Obituaries

Luisa P Tijerina (Perez), passed away peacefully on Dec 11th, 2019 at Fairlawn Haven after a brief illness. She was 87 yrs old.  She was born on May 17, 1932 to Guadalupe (Salas) and Daniel Perez and was raised in Brownsville, Tx. Luisa married Guillermo Tijerina on May 20, 1954.  After moving from …

Lauora “Faye”  Swank, 93, of Pioneer passed away Wednesday afternoon at Evergreen Manor Nursing Home in Montpelier.  She was born in Jefferson Township on May 10, 1926 to Arthur Vern and Maudie L. (Mercer) Harrington.  Faye married Elmer Swank in Pioneer and he preceded her in death in 1992. Faye …

Alleen Fay McKnight, age 84, of Wauseon, Ohio passed away Tuesday, December 10, 2019 in Fulton Manor, Wauseon, Ohio.  She was born March 14, 1935 in Wauseon, Ohio to the late Earl and Vera (Doriot) McKeever.  She married Roscoe McKnight, Jr. on November 27, 1953 and he preceded her in …

Betty A. Suffel, 88, of Montpelier, passed away on Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at Brookview Healthcare in Defiance. She was born on March 10, 1931 in Bridgewater Township, OH to Ralph and Sarah A. (Owen) Miller. Betty graduated from Kunkle High School in 1949. She went on to obtain her …

Everett A. Moore, Jr. was born March 8, 1938 in Crummies, Harlan County, Kentucky to Evert A. Moore ( survivor of WW I gas attacks and Kentucky coal mines and mine wars) and Hazel Moore (nee King). He is survived by his wife, Beverly K. Moore (nee McGlenen), sons Michael …

Ann C. Brames, age 79, of Cincinnati, Ohio passed away Friday, November 22, 2019 Miller’s Merry Manor in Garrett, Indiana. Where she had resided the past three years. Born June 24th, 1940, Ann was the youngest daughter of Howard and Alice (Kallmeyer) Brames. She was a graduate of Mother Mercy …

Roger L. Rohrs, age 83, of Wauseon, passed away Monday, December 9, 2019, at CHP – Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice. Prior to his retirement he had been Sanitarian for the Fulton County Health Department for 32 years. He was also a lifelong area farmer. Roger was born on September 6, …

Judy Ann (Schwarck) McCormick, passed away peacefully on December 9, 2019 in Defiance, Ohio, after a long illness. She was 75. She was born March 4, 1944 to Betty (Martin) and Vernon Schwarck, and was raised in Wapakoneta, Ohio. During her high school career, she was a member of the …

Dorothy Brown Opdycke, 97 years, of Bryan, passed away Monday, December 9, 2019, at Anna’s House, of Hillside Country Living, Bryan.  Dorothy was born October 2, 1922, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of the late Curtis and Ruth (Geiger) Decker.  She was a 1940 graduate of Bryan High School, then …

Howard W. Skiles, age 97, of Montpelier, Ohio, died at 7:20 P.M. on Sunday, December 8, 2019, at Hillside Country Living near Bryan, Ohio, where he was a resident.  Mr. Skiles was a 1940 graduate of Edon High School and was a lifelong farmer.  He was a veteran of World …