Obituaries

Keith C. Tritch

Keith C. Tritch

Aug 21, 2010

Keith C. Tritch, age 80, of Mineral Ridge, Ohio, died at 12:27 P.M. on Saturday, August 21, 2010, in his home. Mr. Tritch was a veteran of the United States Army, serving in the Korean Conflict, where he received a Purple Heart for wounds received in combat. He was a Teamsters truck driver and who was employed by Werner Trucking...

Delton R. Nihart

Delton R. Nihart

Aug 20, 2010

Delton R. “Doc” Nihart, age 88, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 2:50 A.M. on Friday, August 20, 2010, at his Hamilton Lake home. Mr. Nihart was a 1940 graduate of Edgerton High School and served in the United States Navy and then in the United States Army during World War II. He operated a Ford dealership in Continental, Ohio, for...

Phyllis R. Knox

Phyllis R. Knox

Aug 19, 2010

Phyllis R. Knox, age 82, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 1:25 P.M. on Thursday, August 19, 2010, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, after a brief illness. She was valedictorian of her graduating class from Clymer High School and then graduated from Minneapolis Bible College. Along with her sister, Sylvia, Mrs. Knox started Assembly of God Church...

Michael J. Gilbert

Michael J. Gilbert

Aug 17, 2010

Michael J. Gilbert, age 61, of Montpelier, Ohio, passed away at home on Tuesday, August 17, 2010, following a brief illness. Mike was a veteran of the United States Army, serving two tours in Vietnam. He was employed by the Montpelier Street Department for 18 years and retired from the Ohio Department of Transportation in January of 2008. Following his...

Timothy John Johnson

Timothy John Johnson

Aug 14, 2010

Timothy John Johnson, age 66, passed away in his home in Palm Springs, California, on August 14, 2010, after battling COPD for several years. Tim was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, on May 17, 1944, the son of Richard and Maribeth (Shirley) Johnson. In recent years, he established a home in Palm Springs and was the owner of a health care...

John W. Mytczynskyj

John W. Mytczynskyj

Aug 12, 2010

John W. Mytczynskyj, age 88, died peacefully at his home of natural causes on Tuesday morning, August 12, 2010. A resident of Bryan, Ohio, since 1959, John was born in Galicia, an area near the Carpathian Mountains in the Ukraine, on August 8, 1922, to his mother Pavula and father Aleksandr. John was taken from the Ukraine in 1942 and...

Marilyn Jean Livengood

Marilyn Jean Livengood

Aug 11, 2010

Marilyn Jean Livengood, age 64, of Williams Center, Ohio, died at 1:52 A.M. on Wednesday, August 11, 2010, at the home of her daughter in West Unity, Ohio, after a brief illness. Mrs. Livengood was a 1963 graduate of Fairview High School and was employed for many years as a dietary aide at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, Ohio,...

Bettie L. Meyer

Bettie L. Meyer

Aug 9, 2010

Bettie L. Meyer, age 83, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Monday, August 9, 2010. A native of Edon, Bettie was married to Willis Meyer and participated for years in the family business, Meyer Marathon, in Bryan. Bettie was preceded in death by her husband, Willis, and a grandson, Richard Beers. She is survived by two brothers, Duane and Bill...

Kevin E. Traxler

Kevin E. Traxler

Aug 8, 2010

Kevin Eugene Traxler, age 47, of Montpelier, Ohio, died late Sunday afternoon, August 8, 2010, from injuries suffered in an automobile accident near Montpelier. Kevin graduated from Edgerton High School in 1980 and worked at General Tire in Bryan, Ohio, and then was employed at Material Suppliers, Inc. in Edgerton, Ohio, where he drove tractor trailers and most any other...

Jay Dean Smith

Jay Dean Smith

Aug 7, 2010

Jay Dean Smith, age 67, of Sherwood, Ohio, died at 10:30 P.M. on Saturday, August 7, 2010, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, where he was a patient. Mr. Smith was a fabricator, employed by Leader Engineering and Fabrication in Napoleon until his retirement. He spent many years racing cars, beginning at the age of 14. He raced...

Robert H. Frank

Robert H. Frank

Aug 4, 2010

Robert H. Frank, age 67, of Bryan, Ohio, went home to be with the Lord at 9:05 A.M. on Wednesday, August 4, 2010, in his home after an extended illness. He was a 1961 graduate of Bryan High School and was employed by The Aro Corporation in Bryan, retiring in 2009 with forty-one years of service. He was also a...

Martha V. Trausch

Martha V. Trausch

Jul 30, 2010

Martha V. “Marty” Trausch, age 56, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 1:47 A.M. on Friday, July 30, 2010, at Parkview Memorial Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she was admitted on Tuesday. She was a graduate of Edgerton High School and was a veteran of the United States Army, serving in Germany. Martha was a licensed beautician and graduated from...

Eugene E. English

Eugene E. English

Jul 28, 2010

Eugene E. “Gene” English, age 89, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 3:55 A.M. on Wednesday, July 28, 2010, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center, Bryan, Ohio, where he was a resident. Mr. English was a veteran of World War II, serving as a pilot with the Army Air Corps. He continued his military career in the Air Force Reserves, retiring...

Hoyt B. Hinkle

Hoyt B. Hinkle

Jul 27, 2010

Hoyt B. Hinkle, age 92, of Edon, Ohio, died at 7:34 P.M. on Tuesday, July 27, 2010, at Evergreen Manor Nursing Home in Montpelier, Ohio, where he was a resident, after an extended illness. Mr. Hinkle was a 1937 graduate of Montpelier High School and was a lifelong farmer. He also formerly attended St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Montpelier....

Aiden Izaiah Oehler-McGinley

Aiden Izaiah Oehler-McGinley

Jul 27, 2010

Aiden Izaiah Oehler-McGinley, 4 months, died at 6:55 P.M. on Tuesday, July 27, 2010, at Toledo Children’s Hospital, where he was a patient. He was born on March 29, 2010, in Defiance, Ohio, the son of Hope Elizabeth McGinley and Kevin W. Oehler, Jr. He is survived by his mother of Alvordton, Ohio, a brother, Zane McGinley, at home, grandparents,...

Renae D. Smith

Renae D. Smith

Jul 24, 2010

Renae D. Smith, age 46, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 10:12 A.M. on Saturday, July 24, 2010, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, where she was a patient. Ms. Smith was a 1983 graduate of Bryan High School and was employed by Titan Tire for four years prior to her illness. She was a member of Bryan Eagles,...

Hilda V. Hartman

Hilda V. Hartman

Jul 21, 2010

Hilda V. Hartman, age 83, of Bryan, Ohio, died early on Wednesday, July 21, 2010, at The Inn at Fountain Park, where she was a resident. Mrs. Hartman was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church, Rosary Altar Society, Shamrock Circle, and Bryan Moose Lodge and was formerly a member of the Farm Bureau Council and a 4-H advisor. She...

Mildred V. Oberlin

Mildred V. Oberlin

Jul 21, 2010

Mildred V. Oberlin, age 91, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 5:10 A.M. on Wednesday, July 21, 2010, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center in Bryan, where she was a resident. Mrs. Oberlin was a 1937 graduate of Chesterfield High School and was employed as a spot welder at Beam Stream for thirteen years and worked with her husband on the...

Nancy Jane Roller

Nancy Jane Roller

Jul 11, 2010

Nancy Jane Roller, age 61, of Pioneer, Ohio, died at 8:17 A.M. on Sunday, July 11, 2010, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, after an extended illness. Mrs. Roller was employed by Sauder Woodworking Company as a computer operator until her retirement with twenty-two years of service. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in...

Evelyn Blech

Evelyn Blech

Jul 5, 2010

Evelyn Blech, age 89, of Edgerton, Ohio, and a longtime resident of Hicksville, Ohio, died at 5:05 A.M. on Monday, July 5, 2010, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, where she was a resident. Mrs. Blech worked at Wright Patterson Air Force Base as a stenographer following graduation from high school and it was there that she learned to...