The Defiance Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is currently investigating a serious injury single vehicle traffic crash. On July 13, 2024 at approximately 01:18 P.M, Troopers from the Defiance Post responded to Defiance Ayersville Pleasant Bend Road, just east of Harris Rd, Highland Twp. in Defiance County. Based …

The Toledo Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a pedestrian crash on Centennial Road near Erie Street in the City of Sylvania. The crash occurred on July 13, 2024 at approximately 10:56 p.m. A 2015 Jeep Wrangler operated by Donald Christian, age 54, of Lyons, Ohio, was …

Jimmie Jay Volkert, 66 years of Columbus and formerly of Hicksville, passed away Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in his residence, after a 10-year battle with Parkinson’s Disease. Jimmie Jay was born May 24, 1958, in Hicksville, the son of the late Jay Thomas and Helen E. (Rhodes) Volkert. He was …

Robert E. Piper, 94, of Bryan, passed away on Thursday, July 11, 2024 at Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center. Robert was born on November 20, 1929 in Stryker, Ohio to Lawrence and Esther (Alspaugh) Piper. He graduated from Bryan High School in 1949 and then served in the United States …

The Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a serious injury crash that occurred on CR179 south of TR10 in Paulding County, Auglaize Township, at approximately 9:48 P.M. on July 11, 2024. Scott Kirkland Jr, age 26, of Paulding, Ohio was traveling northbound on CR179 in …

Shirley A. Lanum, 76, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, July 10, 2024, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Shirley was born September 12, 1947, in Bryan, Ohio, daughter of the late Harold N. and Frances C. (Bower) Koch.  She attended Edgerton Local Schools.  Shirley married Terry W. …

An obituary is not available at this time for Roy D. Rozell. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall. https://www.thethompsonfuneralhome.com/notices/Roy-Rozell

Alma L. Weaver, age 84, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Saturday, July 6, 2024, at Community Health Professionals Hospice Center in Defiance, Ohio. The daughter of Donald W. and Anna Irene (Leininger) Bly, Alma was born on April 21, 1940. She moved to Bryan, Ohio, in her sophomore year …

Maverick Robert Saum entered the arms of Jesus on July 9, 2024, at Dupont Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana. The son of Michael D. and La Tisha R. Saum of Hicksville; brother, Julius Akerman; maternal grandmother, Mary Thornburg of Hicksville; paternal grandparents, Robert and Jeanine Saum, Jr. of Hicksville. He is …

Backers of a proposal to raise Ohio’s minimum wage to $15 an hour failed to collect enough signatures to get it on the ballot this year. Organizers of the effort, who faced a Wednesday deadline to turn in its signatures, said they’ll now try to take the issue before voters …