Obituaries

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,...

Thomas J. Wickerham

Thomas J. Wickerham

Dec 25, 2005

View Video Tribute Thomas J. Wickerham, age 61, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 4:15 p.m. on Sunday, December 25, 2005, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he had been a patient for one day. Mr. Wickerham was employed by Chase-Brass as a machinist, general laborer and driver with thirty-nine years of service. He was a member of St....

Helen E. Starr

Helen E. Starr

Dec 24, 2005

Helen E. Starr, 87 years, formerly of Edon, Ohio, died on Saturday, December 24, 2005, at Evergreen Manor Nursing Center in Montpelier, Ohio, where she had been a resident the past four years. She was a member of Bethlehem Christian Union Church and a homemaker. Helen E. Starr was born on September 18, 1918, in Edon, Ohio, the daughter of...

Vera L. Szabo

Vera L. Szabo

Dec 23, 2005

Vera L. Szabo, 90 years, of Bryan, Ohio and formerly of Toledo, Ohio, died Friday, December 23, 2005 at Harborside of Northwest Ohio, where she had been a resident the past week. She had been employed as a bag handler for the St. Regis Paper Company in Toledo for 27 years, retiring in 1972. She was a member of Good...

Elmer W. Frank

Elmer W. Frank

Dec 20, 2005

Elmer W. Frank, age 83, of rural Hicksville, Ohio, died at 1:25 p.m. on Tuesday, December 20, 2005, in Fountain Park Assisted Living in Bryan, Ohio, where he was a resident. He was a lifelong farmer and had been in failing health for about a year. He was a member of St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Hicksville, Ohio, and Veterans...

Clifford L. Reamsnyder

Clifford L. Reamsnyder

Dec 19, 2005

View Video Tribute Clifford L. “Skip” Reamsnyder, 83 years, of Montpelier, Ohio, and formerly of Adrian, Michigan, died at 1:50 a.m., Monday, December 19, 2005 at Evergreen Manor Nursing Home, Montpelier, Ohio, where he had been a resident the past several months. Clifford was a self-employed truck driver and also was involved in assisting the Amish community in their transportation...

Mildred Smith

Mildred Smith

Dec 15, 2005

Mildred Smith, age 76, of rural Edon, Ohio, died at 6:20 p.m. on Thursday, December 15, 2005 in her home after an extended illness. She was a homemaker and lifelong resident of Northwest Township. Mildred Smith was born July 10, 1929, in Northwest Township, Williams County, Ohio, the daughter of James and Ruth (Boyer) Ellis. She married Virgil Smith in...