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Mary Ella Rowe

Mary Ella Rowe

Jan 8, 2005

Mary Ella Rowe, age 102, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 8:50 p.m. Saturday, January 8, 2005, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, where she was a resident. Mrs. Rowe was a member of the Edgerton United Methodist Church, the Mary Martha Circle, and was a former member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She and her husband, Reverend...

Darlene Siebenaler

Darlene Siebenaler

Jan 1, 2005

S. Darlene Siebenaler, age 75, of Edon, Ohio, died at 7:14 p.m. on Saturday, January 1, 2005, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she had been a patient since December 17. Mrs. Siebenaler was a homemaker and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Blakeslee, Ohio. She graduated from Edon High School in 1947. S. Darlene Siebenaler...

Anthony J. Hug

Anthony J. Hug

Dec 23, 2004

Dateline: Blakeslee, Ohio Anthony J. "Tony" Hug Anthony J. "Tony"Hug, age 52, of Blakeslee, Ohio, died unexpectedly early Thursday, December 23, 2004, in his home. He was a graduate of Edon High School and was a veteran of the United States Army, serving in Germany. He was also a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Blakeslee and had coached...

Ted Donovan Eagle

Ted Donovan Eagle

Dec 21, 2004

Ted D. Eagle, age 57, of Bryan, Ohio, died Tuesday, December 21, 2004 at his residence. Mr. Eagle was a graduate of Waldron High School and Indiana University-Indianapolis. He was Director of Respiratory Care for Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, Montpelier and Archbold, Ohio working there for the past 28 years. A Vietnam War Air Force veteran, Mr....

David E. Connelly

David E. Connelly

Dec 18, 2004

David E. Connelly, age 81, of rural Farmer, Ohio, died at 2:20 p.m. on Saturday, December 18, 2004, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Center, Bryan, Ohio. A graduate of Farmer High School and The Ohio State University, Mr. Connelly was a self-employed farmer. A U.S. Army veteran of WWII, Mr. Connelly was a Second Lieutenant in the Army during the...

Donald P. Schlachter

Donald P. Schlachter

Dec 15, 2004

Donald P. Schlachter, age 47, of Defiance and formerly of Edgerton, Ohio died unexpectedly on Wednesday, December 15, 2004 in his home. Mr. Schlachter was a graduate of Edgerton High School. Donald P. Schlachter was born May 22, 1957 in Hicksville, Ohio the son of John H. and Mary Ann (Taylor) Schlachter. Mr. Schlachter is survived by his mother, Mary...

Bertha Arno Buchs

Bertha Arno Buchs

Dec 14, 2004

Bertha Arno Buchs, age 91, a lifelong resident of Edgerton, Ohio, died Tuesday, December 14, 2004, at Parkview Nursing Center, Edgerton, Ohio, where she had been a resident the past three years. Mrs. Buchs worked at several area factories and the former Perry's Restaurant. She was also a homemaker and a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Edgerton, Ohio....

Alvin J. Zielke

Alvin J. Zielke

Dec 11, 2004

Alvin J. Zielke, age 83, of Edon, Ohio, died Saturday, December 11, 2004, in his home. Mr. Zielke was a purchasing agent for The Aro Corporation, retiring in 1983. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and served in both World War II and Korea. He was a member of the Bryan First Church of Christ and...

Walter D. Bennett

Walter D. Bennett

Dec 8, 2004

Walter D. Bennett, age 71, of rural Montpelier, Ohio, died at 8:41 a.m. on Wednesday, December 8, 2004, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Montpelier, Ohio. Mr. Bennett was a lifelong farmer and was also employed by Simpson Industries in Edon for thirty-eight years, where he was the union shop steward for many years. He was...

Betty J. Armitage

Betty J. Armitage

Dec 6, 2004

Betty J. Armitage, age 77, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 2:15 p.m., Monday, December 6, 2004 in the home of her son in Hicksville, Ohio after a brief illness. Mrs. Armitage was employed as an assembler at Edgerton Metal Products and also had worked at Fleetwood Industries and Air-Way Manufacturing in Edgerton prior to her retirement. Betty J. Armitage was...

Donald E. Miller

Donald E. Miller

Dec 6, 2004

Donald E. Miller, age 63, of Montpelier, Ohio, and a former lifelong resident of Defiance, Ohio, died on Monday, December 6, 2004, at Medical College of Ohio Hospital, Toledo, Ohio, after suffering a stroke on Thanksgiving Day. Mr. Miller was a laborer for Johns Manville in Defiance for forty-four years, retiring in January 2004. He was a member of the...

Freeda A. Russell

Freeda A. Russell

Dec 2, 2004

Freeda A. Russell, 62 years, of Bryan, Ohio, and a former lifelong resident of Ney, Ohio, died at 8:20 a.m. Thursday, December 2, 2004 at Community Health and Wellness Centers-Bryan, Ohio after a brief battle with cancer. Mrs. Russell was a lifelong homemaker. She was a member of the True Word Tabernacle in Bluffton, Ohio. Freeda A. Russell was born...

Edward W. Bigger

Edward W. Bigger

Nov 26, 2004

Edward W. Bigger, age 80, of Edgerton, Ohio, died Friday, November 26, 2004, at Parkview Nursing Center, Edgerton, Ohio, where he was a resident for the past week. Mr. Bigger was a WW II Army Veteran. He was a crane operator for the former New York Central Railroad and also for several salvage yards in the area, retiring in 1986....

Donald J. Tumilty

Donald J. Tumilty

Nov 24, 2004

Donald J. Tumilty, age 75, of Bryan, Ohio, and originally from Lincoln, Illinois, died at 7:50 p.m. on Wednesday, November 24, 2004, at Community Health and Wellness Centers, Montpelier, Ohio. A graduate of Lincoln, Illinois High School, Donald was an Air Force Veteran of the Korean War, attaining the rank of Staff Sargent. Mr. Tumilty was an Operations Manager for...

Larry U. Devers

Larry U. Devers

Nov 22, 2004

Larry U. Devers, 64 years, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 7:09 a.m. Monday, November 22, 2004 at the Dilworth Center of Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Montpelier, Ohio. An Air Force Veteran, Mr. Devers was a tool and die maker for the former Aro Corporation for over 28 years, retiring in 1989. Mr. Devers memberships include the Bryan Eagles Aerie...

Vidal R. Rivera

Vidal R. Rivera

Nov 21, 2004

DATELINE: BRYAN, OHIO VIDAL R. RIVERA Vidal R. Rivera, age 76, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 1:40 a.m. on Sunday, November 21, 2004, at his residence after a brief illness. Mr. Rivera was a lifelong resident of the Bryan area. He attended the Melbern United Methodist Church. Vidal was a machinist for the General Motors Foundry in Defiance, Ohio, for...

William H. Taylor

William H. Taylor

Nov 18, 2004

William H. Taylor, Jr., age 70, of rural Montpelier, Ohio, died at 4:16 a.m., Thursday, November 18, 2004, in his home. Mr. Taylor was a machinst and had been employed by Challenge-Cook, The Aro Corporation, JBM Tool & Die and ITT in Archbold during his working career. He was also a 1952 graduate of Edon High School and was a...

Tony Vitek

Tony Vitek

Nov 17, 2004

Tony Vitek, 78 years, of Montpelier, Ohio, and formerly of Bryan, Ohio, died Wednesday, November 17, 2004, in his residence. An Army veteran of WWII, Tony was employed by Central Transport as Terminal Manager and Dispatcher for over 30 years, retiring in 1985. Tony was also an auctioneer for the Carlin Company, retiring in 2002. He was a member of...

Edward "Bud" L. Mansfield

Edward "Bud" L. Mansfield

Nov 16, 2004

Edward L. “Bud” Mansfield, age 80, of Bryan, Ohio and formerly of Morenci, Michigan, died at 2:23 p.m. Tuesday, November 16, 2004 at Harborside Healthcare of Northwest Ohio in Bryan after and extended illness. Mr. Mansfield was a mechanic with Tedrow Wrecking and Salvage for twenty-six years prior to his retirement in 1982. Edward L. Mansfield was born June 3,...

Cletus C. "Hinie" Cape

Cletus C. "Hinie" Cape

Nov 16, 2004

The angels came down and took Edgerton Bulldog fan Cletus C. "Hinie" Cape, age 89, to heaven to be with his loving wife, Virginia, on Tuesday, November 16, 2004, at 8:50 a.m. at Parkview Nursing Center in Edgerton, where he was a resident. Mr. Cape was a farmer and also was employed by Edgerton Manufacturing for twelve years prior to...

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