Richard Wayne Foster, 61 of Luckey, OH, passed away Thursday, February 7, 2019 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Toledo, with his family at his side. He was born January 31, 1958 to Richard Eugene and Patricia Jane (Hoyer) Foster in Fostoria, OH. While Richard worked in various capacities, he was passionate about funeral service and was most noted as a Mortuary Assistant with Deck-Hanneman Funeral Home in Bowling Green for nearly 10 years. A man with a wonderful sense of humor and a zest for...

Dwayne Allen Blankenship, age 54, of Swanton, Ohio, who will be remembered as the kindest person on earth with a big heart, entered into eternal life, Wednesday afternoon, February 6, 2019.  He was born December 25, 1964 in Cleveland, Ohio to William and Eleanor (Lusk) Blankenship.  Dwayne was 1983 graduate of Evergreen High School, where he was involved in FFA. On October 17, 1998, he married Charlene Burkard, and they later divorced. Dwayne was a member of St. Richard Catholic...

Floyd Grabarczyk, age 82, of Metamora, Ohio, entered into eternal life, Saturday afternoon, February 2, 2019, in his home surrounded by his loving family.  He was born October 11, 1936 in Holland, Ohio to Sophia (Pawlaczyk) and Michael Grabarczyk. Floyd enlisted in the Air Force Reserves and was stationed at Lackland Air Base in San Antonio, Texas. On September 2, 1967, he married Carol Kidd.    Floyd worked for Rudolph Libbe for over 40 years. First as a cement mason and than...

William "Bill" L. Weills, age 75, of Swanton, Ohio, loving husband, father and grandfather, passed away peacefully in his  home Tuesday, January 29, 2019, with his loving family at his side. He was born September 28,  1943 in Toledo, Ohio to Charles L. "Buck" and Beatrice (Baker) Weills. On October 16, 1967, he married his longtime friend and companion, Faye L. Moore.  Bill  worked for Jeep for 30 years, retiring in 1998. Bill was a member of the...

  Kenneth W. Sugg, age 62, of Swanton, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly Monday, January 28, 2019, while at work.  He was born November 14, 1956 in Toledo, Ohio to Richard and Jeanette (Sauers) Sugg.  He attended Libbey High School, and on April 2, 1989, married Laurie Stewart. Ken was baptized in 1979 into the Assemblies of Yahweh based in Bethel, Pennsylvania, and was an avid supporter of its radio ministry WMLK.  He held steadfast and true to his faith over the...

Thomas Lee Bivins, age 66, of Metamora, Ohio died unexpectedly in his home on Sunday, January 27, 2019. He was born March 19, 1952 in Ventura, California to Thomas  and Effie (Cummins) Bivins. As a child Tommy lived all over the West Coast. He served in the Vietnam War, worked as a plumber and was very proud of his maintenance position at Beroske's Greenhouse.   Tommy lived a full life and to it's fullest! He was a one of a kind "gentleman" and his smile lit up...

Virgil J. Malburg, age 89, of Metamora, Ohio, entered into eternal rest early Saturday morning, January 26, 2019, at The Toledo Hospital, following a recent stroke.  He was born May 19, 1929 in Ogden Township, Michigan to Fred and Agnes (Liptow) Malburg.  He attended St. Mary's School, and enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he served in the 369th Engineer Amphibious Regiment in Fort Worden, Washington during the Korean Conflict.  On May 7, 1955, he married the love of his...

Marsha A. Schmidlin, age 78, of Swanton, Ohio, passed away peacefully, Thursday, January 24, 2019 at the Franciscan Care Center in Toledo.  She was born December 31, 1940 to Aloysius "Ollie" and Viola (Hubert) Nowak.  On September 9, 1958, she married her high school sweetheart, Ronald A. Schmidlin.  He preceded her in death October 25, 2009. Marsha was a 1958 graduate of Rogers High School.  She was blessed to have spent the majority of her life, along with...

William "Bill" Stukey, age 85, longtime resident of Swanton, Ohio, passed away Tuesday afternoon, January 22, 2019 at the University of Michigan Metro Health Center in Wyoming, Michigan. He was born October 20, 1933 in Genoa, Ohio to Everell Glenn and Elizabeth (Foust) Stukey. On June 10, 1972 he married Marlyn Christy. Bill served this country in the U.S. Army. He was a builder, especially of people, throughout his career as supervisor and plant manager at the Little Dude Trailer...

Jerry VandeSande, age 69, of Metamora, Ohio, passed away peacefully in his home, following a brief illness, Monday, January 21, 2019, surrounded by his loving family.  He was born February 22, 1949 in Beernem, Belgium to Cyriel and Josima (Steyaert) VandeSande.  In 1950, when Jerry was 18 months old, the family arrived in America by ship. He was raised and helped on the family farm as a crop and produce farmer.  That carried over to his own farm, which he managed for 50...