Obituaries

Ronald L. Parke

Ronald L. Parke

Jun 22, 2011

Ronald L. Parke, age 73, died on Wednesday, June 22, 2011, at 2:00 P.M. in his home surrounded by his loving family and friends. Ron was a graduate of Wright Township High School in Waldron, Michigan, and worked as an iron worker for forty-eight years with Union Local #55 in Toledo until his retirement in 2003. He was a veteran...

Beverly A. Brinegar

Beverly A. Brinegar

Jun 19, 2011

Beverly A. Brinegar, age 72, of Montpelier, Ohio, died at 1:15 A.M. on Sunday, June 19, 2011, in her home, surrounded by her family, after an extended illness. Mrs. Brinegar was a homemaker, attended River of Life Worship Center near Montpelier and was a crossing guard for Montpelier Schools for nine years. Bev enjoyed collecting angels and served her Lord...

Madge Hutchinson

Madge Hutchinson

Jun 13, 2011

Madge Hutchinson, age 83, of Montpelier, Ohio, and formerly of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 12:16 A.M. on June 13, 2011, at Evergreen Manor Care Center in Montpelier, where she was a resident. Mrs. Hutchinson was a homemaker and attended the Prayer Chapel in Bryan. Madge Hutchinson was born on January 19, 1928, in Stone, Kentucky, the daughter of Daniel and...

Delvain E. "Stoney" Kittle, Sr.

Delvain E. "Stoney" Kittle, Sr.

Jun 7, 2011

Delvain E. “Stoney” Kittle, Sr., age 86, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 1:20 A.M. on Tuesday, June 7, 2011, in Park View Nursing Care Center in Edgerton, where he had been a hospice patient for ten days following a lengthy illness. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he served as a Seabee on the Pacific Front during WWII. Mr. Kittle...

Donna M. Daniels

Donna M. Daniels

Jun 7, 2011

Donna M. Daniels, age 42, of Bryan, Ohio, died on Tuesday, June 7, 2011, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers-Bryan. Donna M. Daniels was born on June 8, 1968, in Biddeford, Maine, the daughter of Gilbert and Delores (Turner) Cantara. Surviving are her son, Brandon Daniels, of Defiance, Ohio, one grandson, Jude Morrison Daniels, her mother, Delores...

Omer G. Keller

Omer G. Keller

Jun 1, 2011

Omer G. Keller, age 90, of Edon, Ohio, died at 6:40 A.M. on Wednesday, June 1, 2011, at Evergreen Manor Nursing Center in Montpelier, where he was a patient. Mr. Keller farmed for many years and owned and operated Keller TV and Appliance in Edon and then became a partner with his brother, Kenneth, in the Edon Hardware. He attended...

Jeannine B. Sisko

Jeannine B. Sisko

May 29, 2011

Jeannine B. Sisko, age 75, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 6:30 P.M. on Sunday, May 29, 2011, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, where she was a patient after a brief illness, surrounded by her loving family. She had been employed by Bryan Custom Plastics and was a member of Bryan Eagles Aerie 2233. Jeannine B. Sisko was...

Marjorie P. Keppeler

Marjorie P. Keppeler

May 27, 2011

Marjorie Keppeler, age 96, of Edgerton, Ohio, died on Friday, May 27, 2011 in the home of her daughter in Edgerton. She is the widow of Ralph H. Keppeler who preceded her in 1997. Survivors include her daughter, Zandra (Gene) Rowlison, of Edgerton one grandson, Christopher (Shelly) Rowlison, of Edgerton, and five great-grandchildren. Memorial services will be held on Sunday,...

Dennis H. Tinney

Dennis H. Tinney

May 26, 2011

Dennis H. Tinney, age 54, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 10:46 P.M. on Thursday, May 26, 2011, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident earlier in the evening in Williams County. Mr. Tinney was a mechanic by trade and worked for Jess Lewis Transmission in Fort Wayne for seven years prior to moving to the Bryan area. He had been...

Delma F. "Tiny" Newland

Delma F. "Tiny" Newland

May 24, 2011

Delma F. "Tiny" Newland, age 76, a longtime resident of Bryan, Ohio, died at the home of her daughter in Parkersburg, West Virginia, where she had resided for the last ten years. Throughout the years, Mrs. Newland had been employed at Pondersa, Burger King, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Hardee’s in Bryan. Delma F. Newland was born on July 16, 1934,...

Anna Marie Toms

Anna Marie Toms

May 23, 2011

Anna M. Toms, age 63, of Archbold, Ohio, died at 2:30 A.M. on Monday, May 23, 2011, at Fulton Manor in Wauseon, Ohio, where she was a patient. Mrs. Toms was a 1965 graduate of Edgerton High School and received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Special Education from Bowling Green State University. She spent many years as a trainer...

Esther R. Kaltenbach

Esther R. Kaltenbach

May 20, 2011

Esther R. Kaltenbach, age 99, of Edon, Ohio, completed this life among us at 11:20 A.M. on Friday, May 20, 2011, at Hillside Country Living near Bryan, Ohio, where she was a resident, after a brief illness. Mrs. Kaltenbach was a graduate of Edon High School and together with her husband was co-owner of the Edon Variety Store for thirty-eight...

Donald George Roberts

Donald George Roberts

May 19, 2011

Donald George Roberts, age 81, of rural Bryan, Ohio, died at 8:50 P.M. on Thursday, May 19, 2011, in his home after an extended illness. Mr. Roberts was a 1947 graduate of Farmer High School and served in the United States Air Force from 1947-1951. While in the service he served much of his enlistment on the Island of Shemya...

Bonny L. Wilson

Bonny L. Wilson

May 18, 2011

Bonny L. Wilson, age 74, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 8:30 P.M. on Wednesday, May 18, 2011, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan after an extended battle with cancer. She was a graduate of Alvordton High School in Alvordton, Ohio, and was a member of both the Montpelier and Bryan Eagles. Bonny was a grandmother to several exchange...

John R. Cox

John R. Cox

May 17, 2011

JOHN R. COX, 96, of Bryan, Ohio died May 17, 2011, in Bryan. John retired in 1977 from a career in manufacturing and management spent in Trenton, New Jersey, Dorset, Ohio, and Stryker, Ohio. He was born in Glen Olden, Pennsylvania, and raised in West Trenton, New Jersey. He wished to become a physician, but the Great Depression limited his...

George H. "Bud" Dick

George H. "Bud" Dick

May 17, 2011

George H. "Bud" Dick, age 90, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 11:18 A.M. on Tuesday, May 17, 2011, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, where he was a patient. Mr. Dick was a 1940 graduate of Bryan High School, where earned a FFA State Farmer certificate. He was a lifelong farmer and also a journeyman plumber working for...

Louis E. Hernandez

Louis E. Hernandez

May 15, 2011

Louis E. Hernandez, age, 48, of Fremont, Indiana, died at 1:23 P.M. on Sunday, May 15, 2011, shortly after admittance to Cameron Memorial Hospital in Angola. Mr. Hernandez was a 1981 graduate of Stryker High School, where he was active in baseball, track and wrestling. He recently had been employed by Fremont Village Foods and was a volunteer track coach...

George L. Stotz

George L. Stotz

May 14, 2011

George L. Stotz, age 68, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 8:20 A.M. on Saturday, May 14, 2011, in his home of service-related herbicidal lymphoma. Mr. Stotz was a graduate of Edgerton High School and served with the United States Army as a mechanic and tank driver in Vietnam. He was a lifelong farmer, had worked with Brust Pipeline for ten...

Gerald Allen Smith

Gerald Allen Smith

May 12, 2011

Gerald Allen Smith, age 59, of Defiance and formerly of Pioneer, Ohio, died at 4:20 P.M. on Thursday, May 12, 2011, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance where he was a patient. Mr. Smith was a graduate of Hilltop High School and served in the United States Army with the 101st Airborne in Vietnam and also was stationed...

Mary L. Boysen

Mary L. Boysen

May 10, 2011

Mary L. Boysen, 89, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 7:35 A.M. on Tuesday, May 10, 2011, at Hillside Country Living, where she had been a patient for two months. She was born on March 31, 1922, at Mount Zion in Williams County, Ohio, the daughter of Harley and Ada (Dean) Butler. She was a 1939 graduate of Bryan High School....