Obituaries

Paul D. Walters, 84, of Hicksville, Ohio, passed away Monday, March 21, 2022, at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana.  Paul was born July 12, 1937, in Defiance, Ohio, the son of the late Claron and Mary (Diehl) Walters.  He was a 1955 graduate of Mark Center High School.  …

Duwayne A. “Dewey” Pearson, age 66, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 10:43 P.M. on Thursday, March 17, 2022, at Promedica Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio, after an extended illness. Dewey was a veteran of the United States Army, serving with the 101st Airborne Division. He was a longtime employee …

Arvilla Ruth Kaiser, age 87,of Edon, Ohio, passed away at 5:30 P.M. on Saturday, March 19, 2022, at The Laurels of DeKalb in Butler, Indiana, after a brief illness. Mrs. Kaiser was a graduate of North Central High School in Pioneer, Ohio, and worked as a secretary for twenty-eight years, …

Ethel Dooney, 94, of Pioneer, passed away at 11:56 p.m. on Saturday, March 19, 2022 at her home. She was born on August 26, 1927, in Paterson, New Jersey to the late William and Ethel (Taylor) Harriott. She married Curtis B. Addington on December 11, 1950, in South Bend, Indiana; …

Myrtle M. Knecht Cook, age 99, Montpelier, Ohio, died March 20, 2022, at Evergreen Healthcare Center, Montpelier, Ohio.  She was preceded in death by husband, Vincent, Klinksick and Knecht grandparents, parents, sister, Carol Brenner, brother, Robert Knecht, sisters-in-law, Beverly Knecht and Mary Cook, a brother-in-law, Hal Cook, daughter-in-law, Margaret Underhill, …

Norman DeGroff, 89, of Bryan, Ohio passed away Friday, March 18, 2022, at Bryan Care and Rehabilitation Center, Bryan. Norman was born July 7, 1932, in Bryan, Ohio the son of the late Clarence E. and Florence B. (Laser) DeGroff. He was a 1951 graduate of Bryan High School, where …

Betty J. Zehr, 92, of Montpelier passed away Saturday, March 19, 2022 at Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center.  She was born on March 13, 1930 in Butler, Indiana to Charles and Edna Mae (Slentz) Albertson.  Betty attended Butler Schools in Butler, Indiana.  On June 24, 1950 she married Rolland Zehr …

Mary E. Miller, 93, of Hicksville, Ohio, passed away Thursday, March 17, 2022.  She was born February 16, 1929, in Hicksville, Ohio, the daughter of the late Ward and Dorothy (Poth) Bell.  Mary was a 1947 graduate of Hicksville High School.  She married Marlin E. Miller on July 6, 1949 …

Jennie L. (Cook) Scheuer, 88, of Petersburg, Michigan and formerly of Pioneer passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at Aspen grove Assistive Living in Lambertville, Michigan.  She was born on December 2, 1933 in Toledo to Arthur and Della B. (Waggoner) Leland.  Jennie graduated from Alvordton High School in 1951. …

Gary J. Gansmiller, age 73, of Archbold, passed away on March 16, 2022, at his home. Prior to retirement, Gary worked as a truck driver for Keller Trucking in Defiance. Gary was born on February 25, 1949, in Defiance to the late Raymond and Margaret (Wakefield) Gansmiller. Gary later graduated …