Obituaries

Leo D. Thomas

Leo D. Thomas

Dec 6, 2012

Leo D. Thomas, age 83, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 12:51 A.M. on Thursday, December 6, 2012, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan. Leo worked at General Telephone (GTE) in Bryan, Brookville, Sylvania and Bowling Green for over 40 years. He started his career as an Installer and when he retired was a Senior...

Minnie G. West

Minnie G. West

Dec 6, 2012

Minnie G. West, age 91, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 9:45 P.M. on Thursday, December 6, 2012, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center in Bryan where she was a patient after a brief illness. Born on April 25, 1921, the daughter of Oscar and Clara (Priest) West, she is survived by several nieces and nephews and was preceded by three...

Gladys P. Deetz

Gladys P. Deetz

Dec 6, 2012

Gladys P. Deetz, age 87, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, December 6, 2012, at Hillside Country Living, Bryan. Gladys worked for over eleven years at Dairy Queen in Bryan, Mendleson’s Egg Factory and Carbin Brush, both in West Unity, Ohio. She was a member of the Faith United Methodist Church in Bryan and the American Legion Auxiliary in...

Robert C. Fosburg, Sr.

Robert C. Fosburg, Sr.

Dec 2, 2012

Robert C. Fosburg, Sr., age 65, of Hamilton, Indiana, died at 4:10 A.M. on Sunday, December 2, 2012, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, after a brief illness. Mr. Fosburg was a longtime construction worker and joined the T.I. Group in Ashley, Indiana, in 1995, where he worked until his retirement in 2009. He was a former member of...

Dorothy Helen Mosier

Dorothy Helen Mosier

Nov 27, 2012

Dorothy Helen Mosier, age 82, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 1:30 P.M., on Tuesday, November 27, 2012, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center in Bryan. Dorothy worked at Spangler Candy Company for over 35 years, retiring April 30, 1992. She also co-owned Mo’s Bar and Restaurant in Ney and was a member of the Bryan Eagles Aerie #2233. Dorothy was...

Johnnie P. Oiler

Johnnie P. Oiler

Nov 27, 2012

Johnnie P. Oiler, age 68, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 9:15 P.M. on Tuesday, November 27, 2012, in his home after a brief illness. Mr. Oiler was a veteran of the United States Air Force with service during Vietnam. He was a self-employed truck driver and escort driver and was a member of Bryan Eagles Aerie #2233. He also was...

LoRean Martin

LoRean Martin

Nov 27, 2012

LoRean Martin, age 82, of Defiance, Ohio, and formerly of Hicksville, Ohio, died at 8:19 P.M. on Tuesday, November 27, 2012, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice in Defiance. She was a homemaker. LoRean Martin was born on December 17, 1929, in Martinsville, Indiana, the daughter of Edward Johnston. She married Eugene A. Martin and he preceded her in death....

Darrell "Punkin" McKinsey

Darrell "Punkin" McKinsey

Nov 23, 2012

Darrell “Punkin” McKinsey, age 50, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 10:08 A.M. on Friday, November 23, 2012, shortly after admittance to Community Hospital and Wellness Centers in Bryan. Darrell was a 1980 graduate of Lima Senior High School and worked as a production assemblyman at C. E. Electronics. He was an avid fisherman and attended Life Changing Realities Fellowship in...

Leo A. Herman

Leo A. Herman

Nov 23, 2012

Leo A. Herman, age 78, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 10:53 P.M. on Friday, November 23, 2012, at his residence. Leo was a tool and die maker at Mohawk Tools for over thirty years and then worked at Nemco Food Division for another seven years until his retirement. He attended St. Patrick Catholic Church in Bryan and was an avid...

Barbara A. Fikel

Barbara A. Fikel

Nov 23, 2012

Barbara A. Fikel, age 58, of Montpelier, Ohio, died at 8:30 P.M. on Friday, November 23, 2012, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, Defiance, Ohio. Barbara was a laborer at Powers & Sons for over thirty years. She was a member of Clear Lake Bible Church and Montpelier Eagles Aerie #2246. Barbara was born on January 1, 1954, in Bryan,...

Thomas I. Chaney

Thomas I. Chaney

Nov 18, 2012

Thomas I. Chaney, age 79, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 9:34 A.M. on Sunday, November 18, 2012, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan. Mr. Chaney served in the United States Air Force from 1951-1953 as a Medical Technician, Airman First Class. He worked in retail sales for Cook United in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1955-1975 and...

Patricia D. Huard

Patricia D. Huard

Nov 13, 2012

Patricia D. Huard, age 76, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, died Tuesday, November 13, 2012, at 12:15 A.M. at her residence. In addition to raising eight children, she worked for several years at Vistron and Plastec in Edon, Ohio, and 50 Corp in Bryan, Ohio; worked in sales at Tom’s Fireworks and then as a waitress in several area restaurants, including...

Lorraine Goebel

Lorraine Goebel

Nov 11, 2012

Lorraine Goebel, age 71, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 9:50 A.M. on Sunday, November 11, 2012, at the home of her son. Ms. Goebel was a 1959 graduate of Edgerton High School and had worked at Fleetwood Industries in Edgerton for nearly thirty years until the plant closed and then at Air-Way Manufacturing. She was a member of St. Mary...

Eugenia Zup

Eugenia Zup

Nov 11, 2012

Eugenia Zup, age 100, of Bryan, Ohio and formerly of Cleveland, died Sunday, November 11, 2012, at 1:15 A.M., at Dream Haven, in Edgerton where she was a resident. She had been a homemaker and provided volunteer respite care for the elderly and others in need in the Cleveland area for many years. She moved to Bryan in 1992 and...

Evelyn M. Allen

Evelyn M. Allen

Nov 10, 2012

Evelyn M. Allen, age 85, of rural Edgerton, Ohio, died at 1:17 P.M. on Saturday, November 10, 2012, at Twin Rivers Care and Rehabilitation Center, where she was a patient. Mrs. Allen was a 1945 graduate of Edgerton High School. Throughout the years she was employed at Ohio Art Company and then Century Press and was a loyal farm wife,...

Rita J. Fetters

Rita J. Fetters

Nov 9, 2012

Rita. J. Fetters, age 71, of Montpelier, Ohio, died Friday, November 9, 2012, at 1:15 A.M., shortly after admittance to the Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers- Montpelier Emergency Room. Rita had been a factory worker at Hayes-Albion 50 Division for 28 years. She was a 1959 graduate of Celina High School, a member of the Montpelier Moose Lodge, Life Member...

Kenneth W. Sylvester, Sr.

Kenneth W. Sylvester, Sr.

Nov 7, 2012

Kenneth W. Sylvester, Sr., age 66, of Bryan, Ohio, died on Wednesday, November 7, 2012, at his residence. Ken was a truck driver and served in the Air Force during the Vietnam War. Born on March 1, 1946, in Miami, Florida, he was the son of Raymond A. and Leonor (Sapienza) Sylvester. He is survived by his son, Kenneth W....

Evelyn Irene Bish

Evelyn Irene Bish

Nov 6, 2012

Evelyn Irene Bish, age 88, of Michigan City, Indiana, and formerly of Farmer, Ohio, died surrounded by friends and family on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, at the Arbors of Michigan City, where she was a resident. Mrs. Bish retired from the Holabird Furniture Company in Bryan, Ohio, with twenty-six and one-half years of service. She had previously worked at Desart’s...

Joyce I. Mason

Joyce I. Mason

Nov 4, 2012

Joyce I. (Ordway) Mason, age 61, of Edon, Ohio, died at 4:45 P.M. on Sunday, November 4, 2012, in her home after an illness of six months. She was a 1969 graduate of Edgerton High School and was employed by Lectron in Hamilton, Indiana, for eleven years and then by Air-Way Manufacturing in Edgerton, Ohio, for eleven years until her...

Socorro G. Rivas

Socorro G. Rivas

Nov 2, 2012

Socorro G. Rivas, age 86, of Kunkle, Ohio, went home to meet her Lord at 10:08 A.M. on Friday, November 2, 2012, in her home surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Rivas was a homemaker and enjoyed quilting, sewing, cooking and gardening and was very hospitable to all who knew her. She was a member of the Church of Christ...