Obituaries
Thomas L. Buehrer
Nov 17, 2018
Thomas L. Buehrer, age 72, of Swanton, Ohio, passed away Saturday morning, November 17, 2018 at St. Luke's Hospital in Maumee. He was born September 30, 1946 in Wauseon, Ohio to Sylvanus and
Jesse Bell Buehrer. He was a 1964 graduate of Pettisville High School. On June 19, 1970 he married his beloved wife, Jane Layman.
Tom was a truck driver...
J. Dianne Belinger
Nov 17, 2018
J. Dianne Belinger, age 73, of Louisville, Kentucky; formerly of Swanton, Ohio, entered into eternal life, Saturday morning, November 17, 2018. She was born November 22, 1944 in Del Rio, Texas to Lorell Dean and Geraldine V. (Brown) Winsper. She married her beloved husband, William Edward Belinger on July 27, 1968. He preceded her in death on August 7th of this...
Donna J. Stevenson
Nov 7, 2018
Donna J. Stevenson, age 88, of Swanton and formerly of Wauseon passed away late Wednesday November 7, 2018 at Swanton Valley Healthcare. Prior to her retirement she had been the Assistant Treasurer for the Pike-Delta-York School District.
Mrs. Stevenson was born on November 15, 1929 in Delta, Ohio the daughter of the late Marion and the late Irene (Sindel) Soles....
Henry B. Vandenbusche
Nov 2, 2018
Henry B. Vandenbusche, age 88, of Blissfield, Michigan, and a lifelong farmer, entered into eternal life, Friday evening, November 2, 2018, just shy of his 89th birthday. He was born November 21, 1929 in Gross Pointe Park, Michigan to Lucille (Lazoen) and Robert Vandenbusche. He was a 1948 graduate of Metamora High School and was drafted into the United States...
Deanna L. Guinn
Nov 1, 2018
Deanna L. Guinn, age 56, of Swanton, Ohio, passed away, Thursday, November 1, 2018, at St. Luke's hospital. She was born April 27, 1962 in Toledo, Ohio to Patricia (Schaub) and Abraham Lincoln Harmon. She was a 1980 graduate of Waite High School, and on September 22, 1984, married Randall Guinn. Deanna enjoyed crocheting and reading romance novels.
She is...
Arthur Wayne Hassen
Nov 1, 2018
Arthur W. Hassen, age 62, of Metamora, Ohio, passed away Thursday, November 1, 2018, in Ebeid Hospice Residence, with his wife by his side, from injuries he sustained in an automobile accident.
Arthur was born December 26, 1955 in Toledo, Ohio to Sue (Spradling) and Robert Hassen, and was a 1973 graduate of Evergreen High School. He worked as a...
Katie Belle Phipps
Oct 31, 2018
Katie (Franks) Essinger-Phipps, devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, age 92, of Crystal Lake, Florida; and formerly of Swanton, Ohio, died Wednesday, October 31, 2018. She was one of six children, born March 18, 1926 in Cygnet, Ohio to the late Christina (Apel) and Charles H. Franks. She married her first husband Ira Essinger. Together they owned and operated a gas...
Rob Alan Howard, Jr.
Oct 24, 2018
Rob Alan Howard, Jr., age 27, of Delta, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, October 24, 2018. He was born August 1, 1991 in Wauseon, Ohio to Sherry May (Dauwalter) and Rob Alan Howard. Rob was a 2010 graduate of Delta High School and attended Four County. On December 14, 2013, he married Kaitlyn Spurgeon.
Rob was a diesel mechanic and worked...
Harriet "Hattie" A. Parker
Oct 19, 2018
Harriet “Hattie” A. Parker, age 96, of Swanton, Ohio, passed away peacefully, Friday afternoon, October 19, 2018 at Swanton Health Care and Retirement Center. She was born August 12, 1922 in Toledo, Ohio to the late Ava D. (Bayes) and Vernon E. Parker.
Harriet was a 1940 graduate of Swanton High School, and was proud to have served in the...
David "Crew" Smith
Oct 18, 2018
David Paul Smith, known by his Centurion Family as Crew, age 59, of Delta, Ohio, passed away Thursday, October, 18, 2018. He was born October 22, 1958 in Toledo, Ohio. He graduated from High School and enlisted in the U.S. Army. He married Cynthia Beeker in 1987. She passed away November 11, 2011. On September 28, 2013, he married Kimberly...
Clara Nowak
Oct 16, 2018
Clara Nowak, age 94, of Swanton, Ohio, entered into eternal rest, Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at Swanton Health Care & Retirement Center. She was born May 16, 1924 in Monroe, Michigan to the late Theresa (Fritz) and Lewis Knaggs. She married Anthony Nowak, and he preceded her in death.
Clara retired from Chrysler Jeep where she worked as an inspector. She was...
Gerald "Jerry" W. Stinson
Oct 13, 2018
Gerald "Jerry" W. Stinson, age 78, of Swanton, Ohio, passed away Saturday morning, October 13, 2018 at Ebeid Hospice in Sylvania. He was born August 27, 1940 in Toledo, Ohio to the late Helen (Monaghan) and Alvin Stinson. Jerry was a 1958 graduate of Swanton High School and on October 1, 1961 married Sharon Gibbons.
Jerry worked as an inspector for...
Albert "Al" Jay Pardee
Oct 11, 2018
Albert Jay Pardee, known as Al to friends and family, age 65, of Metamora, Ohio, passed away peacefully in his home, Thursday afternoon, October 11, 2018, following a long battle with cancer. Al will best be remembered as a loving husband, father, musician and restauranteur.
He was born November 10, 1952 in Buffalo, New York to the late Joan (Melbrod) and...
