Obituaries

Paul G. Herman

Paul G. Herman

Mar 30, 2006

View Video Tribute Paul G. Herman, age 74, of Edgerton, Ohio, died early on Thursday, March 30, 2006, in the Ohio Veterans Home, Sandusky, Ohio, where he had been a resident. Mr. Herman was self-employed as a farmer and was also employed as a mechanic with Liechty Farm Equipment in Edgerton, Ohio, for thirty years. He was a veteran of...

Esther C. Viall

Esther C. Viall

Mar 28, 2006

Esther C. Viall, age 97, of rural Butler, Indiana, died at 10:10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 28, 2006, in her home. Mrs. Viall was a member of the Edgerton United Methodist Church, the Mary Martha Circle, the Edgerton Garden Club, the Phythian Sisters, Evening Star Chapter #14 of the Order of the Eastern Star in Edgerton, Ohio, of which she...

Harley D, Kennedy, Jr.

Harley D, Kennedy, Jr.

Mar 28, 2006

Harley D. Kennedy, Jr, age 74, of Bryan, Ohio, died early Tuesday, March 28, 2006, in his home. Mr. Kennedy was employed by Diehl Incorporated in Defiance, Ohio, retiring in 1999 with 19 years of service. He recently was employed part-time by Casebere Motor Sales in Bryan, Ohio. He and his wife owned and operated the Plaza Motel in Bryan...

Ruth L. Welly

Ruth L. Welly

Mar 21, 2006

Ruth L. Welly, age 90, of Bryan and formerly a longtime resident of Pioneer, Ohio, died at 7:10 p.m. on Tuesday, March 21, 2006, in Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, Ohio, where she was a resident. Mrs. Welly was a licensed practical nurse and had worked at Williams County General Hospital in Montpelier, Ohio, for twenty years prior to...

Vella R. Weber

Vella R. Weber

Mar 19, 2006

Vella R. Weber, age 87, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 6:28 a.m. on Sunday, March 19, 2006, at the Laurels of DeKalb in Butler, Indiana, where she was a patient. Mrs. Weber lived on a farm south of Edgerton most of her life. She was a graduate of Fort Wayne Beauty College and was a hairdresser and cosmetologist for many...

Elden W. Warner

Elden W. Warner

Mar 14, 2006

View Video Tribute Elden W. Warner, age 80, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 8:35 a.m. on Tuesday, March 14, 2006, in Park View Nursing Center, Edgerton, Ohio, where he was a patient for one day. Mr. Warner was a graduate of Edon High School and a veteran of World War II, having served as a member of the 5th Battalion...

Evelyn Emma Whitney-Jackson

Evelyn Emma Whitney-Jackson

Mar 14, 2006

View Video Tribute Evelyn Emma Whitney-Jackson, 82, of Bryan, Ohio, died on Tuesday, March 14, 2006, in her home after a courageous battle with cancer. Evelyn was a member of Faith United Methodist Church, Bryan, Ohio. Evelyn began her working career as a soda jerk for the former Keen’s Drug Store, Bryan. She then was a seamstress for many years...

Lucy Pearl Loper

Lucy Pearl Loper

Mar 11, 2006

Lucy P. Loper, age 93, a resident of Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, and formerly of Dover, Delaware, died on Saturday, March 11, 2006, at 11:18 a.m. in Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan, Ohio, where she was a patient. She was a 1934 graduate of Smyrna, Delaware, High School. Mrs. Loper owned and managed Wendover Apartrments in...

Doris I. Krill

Doris I. Krill

Mar 7, 2006

View Video Tribute Doris I. Krill, age 88, of Hicksville, Ohio, and a former lifelong resident of Edgerton, Ohio, and Blakeslee, Ohio, died at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 7, 2006, in her residence. Mrs. Krill was a clerk for the former Mast’s Department Store, Edgerton, and also a machinist for the former Syncrotech in Edgerton. She was a member...

Juanita Deck

Juanita Deck

Mar 6, 2006

Dateline: Edon, Ohio M. Juanita Deck M. Juanita Deck, age 73, of rural Edon, Ohio, died on Monday, March 6, at 12:10 a.m. in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she was a patient for thee days. Mrs. Deck worked at the Fashion Bug in Angola, Indiana, retiring in 2005 after fifteen years of service. She was a member of...

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...