Obituaries

John M. Crites, Jr., age 72, of Taylor, Michigan, passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at the Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center near Defiance following a courageous battle with cancer. Mr. Crites was an independent, owner-operator truck driver for many years. He enjoyed camping, fishing and driving truck. Born …

Florence A. Loudon, age 91, of Wauseon, passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at Heartland of Wauseon. Prior to her retirement she had worked at Campbell Soup Company in Napoleon. Florence was born on May 8, 1925, the daughter of William R. and Bertha M. (Tolly) Arbuckle. On May 12, …

Ethel May Wityk, age 89, of Montpelier and formerly of Stryker passed away late Friday at Evergreen Manor in Montpelier. Prior to her retirement she had worked for Allied Molded and Toggery Dry Cleaners. Ethel was a wonderful, caring mother. She and her daughter, Cindy had a special bond and …

Violet A. Stotz, age 84, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, March 14, 2017, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center in Bryan, Ohio, after an extended illness. Mrs. Stotz was a 1950 graduate of Edgerton High School and worked as a secretary for Edgerton Local Schools for a number of years. …

Verona V. DeGroff, age 92, of rural West Unity, Ohio, died Tuesday night, March 14, 2017 in Hillside Country Living, rural Bryan, Ohio. She was born November 26, 1924 in Dekalb County, Indiana to the late Roscoe and Doris (Rose) Platt. She married C. Leon DeGroff on February 28, 1945 …

Clyde W. Oyer, 92, of Pioneer, passed away early Wednesday morning at Hillside Country Living in rural Bryan. He was born on December 25, 1924 in Pioneer to Samuel and Susannah (Rediger) Oyer. Clyde proudly served his country in the United States Army during World War II in the infantry. …

Leota Eldred Novak Beery, age 88, of Wauseon passed away early March 12, 2017 at the Kingston Care Center in Sylvania. Prior to her retirement she was a bus driver for Swanton schools, and had been an LPN at St. Luke’s Hospital in Maumee and the Fulton County Health Center …

Pauline Zachrich, age 90, of Bryan, passed away on Tuesday, March 14, 2017, at Genesis Healthcare-Bryan Center. Pauline worked for many years at Beamstream. She was a member of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Edon, the Moose and had been a poll worker for the Williams County Board of Elections. …

Sheila K. Jones, 56 years, of Edon, passed away early Tuesday morning, March 14, 2017 in her mother’s home in Bryan with her family at her side. Sheila was born October 4, 1960 in Bryan, the daughter of Ralph Russell and Carolyn Jean (Stark) Beerbower. She was a 1979 graduate …

Jeremy D. Hamblin, age 16, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Saturday, March 11,2017. He was a sophomore at Edgerton High School, where he played basketball and baseball. Jeremy enjoyed making people laugh, the outdoors, camping, kyaking, water skiing and tubing, and he was a great card player. He had …