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SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 2000
Rosemary Stytle
Relative of area residents
Rosemary Stytle, 83, formerly of South Detroit Aveue, Toledo, died Wednesday, March 15, 2000.
Her husband, Leo E. Stytle, is deceased.
Surviving are two sons, Leo H. Stytle of Manhattan Beach, Calif., and Eugene Stytle of Perrysburg; two grandchildren; and many cousins in the Seneca County area.
Her parents, Hugo Max and Gertrude (Marks) Thormahlen, and grandparents, Michael and Rose (La Fontaine) Marks, also are deceased.
Mrs. Stytle, a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, worked at the former Waldorf Hotel as a PBX operator for 18 years, retiring in 1979.
Services will begin with prayers at 9:30 a.m. Monday in the Bersticker-Scott Funeral Home, 3453 Heatherdowns Blvd. at Byrne Road, Toledo, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church.
Visitation is 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. today at the funeral home, where the rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m.
Memorials may be made to the Northwest Ohio Hospice Association, 30000 River Road, Perrysburg, Ohio 43551.
Vera Theresa Sheeley
West Davis Street homemaker
Vera Theresa Sheeley, 90, 37 W. Davis St., died at 11:06 p.m. Friday, March 17, 2000, in the Autumnwood Care Center.
She was born Dec. 30, 1909, in Seneca County, to Burton A. and Minnie Helen (Smith) Michaels. On June 10, 1939, in St. Joseph Catholic Church, Tiffin, she married Clifford W. Sheeley, who survives in Tiffin.
Other survivors include: a son, Paul Sheeley of Fostoria; a daughter, Mrs. Dean (Ruth) Schaffer of Monroeville; a sister, Sister Mary Judith, OSU of Toledo; three grandchildren; two step-grandchildren and three step-great-grandchildren.
Preceding her in death were four brothers, Raymond, Paul, Ralph and Vern Michaels; and a grandson, Kevin Schaffer.
A homemaker, Mrs.Sheeley was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church and its Rosary Altar Society. She also was a member of the MNI Club.
The Rev. Frank Murd will be the celebrant at the 10:30 a.m. Tuesday funeral Mass in St. Mary Catholic Church. The rosary will be recited at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery.
Visitation will be 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Monday at the Hannay-Traunero Funeral Home, where a parish wake service will be at 3:45 p.m.
Memorials may be made to St. Mary Catholic Church or Community Hospice Care Care of Tiffin.
Thelma L. Kirschner
General Electric retiree
Thelma L. Kirschner, 87, of 2445 Bishop Road, Spring Hill, Fla., died Wednesday, March 15, 2000, in the Topic House, Spring Hill.
She was born in Tiffin, Nov. 3, 1912, to Vere and Mable (Huffman) Swander. Her husband, Howard Kirschner, whom she married in August 1936, in Tiffin, preceded her in death Feb. 28, 1989.
Survivors include: a daughter, Mrs. Burdell (Nancy Jo) Buckham Schwiebert of Napoleon; three grandchildren, Brad Buckham, Beth Maddox and Brian Copely; and six great-grandchildren.
Also preceding her in death were an infant son, a brother, Olin Swander, and a sister, Alyce Mae Hunker.
Mrs. Kirschner, who retired in 1977 from General Electric after 25 years of employment, was the first woman to become a foreman at G.E. She served as union president for several years. She also worked at Harold's Department Store in the children's department.
A life-long member of First Lutheran Church, where she taught Sunday School during the 1940s-50s, she was an associate member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Lake Placid, Fla.
Mrs. Kirschner and her husband moved to Lake Placid in 1987.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the First Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Margaret Marks officiating. Interment will be in Greenlawn Cemetery.
Visitation is 2-6 p.m. today at the Hoffmann-Gottfried Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to the First Lutheran Church or the Alzheimer's Support Group.