Jack Holthues
Jan 1, 2008
View Video Tribute Jack Holthues, age 77, of Edon, Ohio, died on Tuesday, January 1, 2008, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Center in Montpelier. Mr. Holthues was a farmer and was employed by the Edon Farmers Co-op for twenty-six years as manager of the Blakeslee branch and as assistant manager at the Edon location. He then was...
Delmas Hicks
Dec 28, 2007
View Video Tribute Delmas Hicks, age 64, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 11:01 a.m. on Friday, December 28, 2007, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, Ohio. Mr. Hicks was employed as a supervisor for the former Edgerton Metal Products, retiring in 1997. He was an avid bowler and a member of the Butler Eagles. Delmas...
Ned E. Mack
Dec 28, 2007
Ned E. Mack, age 81, of Ney, Ohio, died at 8:40 a.m. on Friday, December 28, 2007, at Florida Hospital Heartland in Sebring, Florida. Mr. Mack was a lifelong farmer, retiring in 2000 and had also been a longtime employee of The Aro Corporation in Bryan, Ohio. He served in the United States Army during World War II, serving with...
Thomas G. Barta
Dec 27, 2007
Thomas G. Barta, age 69, of Pioneer, Ohio, died on Thursday, December 27, 2007, in his home. He was a truck driver for twenty-five years, working as a car hauler for the Detroit-based auto makers. At the time of his retirement, he was employed by Allied Systems. He was also a member of Teamsters Local #299 in Detroit. Thomas G....
Edna L. Maugherman
Dec 25, 2007
Edna L. Maugherman, age 86, longtime resident of Edon, Ohio, died at 5:25 p.m. on Tuesday, December 25, 2007 at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, Ohio where she was resident. Mrs. Maugherman was a homemaker and a member of the Edon United Methodist Church. Edna L. Maugherman was born December 2, 1921 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the daughter of...
Fred E. Fritz
Dec 19, 2007
Fred E. Fritz, age 89, of Kendallville, Indiana, and formerly a longtime resident of Edgerton, Ohio, died on Wednesday, December 19, 2007, at Kendallville Manor in Kendallville, where he was a resident. Mr. Fritz was formerly a lineman for Toledo Edison and then became the Light and Water Superintendent for the Village of Edgerton, retiring in 1980 with twenty-four years...
Herman C. Fee
Dec 19, 2007
Herman C. Fee, age 88, of Orland, Indiana (Wall Lake) and formerly Edgerton, Ohio, died at 7:25 a.m. on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at Northern Lakes Healthcare Center in Angola, Indiana where he was a resident after an extended illness. Mr. Fee was self employed as a truck driver and car hauler and also owned and operated Fee’s Truck Stop...
Luke J. Thaman
Dec 12, 2007
Longtime local businessman, Luke J. Thaman, age 83, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 12, 2007, at Fountain Park Inn and Villas in Bryan, Ohio, where he was a resident. Mr. Thaman was active throughout the community in many charitable endeavors as well as in his business ventures. Luke J. Thaman was born on January 20,...
Maralee J. Disheaux
Dec 11, 2007
Maralee (Joanne) Disheaux, age 77, of, Bryan, Ohio, died at 4:48 a.m. on Tuesday, December 11, 2007, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, Ohio, where she was a patient. Mrs. Disheaux was a custodian at the Williams County Courthouse, retiring in 1992 with fifteeen years of service. She was also a member of the Bryan VFW Post #2489...
Marlin W. Pettit
Dec 6, 2007
View Video Tribute Marlin W. “Red” Pettit, age 69, of Edgerton, Ohio, died on Thursday, December 6, 2007, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was a patient for one week. Mr. Pettit owned and operated Reddy Electric from 1970-1985 and then became the Electric Superintendent for the Village of Edgerton until his retirement. He served on the...
Alva A. Myers
Dec 2, 2007
Alva A. Myers, age 84, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 11:25 p.m. on Sunday, December 2, 2007, after an extended illness. Mr. Myers was a farmer and carpenter and was employed by Burkholder Construction for twenty years prior to his retirement. He was a former member of Bryan Moose Lodge #1064. Alva A. Myers was born on January 3, 1923,...
Philip J. Studer
Dec 2, 2007
Philip J. Studer, age 57, of Angola, Indiana, died at 10:52 a.m. on Sunday, December 2, 2007, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers of Williams County in Bryan, where he was a patient. Mr. Studer was a self-employed upholsterer in Angola and had worked at Pet Milk in Bryan, Ohio, until its closing. He was a member of the Hamilton...
Charlene R. Rodriguez-Shadbolt
Dec 1, 2007
Charlene R. Rodriguez-Shadbolt, age 47, of Defiance, Ohio, died at 4:20 a.m. on Saturday, December 1, 2007, in Brookview Healthcare Center in Defiance, where she was a resident. She was a 1978 graduate of Edgerton High School and was a nurse’s aide, working in several health care facilities in Toledo and Defiance. She was a former member of Bryan Eagles...
Ruth A. (Hemminger) Rucki
Nov 30, 2007
Ruth A. (Hemminger) Rucki, age 70, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 5:48 p.m. on Friday, November 30, 2007, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she had been a patient for one week. Mrs. Rucki was a retiree from the Toledo Jeep Plant with seventeen years of service and worked as a bar tender at the Night Cap Inn...
Dorothy D. Wymer
Nov 28, 2007
Dorothy D. Wymer, age 84, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 2:25 a.m. on Wednesday, November 28, 2007, at Hillside Country Living near Bryan, where she was a resident. Dorothy D. Wymer was born on October 27, 1923, in Toledo, Ohio, the daughter of Louis and Bessie Huth. She married Harold J. Wymer and he preceded her in death. Mrs. Wymer...
Frieda C. Solonen
Nov 27, 2007
Frieda C. Solonen, age 90, of Edon, Ohio, died Tuesday, November 27, 2007, at the home of her daughter near Edon, Ohio. Mrs. Solonen was born September 5, 1917, in Muscatine, Iowa, the daughter of Rudolf and Maleda (Maritz) Gross. She was a graduate of Muscatine High School in 1924, and then graduated from Wartsburg College in 1928. She married...
Stanley Gene Dennis
Nov 24, 2007
Stanley Gene Dennis, age 76, of Montpelier, Ohio, died on Saturday, November 24, 2007, in his home after an illness of more than a year. Mr. Dennis was a 1949 graduate of Edgerton High School and was employed as an owner/operator in the semi trucking business until his retirement in 1989. He spent seventeen years in Englewood, Florida, and summered...
Betty I. Carroll
Nov 21, 2007
Betty I. Carroll, age 79, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 4:14 p.m. on Wednesday, November 21, 2007, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she was a patient. Mrs. Carroll was a 1946 graduate of Bryan High School and was employed by the Ohio Art Company in Bryan, Ohio, retiring in 1990 with thirty-seven years of service. She was...
Carlton E. Rinehart
Nov 21, 2007
Carlton E. Rinehart, age 78, of Edon, Ohio, died at 7:00 a.m., on Wednesday, November 21, 2007, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne Indiana, after a brief illness. Mr. Rinehart was a machinist and retired from the Aro corporation in Bryan, Ohio. Carlton E. Rinehart was born April 9, 1929, in Angola, Indiana, the son of Earl and Osa (Sams)...
Joanna J. Grigg
Nov 17, 2007
Joanna J. Grigg, age 53, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 2:20 a.m., on Saturday, November 17, 2007, at Harborside Care Center of Northwest Ohio, in Bryan, Ohio, where she was a resident. She was a graduate of Camden Frontier High School with the distinction of valedictorian and was employed as a seamstress at Kustom Fit in Pioneer, Ohio and a...