Dan English
May 25, 2012
Dan H. English, born September 4, 1947, in Bryan, Ohio, passed away on May 25, 2012, in Lansing, Michigan, after a 20-month battle with cancer. Dan was the son of Dale and Rosie (Frank) English of Ney, Ohio. Dan was a 1965 graduate of Fairview High School, where he was active in many sports, including track, cross-country, baseball and basketball....
Merlin LeRoy Breininger
May 21, 2012
Merlin LeRoy Breininger, age 75, of Big Clifty, Kentucky, and formerly a longtime resident of Edgerton, Ohio, died on Monday, May 21, 2012, after an illness of seven months. Mr. Breininger was a veteran of the United States Navy and worked at Hayes-Albion until the closing of the plant. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, working on cars and small engines. Merlin...
Donald D. Carlin
May 21, 2012
Donald D. Carlin, age 83, of rural Ney, Ohio, went home in the arms of Jesus at 8:50 A.M. on Monday, May 21, 2012. Mr. Carlin was a lifelong farmer and John Deere enthusiast. He retired from Ramus Automotive, where he was a salesman and managed several of the stores prior to his retirement. For many years, he and his...
Donald "Bill" William Siebenaler
May 20, 2012
Donald William “Bill” Siebenaler, age 69, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 2:18 A.M. on Sunday, May 20, 2012, in his home after an illness of several months. A 1961 graduate of Edgerton High School, Mr. Siebenaler was a lifelong Edgerton resident and had operated Bill Siebenaler and Sons construction since 1973. He was active in the community, serving on the...
Carl Dean Bowles
May 17, 2012
Carl Dean Bowles, age 89, of Edon, Ohio, died at 1:13 P.M. on Thursday, May 17, 2012, at Visiting Nurses and Hospice Home in Fort Wayne, Indiana, after suffering a stroke. Dean was a 1941 graduate of Edon High School and was a lifelong farmer and resident of Northwest Township. He served as a medical technician in the Army during...
Irma G. Fitzenrider
May 9, 2012
Irma G. Fitzenrider, age 91, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 9:20 A.M. on Wednesday, May 9, 2012, in her home. She is the widow of Glen Fitzenrider who preceded her in death on April 17, 2004. Mrs. Fitzenrider was a long-time 4-H Extension Agent in Williams County. Service arrangements are pending with Krill Funeral Service, 860 West Mulberry Street, Bryan.
Reverend James O. Wilson
May 7, 2012
Reverend James O. Wilson, lovingly known as “Pastor Jim,” was called home to Heaven on May 7, 2012, at the Toledo Hospital, surrounded by his loving family. Born on April 5, 1929, the parents who raised him were his Aunt and Uncle, Betty and Paul Wilson, in Toledo, Ohio. On June 18, 1949, he married Dorothy Lykins, and so began...
Linda S. Severs Nolen
May 7, 2012
Linda Sue Seevers Nolen, age 61, of Tallassee, Alabama, died on Monday, May 7, 2012, after a brief illness. Linda Sue Seevers Nolen was born on November 10, 1950, in Hicksville, Ohio, the daughter of Erdis C. and Doris A. (Underwood) Seevers. She married her husband of twenty-eight years, Donald O. Nolen, and he survives. Also surviving are her mother,...
Ruth I. Sechler
May 4, 2012
Ruth I. Sechler, age 91, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 8:30 P.M. on Friday, May 4, 2012, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, where she was a resident. Mrs. Sechler was a graduate of Edgerton High School. She was member of St. Mary Catholic Church and John D. Smith Post #10, American Legion Auxiliary, of which she was a...
John M. Whitney
May 3, 2012
John M. Whitney, age 83, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 4:40 A.M. on Thursday, May 3, 2012, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center, where he was a patient, after a brief illness. Mr. Whitney was a graduate of Kenmore High School in Akron, Ohio, and joined the United State Army, serving in Korea from 1947-1948. He graduated from the University...
Sean L. Traxler
May 2, 2012
Sean Lewis Traxler, age 44, of McKinney. Texas, and formerly of the Edgerton, Ohio, area, died on Wednesday, May 2, 2012, in his home of an apparent heart attack. Mr. Traxler was a 1985 graduate of Edgerton High School and attended Ivy Tech, becoming certified in Computer Networking Plus and A Plus. He was currently working for Raytheon in McKinney,...
Loretto P. Kohl
Apr 30, 2012
Loretto P. Kohl, age 93, of rural Montpelier, Ohio, died at 11:30 A.M. on Monday, April 30, 2012, in her home after a brief illness. Mrs. Kohl was a 1936 graduate of Pioneer High School and was a dedicated farm wife. She was active in the community as a 4-H advisor with the Dainty Dish 4-H club and had been...
William P. Harvey
Apr 23, 2012
William P. Harvey, age 91, of Bryan, Ohio, died on Monday, April 23, 2012, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center. A longtime resident of Texas, Mr. Harvey resided in Bryan for the last five years where he attended to Episcopal and Presbyterian Churches and enjoyed activities at the Bryan Senior Center. Services will be held at a later date. Krill...
Wilma Jean Armstrong
Apr 22, 2012
Wilma Jean “Till” Armstrong, age 83, of Butler, Indiana, died at 11:35 A.M. on Sunday, April 22, 2012, at Laurels of DeKalb in Butler, where she was a resident, after an extended illness. Mrs. Armstrong was a 1947 graduate of Edgerton High School and was employed by Crane-Edmund and then DeKalb Molded Plastics in Butler until her retirement. She also...
Veda L. Hastings
Apr 19, 2012
Veda L. Hastings, age 92, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 7:55 A.M. on Thursday, April 19, 2012, at Hillside Country Living near Bryan, where she was a resident. Mrs. Hastings was a 1937 graduate of Bryan High School and was employed by the Aro Corporation as a secretary, retiring with forty years of service. Her memberships include Faith United Methodist...
Jean M. MacFarlane
Apr 13, 2012
Jean M. MacFarlane, age 73, of Bryan, Ohio, died early on Friday, April 13, 2012, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center in Bryan, Ohio, where she was a resident, after an extended illness. She was also a longtime resident of Frontier, Michigan. Mrs. MacFarlane was an accomplished musician who in her youth played the piano and accordion and won a...
W. Lawrence Koeppe
Apr 13, 2012
W. Lawrence Koeppe, age 76, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 9:30 A.M. on Friday, April, 13, 2012, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Maumee, Ohio, where he was a patient, after a brief illness. Mr. Koeppe was a graduate of Ney High School and graduated from Defiance College with a Bachelor’s Degree in Education. During his teaching career, he taught at...
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...


