Mae Kaufman
Dec 21, 2021
Mae Kaufman, age 97, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away peacefully at her home, surrounded by family, on Tuesday, December 21, 2021. Mae was the co-owner of Kaufman’s Restaurant in Bryan for over 30 years and had been in the restaurant and bar business for over 40 years. She was a longtime member of St. Patrick Catholic Church. Mae loved playing...
Marie L. Douglas
Dec 20, 2021
Marie L. Douglas, age 72, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Monday, December 20, 2021, at Parkview Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. Marie retired from the City of Austin in the records section of the Electric and Water Department after 18 years of service. She enjoyed working in her yard, shopping and spending time with her family. Marie...
Barbara L. Sack
Dec 20, 2021
Barbara Lee Sack, age 87, of Bryan, Ohio, died on Monday, December 20, 2021, at 6:36 A.M. at her home, surrounded by her family. Barbara was a registered nurse who served at The Toledo Hospital and later at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers. She was an OB nurse and retired as the infection control supervisor over the Bryan and Montpelier...
Donald L. Crawford
Dec 19, 2021
Donald L. Crawford, age 70, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away at 5:28 P.M. on Sunday, December 19, 2021, at Community Health and Wellness Centers-Bryan, where he was a patient. Don was a member of the Bryan Eagles Aerie #2233. He attended Life Changing Church and was a devoted Christian. Donald L. Crawford was born on February 12, 1951, in Sherwood,...
Virginia "Lucy" L. Avery
Dec 18, 2021
Virginia L “Lucy” Avery, age 85, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Saturday, December 18, 2021, at her home. Lucy was a bus driver for Bryan City Schools for 26 years. Mrs. Avery was a member of First Baptist Church in Bryan. Virginia was born on August 26, 1936, in Maynard, Arkansas, the daughter of Thomas and Opal (Sammons) Ingram....
Scott A. Butler
Dec 17, 2021
Scott A. Butler, age 54, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 8:52 P.M. on Friday, December 17, 2021, at Community Health and Wellness Centers-Bryan, where he was a patient. Scott was an electrician at several area companies, including Allied Moulded, Richmond Machine, TJ Automation and, most recently, Pioneer Industrial. He was a member of the Bryan Eagles and Montpelier Moose....
Duke N. Miler
Dec 17, 2021
Duke N. Miler, age 64, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 9:23 A.M. on Friday, December 17, 2021, at Community Health and Wellness Centers-Bryan, where he was a patient. Duke retired from the curing department at Titan Tire after 38 years of service. He was a member of Bryan Eagles Aerie 2233 and enjoyed working on cars. Duke N. Miler...
Coulleen "Cookie" K. Lees
Dec 16, 2021
Coulleen K. “Cookie” Lees, age 67, passed away at 10:04 P.M. on Thursday, December 16, 2021, at Charles and Virginia Hickman Promedica Hospital in Adrian, Michigan, after a brief illness. Cookie was a 1972 graduate of Edgerton High School in Edgerton, Ohio, and attended St. Francis College in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She was an administrative assistant for Enzo Life Sciences...
Cleon D. Krill
Dec 15, 2021
Cleon David Krill, age 94, of Edgerton, Ohio, entered into Christ’s eternal home at 11:40 P.M. on Wednesday, December 15, 2021. Mr. Krill was a 1945 graduate of Edgerton High School and served honorably in the United Sates Navy during World War II. He graduated from The Ohio State University College of Agriculture. Following graduation he returned to operate his...
Richard H. Andrews
Dec 14, 2021
Richard H. Andrews, age 80, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away early Tuesday morning, December 14, 2021, at his home. Richard served as the Village Clerk in Waldron, Michigan, for 22 years. He attended the Bryan Church of the Nazarene. Richard H. Andrews was born on April 4, 1941, in Ransom Township, Michigan, the son of Harold and Naomi Pearl (Farley)...
James B. Pereszlay
Dec 13, 2021
James B. “Jim” Pereszlay, age 61, of Defiance, Ohio, passed away on Monday, December 13, 2021, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers-Montpelier after becoming ill at work. Mr. Pereszlay was employed by CK Technologies in Montpelier, Ohio, on the paint line. He loved to build and had accomplished his dream of owning his own construction company and...
Virgil D. Ridgway
Dec 13, 2021
Virgil Dale Ridgway, age 76, of Harrogate, Tennessee, passed away on Monday, December 13, 2021, at his home. Dale retired from Fleetwood Travel Trailers in Edgerton, Ohio, and also operated a camper repair & son shop with his son. He loved fishing, hunting, and camping with his family. Virgil Dale Ridgway was born on July 27, 1945, in Bryan, Ohio,...
Betty J. Freyman
Dec 12, 2021
Betty J. Freyman, age 91, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, December 12, 2021, at Fountain Park Assisted Living, Memory Care & Villas, in Bryan, where she was a resident. Mrs. Freyman was a 1948 graduate of Bryan High School and spent most of her life as a homemaker. In her spare time, she enjoyed puzzles, playing cards, sewing,...
Robert M. Hancock
Dec 12, 2021
Robert Martin Hancock, age 77, of Zephyrhills, Florida, and formerly of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 8:55 P.M. on Sunday, December 12, 2021, at Promedica Defiance Regional Hospital after a brief illness. Bob was a 1963 graduate of Stryker High School and was employed by Bard Manufacturing, retiring in 2008 with forty-seven years of service. He enjoyed camping, fishing, traveling...
James M. Killian
Dec 10, 2021
James Killian, age 73, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Friday, December 10, 2021, at his home. Jim retired as a machinist at The Aro Corporation after more than 40 years of service. He was an active bowler, who always enjoyed traveling to Reno, Nevada, for the national bowling tournaments. Jim also was an avid fisherman and racing enthusiast. He...
Wilma F. Entenman
Dec 10, 2021
Wilma F. Entenman, age 87, of Edon, Ohio, passed away at 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday, December 10, 2021, at Brookview Healthcare Center in Defiance, Ohio, after a brief illness. Mrs. Entenman was a graduate of Edon High School and was employed by Plas-Tec in Edon, retiring with thirty-two years of service. Throughout the years she was also employed by One-Way...
LeRoy F. Held
Dec 10, 2021
LeRoy F. “Roy” Held, age 86, of Edon, Ohio, passed away at 3:25 A.M. on Friday, December 10, 2021, in his home, surrounded by his family, after an extended illness. Mr. Held was a 1953 graduate of Edon High School and a lifelong farmer. He also worked in production control for ARO/Ingersoll Rand Corporation in Bryan, retiring with forty-six years...
Dwight "Chuck" Charles Brock
Dec 10, 2021
Dwight Charles “Chuck” Brock, age 81, of Bryan, Ohio, is free at last and home with Jesus, passing away at 8:18 P.M. on Friday, December 10, 2021, at Promedica Toledo Hospital after a brief illness. Mr. Brock attended high school in Arizona and trained in sheet metal and pipe fitting and loved to work with his hands. He served his...
Mark A. Williams
Dec 10, 2021
Mark A. Willams, age 79, of Edon, Ohio, passed away at 9:20 A.M. on Friday, December 10, 2021, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was a patient, after a brief illness. Mr. Williams was a 1960 graduate of Port Clinton High School and was employed by Mohawk Tools in Montpelier, Ohio, from 1963-1991 and then...
Vivian L. Taylor
Dec 8, 2021
Vivian L. Taylor, age 90, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, in her residence, after an extended illness. Mrs. Taylor was a graduate of Evanston High School, in Evanston, Illinois, and spent her life as a homemaker, wife and mother. Vivian was an avid volunteer. She volunteered as a church secretary at First Presbyterian Church in...