Doris M. France died on her 90th birthday Thursday, March 5, 2026 at Avita Ontario Hospital after three weeks of declining health. She was born in Monroe Twp. near Manchester, Ohio to the late Bertha Lee (Dryden) Stricklett and Paul Wesley Stricklett. Doris and her siblings were raised on a small family farm where she […]
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Damon L. Cooper
Damon Cooper, 81, formerly of Bucyrus, died Sunday, January 18, 2026 at Wedgewood Estates in Mansfield. He was born August 1, 1944 in Bucyrus, to the late M. Stewart and Iva M. (Sifferlen) Cooper. Damon graduated from Bucyrus High School and worked at Ohio Crane for a few years before hiring in at Timken, where […]
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Paul Scribner
Paul E. Scribner, 85, died Friday, November 28, 2025 at OSU Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Paul was born on October 2, 1940 and graduated when he was 17 from Galion High School. He worked at Stratbury and North Electric before going into the United States Army. While serving in the Army Paul met and married […]
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Harold Wiley
Harold Edwin Wiley, 82, of Ontario, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, November 25, 2025. He was born January 9, 1943 in Shelby, Ohio to the late James M and Grace C. (Farrell) Wiley. Harold was a member of the first graduating class of Buckeye Central High School in 1961. On May 3, 1964, […]
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Charlene H. Markley
Charlene H. Markley, 89, died Thursday, November 20, 2025 in her home with loved ones nearby. She was born in Bucyrus on October 13, 1936 to the late James L. Francis and Pearl L. (Partlow) Francis Beach. After attending Bucyrus Schools, she married Raymond D. Markley on July 19, 1952 and worked as a homemaker, […]
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Bonnie Allen
Bonita Sue “Bonnie” Allen, 83, of Bucyrus, passed peacefully at home on Wednesday, July 9, 2025 in the presence of loved ones. Bonnie was born in Bucyrus on September 9, 1941 to the late Archie B. and Dorothy N. (Meyers) Cover. She graduated from Mt. Zion High School where she was a cheerleader and also […]
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Ardene Steiger
Ardene Steiger, 87, lifelong resident of Bucyrus, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 20. Living, laughing, loving were the epitome of Ardene’s time on earth. Even with declining health in her last years due to Alzheimers and heart issues, she never wavered in her love of family, while times of living and laughing became […]
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Carson A. Walters
Carson Allyn Walters, 24, formerly of Ontario, and currently of Delaware, Ohio, passed on January 26, 2025. Though his death was unexpected he had been dealing with complications related to Type 1 Diabetes. Carson was born October 19, 2000 in Troy, Michigan to Sean and Vicki (Erwin) Walters and through their eyes, was the only […]
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Kenny Feik
Kenneth Phillip “Kenny” Feik passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family on Monday, April 8, 2024, at Mill Creek Nursing & Rehab, Galion. Kenny was born on October 19, 1933, at home in Tiro to the late George Feik and Elsie (Neff) Feik. Kenny was a 1951 graduate of Sulphur Springs High School. Soon after, […]
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Joseph A. Armbruster
If everyone had the mindset to make something better than it was, individuals would be inspired for generations to come. This is how Joe Armbruster lived his life, and he bettered many lives around him because of this mentality. On July 31, 2023, at the age of 87, Joe passed peacefully at home under the […]