Obituaries

Verna Mae (Abbott) Bailey, age 95, of Wauseon, passed away Monday, February 27, 2017, at Fulton Manor. Prior to her retirement in 1984 she had worked as a control analyst for the McCord Corporation in Wauseon for 17 years. Verna Mae was born in Fulton County on September 26, 1921, …

Mary Lou Huffman Davis, age 82, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 26, 2017, in her home, surrounded by her family. Mrs. Davis was a 1953 graduate of Bryan High School, where she excelled in music, voice, swing band and marching band, playing the clarinet and saxophone. …

Ned F. Garver, 91 years, of Bryan, Ohio, pasMary Lou Huffman Davis, age 82, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 26, 2017, in her home, surrounded by her family. Mrs. Davis was a 1953 graduate of Bryan High School, where she excelled in music, voice, swing band …

Sharon Lee (Smith) Helbig, age 73, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 7:07 P.M. on Friday, February 24, 2017, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, near Defiance, Ohio, after an extended illness. Mrs. Helbig was a 1961 graduate of Stryker High School and received an Associate Degree in Accounting from International …

Dale L. Armstrong, age, 68, of Columbia, Ohio, died at 3:44 A.M. on Saturday, February 25, 2017, at Cameron Memorial Hospital in Angola, Indiana, after an extended illness. Mr. Armstrong was a graduate of DeKalb High School and worked as a self-employed truck driver for many years and also had …

Eileen Margaret Martz Goebel, age 96 of Stryker passed away late Saturday February 25, 2017 at Fairlawn Haven in Archbold. Prior to her retirement she had been a lifelong area Homemaker. Mrs. Goebel was born on August 11, 1920 in Dayton, the daughter of the late William and the late …

Shirley A. Fifer, 86, of Montpelier passed away early Saturday morning at Genesis HealthCare Bryan Center. She was born on September 2, 1930 in Toledo to Carl F. and Harriet F. (Bunting) Wolfe. Shirley graduated from Montpelier High School in 1948, she attended the Inte rnational Business School in Fort …

Naylen K. Fonseca, age 24, of Fayette, Ohio died as a result of injuries sustained in a commercial truck accident on Wednesday. Naylen was an avid truck driver, a Master Mechanic and a devoted husband and father providing for his family. He lost his life doing what he loved; driving …

William E. Babinger, age 91, of Hicksville, Ohio, died at 1:40 P.M. on Thursday, February 23, 2017, at Heartland of Wauseon, Ohio, where he was a patient. Bill worked as a machinist for Aro Corporation in Bryan for 42 years. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Bryan. …

Stacy L. Carlin, age 47, of Bryan, passed away on Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at the Community Hospital & Wellness Center- Bryan. Stacy worked in Sales and Marketing for C.E. Electronics in Bryan, her families business, since she was 10 years old. As a Pastor’s wife, she was very active …