Larry "Doug" Douglas Maier
Jan 30, 2018
Larry Douglas “Doug” Maier, age 49, of Edon, Ohio, died at 6:40 P.M., shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Montpelier, Ohio. Mr. Maier was a 1986 graduate of Edon High School and had worked in sales for Heartland Grain Systems in Nebraska, selling grain bins and bin distribution centers. Most recently he was employed by Air...
Helen R. Rigelman
Jan 30, 2018
Helen R. Rigelman, age 100, of Montpelier, Ohio, died at 9:20 A.M. on Tuesday, January 30, 2018, at Hillside Country Living near Bryan, Ohio. Mrs. Rigelman was a longtime employee of Beam-Stream, where she was an inspector until her retirement. She was especially proud of being a “Rosie the Riveter” working at the Willow Run bomber plant building B-24 Liberator...
Donald G. Holzhause
Jan 28, 2018
Donald G. Holzhause, age 72, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 1:11 A.M. on Sunday, January 28, 2018, at St. Vincent Mercy Medical in Toledo, Ohio, after brief illness. Mr. Holzhause was a veteran of the United States Air Force and had been employed at Spangler Candy Company in Bryan, retiring as Vice President of Finance with thirty years of service....
Gerald L. "Jerry" Demorest
Jan 26, 2018
Gerald L. “Jerry” Demorest, age 73, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, passed away on Friday, January 26, 2018, while on a motorcycle trip near Prescott, Arizona. Mr. Demorest was a 1963 graduate of Angola High School in Angola, Indiana, and had attended IPFW, studying commercial art. He had been a long-haul truck driver for thirty years and in retirement drove bus...
Shane B. Middleton
Jan 25, 2018
Shane B. Middleton, age 43, of Bryan Ohio, passed away at his home on Thursday, January 25, 2018, after a near year long battle with cancer. Shane was a 1993 graduate of Bryan High School and had worked for the Bryan City Schools since 2010 as the Head High School custodian. He also served as the vice president for OAPSE/AFSCME...
Lora M. Harper
Jan 24, 2018
Lora L. Harper, age 68 of Montpelier, Ohio, died at 3:30 A.M. on Wednesday, January 24, 2018, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, near Defiance, Ohio, after a brief illness. Mrs. Harper had been employed at Allied Moulded as a press operator for eleven years prior to her retirement. She enjoyed riding motorcycles, fishing and hunting.Lora L. Harper was born...
Eugene R. "Gene" Brodbeck
Jan 23, 2018
Eugene R. “Gene” Brodbeck, age 86, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 4:50 A.M. on Tuesday, January 23, 2018, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio. Mr. Brodbeck was a veteran of the United States Air Force and had been employed as a machinist at The Aro Corporation in Bryan, retiring with forty-two years of service. He was a...
Roger W. Ellis
Jan 23, 2018
Roger W. Ellis, age 85, recently of Monclova, Ohio, and formerly a long time resident of Bryan, Ohio, died at 9:00 A.M. on Tuesday, January 23, 2018, at Hospice of Northwest Ohio in Perrysburg, Ohio, after a brief illness. Mr. Ellis was a 1950 graduate of Bryan High School and received the FFA State Farmer Degree. He served in the...
Marie J. Trausch
Jan 22, 2018
Marie J. Trausch, age 94, of Montpelier, Ohio, died at 8:25 A.M. on Monday, January 22, 2018, at Hillside County Living near Bryan, Ohio, where she was a resident. A long time resident of Edon and Montpelier, Mrs. Trausch was employed as a cook at the hospital in Montpelier, retiring in 2007 with thirty years of service, and was a...
Joseph L. Baldwin
Jan 19, 2018
Joseph L. Baldwin, age 63, of West Unity, Ohio, died at 1:27 A.M. on Friday, January 19, 2018, as a result of injuries he suffered in a car accident. Mr. Baldwin retired from Norfolk & Southern railroad after 41 years of service, most recently as a foreman. Joe was a member of the Montpelier Moose and Eagles. He enjoyed spending...
Sue M. Klosinski
Jan 18, 2018
Sue M. Klosinski, age 67, of Toledo, Ohio, died at 11:00 P.M. on Thursday, January 18, 2018, at Genacross Lutheran Services, Toledo, where he was a resident. A graduate of Edgerton High School, Sue went on to graduate from Stautzenberger College in Toledo, where she earned an associate degree as a medical assistant and went on to use her skills...
Robert G. Moore
Jan 18, 2018
Robert (Bob) Moore died on Thursday, January 18, 2018, at the age of 79 at Hospice of Cincinnati. His wife, Judith A. (Thomas) Moore, preceded him in death in 1999. They were married 37 years. His brother, Richard F. Moore, also preceded him in death. Surviving are a son, James T. Moore, of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts; a daughter, Lori A. (Moore)...
Zachariah W. McAfee
Jan 17, 2018
Zachariah W. McAfee, age 40, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 1:41 A.M. on Wednesday, January 17, 2018, at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, after an extended illness. Zach was a 1995 graduate of Bryan High School and had been employed by L.E. Smith Company in Bryan as a CNC machine operator for twenty years. He was a member of...
Pete Mere
Jan 17, 2018
Pete Mere, age 75, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 6:30 A.M. on Wednesday, January 17, 2018, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center, where he was a patient. A veteran of the United States Navy, Mr. Mere was employed as a truck driver with Air Products & Chemicals in Lima, Ohio, and John’s Towing in Bryan. He loved sports of all kinds that...
Ellen M. Herman
Jan 17, 2018
Ellen “Elly” May Herman, age 54, of Edon, Ohio, died on Wednesday, January 17, 2018, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, after battling cancer. Her family would like to extend their thanks to the Parkview staff for the excellent care they gave to Ellen. A 1981 graduate of Edgerton High School, Ellen was a homemaker who enjoyed...
Elmer J. Hahn
Jan 15, 2018
Elmer J. Hahn, age 86, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 10:46 P.M. on Monday, January 15, 2018, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, where he was a resident. Mr. Hahn was employed as a millwright for GM Powertrain in Defiance, Ohio, retiring with twenty-four years of service, and also farmed the family farm. He was a member of Emanuel...
Thomas Lee Eyer
Jan 13, 2018
Thomas L. Eyer, age 82, of Montpelier, Ohio, passed away on Saturday, January 13, 2018, at Evergreen Manor following an extended illness. Mr. Eyer worked for the Williams County Highway Department, The Ohio Art Company, and L & R Cleaners. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, was a former member of Bryan Eagles Aerie #2233 and owned and...
Rachel R. Altaffer
Jan 12, 2018
Rachel R. Altaffer, age 42, of Bryan Ohio, died at 12:00 noon on Friday, January 12, 2018, shortly after admittance to Community Hospital North in Indianapolis, Indiana, after a brief illness. Rachel was a 1993 graduate of Bryan High School and had worked at Walmart in Bryan for ten years. She was always into softball and other sports in school,...
Ruth A. Lyons
Jan 12, 2018
Ruth A. Lyons, age 77, of Edon, Ohio, died at 4:45 A.M. on Friday, January 12, 2018, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center in Bryan, Ohio, after a brief illness. Mrs. Lyons was a 1958 graduate of Edon High School. She was a longtime baby-sitter and she and her husband had been foster parents for twenty-seven years. She was a member of...
Marian R. Stotz
Jan 11, 2018
The Lord has determined that the physical ministry of Marian Ruth (Warner) Stotz, age 91, of Bryan, Ohio, on earth was completed Thursday, January 11, 2018 at her home. The spiritual ministry of her life continues to live on. After fighting numerous health issues for the past 18 months, Marian is at peace with her Lord and Savior. Marian (also...