Obituaries
Bret Allan Young
Jun 6, 2017
Bret Allan Young, 58, of Green Springs, OH passed away unexpectedly on June 6, 2017 in San Diego, CA. he was born November 5, 1958 in Fremont to Claude and Carolyn (Solze) Young. He was a 1977 graduate of Clyde/Green Springs High School and attended The Ohio State University.Bret currently worked for Myers Construction as a CDL Driver/Operator. He was...
David John Forgatsch
Jun 1, 2017
David John Forgatsch, 88, of Fremont, OH passed away peacefully on June 1, 2017 at his home. He was born June 9, 1928, in Fremont, Ohio, to Joseph and Eula (Bower) Forgatsch. He was a graduate of Fremont Ross High School, class of 1946. He married Shelby (Klink) Quick in 1989, and she survives. Also surviving are daughters, Dr. Sara...
Rhea H. Myers
May 29, 2017
Rhea H. Myers, 100, of Fremont, OH passed away peacefully on Monday, May 29, 2017 at Bethesda Care Center. She was born on June 29, 1916 in Gibsonburg, OH to Henry and Carrie (Ickes) Walters.Rhea married Carl E. Myers on December 23, 1937 in Angola, IN and he preceded her in death on July 1, 2002.Rhea worked at the Fremont...
Alice I. Stoner
May 28, 2017
Alice I. Stoner, 78, of Fremont, OH, passed away Sunday, May 28, 2017 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born January 18, 1939 in Fremont, OH to Raymond and Sadie (Bork) Higley. Alice was a 1958 graduate of Fremont Ross High School.Alice married Richard Stoner on March 12, 1966 and he preceded her in death on March...
Lester A. Franks
May 28, 2017
Lester A. Franks, 81, of Fremont, OH passed away unexpectedly, doing what he loved most, hunting, on Sunday, May 28, 2017 in Ashtabula, OH. He was born on September 9, 1935 in Clyde, OH, the son of Alvin and Doris (Keegan) Franks. He was a 1954 graduate of Fremont Ross High School.Lester married Janice Faye Guthrie on August 1, 1953...
Janet R. Lance
May 28, 2017
Janet R. Lance, 85, of Fremont, OH passed away Sunday, May 28, 2017 at Parkview Care Center. She was born January 21, 1932 in Fremont, OH to Gerald L. and Ruth (Schrader) Dodway.Janet married Walter E. Lance on May 7, 1955 in Fremont, OH and he survives. She was a homemaker where she raised her three sons. Janet was a...
Barbara & Carl Willmeth
May 24, 2017
Barbara K. Willmeth, 89, of Fremont, OH passed away on Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at Toledo Hospital. She was born on May 7, 1928 in Hamilton, OH, the daughter of Lester W. and Magdalene D. (Durrough) Koehler, Sr. She attended Hamilton High School and graduated in 1946. She enrolled at Wittenberg College in Springfield, OH in 1946 and graduated with...
Franz Gerner
May 20, 2017
Franz Gerner, 71 of Fremont, OH passed away on May 20, 2017 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on October 1, 1945 in Yugoslavia to Jakob and Margaretha (Vogel) Gerner. Franz moved from Germany to the United States with his family when he was ten years old. He was a 1964 graduate of Fremont Ross High...
Russell Galen Sorg
May 19, 2017
Russell Galen Sorg, 95, of Fremont, OH passed away on Friday, May 19, 2017 at Stein Hospice in Sandusky. He was born on May 4, 1922 in Fremont to Harry and Juanita L. (Wilson) Sorg. He was a 1940 graduate of Fremont Ross High School and a 1942 graduate of Tiffin University.Russell served in the U.S. Army during WWII from...
Karl E. Havens
May 17, 2017
Karl E. Havens, 80, of Fremont, OH, passed away on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at Valley View Health Campus. He was born on December 5, 1936 in Fremont, the son of Willis B. and Gertrude (Young) Havens. He was a 1954 graduate of Green Springs High School.Karl married Janet Kahl on January 21, 1961 and she preceded him in death...
Audrey J. Beckman
May 13, 2017
Audrey J. Beckman, 95, of Fremont, OH, passed away on Saturday, May 13, 2017, at Eden Springs Nursing Home in Green Springs, OH. She was born on March 10, 1922, in Tiffin, OH, to Virgil and Mildred (Mills) McDonald. She was a 1940 graduate of Old Fort High School.Audrey married Robert G. Beckman on January 8, 1956, at Old Fort...
Clara L. (King) Fisher
May 12, 2017
Clara L. (King) Fisher, 91, of Fremont, OH passed away on Friday morning May 12th, 2017 at her home. She was born in Norton, KS on April 20th, 1926 to George and Jessie (King) Miller. Clara moved several times throughout her lifetime, and made Fremont her home. Clara loved to reminisce about her life sharing that she was born in...
Bynum “Bud” Hilton, Jr.
May 10, 2017
Bynum “Bud” Eugene Hilton, Jr., 47, of Port Clinton, OH died unexpectedly on Wednesday, May 10, 2017. He was born on April 27, 1970 in Sandusky, OH to Bynum E. and Dorothy (Vranish) Hilton, Sr. He was a graduate of Clyde High School and Vanguard Vocational Center.On February 9, 1996, he married his best friend, Katrina Bartson in Fremont, OH. ...
Alexander “Alex” M. Toth
May 8, 2017
Alexander “Alex” M. Toth, 83, of Fremont, OH passed away on Monday, May 8, 2017, with his daughter by his side, at Heritage Village of Clyde. He was born on July 29, 1933 in Fremont, the son of Alexander and Margaret E. (Baskey) Toth. He was a graduate of Fremont Ross High School and attended Bowling Green State University.Alex served...
Robert L Wetzel
May 6, 2017
Robert Lee, 81, of Fremont, OH passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, June 05, 2017. He was born September 3, 1935 in Ballville Township to the late Truman E. and Edna Mae (Amos) Wetzel. Robert married Shirley Ann Bradshaw January 10, 1956 and she preceded him in death on February 28, 1971.Robert played for the Little Giants football...
Ray E. Murray
May 4, 2017
Ray E. Murray, 87, of Fremont, OH passed away peacefully after a brief illness on May 4, 2017 at ProMedica Toledo Hospital surrounded by his family. He was born near Old Fort on September 10, 1929 to Harry R. and Christine (Knepper) Murray. He was a 1947 graduate of Old Fort High School.Ray married Lois Anne Berlekamp on March 15,...
Robert “Bob” J. O’Brien
May 4, 2017
“A kind heart never loses in the end.” (Irish Proverb)July 10, 1923 – May 4, 2017Robert “Bob” J. O’Brien, 93, of Fremont, OH passed away peacefully on Thursday,May 4, 2017 at Elmwood Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing In Fremont. He has left his family, friends and community a legacy of love, kindness, honesty – and always – humor.He was born...
Larry Lee Menkhoff
May 3, 2017
Larry Lee Menkhoff, 82, of Fremont, OH passed away on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at ProMedica Toledo Hospital. He was born on July 19, 1934 in Gibsonburg, OH to Frederick and Amelia (Ohms) Menkhoff.Larry served in the U.S. Air Force from April 1, 1952 until March 31, 1956 and was Honorably discharged. He was a Truck Driver for O.L.D. and...
Cody J. Stebel
May 3, 2017
Cody Joseph Stebel, 20, of Norwalk, OH passed away on May 3, 2017 at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, OH as the result of an auto accident. He was born on March 29, 1997 in Lima, OH to David and Valerie (Brutsche) Stebel and they survive. Cody was a 2015 graduate of Norwalk High School and received his Industrial Electricians...
Helen Irene (Sours) Harris
May 3, 2017
Helen Irene (Sours) Harris, 90, Green Springs, Ohio , passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 3, 2017, at Parkview Care Center at 3:35 am. She was born in McCutchenville, Ohio, a daughter and one of twelve children of Thurman Sours of Sours Hollow Ky. and Marietta (Swerlein) Sours of Upper Sandusky, Ohio.Helen attended McCutchenville grade school where she was a...
