Obituaries in Defiance, OH

Dorothy M. Kennedy age 88 of Defiance passed away on Wednesday January 14 2026 at Kingsbury Place in Defiance. She was born in Wooster Ohio on September 30 1937 to the late Roy and Marjorie Shisler Emerling. Dorothy was a 1955 graduate of Wooster High School. She worked as a Supervisor at Maumee Val...

Mary Jo "Josie" Dowler age 80 of Defiance peacefully passed away on Tuesday January 20 2026 at CHP Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born in Defiance Ohio on November 7 1945 to the late Thomas and Dorothy Diehl Lawson. On October 8 1966 she married Gary L. Dowler who survives. Josie pr...

Charles R. "Charlie" Miler Sr. age 72 of Napoleon Ohio passed away on Thursday morning January 22 2026 at The Laurels of Defiance. He was born in Defiance Ohio on January 30 1953 to Harmon and Mary Stitsel Miler. On February 14 2002 he married Tammy Shackelford Miler who survives. Charlie worked for...

Brenda Ann Clady age 69 of Defiance passed away unexpectedly at her home on Thursday January 22 2026. She was born in Defiance Ohio on November 9 1956 to the late Eugene Porter and Opal Williams Greiner. Brenda was a 1975 graduate of Defiance High School. Brenda was a member of St. Marys Catholic Ch...

Laurel Ann Minck age 85 of Paulding Ohio passed away on Wednesday evening January 14 2026 at CHP Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born in Paulding Ohio on April 28 1940 to the late Richard and Illa Aten LaFountain. Laurel earned her Associates degree from Northwest State Community Col...

Elizabeth L. "Betsy" Hileman age 72 of Defiance passed away surrounded by her loved ones on Sunday January 18 2026 at CHP Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born in Cleveland Heights Ohio on July 31 1953 to the late Robert and Jane Thomas Boehm. Betsy was a 1971 graduate of Defiance Hig...

Shirley A. Adcock age 90 of Defiance passed away on Wednesday morning January 14 2026 at Kingsbury Place in Defiance Ohio. She was born in Defiance Ohio on July 21 1935 to the late Florence Ott and Victor F. Mekus Sr. Shirley was a 1953 graduate of Defiance High School and on February 6 1970 she mar...

Linda L. Dempsey 80 of Defiance passed away peacefully on Wednesday morning January 21 2026 at CHP Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice Center. She was born in Adrian Michigan on May 5 1945 to the late Furman and Marian Fetzer Ladd. On August 24 1963 she married Russell C. Dempsey who preceded her in dea...

Antonio David LakerSierra age 2 of Defiance passed away on Saturday January 10 2026 at Nationwide Childrens Hospital in Toledo Ohio. He was born on May 12 2023 to Jeremy Sierra and LeAnn Laker in Toledo OH. He was a member of St. Johns Catholic Church. Antonio enjoyed interacting with his sisters an...

Cathy Lee Clellan Spears age 72 of Paulding Ohio passed away on Saturday January 17 2026 leaving behind her earthly remains to be greeted by her family in heaven. She was born in Columbus Ohio on December 2 1953 to the late John Thomas and Sarah Jane Simkins Clellan. Cathy was a 1972 graduate of Def...

Bernard "Butch" Harold Sines 95 of Defiance passed away on January 9 2026 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. Butch was born on October 31 1930 to Harold and Mildred Leeth Sines in Evansport OH. He always said "He was the trick not the treat". On February 20 1954 he married Anna Mae Sc...

John Anthony Willitzer Jr. age 70 of Defiance passed away on Monday January 5 2026 at The Laurels of Defiance. He was born on March 15 1955 in Defiance Ohio to the late John A. and Rose Reynolds Willitzer. John was a 1974 graduate of Defiance High School. He proudly served 8 years in the U.S. Marine...