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Daryl Blanchard
Sep 30, 2016
Architect and University of Toledo Professor Emeritus Daryl Blanchard passed away on September 30, 2016 in Ottawa Hills, Ohio. He was born in Toledo, Ohio in September of 1934 to generous and loving parents, Clarence and Laura Downs Blanchard. Daryl was educated as an Architect at the University of Notre Dame, the University of Cincinnati and pursued graduate studies...
Linda Sue A. Mainz
Sep 30, 2016
Linda Sue A. Mainz of Oregon, OH passed away on Friday, September 30, 2016. She was born on December 5, 1953 to Felix and Grace (Kitoff) Mainz in Oregon, Ohio. Linda loved making various crafts and traveling throughout the United States and Europe. She is proceded in death by her parents. Left to cherish her memory is her long...
James G. Holcomb
Sep 29, 2016
James Gail Holcomb, age 82, passed away September 29, 2016 in Sylvania, Ohio. He was born April 24, 1934 in Detroit to the late Gail and Gertrude (Shields) Holcomb. Jim was a graduate of Mumford (MI) High School and Michigan State University. He served in the United States Air Force and later worked as a manufacturer sales representative. Jim...
Margaret L Ziegler
Sep 29, 2016
Margaret L. Peg Ziegler age 86 of Bryan, Ohio formerly of Monclova passed away Thursday September 29, 2016 in the Hospice Inpatient Residence, Toledo. She was born March 29, 1930 in Pemberville, Ohio to Edwin and Frieda (Lehman) Bruning. She was employed at LaSalles after high school and also worked at the Farm Bureau. A former member of Zoar...
Elizabeth Lee Soldwish
Sep 29, 2016
Elizabeth Lee Soldwish, age 96, passed away September 29,2016 in Richmond, VA. She was born Dec. 17, 1919 in Owosso, MI to the late Clyde William and Mina (Irwin) Patterson. Elizabeth attended Michigan State Normal College in Ypsilanti and worked as a library cataloger for Florida Atlantic University, Virginia Commonwealth University and the Medical College of Virginia. She loved...
Richard A. Dick Lardinais
Sep 29, 2016
Richard A. “Dick” Lardinais, 82, of Bowling Green, Ohio passed away at his home on Thursday, September 29, 2016 surrounded by his loving family. He was born on May 21, 1934 in Toledo to Arnold and Mabel (Gardner) Lardinais and he married Shirley (Leydorf) Leslie on August 23, 1974 in Perrysburg. Dick was a 1952 graduate of Central Catholic...
Francis J. Foley
Sep 29, 2016
Francis J. Foley, age 83, passed away Thursday, September 29, 2016 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The son of Patrick and Elizabeth (Lynch) Foley, he was born January 8, 1933 in Detroit, Michigan. Frank graduated from De La Salle High School in Detroit, Michigan and then proudly served in the US Military stationed in Germany. Frank was employed by Wabash LaGrange...
Darrel Bruce Childress
Sep 28, 2016
Darrel Bruce Childress, age 61, of Toledo, died peacefully on September 28, 2016 at Ebeid Hospice in Sylvania. Darrel was born January 31, 1955 in Toledo to the late Marvin and Norma (Depew) Childress. A graduate of DeVilbiss High School, Darrel was a mechanic at Brown Automotive for many years. He was a car enthusiast and in his younger...
William A Koepplinger
Sep 27, 2016
William A. Koepplinger, 74, of Walbridge, passed away Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio in Perrysburg. William was born December 2, 1941 in Toledo, Ohio to William R. and Nancy Koepplinger. He married Alicia M. Rodriguez on August 25, 1979 in Toledo, Ohio. William served our country in the United States Army. He was a truck...
Delphine Byczynski
Sep 27, 2016
Delphine Byczynski, age 81, of Sylvania, passed away September 27, 2016 at The Toledo Hospital following a brief illness. She was born December 18, 1934 in Toledo to the late James and Josephine Mary (Jachimiak) Byczynski. Delphine graduated from Mary Manse College and began her long, distinguished vocation as a Registered Nurse in 1955. She first served at Mercy...
Nancy J. Emrick
Sep 27, 2016
Nancy J. Emrick, 67, Perrysburg, fell ill and passed away suddenly Sept. 27 while traveling in San Francisco with her son, Chad. Nancy was born July 23, 1949 in Chicago to Lyman and Betty Prater. She met her future husband, David, while attending a West Toledo YMCA Friday night dance in 1966. They were married June 24, 1972 at...
Bonnie S. Brooks
Sep 27, 2016
Bonnie S. Brooks, 71, of Walbridge, Ohio, died Tuesday, September 27, 2016 in Mercy-St. Charles Hospital, Oregon, Ohio. She was born on August 14, 1945 to Charles E and Malta (Freeman) Conley. She had worked for many years in the Housekeeping Dept. of the Luther Home of Mercy in Williston, Ohio. Bonnie enjoyed playing Bingo, watching old movies and...
Elwood Jr Parker
Sep 27, 2016
Elwood JR Parker, 68, of Genoa, Ohio died Tuesday, September 27, 2016 in his residence after a lengthy illness. JR was born in Clay Center, Ohio on March 25, 1948 to Elwood S. and Ellen C. (Daly) Parker, Sr. and on June 15, 1968, in Walbridge, Ohio, he married Lavon E. Grape (Wright). Lavon preceded him in death on...
Elsie Ward
Sep 26, 2016
Elsie Ward, 83, of Port Clinton, OH, passed away, Monday, September 26, 2016 at Edgewood Manor Nursing Center. Elsie was born on July 31, 1933 in Port Clinton, OH, the daughter of Verrie and Doris (Elliott) Bovia. On December 29, 1951 in Port Clinton, OH, she married Richard J. Ward Sr. and he survives. Elsie was a homemaker. She...
Ada Lou Condon
Sep 25, 2016
Ada Lou Condon, age 82, experienced that Blessed Assurance on September 25, 2016 in her home surrounded by her family, and this is her story. The daughter of Alfred and Naomi Sanders, she was born February 21, 1934 in Hosford, FL. She came to Toledo in 1948 and graduated from Scott High School. She met the love of her...
Benjamin I. Ben Wagoner
Sep 25, 2016
Benjamin Ben I. Wagoner, 27, of Toledo, Ohio and formerly of Curtice, Ohio, died September 25, 2016 in the Edward & Marion Knight Hospice Center, Perrysburg, Ohio after a seven month illness. Ben was born in Oregon, Ohio to Thomas and Carol (Traver) Wagoner on July 12, 1989. Ben was a 2007 Genoa Area High School and Penta Career...
Michael L. Payden
Sep 24, 2016
Michael L. Payden, 57, of Northwood, OH passed away on Sept. 24, 2016 at St. Charles Hospital. He was born on July 19, 1959 to Don and Kathyrn (Persons) Payden in Oregon, Ohio. Michael retired as a track inspector for CSX Railroad with over 35 years of service. He was a member of Faith United Methodist Church and a...
Kenneth Ray Orwig, Jr.
Sep 24, 2016
Kenneth Ray Orwig, Jr. entered the Kingdom of Heaven at 3:15 a.m. on Saturday, September 24, 2016. He was surrounded by family. A lifelong resident of Ottawa Hills, Ken was born on July 31, 1948, and was a member of the Ottawa Hills High School Class of 1966. Ken attended The Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, and...
Mary Lee Kasper
Sep 24, 2016
Mary Lee Kasper, 77, a resident of the Luther Home of Mercy in Williston, Ohio for the past 27 years died Saturday, September 24, 2016 in Mercy-St. Vincent Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio. Mary Lee was born in Steubenville, Ohio on August 11, 1939 to John and Helen Julia (Mehalko) Kasper. She lived most of her life in Steubenville and...
Lucille G. Lieske
Sep 23, 2016
Lucille G. Lieske, 81, of Oak Harbor, passed away peacefully Friday evening, September 23, 2016 at the Stein Hospice Care Center, Sandusky, Ohio. She was born May 16, 1935 in Oak Harbor, the daughter of the late Elsie M. (Hansen) and Homer R. Pierson. On June 12, 1954 she married her high-school sweetheart, Ruel “Buzz” C. Lieske, upon his...
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