Rodney Gus Goebel, 74, of Bowling Green, Ohio passed away May 31, 2023. He was born June 13, 1948 in Bowling Green to the late Gus and Lucy (Morison) Goebel. He married Diane Rife on February 24, 1968 and she survives in Bowling Green.
Dr. John Stoner died on May 27, 2023 at Park Pointe Village, Rock Hill, SC. He was 90 years of age.
Bessie Marie Tucker was born on May 12, 1930 in a rural setting near Alamota in Lane County, Kansas. She was born to Ward and Rose (Norton) Morehead in a small family home originally built by her uncle. Bess was one of four sisters. As her family dealt with the struggles of the Kansas Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, they moved back and forth from Kansas to Colorado looking for ways to better their circumstances. She graduated from High School in Hotchkiss, Colorado and then attended Western State College in Gunnison on an academic scholarship.
Ruby Sproul, 93, of Fort Wayne, IN formerly Bowling Green, OH passed away May 30, 2023. She was born on August 20, 1929 to the late Dwight and Verla (Pickering) Baughman. She married Joseph Sproul on August 22, 1948 and they were together until his passing on December 10, 2020.
Richard F. Watkins, 87, of Perrysburg, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, May 24, 2023. He was born on June 17, 1935 in Akron, to Henry F. Watkins and Iva M. (McKinnie) Watkins. Richard graduated from Whitmer High School in 1953. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and his master’s degree in Accounting from the University of Toledo. Richard began his career at Kroger, before joining Marathon Oil Company for 7 years. He retired in 2009 as the Executive Vice-President at Northwest Ohio Administrators after 43 years of service.
Tina Marie Reynolds (Shinaver) passed away surrounded by the love of her family on Monday May 29, 2023 at Toledo Hospital. Born to Barbara (Snow) and Clifford Shinaver III, she is survived by her husband, Robert Reynolds II, two sisters, Heather and “Ippy”, a brother, “Cliffie”, nephews; Michael, Matthew and Dakota, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends.
Joanne Fields, 86, of Bowling Green passed away Friday, May 26, 2023. She was born on March 14, 1937 to the late Phillip and Pearl (Sherman) Jones. She married Vernon Fields and he survives her.
John T. Deck, 77, formerly of Haskins, passed on May 4, 2023 after a long battle with cancer.
Nancy Luck Anderson “Luckie”, 80, of Weston, Ohio passed away on May 27, 2023. She was born on September 14, 1942 to the late Bernadine (Ellis) and William Ducat II. She married Kenneth Anderson on May 1, 1982 and they were together until he passed away on August 2, 2006.
Joy Louise Buck, 68, of Monclova and formerly of Luckey, passed away on Monday, May 29, 2023, at Wood County Hospital in Bowling Green. She was born in Bowling Green, OH, on May 24, 1955, to Charles and Dottie (Haas) Sarver. Joy was a member of the Eastwood High School graduating Class of 1973 and would have celebrated her 50th year reunion this year. She married David E. Buck on March 21, 1987 in Sugar Ridge OH. Joy and David have 3 children and have celebrated over 36 years of marriage together.
