February 27, 2008 | Obituaries - News Author, conservative commentator William F. Buckley Jr. dies at 82 NEW YORK — William F. Buckley Jr. February 27, 2008 | Obituaries - News Teacher was a skilled cook and seamstress MARBLEHEAD, Ohio - Betty Jo Peters Haselmire, 85, a schoolteacher for nearly a quarter-century who could make a quilt and a sport coat; upholster a chair, and cook an exotic dish, died Monday in her... February 26, 2008 | Obituaries - News Farmer, teacher raised race horses TEMPERANCE - Arthur E. Tolly, 77, a farmer and master of early electronics who taught at Bedford High School and later raised standardbred race horses, died Saturday in his home in Temperance.
February 25, 2008 | Obituaries - News Douglas Fraser, former United Auto Workers president, dead at 91 DETROIT — Douglas A. Fraser, who led the United Auto Workers union through dark hours in the 1970s and '80s and was instrumental in saving Chrysler from bankruptcy, has died. He was 91. February 25, 2008 | Obituaries - News Draftsman co-founded Camp Courageous Ray F. DeFrain, Jr., 76, of West Toledo, a retired architectural draftsman and co-founder of Camp Courageous, died Saturday in Harborside Healthcare in Perrysburg. February 24, 2008 | Obituaries - News Executive also served as trustee at BGSU Norman J. Rood, 78, a former bank and gas company executive and Bowling Green State University trustee, died of an apparent heart attack Monday at his winter home in Bradenton, Fla. February 23, 2008 | Obituaries - News Lake Erie islanders recall past mayor PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio - John W. February 22, 2008 | Obituaries - News WW II vet kept selling insurance until age 95 OAK HARBOR, Ohio - William W. February 21, 2008 | Obituaries - News Company exec had an eye for lighting trends Armand M. February 20, 2008 | Obituaries - News Math, computer teacher became an estate lawyer Sharon S. Hendel, 60, a math teacher for 20 years who became a lawyer known for estate planning, died Monday in St. Luke's Hospital. February 19, 2008 | Obituaries - News Lawyer served on Montpelier school board MONTPELIER, Ohio - Denver G. Bechtol, a Montpelier lawyer for more than 30 years who was a member of the Montpelier board of education, died Sunday in his home. He was 56. February 17, 2008 | Obituaries - News Former wine shop owner traced ancestry Charmaine Bush, 79, of Toledo, a former wine shop owner who had a keen interest in genealogy, died Thursday in Lake Park at Flower Hospital. February 16, 2008 | Obituaries - News Auto-parts retailer championed service HICKSVILLE, Ohio - Kenneth R. February 15, 2008 | Obituaries - News Cook County judge declares adventurer Steve Fossett dead CHICAGO — A judge in Chicago has declared millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett legally dead, five months after his plane disappeared over the Nevada desert. February 15, 2008 | Obituaries - News Educator counseled students at Monroe High School MONROE - DeLyn L. February 14, 2008 | Obituaries - News WW II veteran a master plumber William Rollen Engler, 84, a master plumber who joined and eventually ran the plumbing and heating business his father founded in the early 20th century, died Tuesday in his West Toledo home. February 13, 2008 | Obituaries - News Longtime Findlay salesman also farmed FINDLAY - Bernard H. "Bernie" Kreinbrink, 67, a longtime salesman for electric supply businesses and a farmer, died Monday in his home of heart cancer. February 12, 2008 | Obituaries - News Adoption group chief was curling enthusiast BOWLING GREEN - Ediann B. February 11, 2008 | Obituaries - News Railroad retiree lifted 500 lbs. at 73 James L. Jeffries, Jr. February 10, 2008 | Obituaries - News Ex-CEO helped start Owens-Illinois turnaround Steven R. McCracken, who was put in charge of Toledo's second-largest corporation, Owens-Illinois Inc. February 9, 2008 | Obituaries - News Nightclub owner fond of boats, sports cars Richard Louis "Uncle Dick" Schrader, 76, a prominent Toledo nightclub owner with a lifelong passion for boating, died Tuesday in the Lake Park Comfort Care in Sylvania. February 8, 2008 | Obituaries - News Monroe math instructor sold insurance 50 years MONROE - Cleo A. Winchell, 82, a longtime math teacher and former coach at Monroe High School who sold insurance in the city for more than 50 years, died Wednesday in Tendercare of Monroe. February 7, 2008 | Obituaries - News Executive admired for his work ethic Raymond E. Konczal, 81, an executive with Doehler-Jarvis in Toledo known for his tireless work ethic, died Tuesday at his home in Warren, Ohio. February 6, 2008 | Obituaries - News Businessman helped to set up investment club John C. "Jack" Hayes, 85, a leader in the thermal insulation business who founded a local investment club, died Jan. 13 in Las Vegas, where he had lived with a daughter for the last year. February 5, 2008 | Obituaries - News Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who taught Beatles meditation, dies THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the Beatles who introduced the West to transcendental meditation, has died at his home in the Dutch town of Vlodrop, a spokesman said Tuesday. February 5, 2008 | Obituaries - News Elementary teacher loved travel, volunteer activities TIFFIN - Mary L. Grillot, 96, a schoolteacher for more than 20 years who loved to travel, died Friday in Tiffin Mercy Hospital.
February 4, 2008 | Obituaries - News Priest founded parish, charmed Blade readers The Rev. Robert Kirtland, founding pastor of the University of Toledo's Catholic parish and a law school instructor who wrote wine and restaurant review columns for The Blade, died yesterday in St. February 3, 2008 | Obituaries - News City deputy police chief served force for 34 years Ronald Spann, 58, a deputy chief of Toledo police and nearly 35-year veteran of the department, died yesterday in Toledo Hospital. February 2, 2008 | Obituaries - News Perrysburg High grad sought to help others Lesley Elizabeth Smith, 22, formerly of Perrysburg, a graduate student pursuing a career in mental health counseling, died Wednesday in her home in Cincinnati. February 1, 2008 | Obituaries - News Veteran financial adviser was ski enthusiast, outdoorsman Edward S. Herzog, 82, an avid skier who worked as a stockbroker and financial adviser for more than 55 years, died Wednesday in Flower Hospital. January 31, 2008 | Obituaries - News Local educator was witness to Hiroshima blast BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Owen F. January 30, 2008 | Obituaries - News Ida doctor made house calls until retirement IDA, Mich. - Dr. Gerald P. Lammers, 87, a physician who continued making house calls until retiring from his practice here a few years ago, died Friday in Palm Springs Desert Hospital.
January 29, 2008 | Obituaries - News Margaret Truman Daniel, only child of President Truman, dies at 83 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Margaret Truman, the only child of former President Harry S. Truman who became a concert singer, actress, radio and TV personality and mystery writer, died Tuesday. She was 83. January 29, 2008 | Obituaries - News Central basketball star played at Notre Dame Gerald L. January 28, 2008 | Obituaries - News Ex-diocesan employee fought ALS for 20 years Donald L. Wilhelm, a retired employee of the Toledo Catholic Diocese who was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in 1987, died at home Saturday from the neuromuscular disease. He was 71. January 27, 2008 | Obituaries - News Engineer's wife aided husband in starting firm Miriam E. "Peggy" Samborn, 88, who was instrumental in her husband's founding of what is now engineering and architectural firm SSOE Inc., died Friday at Flower Hospital. January 26, 2008 | Obituaries - News Business owner began career in factory Warren R. Fellabaum, 86, retired chairman of National Cement Products Co. January 25, 2008 | Obituaries - News Former sheriff of Ottawa County was WWII vet GENOA - Clarence T. "Steve" Stephens, 95, who capped a career in law enforcement by serving as Ottawa County sheriff, died Wednesday in the Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Perrysburg Township.
January 24, 2008 | Obituaries - News Local native served as ambassador to France NEW YORK - Evan Griffith Galbraith, Jr., a Toledo-area native and New York investment banker who served as U.S. ambassador to France in the 1980s, died Monday at his home in Manhattan. January 23, 2008 | Obituaries - News Ex-Ursuline nun taught 25 years in Luna Pier Dorothy Rita Lynch, 82, a former Ursuline nun who was known for instilling discipline and manners in her pupils at Michigan's Luna Pier Elementary School, died Sunday in the Hospice of Northwest...
January 22, 2008 | Obituaries - News Actor Heath Ledger, 28, found dead in N.Y. apartment NEW YORK — Heath Ledger, the talented 28-year-old actor who gravitated toward dark, brooding roles that defied his leading-man looks, was found dead Tuesday in a Manhattan apartment, face-down and... January 22, 2008 | Obituaries - News Archbold store owner active in jail ministry ARCHBOLD, Ohio - Mike Rupp, the founder of Archbold's unusual Pop Shop store who was on the board of the Cherry Street Mission in Toledo and active in jail ministry, died Sunday in Fulton County... January 21, 2008 | Obituaries - News Ex-Bloomdale teacher was a church organist BLOOMDALE, Ohio - Gladys Beryl Wasson, 95, a former elementary school teacher here and a longtime church organist, died Saturday at Birchaven Village, Findlay. January 20, 2008 | Obituaries - News Waterville's 'polar bear' was a beloved icon Herb Mericle, known for his annual ''polar bear'' plunges into the icy Maumee River, died Friday of natural causes in his Waterville home. He was 101. January 19, 2008 | Obituaries - News Builder overcame deaths of young twin daughters Randy L.
January 18, 2008 | Obituaries - News Former chess champion Bobby Fischer has died at 64, spokesman says REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Bobby Fischer, the reclusive American chess master who became a Cold War icon when he dethroned the Soviet Union’s Boris Spassky as world champion in 1972, has died. He was 64. January 18, 2008 | Obituaries - News Farmer dug graves 51 years in Hancock County FINDLAY - William D. January 17, 2008 | Obituaries - News Wagon Wheel owner managed Riverby Hills BOWLING GREEN - Phillip J. Ricketts, 88, who owned the former Wagon Wheel restaurant here and helped establish the Riverby Hills Golf Club, died Tuesday in his home here. January 16, 2008 | Obituaries - News Sicilian native cooked at her 3 restaurants in Sandusky SANDUSKY - Maria Barone, 84, a Sicilian native who with her late husband, George, owned and operated three Italian restaurants here, died Sunday in Providence Care Center.
January 15, 2008 | Obituaries - News Actor Brad Renfro found dead in his L.A. home at age 25 LOS ANGELES — Actor Brad Renfro, whose career began promisingly with a childhood role in “The Client” but rapidly faded as he struggled with drugs and alcohol, was found dead Tuesday in his home. January 15, 2008 | Obituaries - News O-I engineer active in American Legion James E. January 14, 2008 | Obituaries - News World War II vet ran service station William G. Covrett, 87, of Toledo, who owned and operated the former Covrett's Sunoco Service Station on Monroe Street for almost 30 years, died Saturday in Flower Hospital. January 13, 2008 | Obituaries - News Educator started in 1-room school EDGERTON, Ohio - Wray B. Dunson, 96, of Edgerton, whose 40-year career as an educator began in a one-room schoolhouse, died Friday in the Community Memorial Hospital in Hicksville, Ohio. January 12, 2008 | Obituaries - News Mainstay on harness race scene for 50 years led Ottawa County Fair ELMORE - Gordon Harry Witty, a longtime fixture in area harness racing who drove and trained Standardbreds into his 70s, died Thursday in St. Charles Mercy Hospital. January 11, 2008 | Obituaries - News Teacher spent nearly half-century at Coy School Virginia Brunn, 87, who taught fifth grade for nearly 50 years at Coy Elementary School in Oregon, died Monday in her home in West Toledo.
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