Obituaries

Feb 25, 2023

Dorothy Edwina Nowak, 105, passed away peacefully on February 25, 2023, at Franciscan Care Center, Sylvania. She was born March 17, 1917, in Toledo to the late Frank and Anna (Doman) Paszczykowski. Dorothy married Stanley Nowak and they enjoyed 57 wonderful years of marriage. Together, they traveled to Europe, Hawaii, and all over the United States and Canada. After...

Feb 25, 2023

Janet Irene (Badger) Weyandt died on February 25, 2023, surrounded by her daughters. She was 90. She was born on April 10, 1932 in Champaign-Urbana, IL, to Cecil and Wintress (Dunn) Maguire. At age 5 she was adopted by her stepfather, Alfred E. Badger. The family moved to Maumee in 1946 and Janet graduated from Maumee High School in...

Feb 24, 2023

David Walter Noe, age 89, passed away February 24, 2023. He was born in Toledo on January 14, 1934 to Walter A. and Margaret G. (Krupp). David attended Blessed Sacrament, Central Catholic, and University of Toledo. In 1955, David married Margie Lee Geren and together they had 5 children. Sadly, Margie passed away in 1991. Later David married a...

Feb 24, 2023

Meridith Ruth Beck passed away peacefully on February 24, 2023, at her home at Ohio Living at the Vineyard, Port Clinton, Ohio.

Meridith was born to Raymond and Gretchen Linder Claus in Port Clinton on February 16, 1941. She graduated from Oak Harbor High School in 1959, and from Colby College of Waterville, Maine, in...

Feb 24, 2023

Elsie W. Pavuk died peacefully on February 24, 2023, just a few weeks shy of her 103 birthday. Born on March 30, 1920, to Edward and Louise Steinke, she and her siblings were raised by her stepmother Helen. She lived out her 102 years in the Rossford area. She graduated in 1937 from Waite High School and met her...

Feb 23, 2023

Patricia Slaughter, age 81 years old, of Perrysburg, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, February 23, 2023, at St. Vincent’s Hospital, surrounded by her loving family. Pat was a graduate of Newark High School and was employed at William Fall Real Estate for over 30 years, as a real estate appraiser, until her retirement. Pat took great pride in her...

Feb 22, 2023

John R. Empcke, 67, of Oak Harbor, OH passed away, Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at the University Hospital, Cleveland, OH. He was born on November 29, 1955 in Port Clinton, OH to Glenn F. and Barbara R. (Kramer) Empcke. He graduated from Oak Harbor High School in 1973. On August 27, 1976 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Danbury...

Feb 21, 2023

Feb 21, 2023

Michael Edward Nortz, 80, of Sylvania, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. He was born on September 16, 1942, in Toledo, Ohio to his late parents, Benjamin and Margaret Nortz, where he grew up alongside his two brothers and one sister. He attended Gesu Catholic School in his youth before graduating from Saint Francis de Sales...

Feb 21, 2023

Margaret Lois Long passed away peacefully on February 21, 2023, with her loving family by her side. Margaret was born to her parents Lucius and Margaret (McColgin) Huntley on August 27, 1932 in Toledo, Ohio. She attended Libbey High School and after graduation worked for General Motors in data processing.

Better known as Lois, she...

Feb 21, 2023

Robert “Bob” John Walls, 97, of Port Clinton, Ohio passed away peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday, February 21, 2023 after a two week bout of pneumonia. He was born on February 12, 1926 in Port Clinton, the son of George and Susan (Christiansen) Walls. He married Eileen Cooley in Port Clinton on July 4, 1947 and after 71...

Feb 21, 2023

Ted Baginski, 91, of Monclova, OH, passed away peacefully Tuesday evening February 21, 2023 at Kingston Rehab of Perrysburg. Ted was born July 26, 1931 in Toledo, the youngest of six children, to Walter and Sadie (Matuzewski) Baginski. He married the love of his life Shirley Ann Kott on September 4, 1954 at St. Hyacinth Church, and they were...

Feb 20, 2023

William “Bill” Samuel Granger, 91, of Toledo, passed away Monday, February 20, 2023.

Bill graduated from the University of Toledo and received his Masters degree in English from Wayne State University. He spent most of his life in Toledo, OH where he raised his children. He was a former English teacher at Maumee High School...

Feb 19, 2023

Gary “Shores” Hoffar, age 71 of Sylvania passed away on February 19, 2023. Gary was born December 26, 1951 in Rocky River, Ohio. He was raised in Dearborn, Michigan where he graduated from Dearborn High School. Gary then attended the Specs-Howard School of Broadcasting and began his career in radio in St. Ignace, Michigan. He then moved to Hollywood,...

Feb 19, 2023

Joyce Ann Lemon, age 77 of Swanton passed away Sunday, February 19, 2023 in Flower Hospital. She was born June 29, 1945 in Toledo to Charles and Martha Gleason. A graduate of Rogers High School, she was a deli clerk for over 30 years for the Kroger Company retiring in 2009. A past member of the American Legion Women’s...

Feb 19, 2023

This past Sunday morning, February 19th, David was freed from his daily grief and reunited with his Poochie, Mary Lu, in heavenly paradise. He passed away peacefully as his three daughters held his hands and kissed his face, all the while reassuring him that they would be “OK”.

Dave was a true gentleman who possessed...

Feb 18, 2023

Joanne F. Hummel, age 89, passed away February 18, 2023. Joanne was an unit/office clerk for the Toledo Hospital and before that, Fry Brothers Heating and Air Conditioning. Joanne was married to the love of her life, Frank, for 63 years and had two children, David and Sharon.

Joanne loved the Lord and was a wonderful wife,...

Feb 18, 2023

Carolyn (Peterson) Rava, 89, passed away on February 18, 2023, in her Perrysburg home surrounded by her family. She was born in Ontonagon, MI, on July 21, 1933. Carolyn was raised on the shores of Lake Superior in the Porcupine Mountains region of the Upper Peninsula, MI, where she established many lifelong friends.

Carolyn graduated...

Feb 18, 2023

Aleta Nell Abbott, 85, of Toledo, Ohio, passed away to be united with her beloved husband on February 18, 2023, while surrounded by her dearest family. She was born in Milburn, Kentucky to her late parents, Alvin and Erma Bugg, in the middle of three sisters. After graduating from DeVilbiss High School in 1955, Aleta met her would-be husband...

Feb 18, 2023

Gabriela Jo Palmer left our earth all too soon on Saturday, February 18, 2023 at Promedica Toledo Hospital.

Left to continue to love and cherish Gabriela are her parents Timothy and Margarita (Chapa) Palmer; brother Tripp Palmer; grandparents Maria Chapa, Marrianne (Tom) Palmer, and Jack (Kelly) Palmer; aunts and uncles Jessica (Val) Chapa, Juan (Autumn) Chapa, Nick...