Raymond R. Taliaferro
Jul 10, 2013
Raymond R. Taliaferro, age 56, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 11:04 A.M. on Wednesday, July 10, 2013, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan after a brief illness. He was a veteran of the United States Marines and was a member of Grace Community Church, where he was an active volunteer with Home by Grace. Raymond R. Taliaferro was...
Laurence W. Parker
Jul 9, 2013
Laurence W. “Turk” Parker, age 70, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 8:38 P.M. on Monday, July 9, 2013, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan. Mr. Parker was a graduate of Edon High School and had been employed at Stan Pepple Motors in Bryan as a parts manager, body shop manager and salesman, retiring with nearly...
Nick Allen Green
Jul 8, 2013
Nick Allen Green, age 60, of Bryan, Ohio, died suddenly of natural causes on Monday, July 8, 2013, at Shepherd’s Pasture Campground near Sherwood, Ohio, where he enjoyed camping. Mr. Green was a graduate of Edgerton High School and was a veteran of the United States Army. He worked at Bohn Aluminum in Butler, Indiana, until the closing of the...
Richard Cletus Held
Jul 8, 2013
Richard Cletus Held, age 88, of Edon, Ohio, passed away peacefully of cancer on July 8, 2013, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center, in Bryan, Ohio, surrounded by his family. Richard was a lifetime farmer and a lifelong Chicago Cubs fan. He retired in 1987 from Edon Machine Company after 27 years. He served honorably in the U.S. Army with a ranking...
Michael Van Deusen
Jul 7, 2013
Michael Van Deusen, age 64, of Edon, Ohio, died at 12:59 A.M. on Sunday, July 7, 2013, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Mr. Van Deusen graduated from Cooley High School in Detroit, Michigan, in 1966 and attended Western Michigan University, where he received his Bachelor’s Degree in Business. He then attended Wayne State University, where he...
Juan O. Gonzales
Jul 6, 2013
Juan O. Gonzales, age 69, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 8:24 P.M. on Saturday, July 6, 2013, shortly after admittance to Cameron Memorial Hospital in Angola, Indiana, after a sudden illness. Mr. Gonzales was employed for twenty-two years as a welder with Challenge-Cook and then went to work for Sauder Woodworking, retiring with twenty years of service. As an accomplished...
Ruth M. Herman
Jul 1, 2013
Ruth M. Herman, age 78, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 4:15 P.M. on Monday, July 1, 2013, at Genesis Healthcare in Bryan, Ohio, where she was a patient, after an extended illness. Mrs. Herman was a 1953 graduate of Hicksville High School and was a devoted farm wife to her husband, Donald, for more than fifty years. She was an...
Betty J. Florence
Jun 29, 2013
Betty Jean Florence, age 86, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 3:10 P.M. on Saturday, June 29, 2013, at her residence. Mrs. Florence had been a secretary for a real estate company in Chicago, for the East Lansing (Michigan) Schools and at Defiance Screw Machine Products. She also volunteered at the Bryan Thrift Shop. Betty was very active in Western Square...
Charles M. Knight
Jun 28, 2013
Charles M. Knight, age 77, died at 2:57 P.M. on Friday, June 28, 2013, at Vibra Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was a patient, after an illness of three weeks. Mr. Knight was a 1953 graduate of Edon High School and worked as a farmer and also a salesman with Peltcs Lumber in Montpelier, Ohio, for more than...
Alice J. Evans
Jun 27, 2013
Alice J. (Ferrebee) Evans, age 89, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 6:10 A.M. on Thursday, June 27, 2013, at Genesis Health Care in Bryan where she was a patient. Mrs Evans was a graduate of Stryker High School, attended Ohio University in Athens and served in the United State Navy during World War II as a pharmacy technician. She was...
James E. Wrinkle
Jun 27, 2013
James E. Wrinkle, age 82, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 8:15 P.M. on Thursday, June 27, 2013, at Genesis Healthcare in Bryan, where he was a patient, after a brief illness. Mr. Wrinkle was a 1948 graduate of Edgerton High School and worked for the Leader Enterprise in Montpelier, Ohio, as a printer’s apprentice. He joined the United States Army,...
Glen R. Frank, Sr.
Jun 18, 2013
Glen R. Frank, Sr., age 82, of Edon, Ohio, died at 5:14 A.M. on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Center in Bryan. Mr. Frank was a 1949 graduate of Edon High School and served with the United States Marines during the Korean Conflict. He was a member of Mount Union Church near Edon...
Sharon L. Weisz
Jun 18, 2013
Sharon L. Weisz, age 75, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at Genesis Healthcare Center in Bryan. She was a homemaker and a former member of the Montpelier Moose Lodge #312. Sharon was born February 23, 1938 in Rochester, Indiana, the daughter of Howard F. & Charlotte (Bunn) Clay. She married Donald Weisz in Gainesville, Georgia on...
Thelma M. Strup
Jun 15, 2013
Thelma M. Strup, age 79, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 3:45 A.M. on Saturday, June 15, 2013, at Park View Nursing Center after an extended illness. Known as a hard- working person, she had been employed throughout the years at Dolly’s Restaurant, Ken’s IGA, Wilson Tri-State Seed, M & W Carry-out, Fleetwood Industries and Mansion Homes. She had also been...
Loren R. Shaffer
Jun 11, 2013
Loren R. Shaffer, age 72, of Montpelier, Ohio, died at 8:30 A.M. on Tuesday, June 11, 2013, at Evergreen Manor where he was a resident. He was a truck driver and retired from Roadway Trucking after more than 20 years of service. Loren was a former member of the Bryan Eagles Aerie #2233 and the Teamster’s Union. Loren was born...
Phillip Allen Wells
Jun 10, 2013
Phillip Allen Wells, age 82, of Ball Lake, Hamilton, Indiana, passed away on Monday, June 10, 2013 in his home. Mr. Wells served during the Korean war as a Sargent First Class and then worked as a railroad engineer for over thirty-five years in the Chicago area. He and his wife Barbara moved to Ball Lake in 1978 and he...
Clarence Samuel Koch
Jun 10, 2013
Clarence Samuel “Sam” Koch, age 85, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 8:15 P.M. on Monday, June 10, 2013, at Fountain Park Inn and Villas in Bryan, where he was a resident. Mr. Koch was a 1945 graduate of Farmer High School and was employed as a truck driver and station manager for Atlantic Ritchfield, retiring with thirty years of service....
Charlotte C. Cox
Jun 9, 2013
Charlotte Crossett Staples Cox, 97, died peacefully on Sunday, June 9, 2013, at The Inn at Fountain Park in Bryan where she had been a resident in the memory unit since July 2011. Descended from New Englanders, Charlotte was born on November 3, 1915, in West Trenton, New Jersey, to Fred and Mary Crossett Staples. After the death of her...
Marilyn D. Fry
May 31, 2013
Marilyn D. Fry, age 84, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 7:05 A.M. on Friday, May 31, 2013, at Genesis Healthcare in Bryan after an extended illness. Mrs. Fry was a 1947 graduate of Bryan High School and had been employed by the Ohio Art Company, retiring in 1994 with 46 ½ years of service. She was a member of the...
Nile LaVon Day
May 31, 2013
Nile LaVon Day, age 92, of Bryan, died Friday, May 31, 2013, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers of Bryan. Mr. Day was the owner of Day & Day Oil Company. He was a World War II veteran serving in the Pacific Theater with the US Army. LaVon was born on February 28, 1921, in Edgerton, Ohio, the son of...