Obituaries

Robert V. Cooley

Robert V. Cooley

Feb 22, 2012

Robert V. Cooley, age 90, of Montpelier, Ohio, died on Wednesday, February 22, 2012, after an illness of several weeks. Mr. Cooley was a lifelong dairy and livestock farmer and was a champion grower of corn, winning the DeKalb Seed Corn Contest in 1947 and 1954. He was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Bob was an active...

Kathleen M. Goebel

Kathleen M. Goebel

Feb 20, 2012

Kathleen M. Goebel, age 90, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at11:45 A.M. on Monday, February 20, 2012, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, where she was a resident, after an extended illness. Mrs. Goebel was a graduate of Edgerton High School and was employed as a teller with Citizens National Bank for many years, at the Red and White Supermarket...

Jerry S. DeWitt

Jerry S. DeWitt

Feb 17, 2012

Jerry S. DeWitt, age 67, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 7:41 A.M. on Friday, February 17, 2012, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan. Mr. DeWitt was a 1963 graduate of Fayette High School and worked for General Motors in Defiance, Ohio, retiring on April 1, 2006, with forty-two years of service. He was a member...

Dale L. English

Dale L. English

Feb 12, 2012

Dale L. English, age 90, of Ney, Ohio, died at 7:55 P.M. on Sunday, February 12, 2012, shortly after admittance to Defiance Inpatient Hospice, one day short of his 91st birthday. Dale was a 1938 graduate of Bryan High School, where he participated in cross-country. He retired as a lab technician after 46 years with The Aro Corporation and served...

Rev. Betty E. Laukhuf

Rev. Betty E. Laukhuf

Feb 12, 2012

Rev. Betty E. Hartman Laukhuf, 77, Bryan, died February 12, 2012, in Bryan, Ohio. She was born on December 12, 1934, in Archbold, to Wayland Hartman and Wilma (Kuszmaul) and Louis Ramey. She married Donald Laukhuf, Sr. on October 4, 1952. Betty was a 1952 Bryan High School graduate and attended bible colleges. She was a member of New Life...

Eric H. Bowers

Eric H. Bowers

Feb 11, 2012

Eric H. Bowers, age 50, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 12:48 P.M. on Saturday, February 11, 2012, in his home surrounded by family after an extended illness. Eric was a 1980 graduate of Bryan High School and worked as a tool and die maker for J.B.M. Tool and Die in Bryan for thirty-one years. He was a member of the...

Deloy L. Osmun

Deloy L. Osmun

Feb 9, 2012

Deloy LaVerl Osmun, age 90, of rural Edon, Ohio, died at 10:42 A.M. on Thursday, February 9, 2012, in his home surrounded by his family. Mr. Osmun was a 1940 graduate of Farmer High School. He was a lifelong farmer and had worked as a mechanic for Casebere Motors Sales in Edgerton for many years and then worked at Bryan...

Arthur E. Stiltner

Arthur E. Stiltner

Feb 8, 2012

Arthur E. Stiltner, age 72, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 9:57 P.M. on Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center in Bryan, where he was a resident. Mr. Siltner was a self- employed truck driver for over fifty years and a member of the Eastland Baptist Church. Art E. Stiltner was born on December 31, 1939, in...

Betty L. Conrad

Betty L. Conrad

Feb 7, 2012

Betty Louise Conrad, age 84, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 11:40 P.M. on Tuesday, February 7, 2012, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center, where she was a resident. Mrs. Conrad was a homemaker and an avid bingo player. Betty Louise Conrad was born on June 23, 1927, in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Glen and Iva (Fletcher) Imler. She married...

R. Undine Donze

R. Undine Donze

Feb 6, 2012

R. Undine Donze, age 89, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 3:00 P.M. on Monday, February 6, 2012, in her home after a brief illness. Mrs. Donze was a 1939 graduate of Farmer High School and worked at the Ohio Art Company, for Ohio Farmers in Ney, Ohio, and also worked on the family farm with her husband. She attended Calvary...

Thep Phonephomhom

Thep Phonephomhom

Feb 3, 2012

Thep Phonephomhom, age 72, of Bryan, Ohio, died on Friday, February 3, 2012 at 5:40 A.M. in Parkview Memorial Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she was a patient. Mrs. Phonephomhom was employed by Potter, Inc., Bryan, for twenty years, retiring in 2005. Thep Phonephomhom was born in That Phanom, Thailand, on January 10, 1940, the daughter of Pa Yia Nou...

Michael W. Nicholls

Michael W. Nicholls

Feb 1, 2012

Michael W. Nicholls, age 58, of Pioneer, Ohio, died at 10:46 A.M. on Wednesday, February 1, 2012, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Montpelier, Ohio. Mr. Nicholls formerly worked for Chrysler Jeep in Toledo, Ohio, and had resided in Pioneer since 1994. He was a veteran of the United States Navy and was a member of...

Jane L. Youse

Jane L. Youse

Jan 31, 2012

Jane L. Youse, age 71, of Bryan, Ohio, and formerly of Edon, Ohio, died at 9:42 P.M. on Tuesday, January 31, 2012, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, where she was a patient, after an extended illness. Mrs. Youse was a 1958 graduate of Edon High School and was employed as a waitress and cook for many...

Raymond R. Pessefall

Raymond R. Pessefall

Jan 31, 2012

Raymond R. Pessefall, age 66, of Montpelier, Ohio, died at 7:58 A.M. on Tuesday, January 31, 2012, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan. Mr. Pessefall was employed by Norfolk and Southern Railroad, retiring in 2005 with thirty years of service. In retirement he worked for the Montpelier Auto Auction. He was a member of Montpelier...

Paul L. Rohrs

Paul L. Rohrs

Jan 25, 2012

Paul L. Rohrs, age 86, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 12:19 A.M. on Wednesday, January 25, 2012, at Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville, Ohio, where he had been a patient since January 4, 2012. Mr. Rohrs was a construction superintendent, working with Schinner and Trump Construction, and then retired from Schenkel Construction in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In his retirement, he...

Melvin W. Davis

Melvin W. Davis

Jan 23, 2012

Melvin W. Davis, age 82, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 3:10 A.M. on Monday, January 23, 2012, in his home following an illness of two months. Mr. Davis was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving during the Korean Conflict. After attending barber college in Dayton, Ohio, he was a barber for over fifty years and was co-owner of Mel...

Gaylord L. Davis

Gaylord L. Davis

Jan 21, 2012

Gaylord L. Davis, age 75, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 4:05 A.M. on Saturday, January 21, 2012, at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo, where he had been a patient for the last two weeks. Mr. Davis was a 1954 graduate of Ney High School and was employed as a millwright for General Motors Central Foundry in Defiance, Ohio,...

Harold A. Cooley

Harold A. Cooley

Jan 21, 2012

Harold A. Cooley, age 86, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 7:45 A.M. on Saturday, January 21, 2012, in his home after an extended illness. Mr. Cooley was a veteran of World War II, serving with Company D, 20th Infantry 6th Division in the Pacific Theatre and following the war was stationed in Korea. He worked for the Ohio Art Company...

Burton L. Finch

Burton L. Finch

Jan 20, 2012

Burton L. Finch, age 73, of West Unity, Ohio, died at 10:02 A.M. on Friday, January 20, 2012, at Evergreen Manor, Montpelier, Ohio, where he had been a resident for two weeks. Mr. Finch worked at Dinner Bell Foods in Archbold, Ohio, for thirty-four years, until it closed. He was then employed by Sauder Manufacturing in Stryker, Ohio, from where...

Dorothy B. Kline

Dorothy B. Kline

Jan 20, 2012

Dorothy B. Kline, age 91, of Edon, Ohio, died at 5:00 A.M. on Friday, January 20, 2012, at Dream Haven in Edgerton, Ohio, where she was a resident. Mrs. Kline was a 1940 graduate of Waterloo High School in Waterloo, Indiana. She worked for Holabird Manufacturing in Bryan until the plant closed and then was employed by Power Train Components...