Obituaries

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...

Edgar E. Schang

Edgar E. Schang

Apr 14, 2013

Edgar Schang, 89,of Bryan died April 14, 2013 at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center. He was a retired teacher and World War II veteran. Edgar was born November 7, 1923 and is survived by his wife Phyllis; children, Greg (Kathy) Schang, Charlotte (Tony) Blad, Craig (Nancy) Sipe, Cutis Sipe, brother, Robert Schang and several grandchildren. There will be no services...

Texas McCauley

Texas McCauley

Apr 12, 2013

Texas McCauley, age 76, of Hicksville, Ohio, died at 8:30 A.M. on Friday, April 12, 2013, surrounded by her family at Genesis Health Care in Bryan, Ohio, where she was a patient. Mrs. McCauley was employed by Western Union as a teletypist for many years, was also a longtime nurses aide and was a licensed beautician. She will be greatly...

Nancy L. Kuszmaul

Nancy L. Kuszmaul

Apr 12, 2013

Nancy L. Kuszmaul, age 72, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Friday, April 12, 2013, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Center in Bryan following an extended illness. Nancy retired as a press operator at the former Bryan Custom Plastics after many years of service. She was a member of the Lick Creek Church of the Brethren and the Montpelier Eagles...

Barbara A. Mason

Barbara A. Mason

Apr 11, 2013

Barbara Ann Mason, age 69, of Coldwater, Michigan, and formerly of rural Edon, Ohio, went home to her heavenly Father on Thursday morning, April 11, 2013, at her home. Barbara was a member of the Independent Full Gospel Church in Ashley, Indiana, and was active in the Women of Worth group and the Kitchen Crew. She was the co-owner of...

Betty G. Raub

Betty G. Raub

Apr 10, 2013

Betty G. Raub, age 67, of Bryan, Ohio, died on Wednesday morning, April 10, 2013, at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center after a brief illness. She worked at Plastec and Bryan Custom Plastics in the Quality Control department, retiring in 2010. Betty was a member of the Union Chapel Church of God and the Bryan Fraternal Order of Eagles,...

Wayne Babb

Wayne Babb

Apr 10, 2013

Wayne Babb, age 65, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 9:05 A.M. on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, in his home after a brief illness. Mr. Babb attended North Central High School, Pioneer, Ohio, and entered the United States Army, serving in Vietnam. He was an accomplished welder, working with Babb Trucking, Edgerton, and his brothers for thirty years. He and his...

Ilene F. Mowrer

Ilene F. Mowrer

Apr 10, 2013

Ilene Faye Mowrer, age 79, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 4:44 A.M. on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, in her home after an extended illness. She was a secretary and assistant cook at Waldron High School for twenty years, worked as a Hostess at Holiday Inn for ten years and also had worked at Rite-Aid. Ilene was the co-owner of the...

Robert L. Winebar

Robert L. Winebar

Mar 30, 2013

Robert L. Winebar, age 87, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 3:15 P.M. on Saturday, March 30, 2013, Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center where he had been a resident. Bob retired from Wilco Machine & Tool in 1991 and prior to that had worked at 50 Corporation. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and was a former member...

John Orrin Lundy

John Orrin Lundy

Mar 24, 2013

John Orrin Lundy, age 91, of Port Hueneme, California, and Edgerton, Ohio, passed away on March 24, 2013, following a short illness. John was born in Bowling Green, Ohio, on July 5, 1921, the son of Orrin and Julia (Johnson) Lundy. He was married to Betty McClellan on May 12, 1944, in Norfolk, Virginia. He will be greatly missed by...

David A. "Dave" Geren, Sr.

David A. "Dave" Geren, Sr.

Mar 24, 2013

David A. “Dave” Geren, Sr., age 76, of Bryan, Ohio, died peacefully and went to be with his Lord and Savior at 4:30 P.M. on Sunday, March 24, 2013, at his residence, with his family at his side, following a battle with cancer and heart disease. David A. Geren was born on April 7, 1936, near Bryan, the son of...

Riley Stone Hopper

Riley Stone Hopper

Mar 23, 2013

Riley Stone Hopper touched our lives eternally for but a few short hours on Saturday, March 23, 2013. He was born in Bryan, Ohio, to Bryan and Carolyn (Flores) Hopper, of Montpelier. He is survived by his parents; his sister, Madelyn Hopper; his brother, Braylon Hopper; Paternal Grandparents, Dave and Marjorie Hopper, of West Unity; Maternal Grandparents, Amando and Nila...

Carol S. Dirrim

Carol S. Dirrim

Mar 23, 2013

Carol Sue Dirrim, age 63, of rural Bryan, Ohio, died Saturday morning, March 23, 2013, in her home surrounded by her family. Carol was a member of the Restoration Fellowship in Williams Center. She was a homemaker who loved to dance, listen to Oldies Rock-N-Roll and spend time with her nieces and great nieces. Carol Sue was born on January...

William E. Kissinger

William E. Kissinger

Mar 23, 2013

William E. (Bill) Kissinger of Edon, Ohio passed away at his home Saturday, March, 23, 2013. He was born July 24, 1935 in his parents’ home near Blakeslee, Ohio to Maxine and Burton Kissinger. Bill is survived by his loving wife Phyllis Irene (Maginn) Kissinger, to whom he wed over 56 years ago on July 17,1956. He is also survived...

Harold W. Vogelsong

Harold W. Vogelsong

Mar 23, 2013

Harold Walter Vogelsong, age 82, of Defiance, Ohio, died at 5:08 A.M. on Saturday, March 23, 2013, at Community Health Partners Inpatient Hospice in Defiance. Mr. Vogelsong was a lithographer for over 45 years, retiring from Reese Brothers in Perrysburg. He was a member of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Bryan. He enjoyed wood carving, carpentry,...