Helen Ann Kunze
Oct 1, 2020
Helen Ann (Hites) Kunze of Toledo Ohio, age 86, passed away peacefully from surgical complications on Thursday October 1, 2020. She was born on July 31, 1934 in Ashland, OH to Cloice and Cecile (Patterson) Hites. Mrs. Kunze received her diploma from Ashland High School in 1952 and graduated from Samaritan Hospital Nursing Program, and passed her nursing exams...
Daniel William Stein
Oct 1, 2020
Daniel William Stein, age 68, passed away on Thursday, October 1, 2020 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio in Toledo. Dan was born on February 5, 1952, in Tiffin, Ohio to Norm Phillips and Ethel Lambright Stein. He died after a courageous three-year battle with metastasized pancreatic cancer. Dan grew up in Phoenix, Arizona before his parents moved to Waterville,...
Katharine Allen
Oct 1, 2020
Katharine “Kathi” Sue Allen, age 64, of Toledo, Ohio passed away on Thursday, October 1, 2020 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Toledo. She was born on February 3, 1956 in Toledo to Richard and Marjorie (Poyner) Haas. Kathi spent her life caring for others. She was the Director of Nursing at Foundation Park Alzheimer’s Care Center for 25 years....
Theresa E Falter
Oct 1, 2020
Theresa (Kreuz) Falter, 88, passed on October 1, 2020 from complications due to Alzheimer’s. Theresa (Terry) was born on January 7, 1932 to Mary (Dibling) and Joseph Kreuz of Swanton, Ohio. She was very proud of her hardworking farm girl roots. After graduating from Swanton High School, she moved to Toledo and lived in the Old West End’s Salesian...
Frances Lind
Sep 30, 2020
Frances Lind, age 93, of Edina, Minnesota, died on Wednesday, September 30, 2020. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dean Lind, and is survived by sons, Stuart (Colleen) Lind of Edina, Minnesota, and Roger (Monica) Lind of Wayne, Pennsylvania, and 11 grandchildren, and 4 great-grandchildren. She was born in 1927 in Toledo, Ohio, and graduated from Genoa...
Robert Dobbelare
Sep 30, 2020
Robert Joseph Dobbelare, 75, of Oak Harbor, passed away, Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at St. Charles Mercy Hospital, Oregon, OH after a long courageous battle with cancer. He was born on May 6, 1945 in Toledo, OH to Charles and Eileen (St. John) Dobbelare. On May 8, 1965 in Bowling Green, OH he married Faye Bourdeon, and she survives....
Laura M Barker
Sep 30, 2020
Laura Margareta Barker, age 66, of Maumee, Ohio passed away on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at her residence. She was born on July 29, 1954 in Toledo, Ohio to Earl and Laura (Kapfen) Murray. Laura enjoyed gardening, being on the water, but most of all loved her kids and grandchildren. Laura is survived by her sons, Cecil III (Brandy)...
Stephen J. Oravec Sr.
Sep 29, 2020
Stephen J. Oravec, Sr., 76, of Oregon, Ohio, died Tuesday, September 29, 2020 in the Genoa Retirement Village, Genoa, Ohio. He was born in Toledo, Ohio on August 29, 1944 to the late Stephen and Mary (Sopko) Oravec. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War, stationed at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska. Stephen...
Elfriede Wurster
Sep 28, 2020
Elfriede "Margaret" Wurster, age 89, of Sylvania, Ohio died on September 28, 2020 at Kingston Care Center in Sylvania. She was born in Stuttgart, Germany on June 28, 1931 to Philipp and Else (Roll) Meier. She lived through the difficult war years as a young teenager and survived numerous bombings. During the initial intensive bombing raids, she and her...
Broce W. Cope
Sep 28, 2020
Broce "Skip" W. Cope, 68, of Oak Harbor, Ohio, died Monday, September 28, 2020 at Mercy-St. Charles Hospital, Oregon, Ohio after a lingering illness. He was born in Bakersfield, CA on May 31, 1952, the son of Everett and Norma (Hines) Cope. He married Lera P. Preddy on June 4, 1983 and together they had twin sons, Curtis and...
Andrew Patrick Kozal
Sep 28, 2020
Andrew “Andy” Patrick Kozal (50), of Grand Rapids, Michigan, joined his ancestors in heaven on Monday, September 28th, 2020. Andy was born on November 4, 1969 to Lawrence Jr. and Marie (Hartmann) Kozal. Growing up, Andy attended St. Isidore’s Catholic Elementary School and graduated from West Catholic High School in 1987. During his college years at Siena Heights University,...
Frederick Dale Rank
Sep 27, 2020
Frederick Dale Rank passed away on September 27, 2020 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio’s Toledo Center. He was born on February 10, 1942 to George and Rita Rank. Fred was a proud alumnus of the Bedford High School class of 1960 and until recently still attended the monthly class lunches. Courage, fidelity and determination were the values our loving...
Richard J. Nelson, M.D.
Sep 27, 2020
Deacon Richard J. Nelson, M.D., age 63, of Toledo, died unexpectedly on September 27, 2020 at St. Anne/Mercy Hospital. Born February 6, 1957 in Detroit to the late Donald and Donna (Bracken) Nelson, he filled many roles in the countless lives he touched: husband, father, brother, uncle, doctor, deacon, teacher, friend, guide, and more. As “Dr. Nelson,” he modeled...
Dolores J. Apling
Sep 27, 2020
Dolores J. Apling, 94, of Oak Harbor, passed away Sunday, September 27, 2020 at her residence. She was born on August 8, 1926 in Limestone, OH to Ollie and Pearl (Perry) Kern. On September 13, 1946 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Port Clinton, she married Albert H. Apling and he preceded her in death on October 24, 2009. Dolores...
David Michael Ontko
Sep 27, 2020
David M. “Papa” Ontko, 71, of Oak Harbor, passed away Sunday, September 27, 2020 at the Riverview Healthcare Campus, Oak Harbor. He was born on November 24, 1948 in Port Clinton, OH to Michael and Beatrice (Ambrose) Ontko. On March 8, 1973 in Blackberry Corners, OH he married Beverly Witt, and she preceded him in death on December 21,...
John Mcclure M. Mathews, Jr.
Sep 26, 2020
John M Mathews Jr., 59, of Fremont, passed away unexpectedly Saturday September 26, 2020, at Parkview Care Center in Fremont. He was born February 22, 1961, in Sandusky, the son of Dolores (Killingsworth) Mathews and John Mathews Sr. John attended Margaretta High School in Castalia. He enjoyed watching nascar racing. John worked for Goodwill Industries for many years. John...
Angela May Kobylak
Sep 26, 2020
Angela M. Kobylak, age 87, Rossford, Ohio passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 26, 2020, with her loving family at her side. She was born in Toledo on April 28, 1933 to Alfred and Christine (Hanes) Wehrle. Angela graduated from Notre Dame Academy, went on to complete her LPN degree at Mercy College and worked at St. Vincent Hospital....
Walter Willett Windisch
Sep 25, 2020
Walter W. Windisch, 88, of Oak Harbor, passed away Friday, September 25, 2020 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He was born on July 6, 1932 in LaCarne, OH to Harold L. and Ivadelle M. (Zoschke) Windisch. On September 14, 1957 in Rocky Ridge, OH he married Doris A. Harder, and she survives. Walt served in the...
Debra Epperson
Sep 25, 2020
Debra "Debbie" Lynn Epperson, age 61, passed away Friday, September 25, 2020 at UTMC. The daughter of Hubert and Ruth Clifton, she was born May 4, 1959 in Toledo. She attended Libbey High School. Debbie enjoyed bingo, trips to the casino and surfing facebook. She was a huge Bob Seger fan. Debbie was the ultimate caregiver, not just to...
Phyllis I. Camper
Sep 24, 2020
Phyllis I. Camper, 92, of Genoa, Ohio, died early Thursday morning, September 24, 2020 at Mercy-St. Charles Hospital, Oregon, Ohio. Phyllis was born August 7, 1928 in Genoa, the second child of the late Arthur and Edith (Schumacher) Camper. She was the Salutatorian of the 1946 class of Genoa High School, which at that time, was the largest class...
