OBITUARIES
Norah M. Bird
Sep 20, 2017
Norah M. Bird, 91, of Marblehead, OH died Wednesday, September, 20, 2017 at her home. She was born October 7, 1925 in Port Clinton, the daughter of Edward J. and Norma M. (Navarre) Flynn. She spent most of her childhood with her father and step-mother Edward and Mary (Herr) Flynn. She married John J. Bird on December 20, 1944....
Larry J. Gardner
Sep 18, 2017
Larry J. Gardner, 62, of Fremont, OH, and formerly of Oak Harbor, OH, passed away Monday at his home. He was born in Port Clinton, OH on October 31, 1954, a son of Joe & Alice (Stahl) Gardner. Larry was a proud 1973 graduate of Oak Harbor High School, where he was known for portraying "Rollie the Rocket", and...
Daniel Edward Thompson
Sep 18, 2017
Daniel Edward Thompson, 65, found peace and eternal life on Monday afternoon, September 18, 2017 surrounded by his family while under the care of Stein Hospice. He was a 1969 graduate of Valley Forge High School in Cleveland. During childhood he enjoyed spending every summer at the family cottage on Johnson's Island where he and his siblings had the...
Joyce E. Allen
Sep 17, 2017
Joyce E. Allen, 84, of Port Clinton, OH died Sunday, September 17, 2017 at Stein Hospice Care Center, Sandusky, OH. She was born March 27, 1933 in Port Clinton, OH the daughter of Lawrence R. and Velma V. (Taylor) Johannsen. She married Richard W. Allen on August 7, 1954 and he preceded her in death on October 10, 2012....
John Earl Mcclellan
Sep 15, 2017
John Earl McClellan, 85, of Catawba Island, Ohio passed away on Friday, September 15, 2017 at Stein Hospice Care Center in Sandusky, Ohio. He was born on February 22, 1932 in Dante, Virginia, a son of the late Nath and Bonnie (Potter) McClellan. On November 24, 1952 he married Faye Blair and she survives. John worked as a supervisor...
Mary Z. Karniotis
Sep 14, 2017
Mary Z. Karniotis, born on September 10th, 1923, received her travel papers to enter the Lord's house on Thursday, September 14th, 2017. Beloved wife of the late Christ Emmanuel Karniotis. Mary is survived by her children Irene (Al) Foland, Emmanuel Michael (Rhanda) Karniotis, and Stephen Paul (Barbara) Karniotis; by her brother Andrew Zangkas; by her grandchildren Stephanie Marie (Peter)...
Carol Ann Kosanka
Sep 11, 2017
Carol Ann Kosanka, 81 of Oak Harbor, OH died Monday, September 11, 2017 at her home following a brief illness. She was born May 25, 1936 in Oak Harbor to the late Donald & Helen (Burmeister) Rimelspach. She was a 1954 graduate of Salem-Oak Harbor High School. On December 4, 1954 she married Robert L. Kosanka and he survives....
R. Larry Ameigh
Sep 4, 2017
R. Larry Ameigh, 74, of Port Clinton, Ohio passed away on Monday, September 4, 2017 at Stein Hospice Care Center in Sandusky, Ohio. He was born on April 22, 1943 in Green Springs, Ohio, the son of the late Robert and Dorothy (Talmadge) Ameigh. Larry was a wooden boat builder, a yacht designer, and a water color artist. He...
Thomas L. Sandwisch
Sep 4, 2017
Thomas L. Sandwisch, 52, of Oak Harbor passed away Monday, September 4, 2017 at his home. He was born October 11, 1964 the son of Gordon and Noreen (Wadsworth) Sandwisch. He was a 1983 graduate of Oak Harbor High School where he was very active in the FFA Program. Tom married Cindy Sparks on October 25, 1986 and she...
Virginia Quinn
Aug 31, 2017
Virginia Quinn, 94, died August 31, 2017 at Otterbein North Shore Retirement Community, Marblehead, Ohio. She was born in Zanesville, Ohio to John C. and Eva (Van Wormer) Summers on September 7, 1922. She was preceded in death by her parents, brother William Summers of Tennessee, husbands: Robert W. Burley (1972) and Richard Quinn (2006). She is survived by...
Joanne M. Ford
Aug 30, 2017
Joanne M. Ford, 82 of Elmore, OH died Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at her home following a lengthy illness. She was born June 25, 1935 in Gibsonburg, OH to the late Herbert and Vada (Damschroder) Zorn. She was a 1953 graduate of Gibsonburg High School. On June 25, 1954 she married Jimmie A. "Jim" Ford who preceded her in...
Mary Ellen Ceccoli-Sams
Aug 30, 2017
Mary Ellen (Milliser) Ceccoli-Sams November 14, 1923 August 30, 2017 Mary Ellen "Honey" Ceccoli-Sams passed away peacefully in her home with her son and his wife by her side. She was a lifelong resident of Port Clinton. She was the eldest child of Dwight and Kathryn (French) Milliser. She was a graduate of Port Clinton High School Class of...
Robert J. "Socko" Szakovits
Aug 27, 2017
Robert J. "Socko" Szakovits, 78, of Oak Harbor, OH passed away on August 27, 2017 at Hospice of Northwest Ohio. He was born July 26, 1939, the son of the late Joseph and Mary (Srodek) Szakovits. Bob was a 1957 Oak Harbor High School graduate where he lettered in football, basketball and track. He attended Indiana University and Bowling...
Mary F. Goebel
Aug 26, 2017
Mary K. Goebel, 88, of Lakeside-Marblehead, OH died Saturday, August 26, 2017 at her residence. She was born April 28, 1929 in Monroe, MI the daughter of Sam and Paulene (Marino) Morelli. She married Duane L. Goebel on Nov. 7, 1953 and he preceded her in death on August 2, 2015. Mrs. Goebel graduated as a RN in 1950....
Stanley J. Snider, Sr.
Aug 26, 2017
Stanley J. Snider, Sr. 54, of Put-in-Bay and formerly of Troy, OH passed away the afternoon of August 26, 2017 after his battle with cancer and complications from surgery. He was born December 10, 1962, the son of Larry L and Ruth Ann (Hill) Snider. He married Margaret "Marge" Wertenbach on April 17, 2009 and she survives. He worked...
Caroline F. Burr
Aug 25, 2017
CAROLINE (ROHDE) BURR January 31, 1927 August 25, 2017 Caroline Frances (Rohde) Burr, 90, of Port Clinton, at the home of her daughter, peacefully slipped into God's waiting arms on August 25, 2017, holding the hands of both of her daughters. She was born on January 31, 1927, in Gypsum, Ohio to William and Geraldine (Miller) Rohde. Caroline attended...
Noreen A. Sandwisch
Aug 25, 2017
Noreen A. Sandwisch, 81, of Oak Harbor, OH died Friday, August 25, 2017 at Riverview Health Care Campus, Oak Harbor, OH. She was born June 29, 1936, the daughter of Melville and Gladys (Cover) Wadsworth. She married Gordon Sandwisch on March 17, 1956 and he survives. Mrs. Sandwisch retired from Magruder Hospital where she started as a nurse's aide...
Carol Jeanne Covey
Aug 24, 2017
Carole Jeanne Covey, 79, of Danbury Township, Ohio passed away on Thursday, August 24, 2017 at the Jane Baker House at Otterbein North Shore Senior Lifestyle Community, Lakeside, Ohio. She was born on April 22, 1938 in Wood County, Ohio the daughter of the late Joseph and Gladys (Scott) Mahler. She married William Covey on August 26, 1961 and...
Beatrice Moen Walker
Aug 24, 2017
Mrs. Beatrice Moen Walker, age 88, of Marblehead, died Thursday, August 24, 2017. She was the daughter of Alfred and Viola (Violet) Moen. Bea's mother died when Bea was six years old. Bea's father was a station agent for the Northern Pacific Railway in northern Minnesota. The family lived in the agent's apartment in the train depot. Bea graduated...
Doris H. Fought
Aug 18, 2017
Doris H. Fought, 98, of Oak Harbor, Ohio, passed away Friday, August 18, 2017 at Riverview Health Care Campus, Oak Harbor. She was born in Sandusky County on April 2, 1919, the daughter of the late Henry H. & Martha Mary (Haidt) Bender. Doris was a cashier for many years at the former Family Food Market in Oak Harbor,...
