Obituaries

Desiree Rapp, age 20, passed away Saturday, October 18, 2014 at the Toledo Hospital. Arrangements are pending at the Edgar-Grisier Funeral Home in Wauseon.

Thomas Wesley Climo, age 91, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 12:15 P.M. on Friday, October 17, 2014, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, near Defiance. Mr. Climo was a clerk at Spangler Candy & Tobacco for 30 years prior to his retirement. He was a World War II veteran of …

Wava F. Missler, age 87, of Bryan, Ohio, and formerly of Edon, Ohio, died at 8:05 P.M. on Friday, October 17, 2014, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center after a brief illness. Mrs. Missler was a homemaker and a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Bryan. She enjoyed attending the Bryan Senior …

Donald “Don” L. Dietsch, 58, a lifelong resident of Montpelier passed away Saturday night at the Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana.  He was born on July 16, 1956 in Montpelier to Frank H. and Barbara J. (Bavin) Dietsch.  Don graduated from Montpelier High School in 1974, and earned a …

Stanley R. Packard, age 57, of Holland, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, October 17, 2014 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Maumee. Stanley had worked for Owens Illinois. Arrangements are pending at the Grisier Funeral Home in Delta.

John G. Hummel, 75, formerly of Bryan passed away Friday afternoon in Summerfield, Florida.  Pending funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Thompson Funeral Home in Montpelier.

Pamela D. Kast, 65 years, of Bryan, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 16, 2014 at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, Defiance, with her family at her side.  Pam was born November 5, 1948 in Coldwater, Michigan, the daughter of the late Herbert William and Beatrice (Paison) Eckman.  Pam was a devoted …

Neil Lambert Holthues, age 88, of Montpelier, Ohio, died on Wednesday, October 8, 2014, in his home. Neil grew up on a farm in Montana. He was raised farming there and later moved to Ohio. He entered the Marine Corps, fighting in World War II from 1944-1946, and returned to …

Barbara A. Bishop, age 91, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away at 2:45 P.M. on Friday, October 10, 2014, at Genesis HealthCare-Bryan Center under the care of Community Health Professionals Hospice Care. She was a graduate of St. Charles High School in Coldwater, Michigan, and attended the Commercial Art Institute in …

Earl E. Cogswell, 92 of Montpelier passed away early Saturday morning, October 11, 2014 at Parkview  Nursing Center in Edgerton. He was born June 30, 1922 in Williams County, Ohio to William and Zelma (Allion) Cogswell. He is survived by four brothers. As Mr. Cogswell requested, there will be no services …