Obituaries

Alitza A. Carnahan

Alitza A. Carnahan

Oct 27, 2011

Alitza A. Carnahan, age 81, of Montpelier, Ohio, died at 5:07 A.M. on Thursday, October 27, 2011, at Evergreen Manor Nursing Center in Montpelier, where she was a resident. Mrs. Carnahan was a member of Bethlehem Christian Union Church near Edon, Ohio, where she and her husband were the first couple married in the church. She enjoyed vacationing with her...

Merlin J. Slagle

Merlin J. Slagle

Oct 25, 2011

Merlin J. Slagle, 89, of rural Edon, Ohio, died late Tuesday evening, October 25, 2011, at Community Hospital and Wellness Center, Bryan, Ohio. He was born on September 7, 1922, at Pioneer, Ohio, to Abner Emmanuel and Ada (Oswald) Slagle and was a graduate of Pioneer High School. On December 17, 1943, he was married to Patricia Waters, and she...

John C. Hutchinson

John C. Hutchinson

Oct 22, 2011

John C. Hutchinson, age 60, of Montpelier, Ohio, and a former longtime resident of Bryan, Ohio, died on Saturday, October 22, 2011, at Community Hospitals & Wellness Centers of Bryan. John was a former employee of Shur Tape in Stoney Point, North Carolina, where he manufactured duct tape. John was a member of the Eagle’s Lodge of Montpelier. He was...

Gary D. Moore

Gary D. Moore

Oct 21, 2011

Gary D. Moore, age 50, of Edon, Ohio, died on Friday, October 21, 2011, at his home. Gary was a former coal miner and factory worker. He had been a resident of Edon the past 13 years and prior to that a resident of Rome City, Indiana. He was a member of the Charity United Baptist Church in LaGrange, Indiana....

Earl LeRoy Bible

Earl LeRoy Bible

Oct 19, 2011

Earl LeRoy Bible, age 94, of Bryan, Ohio, and formerly of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 6:45 A.M. on Wednesday, October 19, 2011, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center, Bryan, where he had been a patient since February. A veteran of the United States Army, Mr. Bible worked as a mechanic and service station operator, having owned and operated Bible’s Sohio...

Theresa G. LaMantia

Theresa G. LaMantia

Oct 16, 2011

Theresa G. LaMantia, age 90, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 12:20 P.M. on Sunday, October 16, 2011, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center, where she was a resident. Mrs. LaMantia graduated as a registered nurse from Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Toledo and entered the United States Army as a nurse with the rank of Lieutenant during World War...

Donald J. Ruelle

Donald J. Ruelle

Oct 16, 2011

Donald J. Ruelle, age 70, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 6:27 P.M. on Sunday, October 16, 2011, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan. Mr. Ruelle was a graduate of St. Catherine’s High School in Racine, Wisconsin. He received his Bachelor’s Degree from Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and his Master’s in Business Administration from Tennessee...

Donald L. Hug

Donald L. Hug

Oct 15, 2011

Donald L. Hug, age 74, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 10:55 A.M. on Saturday, October 15, 2011, at St. Joseph Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was a patient, after a brief illness. A lifelong resident of Edgerton and veteran of the U.S. Navy, Mr. Hug was the former owner and operator of Hug TV & Radio. After a...

Ronda M. Kunkle

Ronda M. Kunkle

Oct 15, 2011

Ronda M. Kunkle, age 92, longtime resident of Kunkle, Ohio, died at 4:00 A.M. on Saturday, October 15, 2011, at Dream Haven in Edgerton, Ohio, where she was a resident. She retired from the United States Postal Service and had worked as a postal clerk in Kunkle and Pioneer. Ronda M. Kunkle was born on October 17, 1918, in Kunkle,...

Charles A. Ewing

Charles A. Ewing

Oct 15, 2011

Charles A. “Chuck” Ewing, age 49, of Edon, Ohio, died at 9:44 P.M. on Saturday, October 15, 2011, at Parkview Memorial Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was a patient, after a brief illness. Mr. Ewing had most recently been employed by Defiance Metal Products in Defiance, Ohio. He was a veteran of the United States Marines and was...

Cori Ann Taylor

Cori Ann Taylor

Oct 13, 2011

Cori Ann Taylor, infant daughter of Carly Ryann Lord and Cody Alan Taylor, died shortly after birth at 10:15 P.M. on Friday, October 13, 2011, at Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Survivors include her parents, of Edgerton, a brother, Cedric Taylor, grandparents, Rick Lord, of Edon, Chris Lord, of Montpelier, Teresa (and husband, Eugene Stafford) Hug, of Edgerton, and John...

Eleanor A. Foster

Eleanor A. Foster

Oct 8, 2011

Eleanor A. Foster, age 88, of Edon, Ohio, died at 9:35 P.M. on Saturday, October 8, 2011, in her home. Mrs. Foster was a 1940 graduate of Edon High School and graduated from Miami University with a degree in education and spent her entire career teaching kindergarten and first grade in the Edon Northwest Schools, retiring with twenty-five years of...

Jessica L. Curtis

Jessica L. Curtis

Oct 5, 2011

Jessica L. Curtis, age 27, of Bryan, Ohio, died on Wednesday, October 5, 2011, at the University of Toledo Medical Center, where she had been a patient since Tuesday. Jessica was a 2002 graduate of Bryan High School, where she was active in the band and signal corps, and also graduated from Four County Career Center in the public safety...

Derek J. Hughes

Derek J. Hughes

Oct 4, 2011

Derek J. Hughes, age 20, of Bryan, Ohio, died on Tuesday, October 4, 2011, in an auto accident, along with his dog, Diesel. Derek was a 2010 graduate of Bryan High School and was employed by Spangler Candy Company as a cane cook. He was an avid fisherman and hunter and loved the outdoors and playing his guitar. Derek J....

Edna Mae Schott

Edna Mae Schott

Oct 3, 2011

Edna Mae (Krill) Schott, age 92, of rural Edgerton, Ohio, died at 5:10 A.M. on Monday, October 3, 2011, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, where she was a resident, after an illness of six months. She was a 1937 graduate of Montpelier High School, attended office training school in Columbus and worked for The Aro Corporation during wartime....

Mary P. Heffelfinger

Mary P. Heffelfinger

Oct 2, 2011

Mary P. Heffelfinger, age 90, of rural Bryan, Ohio, died at 9:10 A.M. on Sunday, October 2, 2011, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, where she was a patient. Mrs. Heffelfinger was a 1938 graduate of Hicksville High School and graduated from International Business College in 1939. She was a bookkeeper and worked for Carlin’s Hardware, then...

Iesha Rachelle Taliaferro

Iesha Rachelle Taliaferro

Oct 2, 2011

Iesha Rachelle Taliaferro, age 15, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 8:48 P.M. on Sunday, October 2, 2011, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan. Iesha was currently a sophomore at Bryan High School, where she was active in softball, soccer and basketball and was the freshman homecoming attendant in 2010. Iesha Rachelle Taliaferro was born on...

Duane D. Miller

Duane D. Miller

Sep 30, 2011

Duane D. Miller, age 72, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 7:39 A.M. on Friday, September 30, 2011, after an illness of five months. Mr. Miller was employed as a supervisor at General Tire Corporation in Bryan, Ohio, retiring with twenty-nine years of service, and then worked for Stark Truss in Edgerton for sixteen years. A 1958 graduate of Edgerton High...

Lelah P. Parker

Lelah P. Parker

Sep 30, 2011

Lelah P. Paker, age 91, of Bryan, Ohio and formerly of Edon, Ohio, died at 5:10 P.M. on Friday, September 30, 2011, at Parkview Memorial Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana where she was a patient. Mrs. Parker is the widow of Wilson Parker and was a longtime village clerk in Edon. Survivors include her son, Larry Parker, of Bryan, a...

Lorraine V. Bauer

Lorraine V. Bauer

Sep 30, 2011

Lorraine V. Bauer, age 72, of Ney, Ohio, died at 5:26 P.M. on Friday, September 30, 2011, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, where she was a patient, after a brief illness. Mrs. Bauer was a 1957 graduate of Ney High School. She was employed at the Defiance County Recorder’s office and then retired from the Central Local...