Obituaries

Henry Jozeph Kotula left this earth surrounded by family and went home to be with his creator on February 5, 2020. He valiantly battled kidney cancer over four years.   His family would like to thank the research oncology team of Dr. Alexander Starodub and all the caring medical staff …

“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred….minus one day so I never have to live without you.” A.A. Milne. Dane and Marjorie Michael celebrated 71 years of marriage on Thursday, February 6. Later that evening Marjorie passed away in her home surrounded …

“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred….minus one day so I never have to live without you.” A.A. Milne. Dane and Marjorie Michael celebrated 71 years of marriage on Thursday, February 6. Later that evening Marjorie passed away in her home surrounded …

Debra Kay Jermeay, 57 years, of West Unity, passed away Thursday, February 6, 2020, at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo.  Deb was born December 20, 1962, in Montpelier, Ohio, the daughter of the late Herbert J. and Pauline (Royer) Miller.  She was a 1980 graduate of Montpelier High School.  …

Russell E. O’Brien, age 87, of Wauseon, passed away Thursday, February 6, 2020, at CHP – Defiance Are Inpatient Hospice. Prior to his retirement he had been a truck driver. Russell was born in Grove City, Illinois on June 8, 1932, the son of Jesse and Irene (Buzzard) O’Brien. On January …

Henry E. Buell, age 83, of Edon, Ohio, passed away at 8:25 A.M. on Wednesday, February 5, 2020, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan after a sudden illness. Mr. Buell was a graduate of Edon High School, where he played baseball, and was a veteran …

Nancy Joan Krumm, 86, of Wauseon entered the Lord’s Kingdom on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, following an extended illness. She was born June 18, 1934, in Canton Ohio, the daughter of the late Michael and Mary Lombardi. In January 1954 Nancy married Edwin Dean Krumm. Our family spent summers camping, …

Robert F. Gearhart, 86, of Montpelier, passed away Wednesday at his home. He was born on July 8, 1933, in Florence Township, Williams County, to Irvin L. and Esther L. (Hager) Gearhart. Bob graduated from Edon High School in 1951. He served his country in the United States Army during …

Margaret L. Lucas, age 71, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 6:12 P.M. on Tuesday, February 4, 2020, at Park View Randallia Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she was a patient after a brief illness. Mrs. Lucas was a graduate of Sunnyside High School in Tucson, Arizona, and had …

Lyman L. Newcomer, age 85, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 12:41 A.M. on Tuesday, February 4, 2020, in his home, surrounded by his family, after a brief illness. Mr. Newcomer was 1952 graduate of Bryan High School and a veteran of the United States Army, serving in Korea as …