Odell Ector, age 69, of Toledo, passed away Monday, January 21, 2008 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born on May 27, 1938 to Henry and Nannie (Coles) Birchfield in Dehue, West Virginia. Odell was a member of Charity Baptist Church. She enjoyed children and loved spending time with her family. In addition to her parents,...

Clifford "Rifle" V. McBride Clifford V. "Rifle" McBride, age 71, of Toledo, passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at St. Anne Mercy Hospital. He was born July 18, 1936 to Chester and Eliza Mae McBride in Toledo. Cliff was a dental technician employed with Dresch-Tolson for more than 21 years. Cliff "Rifle" was an avid bowler, bowling two 300 games...

Elizabeth "Betty" Mack Elizabeth A. "Betty" Mack, age 86, of Toledo, passed away, Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at Lake Park Nursing Home. She was born December 28, 1921 to John and Cora Mack in Toledo. Betty was employed with the Board of Education, Medical College University and a local insurance company during her career. Betty also had a life long...

Robert L. Miles, age 88, of Toledo, passed away, Monday, January 14, 2008 at Arbors of Sylvania. He was born on April 28, 1919 to Carl and Nell (Stafford) Miles in Claytown, Tennessee. Robert was employed with Daimler Chrysler, most recently as a Supervisor, until retiring after 43 years. He was a member of the UAW Local 12 and the...

Ernest Harris Love, age 94 of Toledo passed away Saturday, January 12, 2008 in St. Luke's Hospital. He was born September 17, 1913 to Thomas and Hannah (Harris) Love in Glouster, Ohio. Born before WWI, Ernie started his career in 1935. He was always aware of the lowly workers plight. Throughout his years as an active union member he championed...

Edith F. (Boswell) Clark, age 80, of Toledo, passed away Saturday, January 12, 2008 in Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Toledo. She was born November 29, 1927 to John Thomas and Sarah Frances (Sellers) Boswell in Searles, Alabama. Edith was employed at several nursing homes as a nurse's aide for many years and retired from Sylvania Schools in 1989 after many...

Julie Ann Nehrig, age 41, of Perrysburg, passed away Wednesday, January 9, 2008 in her home. She was born July 11, 1966 to Howard and Ruth (Reed) Nehrig in Toledo. Julie had a vitality for living that was unmatched. She enjoyed spending time with family and friends and will be remembered for her wit and warm smile. Julie was preceded...

Eleanor M. Soldatek, age 85, of Toledo, passed away Friday, January 11, 2008 at Village at Wolfcreek. She was born July 5, 1922 to Lester and Matie (Kasten) Lake in Toledo. Eleanor was employed with the former Tiedtke's, Lamsons and Montgomery Wards department stores for more than 25 years. She was a member of "Tiedtke's Old Timer's" group and a...

Beverly Jane Grimm was born January 3, 1932 to Alice and Martin Lenfestey in Toledo, OH. She passed away January 11, 2008 at age 76 after a long illness. She is survived by her husband William H. Grimm, son William (Kim), grandchildren Marie Savett (Sam,great grandson Nolan), Sarah, Billy and John Grimm. Son David (Linda), grandchildren Alicia, Elizabeth, and Rob...

Clarence C. Schmidt, age 92, a lifetime resident of Toledo, passed away Thursday, January 10, 2008 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Toledo. He was born on May 23, 1915 to Carl and Sophie (Schnabel) Schmidt in Toledo. Clarence was employed with the Dura Corporation for over 25 years in the Customer Service Department until retiring. He was a longtime member...

John H. O'Rourke, III, age 75, of Toledo, passed away Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at St. Vincent Mercy Hospital. He was born June 13, 1932 to John H. and Angela "Peg" (Kennedy) O'Rourke, II in Souix City, Iowa. John was employed with Pacific Telephone Company in California and Ohio Bell and Ameritech for more than 30 years. He was a...

David A. Bihn, Jr, of Toledo, passed away unexpectedly, Monday, December 31, 2007. He was born May 28, 1968 to David and Constance (Wilhelm) Bihn, Sr. in Toledo. David was employed with Precision Steel for several years. He was also a U.S. Navy veteran serving his country proudly. David enjoyed football as well as other sports and was eager to...

Warren W. Layman, age 87, of Toledo, passed away Monday, January 7, 2008 in the Toledo Hospital. He was born July 9, 1920 to Walter W. and Marie E. (Konker) Layman in Toledo. Warren retired from General Mills after more than 25 years of service. He was a WWII U.S. Army Air Corps veteran and a member of the Knights...

William B. Bender, age 78, of Delta, passed away Sunday, January 6, 2008 in Heartland of Wauseon. He was born November 14, 1929 to William and Francis (Weaver) Bender in Toledo. Bill was employed with New York Central Railroad and Jeep for many years. He enjoyed the outdoors camping, and hunting for mushrooms and asparagus. Bill will be fondly remembered...

Madonna M. "Donna" Komorowski, age 76, of Toledo, went to be with her husband, on Friday, January 4, 2008 at St. Anne Mercy Hospital with their loving children by her side. She was born on December 31, 1931 to Meredith and Victoria (Kolebuck) Price in Toledo. Donna was a graduate of Central Catholic High School in 1949. She went on...

Ruth A. Martzke, age 80, of Toledo, passed away Sunday, December 30, 2007 in the Toledo Hospital. She was born April 17, 1927 to Earl and Edith (Cook) Steadman in Toledo. Ruth began volunteering as the school librarian at Wernert Elementary School in the mid 1960's and later was given a fulltime position there retiring in 1983. She enjoyed painting,...

Don Warren Kinsey, age 78, of Toledo, passed away Wednesday, January 2, 2008 in Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Perrysburg. He was born September 29, 1929 to Don Kermit and Dora Mae (Reeves) Kinsey in Ballville Township, Ohio. Warren was a U.S. Navy Veteran who served his country proudly. He was employed with the Fleischman Company for several years traveling throughout...

Frances L. (Valiton) Porter - O'Connor, age 81, of Maumee, passed away Thursday, January 3, 2008 in Flower Hospital, surrounded by her family. She was born July 21, 1926 to Peter and Marie (Kush) Valiton in Archbold, Ohio. Frances was a bookkeeper with A.H. Jamra Company for several years, where she truly enjoyed working with her friend, Roger Oswald. Frances...

Richard E. Larke, age 54, of Toledo, passed away Saturday, December 29, 2007 at the Fulton County Health Center. He was born on December 9, 1953 to Henry H. and Mary L. (Miller) Larke in Toledo. Richard was employed with Reichart for 23 years as a machine operator and most recently with the Walgreen's Distribution Center. He was an avid...

Helen Heringhauser, age 72, of Toledo, passed away peacefully, Sunday, December 30, 2007 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Perrysburg surrounded by her loving family and friends. Helen was born on April 12, 1935 to Cecil and Mary (Tressler) Hiles in Ursina, Pennsylvania. She had been employed with Reichart Stamping for over 20 years until retiring. Helen loved her job and...