Obituaries

Nancy C. Brown, 80 years, of Ney, Ohio passed away Monday, February 17, 2020 at her residence. Nancy was born February 27, 1939 in Fayette, Ohio, the daughter of Forest and Florence (Butler) Lemons. She was a 1957 graduate of Farmer High School. Nancy married Ronald Brown on September 14, …

George Henry Smith, age 93, of Wauseon, passed away Monday evening, February 17, 2020, at CHP – Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice. He had worked for Stubnuts and Geene in Adrian for 19 years, had farmed, and had also worked for Dennis’s Potato Farms for many years. George was born in …

Katherine M. “Kay” Teschke, age 95, of Bryan, Ohio passed away Saturday, February 15, 2020 at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana. She was born July 5, 1924 in Bryan, Ohio, the daughter of the late Harvey and Addie (Wickersham) Ball. Kay was a 1942 graduate of Bryan High …

John Schelling, Sr., 79, of Osseo, Michigan passed away Friday morning at Parkview Nursing Center in Edgerton, Ohio.  He was born on November 9, 1940 in Bryan to Fred and Doris (Perkins) Schelling.  John graduated from Bryan High School in 1959.  He married Marilyn Streight and she survives.  John was …

Daniel J. Merritt, age 30, of Edgerton, passed away on Saturday, February 15, 2020 in the Emergency Room at Community Hospitals and Wellness Center – Bryan. Daniel was a crew member at McDonald’s in Hicksville for 5 years. He was an avid gamer and a happy-go-lucky person. Daniel J. Merritt …

Wilma Carolyn Weisz, 99, of Bryan, Ohio, died peacefully on February 13, 2020, at Fountain Park Assisted Living. She was born in Rochester, New York, on April 13, 1920, the daughter of Arthur and Florice Bloomfield, the oldest of three children. She lived in and around Rochester for 16 years. …

Arthur W. “Art” Merschdorf, 90 years, of Bryan, passed away Friday, February 14, 2020, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center, Defiance.  Art was born January 9, 1930, in Mansfield, Ohio, the son of the late Michael and Anna Merschdorf.  He was a 1948 graduate of Mansfield Senior High School.  …

Ernest Alan Rau, age 80, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Saturday, February 15, 2020, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio. Alan was an iron worker for Local 55 in Toledo, Ohio. He was a member of the Bryan Moose Lodge and was a huge fan of …

Dorothy E. Schlegel, 96, of Montpelier, passed away on February 14, 2020 at Hillside Country Living in Bryan. She was born on May 10, 1923 in Jefferson Township to Glenn D. and Grace E. (Crow) Strayer. Dorothy graduated from Montpelier High School in 1941 and went on to attended International …

Joyce Marie Bailey, 86, lifelong resident of Delta, Ohio, passed away on Friday morning, February 14, 2020 with in home hospice care. She was born January 1, 1934 in Delta to Herbert and Amy Loretta (Knapp) Lammon. On December 20, 1950 she married Richard W. Bailey. He preceded her in death on …