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Casey Allen Michalak, Sr.

Casey Allen Michalak, Sr.

Dec 25, 2015

Casey A. Michalak Sr., age 29 of Holland, OH, passed away suddenly near his family on Friday December 25, 2015. He was born on April 15, 1986 to Kathleen Michalak, the youngest of 3 boys. He was a 2005 graduate of Springfield High School. He was employed as a semi-driver at Keep It Moving, LLC. Casey always had a...

Virginia M. Brandeberry

Virginia M. Brandeberry

Dec 25, 2015

Virginia M. Brandeberry, age 94 of Toledo passed away December 25, 2015 at the Franciscan Care Center. She was born July 21, 1921 in Defiance, Ohio to Albert and Florence Strope. Virginia worked at the Lasalles department store for many years. She was a member of First St. John Lutheran Church where she belonged to the Gleaners Society. Virginia...

Paul A. Hetrick

Paul A. Hetrick

Dec 25, 2015

Paul A. Hetrick, 77, of Genoa, passed away in his wifes arms December 25, 2015, at his home. Paul was born December 21, 1938, in Toledo, Ohio, to Gerald and Elsie (Lilje) Hetrick. He met the love of his life in 6th grade, Carolyn Hirtz, and they became high school sweethearts at the Ohio School of Deaf (OSD) in...

Usaymah H Rukieh

Usaymah H Rukieh

Dec 25, 2015

USAMYAH RUKIEH Usaymah H. Rukieh, age 78, passed away December 25, 2015 at Lutheran Village at Wolf Creek. Mrs Rukieh was born January 1, 1937 in Damascus, Syria to Rassemy and Sokina Hamway. Usaymah and her late husband Khaled M. Rukieh along with their four children immigrated to the United States of America in 1980 to Toledo, Ohio. She...

Barbara E. Thomas

Barbara E. Thomas

Dec 24, 2015

Barbara E. (Wheeler) Thomas, age 85, of Defiance, Ohio and formerly of Monclova and Maumee, Ohio passed away on Thursday, December 24, 2015 at the Defiance Inpatient Hospice Center in Defiance. She was born on June 11, 1930 in Maumee to Lafe and Violet (Ackerman) Wheeler. Barb worked as a clerk for A P Grocery Store, Zwyer Egg Farm...

Lindsey Blayne Phibbs

Lindsey Blayne Phibbs

Dec 24, 2015

Lindsey Blayne Phibbs, age 36, Doctor and lifelong Equestrian, of Perrysburg, Ohio, died December 24, 2015 at the Toledo Hospital after her long battle with cancer. She was born in Windsor, Ontario and moved to Ottawa Hills, Ohio where she attended elementary and high school. Lindsey graduated from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY before returning to Ohio where...

Jeanette M. Jocko Barnes

Jeanette M. Jocko Barnes

Dec 22, 2015

Jeanette Jocko M. (Evanoff) Barnes, 83, of Live Oak, FL died Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at Good Samaritan Center, Dowling Park, FL. She was born on July 16, 1932 in Toledo to Mito and Maria (Cholokoff) Evanoff. On July 1, 1964 in Toledo she married Glen O. Barnes, and he preceded her in death on May 19, 2003. She...

Nancy Limpf

Nancy Limpf

Dec 21, 2015

Nancy is having the best Christmas ever in Heaven. Nancy Limpf, 72, born March 6, 1943 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, passed away peacefully at Hospice of Northwest Ohio on December 21, 2015. Joining her in her heavenly Christmas celebration are those who preceded her in death. Her parents, Harold and Dorothy (Hand) Hurm, Aunt Margaret and cousin Ethel Hand, grandbaby...

Violet I. Carson

Violet I. Carson

Dec 20, 2015

Violet I. Carson, 87, passed peacefully on December 20, 2015 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio in Perrysburg. Violet was born on November 16, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois to Clyde and Ingeborg Riling. She was feisty and vivacious and loved her family deeply. She married Jim Carson in Bowling Green on September 2, 1949 and they spent 66 incredible years...

Russell G. And Toni L. Butch Fries Varner

Russell G. And Toni L. Butch Fries Varner

Dec 20, 2015

Toni Lou Wandtke Varner (nee Fries), 68, of Holland, died unexpectedly along with her husband, Russell “Butch” George Varner, in an automobile accident on Sunday, December 20, 2015. She was born in Toledo, Ohio on June 25, 1947 to George Sr. and Betty Kasley Fries. She was a graduate of Devilbiss High School. Toni and Russ were married on...

William E. Rutchow

William E. Rutchow

Dec 19, 2015

William E. Rutchow, age 77 of Toledo passed away Saturday, December 19, 2015 in Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Perrysburg. He was born March 10, 1938 in Toledo to Edwin and Margaret (Fleming) Rutchow. Bill was a 1956 graduate of DeVilbiss High School and was as merry as one will ever be. After high school he attended Michigan State University...

Patrick J. Strain

Patrick J. Strain

Dec 19, 2015

Patrick J. Strain, 65, of Swanton, OH, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 19, 2015 at the Toledo Hospital. Pat is survived by his brother Chris Strain of Toledo, two sons, Mark (Diane) Strain of Wauseon and Ryan Strain of Angola, IN., and five granddaughters, Kennedy, Karragen, Alyssa, Taegan and Madison. He is preceded in death by his parents,...

Bina May Delamater

Bina May Delamater

Dec 19, 2015

Bina May DeLamater age 96 of Toledo, Ohio passed away on Saturday, December 19, 2015 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Perrysburg. Bina May was born in Arlington, OH on April 2, 1919 to James Alva and Martha (Minshall) Crosser. She earned her BS in Education from Ohio Northern University and was employed at Toledo Public Schools for 20 years...

John Joseph Spoerl

John Joseph Spoerl

Dec 19, 2015

JOHN J. SPOERL John J. Spoerl, age 86, passed away unexpectedly, Saturday, December 19, 2015 at Joanne’s House at Hope Hospice in Bonita Springs, Florida. He was born on Glenwood Road in Wood County to John G. and Edna C. (Schneider) Spoerl on August 28, 1929. After graduating from Perrysburg High School in 1947, John served our country in...

Thomas Tom Ceccoli

Thomas Tom Ceccoli

Dec 18, 2015

Thomas “Tom” Ceccoli, 68, of Port Clinton died Friday, December 18, 2015 at Firelands Regional Medical Center, Sandusky. He was born on February 13, 1947 in Port Clinton to Louis “Geno” and Mary Ellen (Milliser) Ceccoli, Sr. Tom graduated from Port Clinton High School in 1965 and just recently celebrated his 50th reunion with his class. On February 16,...

John Robert Yoder

John Robert Yoder

Dec 18, 2015

John Robert Bob Yoder passed away peacefully on Friday, December 18, 2015 with his family at his side. Bob was born March 18, 1927 in Kirksville, Missouri to Odula and Forrest Yoder. He entered the Navy immediately after high school and served for one year before entering Johns Hopkins University where he graduated pre-med in 1950. Bob graduated with...

Larry L. Dartt

Larry L. Dartt

Dec 18, 2015

Larry L. Dartt, 74, of Rising Sun, Ohio, died Friday, December 18, 2015, in the Orchard Villa Nursing Home, Oregon, Ohio. Larry was born on July 25, 1941, in Latcha, Ohio, to Ervin A. and Eleanore G. (Brewer) Dartt. On November 24, 1962, in Genoa, Ohio, he married Velma Presley and she survives. Larry started out as a truck...

Jean Marie Yingling

Jean Marie Yingling

Dec 18, 2015

Jean Marie Crawford Yingling, age 88 of Toledo, passed away on Friday, December 18, 2015 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Perrysburg after a brief illness. She was born on June 27, 1927 in Toledo, OH to Gale Leonard and Naida Harriet (Knipp) Crawford. On October 18, 1947 she married Richard C. Yingling at St. Agnes Church in Toledo, Ohio....

J Robert Rennert

J Robert Rennert

Dec 18, 2015

J. Robert Bob Rennert age 83 of Sylvania passed away Friday, December 18, 2015 at Sunset Village. He was born July 14, 1932 in Continental, Ohio to Edmund and Eva (Schwartz) Rennert. He was a graduate of the former Olney High School now Northwood High School. Bob married the former Mary JoAnn Miller on April 14, 1951. He was...

Thomas Tom Ceccoli

Thomas Tom Ceccoli

Dec 18, 2015

Thomas “Tom” Ceccoli, 68, of Port Clinton died Friday, December 18, 2015 at Firelands Regional Medical Center, Sandusky. He was born on February 13, 1947 in Port Clinton to Louis “Geno” and Mary Ellen (Milliser) Ceccoli, Sr. Tom graduated from Port Clinton High School in 1965 and just recently celebrated his 50th reunion with his class. On February 16,...

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