Donald F. Shumaker
Sep 7, 2020
Donald F. Shumaker, age 79, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 9:57 A.M. on Monday, September 7, 2020, at his home. Mr. Shumaker has been affiliated with the Bryan City Schools for nearly 50 years, serving as a teacher and Athletic Director for Bryan City Schools for 25 years and he may be best known for calling football games as...
Edwin L. Mitschelen
Aug 31, 2020
Edwin L. Mitschelen, age 91, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 8:45 A.M. on Monday, August 31, 2020, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice. Mr. Mitschelen was a veteran of the United States Air Force, serving from 1951-1955 during the Korean War. He was a vocational educator for 25 years. He started building trades and HVAC programs in Sharyland, Texas,...
Roberta Ann Knecht
Aug 28, 2020
Roberta Ann Knecht, age 81, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away at 7:51 P. M. on Friday, August 28, 2020, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, surrounded by her family, after a brief illness. Mrs. Knecht was a 1957 graduate of Edgerton High School and graduated from Bowling Green State University with a degree in elementary education. She began her...
Lawrence L. Lineberger
Aug 25, 2020
Lawrence L. Lineberger, age 84, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away at 3:25 A.M. on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, at SKLD Health Care Center in Bryan, Ohio, where he was a resident. Mr. Lineberger was a graduate of Libby High School in Toledo, Ohio, and a veteran of the United States Air Force, serving from 1954-1963. He served on the Edgerton...
James C. Blalock
Aug 25, 2020
James C. Blalock, age 87, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away at 3:23 P.M. on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, in his home after an extended illness. Mr. Blalock was a 1951 graduate of Hicksville High School and served in the United States Navy from 1951-1955, the Air Force from 1956-1961, and the Naval Reserves from 1961-1978, retiring as a Naval Medic...
Therese A. Bryan
Aug 24, 2020
Therese A. Bryan, age 64, of Defiance, Ohio, passed away on Monday, August 24, 2020, at Brookview Healthcare Center in Defiance. Therese worked in many areas including cashier, teacher’s aide at Southwark Elementary School, and various positions with the professional Philadelphia sports teams, the Phillies, Flyers and Eagles. She enjoyed knitting and crocheting blankets in her spare time. Therese was...
Lois J. Symington
Aug 24, 2020
It is with saddened hearts that the daughters of Lois Symington announce the passing of their dear mother on August 24, 2020 at the age of 85 after a brief stay at Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born Lois Jean Gall on July 14, 1935 in Toledo, Ohio, where she met and married her husband William Symington in...
Carol A. Pilarski
Aug 24, 2020
Carol Ann Pilarski, age 84, of Stryker, Ohio, passed away on Monday, August 24, 2020, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance. Over the years Carol worked at the Bryan Nursing Home, Custom Cleaners and Hillside Country Living. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Bryan where she hosted funeral dinners for many years and was...
Gertrude Rose Prince
Aug 23, 2020
Gertrude Rose Prince, age 88, formerly of Edon, Ohio, passed away at 11:15 A.M. on Sunday, August 23, 2020 at the home of her daughter in Auburn, Indiana, after a brief but devastating illness. Mrs. Prince was a 1950 graduate of Farmer High School. Gertrude Rose Prince nee Speaker was born on May 29, 1932, near Farmer, Defiance County, Ohio,...
Norma Jean "Jeannie" Heisler
Aug 22, 2020
Jean Heisler, age 88, of rural Edgerton, Ohio, was born on October 18, 1931, in Bryan, Ohio, and passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2020, at the family farm, surrounded by her husband and children. She was the youngest of five children born to Prather Rolland Hitt and Mildred Cora (Brace) Hitt. She received an LPN degree at Lutheran School...
Vern H Hootman
Aug 21, 2020
Vern H. Hootman, age 85, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away at 12:10 A.M. on Friday, August 21, 2020, in his home after a brief illness. Mr. Hootman was a 1952 graduate of Edgerton High School and had been employed by Dana Corporation in Auburn, Indiana, as a machine repairman, retiring in 1998 with twenty-three years of service, and would later...
Dinah M. Stiltner
Aug 18, 2020
Dinah M. Stiltner, age 63, passed away Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at Cleveland Clinic after a valiant battle with cancer. She worked in Sales Support at CE Electronics in Bryan. Dinah was a member of Eastland Baptist Church and the Village Weavers at Sauder Village. She enjoyed crafting and spending time with her grandchildren and grandpuppies. Dinah was born May...
Wilford "Spiv" B. Jennings
Aug 18, 2020
Wilford B. “Spiv” Jennings, age 95, of Hamilton, Indiana, passed away at 6:55 A.M. on Tuesday, August 18, 2020, at Northern Lakes Care and Rehab in Angola, Indiana. Mr. Jennings was a lifelong farmer near Hamilton. He attended Edon United Methodist Church and was a shareholder in the Edon Co-Op. Spiv enjoyed fishing, reading, nature and simple woodworking projects. He...
Patricia A. VanAuken
Aug 14, 2020
Patricia A. VanAuken, age 88, passed away on Friday, August 14, 2020, at her home. She had worked at Strydel in Stryker, Ohio, for 31 ½ years before her retirement. Patricia loved to travel, go to garage sales, work puzzle books and collect teddy bears and cardinals. But time with her family is what she loved the most. Patricia was...
Rex E. Manges
Aug 9, 2020
Rex E. Manges, age 83, of Edon, Ohio, passed away at 8:49 A.M. on Sunday, August 9, 2020, in his home, surrounded by family, after an extended illness. Mr. Manges was a 1955 graduate of Edon High School and was a lifelong farmer and mechanic, who worked at several automotive shops, and co-owned B & M Auto Service with Richard...
Eileen M. Word
Aug 5, 2020
Eileen M. Word, age 99, of Edgerton, Ohio, went home to be with her Lord on Wednesday, August 5, 2020, at The Laurels of DeKalb in Butler, Indiana, after a brief illness. Eileen worked with her husband as a bookkeeper in his contract painting business for forty years. She was an aide at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton for...
Richard L. Kissinger
Aug 3, 2020
Richard L. Kissinger, age 72, of Edon, Ohio, passed away at 12:28 A.M. on Monday, August 3, 2020, shortly after admittance to Cameron Memorial Hospital in Angola, Indiana. Mr. Kissinger was a graduate of Edon High School and a veteran of the United States Army, serving in Vietnam. He retired from Dana Corporation Weatherhead Division with nineteen years of service,...
Ronald Lee Harter
Aug 3, 2020
Ronald Lee Harter, age 65, of Pulaski, Ohio, passed away suddenly in his home at 2:50 P.M. on Monday, August 3, 2020. Mr. Harter was a 1972 graduate of Bryan High School and had been employed by Essman Screw Products which became Swivel-Tec in Bryan, for more than thirty years. He loved his street rods and had built his own...
Carolyn M. Walsh
Jul 29, 2020
Carolyn Mae Walsh, age 79, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, at her home, surrounded by her family. Carolyn was born on September 24, 1940, in Bryan, Ohio, the daughter of Clarence and Kathleen (Beavers) Walsh. She graduated from Ney High School as a member of the last graduating class in 1958. She was a cosmetologist and owned...
Carole M. Beard
Jul 29, 2020
Carole M. Beard, age 76, of Fairfield, Ohio and formerly of Northwest, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, after an extended illness. Mrs. Beard was a 1962 graduate of Edgerton High School, received her Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education from Bowling Green State University in 1970, a Masters of Fine Arts Degree in 1989, and her Ph-D in...
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