Obituaries

Rita Carol Gaddis, 58 years, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away Monday, July 13, 2015 at Evergreen Manor Nursing Home, Montpelier. Rita was born March 6, 1957 in Shelbyville, Kentucky, the daughter of Roy M. and Sue E. (Kemp) Gaddis. She was a 1975 graduate of Eminence High School. Rita worked …

LoisJean Hilda Richer, age 82, of Stryker, passed away Sunday, July 12, 2015 at Genesis in Bryan. LoisJean was born in Henry County, Ohio, the daughter of Alfred G. and Pauline (Meyer) Rabe. In 1954 she married Harold Gerken , who died in 2009. In 1984 she married Lawrence Richer, …

Rev. Mary M. Duke, 88 years, formerly of Sherwood, passed away Friday, July 10, 2015 in her residence with her family at her side. Mary was born April 10, 1927 in Bartow County, Georgia, the daughter of the late Dock and Alice (Cochran) Wiley. Mary married Haskell O. Duke in …

Mary L. Trachl, age 66, of Bryan, Ohio, died on Wednesday, July 8, 2015, at her home. Mrs. Trachl was a foreign language teacher at Central Local (Fairview) Schools from 1983 until the present, where she taught mainly Spanish and some French. Mary attended St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Edgerton. …

E. June Friskney, age 92, of Camden, Michigan, and longtime Edon, Ohio, area resident, died on Tuesday, July 7, 2015, at Northern Lakes Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Angola, Indiana, where she was a patient. Mrs. Friskney was a 1941 graduate of Metz, Indiana, High School. After living in Edon, …

Robert N. Wagner Jr. passed away on Monday July 6, 2015 from cancer; he was 74. Robert was a 1959 graduate of Central Catholic High School in Toledo, OH. He was a veteran of the US Army, and was stationed at Ft. Lewis Washington where he met and later married …

James Eugene Thornton, age 85, of Wauseon passed away early Saturday July 4, 2015 at the Fulton County Health Center. Mr. Thornton was born on March 19, 1930 in BonJelico, Kentucky the son of the late James and the late Judy (Moses) Thornton. He married the former Betty Berryhill and …

Suellen Schad, age 69, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 10:55 A.M. on Friday, July 3, 2015, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center where she had been a resident. Suellen was the co-owner and bookkeeper at Suburban Golf Course for many years. She had also been a bookkeeper at Isaac Tire and …

Dennis M. Johnston, age 95, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away at 9:55 A.M. on Friday, July 3, 2015, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. Mr. Johnston was the mayor of Edgerton for 16 years. He worked as a milkman for Callender Dairy in Edgerton and Benner Dairy in …

Irma L. Lowery, age 80, of Wauseon, passed away Thursday, July 2, 2015 at Heartland of Wauseon. Mrs. Lowery was born on January 17, 1935 in Chesterfield, Oh, the daughter of Paul and Martha (Whitehead) Campbell. Mrs. Lowery was a homemaker. She was a member of First Christian Church. Surviving …