Ethan Douglas DeChant, age 14, of Wakeman, passed away on January 10, 2020. He was born on May 26, 2005 in Lorain, Ohio and has lived in Wakeman his whole life. He was a student at Western Reserve High School. He is survived by his parents, Keith and Melissa (Waltz) DeChant of Wakeman, his brother Edison (Denise) DeChant, his nieces Macie and Emily DeChant, his nephew Connor DeChant, his sister Victoria (Caleb) Blair, maternal grandparents Ken and Judy Waltz, paternal grandmother Joyce...

Janice Darlene Powers, 78, of Berlin Heights, passed away on January 6, 2020 at Firelands Regional Medical Center. She was born on February 15, 1941, in Norton, VA, and has lived in the Berlin Heights area for over 50 years. She loved caring for stray animals and tending to her home and flowers. Her true love was spending time with her grandchildren, family and friends. She is survived by her children, John Herron, of TX, Kenneth (Toni) Herron, of VA, Donna (Dean) Witting, of GA, Teresa...

Kathleen Anne Davidson (nee Logan) of Birmingham, Ohio, died at the age of 83 on Friday, December 27, 2019 at Kingston of Vermilion. She was born in Wakeman on August 28, 1936 and had lived in the Birmingham area her entire life. She graduated from Birmingham High School in the class of 1954. She was a member of The Birmingham United Methodist Church. She is survived by her daughter, Elizabeth (Betty) Davidson; brother, William (Bill) Logan of Sandusky and her sister, Erma Camp of Amherst....

Phyllis Urbansky, 92, of Wakeman, passed away on December 22, 2019 at Welcome Nursing Home in Oberlin. She was born on May 11, 1927 in Kipton and has lived in Kipton and Camden Township area her entire life. She graduated from Camden High School in 1945. She was a homemaker and also helped her late husband Joseph with the family farm. She enjoyed crochet and cooking. She is survived by her children Carol (Richard) Saccardi, of Kipton, Ken (Randi) Urbansky, of Clemmons, NC, and Jim Urbansky,...

Betty L. (Bower) Ferber, 85, of Berlin Heights, passed away on Friday, December 20. She was born on February 16, 1934, in Portsmouth, Ohio, and grew up on North Bass Island, where her father worked in the vineyards. Before marriage she lived in Sandusky and worked at Philco Radio Company. She has been a resident of Berlin Heights since her marriage in 1955, and most recently a member of the Kingston Residence community. She was a member of the Berlin Heights Baptist Church, the Berlin Twp....

Richard "Dick" Munroe December 26, 1938 - December 2, 2019 Monday evening, Dick Munroe lost his fight with cancer and has left this life to be with his wife, (Ruth) "Joyce," who recently passed in May. Dick was born in Lakewood City Hospital and was raised in the Bay Village and surrounding areas along with 3 siblings. He grew up attending Saint Barnabus Episcopal Church and was a Boy Scout thru his youth which lead to his service as a Boy Scout Troup Leader to his Sons. Shortly after...

Helen “Audrey” Starbuck, 83, of Wakeman, passed away on November 17, at home after a long illness with leukemia. She was born May 7, 1936, in Amherst, Ohio, to Arthur P. Roth and Helen E. (Menz) Roth. She retired from Allen Memorial Hospital and had worked in the radiology department for many years. Audrey was a member of St. Mary’s Church in Wakeman. She was a member of Reading Circle, a lifetime member of Beta Sigma Phi of Wakeman and a member of the Wakeman Caring Community...

Shirley R. Layne April 13, 1946 - November 15, 2019 Shirley Ruth Layne, 73, of Berlin Heights, Ohio passed away November 15, 2019 at FTMC. She was born April 13, 1946 in Putney, Kentucky to the late Chester and Sally (Fee) Atkins. Shirley enjoyed going to garage sales, doing crafts and ceramics, feeding and watching the birds and spending time with her family and her special cat, Sissy. Shirley always had a special love for animals. She is survived by her loving husband, Earl F. Layne;...

Damian Gage Henning, 17 years old of Norwalk, passed away unexpectedly on November 11, 2019. He was born on September 21, 2002 in Oregon, Ohio and has lived in the Wakeman area most of his life. He was a student at Western Reserve High School and was a lifeguard at Kalahari in Sandusky, Ohio. He is survived by his mother Bonnie (Hancock) Jackson, step father Larry Jackson, both of Norwalk, his siblings, Mikaylah M. Buckley, Audree J. Jackson, Graycee M. Jackson, and Joseph Henning-Briggs,...

William "Bill" Boyer, 85, of Wakeman, passed away on November 4, 2019 at Mercy Regional Medical Center. He was born April 1, 1934 in Coshocton County to the late Sylvester Boyer and Sevilla (Craig) Dwiggins. He served in the US Air Force during the Korean Conflict. He retired in 2000 as a welder for Cedar Point in Sandusky. He is a member of St. Mary's Church in Wakeman, and the Wakeman Eagles. He was a charter member of the Wakeman Sno-Ballers and truly loved snowmobiling. He enjoyed...