Obituaries

David E. Batt, Sr., age 82, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 4:55 P.M. on Tuesday, August 1, 2017, at The Inn at Fountain Park. He was a welder and supervisor at Bil-Jax in Archbold, Ohio, retiring after 41 years with the company. Mr. Batt was a member of Bryan Eagles …

Michael Jeffrey Riggle, 71, of Toledo, passed from this life to be with his God Almighty on May 25, 2017. He is survived by his daughters, Michelle (Tom) Bules and Kristen Mitchell, brothers Mark (Margaret) and John (Pat), sister in law Judy Riggle, nephews Brent and Evan and nieces Kelly, …

Jean Marie (Myers) Hasselschwert, age 89, a longtime resident of Wauseon, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, July 30, 2017. Since April 2016 she had been a resident of Middleton Senior Living in Granville, Ohio. Jean was a homemaker and the owner of The Plaza Shoe Box in Wauseon. Born on …

Judy A. Travis, 73 years, of Bryan, passed away suddenly, Sunday, July 30, 2017 at Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan. Judy was born January 6, 1944 in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, the daughter of the late Marvin O. and Ruth E. (Burkett) Showman. She was a 1961 graduate of …

Lois Arlene Wheeler, 85 years, of West Unity, passed away Sunday, July 30, 2017 in her residence with her family at her side. Lois was born January 3, 1932 in Fayette, Ohio, the daughter of the late Arlo and Delia (Heisler) Kuney. She was a 1950 graduate of Gorham-Fayette High …

Shirley Ann Watson, 86 years, of West Unity, passed away Monday, July 31, 2017 at Fairlawn Haven, Archbold, where she had been a resident. Shirley was born August 27, 1930 in West Unity, the daughter of the late G. Fred and Cora W. (Gunter) Montondo. She was a 1948 graduate …

Rebecca L. “Becky” Mahnke, age 72, of Wauseon passed away early Thursday July 27, 2017 at Heartland of Wauseon. She had worked at the former McCord Corporation in Wauseon for 17 years. She had also been a lifelong Homemaker. Mrs. Mahnke was born on June 4, 1945 in Wauseon, Ohio …

Michelle M. Neuenschwander, age 58, of Wauseon passed away unexpectedly early Sunday July 30, 2017, at the Fulton County Health Center. Prior to her retiring as a custodian for the Wauseon Public Schools she had worked in food service with her father and had also worked in clerical support in …

Martha “Joy” Ames, age 95, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away early Sunday morning July 30, 2017, in her home. Mrs. Ames was a 1940 graduate of Farmer High School and had been employed by First Federal Bank in Bryan as a teller for twenty-seven years prior to her retirement. She …

Jacob “Jake” N. Myers, 86, of Montpelier, Ohio passed away July 29, 2017, at Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center in Defiance. The son of Zella S. (Keck) and Newton Myers, he was born January 2, 1931 in Oakwood, Ohio. He married Joanne Dick on June 4, 1960, in Delta, Ohio. …