Obituaries

Hayworth “Skip” Treace, Sr.,73, of Montpelier, passed away on Tuesday, July 5, 2016. He was born on May 21, 1943 in Fort Wayne, Indiana to Robert C. and Alice E. (Bell) Treace, Sr. On September 12, 1991 he married Elva Jo L. Gilcher in Montpelier and she survives. Skip retired …

Don H. Garver, 98 years, of Bryan passed away Monday, July 4, 2016 in Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, Defiance. Don was born September 21, 1917 in Ney, Ohio, the son of the late Arl and Susie (Connelly) Garver. He was a 1936 graduate of Ney High School and continued …

Menzaneta R. Buck, age 93, of Edon, Ohio, died peacefully in her home on July 4, 2016. Mrs. Buck was a graduate of St. Vincent School of Nursing and worked as a registered nurse at Williams County General Hospital in Montpelier, Ohio, operated a nursing home in Edon and later …

E. Harriett Lilly, age 80, of rural Bryan, Ohio, died at 5:45 A.M. on Saturday, July 2, 2016, in her home after an extended illness. Mrs. Lilly graduated from the Julia F. Burnham School of Nursing in Champaign, Illinois, and had a long career working as a registered nurse. She …

Pamela J. Higgins, age 54, of Wauseon, passed away Friday morning, July 1, 2016, at Ebeid Hospice in Sylvania. Arrangements are pending at the Edgar-Grisier Funeral Home in Wauseon.

Bernadine “Dee” L. Torrence, age 87, of Wauseon passed away Thursday, June 30, 2016 at Fairlawn Haven in Archbold. Bernadine, the daughter of Robert and Nellie (Scott) Quillman, was born on April 20, 1929 in Napoleon, Ohio. Bernadine married Don Raker, who preceded her in death in 1969. She later …

William A. “Bill” McCarthy, 77 years, of Bryan passed away Monday, June 27, 2016 at 2:55 p.m. at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, Defiance. Bill was born March 18, 1939 in Springfield, Ohio, the son of the late Dominic “Mac” and Vergil (Foster) McCarthy. He was 1957 graduate of Bryan …

Jack Scalf, 89 years, of Bryan, passed away Monday, June 27, 2016 in Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, Defiance with his family by his side. Jack was born March 27, 1927 in Keokee, Virginia, the son of the late Vanis and Callie (Bledsoe) Scalf. He married Anna Lovell on July …

Joan McKee Whitmire Andrews, age 90, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2016, in Fairlawn Haven Nursing Home, Archbold, Ohio where she has resided since February 2010. Joan was born in Delta, Ohio on May 18, 1926 to parents Dr. Earl Lawrence McKee and Dorothy Emola (Kent) McKee. She is preceded …

Gladys I. Brown, age 103, passed away Monday, June 27, 2016 at Genesis Health Care in Bryan. Along with her husband, Clifton, they had farmed for many years. Gladys was born in Williams, County, Ohio on December 10, 1912, the daughter of Thomas and Martha (Siler) Cox. On May 20, …