Shirley Sue Whitney
Mar 15, 2022
Shirley Sue Whitney, age 82, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away at 12:23 A.M. on Thursday, March 15, 2022, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio. Mrs. Whitney was a 1957 graduate of North Side High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana. A stay-at-home mom, she was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She was an active volunteer with Meals...
Anita Young
Mar 15, 2022
Anita Young, age 89, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center near Defiance. Anita was born in Munich, Germany on May 31, 1932. She was raised and educated in Munich. She met and married Keith A. Bunting in 1950 while he was stationed there with the US Army. After his...
Jerry L. Winkler
Mar 15, 2022
Jerry L. Winkler, age 64, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at his home. Jerry had worked at Spangler Candy Company and Campbell Soup prior to his retirement. He attended Dad’s Place in Bryan and enjoyed drawing, music, bowling and playing pool. Jerry L. Winkler was born November 14, 1957, in Springfield, Ohio, the son of...
Crit Akers
Mar 14, 2022
Crit Akers, age 74, of Butler, Indiana, passed away at 11:27 P.M. on Monday, March 14, 2022, at The Laurels of DeKalb in Butler after an extended illness. He was a graduate of Dorton High School in Dorton, Kentucky, and had been employed at T. I. Automotive in Ashley, Indiana, retiring with fifteen years of service. He enjoyed collecting knives,...
James L. Roehrs
Mar 14, 2022
James L. Roehrs, age 86, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Monday, March 14, 2022 at his home. James was a machinist at Challenge-Cook Brothers for 24 years. He later worked at WalMart, HKK and Pinkerton Security James served in the United States Marine Corps and Army. He was a life member of the Bryan VFW Post, a member of...
Shirley B. Bard
Mar 13, 2022
Shirley B. Bard, age 87, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 1:09 P.M. on Sunday, March 13, 2022, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, after a brief illness. Mrs. Bard was a 1952 graduate of Bryan High School and was a graduate of The Ohio State University. She worked as a medical technician for Doctors North Hospital...
Holly D. Cape-Haines
Mar 11, 2022
Holly D. Cape-Haines was born on April 19, 1975 in Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was the daughter of Gary Cape and Rose Shelton. Holly grew up in Dayton, Ohio and attended Turpin High School. She became a published poet when she was 15 years old.
She married David Haines on February 10, 1996 and they had a daughter,...
Jeremiah A. Cronk
Mar 10, 2022
Jeremiah A. Cronk, age 41, of Montpelier, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, March 10, 2022 at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne surrounded by his family. Jeremiah had been a fork lift driver at Menards Distribution Center. He loved spending time with his son, Russell. Jeremiah also enjoyed working on cars in his free time, spending time with his family and...
Karen L. Green
Mar 10, 2022
Karen L. Green, age 73, of Edon, Ohio, passed away early Thursday morning, March 10, 2022, in her home. She was a 1966 graduate of Edon High School and had been employed throughout the years at Mohawk Tools, as a telephone operator in Angola, Indiana, and by Mobile Home Estates as an escort driver for her husband. She was also...
Laurie L. Steward
Mar 8, 2022
Laurie L. Steward, age 68, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. Laurie was a devoted and loving aunt and great aunt. Laurie was born June 13, 1953, in Antwerp, Ohio, the daughter of Wayne and Joan (Dix) Ours. She worked at One Way Plastics in Edon for many...
Betty S. Tiedman
Mar 6, 2022
Betty Sue Tiedman, age 60, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, March 6, 2022 at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers - Bryan. Betty had worked as an STNA. She attended Dad’s Place church, enjoyed history and playing Scrabble. Betty was born October 29, 1961, in Akron, Ohio, the daughter of George C. and Helen G. (Blankenship) West. She married...
Barbara A. Stafford
Mar 5, 2022
Barbara A. Stafford, age 72, of Hicksville, Ohio, passed away at 3:29 A.M. on Saturday, March 5, 2022, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, after a brief illness. Mrs. Stafford was a 1968 graduate of Edgerton High School. She was a devoted homemaker and family was her life. She enjoyed sewing, reading, and spending time with her...
Joyce M. Nelson
Mar 2, 2022
Joyce M. Nelson, age 74, of Cecil, Ohio, passed away at her home on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. She was a chef and cook her entire working career. She worked in fine restaurants and family restaurants preparing gourmet meals and comfort food. Joyce also enjoyed playing bingo and fishing. Joyce was born January 16, 1948, in Dickinson County, Virginia, the...
Thomas Albert Tilton
Feb 26, 2022
Thomas A. Tilton, age 83, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Saturday, February 26, 2022, at the Community Health and Wellness Center in Bryan, Ohio, after a brief illness. A resident of Bryan for forty-two years, Tom retired in 1994, after a long and respected career as a funeral director. He was the owner/proprietor of the Greenisen & Tilton Funeral...
Nancy C. Greek
Feb 23, 2022
Nancy C. Greek, age 85, of Defiance, Ohio, passed peacefully into the arms of her Lord and Savior Wednesday, February 23, 2022, at her home surrounded by her family. Nancy was born December 11, 1936, in Angola, Indiana, the daughter of Ralph C. and Mabel V. (Smith) Hollinger. She attended Angola High School. On January 1, 1955, she married her...
Terrance J. Fish
Feb 23, 2022
Terrance J. Fish, age 54, of West Unity, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Wednesday evening, February 23, 2022, at Mercy Health - Defiance Hospital. Terry was a truck driver for various truck lines in the area over the years. He attended the Hillsdale Assembly of God. Terry enjoyed riding motorcycles, working in his yard, woodworking and just talking to people....
Margaret M. Thiel
Feb 21, 2022
Margaret M. Thiel, age 87, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away at 4:05 P.M. on Monday, February 21, 2022, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton after a brief illness. Mrs. Thiel was a 1953 graduate of Defiance (Ohio) High School. Throughout the years she was a secretary for attorneys John Barron and John Dwyer in Edgerton and then served as...
Chris C. Gotshall
Feb 19, 2022
Lifelong Bryan resident, Chris C. Gotshall, age 76, went to his heavenly home on Saturday, February 19, 2022, while wintering in Rotonda West, Florida. Chris was born in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, on July 26, 1945, to Charles Clifford and Mary Yvette (Calvin) Gotshall, also lifelong Bryan residents. Surviving is his wife JoNell (Walker) Gotshall, whom he married on August 3,...
H. Elaine Webster
Feb 18, 2022
H. Elaine Webster, age 92, of Sylvania, Ohio, passed away on Friday, February 18, 2022, in her home. Miss Webster was a graduate of Edgerton (Ohio) High School and Elkhart Business University. She was employed in the Medical Records Department at Mercy Hospital in Toledo, Ohio, and retired after nearly 45 years of service. Her hobbies included reading and working...
Jan L. Chrisman
Feb 17, 2022
Jan L. Chrisman, age 71, of Edon, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, February 17, 2022, at Park View Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, after a courageous battle with an extended illness. Mrs. Chrisman was 1968 graduate of Edon High School and had been employed for many years as a retail manager by Slattery Oil in Edon. She was...