Terry Ryan dies; author of best-seller "The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio" will be buried in Defiance

Jack Palmer Published:

SAN FRANCISCO -- Defiance native Terry (Tuff) Ryan, author of The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio, died Wednesday afternoon at her home in San Francisco. Ryan, the sixth of 10 children of the late Evelyn and Leo (Kelly) Ryan, was a 1964 graduate of Defiance High School. "Terry was an outstanding person, always upbeat," said her high.