Obituaries

Marilyn “Joanne” Adair, age 89, of Paulding, Ohio, and formerly of Sherwood, Ohio, died at 9:26 A.M. on Friday, February 12, 2016, at the Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, near Defiance, Ohio. Mrs. Adair was a homemaker. Marilyn was born on January 14, 1927, in Jackson, Michigan. She married Vaughn …

Geraldine Elsie Werder, age 101, passed away Thursday, February 11, 2016 at Genesis Health Care in Bryan, after a lengthy illness. Prior to her retirement she had been a music teacher for many years. Geraldine was born in Stryker on December 27, 1914, the daughter of Wendell P. and Francis …

Darrell Duane Hancock, age 71, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at St. Vincent Hospital in Toledo, surrounded by his family on Wednesday, February 10, 2016. He was born to Kathryn (Stratton) and Herbert Hancock on March 14, 1944, in Bryan, Ohio. “Halftime Hancock” (as he was known by every referee …

Jack D. Sutton, age 89, of Edon, Ohio, died at 7:15 A.M. on Tuesday, February, 9, 2016, at Betz Nursing Home, in Auburn, Indiana, after an extended illness. Mr. Sutton was a1945 graduate of Metz, Indiana, High School and was a lifelong farmer. He was employed by Modernaire in Angola, …

Clarence H. Wuebben, age 93, of Edon, Ohio, died at 7:05 A.M. on Tuesday, February 9, 2016, at Commuity Hospitals and Wellness Center in Bryan, where he was a patient. Mr. Wuebben was a veteran of the United States Army, serving during World War II. He was employed by the …

Gerald M. “Jerry” Dominique, age 74, of Archbold, passed away on Monday, February 8, 2016 at Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice. Prior to his retirement, Jerry had worked at Johns Manville in Defiance, International Solutions in Bryan, Nafziger Ice Cream in Archbold and Hayes-Albion in West Unity. Jerry was born in …

Sandra K. Finch, 73 years, of West Unity, passed away early Sunday morning, February 7, 2016 at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice Center, Defiance. Sandy was born July 28, 1942 in Dayton, Ohio, the daughter of the late Leonard J. and Margaret A. (Short) Klopfenstein. She married Burton L. Finch …

Connie J. Courtney, age 67, of Springfield, Ohio, peacefully went home to be with the Lord, Saturday morning, February 6, 2016. She was born in Bryan, Ohio on April 19, 1948, the daughter of Darrell E. and Kathryn Betty (Shinabarger) Thorp. She was a 1966 graduate of Bryan High School …

Norm Arnett of Columbus, Ohio, was three weeks into rehabilitation following a brain hemorrhage, when his heart stopped. He was 78. He grew up in the picturesque, small town of Bryan, in northwest Ohio, in the 1940s and 1950s. His parents are Nelson Park Arnett and Leona Tadsen. His grandmother, …

Barry W. Johnson, age 34, of Delta, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, February 5, 2016. Arrangements are pending at the Grisier-Weigel Funeral Home in Delta.