OBITUARIES
Rosemary Theresa Distel
Oct 1, 2024
Rosemary Theresa Distel, 90 of Graytown, OH died Tuesday, October 1, 2024 at Genoa Retirement Village, Genoa, OH. She was born May 18, 1934 in Bono, OH to the late Norman and Laura (DeCant) Cousino. She graduated from Clay High School in 1952 where she had been a band member and a candidate for the homecoming court. In the...
Elaine Evelyn Mackey
Oct 1, 2024
Elaine Evelyn Mackey, 90, of E. Bayshore Road, Marblehead, died surrounded by family and at her home.
She was born in Marblehead, Ohio to Fred and Laurel (Kihlken) Lambert. Elaine graduated from Danbury High School in 1951. She married Emmett Mackey on June 27, 1953. And he proceeded her in death on March 4, 1992....
Elaine M. Mackey
Sep 28, 2024
Elaine M. Mackey, 80, of Port Clinton, OH passed away Saturday, September 28, 2024 at Edgewood Manor Rehab and Healthcare Center, Port Clinton, OH. She was born March 14, 1944 in Fremont, OH the daughter of Del and Alma (House) Fisher. She was a 1962 graduate of St. Joseph Central Catholic High School in Fremont. She married Brenten T....
Nancy Y. Dunham
Sep 28, 2024
Nancy Yates Dunham, 90, of Port Clinton passed away on September 28, 2024 at her home on Catawba Island. She was born on January 21, 1934 in Cincinnati. Preceding her in death were her parents Roy and Mary Yates, brother Roy Yates, Jr., and son Mark Dunham. Surviving her is her husband Richard Dunham, whom she married on August...
Roger L. Priddy
Sep 27, 2024
Roger L. Priddy, 77, of Lakeside-Marblehead, OH passed away Friday, September 27, 2024 at Firelands Regional Medical Center, Sandusky, OH. He was born June 29, 1947 in West Virginia, the son of Dennis and Mary (Snodgrass) Priddy, Sr. He married Christine Mahler on September 23, 1972 and she survives. Roger worked for Celotex in Port Clinton and later retired...
Jeannette L. Lincoln
Sep 24, 2024
Jeannette L. Lincoln, 87 formerly of Graytown, OH and longtime resident of Elmore, died Tuesday, September 24, 2024, at her home in Clyde, OH surrounded by her family. She was born October 19th, 1936, in Gibsonburg, OH to the late Virgil and Opal (Avery) Myers. She was the beloved wife for 48 years of the late Harry R. Lincoln....
Donald W. Kern
Sep 24, 2024
Donald W. Kern, 88 of Oak Harbor, OH died Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at ProMedica Bay Park Hospital, Oregon, OH. He was born October 12, 1935 in Port Clinton, OH to the late Ollie and Pearl (Perry) Kern. On October 10, 1964 he married the former Violet J. Harder, and she survives. Don worked 30 years for Standard Products...
Nicholas Moskal
Sep 23, 2024
Nicholas Z. (Zbigniew) Moskal, 95 of Oak Harbor, OH died Monday, September 23, 2024 at his home under Hospice Care. He was born July 18, 1929 in Poland to Jan and Anna (Harpula) Moskal. In his younger years Nicholas spent years as a trapeze artist, where he traveled many places performing. He also served Poland in the Polish Army...
Bobby H. Dawson
Sep 21, 2024
Bobby Harold Dawson, 77 formerly of Dayton, OH died Saturday, September 21, 2024 at his home in Port Clinton, OH under Hospice Care. He was born March 13, 1947 in Dayton, Ohio to Harold and Verdell (Walker) Dawson. He is preceded in death by his father and his grandson, Devin Charles Martin. He is survived by his loving wife,...
Darrell W. Opfer
Sep 20, 2024
Darrell W. Opfer, 83 of Oak Harbor, OH died September 20, 2024 at Magruder Hospital, Port Clinton, OH following medical issues he had been battling for a number of years.
He was born June 17, 1941 in Genoa, OH to the late Milton and Iva (Gleckler) Opfer. He attended Elmore schools and graduated from Harris-Elmore...
Cynthia K. Orlando
Sep 19, 2024
Cynthia K. Orlando, 75, of Lakeside-Marblehead, OH was called home on Thursday, September 19, 2024, after her long battle with cancer. She was born February 12, 1949 in Portsmouth, OH.
Cindy loved to dance, spend the day fishing at her family cottage, reading, working in her beautiful garden and traveling with her best friend, Barb. Her favorite...
Carol J. Gibson
Sep 17, 2024
Carol Joyce Gibson, 74, of Marblehead, OH and Sabastian, FL passed away Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at Countryside Manor Care, Fremont, OH. She was born July 24, 1950 in Akron, OH the daughter of John William and Helen (Frejes) Nutter. She married Larry A. Gibson on April 13, 1989 and he preceded her in death on March 15, 2024....
Anna Bertha Marie Heller Rust
Sep 16, 2024
Anna Bertha Marie Heller Rust, 92, of Columbus and formerly of Lakeside, OH passed away Monday, September 16, 2024 at Kensington Place, Columbus, OH. She was born at home on May 22, 1932 in Westgate, IA the daughter of Carl Theodore and Anna (Wetzel) Heller. Ann married Rev. Harold C. Rust on September 2, 1951 and he preceded her...
Robert L. "Bob" Ohm
Sep 9, 2024
Robert L. “Bob” Ohm, 80, of Port Clinton, OH passed away Monday, September 9, 2024 at his home. He was born January 27, 1944 in Oak Harbor, OH the son of Wilton and Rhea Dailey Ohm. He married Caroline Russell and she preceded him in death after 56 years on January 9, 2019. Bob was a truck driver for Crown...
Carol Sue Gentry
Sep 8, 2024
Carol Sue Gentry, 76, of Port Clinton and formerly of Fremont passed away September 8, 2024 at Riverview Health Care Campus, Oak Harbor, OH. She was born October 30, 1947 in Fremont, OH the daughter of Dayle and Jean (Morton) Meyer. She married Terry Gentry on June 26, 1976 and he preceded her in death on April 5, 2014....
Dean M. Fisher
Sep 7, 2024
Dean M. Fisher, 51, of Port Clinton, OH passed away Saturday, September 7, 2024 at Stein Hospice Care
Center, Sandusky, OH. He was born August 10, 1973 in Lima, OH the son of Michael and Connie (Huff)
Fisher. Dean graduated from Continental High School in 1991 and served his country in the United
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Mary Ellen Boon
Sep 4, 2024
Mary Ellen Boon (née Buchhop), 93 of Indianapolis, IN, died peacefully on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, at home surrounded by family. She was born May 27, 1931, in Napoleon, OH to the late Rudolph J. and Emma (Rohrs) Buchhop. She was a 1949 graduate of Wauseon High School. Mary attended the Toledo Hospital School of Nursing, where she earned...
James "Jim" E. Swift Ii
Sep 2, 2024
James E. Swift, 70 of Oak Harbor, OH died Monday, September 2, 2024 at Magruder Hospital, Port Clinton following a lengthy illness. He was born June 15, 1954 in Nemacolin, PA to the late James and Arlene Mae (Deppen) Swift Sr. On October 28, 1977 he married Lodema S. (Bender), and she survives. Jim was a barber in Port...
Jeffrey A. Niese
Sep 1, 2024
Jeffrey Alan Niese, 61, of Put-in-Bay, Ohio peacefully passed away in his home on Sunday, September 1, 2024. Born the fifth of seven children to Eugene “Tipper” Niese and Carol Ann (Hoersten) Niese on August 4, 1963 in Ottawa, Ohio.
Jeff’s family moved to South Bass Island, Put-in-Bay in 1975 and started the Niese family...
David Cary Verbryke
Aug 29, 2024
David Cary Verbryke, passed away peacefully on August 29, 2024 in Kingston, Ohio. Formerly of Elmore, Ohio, David was born on February 7, 1957 to Robert and Harriet Verbryke in Toledo, Ohio. He was a 1975 graduate of Woodmore High School in Elmore. His extracurricular activities at Woodmore included playing coronet in the school band as well as being...
