Obituaries

Mar 22, 2022

Heath A. Koepplinger, 50, of Maumee, Ohio, passed unexpectedly on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. He was born in Toledo, Ohio on December 25, 1971 to Ronald J. Koepplinger and Mary L. Whaley.

Heath was an Eagle Scout and a volunteer firefighter in Pandora, Ohio. He was employed by the City of Toledo as an operator...

Mar 22, 2022

Maureen Anne Farkas, 75, of Oak Harbor, OH, passed away on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. She was born December 2, 1946 in Boston, MA, the daughter of James and Irene (Wronsky) Fencer.

Maureen graduated from Whitney Vocation High School, Toledo in 1964. She was employed at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Toledo and later by Magruder...

Mar 21, 2022

Norman R. Ladd passed away on March 21, 2022, at the age of 84. He was born in Toledo, Ohio on August 11, 1937. He attended Macomber High School and graduated in 1955 and immediately began...

Mar 21, 2022

Barth A. Dubler, age 85, of Maumee, passed away on Monday, March 21, 2022 at St. Luke’s Hospital.  She was born March 2, 1937 to Robert and Leona McCaw in Johnsonburg, PA.  She graduated from Johnsonburg High School in 1955 and Edinboro University in 1959 with a Bachelor’s degree in Education.  She married Jack Dubler on...

Mar 20, 2022

Cory Jack Konz, 34, of Sylvania, Ohio, beloved son and grandson, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, March 20, 2022. He was born in Toledo, Ohio on September 9, 1987 to Carol Konz Foster and Leon Konz.

Cory graduated from Maumee High School in 2005. After graduation, he began working for A2Z Hood Cleaning in Swanton,...

Mar 20, 2022

Marcus Daniel Hand died on March 20, 2022 in Toledo, Ohio. He was born on November 17, 1959 in Erie, Ohio to parents Edna and James. He was married on September 26, 1998 to wife Cheryl. He was a member of Waterville Community Church.

He is survived by his wife Cheryl Hand; seven daughters: Jennifer...

Mar 20, 2022

Vincent J. Simon, Sr., 93, passed away Sunday, March 20th, 2022 in his home surrounded by his family. Vincent was born March 5th, 1929 to George and Leona (Haas) Simon. A lifelong Perrysburg resident, he graduated from Perrysburg High School in 1947 where he excelled in football and baseball, lettering in both sports. Vincent proudly served his country...

Mar 19, 2022

James A. Lorenzen, 75, of Perrysburg, Ohio passed away Saturday, March 19, 2022, at Otterbein Sunset House. He was born on December 27, 1946, in Bowling Green, Ohio at Wood County Hospital to Virginia and Thomas L. Lorenzen. He attended Martin Elementary School, McTigue Jr. and graduated from Perrysburg High School in 1965. Jim played in various bands...

Mar 19, 2022

Janice Marie Rastocan, 82, of Waterville, OH passed away at her home in StoryPoint Senior Living on Saturday, March 19, 2022.  She was born on August 29, 1939 in Napoleon, OH to John and Thelma (Kinney) Hoeffel. She was married to George J. Rastocan.

Jan was a member of the Business and Professional Women’s Foundation...

Mar 19, 2022

Antoinette "Toni" Artz, of Perrysburg, passed away peacefully March 19 th , 2022 at Kingston of Perrysburg surrounded by her loving family. Toni was born in Lima OH to Bruce and Yvonne (Michels) Bennett. She graduated from Maumee High School in 1958, where she...

Mar 18, 2022

Gerald Robert Grindstaff, 71, of Toledo, went to the great music festival in the sky on Friday, March 18, 2022–the same day he would have celebrated fifty years of marriage to his wife, Ellen. Jerry was born on his mother’s twenty-first birthday, July 14, 1950. He was her first and best birthday gift. He grew...

Mar 17, 2022

Wavelene (Wave) Eleanor McRitchie age 93, of Port Clinton, Ohio passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by loving family on Thursday March 17 th , 2022. She was born on July 26, 1928 in Canvas, West Virginia to her late parents Howard and Anna Vance. She was the youngest of 9 children. She grew up and graduated...

Mar 17, 2022

Dina B. Shaffer, 94, of Bloomington, IL peacefully passed away on March 17, 2022 at Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Pontiac, IL. She was born on April 21, 1927 in Baltimore, MD to Carlo and Angelina (Abbate) Iorio.

Dina graduated from Catonsville (MD) High School in 1943 at the age of...

Mar 16, 2022

Douglas “Ned” Hoffman of Perrysburg passed away on March 16, 2022. He was born on April 11, 1945, to John Leo and Ruth Mary (Baughn) Hoffman, he was the fifth eldest child of ten. Ned married Cynthia Dee Sloan on September 6, 1980.

Ned was an active and caring man who spent most of his...

Mar 16, 2022

Donald C. Waggoner, Jr., 74, of Maumee, formerly of Perrysburg, passed away on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. He was born in Toledo to Betty (Birtcher) and Donald Waggoner, Sr. on August 28, 1947.  Donald, affectionately referred to as “Big Guy”, was raised in Maumee, before moving to Perrysburg where he spent almost 40 years...

Mar 16, 2022

Joseph John Pawlinski, 74, of Toledo passed away peacefully on March 16, 2022, after a battle with illness. He was born on August 14, 1947 in Toledo to the late Stanley and Aurella (Mikolajewski) Pawlinski, where he was raised alongside his three sisters.

A graduate of Macomber High School...

Mar 16, 2022

Connie F. Aman, 75, of Toledo, Ohio passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at The University of Toledo Medical Center. Connie was born November 27, 1946 in Toledo, Ohio to Donald and Dorothy (Woods) Gregory.

She enjoyed crocheting, collecting dolls, and her cat, Zoey. Connie loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. She...

Mar 15, 2022

Ricky (Rick) Bierbaum, 63, of Genoa, Ohio, passed away, Tuesday, March 15th surrounded by his family.

Rick was born in Toledo, Ohio on July 19, 1958 to his parents William and Constance (Honsberger) Bierbaum. He graduated in 1976 from Anthony Wayne High School where he played football and baseball.

Rick worked as...

Mar 15, 2022

Donald Leonard Everhardt 74, of Whitehouse, Ohio passed away peacefully surrounded by family Tuesday, March 15, 2022,. Don was born July 18, 1947, to Donald and Bertha (Havens) Everhardt and grew up in the Northwood area. Donald was a Marine Veteran and served in the Vietnam War.  He later worked in the transportation industry. Don married the love...

Mar 14, 2022

Robert “Bobby” Smith, 56, of Catawba Island passed away on March 14, 2022 after a hard fought 16 month battle with cancer.

Bobby was born to Judy and Willie Smith on May 14, 1965 in Port Clinton where he grew up. He was the middle child of three brothers. Bobby graduated from Port Clinton High...