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Ruth E Sarno

Ruth E Sarno

Dec 26, 2014

Ruth E. Sarno, 91, formerly of Jacksonville, Florida, and currently of Toledo, Ohio, passed away on December 26, 2014. She was born in Gordan, Alabama on March 7, 1923 to Joseph and Lonie Bond. As a teenager she moved with her family to Jacksonville, FL. She met and married Richard Sarno in 1943 while he was in the Marine...

Betty Jane Harsanje

Betty Jane Harsanje

Dec 26, 2014

Betty Jane Harsanje, 85, of Genoa, OH, died Friday, December 26, 2014 in the Genoa Retirement Village, Genoa where she had been a resident for a short time. Betty was born in Walbridge, OH on August 4, 1929 to George and Hazel (Hill) Christiansen. She married Richard Dick L. Harsanje at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Toledo on April...

Nancy Marie Pietrowski

Nancy Marie Pietrowski

Dec 25, 2014

Nancy Marie Pietrowski, 74, of Clay Center, Ohio, died Thursday, December 25, 2014 in the Genoa Retirement Village, Genoa, Ohio. Nancy was born in Clay Center on July 10, 1940 to Julius and Frances (Zunk) Troknya on April 14, 1979 she married Felix T. Pietrowski in the Clay Center Presbyterian Church. Felix preceded her in death on June 13,...

Martha Ann Foltz

Martha Ann Foltz

Dec 25, 2014

“Love you a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck.” Today we lost our best friend, wonderful mother and grandmother as now she walks her walk with Jesus. Martha Ann Foltz was born June 10, 1920 to Stanley and Constance Piasecki on a farm in Holland, Ohio which is now where the Strawberry Festival is held....

George Zemper

George Zemper

Dec 24, 2014

George Zemper, 88, a life-long resident of Toledo, passed away on Dec. 24, 2014, at St. Clare Commons, in Perrysburg, OH.  George was born Nov. 16, 1926, to David and Marguerite (McMahon) Zemper of Toledo. He married Dorothy Schlachter on Oct. 9, 1954 and the couple celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary this fall. George was a proud World War...

James Bo Oreskovich

James Bo Oreskovich

Dec 23, 2014

James Bo Oreskovich, 56, of Mitiwanga Park, Huron, OH, and formerly of Catawba, passed away Monday, December 22, 2014 at his residence. Bo was born December 2, 1958 in Kirkland, WA, the son of Robert and Neva (Johnson) Oreskovich. He was a 1977 graduate of Port Clinton High School, and worked for the W.L. Baumler Co. in Lorain, OH...

Vernadell V. Davis

Vernadell V. Davis

Dec 23, 2014

Vernadell V. Davis, age 89, passed away Tuesday December 23, 2014 at Kingston of Sylvania.  The daughter of Henry and Elsie Rose, she was born February 6, 1925 in Bridgeport, OH.  She was a member of the American Rose Society and Toledo Rose Society.  She was also a member of the  Buckeye District Rose Society where she served as...

Betty Kathleen Shultz

Betty Kathleen Shultz

Dec 22, 2014

Betty K. Shultz, 84, died following a brief illness on December 22 at the Kingston Residence in Sylvania. Her death marked the end of a remarkable life as both a public official and a private individual.  Toledo voters were well aware of the “public” Betty Shultz, electing her to office over a continuous 35-year period.  Those who knew the...

Karen Elaine Roepke

Karen Elaine Roepke

Dec 22, 2014

Karen Elaine (Peth) Roepke, age 72 of Maumee, OH passed away peacefully on Monday, December 22, 2014 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio in Perrysburg, surrounded by her loving family, after a courageous 5 month battle with brain cancer.  Karen was born in Toledo, OH on November 25, 1942 to Melvin and Lois (Floering) Peth. Karen attended Zion Lutheran grade...

Ruth Evelyn Grossheim

Ruth Evelyn Grossheim

Dec 22, 2014

Ruth Evelyn Grossheim, age 92, of Archbold, Ohio, passed away on Monday, December 22, 2014 at Fairlawn Haven Nursing Home.  She was born on April 13, 1922 to Dale and Dora Bell (Honeywell) Tefft in Swanton, Ohio. Ruth enjoyed the Maumee Senior Center and volunteered with Heartland Hospice.  She liked playing the organ, baking and playing cards. Ruth is...

Cheri Lynn Andrews Ball

Cheri Lynn Andrews Ball

Dec 22, 2014

Cheri Lynn (Andrews) Ball, age 54, of Toledo, passed away December 22, 2014 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Toledo.  Cheri was born July 22, 1960 in Boston, MA. A 1978 graduate of Bedford High School, Cheri was a homemaker.  She was a loving mother who would do anything for her children.  Very social and friendly, she went out of...

Dorothy J. Benson

Dorothy J. Benson

Dec 21, 2014

DOROTHY J. BENSON Dorothy J. Benson, 63, of Maumee, OH died, December 21, 2014, at Hospice of Northwest Ohio. She was born in Toledo on, January 23, 1951, to Albert (Jean Chandler) Polk. Dottie was employed for 31 years with the United States Post office at the Broadway and South Toledo Stations, where she met the love of her...

Samuel P. Layman

Samuel P. Layman

Dec 21, 2014

Samuel P. Layman, 98, of Otterbein Portage Valley, formerly of Perrysburg, Oh passed away peacefully on December 21, 2014 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Perrysburg. He was born on, April 1, 1916, on Raymer Blvd. to Albert Fredrich and Addie Ruth (Franklin) Layman. They later moved to the farm on Keller Road in Moline, Ohio in 1918. Sam graduated...

Francis W. Patterson

Francis W. Patterson

Dec 21, 2014

Francis W. Bill Patterson, age 89, of Toledo, passed away December 21, 2014 at Flower Hospital, Sylvania.  Bill was born November 30, 1925 in Muncie, IN to the late Floyd and Ida May (Strause) Patterson.  He graduated from Ossian (IN) High School in 1944 and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II in the Pacific Theatre.  He...

Ralph Paul Burdo

Ralph Paul Burdo

Dec 20, 2014

RALPH P. BURDO Ralph Burdo, age 70, of Toledo passed away on December 20, 2014 at home surrounded by his loving family. Ralph was born in Toledo on October 17, 1944 to Rolland & Florence (Chelminski) Burdo. A 1962 graduate of Macomber High School, Ralph started his family in Point Place, worked from 1962 to 1993 for Toledo Edison,...

John C Weissenberger

John C Weissenberger

Dec 20, 2014

John C. Weissenberger, 70, of Walbridge, passed away December 20, 2014. John was born June 28, 1944 to Elizabeth (Nofzinger) and Charles Weissenberger in Toledo, Ohio. He was a proud graduate of Central Catholic High School and married Edna (Rogowski) on May 1, 1965 at Good Shepherd Church in Toledo, enjoying 49 blessed years together. He retired from BP...

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