Obituaries

David P. Kirk

David P. Kirk

Jul 22, 2012

David P. Kirk, age 49, of Toledo, Ohio, died early on Sunday, July 22, 2012, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Williams County. Mr. Kirk was employed for twenty-five years as a floor installer with Carpenters Union Local 351 in Toledo. David P. Kirk was born on February 25, 1963, in Anchorage, Alaska, the son of William R....

Terry L. Bowman

Terry L. Bowman

Jul 21, 2012

Terry L. Bowman, age 58, of Kendallville, Indiana, passed away at 4:30 A.M. on Saturday, July 21, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Bowman had been Plant Manager of Lake Park Industries in Shipshewana, Indiana, and had previously worked at The Aro Corporation in Bryan, Ohio, White New Idea in Coldwater, Ohio, Simpson Industries in Fremont, Indiana, and Pullman Industries in...

Howard L. Ridgway

Howard L. Ridgway

Jul 12, 2012

Howard L. Ridgway, age 71, died at 9:45 A.M. on Thursday, July 12, 2012, in his home, after a brief illness. Mr. Ridgway was employed by Bard Manufacturing, retiring in 2006 with thirty-five years of service. He was an avid Ohio State and Ford fan and enjoyed camping and spending time at Huycks Lake in Michigan, where he enjoyed fishing...

Elizabeth H. McCallum

Elizabeth H. McCallum

Jul 11, 2012

Elizabeth H. (Moore) McCallum, age 93, of Fayette, Ohio, and formerly of Canandaigua, New York, passed away on Wednesday, July 11, 2012, at the home of her granddaughter. Elizabeth was a registered nurse and U.S. Army Nurse Corps veteran of World War II. Born on January 6, 1919, in Bluff Point, New York, she was the daughter of Clyde and...

Glen A. Thomas

Glen A. Thomas

Jul 9, 2012

Glen A. Thomas, age 79, of Bryan, passed away on Monday, July 9, 2012, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan. Glen was a butcher at the former Dinner Bell Foods in Defiance and a U.S. Army veteran. He was a member of the Butler American Legion Post #202, a Life Member of the National Rifle Association, a longtime...

Herbert A. Plassmann

Herbert A. Plassmann

Jul 8, 2012

Herbert Arthur Plassmann, age 87, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 6:10 A.M. on Sunday, July 8, 2012, in Dream Haven, Edgerton, Ohio, where he was a resident. Herbert enlisted in the Navy in 1943, trained for the Naval Air Force at Memphis, Tennessee, where he won an award for perfect airplane recognition. Herb joined his comrades in Honolulu and the...

Alden B. Leslie

Alden B. Leslie

Jul 7, 2012

Alden B. Leslie, age 96, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 9:37 P.M. on Saturday, July 7, 2012, at Hillside Country Living near Bryan after a brief illness. Mr. Leslie was a 1935 graduate of Bryan High School and attended Manchester College. He was a farmer, worked at the Ohio Art Company, farmed tomatoes, sold fertilizer for International and also sold...

Gary David Calvin

Gary David Calvin

Jul 6, 2012

Gary David Calvin, age 67, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 11:17 A.M. on Friday, July 6, 2012, in his home. Mr. Calvin was a 1962 graduate of Bryan High School, served in the United States Army and was employed by Continental General Tire, retiring in 2001, with twenty-four years of service. He was a member of Bryan First Presbyterian Church...

Hazel E. Doster

Hazel E. Doster

Jul 4, 2012

Hazel Evelyn (Headley) Gerry Doster, age 93, of Edgerton, Ohio, and formerly a longtime resident of Garrett, Indiana, passed away at 4:45 A.M. on Wednesday, July 4, 2012, in her home in Edgerton, Ohio, after an extended illness. Mrs. Doster was a 1937 graduate of Edgerton High School and spent her early years working at the Basket Factory in Edgerton....

Linda M. Hartsock

Linda M. Hartsock

Jul 4, 2012

Linda May Hartsock, age 56, of Edon, Ohio, died at 4:26 P.M. on Wednesday, July 4, 2012, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she was a patient. Mrs. Hartsock was a 1973 graduate of Edgerton High School and had worked at the Fremont Outlet Mall for twenty years. She was an avid reader, a collector of anything Santa...

Marilyn Miller

Marilyn Miller

Jul 3, 2012

Marilyn Miller, age 81, of Montpelier, Ohio, and formerly a longtime resident of Bryan, Ohio, died at 5:05 A.M. on Tuesday, July 3, 2012, at Evergreen Manor Nursing Care Center in Montpelier, where she was a patient, after an illness of six months. Mrs. Miller was a 1949 graduate of Edon High School and worked as an assembler at The...

Gary D. Flower

Gary D. Flower

Jul 1, 2012

Gary D. Flower, age 75, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 4:25 P.M. on Sunday, July 1, 2012, in his home after an extended illness. Mr. Flower was a member of the Bryan High School class of 1955 and was employed by the Ohio Art Company, retiring with more than forty years of service. He also enjoyed tinkering on his farms....

Ruth A. Hirsch

Ruth A. Hirsch

Jun 26, 2012

Ruth A. Hirsch, age 65, of Bryan, Ohio, and formerly of Fullerton, California, died at 4:13 P.M. on Tuesday, June 26, 2012, in her home after a brief illness. Ms. Hirsch was a 1964 graduate of Buena Park High School in Buena Park, California, and attended Cal State Fullerton from 1964-1965. She worked for Pacific Bell (AT&T), retiring with thirty...

Ruth K. McQuilkin

Ruth K. McQuilkin

Jun 24, 2012

Ruth K. McQuilkin, age 79, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 3:50 A.M. on Sunday, June 24, 2012, at Hillside Country Living near Bryan after a brief illness. Ms. McQuilkin was a 1951 graduate of Montpelier High School and graduated from Bowling Green State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Education. She was a retired teacher, having taught in Van Wert...

Oren H. Elliott

Oren H. Elliott

Jun 21, 2012

Oren H. Elliott,age 79, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 12:05 A.M. on Thursday, June 21, 2012, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center, where he was a patient, after an extended illness. A native of Paulding County, Ohio, Mr. Elliott served in the United States Army and owned two restaurants in Paulding and worked at All Star Products in Defiance, before...

Albert J. Grymonprez

Albert J. Grymonprez

Jun 19, 2012

Albert J. Grymonprez, age 62, of Bryan, Ohio, died on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Grymonprez was a Job Setter at JCIM in Bryan and had been a truck driver with Preston Trucking in Bryan and Wayne Feed in Pettisville, Ohio. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran, serving during the Vietnam War. Albert J. Grymonprez was...

Phyllis N. Caperton

Phyllis N. Caperton

Jun 17, 2012

Phyllis N. Caperton, age 65, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 11:33 A.M. on Sunday, June 17, 2012, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she was a patient. Mrs. Caperton was a 1965 graduate of Edgerton High School and was employed by JCIM in Bryan, retiring on September 1, 2009, with forty-one years of service. She was...

Wayne J. Sharp

Wayne J. Sharp

Jun 16, 2012

Wayne J. Sharp, age 73, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 3:40 P.M. on Saturday, June 16, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Sharp was the owner of Sharp Construction. He attended Grace Community Church in Bryan. Wayne J. Sharp was born on June 11, 1939, in Hillsdale, Michigan, the son of Joe and Lyla (Underwood) Sharp. He married Carol J. Seiler...

Patricia Y. Weisz

Patricia Y. Weisz

Jun 16, 2012

Patricia Y. Weisz, age 72, of Bryan, Ohio, and formerly of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 4:30 P.M. on Saturday, June 16, 2012, in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ypsilanti, Michigan, where she was a patient. Mrs. Weisz was a 1957 graduate of Montpelier High School and received a Bachelor’s degree in elementary education in 1972 and a Master’s degree in guidance...

Duane D. Rinkel

Duane D. Rinkel

Jun 10, 2012

Duane D. Rinkel, age 69, of rural Bryan, Ohio, died at 5:00 A.M. on Sunday, June 10, 2012, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center where he had been a patient since Wednesday. Mr. Rinkel was a 1960 graduate of Edgerton High School where he was a member of the 1959 State Championship Basketball Team. He was a lifelong farmer working...