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Inez L. Smith

Inez L. Smith

Mar 2, 2006

View Video Tribute Inez L. Smith, 92 years, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 5:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 2, 2006, at Harborside Healthcare of Northwest Ohio, where she had been a resident. Mrs. Smith was employed by Spangler Candy Company for 25 years. She was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church for over 50 years. Inez was also active...

Arthur J. Crites

Arthur J. Crites

Feb 28, 2006

View Video Tribute Arthur J. Crites, age 86, of rural Bryan, Ohio, died on Tuesday, February 28, 2006, at Laurels of Defiance, where he had been a resident for the past week. Arthur was a farmer his entire life. He also supported his family by working as a machinist for the former Precision Products, The Aro Corporation, and Challenge Cook...

Larry E. Brill

Larry E. Brill

Feb 20, 2006

View Video Tribute Larry E. Brill, age 56, of Antwerp, Ohio, died Monday, February 20, 2006, at Community Memorial Hospital, Hicksville, Ohio, shortly after admittance. He was a retired iron worker and a member of Life Changing Realities Church in Edgerton, Ohio. Mr. Brill was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, serving during the Vietnam Conflict. Larry E....

Wilma J. Marlow

Wilma J. Marlow

Feb 19, 2006

View Video Tribute Wilma J. Marlow, 91, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 11:50 p.m. on Sunday, February 19, 2006, at Park View Nursing Center, Edgerton, Ohio, where she was a resident since March. Mrs. Marlow was a homemaker. She and her husband, Thurman, owned and operated Allis Chalmers Implement in Edgerton, Ohio, until their retirement in 1978. She was a...

Anthony W. Paxton

Anthony W. Paxton

Feb 19, 2006

View Video Tribute Anthony W. “Pete” Paxton, age 60, of Bryan, Ohio, died Sunday, February 19, 2006, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Prescott, Arizona, where he was a patient for several days. Mr. Paxton had been employed at Bohn Aluminum in Butler, Indiana, for ten years prior to his retirement in 2003. He was a veteran of the...

Sharon K. Fitzcharles

Sharon K. Fitzcharles

Feb 18, 2006

Sharon K. “Cookie” Fitzcharles , 63, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 10:37 a.m. on Saturday, February 18, 2006, shortly after admittance to CHWC-Bryan. Mrs. Fitzcharles was a homemaker and an avid doll collector. She had been employed at Lectron in Hamilton, Indiana, the former Universal Tool in Butler, Indiana, Plastec in Edon, Ohio, and had operated Doc’s Place Pizza in...

E. Margene Perry

E. Margene Perry

Feb 18, 2006

View Video Tribute E. Margene Perry, age 81, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 9:31 a.m. on Saturday, February 18, 2006, in her home after an illness of three years. Mrs. Perry was a homemaker and caterer. She was an active member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Edgerton, Ohio, where she was a religious education teacher for twenty-five years, Eucharistic...

Irvin F. Leppelmeier

Irvin F. Leppelmeier

Feb 13, 2006

View Video Tribute Irvin F. Leppelmeier, age 77, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 4:35 p.m. on Monday, February 13, 2006, in his home after an extended illness. Mr. Leppelmeier was a lifelong farmer and was active in the Zion Lutheran Church near Edgerton, where he was a member. He was also formerly a member of the Williams County Farm Bureau....

Kyra Lynn Trippe

Kyra Lynn Trippe

Feb 11, 2006

Kyra Lynn Trippe, age 52, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, died unexpectedly on Saturday, February 11, 2006, in Bryan, Ohio. She graduated from St. Vincent School of Nursing in Toledo, Ohio, and was a licensed practical nurse. She had been employed at the Medical College of Ohio for seven years and then as an obstetrics nurse at Cameron Hospital in Angola,...

Elsie B. Schelling

Elsie B. Schelling

Feb 9, 2006

Elsie B. Schelling, 92, of Bryan, Ohio, died on Thursday, February 9, 2006, at Shawnee Manor, Lima, Ohio, where she had been a resident the past 15 days. Elsie was a telephone operator, who was employed by Ohio Bell and also The Aro Corporation. She was a member of First Brethren Church, Bryan. Elsie B. Schelling was born on August...

Robert J. Beasley

Robert J. Beasley

Feb 7, 2006

View Video Tribute Robert J. Beasley, 81, of Bryan, Ohio, died on Tuesday, February 7, 2006, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan, Ohio. Mr. Beasley was employed by Superior Carbon Products in West Unity for 49 years, retiring as plant manager. He also was a greeter for Wal*Mart in Bryan for the past ten years, retiring in 2005. He...

Lloyd McClellan

Lloyd McClellan

Feb 4, 2006

Lloyd McClellan, age 94, of rural Butler, Indiana, died Saturday, February 4, 2006, at Laurels of DeKalb, Butler, where he was a resident. He was a lifelong farmer. He served two terms on the Eastside School Board in Butler and also served the school system as a bus driver for several years. Lloyd McClellan was born on April 13, 1911,...

Charles J. Dunkle

Charles J. Dunkle

Feb 3, 2006

View Video Tribute Charles J. Dunkle, age 83, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 10:45 a.m. on Friday, February 3, 2006, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Center in Bryan, Ohio. He was a 1943 graduate of Edgerton High School and a United States Navy veteran, serving in World War II. Mr. Dunkle was employed by the New York...

Patricia L. Grimm

Patricia L. Grimm

Feb 3, 2006

Patricia L. Grimm, 63, of rural West Unity, died Friday, February 3, 2006, in her residence after a brief illness. Pat was employed by Richmond Machine, Montpelier, as a secretary for 37 years, retiring in May 2004. Patricia L. Grimm was born on May 15, 1942, in Elkhart, Indiana, the daughter of Vivian B. Woodward. She married Maynard L. Grimm...

Stephen M Shook

Stephen M Shook

Jan 27, 2006

View Video Tribute Stephen M Shook, 59, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 5:15 p.m. on Friday, January 27, 2006, from complications of pulmonary diseases at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, where he had been a patient since January 24th. Mr. Shook was the owner of Maneval Service, an International Truck dealership in Bryan. He spent his entire career...

Frank Beals, Jr.

Frank Beals, Jr.

Jan 23, 2006

View Video Tribute Frank Beals, Jr., 78, of Bryan, Ohio, died Monday, January 23, 2006, at 8:26 a.m. in Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan, Ohio, where he had been a patient for the past six days. Mr. Beals was the former Bryan Chief of Police from 1959 until his retirement in 1977. He began as a police officer with...

Ashley Joann Dockery

Ashley Joann Dockery

Jan 18, 2006

View Video Tribute Ashley Joann Dockery, age 21, of Edgerton, Ohio, died Wednesday afternoon, January 18, 2006, of injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Williams County. Ms. Dockery was a 2002 graduate of Edgerton High School and employed at Lester’s Diner in Bryan for the last year. While in school, she was a member of the FCCLA. Ashley Joann...

Robert W. Crow

Robert W. Crow

Jan 11, 2006

View Video Tribute Robert W. “Bob” Crow, 79, formerly of Bryan, Ohio, died on Wednesday, January 11, 2006, in the Ohio Veterans Home, Sandusky, Ohio, where he had resided for the past five years. Bob was the former owner of Crow’s Cars in Bryan, where he opened for business in 1960 and operated until his retirement in 1985. A WWII...

Julien Michael Taylor

Julien Michael Taylor

Jan 6, 2006

Julien Michael Taylor, son of Wesley and Julia (Sanders) Taylor, was stillborn at 9:45 p.m. on Friday, January 6, 2006, at Parkview Hospital North, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Survivors include his parents of Pioneer, Ohio, a brother, Ryan David Taylor, at home, maternal grandparents Robert (Deb) Sanders, and Kathy Sanders, all of Edgerton, Ohio, paternal grandparents, Bruce and Sue Taylor, of...

Kenneth Stevens

Kenneth Stevens

Dec 26, 2005

Kenneth Stevens, 84 years, of Bryan, Ohio, died Monday, December 26, 2005, in the emergency room of Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan, Ohio. An Army veteran of World War II, he was employed as a cement finisher his entire working career. He was a member of the American Legion. Kenneth Stevens was born on December 13, 1921, in Princess,...

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