Larry E. Ussery, age 64, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, February 21, 2015, at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers-Bryan, where he was a patient after an extended illness. Larry E. Ussery was born on February 22, 1950, in Bryan, Ohio, the son of Kenneth E. and …

An Amer­i­can Red Cross blood drive is sched­uled for this Thurs­day, from 3–7 p.m. at Antwerp Com­mu­nity Church of the Nazarene on South Erie Street in Antwerp. Walk ins are wel­come, but if you would like to sched­ule an appoint­ment, you can do that too by call­ing 800–733-2767.

A for­mer res­i­dent of Stur­gis, along with her son, are dead after try­ing to help other peo­ple in Ten­nessee. 34 year old Kristi Clark and her 10 year old son Carter Oak­ley, stopped on Inter­state 65 to help the pas­sen­gers of an SUV that had flipped over after hit­ting some …

A free pro­gram for those who are watch­ing their weight and want to exer­cise heart health is being held on Thurs­day at the Defi­ance Area YMCA. Between 6:30 and 8 p.m Thurs­day, the annual Heart Health pro­gram, will include an address by Doc­tor Mohammed S. Alo, a car­di­ol­o­gist at Mercy …

No dam­age esti­mates have yet been released fol­low­ing a fire in West Unity Sun­day night that dam­aged a home on County Road 21-N. Accord­ing to inves­ti­ga­tors, it started as a chim­ney fire, then broke through into an upstairs bed­room. Fire­fight­ers fought the flames and the cold weather for sev­eral hours …

Geraldine M. McKarns, age 90, of Sylvania, Ohio, and formerly of Temperance, Michigan, died at 12:30 A.M. on Sunday, February 22, 2015, at Sunset Village, where she was a resident. Geraldine was a 1942 graduate of Edgerton High School. She retired as a secretary for Toledo Hospital and also worked …

DeFord Richard Schwall of Wauseon, passed away at his home on February 21, at the age of 93. DeFord was born on October 17, 1921 in the Ohio State University Hospital to Harry Edwin Schwall and Carolyn Vashti Schwall. DeFord played football for Wauseon High School, and then briefly, for Ohio …

Janice L. Harter, 71 years, of Sherwood, passed away Saturday, February 21, 2015 at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center, Defiance.  Janice was born July 10, 1943 in Ney, Ohio the daughter of the late George and Ethel (Elser) Obenland.  She married Thomas Harter on May 10, 1965 in Elkhart, Indiana and …

Shelley K. Howard, 52 years, of Toledo, Ohio, passed away Saturday, February 21, 2015 in Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, Defiance, after an extended illness. Shelley was born on January 3, 1963 in Wauseon, Ohio, the daughter of Bryce and Judy (Showman) Travis. She was a 1981 graduate of Bryan …

Randy R. Jesse, age 58, of rural Bryan, Ohio, died unexpectedly on Friday, February 20, 2015, at his residence. He was a 1974 graduate of Bryan High School. Randy R. Jesse was born on April 4, 1956, in Bryan, Ohio, the son of Donald A. and Margaret E (Brenner) Jesse. …