Obituaries

W. Jack North

W. Jack North

Aug 20, 2011

W. Jack North, age 75, of Bryan, Ohio, died suddenly on Saturday, August 20, 2011, in Clinton, Tennessee. Mr. North began his employment as an over-the-road truck driver and retired from Ney Oil after forty-five years. His memberships included Bryan V.F.W. Post #2489 Men’s Auxiliary, Bryan Eagles and Montpelier Moose Lodge. He enjoyed gardening and tinkering with antique tractors. W....

John C. Zachrich

John C. Zachrich

Aug 19, 2011

John C. “Zack” Zachrich, age 60, of Bryan, Ohio, died on Friday, August 19, 2011, in his home. Zack graduated from Defiance High School, attended Montana State University and graduated from Defiance College. He owned and operated the Bryan Wash and Fill for the last thirty-eight years, where he was a mentor to many young adults. His memberships included Orchard...

Byron Lee Engler

Byron Lee Engler

Aug 10, 2011

Byron Lee Engler, age 73, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 3:10 P.M. on Wednesday, August 10, 2011, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center in Bryan, where he was a patient. Mr. Engler was veteran of the United States Marines serving from 1954-1956. During his work career, he was a machinist, worked in maintenance and drove semi trucks. He was a...

LuAnn Sleesman

LuAnn Sleesman

Aug 10, 2011

S. LuAnn Sleesman, age 54, of Montpelier, Ohio, died at 8:10 P.M. on Wednesday, August 10, 2011, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center, where she was a patient following a long illness. LuAnn had worked as a nurses assistant at Evergreen Manor and Hillside Country Living. She had previously worked at Winzeler Stamping and the Senior Center in Montpelier, Ohio....

Maxine Harter Imm

Maxine Harter Imm

Aug 7, 2011

Maxine Harter Imm quietly slipped from the presence of her daughters into the presence of her Lord on Sunday, August 7, 2011, while a patient of Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice. Maxine was born on July 4, 1931, in Wauseon, Ohio, to Oliver Carl and Ivah Wise. She battled polio as a child and spent a year in an iron...

Mark A. Imm

Mark A. Imm

Aug 5, 2011

Mark Alan Imm of Edgerton passed away peacefully Friday, August 5, 2011, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers-Bryan. Born September 26, 1952, he was the loving son of Merle and Lila Jeanne (Kaiser) Imm. Mark married his high school sweetheart and love of his life, Barbara Ann Ricketts, on August 31, 1974, and they enjoyed 36 happy years together. The...

Dana R. Speelman

Dana R. Speelman

Aug 4, 2011

Dana R. Speelman, age 68, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 10:05 A.M. on Thursday, August 4, 2011, at Fountain Park Inn and Villas in Bryan, Ohio, after an illness of three months. Mr. Speelman was employed by Edgerton Manufacturing for twenty-two years until the plant closed and then worked as a polisher of surgical tools for NemcoMed in Hicksville for...

Mildred H. Luke

Mildred H. Luke

Aug 1, 2011

Mildred H. Luke, age 85, of Edon, Ohio, died at 8:40 P.M. on Monday, August 1, 2011, in her home after a brief illness. Mrs. Luke was a 1943 graduate of Edgerton High School and was employed as a cook with Edon Northwest Schools for twenty-two years. She was also a member of the Edon United Methodist Church. Mildred H....

David A. Karacson

David A. Karacson

Aug 1, 2011

David A. Karacson, age 62, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 10:34 P.M. on Monday, August 1, 2011, at the home of his sister near Paulding, Ohio, after an illness of four months, with hospice assisting. Mr. Karacson was a 1967 graduate of Defiance High School and served in the United States Navy from 1967-1969. He was stationed on the USS...

Mary W. Blazer

Mary W. Blazer

Jul 31, 2011

Mary W. (Bojrab) Blazer, age 67, of Bryan, Ohio, died on Sunday, July 31, 2011, at Kobacker House Hospice in Columbus, Ohio, where she was a patient. Mrs. Blazer graduated from Central Catholic High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana, received her Bachelor's Degree in Education from St. Francis College in Fort Wayne and her Master's Degree in Education from Purdue...

Richard L. Fisher

Richard L. Fisher

Jul 27, 2011

Richard L. Fisher, 60, of Bryan, Ohio, passed peacefully into the arms of God on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at Parkview Cancer Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, following a vigorous thirty-four month battle with Pancreatic Cancer. Richard was born in Garret, Indiana on October 6, 1950 to W. Dale and Martha Fisher. He grew up in Butler, Indiana with his...

David L. Farrell

David L. Farrell

Jul 27, 2011

David L. “Davey” Farrell, age 58, of Archbold, Ohio, died at 9:13 P.M. on Wednesday, July 27, 2011, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, where he was a patient, after a three-year battle with cancer. Davey was a 1971 graduate of Bryan High School and his passion in life was playing his guitar, which gave him the...

Sheila Y. Fishel

Sheila Y. Fishel

Jul 23, 2011

Sheila Y. Fishel, age 61, of Bryan, died on Saturday, July 23, 2011, in her home. Formerly a resident of Warren Pennsylvania, Sheila had worked as a title researcher for legal offices prior to retiring due to disability. Sheila Y. Fishel was born on February 1, 1950, in Warren, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Cloyd Edward and Rebecca (McManigle) Fishel. She...

Leota E. Keppeler

Leota E. Keppeler

Jul 21, 2011

Leota E. Keppeler, age 90, died at 11:05 P.M. on Thursday, July 21, 2011, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, where she had been a resident for two years. Mrs. Keppeler, was certified nurses aide and was employed by Park View Nursing Center for twelve years. She also helped start the Williams County Home Health Agency where she worked...

Kathryn (Ruder) Reis

Kathryn (Ruder) Reis

Jul 20, 2011

Kathryn (Ruder) Reis, age 57, of Palm Bay, Florida, died on Wednesday, July 20, 2011, in Melbourne, Florida. Mrs. Reis was a homemaker and the widow of Thomas “Fritz” Reis, whom she married on January 1, 1986, in Palm Bay, Florida, and who preceded her in death in February of 2010. Kathryn Reis was born on March 7, 1954, in...

William H. "Bill" Saltzman

William H. "Bill" Saltzman

Jul 9, 2011

William H. “Bill” Saltzman, age 71, of Archbold, Ohio, died at 5:50 A.M. on Saturday, July 9, 2011, in Defiance Inpatient Hospice from complications of diabetes after a long illness. Mr. Saltzman was a 1959 graduate of Bryan High School and attended barber school in Toledo, Ohio. He had worked at Fisher Automatic Vending in Bryan for several years and...

Ralph J. Ely

Ralph J. Ely

Jul 7, 2011

Ralph J. Ely, age 88, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on July 7, 2011, at Bryan Care & Rehabilitation Center. Ralph was a member and ordained Deacon of the First Presbyterian Church in Bryan and a former member of the Chancel Choir. He Was a graduate of West Unity High School and International Business College in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. After...

Nadia Mytczynskyj

Nadia Mytczynskyj

Jul 4, 2011

Nadia Mytczynskyj, age 84 of Bryan, died peacefully in her home early on Monday, July 4, 2011. Mrs. Mytcznyskyj was the widow of John, who preceded her in death on August 12, 2010. Nadia was born on July 10, 1926 in Rodionowci, The Ukraine, the daughter of Vasyl and Olena (Palminska) Serhava. One of six children, life was hard in...

Patricia A. Meyers

Patricia A. Meyers

Jun 30, 2011

Patricia Ruth Meyers age 78 of Edon, Ohio died at 11:00 P.M. on Friday, June 30, 2011, in her home after an extended illness. Patricia was born on Jan 18, 1933 in Pioneer, Ohio and the daughter of the late Emmett C. and Helen D. (Edmunson) Esterline of Pioneer, Ohio. She married the late John Henry Meyers on September 27,1952...

Galia M. Abraham

Galia M. Abraham

Jun 30, 2011

Galia M. Abraham, age 95, of Hamilton Lake, Hamilton, Indiana, died at 11:00 P.M. on Thursday, June 30, 2011, in her home after a brief illness. Mrs. Abraham was active with the Hamilton Lake Association, Edon American Legion Auxiliary, Steuben Women’s Club and the Hamilton Extension Homemakers. Galia M. Abraham was born on April 12, 1916, in Montpelier, Ohio, the...