Obituaries

Jodi Lynn Balser, age 51, of Napoleon, passed away comfortably in her home on Saturday, October 26, 2013. She had worked for Sauder Woodworking in Archbold for the past 15 years. Jodi was born in Wauseon on May 12, 1962, the daughter of Harold and Agnes (Abbott) Balser. She was …

Cheryl L. (Taylor) Cape, age 54, of Montpelier, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, October 23, 2013, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she had been a patient. Cheryl had worked as a waitress at the Ramada Inn in Holiday City, Ohio, for over 20 years. She …

Susan M. Hughart, age 64, of Butler, Indiana and formerly a lifelong resident of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 9:34 A.M. on Thursday, October 24, 2013 at Laurels of DeKalb where she was a patient. Ms. Hughart was a 1967 graduate of Edgerton High School and was employed at Edgerton Metals, …

Milo L. Renz, 85 years, of Bryan, passed away Wednesday, October 23, 2013 in his residence with his family at his side. He was under the care of Community Health Professionals Hospice.  Milo was born March 6, 1928, in Sherwood, Ohio, the son of the late Perry O. and Gertrude H. …

Doris M. Teegardin, 84 years, of Angola, passed away Monday, October 21, 2013 at Lakeland Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Angola.  Doris was born March 9, 1929 in Angola, Indiana, the daughter of the late Virgil M. and Vada M. (Berline) Seeman.  She married Ronald D. Teegardin on August 22, 1948 in …

Larry V. Gearhart, age 77, of rural Edon, Ohio, died at 10:55 P.M. on Sunday, October 20, 2013, at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana after a brief illness. Mr. Gearhart was a 1954 graduate of Edon High School and was employed by the Aro corporation in Bryan …

Marie A. Franz, age 103, of Edgerton, Ohio, died at 7:00 A.M. on Monday, October 21, 2013, at Park View Nursing Center in Edgerton, where she was a resident. A longtime resident of Hamilton, Indiana, she was a member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church near Edgerton, where she taught Sunday …

Kathryn “Kate” H. Fiser, 97, of Montpelier passed away Monday afternoon at the Community Hospitals and Wellness Center in Bryan.  She was born on December 22, 1915 in Pulaski Township, Williams County Ohio, to John A. and Dorothy Louella (Rausch) Osburn.  Kate attended Montpelier High School.  She married Carmen E. Fiser, and he …

Phyllis J. Henry, 93, of Montpelier passed away Sunday afternoon at Genesis Healthcare Center in Bryan.  She was born on September 4, 1920 in Edon, Ohio to John G. and Ethel May (Zimmerman) Boisher.  Phyllis graduated from Montpelier High School in 1938.  On December 31, 1946 she married Oscar K. Henry in Montpelier, …

Kathleen B. Robarge, age 92, of Bryan, Ohio, died at 4:15 P.M. on Saturday, October 19, 2013, at Hillside Country Living near Bryan, Ohio, where she had been a resident. Mrs. Robarge was a farmer’s wife, gardener and homemaker, living her entire adult life in Bryan, Ohio. She was an …