Obituaries

Mar 26, 2025

George C. Ray Jr., age 71 of Defiance, passed away on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio, surrounded by his loved ones. He was born on March 26, 1954 to the late George and Martha (Silvers) Ray in Fort Wayne, Indiana. On February 9, 1980 he married Janice Densmore, who survives.

Mar 20, 2025

Donald Edward Wilhelm, 95, passed away peacefully on the evening of Thursday, March 20, 2025 at his home in Kingsbury Place, Defiance, Ohio. He was born November 25, 1929 in Defiance, Ohio to Edward F. Wilhelm and Beatrice T. Steffel. On April 14, 1956 Don married his forever Valentine, Grace B. V. Meyer, at St. Stephens Catholic Church, Delaware...

Mar 18, 2025

Michael "Mike" Patterson, age 78 of Defiance, passed away on Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at Mercy Defiance Hospital.

He was born in Napoleon, Ohio on December 4, 1946 to the late Kenneth and Catherine (Holmes) Patterson. Mike was a 1964 graduate of Defiance High School. On May 31, 1969 he married Beth (Mumy) Patterson who preceded him...

Mar 16, 2025

Josephine Goble, age 61 of Defiance, passed away on Sunday, March 16, 2025 at her home. She was born on April 3, 1963 to the late Jose Salaz and Calletana Briseno Cabrera in Defiance, Ohio. On July 7, 2004 she married John W. Goble, who preceded her in death in 2022. Josephine was a former member of Family Christian...

Mar 15, 2025

Teddy L. "Ted" Paxton, age 90 of Defiance, peacefully passed away on Saturday, March 15, 2025 at CHP Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center, surrounded by his loving family.

He was born in Defiance, Ohio on April 9, 1934 to the late John and Leona (Cooper) Paxton. On October 1, 1960 he married Joan Cummins, the love of...

Mar 15, 2025

Estevan "Steve" Baldemar Bejarano, age 49 of Lima, Ohio, passed away on Saturday March 15, 2025 at home from complications of Huntington's Disease. Steve was born in Defiance, Ohio on February 20, 1976 to Baldemar and Guadalupe (Pina) Bejarano and was a 1994 graduate of Defiance High School. He worked for several years at Cooper Tire in Bryan, OH....

Mar 14, 2025

Jean Marie (Nagel) Zimmerman, age 84 of Defiance, passed away Friday March 14, 2025 at her home. She was born on August 20, 1940 to the late Edward and Mae (Rowe) Nagel in Defiance, Ohio. She was a 1958 graduate of Jewell High School. On October 20, 1962 she married Edward Zimmerman who preceded her in death in 2003....

Mar 13, 2025

Daniel M. Ramirez, age 57 of Defiance, peacefully passed away on Thursday, March 13, 2025 at CHP Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born on June 15, 1967 to Simon and Irma (Maldonado) Ramirez in Defiance, Ohio. Daniel was a graduate of Defiance High School and worked in construction. He loved staying active, riding his bike, karate, exercising,...

Mar 12, 2025

Carolyn A. Franzdorf, age 83, of Defiance, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 12, 2025 with her son and dear friend at her side. She was born in New Bavaria, Ohio on October 8, 1941 to the late Sylvester and Germain (Swary) Homier. On June 30, 1962 she married William A. Franzdorf, who preceded her in death on July...

Mar 11, 2025

Ruth Katherine Warnimont, age 90 of Defiance, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at The Laurels of Defiance.

She was born on October 18, 1934 in Defiance, Ohio to Vernon and Mildred (Greiner) Marihugh. On February 21, 1954 she married Paul Warnimont who preceded her in death in 2020. They were married for 66 years....

Mar 10, 2025

Arlyn Jayda Joy Mehring, age 15 of Defiance, passed away on Monday, March 10, 2025 at home surrounded by her family.

She was born on August 6, 2009 to James and LeeAnn (Blair) Mehring in Cincinnati, Ohio. Arlyn was attending Good Samaritan School. She loved her family and enjoyed playing with her siblings, crawling around and making...

Mar 10, 2025

Archie Ray Grimes of Jewell, passed away on Monday, March 10, 2025 at the age of 96. He was born on March 17, 1928, in Paulding County, Brown Township, to Frank and Myrta (Adams) Grimes.

He graduated from Oakwood High School in 1946.  He enlisted in the United States Army and served in the Korean War from...

Mar 9, 2025

Anthony "Tony" H.  Suffel, age 66, of Defiance passed away Sunday March 9th, 2025, at St. Vincent's Hospital in Toledo.

He was born August 3, 1958, in Defiance.

Surviving are his wife, Sharla (Shaffer) Suffel, sons, Terry and Justin of Pauling, daughter, Kara of Columbus, Ohio, Stepson, Tyler Shaffer of New York City, his father,...

Mar 7, 2025

Sigrid Rose Emerling, 81, of Defiance, passed away on  Friday, March 7, 2025. She was born on September 2nd, 1943 to Charles and Josephine (Oilfisch) Rose in Aachen, Germany. Sigrid moved to the United States in 1948, first to Illinois then to Defiance in 1954 and lived there ever since. She was a graduate of Defiance High School Class...

Mar 6, 2025

Kathleen R. "Katie" Ensign, age 90 of Defiance, peacefully passed away surrounded by her loved ones on Thursday, March 6, 2025 at The Laurels of Defiance. She was born on February 21, 1935 to the late Clarence and Bertha (Rost) Lesh in Defiance, Ohio. On March 3, 1952 she married Larry Ensign who preceded her in death in October,...

Mar 5, 2025

Joann Adkins, 89, of Defiance, passed away on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. She was born on August 7, 1935 to the late James and Emily (Willis) Singleton in Cleveland, Virginia. On June 15, 1957 she married Donald Adkins who preceded her in death on October 7, 2023. Joann was a nurse at Lebanon Hospital in Virginia, and at Defiance...

Mar 5, 2025

Wayne "Mutt" Lee Roehrig, 88, passed away peacefully Wednesday, March 5, at CHP Defiance Inpatient Hospice Center surrounded by his loving family.

Mutt was born on April 29, 1936 to Olin and Veronica (Cupp) Roehrig in Defiance, OH. He was a member of St. John Catholic Church. On June 16, 1956, he married Linda Lee Smith in...

Mar 4, 2025

Jose "Joe" Rosendo Arreguin, age 74 of Defiance, passed away on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 in Defiance. Jose was born on March 1, 1951 to the late Jose and Maria (Arqueta) Arreguin Sr. in Edinburg, Texas. Jose was a faithful member of St. Mary Catholic Church, Defiance AMVETS #1991, VFW #3360 and Eagles #372. Jose dedicated 45 distinguished years...

Mar 4, 2025

Rosemary Ann Brady, 98 years old from Defiance, Ohio passed away peacefully on March 4, 2025. Rosemary was born to William and Cecelia Brady on March 25, 1926, in Toledo, Ohio. She graduated as Salutatorian from Defiance High school. She lived and worked most of her life in Defiance, Ohio. Her work career was spent at Dresser Industries /...

Mar 3, 2025

Elsie M. Rozevink, age 93 of Standley, Ohio, passed away on  Monday, March 3, 2025 at CHP Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center.

She was born in a log house west of Standley, OH on June 24, 1931 to Jacob and Sarah (Wagner) Rozevink. The family moved to Standley in September, 1932 where she has lived for 93...