Obituaries

Louise J. Fish, age 86, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, at 4:30 P.M. on Saturday, July 9, 2016, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance. Mrs. Fish was a farm wife and was the secretary and bookkeeper of Tri-State Chemical, which she co-owned with …

Raymond G. “Momo” Sands, 53 years, of West Unity, passed away Thursday, July 7, 2016 at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Ray was born November 1, 1962 in Montpelier, the son of Wayne D. and Sharon L. (Roy) Sands. Momo was a 1981 graduate of Bryan High School. …

Helen Barbara “Bobbie” Trippy danced her way into heaven on Thursday evening, July 7, 2016, held by her son John, in the beautiful home she loved. Bobbie grew up in Van Wert, Ohio by the railroad tracks. Her family knew what it meant to be frugal, but she never wanted …

Pauline Lois (Polly) Oberlin, 92 years, of Bryan, passed away Thursday, July 7, 2016. The daughter of Clarence G. and Ida K. (Moll) Weber, she was born April 21, 1924 in Archbold, Ohio. She moved with her family to Bryan in 1925 and graduated from Bryan High School in 1942. …

Norman Eugene “Gene” Cottrell, 71 years, of Hicksville, passed away Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at Genesis Healthcare – Twin Rivers Center, Defiance. Gene was born October 25, 1944 in Defiance County, Ohio, the son of the late Norman Ray and Martha (Rodocker) Cottrell. He was a 1963 graduate of Hicksville …

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.