Obituaries

Eva Belle Smith

Eva Belle Smith

Sep 4, 2008

Eva Belle Smith, age 90, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, September 4, 2008, at Harborside Healthcare of Northwest Ohio in Bryan. Mrs. Smith was a 1936 graduate of Farmer High School and was employed by Spangler Candy Company from 1952 to 1983 and then was a greeter at Wal-Mart in Bryan for eleven years. During the...

Helen M. Stemen-Kaiser

Helen M. Stemen-Kaiser

Sep 2, 2008

Helen M. Stemen-Kaiser, age 86, of Edgerton and former long-time resident of Butler, Indiana, died early Tuesday morning, September 2, 2008, at DeKalb Memorial Hospital in Auburn, Indiana, where she was a resident. Mrs. Stemen-Kaiser attended the Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church and was a former member of the Butler Eagles and Butler American Legion Auxiliary. She was an avid...

James A. Lemons

James A. Lemons

Sep 2, 2008

James A. Lemons, of Bryan, Ohio, died on Tuesday, September 2, 2008, his 73rd birthday, at the University of Toledo Medical College, where he was a patient after an extended illness. Mr. Lemons was a 1953 graduate of Bryan High School and attended Michigan State University. He was employed by Equifax as a Field Representative, retiring with twenty-eight years of...

Alice Ann Hardman

Alice Ann Hardman

Aug 29, 2008

Alice Ann Hardman, age 70, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 11:25 p.m. on Friday, August 29, 2008, in her home after an extended illness. Mrs. Hardman was a homemaker and a member of the Lick Creek Church of the Brethren, where she was a long-time Sunday school teacher and youth group advisor. She also was a former 4-H advisor. Alice...

Alaina Brittany Rice

Alaina Brittany Rice

Aug 27, 2008

Alaina Brittany Rice, age three months, died at 12:04 p.m. on Wednesday, August 27, 2008, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan, Ohio. Alaina Brittany Rice was born on May 7, 2008, in Bryan, Ohio, the daughter of Eric J. Rice and Becky E. Pierce, who survive. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her...

Vernon L. Kimpel

Vernon L. Kimpel

Aug 23, 2008

View Video Tribute Vernon L. Kimpel, age 88, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 9:50 p.m. on Saturday, August 23, 2008, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, Ohio, where he was a resident. Mr. Kimpel was a service technician in plumbing and heating for more than fifty years with the Edgerton Hardware. He was a veteran of the United States...

Kathryn Elizabeth Thomas

Kathryn Elizabeth Thomas

Aug 22, 2008

Kathryn Elizabeth (Betty Gruver) Thomas, age 85, of Ocala, Florida, died at 7:00 p.m. Friday, August 22, 2008 at Palm Gardens of Ocala, after a lengthy battle with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Kathryn Elizabeth Thomas was born March 10, 1923, in Warsaw, Indiana the youngest child of Floyd Abraham and Helen Eliza (Ramey) Gruver. She is survived by her daughter,...

Margaret M. Shiple

Margaret M. Shiple

Aug 20, 2008

Margaret M. Shiple, age 80, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 10:09 a.m. on Wednesday, August 20, 2008, after a brief illness. Mrs. Shiple was a graduate of Central Catholic High School in Toledo, Ohio, and her early working career included employment at Toledo Trust, Toledo Scale and with her husband at the Edgerton Hardware when they moved to Edgerton. She...

Rose M. Karnes

Rose M. Karnes

Aug 16, 2008

Rose M. Karnes, age 92, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 11:42 a.m. on Saturday, August 16, 2008, at Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she was a patient following a brief illness. Mrs. Karnes was a homemaker, who also worked as a newspaper linotype operator. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Edgerton, Rosary Altar Society, and...

Fern Fix

Fern Fix

Aug 16, 2008

Fern Fix, age 94, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 10:16 p.m. on August 16, 2008, at Heartland of Wauseon, where she was a resident. Mrs. Fix was a 1931 graduate of Bryan High School and studied for two years at the Chicago Training School to be a concert pianist. She was a member of the Melbern United Methodist Church, where...

Ione G. Johnson

Ione G. Johnson

Aug 15, 2008

Ione G. Johnson, age 96, of Edon, Ohio, died at 4:05 a.m. on Friday, August 15, 2008, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Center - Bryan, where she was a patient following a brief illness. Miss Johnson worked as a private duty nurses’ aide. She was a member of the Edon United Methodist Church. Ione G. Johnson was born on June...

Beth Ann Johnson

Beth Ann Johnson

Aug 13, 2008

View Video Tribute Beth Ann Johnson, age 46, of Ney, Ohio, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, at 8:46 p.m. on Wednesday, August 13, 2008, at the Hospice of Northwest Ohio in Toledo, after an extended illness. Ms. Johnson was a 1980 graduate of Fairview High School and was employed by C.E. Electronics in Bryan for more...

Naomi R. Pipes

Naomi R. Pipes

Aug 11, 2008

Naomi R. Pipes, age 81, of Bryan, Ohio (Williams Center), died at 3:35 a.m. on Monday, August 11, 2008, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, after an illness of two months. Mrs. Pipes had owned and operated the Williams Center Carry-out since 1981. She was a member of the Bryan Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #2489 Auxiliary, Women of...

Diane M. Swanson

Diane M. Swanson

Aug 11, 2008

View Video Tribute Diane (Dee) Marie Swanson, age 57, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 3:11 p.m. on August 11, 2008, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers - Bryan after a brief illness. Diane was a graduate of Hillsdale College and was vice-president of human resources at Ohio Gas Company, where she was employed for over 20 years. She served on...

Letty M. Henricks

Letty M. Henricks

Aug 6, 2008

View Video Tribute Letty M. Henricks, age 85, of Camden, Michigan, died on Wednesday August 6, 2008, in her home. Mrs. Henricks was a member of the Camden United Methodist Church in Camden, Michigan, Bryan Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #2489 Auxiliary and Bryan Am-Vets Post # 54 Auxiliary. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister and was...

Donna M. Crites

Donna M. Crites

Aug 4, 2008

Donna M. Crites, age 87, of rural Bryan, Ohio, died at 12:32 a.m. on Monday, August 4, 2008, at Harborside Healthcare Northwest Ohio, where she was a resident. Mrs. Crites was a homemaker and had also worked as an assembler at Bryan Canning Company and Spangler Candy Company. She was a member of Union Chapel Church of God and WCSC,...

Mary E. Wheeler

Mary E. Wheeler

Jul 31, 2008

Mary E. Wheeler, age 69, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 9:30 a.m. on July 31, 2008, at her residence in Edgerton, Ohio, after an extended illness.  Mrs. Wheeler was an employee of Allied Moulded Products, retiring in 2000 with twenty-seven years of service.  She was also a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Edgerton, Ohio. Mary E. Wheeler was born...

Helen L. Johnson

Helen L. Johnson

Jul 27, 2008

Helen L. Johnson, age 91, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 12:10 p.m. on Sunday, July 27, 2008 at the Visiting Nurses and Hospice Home of Northeast Indiana where she was a resident. Mrs. Johnson was a homemaker and a member of Edgerton Church of Christ and formerly of the Edgerton Garden Club. Helen L. Johnson was born April 17, 1917...

Marguerite E. Howard

Marguerite E. Howard

Jul 20, 2008

View Video Tribute Marguerite Eleanor Howard, age 80, of Williams Center, Ohio, died at 2:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 20, 2008, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, Ohio, where she had been admitted on July 3. Mrs. Howard was a retired Licensed Practical Nurse and a member of the Bryan Church of The Nazarene. Marguerite E. Howard was...

Imogene L. Lirot

Imogene L. Lirot

Jul 14, 2008

Imogene L. Lirot, age 81, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 1:25 a.m. on Monday, July 14, 2008, at Jamison Hospital in New Castle, Pennsylvania, after a brief illness. Mrs. Lirot was a medical technologist for forty-five years, working at Cameron Hospital, Napoleon Hospital and Maumee Valley Hospital prior to her retirement. She was also a member of St. Patrick Catholic...