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Walter T. Lesczynski
May 14, 2009
Walter T. Lesczynski, 75, of Marblehead, OH, passed away, May 14, 2009 at H. B. Magruder Hospital, Port Clinton, OH. He was born on April 10, 1934 in Hamtramick, MI, the son of Julia Lesczynski. On June 24, 1972 on Kelleys Island, OH, he married Mary Navorska and she preceded him in death in 2004. Walter was a member...
Ella Claire Watkins
May 13, 2009
Watkins Ella Claire Ella Claire Watkins, age 84, passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio in Perrysburg. Ella was born on September 21, 1924 to Martin and Audrey Geist in Malinta, Ohio. She graduated from Malinta-Grelton High School, in 1942 and from the Toledo Hospital School of Nursing in 1945. An RN, Ella worked as...
Catherine C. Mccaughtry
May 12, 2009
Catherine passed away peacefully from the complications of Alzheimers disease at Heartland of Waterville, where she had been cared for, for several years. She was born to the late, Edwin Fetcher, in Angola Ind. Catherine was a 1942 graduate of Woodward High School, Toledo and the former Robinwood Hospital School of Nursing as a RN in 1944. A career...
Lillian E Niner
May 9, 2009
Lillian Ellen Niner, 93, of Maumee, OH passed away Saturday, May 9, 2009 in the Ebeid ProMedica Hospice. She was born December 19, 1915 in Fort Wayne, Indiana to Charles and Mary Wise Bowser. A dedicated and loving homemaker, Lillian was a member of the Eastern Star Triune Chapter # 344. The widow of William I. Niner who passed...
Ruth E Duket
May 9, 2009
Ruth E. Duket, age 82, of Maumee, Ohio died Wednesday, May 6 at Sunset Village in Syvania. She was born September 15, 1926 in Toledo to Clyde and Edna Henderson Collins. Ruth is survived by her loving husband, Robert L. Duket; children Michael wife Susan, Timothy wife Amy, Steven wife Beth, Cathy husband Doug and brother, Bud Collins; eleven...
Betty Jane Laux
May 9, 2009
LAUX BETTY JANE Betty Jane Laux, 83, of Sylvania, passed away Saturday, May 9, 2009, at Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Toledo. Betty was born on June 4, 1925, in Toledo to Nicholas and Cecelia Kretin. She was a 1943 graduate of Waterville High School. Her career began in the offices of Owens-Illinois and she continued to serve as head...
Barbara A Mcgranahan
May 6, 2009
Barbara A. McGranahan, age 68, passed away peacefully in her sleep in Columbus, OH on Wednesday, May 6, 2009. She had bravely battled multiple medical issues for many years in an effort to spend more time with her grandchildren and create crafts. She was born in Aurora, IN on June 16, 1940 to the late Vincent E. and Otilda...
Joyce E. Wehner
May 6, 2009
Joyce E. Wehner King, age 74, died on May 06, 2009 at home with care from family and Hospice of N.W. Ohio. She was born in Elliston, Ohio on October 17, 1934 to Gertrude King Young and Frank King. They preceded her in death. After graduation from Oak Harbor High School, she married Gerald Wehner. Several years later it...
Ethel Bradford
May 6, 2009
Ethel Bradford, 89, died May 6, 2009, at the Ebeid Hospice Residence, Sylvania, Ohio. Born in Bogota, New Jersey to Carolyn and Wilbur Earle. A 1937 graduate of Bogota High School, she married Brian K. Bradford, M.D. in 1942. Ethel and Brian moved to Toledo in 1952 where Brian set up his medical practice. Ethel entered the University of...
Mildred Denman
May 4, 2009
Mildred Denman passed away peacefully on May 4, 2009, at Kingston of Sylvania. She was born February 8, 1911 to Henry and Elsie Culver Steiert in Toledo. Mildred was a 1929 graduate of Waite High School. In 1936, she married Charles Dude Denman who preceded her in death in 1994. Upon retirement in 1979, they moved to Clearwater, Florida...
Elizabeth M. Causer
May 4, 2009
Elizabeth M. Causer, age 89 of Maumee passed away on Monday, May 4, 2009. Elizabeth worked many years at Maumee Indoor Theatre, also Holiday Inn on Reynolds Road in housekeeping. Mother was a strong woman she cared for all six children alone after Dad Howard passed away October 20, 1995. Mother was old school and always made due with...
Beatrice M. Reeder
May 4, 2009
Beatrice M. Reeder, 84, of Genoa, formerly of Elmore, died Monday evening, May 4, 2009, in the Genoa Retirement Village. Bea was born May 10, 1924, in Cygnet, Ohio, to Henry R. and Edith E. Reitz Kille. On November 1, 1947, in Genoa she married Donald M. Reeder, who survives her. Prior to 1970 Bea worked as a secretary...
Helen F. Joseph
May 2, 2009
Helen Freda Joseph passed away Saturday, May 2, 2009, at Toledo Hospital. She was born on Aug. 27, 1918, in Lowell, MA to parents, George and Freda Namay. She attended Tewksbury State Hospital School of Nursing, where she received her R.N. degree. She was a member of St. George Antiochian Orthodox Christian Cathedral and the Ladies Benevolent Society, where...
James R. Plantz
May 2, 2009
James R. Plantz, Sr., 61, of Genoa, died unexpectedly at St. Charles-Mercy Hospital, Oregon, Ohio, Saturday evening, May 2, 2009. Jim was born June 9, 1947, in Toledo, Ohio, to Kenneth and Estella Fredrick Plantz. On August 16, 1969, in Genoa he married Carol A. Koenker, who survives him. Jim was a member of St. Johns United Church of...
Rose Marie Stevens
May 2, 2009
Rose Marie Stevens age 81 of Perrysburg, died Saturday May 2, 2009 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio. Rose was born in Clermont County, OH on February 29, 1928 to George and Marcella Johnson Kelly-Tolson. Rose was a devoted wife, mother, homemaker and loved to garden. She is survived by her daughter, Polly Rodney Fitzwater; brothers, Bill Betty and Bob...
Carl J. Vogt
May 1, 2009
Carl J. Vogt, 89, of 2165 S. Olaf Dr., Marblehead, OH, passed away, May 01, 2009 at his residence. He was born on January 16, 1920 in Buffalo, N.Y. to Reverend Dayton G. and Hazel Howard Vogt. He married Elizabeth Beth Dreisbach Vogt of Findlay, OH on September 19, 1942. Surviving are his wife: Beth Vogt; two sons: William...
Marshall A. Smith
Apr 29, 2009
Smith Marshall A. Marshall A. Smith, age 73, passed away peacefully on April 29, 2009 at Woodside Hospice House, Pinellas Park, FL surrounded by his family. Born May 25, 1935 in Holland, OH, Marshall was a retired teamster and finished his 40 year career at Central Transport in Toledo before moving to Florida to enjoy his retirement. Marshall Smith...
Donald P. Shea
Apr 28, 2009
Donald P. Shea, 71, a resident of the Luther Home of Mercy, Williston, OH, and formerly of Girard, OH, died Tuesday, April 28, 2009 in St. Charles-Mercy Hospital, Oregon, OH. Donald was born in Youngstown OH on August 19, 1937 to Martin J. and Anne Carey Shea. After high school he served in the U.S. Army and attended George...
Elaine Marie Tafelski
Apr 28, 2009
Tafelski Elaine Marie Elaine M. Schwachenwald Tafelski, age 80, passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Perrysburg, surrounded by her loving family. Elaine was born on September 28, 1928 in Toledo, Ohio. She was the daughter of Lester and Marie Sorgenfrei. Elaine was a proud member of the graduating class at DeVilbiss High School, 1946....
Hazel A. Zenser
Apr 27, 2009
Hazel A. Zenser, 87, of Oak Harbor, OH died peacefully on the morning of April 27, 2009 in the Riverview Healthcare Campus, Oak Harbor. She was born on December 17, 1921 in Oak Harbor, OH to Harmon and Edith Dehring Goetz. On January 2, 1942 in Oak Harbor, OH she married Vernon S. Zenser, and he survives. They were...
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