David Eugene Frederick, 58 of Clyde, passed away at his home on Thursday, December 18, 2013. David was born on July 9, 1955 in Fremont to Laurel W. and Elizabeth (Forster) Frederick. David was a 1973 graduate of Clyde Sr. High School. He was a maintenance mechanic at EPCO, retiring in 2009. He was a lover of football, OSU and...
Joseph C. "Jacobs" Simmons, a.k.a. Joe Cool & Papa, 60 of Fremont, passed away at his home on Wednesday, December 18, 2013. Joseph was born in Tiffin on April 12, 1953 to Jake and Martha Louise (McDaniels) Jacobs. He was a graduate of Fremont Ross High School and Terra Community College. In 1983, he married Brenda (Gittinger). Joe was a...
John F. Bork Jr., 88, orginally of Fremont, passed away on December 7, 2013 at Swan Pointe Care Center in Maumee. John was born on April 19, 1925 to John F. and Edith A. (Schultz) Bork. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Herman-Kinn-Karlovetz Funeral Home & Cremation Services.
Bertha Reed, 92, of Fremont, passed away on December 3, 2013 at Bethesda Care Center in Fremont. Bertha was born in Plattsburg, NY on July 30, 1921 to William and Luella (Griffin) Sherwood. On May 30, 1940 she married Melvin Reed in Kansas, OH. He passed away on May 22, 1976. Bertha was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church....
Graveside services will be held at 1:30pm on Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at St. Joseph Cemetery, Fremont. Father Michael Zacharius will officiate.
Former Bettsville resident, Heather Lynn Brion, 36, died in Virginia on November, 23, 2013. Heather was born on May 20, 1977, the only child of Terrence and Mary (Baker) Brion. As a student of Bettsville High School, Heather was Class President and Historian, graduating in 1995. She attended Heidelberg College moved on to work as an IT Support Specialist for...
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, 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, 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...
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 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, 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 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...
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, 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 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 "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, 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, 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...
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...