Obituaries

Mervin Charles (Shorty) Towers was born March 18, 1919 the son of Melvin Bert and Violet Stella (Sutton) Towers. He was a 1939 graduate of Stryker High School. Mervin married Laurene Dick Brown on May 13, 1939. They were married 72 years. Mervin was a WWII Navy veteran serving as …

In loving memory of: Michael “Mike” Floyd Britenriker, age 76, of Punta Gorda, Florida, passed away March 02, 2016 in University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, Tennessee. Mike was born in Stryker, Ohio on December 08, 1939 to the late E.J. and Grace (Dominique) Britenriker. He was a 1957 graduate …

Stacy D. Weber, age 27, a lifelong resident of Edgerton, Ohio, and now of Indianapolis, Indiana, died at 8:00 P.M. on Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, where she was a patient after a six-month battle with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML). Stacy was …

David L. Miller, age 74, of rural Edon, Ohio, died at 8:59 P.M. on Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at the Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio where he was a patient after a brief illness. Mr. Miller was a veteran of the United States Navy and worked for more than thirty …

Julia M. “Judy” Swary, 93 years, of Hamilton, passed away Sunday, March 6, 2016 at Betz Nursing Home, Auburn, where she was a resident. Judy was born February 22, 1923 in Defiance, Ohio, the daughter of the late Dasky and Lucille (Crane) Hale. She married Paul Levi Swary in 1941, …

Charles O. “Chuck” Stevens 66, of Pioneer passed away Wednesday March 2, 2016 at his home after a brief illness. He was born September 15, 1949 in Bryan, Ohio to Charles I. and Donna M. (Williams) Stevens. Chuck was a 1969 Montpelier High School graduate. He married Geraldine F. Mancini …

Norma L. Leupp, age 92, of Stryker passed away early Thursday March 3, 2015 at Hillside Country Living near Bryan. Prior to her retirement she worked for the former Strydel in Stryker for many years. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Grisier Funeral Home in Stryker.

Robert James Lupien, age 72, of Edon, Ohio, died on March 2, 2016, at his residence. Mr. Lupien was a an over-the-road truck driver for many years. He also worked as a police officer for the City of Toledo in the 1960s. After high school, Robert worked with troubled youth …

Joseph Anthony Bost, age 72, of Bryan, Ohio, and recently of Cedar Park, Texas, passed on Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at New Hope Manor. Mr. Bost retired from General Motors in Defiance after 26 years of service. He later worked as a security guard at Defiance College and drove cars …

Mary E. Fickle, age 92, of Wauseon passed away early Tuesday March 1, 2016 at Heartland of Wauseon. Prior to her retirement she had worked as a house cleaner, homemaker and had also worked for a short time at the former McCord Corporation in Wauseon. Mary was born on May …