Obituaries

Paul E. Kays, age 90, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 9:00 P.M. on Thursday, December 14, 2017, at Park View Care Center in Edgerton. Mr. Kays was a member of the Bryan High School class of 1945 and saw action in the South Pacific as a member of the United …

Florence Osborne Rupp, age 100, passed away Saturday December 16, 2017 at the Genesis Care Center in Bryan following a brief illness.Prior to her retirement she had been the bookkeeper for the former Osborne Plumbing and Heating , afamily business for 25 years. She had also been a life long …

Evelyn M. Weber, age 76, of Wauseon passed away early Saturday December 16, 2017 at Fulton Manor in Wauseon. Prior to her retirement she had worked for the Rychner Seed Company and Chief Supermarket as well as being a life long Homemaker. Mrs. Weber was born on December 16, 1941 …

Roy F. Tolles, age 79 of Wauseon, passed away Saturday, December 16, 2017 at Fulton Manor Nursing Home. Prior to his retirement, He worked for the Fulton County Expositor and Timkin. Roy was an avid hobbyist and collector who enjoyed trains and tractors. He also loved animals and was a …

Joy L. Meeks, age 89, of Edon, Ohio, died at 8:10 P.M. on Sunday, December 3, 2017, at the Laurels of DeKalb in Butler, Indiana, where she was a resident. Mrs. Meeks was a lifelong resident of Edon and had retired from General Motors in Defiance, Ohio, where she was …

Annaliese Makinna Cummins, age 12, of Montpelier, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, December 13, 2017, at Toledo Children’s Hospital after a brief illness. A 6th grade student at Montpelier Schools, she was a gifted straight-A honor roll student, who participated in band and did well in the spelling bee, placing …

Samuel “Sam” H. Wright, 86, of Pioneer and formerly of Toledo passed away December 10th at his home on “the farm” in Pioneer Ohio. He was born March 9, 1931 in Nashville, Tennessee to Howard S. and Tedia Mai (Killingsworth) Wright. Sam retired from Campbell’s Soup in Napoleon in 1993 …

Marc Thompson, age 48, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 2:37 A.M. on Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance. Marc was a 1987 graduate of Bryan High School. He was a carpenter and owned his own construction business, M. & S. Builders in Bryan and …

Mary Jane Prater, age 92, of Wauseon passed away late Sunday December 10, 2017 at the Grand Rapids Care Center. Prior to her retirement she had worked for the former McCord Corporation in Wauseon for many years. Mrs. Prater was born on March 17, 1925 in Detroit, Michigan the daughter …

Robert K. Davis Speece, age 78 of Wauseon, passed away on Saturday, December 9, 2017, after a long battle with heart and lung disease. He was born in Bluffton, IN on April 16, 1939, the son of Robert and Wanda (Ulmer) Davis. Bob served his country in the United States …