Obituaries

David L. Royster, age 51, of Bryan, died at 7:01 P.M. on Monday, July 27, 2015, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan. Mr. Royster was employed by TRW Automotive in Fayette, Ohio. Service arrangements are pending with Krill Funeral Service, 860 West Mulberry Street, Bryan.

Richard Wayne McDowell, age 66, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 8:00 P.M. on Tuesday, July 28, 2015, shortly after admittance to Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers in Bryan. Mr. Mcdowell was a carpenter by trade and had spent most of his life in Oklahoma. He was a veteran of the …

Mark J. Sundstrom, age 48, of Avon, Ohio, died at 2:35 A.M. on Tuesday, July 28, 2015, in the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, where he was a patient. Mark was the loving son of Thomas and Valerie Sundstrom, brother of Stephen Sundstrom, and grandson of Frank and Margaret Friskney and …

Joneil Ellen Bonecutter, infant daughter of Tricia D. Bonecutter, was stillborn at 3:41 A.M. on Tuesday, July 28, 2015, at Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville, Ohio. Survivors include her mother, two brothers, Devon and Grady Bonecutter; her grandparents, Neil and Joanna Bonecutter of Edgerton, great-grandmothers, Joan Bonecutter, of Butler, Indiana …

Frances M. Hook, 96 years, of Bryan passed away Wednesday July 29, 2015 at Genesis Healthcare- Bryan Center. Frances was born March 2, 1919, in Alliance, Ohio to the late Jesse and Murel (Low) Hook. She was a 1937 graduate of Bryan High School. She also attended International Business College …

Defi­ance County Com­mis­sion­ers on Wednes­day, approved a $70,000 Revolv­ing Loan Fund agree­ment for a Hicksville busi­ness that is expand­ing it’s oper­a­tions there. The agree­ment will now allow A&P Tool Inc., to acquire machin­ery and equip­ment for it’s planned expan­sion and growth. A&P in Hicksville, is plan­ning to add a 14,000-square-foot …

Merit Wallace Smith, age 96, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 6:15 P.M. on Thursday, July 23, 2015, at Genesis HealthCare, Bryan Facility, where was a resident. Mr. Smith was a 1937 graduate of Gorham Fayette High School and a veteran of the Unites States Army, who served in World War …

Bobby D. Metz, age 87, of Bryan, Ohio, and formerly of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 10:10 A.M. on Sunday, July 26, 2015, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice near Defiance, Ohio, after an extended illness. Mr. Metz was a 1946 graduate of Edgerton High School and had been a truck …

Connie J. Eckert-Hart, age 52, of Stryker, passed away on Saturday, July 25, 2015 at the Toledo Hospital. Connie was born in Charleroi, PA on September 29, 1962, the daughter of Charles and Ella (Remmelmayr) Eckert. In 2000 she married Bejamin Hart, and he survives. Connie was a member of …

William J. Wieland, 72 years, of Bryan, passed away Saturday, July 25, 2015 in the emergency room of Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, Bryan.  Bill was born November 8, 1942 in Evansport, Ohio, the son of the late John L. and Grace M. (Henning) Wieland.  He was a 1961 graduate of Stryker …