Local Obituaries for Lucas County, Wood County, and Fulton County.
Robert Farnum Peckham
Jan 13, 2022
Robert Farnum Peckham, age 88, passed away January 13, 2022. Bob was born April 3, 1933, in Albany, NY to Earl Llyod and Abbie Christine (Lillie) Peckham. He loved to tell stories about growing up on Muitzeskill Rd in Schodack Landing, NY with his siblings Rodney L., Jim M., Ted L., and Susanne L. Peckham. Bob went to Indiana...
Joan E. Nowak
Jan 7, 2022
Our beloved aunt, Joan E. Nowak, passed away peacefully on January 7, 2022. Joan was born on January 15, 1933 to Paul and Katherine Nowak. Joan was the baby of the family and was preceded in death by her parents and siblings, Sophia, Cecilia, Stephanie, Stanley, Alice, Bernadine, Norman, John, and Lillian. Joan graduated from Libbey High School and...
Cassie (Demski) Armstrong
Jan 5, 2022
Cassie (Demski) Armstrong Cassie passed away peacefully on January 5th surrounded by family. Cassie was born in Michigan City, Indiana on May 19th, 1949 to Chester and Doris Demski. Cassie was a 1967 graduate of McAuley High School and attended the University of Toledo where she graduated with honors obtaining a Master’s Degree in Education. Cassie was an elementary...
Martin L. Harris
Jan 4, 2022
Martin L. Harris, 95, passed away Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at the Glendale Assisted Living. Martin was born on August 26, 1926 in Umatilla, Florida to Martin Cooper and Mary Elizabeth Harris. He was a truck driver most of his life, delivering everything from cookies and milk locally to large equipment and steel nationwide. He enjoyed telling stories about...
Fritz Norman Hall
Jan 3, 2022
Fritz Norman Hall, 82, of south Toledo, passed away January 3, 2022 at St. Anne Hospital. Fritz was a retired 20 year veteran of the United States Army. After his retirement from the Army he drove buses for TARTA for 15 years. Fritz was an avid Hunter, fisherman and mushroom hunter. He was a member of American Legion Post...
Thomas Earl Warejko
Dec 28, 2021
Thomas Earl Warejko, age 70, passed away to his heavenly home on December 28, 2021. Tom was born in Toledo to Phyllis and Roman Warejko, on February 12, 1951. Tom graduated 4th in his class from Libbey High School in 1969. For years he was a chauffeur for the Ramada/Holiday Inn here in Toledo. In recent years he was...
Velma Jean Hersland
Dec 22, 2021
Velma Jean Hersland, age 96, passed away on December 22, 2021, at Ohio Living Swan Creek, Toledo, OH, where she had resided for seven years. She was born to Harry and Lura (Barlow) Bisher on July 19, 1925. Jean graduated from the former Grand Rapids (OH) High School and was a 1949 graduate of Bowling Green State University where...
William "Bill" D. Birr
Dec 19, 2021
William “Bill” D. Birr October 12, 1934 – December 19, 2021 William “Bill” Birr passed away on Sunday, December 19th, 2021. He was born in Toledo, Ohio on October 12, 1934 to William J. Birr and Elsie M. Kurth. He was preceded in death by siblings, Edward, Robert, Irving, Lona, Mary and daughter Kathryn. He graduated from Woodward High...
Nancy F. Tillman
Dec 10, 2021
Nancy F. Tillman, 88, of Toledo, passed away on December 10, 2021 at the Orchard Villa, Oregon, Ohio. She was born to Glen and Thelma (Moon) Olmstead on November 4, 1933. Nancy was preceded in death by her parents, husband Richard, two sisters and three brothers. She is survived by a sister Evelyn Turner; brothers Jim (Linda), Jack (Alta)...
Edward Woityna
Dec 7, 2021
Ed Woityna, affectionately known as “The General,” passed away Dec. 7, 2021...a day that will truly live in infamy for all that knew him. Dad was preceded in death by all of his siblings including Jake Woityna, Bertha Smalley, Ceil Vetter, Dutchie Mack, & Stella Gozdowski. Ed was a Korean War veteran who survived being left behind enemy lines...
Georgia L. Enis
Dec 7, 2021
Georgia came into this world in Toledo, Ohio as Georgia L. Hite on August 30, 1928 and went to meet her maker on December 7, 2021 at the age of 93. In every sense of the term, Georgia was a Renaissance woman. Her mother Ethel Mae Hite was a well-known physician in times when that was a rarity, and...
Daniel Joseph Chesher
Dec 1, 2021
Daniel Joseph Chesher 90, of Toledo, OH embarked on the most important journey of his life on Dec. 1, 2021 at Sunset Village surrounded by family and friends. Dan was one of nine children born to Clifford and Helen Chesher on Dec. 27, 1930. He served proudly in the U.S. Army in post war Germany and following his return...
Steven Richard Holt
Dec 1, 2021
Steven Richard Holt, 64, of Toledo, passed away on Wednesday, December 1, 2021 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Toledo. Steve was born to Richard and Marian Holt (née Klosterhaus) on July 20, 1957. He attended Arlington Elementary School and graduated from Macomber High School in the class of 1975. He was a long-time member of the Fourteenth Ward Old...
Clifford M Peth
Nov 23, 2021
Clifford M. Peth of Monclova, Ohio, passed away and returned home to our Savior on November 23,2021. He was born April 27, 1934 in Toledo to Elmer “Pete” and Mabel (Neils). Clifford married his beloved wife of 64 years, Betty (Hurst) on May11, 1957. Cliff was a quiet, caring and devoted family man to his wife and 2 sons...
Donna B. Conroy
Nov 16, 2021
Donna B Conroy, age 90, of Toledo Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, November 16, 2021. She was born in Toledo on March 2, 1931 to Irving and Carrie (Glassford) Grindle. She was a proud Scott High School “49er” helping to plan several reunions and attending reunion lunches more than 65 years after graduation. She loved the family pets, was...
John Joseph Lawrence Meyer
Nov 10, 2021
John Joseph Meyer June 2, 1946 - November 10, 2021 John Joseph “Turkey” Lawrence Meyer returned to his Lord on November 10, 2021 after a three week battle with Covid. He left this earth surrounded by his adult children at the Veteran Hospital in Ann Arbor Michigan. He was a caring loving family man who often put his family...
Dora J. Herold
Nov 8, 2021
On Monday November 8, 2021, Dora Herold, 97, loving wife, mother and grandmother went into the arms of the Lord very gently and peacefully in her sleep. She was born in Elkhart Indiana on October 11, 1924 to Larvy Davis and Sadie Hickman. Following their tragic death, Dora was adopted by Jacob and Reva Stump, friends of her mother,...
Charles Knott
Oct 31, 2021
Charles (Charlie) Knott age 89, of Maumee, OH passed away on Sunday October 31, 2021. He was born to Roy & Ethel Knott on May 30, 1932 in Toledo, OH. He graduated from Libbey High School in 1950 and served in the Air Force from 1952 to 1956 during the Korean War. Charlie married Betty Solomon December 14, 1957...
Rosetta Louise Steinmiller
Oct 28, 2021
Rosetta Louise Steinmiller (“Rose”) was born to Louis and Lucille Bessinger in Upper Sandusky, Ohio on October 1, 1925. She was raised on a farm during the Great Depression, attended high school during WWII, and graduated as president of her nursing class a year after the War ended. She was married to her sweetheart, Army veteran John L. Steinmiller...
Carla J. Trevino
Oct 24, 2021
Carla Jean Trevino passed away Sunday, October 24, 2021. Born in Carson City, Michigan to Vernon Stanley and Elizabeth "Betty" June Snyder in Carson City, Michigan on January 24, 1947, she was a tiny little babe small enough to fit into a shoe box. This precious little girl grew to be an amazing and resilient woman who adored her...
