Obituaries

Ethel L. King, age 98, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Saturday February 17, 2018 at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance. She had worked at 50 Division and Hayes-Albion and was a member of First Brethren Church in Bryan. Ethel was born on June 27, 1919 …

Ivan Jr. Nichols, age 92, of Auburn, Indiana, passed away at 4:40 P.M. on Thursday, February 15, 2018, at Miller’s Merry Manor in Garrett, Indiana, surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Nichols was a heavy equipment operator and was a longtime employee of Sweatnam Pipeline. A jack-of-all-trades, he could fix …

Thomas L. “Tom” Harrington, age 67, of Bryan, Ohio, went peacefully to heaven at 7:28 A.M. on Friday, February 16, 2018, surrounded by his children at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio. Tom worked at Spangler Candy Company for 32 years, retiring from the Shipping and Receiving Department. …

Duane W. Sorrell of Wauseon, Ohio passed away February 15, 2018 at Ebeid Hospice Residence in the presence of his loving family. Duane was born to Lindsey and Ruth (née Zoeller) Sorrell in New Castle, Indiana on September 27, 1940. He was the youngest of three children. Duane graduated from …

Helen L. Brown, 84, of Montpelier passed away Friday morning at her home. She was born on September 30, 1933 in Montpelier to Ralph L. and Gertrude I. (Root) Spencer. Helen graduated from Montpelier High School in 1952. On June 22, 1952 she married Ronald J. Brown in Montpelier and …

Paula D. Kramer, age 65, of Edon, Ohio, died at 10:13 A.M. on Thursday, February 15, 2018, at Parkview Regional Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, after a brief illness. Mrs. Kramer was a 1970 graduate of Edon High School and had been employed as a secretary at Edon Northwest Schools …

Dorothy L. Williams, age 94 of Wauseon and formerly of Dayton, passed away Thursday, February 15, 2018 at Heartland of Wauseon. She was a lifelong homemaker. Dorothy was born in Everett, Kentucky on August 8, 1923 to the late Henry Beaver and the late Delia K. (Darling) Beaver. In 1940, …

James “Jim” H. Tyson, age 79, of Wauseon, Ohio passed away Wednesday, February 14, 2018 in St. Luke’s Hospital, Maumee, Ohio. He was born in Toledo, Ohio to the late Orrin Tyson, Sr. and Pauline (Terrill) Tyson. Jim married Betty M. Dulaney on February 3, 1968 at North Dover Church …

Brittany Lynn Mull, age 23, of Wauseon, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, February 12, 2018, in Napoleon. Brittany was born in Toledo, Ohio on February 13, 1994, the daughter of Troy Antoszewski and April Mull. Surviving are her father, Troy of Wauseon; mother and step-father April (Ron) Shoemaker of Wauseon; …

Frederic W. Strobel II, age, 81 a native of Montpelier, Ohio and resident of Lake Diane near Camden, Michigan, passed away February 15, 2018. Born in Montpelier on June 12, 1936, to Frederic Strobel and Ileen (McDowell) Strobel, Fred was married to Carolyn J. Shannon on October 8, 1955. He …