Harold Ray Steele
Sep 23, 2009
Harold R. Steele, age 94, of Edgerton, Ohio, and former Decatur, Indiana, and Columbia, Ohio, resident, died at 3:30 A.M. on Wednesday, September 23, 2009, at Park View Nursing Center, Edgerton, Ohio, where he was a resident for six years. Mr. Steele was a member of the Columbia Church of Christ, Columbia, Ohio. He was employed by Norwalk Truck Lines...
Nina Josephine Dangler
Sep 12, 2009
Nina Josephine Dangler, age 93, of Bryan, Ohio, went to be with Jesus at 6:31 A.M. on Saturday, September 12, 2009, in Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan, where she was a patient. Mrs. Dangler worked as a clerk at the Belmont store in Edgerton, Ohio, for ten years and was also employed as a secretary at Airmate, Bryan, from...
Denver Higley
Sep 10, 2009
Denver Higley, age 84, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 2:55 P.M. on Thursday, September 10, 2009, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, where he was a patient. Mr. Higley attended Bryan High School. He was a veteran of the United States Army Air Corps, serving with the 506th Fighter Group and participated in ground combat at Iwo...
John P. Schelling
Sep 10, 2009
John P. Schelling, age 101, of Bryan, Ohio, and most recently of Indian Lake, Ohio, where he resided with his daughter, died at 8:10 P.M. on Thursday, September 10, 2009, at Lima Memorial Hospital, Lima, Ohio, where he was a patient. Mr. Schelling was a member of the United States Army, serving in World War II. He was employed by...
Ralph S. Bush, Jr.
Sep 6, 2009
Ralph S. Bush, Jr., age 78, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 8:43 P.M. on Sunday, September 6, 2009, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, where he was a patient. Mr. Bush was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, having served in Korea. He worked as a machinist for many years with Goss Manufacturing and Rockwell-Collins in...
Joshua W. Wodarski-Felt
Sep 6, 2009
Joshua W. Wodarski-Felt, 4-year-old son of John E. and Jennifer L. Wodarski-Felt, of rural Edon, Ohio, died at 10:58 P.M. on Sunday, September 6, 2009, at Parkview Memorial Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was admitted after an accidental drowning at his home. Joshua is survived by his parents; his siblings, Jory, Kenyon, Dorian, Sawyer, and Harli Wodarski-Felt, at...
Phyllis M. Reas
Aug 23, 2009
Phyllis M. Reas, age 77, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 1:48 A.M. on Sunday, August 23, 2009, at Community Hospitals ands Wellness Centers, Bryan, Ohio, where she had been admitted on Saturday. Mrs, Reas was a nurses’ aide at DeKalb Memorial Hospital in Auburn, Indiana, retiring with thirty-one years of service. She was an emergency medical technician at DeKalb Memorial...
Kenneth L. Hopkins
Aug 17, 2009
Kenneth L. Hopkins, age 95, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 5:32 A.M. on Monday, August 17, 2009, at St. Anne’s Hospital in Westerville, Ohio, after a brief illness. Mr. Hopkins and his wife had been living at the Worthington Christian Village in Columbus, Ohio, for the last 1 ½ years. He was a graduate of Edgerton High School and was...
Burl T. Mercer
Aug 15, 2009
Burl T. Mercer, age 69, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 3:05 p.m. on Saturday, August 15, 2009, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, Ohio, after a brief illness. Mr. Mercer was employed by Edgerton Metal Products as a trim press operator, retiring in 2001 with the closure of the plant and thirty years of service. Burl T. Mercer...
Viola B. Myers Leslie
Aug 12, 2009
Viola B. Myers Leslie, age 94, of Montpelier, Ohio, died at 9:17 a.m. on Wednesday, August 12, 2009, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Montpelier, Ohio, after a brief illness. Mrs. Leslie attended both Pulaski and Bryan Schools. She was a member of the Pulaski United Methodist Church and the Pulaski U.M.W. Viola was the cafeteria manager at Pulaski...
Nancy L. Bible
Aug 8, 2009
Nancy L. Bible, age 67, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 1:33 p.m. on Saturday, August 8, 2009, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center after an illness of several weeks. Nancy worked on the Etch-A-Sketch line at the Ohio Art Company in Bryan, retiring on August 31, 2007, with forty-five years of service. She was a member of the Bryan Veterans...
Dewey Dossett
Aug 7, 2009
Dewey Dossett, age 69, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 10:40 p.m. on Friday, August 7, 2009, in his home after a lengthy illness. Mr. Dossett was a truck driver for Stoneco prior to his retirement and was a member of the Montpelier Eagles, Aerie 2246. Dewey Dossett was born on June 18, 1940, in Bryan, Ohio, the son of Lyle...
Thelma C. Wehrle
Jul 26, 2009
Thelma C. Wehrle, age 99, of Blakeslee, Ohio, died at 1:33 p.m. on Sunday, July 26, 2009, in Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan, where she was a patient. Mrs. Wehrle was a homemaker and member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Blakeslee. Thelma C. Wehrle was born on July 31, 1909, in rural Bryan, Ohio, the daughter of Henry and...
Berdena Alice Jones
Jul 25, 2009
Berdena “Birdie” Alice Jones, age 79, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 7:22 P.M. on Saturday, July 25, 2009, after a recent illness. Mrs. Jones was a member of the Bryan Eagles and had a love for the game of Bingo. She retired from Allied Moulded Products after nineteen years of service. Berdena Jones was born on February 7, 1930, in...
Marie Hug
Jul 23, 2009
Marie Hug, 89, of rural Edon, Ohio, died at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 23, 2009, in her home surrounded by family. A graduate of Butler High School, Mrs. Hug was a homemaker, who enjoyed cooking and spending time with family and friends. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Blakeslee, Ohio, where she was actively involved in...
Albert W. Baden
Jul 23, 2009
Albert W. Baden, 92, passed away at 2:45 p.m. Thursday, July 23, 2009, peacefully with his family surrounding him in the Defiance Regional Medical Center, Defiance. He was born in Sherwood, Ohio, on December 9, 1916. He was the son of Henry and Olga (Heisler) Baden. June 1, 1947, he married M. Charlotte West, who passed away October 7, 2007....
Welma J. Miller
Jul 22, 2009
Welma J. Miller, 86, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 7:58 p.m. on Wednesday, July 22, 2009, in Defiance Inpatient Hospice after an extended illness. Mrs. Miller was a homemaker and was a member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Edgerton, Ohio, where she served on the Altar Committee and was a Sunday School teacher and a Vacation Bible School teacher. A...
Oletha Lampman
Jul 20, 2009
Oletha Lampman, age 85, of Columbia, Ohio, died at 4:46 a.m. on Monday, July 20, 2009, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, Ohio. Mrs. Lampman was a lifelong resident of Columbia in Northwest Township, Ohio, and worked as a toll collector on the Ohio Turnpike for thirteen years. She was baptized in 1961 and was...
James Perry McCavit
Jul 18, 2009
James Perry “Big Jim” McCavit, age 71, of rural Farmer, Ohio, died at 3:05 a.m. on Saturday, July 18, 2009, in his home from ongoing medical complications. Mr. McCavit was a graduate of Farmer High School and made a career of driving truck, with many years as an owner/operator. He was a member of the Farmer United Methodist Church and...
Larry D. Atchison
Jul 14, 2009
Larry D. Atchison, 57, of Paris, Tennessee, died on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. Larry had been employed as a machinist from 1972-1985 and as a supervisor at Boeing Commercial Airline Co. from 1986-2003. During his employment there he was elected Employee of the Quarter three times. He was a former member of the...


