James Raymond “Chubb” Bigley, Jr., age 47, of Pioneer, Ohio passed away suddenly Sunday, December 28, 2014 in CHP Hospital and Wellness Center, Montpelier, Ohio. He was born January 20, 1967 in Toledo, Ohio to James R. Bigley, Sr. and Nancy (Najero) Bigley. He was a master guitar player and …

Ricky Lee “Rick” Fuller, age 54, of Archbold, Ohio, and formerly a longtime resident of Fort Wayne, Indiana, passed away on Friday, December 26, 2014, in his home. Rick was a graduate of Blackford High School in Hartford City, Indiana. He had been employed as an automotive parts counter manager …

Kenneth “Ken” J. Wortkoetter, age 54, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away Friday, December 26, 2014 at Bethesda North Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio following a sudden medical emergency. Ken was the owner of Fun Zone Distributers which had become very successful in the past couple years. He had also worked at …

Louis “Lou” W. Harding, 75, of Pioneer, and formerly of Norwalk, passed away unexpectedly Friday morning as the result of a motor vehicle accident.  He was born on September 4, 1939 in Norwalk, Ohio to William Alonzo and Mary Loretta (Logan) Harding.  Lou proudly served his country in the United States Navy.  On …

Jane E. Bell-Beeker, 77, of Pioneer passed away early Saturday morning at Hillside Country Living in rural Bryan.  She was born on June 26, 1937 in Branch County Michigan to Clark Carydon and Helen Louise (Keith) Sellers.  Jane graduated from the Buckeye School of Nursing in Archbold.  On February 22, 1992 she married …

Mariano “Butch” Gomez, age 66, of rural Wauseon, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday evening December 25, 2014. Butch was born in Texas on January 22, 1948, the son of Francisco and Cleofas Gomez. Surviving is his wife, Barbara (Frame) and his brothers and sisters; Rogelio (Rose) Gomez of Archbold, Richardo …

The Ohio State High­way Patrol says a one-vehicle fatal traf­fic crash hap­pened on Ohio 108 near County Road L in Dover Town­ship, Ful­ton County. Accord­ing to the High­way Patrol, the crash hap­pened just before 3:30 yes­ter­day morn­ing when a Ford E-150, dri­ven by 36 year old Daniel Boff of Wauseon, …

A man from Pio­neer died Fri­day morn­ing in a two-vehicle crash in Williams County. The Ohio High­way Patrol says it hap­pened just after 8 Fri­day morn­ing on Ohio 15 in Jef­fer­son Town­ship, when 19 year old Joshua Tay­lor was head­ing north on 15, and his Chevy Sil­ver­ado went out of …

The Bryan Times reports that the Williams County Com­mis­sion­ers will meet in reg­u­lar ses­sion today from 8:30 this morn­ing until noon and from 1 to 4:30 this after­noon, at the fourth floor of the cour­t­house. A long list of items is listed on today’s meet­ing agenda. The meet­ing is open …

Berneda P. Beck, age 92, of Archbold, passed away Friday morning, December 26, 2014 at Fairlawn Haven Nursing Home in Archbold, where she had resided the past several years. Prior to her retirement she had worked as a seamstress for the former Archbold Dry Goods Store. Berneda was born in …