James Larry Mitchell, age 70, passed away Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at the University of Toledo Medical Center. Larry was born in Owensboro, KY on December 14, 1942 to John Edward and Frances Eileen Mitchell. An educator for much of his life, Larry was the former owner of Stautzenberger College and currently taught part-time at Owens Community College. He...
Marilyn M. Huss Coon, 85, of Genoa, died at her home early Wednesday morning, August 21, 2013. Marilyn was born October 4, 1927, in Genoa, to Forrest Bud G. and Myrtle L. Davis Huss and graduated from Clay Genoa High School in 1945. On August 6, 1949, in Genoa, she married Raymond V. Coon and he survives. Marilyn was...
Petronella “Pat” C. Guerin, 80, of Odessa, Florida passed away Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at Tampa General Hospital. She was born in Toledo, Ohio to Frank and Rose (Rochowiak) Kolasinski on June 22, 1933, being the youngest of six and being the only girl. Pat married the love of her life, James E. Guerin on December 13, 1952. They...
John Wamsley, 66 of Port Clinton, passed away early Monday morning, August 19, 2013, surrounded by his family. He was born in West Virginia on October 13, 1946, the son of Thelma Logan and Ezra Monroe Wamsley, Sr. John married Mary Peg Smeltzer on July 26, 1969 in Sandusky. John retired in 2011 from Lafarge Marblehead Quarry and was...
Dorothy Louise Geiger Pencheff, 83, passed away peacefully on August 18, 2013 at Lutheran Village at Wolf Creek. She was born in Toledo Ohio on February 27, 1930 to Benjamin and Dorothy Koster Geiger. She grew up in her family home on Scottwood Ave. and spent summers at the family cottage on Devils Lake. She graduated from St. Ursula...
Glenn E. Swartzlander, age 83, passed away Sunday, August 18, 2013 at the Toledo Hospital. Glenn was born November 17, 1929 to Gilbert and Lillian Swartzlander in a house on the corner of Schneider Road and Byrne Road in Toledo. He was a resident of Toledo for most of his life until moving to Sylvania in his later years....
GENEVA SPARKS Geneva Sparks, age 86, formerly of Walbridge, passed away Sunday, August 18, 2013, in Manor of Perrysburg. She was born on August 14, 1927, in Cannonburg, KY. to Hager and Mary Jane (Blevins) Hensley. Geneva worked as a waitress for many area restaurants, including the Skillet, The Beanery, Cannery Food in Curtice, and The Caboose. Geneva loved...
Timothy J. Brooks, 56, of Oak Harbor, passed away peacefully at Hospice of Northwest Ohio Saturday, August 17th, in the company of his family and in the thoughts and prayers of countless family members and friends whose lives were graced with Tims special touch. Tim was diagnosed with ALS in 2009, a disease which had taken the lives of...
BRENDA L. LORENZEN Brenda Lorenzen, age 57, of Holland passed away on August 17, 2013 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Toledo with her loving family by her side. Brenda was born in Baltimore, Maryland on August 14, 1956 to Robert & Janice (Fleckenstein) Giles. She married John Lorenzen in Maumee on December 6, 1986 and he preceded her in...
H. Giles Wideman II, affectionately known as “Giles” or “Gike” passed away Friday, August 16, 2013 after a long health battle at home with his family present. Giles was born in Toledo, Ohio and raised in Perrysburg. He started his football career at Perrysburg High School. After graduation he was asked by an Ohio Congressman to enter the Air...
Lois Gae Rickheim, 84, of Temperance, MI, passed away Thursday, August 15, 2013, at Flower Hospital. She was born June 2, 1929, in Samaria, Mi, and was the daughter of Horace and Elsie Brannon. Lois was a former longtime member of Upton United Methodist Church. Survivors include her husband of 65 years, Walter Rickheim; sons, Tim Diana Rickheim, Mike...
Frances F. Harris, 78, of Genoa, Ohio, died Wednesday, August 14, 2013, in Mercy-St. Charles Hospital, Oregon, Ohio. Fran was born December 17, 1934, in Genoa, to Alphonsus Fritz and Helen Verkin Meng. On October 10, 1953, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Genoa, she married William T. Harris, who preceded her in death May 4, 1990....
Grace Ann Van Drieson, age 68, of Sylvania, Ohio and Leesburg, Florida died peacefully after a brief illness on August 14, 2013 at Regency Hospital in Sylvania. Grace was born November 25, 1944 in Toledo, Ohio to Clarence L. and Ida Hoffman. She was a homemaker and mother with many interests and hobbies, a few of which were playing...
Lee died Wednesday, August 14, 2013, at Mercy-St. Charles Hospital, close by the Luther Home of Mercy, Williston, Ohio, where hed been a well-known and colorful resident since 1980. He just recently had his 79th birthday. Lee was preceded in death by his loving parents, Stanley and Rosalind, and an infant brother, Frank. Lee is survived by his sister,...