Ashley Anne Messmann, age 28 died Tuesday, February 5, 2013 from injuries sustained in an auto accident. She was born December 8, 1984 in Defiance, Ohio, the daughter of Robert “Bob” and Pamela S. (Gross) Gardner. On July 7, 2007 she married Harrison “Harry” Messmann, who survives. She was employed by West Bend News as…
Ruby M. Nern, 84, of Antwerp, passed away Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at Hickory Creek Nursing Home, Hicksville. Ruby was born in Oak Hill, Ohio on August 21, 1928, a daughter of the late Dovie (Scarberry) and John Craft. She worked at Bryan Custom Plastics & was a member of Mount Calvary Lutheran Church of…
PAYNE: Leo Freeman Davis, age 97 died Sunday, January 27, 2013 at the Country Inn Enhanced Living Center, Paulding. He was born December 6, 1915 in Payne, Ohio the son of James and Pearl (Merica) Davis. On January 16, 1938 he married Caroline E. Schaefer, who preceded him in death on May 10, 2008. Leo…
Beth A. Marihugh, 64, died Saturday, January 26, 2013 at Community Memorial Hospital, Hicksville, Ohio. She was born on April 15, 1948 in Hicksville, the daughter of the late Marshall and Ethel (Smalley) Fields. She was a 1966 graduate of Hicksville High School. On April 15, 1967, she was united in marriage with Elmer Marihugh…
Dortha E. Schaefer, 92 of Payne willingly accepted death when she passed away Jan. 23, 2013 She was born in Payne on November 21, 1920 a daughter of the late John & Vivian (Outland) Bonner. On Feb 3, 1940 she married Roy Schaefer. Dortha was a substitute mail carrier for 17 years and a rural…
ANTWERP: Dorothy Coleen Jeffery, age 89 died Tuesday, January 15 in the CHP Inpatient Hospice Center, Van Wert, OH. She was born February 28, 1923 in Antwerp, Ohio, the daughter of Carl F. and Norma C. (Filley) Smith. On February 2, 1941 she married Ray R. Jeffery. She was a member of Antwerp United Methodist…
PAULDING: Carol A. Dix, age 66, died Friday, January 11 at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Ft. Wayne, IN. She was born September 4, 1946 in Ft. Wayne, IN, the daughter of Carlton and Cemantha (Sprague) Cluts. On June 28, 1969 she married Roger E. Dix, who survives. She was previously employed by Paulding Exempted Village…
OAKWOOD: Hulet “Bill” Arms, age 82 died Saturday, January 12, 2013 after a long battle with Silicosis of the lungs, in the Laurels of Defiance, Defiance, Ohio. He was born October 23, 1930 in Bucu (Dickenson County), VA, in a W. M. Ritter Lumber Camp, the son of John T. and Bonnie (Lester) Arms. He…
TOLEDO: Lois A. Williamson, age 76 died Thursday, January 10. She was born March 7, 1936 in Paulding, Ohio the daughter of Forrest H. and Naomi (Grubaugh) Williamson. She was employed as a teacher by Washington Local High School, Toledo retiring in 1986. She is survived by two sisters, Leah Smith, Payne, and Joan E.…
PAULDING: Alan Ray Whirrett passed away quietly following surgery at St. Rita’s Hospital, Lima on January 6, 2013 at 11:15 PM. Alan was born in Paulding County, Ohio to Bill and Edith (Haney) Whirrett on March 11, 1928. On July 28, 1951 he married Deloris Reinhart, who survives. He retired as Chief Warrant Officer from…
Carolyn Jean Watson, 86, of Antwerp, OH, formerly of Auburn, IN passed away Monday, January 7, 2013 at Hickory Creek Nursing Home, Hicksville. Carolyn was born in Wabash, Indiana on July 30, 1926, a daughter of the late Vera (Stone) and Carl Burton Irelan. She was a 1944 graduate of Wabash High School and went…
Hope Eleanor Smith, 96, of Antwerp, passed away Thursday, January 3, 2013 at her residence. Hope was born in Defiance County, Ohio on August 18, 1916, a daughter of the late Mary Edna (Core) and Jesse Ellsworth Revert. She was a 1934 graduate of Mark Center High School and earned a degree from International Business…
PAULDING: Kathryn Arlene Clark, age 74 died Friday, January 4. She was born January 30, 1938 in Paulding County, Ohio, the daughter of John N. and Ruby E. (Gunderman) Buchman. On April 14, 1956 she married James “Casey” Clark, who preceded her in death on December 23, 2012. She retired in 1986 from Paulding County…
