Tag: Obituary

Barbara Louise Barndt, age 85, of Wayne, Ohio passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, surrounded by her loving family at the Bridge Hospice Care Center in Bowling Green.

Janette Arvilla (Light) Polker, 87, of Grand Rapids, passed away peacefully on January 23, 2023, at the Bridge Hospice Care Center in Bowling Green. She was born October 15, 1935, to Frank and May (Wenner) Light in McClure, Ohio. She was a 1953 graduate of McClure High School. On December 23, 1953, she married Raymond Polker at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Napoleon and they celebrated 66 years of marriage.

William “Bill” Bostelman, 49, of Grand Rapids, Ohio passed away January 23, 2023. William was born on December 2, 1973 in Bowling Green, Ohio to Donald and Shirley (Turner) Bostelman. He married Angela Donald on November 10, 2006 in Weston, Ohio and she survives.

Donald Allen Hovis, age 75, of Bradner, Ohio passed away peacefully on Tuesday (January 24, 2023) at the Bridge Hospice Care Center in Bowling Green, Ohio. He was born on July 16, 1947 in Fostoria, Ohio to the late Frank G. & Betty J. (Frazier) Hovis, Jr. He married Judy L. Zimmerman on May 28, 1966 in Risingsun, Ohio.

Barbara J. Knepper, 81, of Perrysburg, passed away on Saturday, January 21, 2023 at Otterbein SeniorLife in Pemberville, OH. She was born on May 18, 1941 in Wayne, Ohio to David L. and Ruby P. (Sidle) Gallagher. Barb married David R. Knepper on October 7, 1996 at the Pondarosa Ranch on Lake Tahoe. They have celebrated 26 years of marriage together.

Jean Ellen Tahy, age 92, of Fremont, Ohio passed away peacefully on Sunday (January 22, 2023) at Elmwood Skilled Nursing Home of Fremont, Ohio surrounded by her loving family. She was born on December 22, 1930 in Bradner, Ohio to the late Ellsworth R. & Doris H. (Walters) Adkins. She married Charles Stephen Tahy, Jr. on June 7, 1952 in Bradner, Ohio and he passed away on February 7, 2022.

Karl Heinz Offerman, 88, of Waterville, passed away on Tuesday morning, January 17, 2023, at Kingston of Perrysburg. He was born on October 14, 1934 to Karl D. and Gertrude (Tilker) Offerman, in Herford, Germany. He served in the U.S. Army from 1956-1959 stationed in Germany and France. On December 11, 1958 he married Ingeborg M. Zimmerman in Manheim, Germany. Karl and Inga have raised 2 daughters and celebrated over 64 years of marriage together.

Larry Charles Lehman, 69 of Bowling Green, passed away just days after a cancer diagnosis, with family by his side on January 16, 2023.

On January 14, 2023, Clara Louise Todd passed away peacefully with her loving family by her side.

Jackalean Luann Riggs, 68, of McClure, Ohio passed away on January 11, 2023 at Regency Hospital, Toledo. She was born in Toledo, Ohio, on June 26, 1954 to Theodore and Elisabeth (Dickes) Gray. Jackie met the love of her life, Gale Riggs, and they married on April 13, 1981 in Grand Rapids, Ohio.