Obituaries

Devin Jordan Thiel, age 21 of Defiance, passed away on Thursday, December 19, 2019 following a brief illness. Devin was a 2017 graduate of Defiance High School and Four County Vocational School. He was employed as a production worker at Reifel Industries in Pioneer, Ohio. Devin was a kind hearted …

Carman J. Oxender, 85, of Pioneer passed away Tuesday morning at Fairlawn Haven Nursing Home in Archbold.  She was born on August 6, 1934 in Angola, Indiana to Clyde O. and Dimmie (Cook) Hagelberger.  Carman graduated from Kunkle High School in 1952.  On September 16, 1956 she married Raymond B. …

Mildred M. Oberlin, age 95, of Edon, Ohio, died at 1:17 A.M. on Monday, December 23, 2019, at Hillside Country Living near Bryan, Ohio, after an extended illness.  Mrs. Oberlin was a 1943 graduate of Metz High School and had worked at the 50 Corporation in Bryan, Ohio, for twenty …

Emma E. “Betty” Coolman, age 100, passed away at 6:04 A.M. on Sunday, December 22, 2019 at Evergreen Manor Nursing Home in Montpelier, where she had been a resident. Betty had worked at Dana Weatherhead for over 20 years and also owned Coolman’s Cake Boutique and also catered. She loved …

Ricky Dean Mix, age 50, of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico and formerly of Bryan, passed away on December 9, 2019 at Del Sol Medical Center in El Paso, Texas following an illness. Ricky was born on May 3, 1969, in Defiance, the son of Dean and Edna (Good) Mix. …

Harold O. Conley, age 76, of Bryan, Ohio, and formerly of Paulding, Ohio, passed away at 3:44 P.M. on Wednesday, December 18, 2019, shortly after admittance to Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville, Ohio, after a sudden illness. Mr. Conley was a graduate of Pax High School in Pax, West Virginia, …

Carol N. Pollock, 75 years, of Bryan, Ohio passed away Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center, Defiance, Ohio. Carol was born January 1, 1944 in Bryan, Ohio, the daughter of the late Oakley and Mildred (Bechtol) Pollock. She worked at Custom Cleaners as a presser …

William A. Stuckey, age 90, of rural Bryan, passed away Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at The Laurels in Defiance. Prior to his retirement he had been an Electrician for many years with the Toledo Electrical Union. He just received his 55 year pin from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Bill was …

Charles “Chuck” M. Schneider, age 79, of Wauseon, Ohio passed away Sunday,  December 15, 2019 in CHP Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice.  He was born June 20, 1940 in Lebanon, Ohio to the late Marcel Richard and Bernitta Rita (Schwartz) Schneider.  He married Arlene Rose Miller on November 28, 1959 and she …

Barbara Joyce Nofziger, 87 years, of Bryan, passed away Monday, December 16, 2019, at Hillside Country Living, where she was a resident.  Barbara was born March 18, 1932, in Montpelier, Ohio, the daughter of the late Negley and Agnes (Oberlin) Stockman.  She was a 1949 graduate of Bryan High School.  …