, May 20, 2013, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan. A veteran of the U.S. Army, Jane served as a WAC during the Korean Conflict. A graduate of Defiance College, she was a teacher for over twenty years with Central Local Schools, having...

Dorothy Ann Frisinger

Dorothy Ann Frisinger

May 19, 2013

Dorothy Ann “Dort” Frisinger, age 85, of Montpelier, Ohio, died at 3:30 A.M. on Sunday, May 19, 2013, at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, in Toledo, Ohio, where she was a patient, following a brief illness. Mrs. Frisinger formerly lived in Florida, where she worked as a printing press operator in Gainesville and as a nanny in Melbourne for many...

Martha M. Lusk

Martha M. Lusk

May 17, 2013

Martha Marie (Hollstein) Lusk, age 86, of Montpelier and formerly of Northwood, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 17, 2013. Martha was born on January 11, 1927, in Kunkle, Ohio, the daughter of Guy and Luella (Lambright) Hollstein. She married Richard Lusk and he preceded her in death in 1983. Mrs. Lusk is survived by her daughters, Patricia Clark,...

Philip D. "Flip" Bowen

Philip D. "Flip" Bowen

May 14, 2013

Philip D. “Flip” Bowen, age 63, of Pioneer, Ohio, died Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at his residence. Flip graduated from Aubeenaubee High School in Leiter’s Ford, Indiana. He was a Navy veteran serving as a Machinist Mate on a fast attack nuclear submarine, the USS Lawrence York Spear AS36. After his service in the Navy, Flip worked for Norfolk &...

Clare L. Dilworth

Clare L. Dilworth

May 10, 2013

Clare L. Dilworth, age 86, of Camden, Michigan, died at 5:40 P.M. on Friday, May 10, 2013, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was a patient. Mr. Dilworth worked at The Aro Corporation in Bryan for 25 years, where he was Supervisor of Technical Information. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps, serving...

Thelma Rose Stover

Thelma Rose Stover

May 6, 2013

Thelma Rose (Myers) Stover, age 72, of Bryan, was called home by her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Monday, May 6, 2013, at the Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center in Defiance. Born February 18, 1941, in Wayne, Michigan, Thelma was the daughter of Glen and Helen (Steinhauer) Myers. Upon her graduation from Edon High School, Thelma was employed...

Theyma L. Whitney

Theyma L. Whitney

May 5, 2013

Theyma L. Whitney, age 77, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 10:47 A.M. on Sunday, May 5, 2013, shortly after admittance to Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville, Ohio. Mrs. Whitney was a 1953 graduate of Edgerton High School and for many years worked at the Super Valu and then for Kaiser’s Grocery in Edgerton. She retired from Regent Manufacturing in Edgerton,...

Barry L. Yarger

Barry L. Yarger

May 3, 2013

Barry L. Yarger, age 71, of Lake Seneca, near Montpelier, Ohio, died at 10:45 P.M. on Friday May 3, 2013, at Genesis Healthcare in Bryan, Ohio, where he was a patient, after a brief illness. Mr. Yarger was a 1961 graduate of Edgerton High School and served two tours in the United States Navy during the Vietnam Era. He was...

Tommy W. Green

Tommy W. Green

May 3, 2013

Tommy W. Green, age 72, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 6:30 a.m. on Friday, May 3, 2013, at Genesis Healthcare in Bryan. He was a machinist at Aro Corporation for over 40 years and was a member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church near Edgerton. He loved to snowmobile and water ski at Coldwater Lake. Tommy was a US Army...

M. Kathryn Heisler

M. Kathryn Heisler

Apr 30, 2013

M. Kathryn Heisler, age 94, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 9:45 A.M. on Tuesday, April 30, 2013, at Genesis Heath Care in Bryan, where she was a resident. She was a member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church near Edgerton, Ohio, where she was active in the Ladies Aid Society and Lutheran Women’s Missionary League and taught Sunday School for many...

Vester L. Hylton

Vester L. Hylton

Apr 27, 2013

Vester L. Hylton, 99, of Edon passed away April 27, 2013, at Community Health Professionals In-patient Hospice, Defiance. He was a welder who worked in the steel yards that were used in constructing the Golden Gate Bridge and the Neighborhood Community Church in California. He worked for many years at Peterson Tractor working on earth moving equipment. He was a...

Floyd O. Miller

Floyd O. Miller

Apr 26, 2013

Floyd O. Miller, age 78, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 7:47 P.M. on Friday, April 26, 2013, at Community Health Partners In-patient Hospice in Defiance. Mr. Miller was employed as a tool and die maker and supervisor at Edgerton Manufacturing for 28 years and retired from Spangler Candy Company in Bryan. For several years he ran F&K Auto with his...

Waver Lee Keck-Dhaenens

Waver Lee Keck-Dhaenens

Apr 26, 2013

Waver Lee Keck-Dhaenens, age 85, of Bryan, Ohio, joined her heavenly father at 10:47 P.M. on Friday, April 26, 2013, while at Community Hospitals and Wellness Center in Bryan. Prior to devoting her life as wife and mother, Waver Lee was employed as secretary by the 50 Corporation and Ohio Art Company. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church...

Lyle E. Cram

Lyle E. Cram

Apr 23, 2013

Lyle E. Cram, age 70, of Edon, Ohio, died at 11:50 A.M. on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, Ohio, where he was a patient. Mr. Cram was employed as a machinist by Mohawk Tools, Montpelier, Ohio, retiring in 1990 with twenty-four years of service. He was also a driver for the Amish in the...

Monica M. Seibert

Monica M. Seibert

Apr 21, 2013

Monica M. Seibert, age 87, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 11:58 P.M. on Sunday, April 21, 2013, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, where she was a patient. Mrs. Seibert was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church, Edgerton, Ohio, where she was a lector and cantor for many years, Rosary Altar Society and the Farm Bureau....

Mervin C. Helf

Mervin C. Helf

Apr 20, 2013

Mervin C. Helf, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 3:44 A.M. on Saturday, April 20, 2013, just eight days after celebrating his 87th birthday. Mr. Helf entered the United States Navy at the age of seventeen and served as a radioman on Palmyra Island in the Asia-Pacific Theater during World War II. He was employed as a machinist at The Aro...

Thomas James Fleming

Thomas James Fleming

Apr 20, 2013

Thomas James Fleming, age 81, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 2:23 P.M. on Saturday, April 20, 2013, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, after an extended illness. Mr. Fleming was a 1951 graduate of Archbold (Ohio) High School and served with the United States Navy Seabees from 1951-1955 during the Korean Conflict, stationed in Guam and the...

John F. Essman

John F. Essman

Apr 16, 2013

John F. Essman, age 69, of Bryan, Ohio, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, while in Columbus, Ohio. Following graduation from high school, John attended the University of Missouri-Columbia. He went on to found Essman Screw Products and J. & J. Machine, both in Bryan, Ohio, and John Essman Company in Hamilton, Indiana. Currently, he was the owner and...

Margaret C. Friskney

Margaret C. Friskney

Apr 16, 2013

Margaret C. Friskney, age 92, of Edon, Ohio, died on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at St. Joseph Hospital Hospice Care Center in Lexington, Kentucky, where she was a patient. Mrs. Friskney worked as a beautician after graduation from high school and met Frank Friskney at a USO dance in her home town of New Orleans, Louisiana. They were married one...

Karen S. Menefee

Karen S. Menefee

Apr 15, 2013

Karen Schwartzengraber Menefee, age 68, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 1:55 A.M. on Monday, April 15, 2013, at Genesis Health Care in Bryan, where she was a patient, after an extended illness. Karen was a 1963 graduate of Bryan High School and was employed by Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, Ohio, for fifteen years, where she was laundry supervisor...