Obituaries

Betty Lou (Pace) Williams, age 89, of Stryker, passed away Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at Brookview Healthcare Center in Defiance. Prior to her retirement she had worked at ITT Higbie for 12 years. Betty was born in Toledo on May 3, 1928, the daughter of LeRoy and Lilly Viola (Buehrer) …

Christa I. Hitt, 87 years, of Jackson, Michigan and formerly of Bryan and Archbold, Ohio passed away Monday, January 8, 2018 in RidgeCrest Health Campus, Jackson, Michigan. Christa was born August 3, 1930 in Bremen, Germany to the late Max and Helne (Genieser) Schober. She married Louis C. Hitt on …

Harmon R. Bechtol, 85, of Montpelier passed away Tuesday morning at Park View Nursing Home in Edgerton. He was born on February 17, 1932 in Angola, Indiana to Howard and Beaulah (Harmon) Bechtol. Harmon was a truck driver for Winzeler Stamping in Montpelier for 35 years, retiring in 1994. He …

Mary K. Carlson, 82, of Pioneer passed away Tuesday morning at Genesis Health Care Center in Bryan. She was born on January 27, 1935 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to Paul and Freida (Kurtz) Orthwein. Mary married Earl Carlson and he preceded her in death. She worked as a home health …

**Funeral arrangements pending. Ronald D. Thompson, 79, of Pioneer passed away Saturday evening at Evergreen Manor Nursing Home in Montpelier. He was born on December 20, 1938 in Kunkle to Lauren R. and Vada M. (Fisher) Thompson. He was part of the last class to graduate from Pioneer High School …

Mary L. Sanders, age 86, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 5:42 P.M. on Saturday, January 6, 2018, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, after a brief illness. Ms. Sanders was a 1949 graduate of Edgerton High School and was employed as a claims consultant by Lincoln Life …

Sandra A. Czaja, age 63, of Butler, Indiana, died at 6:50 P.M. on Sunday, January 7, 2018, in Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne. Sandra worked for 18 years at Lectron and later worked in security at SDI. She enjoyed crocheting and reading. Sandra was born on July 3, 1954, in …

Phyllis A. Bender, age 78, of Lyons, Ohio passed away Saturday night January 06, 2018 in St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio. She was born May 16, 1939 in Wauseon, Ohio to the late A. LeRoy and Doris Margaret (Reichhardt) Emmons. She married Alvin E. Bender on March 15, …

Ronald D. Thompson, 79, of Pioneer passed away Saturday evening at Evergreen Manor Nursing Home in Montpelier. He was born on December 20, 1938 in Kunkle to Lauren R. and Vada M. (Fisher) Thompson. He was part of the last class to graduate from Pioneer High School in 1957. On …

Mary Jane Moden, age 73, of Wauseon, passed away Thursday, January 4, 2018, at CHP Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice. Mary Jane was born in Toledo, Ohio, on November 11, 1944, the daughter of Vern and Gladys (Beck) Wyse. On December 25, 1964, she married Raymond L. Moden, and he survives. …