Steven Karakas
Sep 12, 2009
Steven Karakas, age 67, of Toledo, passed away unexpectedly at his residence on Saturday, September 12, 2009. Born on September 27, 1941 in Budapest, Hungary to Charles and Margaret Karakas, Steve served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He loved spending time with his family and grandchildren. Steve also enjoyed working, he was a great salesman and...
Donald R. Harris
Sep 11, 2009
HARRIS DONALD R. Don was born on August 15, 1922, and was known for his gardening and dedication to teaching. Residents of Toledo came from all over the city to admire his garden where he would give each person a cutting to take home. All who knew him, learned from him. He was an extraordinary teacher. A long time...
Jo Ann Mossing
Sep 10, 2009
Jo Ann Mossing, 70, of Swanton, Ohio, died peacefully at home Thursday evening September 10, 2009 surrounded by her devoted husband and loving children. Ann Mossing, daughter of William and Joan Smithmyer, was born February 25, 1939, in Altoona, Pennsylvania. In 1952, she moved to Ohio and met her future husband, Charles Bud Mossing. They were married on November...
Orlene Mccarthy
Sep 9, 2009
Live, Love, Laugh Orlene McCarthy, 64, of Sylvania Twp., died Wednesday, September 9, 2009, at Hospice of Northwest Ohio Inpatient Unit. Born to Orland and Helen Carper, in Sylvania, Orlene graduated from Sylvania Burnham High School and attended Owens Technical College prior to beginning her career. She worked for 20 years in the bar and restaurant business before working...
Doris Ayling
Sep 8, 2009
Doris passed away on Tuesday, September 8, 2009. She was born on July 7, 1930 to Mary L. Sauser Ayling and Wellesley A. Ayling as their 2nd daughter. Her sister, Jean Thomas Nesper of California survives her. Doris attended Kleis Elementary, Point Place Jr. High, and Waite High Schools graduating in 1948. In high school she was a clarinetist,...
Roy Ritter
Sep 8, 2009
Roy Ritter, 84, of Toledo, passed away after a long battle with health problems on Tuesday evening, September 8, 2009, at Regency Hospital in Sylvania. Roy was born to Max and Margaret Ritter on April 26, 1925 in Evansville, Indiana, where he grew up and married Margaret Hollander on July 10, 1948. They just celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary....
Harlan R. Getman
Sep 8, 2009
Harlan R. Getman, age 86, of Sylvania, passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Perrysburg. He was born March 15, 1923 in Clifford, New York to Harland and Alice Getman. He grew up on a small family dairy farm, the second of three children. Harlan attended Cornell University where he majored in Dairy Science/Refrigeration; he...
John F. Newby
Sep 7, 2009
John F. Newby age 57 of Maumee, OH passed away unexpectedly on Monday, September 7, 2009. John was born in Marietta, Ohio on March 23, 1952 to Edward G. and Frances R. Baker Newby. John was employed by the U.S. Post Office in Maumee as a letter carrier. He enjoyed traveling and coaching the girls softball league. He is...
Dorothy Mack
Sep 7, 2009
Mack Dorothy Dottie GG We will truly miss the best mom, grandma and GG this world has ever seen. Dorothy May Mack, 82, passed away Monday, September 7, 2009, at Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Perrysburg, surrounded by her loving family. She was one of a kind. She loved spending time with her children, grandchildren and especially her great-grandchildren, who...
Betty Jo Carstensen
Sep 5, 2009
For those of us who knew her, Betty Betts Carstensen was an angel on earth, and she has now taken her rightful place in heaven. Betty Jo Carstensen, 85, of Curtice, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, September 5, 2009. She was born on August 7, 1924, in Grant County, Oregon, to Roy and Lena Stiers Graves, and was...
Leonard Ratz
Sep 5, 2009
Pap Leonard J. Ratz, age 87, passed away Saturday, September 5, 2009, at St. Lukes Hospital. He was born in Toledo, July 21, 1922, and was a graduate of the former Burnham High School. He served his country during WWII in the U.S. Navy. Leonard was a retired machine repairman from Champion Spark Plug, a volunteer fireman with Adams...
Catherine C. Glander
Sep 4, 2009
Glander Catherine C. Catherine C. Glander, age 91, passed away Friday, September 4, 2009 in Hillsdale, MI. Catherine was born June 2, 1918 in Lima, OH to Ernest and Margaret Byrd. She married Charles Glander in 1949 after he returned from WWII. Catherine worked at Mercy Hospital for 25 years as a surgical nurse. She was a charter member...
Catherine M. Heier
Sep 3, 2009
Catherine Heier age 84, of Whitehouse, OH passed away on Thursday September 3, 2009 at St. Lukes Hospital. Catherine was born in Canandaigua, NY on April 4, 1925 to John Walter and Elizabeth Ruth Doyle Linehan. Catherine enjoyed walking, crocheting but most importantly, spending time with her family. She was a member of St. Josephs Church, Maumee. A loving...
Gale S. Magrum
Sep 3, 2009
Gale S. Magrum, 59, of Curtice, Ohio, unexpectedly died Thursday, September 3, 2009, in Bay Park Community Hospital, Oregon, Ohio. Gale was born August 31, 1950, in Toledo, Ohio, to Ervin C. and Frances E. Geldine Lenz. On June 30, 1972, in Williston, Ohio, she married Stephen A. Magrum, who survives her. Gale was passionate about teaching. She graduated...
Edward P. Barker
Sep 2, 2009
Edward Ed P. Barker, age 68, of Toledo passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2009 in his home. He was born October 28, 1940 in Norwalk, Ohio to Robert and Eileen Welch Barker. Ed worked in sales at various locations in Norwalk, Ohio and was also a CAD operator for Benchmark and Sigma Technologies in Toledo. An avid golfer, Ed...
Richard M. Webster
Sep 2, 2009
Webster Richard M. Richard M. Webster, age 77, passed away on September 2, 2009. Dick was born December 6, 1931 in Minot, ND to Morris and Frances Webster. As a boy, he was very involved with scouting, eventually earning his Eagle Scout badge. Dick was a veteran of the US Army serving as a Specialist 3rd Class in the...
Edgar J. Smawley
Sep 2, 2009
Edgar J. Ed Smawley age 78, of Toledo passed away on Wednesday September 2, 2009 in Heatherdowns Rehabilitation Center. Ed was born in Altoona, PA on July 1, 1930 to Gerald and Marguerite Nash Smawley. He was a trainmaster for Penn Central Railroad for 45 years retiring in 1995. Ed was a mason with the Rubicon Lodge and an...
Edward Greene
Sep 1, 2009
Edward Greene, 74, of Boca Raton, FL, and formerly of Port Clinton, OH, passed away, Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at his residence. He was born on January 21, 1935 in Cleveland, OH, the son of Edward J. and Clara Waszewski Greene. Ed was the previous owner of Greenes Marina, Port Clinton, OH and was an active pilot. Ed will...
Robert Alan Majewski
Aug 31, 2009
Robert Alan Majewski, 41, of Maumee, died on Monday, August 31, 2009, at his home. Born in Toledo to Jack and Jane Majewski, Rob was a U.S. veteran serving on the USS Forrestal. He was employed with Lifestar for the past 6 years as an Emergency Medical Technician. Rob enjoyed boating and fishing. He also cherished spending time with...
Philip E. Pierson
Aug 30, 2009
PIERSON Philip MECHANIC Mr. Philip Eugene Pierson, 67, of Grand Rapids, OH, died August 30, 2009 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio. Philip had defied cancer, going in and out of remission, over the course of the last ten years. His family credits his longevity to Philips incredible determination and self-reliance. The Pierson family motto is while there is breathhope!...
