Obituaries

Robert C. Abbott

Robert C. Abbott

Apr 7, 2011

Robert C. Abbott, age 81, was born to Chauncey M. and Margaret H. Abbott on October 5, 1929, passed away on April 7, 2011. A United States Army Veteran, Bob was born and raised in Point Place and moved to Lake Seneca in Montpelier after retiring from Abbott Tool, Inc. in 1988. Bob enjoyed life and was successful in that...

Donald A. Brown

Donald A. Brown

Apr 4, 2011

Donald A. Brown, age 88, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 6:30 A.M. on Monday, April 4, 2011, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center in Bryan, where he was a resident. Mr. Brown was a veteran of the United States Army. For eighteen years, he was a store manager for Sears, many of those years in Bryan. He was a 32nd...

Joanne Bunce

Joanne Bunce

Mar 26, 2011

Joanne Bunce, age 81,of Montpelier, Ohio, died at 1:10 A.M. on Saturday, March 26, 2011, at Evergreen Manor Nursing Center in Montpelier after an extended illness. Mrs. Bunce was a 1948 graduate of Montpelier High School. She was a member of the Edon Church of Christ, the Edon American Legion Post #662 Auxiliary and she also worked on the Board...

Naomi L. Darr

Naomi L. Darr

Mar 22, 2011

Naomi L. Darr, age 90, of Edon, Ohio, died at 1:10 P.M. on Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center in Bryan, Ohio. Mrs. Darr was a 1938 graduate of Edgerton High School. She was a member of the Edon American Legion Auxiliary, Elliot Chapter #271, Order of the Eastern Star, and the Edgerton Church of Christ....

Richard R. Sanders

Richard R. Sanders

Mar 18, 2011

Richard R. Sanders, age 84, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 11:10 P.M. on Friday, March 18, 2011, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, where he was a patient. Richard was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving in World War II on the USS Hermitage, and was employed by The Aro Corporation in Bryan, retiring in 1989...

Shirley A. Bonner

Shirley A. Bonner

Mar 16, 2011

Shirley A. Bonner, age 67, of Edgerton, Ohio, was called home to be with the Lord at 10:55 P.M. on Wednesday, March 16, 2011, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan, Ohio, surrounded by her loving family. Shirley was employed by LaChoy Foods in Archbold, Ohio, for over ten years prior to her retirement. Shirley A. Bonner was born on...

Frances I. Colbart

Frances I. Colbart

Mar 16, 2011

Frances I. Colbart, age 98, formerly a longtime resident of Edon, Ohio, died at 7:28 P.M. on Wednesday, March 16, 2011, at Hillsdale County Medical Care Facility in Hillsdale, Michigan, where she was a resident. She had also been a resident of Hicksville, Ohio, for twenty years prior to moving back to Edon. She was a homemaker and a member...

Annabel L. Coles

Annabel L. Coles

Mar 12, 2011

Annabel L. Coles, age 82, of Edon, Ohio, died at 7:08 P.M. on Saturday, March 12, 2011, at Parkview Memorial Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she was a patient. Annabel was a lifelong resident of Edon and graduated from Edon High School in 1946 as the class valedictorian. She was a loving farm wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and...

Patricia A. Bruot

Patricia A. Bruot

Mar 12, 2011

Patricia A. Bruot, age 52, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 11:25 P.M. on Saturday, March 12, 2011, surrounded by her loving family, at Community Health Care Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, where she was a patient. She loved animals, her church, reading and being with her family, friends and especially her grandchildren. Patricia A. Bruot was born on December...

Randy Sholl

Randy Sholl

Mar 12, 2011

Wm. “Randy” Sholl, age 65, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 11:15 P.M. on Saturday, March 12, 2011, in his home after a brief illness, surrounded by his family and his dog, “Woody.” Mr. Sholl was employed by International Harvester in Fort Wayne, Indiana, retiring in 1997 with thirty years of service. He then worked for the Edgerton Local Schools, where...

Helen I. Mearse

Helen I. Mearse

Mar 7, 2011

Helen I. Mearse, age 87, of Hamilton, Indiana, died at 10:50 A.M. on Monday, March 7, 2011, at Lakeland Nursing Center in Angola, Indiana, where she was resident. Mrs. Mearse was employed as a shipping clerk at Devilbiss in Angola, Indiana, for ten years until her retirement. Helen I. Mearse was born on January 27, 1924, in Woodburn, Indiana, the...

Donna Marie Miller

Donna Marie Miller

Feb 28, 2011

Donna Marie Miller, age 93, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 9:40 P.M. on Monday, February 28, 2011, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center in Bryan, where she was a resident. Mrs. Miller was a 1936 graduate of Bryan High School and worked as a bookkeeper for the Ohio Art Company in Bryan, retiring with thirty-seven years of service in 1983....

Penny L. Musser

Penny L. Musser

Feb 27, 2011

Penny L. Musser, age 57, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 10:10 A.M. on Sunday, February 27, 2011, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center in Bryan, where she was a patient. Ms. Musser was a 1971 graduate of Bryan High School and was employed as a truck driver for several area companies, including Strydel for fourteen years, MCT Trucking, where she...

James H. Burlew

James H. Burlew

Feb 27, 2011

James Henry Burlew, age 82, of rural Edon, Ohio, died on Sunday, February 27, 2011, in his home after an extended illness. Mr. Burlew was a farmer, construction worker and bus driver for Edon Northwest Schools for thirty-five years, retiring in 1996. While working construction he worked on building bridges throughout Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. He had...

Randy T. Henricks

Randy T. Henricks

Feb 26, 2011

Randy T. Henricks, age 25, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 3:30 P.M. on Saturday, February 26, 2011, at Parkview Memorial Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, from injuries sustained in his home early Saturday morning. Randy was a graduate of Edgerton High School and attended the Four County Career Center, where he studied Power Sports. He was employed with his father...

Roy M. Saneda

Roy M. Saneda

Feb 25, 2011

Roy Michael Saneda, age 73, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 7:11 P.M. on Friday, February 25, 2011, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where had been a patient since February 23, with his family at his side. Mr. Saneda was a 1955 graduate of Bryan High School, where he was active in sports, a love that he kept throughout...

Doris L. Muehlfeld

Doris L. Muehlfeld

Feb 25, 2011

Doris L. Muehlfeld, age 92, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 6:00 A.M. on Friday, February 25, 2011, in Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, where she was a resident. Mrs. Muehlfeld was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Edgerton and a member of St. Mary Rosary Altar Society. She was also a member of the John D. Smith...

Beverly J. Kundard

Beverly J. Kundard

Feb 23, 2011

Beverly J. Kundard, age 82, of Edon, Ohio, died at 2:30 A.M. on Wednesday, February 23, 2011, in her home. She was a 1944 graduate of Angola High School, a member of the Edon United Methodist Church, and a member of the Friends of the Edon Public Library. Beverly was a devoted homemaker, wife, mother and grandmother who worked alongside...

Violet K. Reynolds

Violet K. Reynolds

Feb 21, 2011

Violet K. Reynolds, age 77, of Defiance , Ohio, and most recently of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 8:15 A.M. on Monday, February 21, 2011, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, Ohio, where she was a patient. Mrs. Reynolds was a member of the Defiance VFW Post #3360 Auxiliary and enjoyed sewing, fishing, animals and flowers. Violet K. Reynolds...

John H. Meyers

John H. Meyers

Feb 19, 2011

John H. Meyers, age 78, of Edon, Ohio, died at 9:15 A.M. on Saturday, February 19, 2011, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, Ohio, where he was a patient. Mr. Meyers was a lifelong farmer and operated Meyers Egg Farm near Edon for thirty-two years. He was a member of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Edon and the...