Obituaries
1999 - Obits - E, F & G
Dolores
Ann Emerine
James Frederick
Ernest Jr.
William E. 'Bill' Etzinger
Mary J. (Cline) Eyre
Clair J. Frankart
John H. Fernbaugh
Margaret
Flack
L. Ardella (Filliater)
Russell
Harry W. Fling
Billie
L. Fox
Harry
Frantz Franklin D. 'Frankie' Fraley
Harry Frantz
Sgt. Virgil Junior Fritz
Evelyn R. Fruth
Bess Elizabeth Gee
Deborah K. Gegenheimer
Margaret Geren
Edna Jane Gilhuly
James E. 'Jim' Gilliland
Betty L. Gockerman
Hilda V. Good
JOSEPHINE GONZALES
Harold
J. Goshe
Donna Graber
Carol Ann Grine
James Frederick
Ernest Jr.
Fostoria High School graduate
Word has been received that James
Frederick Ernest Jr., 83, of Flint, Mich., died March 20, 1999,
in Hudson, Fla. where he and his wife were winter visitors.
Mr. Ernest was born Dec. 14, 1915,
in Carlysle, Ill., to James and Luey (Kelley) Ernest. He graduated
from Fostoria High School; was the former proprietor of C &
W Electric Inc. in Flint; was a 50-year member of The Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers, Local 948, Flint; and a veteran of World
War II.
Survivors include his wife of 58
years Majil (Winn) Ernest; children Daniel (Cindy Angelbeck)
of Bayonet Point, Fla.; Arita Putnam, New Port Richey; Jeffrey
(Ivy Gregory) of Swartz Creek, Mich.; four grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren; and a nephew.
Deceased are a son, Robert; three
brothers, Clare, George and Charles; and a sister, Delta Wolsdorf.
William E. 'Bill' Etzinger
Retired engineer
William E. "Bill" Etzinger, 70,
of 535 W. Jackson St., Fostoria, died in the Fostoria Community
Hospital at 10:21 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 15, 1999.
He was born in Bucyrus Jan. 11,
1929, to Robert H. and Florence L. (Robertson) Etzinger. His
mother, now Florence Etzinger-Reese, survives in Fostoria. His
wife, Mary Jane (Yates) Etzinger, whom he married Oct. 30, 1953,
in Wadsworth, also survives in Fostoria.
Other survivors include: two sons,
William E. II and Andrew J. Etzinger, both of Fostoria; two
daughters, Stacy A. Trout of Arcadia and Mrs. Michael (Jane)
Reinhart of Fostoria; a brother, Robert J. Etzinger of Fostoria;
two sisters, Mrs. Jack (Barbara) Bateson of Bloomdale and Mrs.
Paul (Mary) Heckathorn of Fostoria; and nine grandchildren.
His father and a sister, Joann
Calmes, are deceased..
Mr. Etzinger, a 1946 graduate of
Fostoria High School, retired in 1991 as an engineer from Fostoria
Industries, where he had been employed for more than 20 years.
He also worked many years at the Mann Funeral Home in Fostoria.
He was a member of Hope Lutheran
Church and Elks Lodge 935, both of Fostoria; Fostoria Lodge
288 Free and Accepted Masons, Scottish Rite-Valley of Toledo,
Zenobia Shrine, Toledo and the Fostoria Shrine Club, where he
had served as president in 1986. He was a former member of Fostoria
Vanguards.
The Rev. Richard Hofmann will be
the officiant at the 10:30 a.m. Wednesday service in the Mann-Hare
Funeral Home, Fostoria. Interment will be in Riverview Cemetery,
West Millgrove.
Visitation is 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
today at the funeral home, where Masonic memorial services will
be at 7.
Memorials may be made to the church
or the Shriners Children's Hospital, in care of the Mann-Hare
Funeral Home, 407 N. Countyline St., Fostoria, OH 44830.
Dolores Ann Emerine
Bendix-Autolite retiree FOSTORIA -- Dolores Ann Emerine,
79, formerly of 712 W. Center St., Fostoria, died at 3:55 a.m.
Thursday, Sept. 16, 1999, at St. Catherines Care Center, Fostoria.
She was born Jan. 17, 1920, in
Alvada to Martin A. and Magdalena T. (Goshe) Reinhart. She married
Elmer D. Emerine on June 17, 1943, at St. Wendelin Catholic
Church, Fostoria, and he died in 1969.
Surviving are a daughter, Sheila
M. Emerine, Fostoria; a son, Douglas M. of Greenwood, S.C.;
three grandchildren; a great-grandson, and three sisters, Evelyn
A. Augsburger, Lebanon; Mrs. Robert (Rita M.) Myers, Fostoria;
Mrs. Charles (Shirley A.) Anderson, Amelia.
She also was preceded in death
by a son, Stephen C.
Mrs. Emerine retired in 1978 as
a machine operator at Bendix-Autolite, Fostoria.
She was a member of St. Wendelin
Catholic Church and its Rosary-Altar Society, Local 533 of the
United Auto Workers-CIO and the AARP.
A Mass of Christian Burial will
be celebrated at 11 a.m. Monday at the church. Burial will be
in the parish cemetery.
Visitation will be held from 2-9
p.m. Sunday at Hoening Funeral Home, Fostoria, where a Christian
wake service will be held at 8:30 p.m. A rosary will be recited
at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the church.
Memorials may be made to St. Wendelin
Schools' Educational Foundation or to St. Catherines Care Center's
Activities Department.
Clair J. Frankart
Chrysler Foundry retiree
Clair J. Frankart, 74, died at
7:10 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24, 1999, at his home in rural Fostoria.
He was born in West Independence,
March 21, 1924, to Nicholas and May (Burkett) Frankart. His
wife, Viola E. (Kieffer) Frankart, whom he married June 22,
1946, in St. Peter Catholic Church, Alvada, survives in rural
Fostoria.
Other survivors include: a daughter,
Mrs. Carl (Sharon) Keller of Duluth, Minn.; two sons, Earl and
Arnold ''Arnie'' Frankart, both of Fostoria; seven grandchildren;
and three sisters, Mrs. Joseph (Beatrice) Wank of New Riegel
and Blanche and Bernice Frankart, both of Fostoria.
Preceding him in death were five
brothers, Carl, Earl, Ervin, Alvin and Edmund Frankart; and
a sister, Mary Louise Frankart.
Mr. Frankart, a life member of
the Fostoria United Sportsman Club, retired in 1975 from the
Chrysler Foundry in Fostoria, after 25 years of employment.
He also was a member of St. Wendelin
Catholic Church and the Eagles, both of Fostoria.
A public funeral Mass will be 10:30
a.m. Wednesday in St. Wendelin Catholic Church, where the Rosary
will be recited at 10 p.m. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.
Private family visitation will
be at the Hoening Funeral Home, Fostoria, who are in charge
of arrangements.
Memorials may be made to Bridge
Home Health and Hospice, Findlay, or a charity of the donor's
choice.
Evelyn R. Fruth
Restaurant employee/homemaker
Evelyn R. Fruth, 80, of East Fourth
Street, Fostoria, died at 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5, 1999, in the
Toledo Hospital.
She was born in Hancock County,
May 7, 1918, to John and Ethel (Russell) Peters. Her husband,
Vincent A. Fruth, whom she married Feb. 10, 1940, in Biglick
Township, Hancock County, survives in Fostoria.
Survivors also include: a son,
David A. Fruth of Seymour, Ind.; a daughter, Mrs. John (Naomi
''Nikki'') O'Dell of Fostoria; three brothers, Carl Peters of
Findlay, Harold Peters of Arcadia and Marion Peters of Port
Clinton; three sisters, Mrs. Carl (Ruth) Stillwell of Cleburne,
Texas, Glenna Shelf of Seattle, Wash. and Mrs. Irvin (Donna)
Jameson of Port Clinton; and threegrandchildren.
Mrs. Fruth, a homemaker and member
of Trinity United Brothern Church, Fostoria, and its Missionary
Society, also had worked in area restaurants.
Services in the Harrold-Floriana
Funeral Home, Fostoria, will be 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, with the
Rev. Michael T. Weaver officiating. Burial will be in Union
Cemetery, West Independence.
Visitation will be 2-4 and 7-9
p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the church.
Sgt. Virgil
Junior Fritz
Retired U.S. Army
Sgt. First Class Virgil Junior
Fritz, retired U.S. Army, 70, died at 2:10 a.m. Saturday, April
10, 1999, at his residence at 451 W. Fremont St., Fostoria.
He was born in Bettsville, June
16, 1928, to Perry Clinton and Pearl (Stull) Fritz. On June
21, 1968, he married Rosina Josephine DiCesare, who survives
in Fostoria.
Other survivors include: a daughter,
Barbara Ann Zeitz of Bellevue; a son, Brian Lee Fritz of Findlay;
a granddaughter; three step-grandchildren; and two brothers,
Vernon Perry Fritz of Tiffin and Glenn Edward Fritz of Fostoria.
A sister, Doris M. Patynko, precedes
him in death.
Mr. Fritz retired in 1979 from
the United States Army as a sergeant first class. He also worked
part-time for Buckeye Auto Parts in Fostoria for seven years,
retiring in 1997.
A 1947 graduate of Bettsville High
School, he was a member of St. Wendelin Catholic Church, American
Legion Post 73, where he had served as a trustee, and VFW Post
421, all of Fostoria.
While in the Army, he served in
Korea 1951-52 and Vietnam 1969-70 and was the recipient of the
Purple Heart, Bronze Star and many other commendations.
A Funeral Mass in St. Wendelin
Catholic Church will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, where the Rosary
will be recited at 10 a.m. Burial will be in the parish cemetery,
with military graveside services conducted by the United Veterans
of Fostoria.
Visitation will be 2-4 and 7-9
p.m. Tuesday in the Hoening Funeral Home, Fostoria, with a Christian
Wake service at 8:30 p.m.
Memorials may be made to Community
Hospice Care, Tiffin, the American Cancer Society, the church
or to a charity of the donor's choice.
John H. Fernbaugh
Model A vehicle restorer
John H. Fernbaugh, 64, of Fostoria,
died at 9:47 p.m. Monday, April 26, 1999, in Deaconess Hospital,
Cleveland.
He was born in Upper Sandusky June
20, 1934, to Brant W. and Edna B. (Healey) Fernbaugh. His mother
survives in Fostoria. In June 1955, he married Janet L. Shriver,
and they were divorced. She survives in Fostoria.
Also surviving are: two daughters,
Lisa Huss of Fostoria and Mrs. Dave (Lora) Barber of West Jordan,
Utah; two sisters, Mrs. Robert (Deloris) Pearsall of Deshler
and Mrs. Jack (Kate) Gwinerof Kansas, Ohio; four grandchildren
and nieces and nephews.
A brother, Valdo Fernbaugh, preceded
him in death.
Mr. Fernbaugh, a 1952 graduate
of Jackson-Liberty High School, worked for O'Donnell Chevrolet
in the body shop in the late 1960s and early '70s. He also was
a self-employed auto restorer specializing in Model A vehicles.
He was a member of the Model A
Ford Flying Quail Club and in the 1950s raced dirt and stock
cars.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday
in the Hoening Funeral Home, Fostoria, with the Rev. Donald
R. Goodwin officiating.
Visitation will be 1-3 p.m. Saturday
at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to a charity
of the donor's choice.
Harry W. Fling
Harry W. Fling, 87, of Culbertson
Street, Fostoria, died at 11:33 p.m. Friday, May 7, 1999, in
Fostoria Community Hospital.
He was born May 6, 1912, in Monroe,
Mich., to Harrison and Alsina (Doe) Fling.
A sister, Helen Proudfoot of Temperance,
Mich., and several nieces and nephews, survive.
Preceding him in death were two
sisters, Dorothy and Gladys Fling, and a brother, Gerald Fling.
Mr. Fling, a 1930 graduate of Fostoria
High School, was the owner and operator of the former Fling
Garage in Fostoria.
A World War II U.S. Army veteran,
he was a life member of the National Rifle Association.
Graveside services will be at a
later date, with the Rev. Donald Goodwin officiating. Burial
will be in Fountain Cemetery, Fostoria.
There will be no visitation. The
Harrold-Floriana Funeral Home, Fostoria, is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials may be made to St. Catherine's
Care Center or a charity of the donor's choice.
L. Ardella
(Filliater) Russell
Rural Fostoria homemaker
L. Ardella Russell, 68, of 10973
W. SR 18, Fostoria, died at 8 a.m., Friday, Sept. 3, 1999, in
Blanchard Valley Regional Health Center.
She was born Oct. 12, 1930, in
Fostoria to William and Josephine (Depinet) Filliater.
On June 10, 1950, in Ft. Wayne,
Ind., she married Kenneth R. Russell, who died April 30, 1994.
Surviving are one son, Gregory
G. Russell of Fostoria; two daughters: Pamela A. Russell of
Findlay, Mrs. Steve (Debra) Huff of Columbus; seven grandchildren;
one great-granddaughter; two brothers: F. Norbert Filliater
of Fostoria, Donald Filliater of Atlanta, Ga.; three sisters:
Mrs. Walter (Helen) Feasel of Fremont, Mrs. Jack (Wilma) Ziegman
of Orrville, and Mrs. Robert (Janice) Colman of Fostoria.
Preceding her in death, in addition
to her husband, were her parents; a brother, William Filliater;
two sisters: Regina Schlachter and Geraldine Canterbury.
Mrs. Russell was a 1948 graduate
of St. Wendelin High School; a homemaker and bookkeeper. She
had memberships in St. Wendelin Catholic Church; Catawba West
Harbor Yacht Club; Fostoria Elks Club; and Women of the Moose,
Port Clinton.
Rosary will be recited at 10 a.m.
Tuesday followed by the Funeral Mass at 10:30 a.m. in the St.
Wendelin Catholic Church, with burial in Memory Gardens, near
Arcadia.
Visitation is 2-9 p.m. Monday at
the Hoening Funeral Home, Fostoria, where a Christian Wake Service
will be at 8:30 p.m.
Memorials may be made to Bridge
Home Health & Hospice of Findlay, the St. Wendelin Church, or
the Oncology Unit of Blanchard Valley Regional Health Center.
Margaret Flack
Former Fostorian and Homemaker
Margaret M. Flack, 92 Fitzgerald,
Ga. formerly of Fostoria, died 1 a.m. Sept. 30 at Dorminy Medical
Center, Fitzgerald, Ga.
She was born Nov. 21, 1906 in Mansfield
to Albert Clyde and Charlotte (Chatlain) Forsyte. She married
Herschel Flack and he died.
She is survived by to sons, Donald
Flack, Mobile, Ala. and Robert Flack, Fostoria: one brother,
Paul Forsyth, Everton, Ariz.; 14 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
She is proceeded in death by a
son, Ralph Flack.
Mrs. Flack was a homemaker and
retired from the Ohio Power Company. She served on the mission
fields in Alaska for several years and also was a school teacher.
Graveside services will be 4 p.m.
today in Sandy Ridge Cemetery Ben Hill County, Ga. the Rev.
Jim Fant officiating.
A memorial service will be 7:30
p.m. at the Gathering Place, Bowen's Mill Christian Center.
Arrangements were handled by Paulk
Funeral Home.
Billie L.
Fox
Retired Fostoria Community Hospital employee
Billie L. Fox, 93, of Independence
House, Fostoria, died at 4:43 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, 1999.
She was born Jan. 24, 1906, to Augustus and Della (Bridges)
Miller. On July 31, 1945, she married Howard K. Fox; he passed
away.
Survivors include: three sons,
John Fox of Fostoria, Bob Hansberry of Brighton, Ill., and Curt
Hansberry of Victoria, Texas; 13 grandchildren; and 20 great
grandchildren.
Preceded in death were: a son,
Bill Hansberry; two brothers, Herbert and John Miller; a sister,
Irene Smith; and a great grandchild.
Mrs. Fox was a 1924 graduate of
Hume Fogg High School in Nashville, Tenn. She attended the Bellevue
Hospital School of Nursing and retired in 1976 as an L.P.N.
at Fostoria Community Hospital. She attended the Wesley United
Methodist Church in Fostoria and member of Wesley United Methodist
Woman, L.P.N. Association; and Fostoria Chapter 94 Order of
the Eastern Star.
The Rev. Branson Hawkes will officiate
the 11 a.m. Saturday graveside services at Fountain Cemetery,
Fostoria.
Memorials may be made to the charity
of the donor's choice. Services are being handled by the Harrold-Floriana
Funeral Home of Fostoria.
Harry Frantz
Harry H. Frantz 83, Findlay, died
at 7:13 p.m. Oct 16, 1999 at blanchard Valley Regional Health
Center.
He was born Oct.8, 1916 in Fostoria
to Issac and Ella Jean (Dickies) Frantz. He married Mary V.
Frank on May 7, 1947, and she survives.
Also surviving are a son, Ronald
Frantz, New Castle, Calif.; and three grandchildren.
He was proceeded in death by four
brothers, Cloyde, Dean, Weldon and Raymond Frantz; and three
sisters, Berniece Kalufman, Fern Sheward and Edith Martic.
Mr. Frantz was a retired sales
manager for Moorman Manufacturing Co. He was a World War II
U. S. Army Air Corps Veteran. He was a member of St. John's
Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday
at Cordren-Crates Funeral Home, Findlay, the Rev. Christian
F. Dittmar officiating. Burial will be in fountain Cemetery,
Fostoria, where military rites will be conducted by the Hancock
County Veterans Memorial Squad.
Visitation will be 2 to 5 and 7
to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home
Memorials may be made to the church.
Harry Frantz
Franklin D. 'Frankie' Fraley
Frankie's Best owner/operator
Franklin D. "Frankie" Fraley, 66,
of James Marie Court, Fostoria, died at 7:25 a.m. Saturday,
Nov. 20, 1999, in St. Francis Health Care Centre, Green Springs.
He was born Oct. 12, 1932, in Jackson
County, to the late Grover and Norna (Fisher) Fraley Sr. He
first married Bonny F. Shasteen, in January 1955, in Ft. Wayne,
Ind. and they were later divorced. In July 1975, in McComb,
he married Jarnice Ferdinandsen, and they also were divorced.
Survivors include: three sons,
Franklin Fraley Jr. of Beverly Hills, Calif. and CA and Christopher
Fraley, both of Findlay; four daughters, Dona Fraley, Kim Gomez
and Molly Villegas, all of Findlay and Charla Fraley of Columbus;
a brother, Lotus Fraley of Jackson; two sisters, Mildred Mount
of Schertz, Texas and Marie Loyons of Sun City Center, Fla.;
and nine grandchildren.
Preceding him in death were four
brothers, Osher, Grover Jr., Walter and Jimmy Fraley; and seven
sisters, Oral Martin, Opal Marsh, Della Hanes, Clara Luther,
Nellie Cunningham, Mabel Nebughr and Norma Mullins.
Mr. Fraley, a 1951 graduate of
Jackson High School, Jackson, Ohio, retired in 1998 as the owner/operator
of Frankie's Best and Four Seasons Garden Center in Fostoria.
Prior to that he was a sales manager
for Top-pers Potato Chips Co., Toledo; owner of Common Taters
in Adrian, Mich.; manager of sales and advertising for Dan-Dee
Potato Chips in Dayton; sales manager for Q-Man Potato Chips,
Toledo; owner of Toasted Tatters , Bluffton; former manager
of DeHavens Garden Center in Findlay; owner of Franks Garden
Center, Wapakoneta and owner of the Shamrock Bar and Grill in
Sandusky.
A U.S. Air Force veteran, he was
a member of the Ohio Potato Chip Association, where he served
as past president; Findlay Post 21 AMVETS, Fostoria American
Legion Post 73 and Eagles Lodge 430.
Mr. Fraley was well known for his
lavish Christmas decorations at Frankie's Best and also decorations
for Fostoria High School's prom, graduation and other school
functions.
Services in the Harrold-Floriana
Funeral Home, Fostoria, will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, with
the Rev. Donald Goodwin officiating. Burial will be in Maple
Grove Cemetery, Findlay.
Visitation at the funeral home
will be 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday.
Memorials may be made to the Frank
Fraley Memorial Fund, in care of Ohio Bank, 570 Countyline St.,
Fostoria, Ohio 44830 to be used for the benefit of the students
of St. Wendelin and Fostoria High Schools
Carol Ann
Grine
Fostoria homemaker
Carol Ann Grine, 65, of Beech Street,
Fostoria, died at 10:05 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20, 1999, at her
residence.
She was born in Arcadia, Oct. 23,
1933, to the late Timothy and Lillian (Blake) Walsh. Her husband,
Vernon E. Grine, whom she married May 19, 1953, in Michigan,
survives.
Other survivors include: three
sons, Timothy, Thomas and Theodore, all of Fostoria; a daughter,
Mrs. Paul (Lisa) Fretti of Toledo; a sister, Janet S. Burns
of Iowa City, Iowa; and 10 grandchildren.
A homemaker and member of St. Wendelin
Catholic Church, Fostoria, Mrs. Grine was a 1951 graduate of
St. Wendelin High School.
The Rev. Daniel J. Ring will be
the celebrant at the 10:30 a.m. Saturday Funeral Mass in St.
Wendelin Catholic Church. Burial will be in Fountain Cemetery,
Fostoria.
Visitation at the Harrold-Floriana
Funeral Home, Fostoria, will be 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Friday, where
a Scripture Service will be at 8:30 p.m.
Memorials may be made to the Fostoria
Athletic Boosters.
Donna Graber
Fostoria homemaker
Donna Graber, 84, of Lewis Street,
Fostoria, died at 2:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 22, 1999, at her son's
home in New Riegel.
She was born April 30, 1914, in
Kansas, Ohio, to Arthur and Bessie (Rausher) Humbert. Her husband,
Delbert D. Graber, whom she married Feb. 8, 1935, in Bettsville,
preceded her in death May 10, 1994.
Survivors include: two sons, Donald
Graber of Mansfield and Robert Graber of New Riegel; a daughter,
Mary Gobel of Findlay; a half-brother, Arthur Humbert of Meeker,
Colo.; a sister, Lois Smith of Findlay; a step-sister, Doris
Musbah of Texas; 12 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
A brother, Lloyd Humbert, also
is deceased.
Mrs. Graber, a homemaker, was a
member of Kansas United Methodist Church, where she served as
secretary/treasurer, Sunday School teacher and member of its
United Methodist Women.
She was a 1932 graduate of Jackson
Liberty High School.
The Rev. Ivan Schwenn will conduct
the 10:30 a.m. Saturday service in the Harrold-Floriana Funeral
Home, Fostoria. Burial will be in Kansas Cemetery.
Visitation will be 2-4 and 7-9
p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the church
or Hospice of Seneca County.
Harold J.
Goshe
Lifelong Seneca County farmer
Harold J. Goshe, 65, of 10068 W.
CR 592, Fostoria, died at 2 p.m. Monday, April 5, 1999, in Fostoria
Community Hospital.
He was born March 6, 1934, in Fostoria,
to the late Henry T. and Germaine (Kieffer) Goshe.
Survivors include: his former wife,
Penny Shane of Fostoria; a son, Patrick J. Goshe of Fostoria;
a daughter, Kisha K. McCabe, also of Fostoria; and two granddaughters.
His first wife, Elizabeth (Frisch) Goshe and a son, Thomas Goshe,
also preceded him in death.
Mr. Goshe, a retired lifelong Seneca
County farmer, also worked at Union Carbide and the Fostoria
Foundry.
A 1952 graduate of St. Wendelin
High School, Fostoria, he was a member of St. Wendelin Catholic
Church, Fostoria, Moose Lodge 1567, American Legion Post 73,
AMVETS Post 69, Fostoria United Sportsman Club and Knights of
Columbus 3rd Degree member of Council 1197, all of Fostoria.
He was a U.S. Army veteran.
A funeral Mass will be at 10:30
a.m. Thursday in St. Wendelin Catholic Church, with the rosary
recited at 10. Burial will be in the parish cemetery, where
military graveside services will be conducted by United Veterans
of Fostoria.
Visitation will be 2-4 and 7-9
p.m. Wednesday at the Hoening Funeral Home, Fostoria, where
a Christian Wake service will be at 8:30 p.m.
Memorials may be made to the American
Lung Association.
Hilda V. Good
Former Fostoria resident
Hilda V. Good, 88, formerly of
Elm St., Fostoria, died at 10:50 a.m. Thursday, May 13, 1999,
at the Mannor Care Nursing Home in Kankakee, Ill. She was born
July 7, 1910, in Bascom to Albert and Alice (Miller) Creeger.
On Aug. 28, 1935, she married Walter S. Good. He died March
6, 1959.
Survivors include: a daughter,
Carol Echevarria of Bourbonnais, Ill.; a sister, Mary Hade of
Toledo; eight grandchildren; three great grandchildren; and
six step-grandchildren.
Preceding her in death were: her
parents; a son, Thomas Good; five brothers, Gilbert, Karl, Delphin,
Loren and Allen Creeger; and three sisters, Odessa Creeger,
LaDora Drew and Thelma Myers.
Mrs. Good was a 1928 graduate of
Tiffin High School, and a homemaker. She was a member of the
Grace United Church of Christ in Fostoria, Fidelia Class and
Church Quilters Club.
The Rev. Lucinda Hunter will officiate
the 11:30 a.m. Monday, service at the Grace United Church of
Christ, Fostoria. Burial will be at Fountain Cemetery, Fostoria.
Visitation hours are from two hours
prior to the service at the church.
Deborah K.
Gegenheimer
Allied-Automotive retiree
Deborah K. Gegenheimer, 49, died
Sunday morning May 9, 1999, at her home at 654 Buckley St.,
Fostoria.
She was born in Fostoria, April
21, 1950, the daughter of Donald B. and Virginia M. (Bentz)
Blaser. They survive in Fostoria. She first married Terry Mehrman,
and they were divorced. She later married Arnold Gegenheimer,
and he is deceased.
Survivors also include: a son,
Chad D. Mehrman of Findlay; a daughter, Kory Lynn Gegenheimer
of Fostoria; two step-sons, Alan and Chad L. Gegenheimer, both
of Orlando, Fla.; two step-daughters, Cora and Paula Gegenheimer,
both of Fostoria; several step-grandchildren; three brothers,
Patrick J. Blaser of Punta Gorda, Fla., Michael A. Blaser of
Knoxville, Tenn. and Randall J. Blaser of Findlay; two sisters,
Julie A. Blaser and Mrs. Janos (Rebecca S.) Szabo, both of Fostoria;
and her maternal grandmother, Martha Workley, also of Fostoria.
Mrs. Gegenheimer, a 1968 graduate
of St. Wendelin High School, retired in September 1998 from
the Allied-Automotive in Fostoria, after 30 years of employment.
A member of St. Wendelin Catholic
Church and Ladies of The Moose, both of Fostoria, she served
as a volunteer for the American Red Cross Bloodmobiles, First
Step, the Sharing Kitchen of Fostoria and Seneca Re-Ads.
Services in the Hoening Funeral
Home, Fostoria, will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be
in St. Wendelin Parish Cemetery, Fostoria.
Visitation will be 2-4 and 7-9
p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the American
Heart Association, the School of Opportunity or St. Wendelin
Schools.
Bess Elizabeth Gee
Bendix Autolite retiree
Bess Elizabeth Gee, 79, died at
4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 23, 1999, at her residence on SR 12, Fostoria.
She was born in Bloomdale Aug.
31, 1919, to Blaine and Elva Mae (Coleman) Goodale. On July
11, 1939, in Bidwell, Ohio, she married Harold "Jack" Gee, who
survives in Fostoria.
Other survivors include: a daughter,
Penny K. Shane of Fostoria; four brothers, James Goodale of
Tiffin, Bernard Goodale of Findlay, Roger Goodale of Terra Haute,
Ind., and Jack Goodale of Traverse City, Mich.; six sisters,
Virginia Hart, Gloria Wagner, Connie Kiser and Shirley Bulkowski,
all of Fostoria, Bernita Gerwin of Madrid, Spain, and Beverly
Petticos of Fremont; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
A brother, Richard Goodale, and
a sister, Eleanor Sheridan, also are deceased.
Mrs. Gee, who attended the First
Church of the Nazarene in Fostoria, retired in 1976 from Bendix
Autolite, Fostoria, after 35 years.
A member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary,
she served as the Fostoria Centennial Queen in 1954.
Memorial services will be at 1
p.m. Thursday in the First Church of the Nazarene, with the
Rev. Russell Gumm officiating. Burial will be in Fountain Cemetery,
Fostoria.
There will be no visitation. The
Harrold-Floriana Funeral Home, Fostoria, is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials may be made to the American
Cancer Society or the church.
Betty L. Gockerman
Sandusky Ford retiree
Betty L. Gockerman, 74, of 712
Betty Lane, Fostoria, died at 3:40 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 21, 1999,
in Fox Run Manor, Findlay.
She was born Aug. 27, 1925, in
McComb, to Ralph and Dora (Dray) Crawfis. On July 6, 1946, in
Mount Cory, she married James W. Gockerman. He survives in Fostoria.
Other survivors include: a son,
James R. Gockerman of Erie, Mich.; a daughter, Mrs. Ronald (Patricia)
Sours of Tiffin; her stepmother, Leona Crawfis of Bluffton;
two sisters, Mrs. John (Bonnie) Waller of Van Buren and Mrs.
Louis (Bernice) Gossard of Bluffton a half sister, Beverly Hooker,
also of Bluffton; and four grandchildren.
Mrs. Gockerman, a member of UAW
Local 914, retired in 1984 from the Ford Motor Co. in Sandusky,
after 31 years of employment on the production line.
The Rev. Branson J. Hawkes will
conduct the 10 a.m. Thursday service in the Mann-Hare Funeral
Home, Fostoria. Interment will be in Fountain Cemetery, Fostoria.
Visitation at the funeral home
is 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. today.
Memorials may be made to the American
Cancer Society-Seneca County Unit.
Margaret Geren
Retired sales clerk
Margaret Geren, 86, formerly of
East Jones Street, Fostoria, died at 12 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12,
1999, in the Independence House, Fostoria, where she resided.
She was born March 18, 1913, in
Seneca County, to Ora and Stella (Coon) Calhoun. On Nov. 8,
1937, in Fostoria, she married David A. Geren. He died Aug.
1, 1954.
Survivors include: a daughter,
Mrs. Harry (Yvonne) Hawk Jr. of Kansas; a grandson and two great-grandchildren.
Also preceding her in death were
two brothers, three sisters and a grandchild.
Mrs. Geren, a member of the Fostoria
Baptist Church, retired in 1992 as a sales clerk from Sauber's
Market in Fostoria.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday
in the Harrold-Floriana Funeral Home, Fostoria, with the Rev.
Ivan Schwenn officiating. Burial will be in Fountain Cemetery,
Fostoria.
Visitation is 3-5 and 7-9 p.m.
today at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the church.
James E. 'Jim'
Gilliland
Brother of Fostoria resident
James E. "Jim:" Gilliland, 70,
of Birney, Mont., died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1999, in Billings,
Mont.
He was born in Fostoria, July 12,
1929, to the late Lauren and Milldred (Halter) Gilliland of
Tiffin. His wife, Sally M. (Woodard) Gilliland, whom he married
June 24, 1950, at the Three Circle Ranch, survives.
Other survivors include: a son,
James J. Gilliland; a daughter, Mrs. Allen (Sue M.) Anderson;
five grandchildren; and three sisters, Jean Mickens, Joyce Mosier
and Nancy Shaw, all of Ohio.
He was preceded in death by a sister,
Kay Stricker.
Mr. Gilliland, a graduate of Calvert
High School, moved to Las Vegas, Nev., and worked for the Tulli
Springs Ranch. He later located in Birney, where he worked for
Henry and Dorothy Woodard.
Family graveside services will
be in the Elks Cemetery. A celebration of Mr. Gilliland's life
will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Sheridan Elks Club.
Memorials may be made to The Northern
Rockie Mountain Cancer Center P.E.A.K.S. or Sheridan Elks Cemetery
Fund, in care of Delphine Toner at the First Interstate Bank,
Sheridan, Wyo.
The Affordable Alternative Cremation
and Burial Service, Billings, Mont., is in charge of arrangements.
JOSEPHINE
GONZALES
Josephine "Josie" Gonzales, 72,
of 1607 Bank St., died at 9:42 a.m. Friday, Oct. 29, 1999, at
her residence.
She was born July 13, 1927, in
Laredo, Texas, to Thomas and Paula (Cazares) Coleman. She married
Agapito Gonzales on July 2, 1942, in Laredo, Texas, and he survives.
Also surviving are five sons, Agapito
Jr. "Butch" and Frankie, both of Fostoria; Paul, Santos "Punkin"
and Joseph, all of Findlay; three daughters, Alice Frias, Fostoria;
Juanita Slade, Arcadia; Lisa Bisbee, Findlay; 24 grandchildren;
12 great-grandchildren; three brothers, Lewis Coleman, Forest;
Tom Coleman, Lima; Blaz Coleman, Cridersville; and one sister,
Pauline Bartchlett, Findlay.
She was preceded in death by two
sons, Jesse and Jessie; one daughter, Bessie Bernal; and five
sisters.
Mrs. Gonzales was a homemaker.
She was also a member of St. Michael
Catholic Church.
Mass of Christian Burial will be
celebrated at 11 a.m. Monday at the church, the Rev. Randy Geisige
officiating. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.
Visitation will be held from 2-4
p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Sunday at Routson Funeral Chapel, where the
Rosary will be recited at 8:30 p.m. Sunday.
Memorials may be made to Bridge
Home Health and Hospice or Cancer Patient Services.
Edna Jane
Gilhuly
Fostoria centenarian/retired teacher
Edna Jane Gilhuly, 100, of Burnham
Drive, Fostoria, died at 4:55 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 22, 1999,
in the Good Shepherd Nursing Home, Fostoria.
She was born in Fostoria Aug. 3,
1899, to John C. and Lulu A. (Lindsay) Longacre. On June 28,
1947, in Fostoria, she married James W. Gilhuly. He survives
in Fostoria.
Several nieces and nephews also
survive.
Mrs. Gilhuly, a 1917 graduate of
Fostoria High School and a 1941 graduate of Bowling Green State
University, received a bachelor's degree in education. She also
attended Heidelberg College and the University of New Hampshire.
She retired in 1966 as a teacher
from the Fostoria City Schools, where she had been employed
for 37 years.
She was a member of Wesley United
Methodist Church, Fostoria, where she was an honorary board
member and former teacher of the Alpha Delta Sunday School class;
an 80-year member of Fostoria Chapter 94 Order of Eastern Star
and Westminster Circle of Kings Daughters and served as a former
trustee of Wesley Village.
A charter member of the Seneca
County Retired Teachers Association and Fostoria Heritage Glass
Association, she was a life member of the Ohio Education Association
and National Education Association, and a member of the Fostoria
Teachers Association, of which she was a past president; and
Delta Kappa Gamma.
She also was a member of Fostoria
Historical Society, Rachel Circle, Council of Ministry, Shepherd
Center, XYZ Senior Group at the church, Fostoria Antique Study
Club and the Fostoria Woman Club.
The Rev. Branson Hawkes will conduct
the 11 a.m. Monday service in Wesley United Methodist Church.
Burial will be in Fountain Cemetery, Fostoria.
Visitation will be 2-4 and 6-8
p.m. Sunday at the Harrold Floriana Funeral Home, Fostoria,
where Eastern Star memorial services will be at 6 p.m.
Memorials may be made to the church.
Mary J. (Cline)
Eyre
Sister of Fostorian
Mary J Eyre, 66, Garland, Texas,
died February 16, 1999 at home in Garland.
She was born May 3, 1932 in Fostoria
to Wayne and Edna (Fisher) Cline. She was a 1950 graduate of
St. Wendelin High School. She married Philip Eyre on November
17, 1953 in Fostoria, and he survives.
Also surviving are two sons, Charles
and Brian, one daughter Janet Mayfield and three Grandchildren
all of Garland Texas. One brother William Cline survives in
Fostoria along with several nieces and nephews.
She was preceeded in death by her
parents and three sisters, Dorothy (Cline) Breisacher, Kathleen
(Cline) Cramer and Wilma Cline.
Services were held in Garland at
3:00 PM on Wednesday, February 17, 1999. Internment was at Restland
Vets Cemetery.
