Obituaries
Phillip Ameling
Nov 22, 2013
Phillip L. Ameling, 74 of Helena, passed away at St. Charles Mercy Medical Hospital in Oregon on November 22, 2013. Phillip was born on June 7, 1939 to George and Helen (Hudson) Ameling. In June of 1960, Phillip enlisted in the U.S. Army. He married Lois Depner in December of 1960 in Woodville, Ohio. She passed away in March of...
Harold Payne
Nov 22, 2013
Harold Payne, 85, of rural Gibsonburg passed away at St. Catherine's Care Center in Fostoria on Friday, Nov. 22, 2013. Harold was born on Dec. 7, 1927 in Kansas City, MO, the only child of Francis and Marie (Nash) Payne. A 1945 graduate of Gibsonburg High School, he went on to excel in a position with the US Peace Corp....
Dale Miller
Nov 21, 2013
Dale Miller, 77 of Lindsey, passed away on November 21, 2013 at the Willows in Bellevue. Dale was born on March 24, 1936 in Archbold to Emil and Ruth (Pursel) Miller. On November 27, 1960, Dale married Nancy Shockley at St. John's Lutheran Church in Fremont. Dale was a truck driver for MJ Miller Trucking and Myers Transportation until his...
Nicholas Reiter
Nov 19, 2013
Gibsonburg resident, Nicholas Alan Reiter, 51 died Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013 at the St. Charles Mercy Medical Hospital in Oregon. Born on Aug. 7, 1962, he was the son of Bruce and Rebecca (Buskirk) Reiter. He graduated from Old Fort High School and earned a degree in Electro Mechanical Robotics at Terra Community College. As a scientist, Nicholas worked for...
Raymond Patterson
Nov 19, 2013
Raymond Lee Patterson, 85, of Fremont, OH, formerly of Wauwatosa, WI, died on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. He was born in Loogootee, IN, Nov. 7, 1928 to Joseph and Doris (Smith) Patterson. He graduated from Loogootee High School and from St. Joseph College, IN. Ray served in the Army during the Korean Conflict and was stationed in Korea. He was...
Vera Abdoo Stull
Nov 17, 2013
Vera Abdoo Stull, 90 of Fremont, passed away at Parkview Care Center on November 17, 2013. Vera was born in Millbury, OH on August 8, 1923 to James Alfred Wetzel and Lillian Adele Wright. She was a 1942 graduate of Genoa High School. On October 13, 1941 she married George Louis Abdoo. He passed away on February 7, 1980. On...
Robert Bowser
Nov 17, 2013
Robert Bowser formerly of Gibsonburg passed away Sunday November 17,2013 at his home in Scottsdale, AZ He was born in Fremont on June 29, 1935 to Theodore and Helen Maylam Bowser. He was a graduate of Gibsonburg, Ohio and married the former Marilyn Reino Bowser on November 20, 1954. Robert was an avid hunter and fisherman; he also enjoyed snowmobiling...
Arthur M Clark
Nov 14, 2013
Gibsonburg resident, Arthur E. Clark, 93, passed away Thursday, November 14, 2013 at the Good Shepherd Home in Fostoria. Arthur was born in Chicago, IL on October 3, 1920 to the late Theodore and Ellen (Steele) Clark. A 1940 graduate of Fostoria High School, he served in the US Navy during WW II battling in the Philippines and elsewhere in...
Jean Wittenmyer
Nov 9, 2013
Jean Wittenmyer, 93, formerly of Gibsonburg died Saturday, November 9, 2013 at the Bridge Hospice Care Center in Bowling Green. Born on September 26, 1920 in Clear Lake, Iowa, she was a daughter of the late Aneus and Bess (Pittman) Frohling. On December 25, 1936, she married William Wittenmyer. He passed on June 29, 1988. A homemaker, Jean also worked...
Francis Hill
Nov 8, 2013
Francis E. Hill, 84 of Fremont, passed away at Countryside Continuing Care Center on November 8, 2013. Francis was born on March 30, 1929 in Seneca County to Lawrence and Pearl (Pultz) Hill. Francis graduated from Old Fort High School in 1947 and later graduated from Tiffin University with a degree in accounting. He married Patricia Klopp in 1961 at...
Michael Lee Overmyer
Nov 7, 2013
Michael "NBC" Lee Overmyer, age 42, died at his home in Bangor, ME on November 7, 2013. Michael was born on July 22, 1971 in Toledo, to Martha (Darr) and Roy Overmyer. He attended Fremont Ross High School, graduating in 1989 Mike first worked during his high school years for Kenny Novitski at Fremont Ponderosa, who inspired him with the...
Edward John Marok
Nov 6, 2013
Edward John Marok, of Gibsonburg and formerly of Toledo, passed away Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at his home. He was born in Toledo, OH, on July 14, 1922. Edward graduated from Woodward High School in 1940, and then served in the Army during WWII in Germany, Belgium, and France. He married Joanne Parish on August 9, 1952 in Angola, Indiana,...
James A. Kohler
Nov 3, 2013
James A. Kohler, Sr., 79, of Gibsonburg, passed away peacefully in his home on Sunday, November 3, 2013. He was born on September 18, 1934 to Earl L. Kohler and Ellen (Strasel) Davies. He married Mary Ellen Nieset on July 17, 1954, at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Gibsonburg, where they were both members, and they raised a family of...
Joseph Rogowski
Nov 2, 2013
Toledo residents, Joseph William and Helen Marie Rogowski, ages 84 and 78, died tragically when their home caught fire November 2, 2013. Joseph was born in Rossford, OH on April 24, 1929 to Joseph J. and Charlotte (Oldiges) Rogowski; Helen on May 12, 1935 in Kansas, OH to Charles and Catherine (Kauffman) Reinbolt. He graduated from Rossford High School and...
Helen Rogowski
Nov 2, 2013
Toledo residents, Joseph William and Helen Marie Rogowski, ages 84 and 78, died tragically when their home caught fire November 2, 2013. Joseph was born in Rossford, OH on April 24, 1929 to Joseph J. and Charlotte (Oldiges) Rogowski; Helen on May 12, 1935 in Kansas, OH to Charles and Catherine (Kauffman) Reinbolt. He graduated from Rossford High School and...
Santiago Garza
Nov 1, 2013
Santiago Garza, 81, of Gibsonburg, passed away at home on Friday, November 1, 2013. He was born on July 25, 1932 in Navasota, TX to Antonio and Soledad (Gamez) Garza. Santiago was a career truck driver, lastly working for ADS Transport until his retirement in April of 2007. He married Sara (Nuncio) Garza on September 29, 1956 at Our Lady...
Kelly Lozano
Oct 29, 2013
Kelly Sue Lozano, of Holland, OH, died on October 29, 2013 after a long and valiant battle against leukemia. Kelly was born on October 10, 1970 in Fremont, Ohio. She was a graduate of Fremont Ross, HS, class of 1989 and Terra State Community College. Kelly was a long time employee of Bonnie & Cys and was employed at Schindler...
Jack Delton Batesole
Oct 26, 2013
Jack Delton Batesole, 79 of Helena, Ohio passed away on October 26th 2013 at Bethesda Care Center, Fremont, Ohio. Jack was born on March 9th 1934 to Richard and Daisy (Beatty) Batesole in Fremont, Ohio. He was a Korean War veteran who served in the Army from 1951-1953 and then after the war he served 21 years in the National...
Lynn Marie Mintz
Oct 23, 2013
Lynn Marie (Boff) Mintz, 54 of Gibsonburg passed away on Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at the home of her father. She was born on March 15, 1959 in Fostoria, OH to Edwin and Faith (Needles) Boff. Lynn was a 1977 graduate of Lakota High School and received a Medical-Nursing degree from the Bowling Green University School of Nursing. She worked...
Herbert Schlecht
Oct 23, 2013
Herbert Schlecht, age 61, passed away at his home in Fremont, OH. He was born on February 11, 1952 in Altmunster, Austria. His family left Europe in 1957 to live in the United States. Herb graduated from Gibsonburg High School in 1970. He took classes at Vanguard Vocational School and specialized in automotive mechanics. Herb worked for 36 years at...



