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Ronald E Miller
Dec 13, 2016
Toledo, Ohio - Ronald E. Miller, 51, of Toledo, Ohio passed away Tuesday, December 13, 2016 in St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio. He was born February 25, 1965 in Whiteman AFB, Missouri, and lived most of his life in Bowling Green area. He was a graduate 1983 of St. Paul High School. Ron had worked at Jacobs Field...
Harry Lynn Perkins
Dec 13, 2016
It is with great sadness that we must say goodbye to Harry Lynn Perkins, age 64, of New London. Harry passed the evening of December 13, 2016, at Stein Hospice Care Center. Harry was a genuine "good guy". He loved his classic Ford Thunderbird, was a lifelong member of the New London Eagles, and had served his country in the...
Norbert P Schafer
Dec 10, 2016
Norwalk, Ohio - Norbert P. Schafer, 102, lived peacefully and he died peacefully, surrounded by his loving family, on Saturday, December 10, 2016. Born in Navarre, Ohio, Norb was the eldest of Frank and Cecilia (Greenfelder) Schafer's eleven children. He was raised in the Monroeville area; attended the one-room Halfway Road School, St. Joseph School, and graduated from St. Paul...
Louis R Sams
Dec 9, 2016
Norwalk, Ohio - Louis R. Sams, 78 of Norwalk, passed away at ProMedica Memorial Hospital Saturday, December 09, 2016. He was born July 16, 1938, in Liberty, Missouri, to the late Charles W. and Alpha L. (Statesel) Sams. Louis was a 1956 graduate of Sandusky, High School and he had was a veteran of the Army, serving from 1956 to...
Catherine A Kelley
Dec 8, 2016
Norwalk, Ohio - Catherine A. Kelley, 71, passed away on Thursday, December 8, 2016, in Fisher Titus Medical Center, following a brief, but painful battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born to the late Henry B. and Jane E. (Ritchey) Hollenbaugh on April 26, 1945, in Shelby, Ohio. She was a devoted member of the Norwalk Alliance Church, Norwalk, Ohio,...
Paul Gene Blair
Dec 8, 2016
Paul Gene Blair, 92, of Shiloh, passed away on Thursday, December 8, 2016 in Willard. He was born on January 4, 1924 in Kentucky, to the late Charlie and Plynia (Bolen) Blair. Paul served in the US Army during WWII. He worked many years at the Ohio Seamless Tube Company in Shelby, where he retired in the early 1980's. He...
Maurice E. Trembley
Dec 7, 2016
Maurice E. Trembley, of Wakeman, passed away on Wednesday, December 7, 2016. He was 94. Maurice was born to the late Ivan and Mae (Eddington) Trembley on August 6, 1922 in Norwalk. Maurice graduated from New London High School in 1940 and later attended Coyne Electrical School. Maurice served in the Army during World War II. He earned a Good...
Shafter Risner
Dec 6, 2016
Shafter Risner, 88, of New London and formerly of Greenwich, died Tuesday, December 6, 2016, at Stein Hospice in Sandusky. Born in Middletown on July 7, 1928, he was a son of the late Cisco and Earsie (nee Montgomery) Risner. Shafter spent most of his childhood in Kentucky in and around MaGoffin County. He moved to Michigan with his family...
Catherine Amato Downer
Dec 5, 2016
Norwalk, Ohio - Catherine Amato Downer, 84, passed away Monday, December 5, 2016. She was born on December 15, 1931, to the late Alfred J. and Dorothy E. (Hamilton) Amato, in Norwalk, Ohio. Catherine was a 1949 graduate of Norwalk High School, and attended Ohio University, where she was a member of the Alpha Xi Delta. She married Thomas Downer...
Pard Whitaker
Dec 4, 2016
Pard Whitaker, 83, of Greenwich, passed away on Sunday, December 4, 2016 at Mercy Hospital of Willard. He was born on June 8, 1933 in Magoffin County, Kentucky, to the late Sam Whitaker and Julia (Hale) Whitaker-Moffit. Pard worked at MTD in Willard for 25 years. Pard is survived by his wife, Linda Whitaker; children, Ralph Whitaker, Helen Pitman, Carol...
Frances C. Knapp
Nov 30, 2016
Frances C. Knapp, resident of Norwalk and previously New London, passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2016. She was 99 years of age. Frances was born to Martin and Frances (nee Horvath) Clark on January 12, 1917 in Ashland. She graduated from Ashland High School in 1934. Frances met the love of her life, Cloyd Knapp while he was coaching her...
Dale E Shepard
Nov 30, 2016
Norwalk, Ohio - Dale E. Shepard, 62, passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2016, in Fisher Titus Medical Center. There will be no visitation or service. Walker Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements Send Condolences
Howard Eaton
Nov 27, 2016
Howard C. Eaton, 95, died Sunday, November 27, 2016 at his home. Born April 8, 1921 to the late Earl T. and Mable (nee Hipp) Eaton, Howard was a lifelong Rochester resident. Howard loved farming. He drove for Chambers farm delivering egg and for various other companies including the Elyria Chronicle Telegram. Howard was the sexton for Rochester Cemetery for...
Janice “Jan” N Bowen
Nov 27, 2016
Norwalk, Ohio - Janice "Jan" N. Bowen - passed away peacefully in Norwalk Memorial Home and went to be with the Lord on November 27, 2016. Jan is survived by her sister, Donna M. Reer, of Florida, several nephews, and a niece. She was preceded in death by her parents, Rex and Gertrude McCrillis, and her brother, Bruce McCrillis. There...
Earl H Wilbur
Nov 26, 2016
Norwalk, Ohio - Earl H. Wilbur, 78 passed away on Saturday, November 26, 2016, in his home. He was born in Fall River Massachusetts, to Alger and Margaret (Cloutier) Wilbur, on October 28, 1938. He attended schools in Amherst and Lorain, Ohio, before enlisting in the U.S. Navy when he was 17. While in the service, he loved sailing the...
Manuel "Chip" Thorn
Nov 24, 2016
Manuel Lee "Chip" Thorn, 67, of Wellington, died Thursday, November 24, 2016 surrounded by his family. He was born on August 28, 1949 in Vina Alabama to Kenneth and Lore (nee Vinson) Thorn and moved to the Cleveland area as a child. Chip was a graduate of West Tech High School in Cleveland and moved to the Wellington area in...
Marian F Chupp
Nov 24, 2016
Norwalk, Ohio - Marian F. Chupp, 101, of North Fairfield, Ohio, passed away Thursday, November 24, 2016 in Norwalk Memorial Home. She was born December 15, 1914, in North Fairfield, to the late Alto C. and Lena M. Wheeler, and was a lifelong area resident. Marian was a member of the North Fairfield United Methodist Church, where she was the...
Brett L. Brunke
Nov 24, 2016
Brett L. Brunke, age 53, of Olena, died Thursday, November 24, 2016 at Fisher-Titus Medical Center, Norwalk. He was born May 24, 1963, in Berwyn, Illinois. Brett was a graduate of Naperville North High School in Naperville, Illinois. He had worked for Walmart in Ashland in the frozen food department and also at Kent Sporting Goods in New London. Brett...
Helen Virginia Frazier
Nov 24, 2016
EASTMAN FUNERAL HOME 419-929-3781 Helen Virginia Frazier, age 93, of Ashland, died Thursday, November 24, 2016 at her home. She was born October 29, 1923 at home in Ruggles Twp., daughter of the late Franklin Perry and Clara (Storrow) Simonson. Helen had been a homemaker and had worked at Forest City Technologies/Foam for nearly 15 years. She was a longtime...
Renee R Dellisanti
Nov 24, 2016
Norwalk Ohio - Renee R. Dellisanti, 62, passed away Thursday, November 24, 2016 in Ohio State University Hospital East, following a lengthy illness. She was born November 5, 1954, in Amherst, Ohio to the late Casey and Marjorie (Black) Dellisanti. Renee enjoyed her jobs at WLKR (Recipe Show), Parts Distributors, Inc., and her different employments in food service in Milan,...
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