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Marie Zoeller
Jan 17, 2013
Margaret Marie Zoeller, 92, of Tiffin, went to be with the Lord, January 17, 2013. Marie was a resident of Seneca House in Tiffin and was given excellent attention from a caring staff. Marie was born March 16, 1920, in Tiffin, to Edward and Loretta (Steyer) Strausbaugh. She married Herman S. Zoeller in St. Joseph Catholic Church on May...
Geraldine L. Whiteman
Jan 16, 2013
Geraldine L. "Gerry" Whiteman, 87, of Tiffin, passed away Wednesday afternoon, January 16, 2013 at Independence House. She was born on February 27, 1925, in Tiffin, Ohio, to August and Addie (Gathrey) Gallo. In 1951, in Tiffin, she married Harland Whiteman and he preceded her in death in July of 1980. Survivors include her brother, Albert Gallo of Fostoria;...
William D. Coffman
Jan 15, 2013
William D. Coffman, 75, of Bloomville, passed away Tuesday morning, January 15, 2013 at his home. He was born on January 1, 1938 in Tiffin, Ohio, to John and Melva (Feasel) Coffman. On February 7, 1959, he married Phyllis June Agerter and she preceded him in death on September 3, 1994. Survivors include 2 sons, Robert (Janet) Coffman of...
Doris M. Kramer
Jan 11, 2013
Doris M. Kramer, 84, of Tiffin, passed away Friday morning, January 11, 2013 at St. Francis Home. She was born on August 9, 1928, in Tiffin, Ohio, to Edwin and Emma (Mellinger) Graham. On April 15, 1950 she married Robert C. Kramer in St. Boniface Catholic Church in New Riegel and he preceded her in death on July 24,...
Lois Aileen Coppus
Jan 5, 2013
Lois Aileen Coppus, 84, of Fostoria, passed away Saturday morning, January 5, 2013 at her home. On August 22, 1928 in Tiffin, she was born to Ellis Delmer and Helen Oleta (Hoover) Sperow. She married the love of her life; Harold A. Coppus, Jr. on September 9, 1948 in the Rectory at St. Patrick Catholic Church. Survivors include her...
James L. Comer
Dec 28, 2012
James L. Comer, 87, of Tiffin, passed away Friday, December 28, 2012 at Volunteers of America Autumnwood Care Center. He was born on July 6, 1925, in Bascom, Ohio to Lewis W. and Rosa M. (Shiley) Comer. On July 26, 1947 he married Mildred Ranker and she preceded him in death. Survivors include 5 sons, Terry (Marlene) Comer and...
Elizabeth Rebecca Colatruglio
Dec 28, 2012
Elizabeth Rebecca Colatruglio, newborn daughter of Nathan and Jamie (Smeltz) Colatruglio passed away on Friday December 28, 2012 at Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay. Survivors include her parents; 3 siblings, Joseph, Madelyn and William Colatruglio, all of Tiffin; grandparents, Beth Colatruglio and Bob and Becky Smeltz, all of Tiffin; great grandmother, Mary Lou Ranker, and many aunts, uncles and...
Dr. Robert M. Yager
Dec 26, 2012
Robert Mark Yager died December 26, 2012 at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, losing his struggle with lung cancer. He was a loving husband, best friend, devoted father, proud grandpa and caring dentist. He was born April 23, 1940 in Bryan, Ohio, to Carl and Elaine Yager who survive in Tiffin. Robert moved to Tiffin with his family in 1946....
Julia Ritzenthaler
Dec 26, 2012
Julia F. Ritzenthaler, 80, of Green Springs, passed away Wednesday morning, December 26, 2012 at Elmwood at the Springs, Green Springs. She was born on May 27, 1932, in Tiffin, Ohio to Fred and Frieda (Fink) Scherer. Survivors are her daughter, Linda (Scott) Wise of Fremont; brother, Herbert (Eileen) Scherer of Tiffin; sister, Betty (John) Sendelbach of Tiffin; 3...
Donna Polyak
Dec 25, 2012
Donna Jean Polyak, 77, of Tiffin, passed away Tuesday evening, December 25, 2012 at her home. She was born on June 25, 1935, in Seneca County, to Verbin and Beda (Myers) Kistler. She married John A. Polyak and he preceded her in death in 1996. Survivors include son, Tim (Cathy) Polyak of Tiffin; 3 grandchildren, twins, Kelsey and Paige...
Richard "Dick" E. Curns
Dec 23, 2012
Richard E. "Dick" Curns, 66, of Tiffin, passed away Sunday, December 23, 2012 at The Ohio State University Medical Center, in Columbus. He was born on March 13, 1946, in Tiffin, Ohio to Alvin H. and Mary Lou (Smith) Curns. On June 26, 1965, he married Jeannine Adams and she survives. Also surviving are 2 daughters, Lori (James) Fate...
Paul J. Arbogast
Dec 23, 2012
Paul J. Arbogast, 90, of Tiffin, passed away Sunday morning, December 23, 2012 at his home. On September 6, 1922 in Seneca County he was born to Charles A. and Loretta R. (Reinhart) Arbogast. He married Florence S. Clouse on September 7, 1946 in St. Mary Catholic Church and she preceded him in death on August 23, 1988. He...
Arthur D. Minzer
Dec 21, 2012
Arthur D. Minzer, 85, of Tiffin, passed away Friday evening December 21, 2012 at Volunteers of America Autumnwood Care Center in Tiffin. He was born on September 26, 1927 in Attica, Ohio to Adam H. and Bessie L. (Schock) Minzer. On July 2, 1949 in Sycamore United Methodist Church, he married Clara L. Perry and she survives. Also surviving...
Nellie M. Fey
Dec 20, 2012
Nellie M. Fey, 76, of Tiffin, passed away Thursday morning, December 20, 2012 at Volunteers of America Autumnwood Care Center, Tiffin. She was born on August 26, 1936 in Tiffin, to Carl H. and Alberta (Greene) Runion. She married Donald E. Fey on August 30, 1956 in Tiffin and he survives. Other survivors include a son, Mark (Sharon) Fey...
Gerald Boehler
Dec 19, 2012
Gerald T. "Jerry" Boehler, 81, of Tiffin, passed away Wednesday afternoon, December 19, 2012 at 3:30 P.M., at Volunteers of America Autumnwood Care Center He was born on December 14, 1931, in Tiffin to Richard and Ida (Bormuth) Boehler. He married his wife, Jane Thiel on October 22, 1955 at St. Peters Catholic Church in Upper Sandusky, and she...
Phyllis W. Horn
Dec 16, 2012
Phyllis Weber Miller Horn, 94, of Tiffin, Ohio, formerly of Wabash, Indiana, passed away Sunday, December 16, 2012 at Elmwood at the Shawhan in Tiffin. She was born on September 18, 1918 in Wabash County, Indiana to Lincoln and Dorothy (Weber) Baer. She first married Gene K. Miller in Bristol, Indiana on August 22, 1940 and he preceded her...
Judith A. Buck
Dec 16, 2012
Judith "Judy" A. Buck, 66 of Tiffin, Ohio quietly passed away on Sunday, December 16, 2012 at her home. Judy was born on August 31, 1946 in Tiffin to James and Mary Catherine (Gardner) Miller. Surviving are Judy's sisters, Linda (Ralph) Snay-Wymer of Tiffin, and Kay Miller of Tiffin, her nephew, James (Michelle) Snay of Tiffin, her niece, Jennifer...
John "Berneil" Saum
Dec 15, 2012
John B. "Berneil" Saum, 80, of Kansas, passed away Saturday morning, December 15, 2012 at his home. He was born on June 27, 1932, in Kansas, Ohio to Melvin and Alta (Hammer) Saum. Survivors include his brother, Kenneth Saum of McCutchenville; 5 sisters, Kathleen (Royal) Smith of Tiffin, Mary Ann Ley and Connie (Donald) Bouillon, both of Fostoria, Anna...
Robert J. Horn
Dec 14, 2012
Robert J. Horn, 88, of Tiffin, passed away Friday morning, December 14, 2012 at Assisted Living at the Shawhan. He was born August 3, 1924, in Tipton, IA., to the late Gustav and Norma (Jons) Horn. On August 9, 1948, he married Iva B. Boda and she preceded him in death on July 18, 1989. On March 10, 1990,...
Muriel Irene Hinckley
Dec 11, 2012
Muriel Irene Hinckley, 66, of Tiffin, passed away Tuesday morning, December 11, 2012 at St. Francis Home. On April 26, 1946 in Findlay, she was born to Raymond and Eveleen (Joseph) Harshman. Survivors include daughter, Darla Hinckley of Orlando, FL; Dustin Hinckley of Tiffin; step mother, Joyce Harshman of Tiffin; sisters, Shirley Guss and Cheryl (Red) Bland both of...
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