Gladys Witsaman
Apr 13, 2012
Gladys Witsaman, age 98, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 9:35 P.M. on Friday, April 13, 2012, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center, where she was a resident, after a brief illness. Mrs. Witsaman was a waitress, who began her working career at the age of sixteen and worked until her retirement at age seventy-five with a total of fifty-nine years...
LaVon Eschhofen
Apr 10, 2012
LaVon Eschhofen, age 83, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 10, 2012, in his home, with the help of the Bryan Hospital Hospice team. He was born on October 30, 1928, near Edgerton, Ohio, to Mildred (Reichman) and Louden Eschhofen. He graduated from Bryan High School in 1946 and joined his father in farming, an occupation which...
Wayne A. Bowsher
Apr 3, 2012
Wayne A. Bowsher, age 58, of Edgerton, Ohio, died early on Tuesday, April 3, 2012, in his home. Mr. Bowsher was a 1972 graduate of Caverna High School in Horse Cave, Kentucky, where he was the starting catcher on the 1972 state championship baseball team. He was employed as a salesman with H & W Automotive for thirty-six years. Wayne...
Sam Mondoc, Jr.
Apr 2, 2012
Sam Mondoc, Jr., age 86, of Bryan, Ohio, and formerly of Brookfield, Ohio, died at 9:37 A.M. on Monday, April 2, 2012, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan. Mr. Mondoc was a retired steel worker, employed by US Steel in Masury, Ohio, for more than twenty-five years. He was a veteran of the United States...
Luke Edward Deemer
Apr 1, 2012
Luke Edward Deemer, infant son of James and Lyndsi (Greathouse) Deemer, died at 12:18 A.M. on Sunday, April 1, 2012, shortly after birth at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, Ohio. Survivors include his parents with the United States Air Force in New Mexico, grandparents, Mark and Connie Greathouse and Robert and Karen Deemer, all of Edgerton, Ohio, and...
DeLynn Noel Madoux
Apr 1, 2012
DeLynn Noel Madoux, age 46, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, passed on to her heavenly home on Apr 1, 2012. She was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on December 10, 1965, to Denny Wilson Madoux, Sr. and Marilyn Joan (Gruver) Madoux. She graduated from Hilltop High School in West Unity, Ohio in 1983, and graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma...
Wilmetta M. Hootman
Mar 31, 2012
Wilmetta M. Hootman, age 98, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 9:35 A.M. on Saturday, March 31, 2012, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, Ohio, where she was a resident. Mrs. Hootman was a graduate of Bryan High School, where she was a member of the girls basketball team. During her working career, she was employed by the Crystal Company,...
Bonnie L. Buell
Mar 30, 2012
Bonnie L. (Champion) Buell, age 71, of Hamilton, Indiana, died at 2:03 P.M. on Friday, March 30, 2012, at the Laurels of DeKalb in Butler, Indiana, where she was a patient for one week, from complications of a 2 ½ year battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Mrs. Buell was a 1958 graduate of Fremont (Indiana) High School and was a proud...
Wayne E. Shaffer
Mar 27, 2012
Wayne E. Shaffer, age 89, passed away peacefully in his home with the help of the Bryan Hospital Hospice team, surrounded by his loving daughter and care-givers. He died from complications of Parkinson’s Disease. He was born in Wauseon, Ohio, in 1922, the eldest son of Leva Rashley Shaffer and Chalmer L. Shaffer. Wayne’s younger brother, Stanley Shaffer, of whom...
Ruth A. Schiming
Mar 23, 2012
Ruth A. Schiming, age 94, of Bryan, Ohio, and formerly a long-time resident of Cleveland, Ohio, died at 4:20 P.M. on Friday, March 23, 2012, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center, where she was a patient. Mrs. Schiming was a teller for Union Savings Bank in Cleveland for twenty years and was a member of St. Mark Lutheran Church in...
Elma C. Burbank
Mar 22, 2012
Elma C. Burbank, age 79, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 7:50 P.M. on Thursday, March 22, 2012, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, where she was a resident. Mrs. Burbank was a homemaker and a member of the Edgerton United Methodist Church and John D. Smith Post #10 Legion Auxiliary in Edgerton. She enjoyed collecting dolls and crocheting. Elma...
C. Robert Bradley
Mar 18, 2012
C. Robert Bradley, age 84, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 10:50 P.M. on Sunday, March 18, 2012, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan, where he was a patient, after a brief illness. Mr. Bradley was a graduate of Montpelier High School and served in the United States Army during World War II. He worked for and retired from The...
Richard D. "R.D." Herman
Mar 17, 2012
Richard Duane “R.D.” Herman, age 92, of Edon, Ohio, died at 11:30 P.M. on Saturday, March 17, 2012, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center in Bryan, Ohio, after an extended illness. A 1938 graduate of Edon High School, Mr. Herman was a lifelong resident of Edon. He was a poultry farmer, raising chickens, and also was a carpenter. Richard was...
Ronald D. Gipple
Mar 16, 2012
Ronald D. Gipple, age 65, of Hicksville, Ohio, died at 10:33 A.M., on Friday, March 16, 2012, shortly after admittance to Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville. Mr. Gipple retired from Federal Fertilizer in Butler, Indiana, where he worked as a foreman. He was a member of Hicksville Eagles, Aerie #2556. Ronald D. Gipple was born on August 9, 1946, in...
David F. Elsworth
Mar 16, 2012
David F. Elsworth, Sr., age 83, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 9:35 P.M. on Friday, March 16, 2012, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan, Ohio, where he was a patient after a brief illness. A veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps, having served during World War II, Mr. Elsworth was employed as a supervisor with Owens-Illinois Libby Glass,...
Michael A. Corl
Mar 15, 2012
Michael A. Corl, age 59, of Camden, Michigan, and formerly of Bryan, Ohio, died mercifully at 6:05 P.M. on Thursday, March 15, 2012, surrounded by his family at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center, where he was a patient, after a courageous battle with a long illness. Mr. Corl earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Youngstown State University...
Francis "Mac" Irvin McPike
Mar 14, 2012
Francis Irvin “Mac” McPike, age 94, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 6:35 P.M. on Wednesday, March 14, 2012, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, where he was a patient. Mr. McPike was a 1935 graduate of Shields High School in Seymour, Indiana, and served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, stationed in England. He was...
Alta A. Franks
Mar 11, 2012
Alta A. Franks, age 85, of Montpelier, Ohio, died at 11:01 A.M. on Sunday, March 11, 2012, in her home. Ms. Franks was a 1946 graduate of Pioneer High School and worked as an operator with Ohio Associated Telephone Company from 1946-1955 in Montpelier and then for General Telephone Company in Bryan, Ohio until her retirement in 1986. She was...
Betty Jean Altaffer
Mar 11, 2012
Betty Jean Altaffer, age 77, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 11:40 P.M. on Sunday, March 11, 2012, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center, where she was a patient. Mrs. Altaffer was a member of Bryan Moose Lodge #1064, Bryan Eagles Aerie #2233 and the Gas City, Indiana, Moose Lodge. Betty Jean Altaffer was born on March 8, 1935, in Marion,...
Robert S. Mayer
Mar 10, 2012
Robert S. Mayer, age 60, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 4:29 P.M. on Saturday, March 10, 2012, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan. Mr. Mayer was a 1969 graduate of Edgerton High School and graduated from International Business College in Fort Wayne, Indiana, with a business degree. He was also a licensed real estate agent...