Obituaries

Dec 31, 2012

Norman Kossow age 94 of Toledo was reunited with his beloved wife, Helen Mae on December 31, 2012 surrounded by his family at Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Toledo, He was born February 3, 1918 in Hamler, Ohio to Frederick and Nettie Nagel Kossow. He married Helen Mae Kirchofer on March 26, 1942 and she preceded him in death on...

Dec 31, 2012

Dec 30, 2012

Earl J. Johnson, 101, of Genoa, educator and humanitarian, died Sunday, December 30, 2012, in Mercy-St. Charles Hospital, Oregon. Earl was born June 7, 1911, in Clay Center, Ohio, to Carson and Mayme Jensen Johnson. He was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Williston and served in the U.S. Army during WW II from 1942-1945. Earl was...

Dec 30, 2012

Naomi M. Davis, age 88, of Toledo, Ohio, passed away on December 30, 2012 at Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay, Ohio. She was born on February 22, 1924 in Defiance, Ohio to Alice and Maynard Marckel. They moved to Toledo when Naomi was 5 years old. Naomi graduated from Libby High School in 1942 and married Charles A Davis...

Dec 30, 2012

Claudia T. French of Maumee, OH passed away on Sunday December 30, 2012 in her home surrounded by her loving family. Claudia was born in Detroit, Ml on October 2, 1932 and raised in Erie, Michigan by Ernest and Gladys Borucki. Claudia enjoyed antiquing, collecting art glass, wildlife and gardening. A loving wife, mother and grandmother, she will be...

Dec 30, 2012

Glenn Myron Waters, age 88, passed away Sunday, December 30, 2012 at Waterford at Levis Commons. The son of Clifford and Clara Bigler Waters, born on April 19, 1924 in Massillon, Ohio. He worked as a mechanical engineer for the Abbey Etna Machine Company in Perrysburg, where he worked until the age of 76. Glenn served in the U.S....

Dec 29, 2012

Christopher W. Bragg, age 29, of Toledo, Ohio and formerly of Troy, Michigan died suddenly on Saturday, December 29, 2012 at Flower Hospital in Sylvania, Ohio. He was born in Royal, Oak on May 30, 1983 to Terry L. and Diane W. (Henderson) Bragg. Christopher was a 2001 graduate of Troy Athens High School, and also attended Western Michigan...

Dec 29, 2012

Dec 29, 2012

Alan James Al Valentine age 65 of Whitehouse, OH passed away on Saturday, December 29, 2012 at St. Lukes Hospital, Maumee. Al was born in Toledo on January 22, 1947 to Ralph James and Grace Shinevar Valentine. Al enjoyed playing X Box, watching the Washington Redskins, camping at Hidden Lake Campground. Most of all Al loved to play softball,...

Dec 29, 2012

Paul D. Fleck age 83 of South Toledo passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 29, 2012 with his family at his side. Paul worked for LOF for 32 years. He enjoyed traveling and all sports especially the New York Yankees and Notre Dame Football. He coached in the Maumee Little League winning Division 10 and City Championship IN 1977....

Dec 28, 2012

Joseph “Joe” E. Bowman III, 68, of Perrysburg, Ohio died Friday, December 28, 2012 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was born in Washington D.C. on July 30, 1944 to Joseph and Mary (Whitney) Bowman Jr. Joe graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelors of Science. He was a...

Dec 28, 2012

Frances L. Chatt, 93, of Oak Harbor, died early Friday morning, December 28, 2012, in Riverview Healthcare Campus. Frances was born March 3, 1919, in Burlington, Iowa, to William and Mattie Burr Reyburn. On May 22, 1943, in San Diego, California, she married Lloyd M. Chatt, Jr., who preceded her in death in 1977. Frances was a registered nurse...

Dec 28, 2012

Mae D. Hepner, 86, of Green Springs, formerly of Oak Harbor, died Friday, December 28, 2012, in Bethesda Care Center, Fremont, Ohio. Mae was born May 19, 1926, in Fremont to Herman A. and Katherine R. Grundy Smith. At St. John Lutheran Church in Fremont, she married Harold C. Hepner on February 25, 1949, and he preceded her in...

Dec 28, 2012

Dec 27, 2012

Elmer F. Schmeltzer, age 91, of Maumee, Ohio passed away on Thursday, December 27, 2012 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio. He was born on July 24, 1921 to Frederick and Mary Kannenberg Schmeltzer in Lakewood, Ohio. Elmer was a member of the China-India-Burma Theater during WWII and a longtime member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Toledo, Ohio. He loved...

Dec 27, 2012

Conley Newsome, 77, of Port Clinton, passed away unexpectedly, Thursday, December 27, 2012 at H. B. Magruder Hospital. Conley was born on July 03, 1935 in Pikeville, KY, the son of Harmon and Alpha Damron Newsome. On April 03, 1954 in Pikeville, KY, he married Leona Tackett and she survives. Conley worked as the wastewater boiler operation manager for...

Dec 27, 2012

Regina C. Timiney Regina Catherine Timiney, 76, formerly of Toledo, Ohio, and a resident of the Luther Home of Mercy, Williston, Ohio, died Thursday, December 27, 2012 at Luther Home. Regina was born in Toledo on August 26, 1936 to Donald W. and Mary C. Mutchler Timiney. She had been a resident of The Luther Home of Mercy since...

Dec 27, 2012

Raquel Rita “Rocky” Mendieta, 80, of Perrysburg, OH died Thursday, December 27, 2012 in Hospice of Northwest Ohio in Perrysburg. She was born in Toledo on September 21, 1932. She married Antonio “Tony” Mendieta in Bowling Green, OH on December 23, 1950. Rocky was a 1948 graduate of Waite High School and continued her education at Owens Community College...

Dec 26, 2012

June Evelyn Pasch age 94 of Toledo passed away suddenly Sunday, December 23, 2012 un UT Medical Center. She was born July 6, 1918 in Orland, Indiana to Wilford and Mabel Thaxton. She owned and operated her own beauty shop in Toledo but retired to raise her family. Blessed with a beautiful soprano voice she sang in many operettas,...

Dec 26, 2012

Millie Kovac, age 89, of Sylvania, Ohio passed away at Hospice of Northwest Ohio in Perrysburg on Wednesday, December 26, 2012. She was born on March 18, 1923 in Bentleyville, Pennsylvania to immigrant Serbian parents, August and Anna Drajovich. She was raised by Mary and Pete Kopanich after her fathers death in a coal mining accident. She was a...