Local Obituaries for Lucas County, Wood County, and Fulton County.
Jane Carden Lewis Taylor
Aug 8, 2017
Jane Carden Lewis Taylor March 20, 1917 – August 8, 2017 Jane was born 100 years ago in Olean, NY, graduated from Portville (NY) High School in 1935 and from Syracuse University in 1939. She married her true companion Jack Taylor on July 20, 1940 in Salamanca, NY. She taught Physical Education at Woodward High School for a few...
Joyce Ann Blum
Aug 7, 2017
Joyce Ann Blum (nee Wesenberg) Joyce Ann Blum, 85, of Sylvania, Ohio, passed away on Monday, August 7, 2017 at University of Toledo Medical Center. Joyce was born February 19, 1932 in Toledo, Ohio. She attended Clay High School and was a bookkeeper for Buckeye Brewery, Fine Wines, and retired from Heidelberg Distributing Co. in 1994. Joyce is preceded...
Jacqueline "Jackie" M. Mccarty
Aug 2, 2017
Jacqueline M. McCarty, 75, of Toledo, passed away August 2, 2017, at the Toledo Hospital following a brief battle with Lung Cancer. Jackie was born on February 5, 1942 to William and Marie Timming of Toledo. She was a graduate of Woodward High School. Jackie married John McCarty and they were able to celebrate 56 years of marriage. Jackie...
Gil Martin Moorman
Jul 23, 2017
Gilbert Martin Moorman, 83, of Toledo, Ohio, passed away July 23, 2017 at his home, following a lengthy illness. Gil was the son of Gilbert and Thelma (Fisher) Moorman. He was a veteran of the US Army. Gil worked in the Material Handling Industry for various companies in Ohio, Michigan and Illinois. Gil was active in the Toledo Federation...
David A. Guhl
Jul 20, 2017
David Guhl, 69, of Toledo, Ohio passed away on July 20, 2017 after a lengthy illness. He was born in Toledo, Ohio on April 4, 1948. David was the son of the late Donald & Irene Guhl. He worked for 36 years as a sheet metal worker for the Local 33. David loved working in the trade, it took...

Donna Jean Hyter
Jul 18, 2017
Donna Jean Hyter of Toledo, Ohio passed away peacefully in her sleep on July 18, 2017 in Otterbein of Perrysburg. She worked for many years as the Executive Secretary for the Administrator of the Toledo Zoo. She also worked before retirement as a Secretary for Toledo Shipping. She is survived by her daughter Gayle (Paul) Schmidt, sons John (Deb)...
Susan E Lahnum
Jul 9, 2017
Susan E. (Biniker) Lahnum Susan E. Lahnum, 72 of south Toledo passed away on Sunday, July 9, 2017 at the University of Toledo Medical Center. Susan was born in Toledo, Ohio on January 2, 1945 to Basil and Virginia (Schmidt) Biniker. A 1963 graduate of Bowsher High School , she then went on to MaChere’ School of Beauty and...
Cynthia "Sue" Klem
Jul 8, 2017
Cynthia “Sue” (Baker) Klem Cynthia Susan Baker-Klem, 68, of Toledo passed away on July 8, 2017 at Genacross Lutheran Village at Wolf Creek. Sue was born on July 14, 1948 in Toledo to Kenneth and Lela (Brown) Baker. A 1966 graduate of Libbey High School, she had worked for several years at the Inverness Club. Sue had a beautiful...

John Marquart Weygandt
Jun 25, 2017
John Marquart Weygandt John was born in Springfield, Ohio on May 28th of 1922. His mother Cora, a former school teacher, and father Carl, an associate for the Railway Express Company, raised John and his brother Joe in loving homes in Ironton, Bainbridge, Ohio and Ft. Wayne, Indiana before settling in south Toledo. Both boys excelled in school, and...
Clyde E. "Gene" Adkins
Jun 20, 2017
Clyde E. “Gene” Adkins Clyde E. “Gene” Adkins, 71, of Toledo, passed away on June 20, 2017 at UTMC. Gene worked for Baron Steel Company, retiring in 2007. Gene is survived by his loving wife of 45 years, Sherri; son Bill (Jen) Adkins; 5 grandchildren; sister Betha Burnette and a nephew and several nieces. He was preceded in death...
Anna Belle Wisniewski
Jun 17, 2017
ANNA BELLE WISNIEWSKI Anna Belle Wisniewski went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, June 17, 2017. She was born on March 3, 1921 to Frank and Ruby Renner in Napoleon, Ohio. She was the youngest of seven children. Anna married Edward Thomas and together they had two children , Dale and Karen. With the help of...

Harold Norman Wandtke
Jun 16, 2017
HAROLD N. WANDTKE Harold N. Wandtke, age 93, passed away on Friday, June 16, 2017, in Toledo, Ohio. He was born on September 3, 1923, in Toledo to William and Estella (Grow) Wandtke. Harold was a graduate of Woodward High School where he played both baseball and football. He proudly served during World War II in the U.S. Army...

Lydia B. Steensen
Jun 14, 2017
Lydia B. Steensen, 89, of south Toledo passed away on June 14, 2017 at the Elizabeth Scott Community. Lydia was preceded in death by her husband, A.J. Steensen, daughter Patricia Astore, and a granddaughter Jennifer Vining and brother Werner Merz. She is survived by a brother Edwin Merz and sister Ruth Nelson. Graveside services will be held on Saturday,...
Deanna M. Wayton (Hahn)
Jun 11, 2017
Deanna M. Wayton (Hahn) “Diane” Deanna M. Wayton passed away unexpectedly June 11, 2017 at the University of Toledo Medical Center. Deanna was born June 6, 1948 in Toledo, Ohio to Leo and Helen Cox, but was raised by her loving foster parents Walter and Vivian Masell. She was known for her honesty, integrity, flexibility of life, and as...

Raymond Eugene "Gene" Hayton
Jun 3, 2017
HAYTON Raymond Eugene “Gene” Raymond Eugene “Gene” Hayton, 81, of Toledo, passed away on June 3, 2017 at his home. Gene worked for C&O Railroad for 13 years and later went to work for National Automatic Sprinkler until his retirement in 1990. He was a member of the Road Sprinkler Fitters Local 669. Gene was an avid pool player...

Helen Elizabeth Kieswetter
Jun 3, 2017
KIESWETTER Helen Elizabeth Helen Elizabeth Kieswetter, 88, of Toledo and former resident of Adrian, Michigan, passed away on Saturday, June 3, 2017 at Kingston Rehabilitation Facility, Perrysburg. Ohio. Helen was born in Knox, Indiana to George and Mary (Jones) Schuster. She was baptized in December, 1932 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, East Chicago, Indiana and confirmed her baptism vows...
Mary E Kesling-Isaacson
May 29, 2017
Mary “Margaret” Kesling Isaacson, age 80, of Maumee, Ohio passed away unexpectedly on Monday, May 29, 2017. She was born to Darrell and Margret Kesling on January 10, 1937. She attended Libbey High School and graduated in 1955. After graduating from the Toledo Hospital School of Nursing, she served as a Registered Nurse at many of the surrounding doctors’...
Toni Marlene Umphrey
May 24, 2017
Toni Marlene Densmore Umphrey, 69, of Whitehouse Ohio, passed away peacefully Wednesday May 24th 2017, at Hospice of Northwest Ohio in Perrysburg, after fighting cancer for almost three years. She is preceded in death by her parents, Gerald and Gwendoline. To carry on her memory, she is survived by her brothers, Gerald and Dana, her children, John, Todd, Scott,...
Dorothy Mae Eichhorn Hilton
May 20, 2017
HILTON Dorothy Mae (Eichhorn) Dorothy Mae (Eichhorn) Hilton, born May 12, 1926, to George and Laura (Walters) Eichhorn in Clarington, Ohio, passed away on Saturday, May 20, 2017 at Ohio Living Swan Creek Retirement Village. Dorothy graduated from Clarington High School in 1944 and came to Toledo for employment in 1947. She worked at Libbey Glass, Kimble Glass and...
Virginia Mae Hawkins
May 11, 2017
Virginia Mae Hawkins of Perrysburg, formerly of Toledo, died on May 11, 2017at age 92. She was the daughter of Ethel (Mathias) Peppers and attorney Wayne R. Peppers. She is survived by daughters Sally Stickley and Mary (Todd) Emmett and son Barry (Peggy) Hawkins; grandchildren Heather (Keith) Jackson, Heath (Nicole) Stickley, Kahla and Jessica Taylor and Adam Hawkins; 9...