Obituaries

Elinor L. Doeden-Frappier, 87 years, formerly of Bryan, and a current resident of Defiance, passed away Saturday, April 9, 2016 at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, Defiance. Elinor was born July 8, 1928 in Sherwood, the daughter of the late John A. and Foryst M. (Connelly) Hane. She married Kenneth …

Clarence J. Zimmerman, age 88, of Stryker passed away unexpectedly in his home on Thursday April 7, 2016. Prior to his retirement he had worked for the Spangler Candy Company in Bryan. Mr. Zimmerman was born in Wauseon, Ohio on April 25, 1928 the son of the late Jay and …

Ruth A. Whitten, age 74, of Wauseon passed away late April 7, 2016. Prior to her retirement she had worked as a waitress for many years at Keisers Restaurant in Monclova and was also a waitress for the former Partner’s Cafe in Wauseon. Mrs. Whitten was born in Toledo on …

Eugene Garber, age 86 of West Unity and formerly of Stryker passed away late Friday April 10, 2016 at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne. Prior to his retirement he had worked the Ohio Art Company in Bryan and had also worked for Kamco in West Unity. Mr. Garber was born …

Lois N. Moehrman, 81 years, of Sherwood, passed away Friday, April 8, 2016 at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, Defiance. Lois was born August 1, 1934 in Roanoke, North Carolina, the daughter of the late James Noah and Maude (Lynch) Carroll. She married Gayland “Butch” Moehrman on August 20, 1971 …

Geraldine M. Gearhart, age 84, of Montpelier, Ohio, died at 1:57 A.M. on Sunday, April 10, 2016, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center, where she was a resident, after an extended illness. Mrs. Gearhart was a graduate of Montpelier High School and was a longtime dental assistant working with the Bryan Dental …

Hansford E. “Gene” Legg, 75 years, of Montpelier, entered the presence of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Wednesday, April 6, 2016, in Montpelier. Gene was born February 19, 1941, in Charleston, West Virginia, the son of the late Hansford I. and Orla O. (Fields) Legg. He married Patricia …

Meredith Allen Boyd, Jr., age 43, of Bryan, Ohio, and formerly of Virginia, passed away on Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio. Mr. Boyd was a truck driver for many years prior to his retirement due to illness. Meredith Allen Boyd, Jr. was …

Marie Pierce, age 73, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 1:25 P.M. on Tuesday, April 5, 2016, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she was a patient after a brief illness. Mrs. Pierce was a 1960 graduate of Hamilton, Indiana, High School. A devoted wife and mother, …

Ragna Olafsdottir Lirot, 58, a devoted and beloved wife, mother, and grandmother succumbed to cancer on Wednesday morning at her home in Pioneer. She was born March 16, 1958 in Keflavik, Iceland to Olafur Hogni Egilsson and Nilsena Larsen. Ragna graduated from Keflavik High School in Iceland. On June 9, …