Obituaries

Feb 24, 2019

 

Shelley A. Toms, age 69, of Swanton, Ohio, passed away Sunday evening, February 24, 2019 at the Swanton Health Care and Retirement Center.  She was born April 20, 1949 in Oregon, Ohio to Joseph and Betty (Shelley) Balusik. 

Shelley worked for the Auto Parts Store in Delta and Swanton. She was a 4-H Leader and Horses were her passion.

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Feb 22, 2019

Rosemary Smith, affectionately known as Rosie, age 89, of Swanton, Ohio, passed away peacefully Friday afternoon, February 22, 2019 at Swanton Health Care and Retirement Center  surrounded by her three loving children.  She was born November 15, 1929 in Detroit, Michigan to Leo and Mary Ann (Snyder) Schneider.  On June 24, 1950, she married Howard E. Smith.  They were married...

Feb 22, 2019

Feb 7, 2019

Feb 6, 2019

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....

Feb 2, 2019

Jan 29, 2019

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...

Jan 28, 2019

 

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,...

Jan 27, 2019

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...

Jan 26, 2019

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...

Jan 24, 2019

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...

Jan 22, 2019

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....

Jan 21, 2019

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...

Jan 19, 2019

Juanita J. Hallett, age 92, of Delta, passed away Saturday, January 19, 2019, at Genesis of Swanton Valley, where she had resided the past six years. Prior to her retirement she had worked at the former Mohr's Five and Dime, which later became Mohr's Shoes, for 50 years.

Juanita was born in Wauseon on December 5, 1926, the daughter of Douglas...

Jan 19, 2019

Merlin Joseph Hassen, age 93, of Perrysburg, Ohio; formerly of Swanton, Ohio, entered into eternal life comforted by his family, Saturday morning, January 19, 2019, at Perrysburg Commons.  As an only child, he was born November 9, 1925 in Swanton to Clarence Joseph and Julia M. (Raab) Hassen.  Merlin was a graduate of Swanton High School and was a U.S. Army...

Jan 18, 2019

Ann Marie Sadowski, age 60, of Swanton, Ohio, passed away peacefully, Friday morning, January 18, 2019, at the Elizabeth Scott Community in Maumee.  She was born April 21, 1958, in Toledo, Ohio to Wayne and Florence "Sally" (Pilliod) Lenfestey.  Ann was a 1976 graduate of Swanton High School.  On July 14, 1979, she married Steve Sadowski. 

Ann was an...

Jan 13, 2019

Timothy Alan Thatcher, age 52, of Swanton, Ohio passed away Sunday evening, January 13, 2019, at Hospice of Northwest Ohio in Perrysburg, following a 5-year battle with Lou Gehrig's disease. He was born August 26, 1966 in Wauseon, Ohio to Dale and Lorena (Miller) Thatcher, and was a 1984 graduate of Swanton High School. 

Timothy worked for American Steel Treating in...

Jan 7, 2019

Marguerite Ann (Witt) Braun, affectionately known as Sis, age 93, of Lyons, Ohio, peacefully entered into eternal rest, Monday morning, January 7, 2019, at the Swanton Health Care and Retirement Center.  Sis was born June 26, 1925 in Metamora, Ohio to Francis Xavier and Elizabeth (Dickerson) Witt. She married Irvin Braun, and he preceded her in death.

A devout Catholic,...

Jan 4, 2019

Spencer R. Niles, age 85, of Delta, Ohio, died peacefully in his home surrounded by his family, Friday morning, January 4, 2019.  He was born September 30, 1933 in Toledo, Ohio and grew up in Sylvania.  Spencer attended grade school at Nazareth Hall and graduated from Burnham High School in 1953, where he was a star quarterback and captain of...

Jan 4, 2019

 

Joan Marie (Myers) Bettinger, age 73 of Swanton, Ohio entered into heaven on Friday morning, January 4, 2019, at the Cleveland Clinic from complications following a bone marrow transplant.  Joan was born April 7, 1945 in Swanton, Ohio along with her twin brother, John.  Joan was the youngest of 5 siblings and 2 half siblings.  She graduated from Swanton...