Obituaries

HAMILTON, Ind. -- Richard "Buck" A. Walters, 76, Hamilton, died at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 2, 2008, in DeKalb Memorial Hospital, Auburn, Ind. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Antwerp. Visitation is from...  Read

BRYAN -- A memorial service for Roma J. Benoit will be held on Sunday during the weekly service at Faith United Methodist Church, Bryan. Services start at 10:15 am. She died on Dec. 5, 2007. Handling arrangements was Burr Funeral Home and...  Read

GROSSE POINTE WOODS, Mich. -- Word was received of the June 13, 2008, death of Barbara Joyce (Heizmann) Bochenek, 38, Grosse Pointe Woods, who died at Karmanos Cancer Center, Harper Hospital, Detroit, Mich. She was born May 14, 1970,...  Read

DESHLER -- Mary B. Haffner, 91, Deshler, died Wednesday afternoon, July 2, 2008, at Vancrest Health Care Center of Holgate. Arrangements are pending at Rodenberger Funeral Home,...  Read

Richard Rickenberg FLORIDA -- Richard C. Rickenberg, 61, Florida, Ohio, died at 6:01 a.m. Wednesday, July 2, 2008, in Mercy Hospital of Defiance, Defiance, Ohio. He was born Dec. 1, 1946, in Napoleon, Ohio, the son of Alfred and Viola M. (Wieland)...  Read

FORT WAYNE -- Former Defiance resident Edward D. Murphy, Sr., 93, Fort Wayne, died Sunday, June 29, 2008, at Covington Manor Nursing Center, Fort Wayne. He was born Sept. 6, 1914, in Traverse City, Mich., the son of Calvin and...  Read

BRYAN -- Louise May (Buehrer) Fisher, 78, Bryan, and formerly of Delta, died Tuesday afternoon, July 1, 2008, at her home after a brief battle with Lou Gehrig's disease. She was born Dec. 15, 1929, in Wauseon, the daughter of Lloyd and...  Read

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- Dr. Russell A. Jones, 75, St. Joseph, Mo., died Friday, June 27, 2008. He was born April 14, 1933, in Kenton. In 1955, he married Eva Joann Bercaw, who survives. He received his bachelor's degree from Campbellsville...  Read

DELTA -- Donald "Tiny" K. Clark, 73, Delta, and formerly of McClure, died Tuesday, July 1, 2008. He was born June 12, 1935, in Toledo, the son of Grover and Helen (Biestein)...  Read

WAUSEON -- Calvin E. Von Seggern, 81, Wauseon, and formerly of Archbold, died Tuesday evening, July 1, 2008, at Hillside Country Living near Bryan. He was born April 25, 1927, in McClure, the son of Deitrick and Gertrude (Warner) Von...  Read

SWANTON -- Shirley A. Lulfs, 73, Swanton, died Monday night, June 30, 2008, at Hospice of Northwest Ohio in Toledo. She was born Oct. 4, 1934, in Toledo, the daughter of Pratt and Marie (Sams)...  Read

M. Lorraine Grim, 82, Defiance, died at 11:40 p.m. Monday, June 30, 2008, at Toledo Hospital. She was born April 15, 1926, in Uniontown, Pa., the daughter of Francis and Flossie (Tressler) Murphy. In 1946, she married Rev. John Grim,...  Read

BRYAN -- Louise May (Buehrer) Fisher, 78, Bryan, died Tuesday afternoon, July 1, 2008, at her home after a brief battle with Lou Gehrig's disease. Among survivors is her husband, Melvin. Arrangements are pending at Burr Funeral Home &...  Read

DELTA -- John F. Nelson, 55, Delta, died Tuesday, July 1, 2008, in his home. He was born Oct. 15, 1952, in Martins Ferry, the son of Roy and Eleanor (Brolin)...  Read

EDON -- Linda L. Wortkoetter, 64, rural Edon, died at 11:35 a.m. Monday, June 30, 2008, in her home after a long illness. She was born July 31, 1943, in Angola, Ind., the daughter of Kenneth and Vera (Keller) Headley. In 1962, she...  Read

Lorraine M. Grim, 82, Defiance, died at 11:40 p.m. Monday night, June 30, 2008, in Toledo Hospital. Among survivors are a daughter, Martha Punches; and two sons, John and Francis. Arrangements are pending at Lawson-Roessner Funeral...  Read

CECIL -- Martha G. Theis, 75, Cecil, died Sunday, June 29, 2008, at her home. She was born Dec. 2, 1932, in Napoleon, the daughter of John and Laura (McMichael) Babcock. In 1950, she married Jack Lassiter, who died in 1960. In 1962, she...  Read

HAMLER -- Mildred Anderic, 89, Hamler, died Monday, June 30, 2008, at the Henry County Hospital, Napoleon. She was born Sept. 4, 1918, in Monroe Township, the daughter of Carl and Anna (Rohrs)...  Read

Services for former Defiance resident Richard Michael "Dick" Ryan, 69, will be held at St. Mary Catholic Church, Defiance, on Thursday at 11 a.m., with burial in Riverside Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church from 9-11 a.m....  Read

EDON -- Betty B. Gearhart, 82, Edon, died at 9:38 p.m. Friday, June 27, 2008, in Cameron Memorial Hospital, Angola, Ind. She was born Sept. 4, 1925, in New Philadelphia, the daughter of Alfred and Lona (Kirby) Winzenreid. In 1949, she...  Read