OBITUARIES
Sobra A. Peto
Aug 17, 2025
Sobra A. Peto, 62, of Port Clinton, OH passed away Sunday, August 17, 2025 at Stein Hospice Care Center, Sandusky, Ohio. She was born October 22, 1962 in Port Clinton, Ohio the daughter of Nicholas and Phyllis Joan (Ward) Peto. She was a 1980 graduate of Port Clinton High School and a 1985 graduate of Bowling Green State University. Sobra...
Richard T. Golias
Aug 13, 2025
Richard T. Golias, 82, of Lakeside-Marblehead, OH and formerly of Cleveland, passed away Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at his home. He was born June 15, 1943 in Cleveland the son of Thomas and Michalina (Waligorski) Golias. On February 19, 1972 he married Kathleen Madanski. Richard was a veteran of the United States Army serving in Germany during the Vietnam Era....
Rosemary P. Short
Aug 13, 2025
Rosemary P. Short, 86, of Port Clinton, OH passed away Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at Firelands Regional Medical Center, Sandusky, OH. She was born June 25, 1939 in Lake Orion, MI the daughter of William James and Ellen (Phillips) Palmer. She married Lester J. Short on October 25, 1958 and he preceded her in death on December 22, 2024. Rosemary...
Bryan L. Atwater
Aug 11, 2025
Bryan L. Atwater, 58, of Oak Harbor, Ohio, died peacefully on Monday, August 11, 2025, at his home. He was born March 16, 1967, in Toledo, Ohio, to Terry and Genevieve (Newton) Atwater.
A 1985 graduate of Oak Harbor High School and Penta Vocational School, Bryan was a skilled millwright by trade. He most recently worked in...
Robbie Lee Hughes, Jr.
Aug 11, 2025
Robbie Lee Hughes, Jr., 78, of Graytown, OH gained his wings on August 11, 2025. He was born in the US Naval Hospital in Pensacola, FL to Robbie Lee Sr. and Irene Mary (Eckerle) Hughes on June 10, 1947. He married Cheryl Lynne (Harder) Grosjean on October 21, 1972.
Robbie loved fishing, watching movies from his endless...
Joseph Lee Hall
Aug 10, 2025
Joseph Lee Hall, 79 formerly of Toledo, OH died unexpectedly Sunday, August 10, 2025 at his home in Oak Harbor, OH. He was born August 17, 1945 in Fort Wayne, IN to the late Jess and Amanda (Higgins) Hall. He was a graduate of Lima High School and served 4 years in the United States Navy during Vietnam....
Thomas D. "Tommy" Thompson
Aug 8, 2025
Thomas D. “Tommy” Thompson, 71, of Bellevue, OH passed away peacefully at home on August 8, 2025 after a long battle with cancer. He was born May 10, 1954 in Sandusky, OH the son of Joseph E. and Betty (Gurtz) Thompson. Tommy married Jean Yingling on February 7, 1981 and they enjoyed 44 years of marriage. Tommy ran the greenhouses...
Becky Jo Giesler
Aug 7, 2025
Becky Jo Giesler, 46 of Elmore, OH passed away peacefully at home on August 7, 2025 from Glioblastoma. She was born December 16, 1978 in Toledo, OH to John and Robin (Pfaff) Evans. She was a 1997 graduate of Springfield High School. On March 1, 2003 she married Matt Giesler with whom she had 3 beautiful children and...
Shirley A. Bryant
Jul 30, 2025
Shirley A. Bryant, 88, of Catawba Island passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2025 at Ottawa County Riverview Health Care Campus, surrounded by family. She was born May 2, 1937 in Portsmouth, OH the daughter of Carl and Pearl Boling. She married Russell Bryant, Sr. on September 25, 1954. They were married for 70 years. She was a homemaker and a...
Beverly M. Schiets
Jul 21, 2025
Beverly M. Schiets, 77 of Fremont, OH died Monday, July 21, 2025 at the home of her son and surrounded by her family while under Hospice Care. She was born September 30, 1947 in Port Clinton, OH to the late Ernest and Ethel (Millinger) Stone. She was a 1965 graduate of Salem-Oak Harbor High School. On August 31,...
James Homer Fitzwater
Jul 20, 2025
James Homer Fitzwater, 86, of Catawba Island and formerly of Elyria passed away Sunday, July 20, 2025 at the Avon Hospital Cleveland Clinic. He was born March 24, 1939 of Fayetteville, WV the son of the late Homer and Beulah Fitzwater. He married Ann Marie Gorman on June 27, 1997. James graduated from Fayetteville High School in 1957, he received...
Warren G Taylor
Jul 19, 2025
Warren G. Taylor, 86, of Port Clinton, passed away Saturday, July 19, 2025. He was born July 9, 1939 in Dante, VA the son of Paul and Daisy (Deskins) Taylor, Sr. Warren moved to Port Clinton in the late 1950’s where he met the love of his life, Millie Faretta and they married on August 29, 1956 and she preceded...
Sylvia Sue (Wicks) Kimball
Jul 17, 2025
Sylvia Sue (Wicks) Kimball, 76, of Oak Harbor went to be with the Lord on July 17, 2025 of natural causes.
Sylvia, or Susie, as family and friends called her, resided at Riverview Health Care Campus in Oak Harbor, OH. She was born on September 14, 1948 to the late Richard and Helen Wicks. Sylvia was a graduate of Salem-Oak Harbor...
Irene M. Floro
Jul 17, 2025
Irene M. Floro, 93 of Elmore, OH, died Thursday, July 17, 2025 at her daughter’s home in Fremont, OH. She was born July 4, 1932 in Toledo, OH to the late Wallace and Ruth (Lewis) Chasteen. On January 8, 1949 she married Paul T. Floro Sr., who preceded her in death on February 13, 2023. She was the...
Martha Phillips
Jul 14, 2025
Martha Jean Phillips, 80 lifelong resident of Port Clinton, OH passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Monday, July 14, 2025, at Riverview Health Care Campus, Oak Harbor, OH. She was born February 16, 1945, in Port Clinton, OH to the late Robert and Lucy (Hollinshead) Phillips. Martha was known to her friends and family by many...
Theresia "Terry" Reedy
Jul 12, 2025
Theresia “Terry” Reedy, age 83, of Republic, Ohio, passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, July 12, 2025.
Born on September 6, 1941, in Elek, Hungary, Terry was the daughter of the late Veronika (Forester) Engelhardt and Adam Engelhardt, both of Denkendorf, Germany.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and three brothers: Adam, Josef, and Albert Engelhardt, all of...
Richard P. Sievert
Jul 12, 2025
Richard P. Sievert, 76 of Oak Harbor, OH died Saturday, July 12, 2025 at Riverview Health Care Campus, Oak Harbor. He was born July 14, 1948 in Graytown, OH to the late Donald L. and Rose (Distel) Sievert. He was a 1966 graduate of Oak Harbor High School and received his Bachelors of Education from the University of...
Dr. Michael Scott Mabee
Jul 10, 2025
Dr. Michael Scott Mabee, 84, of Marysville and formerly of Catawba Island passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Thursday, July 10, 2025 at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, OH. Born January 19, 1941 in East Cleveland the son of Dr. Horace Grant and Evelyn H. (Watson) Mabee. As a military child, he lived in numerous places. Upon graduating...
Cliff Robert Welch
Jul 10, 2025
Cliff Robert Welch, 79, of Fremont passed away Thursday, July 10, 2025 at Countryside Manor in Fremont. He was born October 31, 1945 in Port Clinton, the son of Charles and Mary (Lucas) Welch. Cliff served his country in the United States Navy. He married Bonnie Dubbert on April 11, 1986. Cliff retired from Ford Motor Company where he worked...
Randi Marie Thomas
Jul 6, 2025
Randi Marie Thomas, 63, of Lakeside and formerly of Cleveland, passed away Sunday, July 6, 2025, at Stein Hospice Care Center, Sandusky, OH. She was born November 4, 1961, in Cleveland the daughter of Edward Stanley and Rita (Janke) Ostry, Sr. Randi was an attorney and previously an assistant prosecutor for Cuyahoga County and the Managing Attorney of the Cleveland...
