Obituaries

William F. Merica, age 79, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, October 10, 2017, at Genesis Healthcare-Bryan Center. Mr. Merica was a machinist at Metaldyne for 35 years prior to his retirement and was a member of the Bryan Eagles Aerie #2233. William F. Merica was born on April …

Willa Dean Herman, age 80, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 12:00 P.M. on Sunday, October 8, 2017, at Auburn Village in Auburn, Indiana, where she was a resident. Mrs. Herman was a 1955 graduate of Stryker High School and had been employed by Air-Way Manufacturing in Edgerton prior to her …

We lost our beloved mother, Barbara Clark on Saturday, October 7, 2017, after suffering for many years with Alzheimer’s. She was born June 4, 1933, to Howard and Avis Elliott. Mom was the second of their three children. She is survived by her brother Robert Elliott and sister Donnie Hantz. …

Hazel M. Fifer, age 81, of Edon, Ohio, passed from this life on Saturday, October 7, 2017, while a patient at Parkview Heart Institute in Fort Wayne, Indiana, following a brief illness. Hazel was born on January 11, 1936, in Mohawk, West Virginia, the daughter of Nora (Hurley) and Stuard …

Robert D. Wagner, 78 years, of Bryan, passed away Sunday, October 8, 2017 at Genesis Healthcare-Bryan Center, Bryan, where he was a resident for the past week. Bob was born October 21, 1938 in Mt. Gilead, Ohio, the son of the late William R. and Ruth (Nesbitt) Wagner. He was …

Frederick Wilcox, age 67, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away Saturday, October 07, 2017 in Hickory Creek Nursing Center, Hicksville, Ohio. Arrangements entrusted and pending at Grisier Funeral Home, Stryker, Ohio.

Marlin “Jake” Nafziger, age 91, of Archbold passed away Friday October 7, 2017 at Hillside Country Living. Prior to his retirement he had been and insurance salesman for more than 50 years. Marlin was born on October 4, 1926 in Stryker, Ohio. On December 25, 1950 he married Arlene Dierks …

Gordon S. Robey, 79 years, of West Unity passed away Sunday, October 8, 2017 at Community Hospitals and Wellness Center- Bryan Hospital. Gordon was born January 31, 1938 in Tipton, Michigan, the son of the late George and Eva (Loachridge) Robey. He was a 1956 graduate of Fayette High School. …

Vernon Clark Sloan, age 91, of Stryker, Ohio, passed away October 7, 2017, at his home. He was born January 22, 1926, to Otis and Dora (Mann) Sloan on the family farm, and worked the land and raised livestock throughout his life. Following graduation from Stryker High School in 1944, …

Donna Belle Oyer, age 85, of Stryker passed away Friday October 6, 2017 at Hillside Country Living after an extended illness. Prior to her retirement she had worked at the former Metal Forge in Stryker for more than 40 years. Mrs. Oyer was born in Williams County on March 8, …