Obituaries

Homer E. McCrea, age 99, of Edon, Ohio, died on Saturday, January 19, 2019, at Hillside Country Living near Bryan, Ohio, where he was a resident. Mr. McCrea was a lifelong farmer and had been employed at Meyers Elevator in Pioneer, Ohio, for many years and later retired from Martin …

William L. Hildebrandt, age 53, of Montpelier, Ohio, died at 3:52 A.M. on Sunday, January 20, 2019, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center near Defiance. Bill worked at Titan Tire Company in Bryan with over 30 years of service. He was a member of the United Steel Workers Local …

Linda L. Wank, 72 years, of Bryan passed away Saturday, January 19, 2019 at The Inns and Villas at Fountain Park, Bryan. Linda was born July 21, 1946 in Bryan, Ohio the daughter of the late Bernard “Red” and Berneda (Figgins) Pardee. She was a 1964 graduate of Bryan High …

Robert Weldon Penland, 45 years of Pleasant Lake, drowned on Saturday, January 19, 2019, after falling through the ice while fishing on Terry Lake at Hamilton, Indiana. Robert was born January 30, 1973 in Washington D.C., to Mark S. and Martha (Mosley) Penland, while they were both serving in the …

Juanita J. Hallett, age 92, of Delta, passed away Saturday, January 19, 2019, at Genesis of Swanton Valley, where she had resided the past six years. Prior to her retirement she had worked at the former Mohr’s Five and Dime, which later became Mohr’s Shoes, for 50 years. Juanita was …

Karen Lynn Kurtz, 61 years, of Fremont, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, January 17, 2019 in her home on Barton Lake, near Fremont. Karen was born June 19, 1957 in Angola, Indiana, the daughter of Paul and Sharon D. (Hughes) Oliver. She was a 1975 graduate of Angola High School. …

Daniel Cranberry Dean, 73, died peacefully on January 19, 2019, at his home surrounded by his loving family in Bryan after being diagnosed in June of 2017 with Bulbar Onset ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) and PSP. Dan was born May 22, 1945 in Toledo, Ohio to Donald and Marjorie (Garn) …

Dennis A. Dick, age 59, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 4:00A.M. on Friday, January 18, 2019, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance after a short battle with cancer. Dennis attended North Central Schools. He most recently worked at Campbell’s Soup Company in quality control and had previously worked …

Janet E. Jackson, age 77, of Montpelier, Ohio, passed away at 10:20 A.M. on Wednesday, January 16, 2019, in her home, surrounded by her family. Mrs. Jackson was a graduate of Wauseon High School and had been employed by Spangler Candy Company and Custom Cleaners in Bryan and would later …

Noelia Gomez Flores, age 74, of Wauseon, passed away on Tuesday, January 15, 2019, at the Swanton Valley Care Center in Swanton. She was born in Crystal City, Texas on December 28, 1944 to the late Francisco and Cleofis Gomez and attended Zone School near Fayette, where she was a …