William Charles Nachtrab
Aug 23, 2020
William C. (Bill) Nachtrab Bill Nachtrab, age 93, died peacefully on August 23, 2020. Our Dad was born on November 13, 1926 to Charles and Clara (Irmen) Nachtrab in Toledo, Ohio. He was the eighth of nine children and was always proud to say, “I have seven sisters and a brother!” Dad was married to our mother, Helen, for...
Hazel M Deuble
Aug 22, 2020
Hazel Marie Deuble, 97, of Perrysburg, passed away Saturday, August 22, 2020 at Genoa Retirement Village. Hazel was born June 18, 1923 in Luckey, Ohio to John and Louise (Minning) Deuble. She graduated from Troy Luckey High School in 1941 where she was the valedictorian. Shortly after high school, Hazel proudly served our country overseas during World War II...
Michael "Fred Bear" Tupman
Aug 22, 2020
Michael "Fred Bear" Tupman, 56, passed the finish line of life's journey on August 22, 2020, surrounded by his loving family. Michael entered life's race on October 8, 1963 in Toledo, OH to Leroy and Shirley Tupman. He was a simple man, taking enjoyment in a fine sip of his favorite beverage, Jack Daniels and racing cars at Toledo...
Rebecca Lynn Merrow
Aug 22, 2020
Rebecca Lynn Merrow, 61, of Elmore, passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2020 at her home. She was born April 1, 1959 in Toledo the daughter to the late Virginia (Wise) and Richard Willard. On February 5, 1983, she married Wally Merrow and he survives. Becky worked at the former Andersons store and most recently at the Genoa Mini-Mart...
Jennie L. Ferguson
Aug 21, 2020
Jennie Lee (Smithers) Ferguson, 86, of Estero, FL and formerly of Rossford, Ohio died Friday, August 21, 2020 at Life Care Center. She was born in Rossford, Ohio on February 5, 1934 to Dorothy Opal (Walker) and Robert Ford Smithers. Jennie was raised in Rossford and she was an avid Rossford supporter. She married her sweetheart, Charles Ferguson and...
Victor Baldan
Aug 21, 2020
Victor Richard Baldan, 79, passed away suddenly in his home, on August 21, 2020. He was born in Pennsylvania and lived for 75 years in Ohio. He graduated from Cuyahoga Falls High School and attended 2 years of college after, which he became a long-distance truck driver, which he loved. He was preceded in death by his parents, Victor...
Stanley John Mikolajczyk
Aug 20, 2020
Stanley “Stan” John Mikolajczyk, age 82, of Toledo, Ohio passed away Thursday, August 20, 2020 at home in the loving arms of his wife. Stan was born January 2, 1938 to Stanley & Mary (Dembinski) Mikolajczyk. He graduated from Woodward High School, joined the US Marine Corp where he proudly served his country. Stan also served as a Toledo...
Melvin Clark
Aug 19, 2020
Melvin L. Clark, 73, of Port Clinton, Ohio passed away on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at Firelands Regional Medical Center, Sandusky, Ohio. He was born on October 26, 1946 in Toledo, Ohio the son of the late Arthur and Joyce (Rose) Clark. On June 5, 1981 at St. John Lutheran Church in Port Clinton, he married Wanda Britt and...
Nelda Estella Gladden
Aug 19, 2020
Nelda E. Gladden, 83, of Genoa, Ohio, died Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at Heartland of Perrysburg, following a long illness. She was born April 18, 1937 in Sandusky, Ohio to Fred and Florentina (Welling) Dorfmeyer. She married William D. Gladden in Luckey, Ohio on August 29, 1954 and he preceded her in death on April 18, 2011. Nelda had...
Joseph Albert Duerringer
Aug 18, 2020
Joseph A. Duerringer III, age 94, died on August 18, 2020. What follows is Joe’s life story told in his own words. I was born in Toledo on August 6, 1926 to Joseph A. Duerringer, a lieutenant in the city fire department and to Oveta Messmore, a secretary. I also had a younger brother William (Bill). I attended Auburndale...
Nancy C. Kubasek
Aug 18, 2020
Nancy C. Kubasek, 83, of Oregon, passed away on Tuesday, August 18, 2020. She was born a coal miner’s daughter in Long Branch, West Virginia to Roby and Iva (Underwood) Billings on January 9, 1937. Nancy graduated from Pax High School. She married her husband, Joseph V. Kubasek, and they spent 50 wonderful years together before his passing in...
Merrie Elizabeth Kendrick
Aug 18, 2020
Merrie Elizabeth “Merrie Lib” Kendrick, notable Toledo piano teacher, longstanding member of the Ohio Music Teacher’s Association, and mother of four, died peacefully on August 18, 2020 in her home. She was 98. She was born in Canyon, Texas on May 22, 1922 to Joseph and Elizabeth Duflot. She credits her father, a professor of Sociology at the West...
Richard John Hanley
Aug 17, 2020
His teenaged children tried to sink into the pavement when Dick Hanley did a little dance in front of a historic monument. They had seen these bouts of exuberance before. But in the middle of the street? That dance, and the love of life it symbolized, will live on in the hearts of his family, now that Richard John...
Gerald Alan Kallenbach, Sr.
Aug 17, 2020
Gerald Alan “Gerry” Kallenbach, Sr., 92, of Port Clinton, Ohio passed away on Monday, August 17, 2020 at Edgewood Manor Nursing Center, Port Clinton, Ohio. He was born on April 8, 1928 on the family farm near Grand Mound Iowa, the son of the late Alfred and Martha (Stankee) Kallenbach. On September 16, 1950 he married Claire Joan Mayer...
Ethel Clara Smith
Aug 15, 2020
Ethel C. “Hunky” Smith passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 15, 2020 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio in Perrysburg at the age of 89. Ethel was born on July 31, 1931 in Toledo, Ohio. She was preceded in death by her father, John; mother, Margaret; sister, Betty; brother, John Jr.; her son, Jack Gross Jr; daughter, Brenda Grzechowiak; and...
Bruce Alan Demers, Iii
Aug 15, 2020
After fighting very hard for two and a half years, on Saturday, August 15, 2020, Bruce A. Demers III, 46, lost his battle to cancer. He was born on February 16, 1974 to Bruce Demers Jr. and Judith (Coyne) Demers. Bruce could always be found watching football, whether that be his favorite professional teams, the L.A. Raiders and the...
Joann Sylvia (Bigford) Nelson
Aug 14, 2020
Joann Sylvia (Bigford) Nelson, died August 14, 2020, of COVID-19, in Toledo, Ohio. She was born May 14, 1934, in Appleton, Wisconsin, to Bert and Viola Bigford. In 1952, Joann married Robert Arthur Nelson, of Racine, Wisconsin. Together they raised five sons: Michael Allen, Steven Arthur, Daniel Alvin, Thomas Allen, and James Andrew. In addition to raising a large...
Theadore P. Piotrowski
Aug 14, 2020
Theadore P. Piotrowski, 79, of Genoa, Ohio and formerly of West Virginia, died late in the evening on August 14, 2020 at the Hospice of Northwest Ohio facility in Toledo, Ohio. He was born on April 8, 1941 in Toledo, the son of Felix and Florence (LaCourse) Pietrowski. He served in the U.S. Army and returned to take up...
Mary A. Zimmer
Aug 13, 2020
Mary Zimmer (nee Krafcik), 94 years young, went home to be with Jesus on Thursday, August 13, 2020. Mary was born on January 24, 1926 in Cleveland, Ohio, and lived her final years in Marblehead, Ohio. She was preceded in death by her parents, Matej and Maria (Orosz) Krafcik, her husband William Zimmer, her son Jerry Zimmer (Lydia survives),...
Richard Leon Lautzenheiser
Aug 12, 2020
Richard Leon Lautzenheiser Jr., age 54, passed away Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at home in Toledo. Richard was born in Toledo on October 21, 1965. He was a graduate of Libbey High School where he played the trumpet and fell in love with his future wife, Theresa. After graduation, Richard enlisted in the Navy in 1984. He then married...
