Obituaries

Marilyn J. Riggenbach, 77

Marilyn J. Riggenbach, age 77, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away early on Saturday, May 4, 2019, at Evergreen Healthcare Center, in Montpelier, Ohio, where she was resident. Ms. Riggenbach was a graduate of Bryan High School and Bowling Green State University and had been employed as a secretary at Chase …

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Sharon Kaye Gearhart, 77

Sharon Kaye Gearhart, age 77, of Ashley, Indiana, passed away at 5:47 P.M. on Thursday, May 2, 2019, in her home in Ashley, Indiana, surrounded by her family, after an extended illness. Ms. Gearhart was a graduate of Angola High School and had previously been employed at New Horizon Bakery …

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Sharon Kay Miller Jackson, 72

Sharon Kay Miller Jackson, age 72, of rural Montpelier, Ohio, passed away at 8:30 A.M. on Saturday, May 4, 2019, in her home, surrounded by her loving family, after an extended illness. Ms. Jackson was employed as a machinist by Edon Machine, retiring with thirty-eight years of service and many …

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Jason Stuart Throne, 30

Jason Stuart Throne, 30 years, of Fremont, Indiana, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on May 2, 2019, after a tragic accident that occurred at work.  Jason was born August 30, 1988, in Bryan, Ohio, to Stuart Throne and Rhonda (Beatty) Throne.  He grew up in West …

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Shelby J. Allgire, 80

Shelby J. Allgire, 80, of Montpelier passed away Thursday evening at Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center.  She was born on August 5, 1938 in Jackson County, Michigan to Orville and Vivian King.  She lived in Jerome, Michigan until she married Leo Allgire in 1956.  She moved to Montpelier in 1960 …

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Rolland “Doyle” Perkey, 78

Rolland “Doyle” Perkey, 78, of Bryan, passed away on May 2, 2019 at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo. He was born on September 21, 1940 in Putnam County, Ohio to Rolland E. and Margine A. (Buckmaster) Perkey. Doyle graduated from Holgate High School in 1958. On April 30, …

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Joseph S. Seibert, 92

Joseph S. Seibert, age 92, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at Community Health Professionals Inpatient Hospice, surrounded by his family. Mr. Seibert was a 1945 graduate of Defiance High School and was employed as a tool and die engineer, working at Hayes-Albion for thirty-five …

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Maxine Cottrell, 87

Maxine Cottrell, 87 years, of Hicksville passed away Tuesday, April 30, 2019 in her residence with her daughters by her side. Maxine was born November 25, 1931 in Sherwood, Ohio the daughter of the late John and Estella (Smith) Sohn. She was a 1949 graduate of Sherwood Delaware High School. …

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Glenn F. Lorntz, 87

Glenn F. Lorntz, age 87, of Bryan, Ohio, passed away on Monday, April 29, 2019 from complications of a stroke. Mr. Lorntz was a graduate of Bryan High School which prepared him for an office job with Northwest Materials in Bryan. He served in the United States Marine Corps for …

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Evelyn Mae Clark, 83

Evelyn Mae Clark, age 83, of Stryker, Ohio passed away Sunday, April 28, 2019 in CHP Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice.  Evelyn was born to Walter and Pearl (Balzer) Hancock on February 18, 1936 in Defiance County and was a 1954 graduate of Stryker High School.  Evelyn married Dean Clark on …

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