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Marghretta Peg Smith

Marghretta Peg Smith

Nov 7, 2013

Marghretta Peg Smith, age 63 , passed away on November 7th, 2013 at her home in Sylvania, Ohio. She was born on June 13th, 1950 in Athens, Ohio. She was preceded in death by her parents, William Bailey and Elizabeth Wood Biggs. Peg received a Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Communications from Ohio University and a Master of...

John W. Gauthier

John W. Gauthier

Nov 7, 2013

On Thursday, November 7, John Gauthier went home to be with his God following a valiant effort battling leukemia. Throughout his life, Johns gentle spirit, compassion, and warm smile served as a shining inspiration to all who passed his way. John was born on May 15, 1944 in Akron to parents Karl P. and Catherine Speicher Gauthier. He was...

Robert H. Pochadt

Robert H. Pochadt

Nov 7, 2013

Robert H. Pochadt died comfortably, and surrounded by family, on November 7, 2013, at Swan Creek Retirement Village in Toledo less than a month before his 92nd birthday on December 2. Robert was a respected local businessman, who numbered many area residents, and a few celebrities, among his customers and former employees. He started his business in 1946 and...

Wendell Judson Riley

Wendell Judson Riley

Nov 7, 2013

Wendell J. Riley, age 80, passed away Tuesday Nov. 5, 2013 at Indiana Regional Medical Center in Indiana, PA. The son of Jessie and Lorene Riley, he was born July 31, 1933 in Watertown, TN. Wendy lived most of his adult life in Toledo on Monac before moving to Pennsylvania to live with his son. He married Rose Mary...

Brent Martin Karchner

Brent Martin Karchner

Nov 6, 2013

Brent Martin Karchner passed from this life unexpectedly on Wednesday, November 6, 2013 after a brief illness. He was born on July 5, 1959 to Martin and Louise Mizer Karchner in Toledo. Brent was a lifelong resident of south Toledo graduating from Maumee High School and the University of Toledo. He began as a management trainee at Cooper Tire,...

Bille Lucille Arnsman

Bille Lucille Arnsman

Nov 6, 2013

Bille Lucille Arnsman, age 94, of Maumee, Ohio , died on Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at St. Lukes Hospital, Maumee, Ohio. She was born on November 27, 1918 in Toledo, Ohio to Charles and Florence Miller Cramer. Bille was an active volunteer for Mobile Meals, the American Red Cross and St. Lukes Hospital. She enjoyed traveling especially to Florida...

Alice Ruth Haney

Alice Ruth Haney

Nov 6, 2013

Ruth Haney, 92, of Maumee, Ohio passed away peacefully on Wednesday November 6, 2013 at Elizabeth Scott Community. She was born on June 21, 1921 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania to George and Alice Huff Bowersox Ruth was the past Madam President of the Maumee Eagles Auxillary Lodge 2562, a member of the Maumee American Legion Post 320, a member of...

Carl Raymond Ziehr

Carl Raymond Ziehr

Nov 6, 2013

Carl R. Ziehr age 83 of Toledo, OH passed away on Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at Regency Hospital. Carl was born in Toledo, OH on August 10, 1930 to Francis and Nellie Hart Ziehr. He was employed at Marathon Oil before establishing Ziehr Oil Company with his son, Bud. Carl was a member of St. Patrick of Heatherdowns Catholic...

Virginia Ginny Kruse

Virginia Ginny Kruse

Nov 5, 2013

Virginia A. Ginny Kruse age 84, of Columbus, OH formerly of Monclova, OH passed away on Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at Mt. Carmel East Hospital in Columbus. Ginny was born in Monclova, OH on May 10, 1928 to Charles E. and Edna Sherman Kruse. She was a graduate of Bowling Green State University. She retired from Borden Inc. in...

Ruth E Steyer

Ruth E Steyer

Nov 5, 2013

RUTH E. STEYER Ruth E. Steyer, age 80, of Holland passed away on November 5, 2013 at the Spring Meadows Extended Care Facility. Mrs. Steyer was born in Republic, Ohio on August 6, 1933 to Lawrence & Dorothy (Hahl) Bogner. She married John Steyer in Tiffin on May 21, 1955 and he preceded her in death on April 21,...

Betty B. Cranmer

Betty B. Cranmer

Nov 5, 2013

Betty Bachelder Cranmer, age 91, of Ottawa Hills and Naples, Florida, passed away Tuesday, October 5, 2013 in Ebeid Hospice, Sylvania. She was born October 3, 1922 in Long Island, NY. Betty attended Western University in Kalamazoo, MI where her parents and many family members lived. She married her husband Reed two days after he graduated from Michigan Medical...

Sondra Jean Gardner

Sondra Jean Gardner

Nov 4, 2013

Sondra Jean Gardner, age 61, of Toledo, Ohio, died on Monday, November 4, 2013 at University of Toledo Medical Collage. She was born on October 21, 1952 in Toledo, Ohio to Eugene and Doris Frost Gardner. Sondra was employed at Lott Industries for many years as an Aide and will be truly missed by her loving mother, Doris. She...

Chase W. Clements

Chase W. Clements

Nov 4, 2013

Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book Author Unknown Veteran newsman Chase Clements died at Ebeid Hospice on Monday, November 4, 2013. As Chase leaves this life to pass to the next, his love for his family along with his passion for teaching and for learning; for politics,...

Diane M. Fought

Diane M. Fought

Nov 4, 2013

Diane M. Fought, 63, of Port Clinton, OH, passed away, Monday, November 04, 2013 at Riverview Healthcare Campus, Oak Harbor, OH, after a courageous battle with cancer. Diane was born on September 22, 1950 in Port Clinton, OH, the daughter of Joseph and Isabel Izzy Prokop Fought. Diane was a secretary for the Port Clinton City Schools Board of...

Jose C. Rodriguez, Sr.

Jose C. Rodriguez, Sr.

Nov 3, 2013

Jose C. Rodriguez, Sr., 83, of Perrysburg, Ohio, passed away on November 3, 2013 at the Manor of Perrysburg surrounded by his loving family. He was born on March 28, 1930 in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico to Catarino and Jauna C. (Rebulloso) Rodriguez and he married Ofilia Campos on January 20, 1958 in Bowling Green, Ohio. Jose worked for...

Stephen Anthony Amsdell

Stephen Anthony Amsdell

Nov 3, 2013

Stephen Anthony Amsdell, 28 of Perrysburg, OH. and formerly of Oil City, PA. passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, November 3, 2013. He was born in Oil City on October 21, 1985 to Victor L. and Kathleen M. (Kay) Amsdell. In Stephen’s youth, he was very competitive and enjoyed playing football and baseball. He enjoyed spending time with his friends...

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