All Obituaries

Garland Dean, age 70, of Las Vegas, NV, passed away October 6, 2021, in his residence.   He was born December 18, 1950, in Logan, WV, and graduated from EHOVE.  He served in the US Army and was a retired carpenter.   He is survived by his daughter Gayle (Dom) Scali; son James (Melissa) Dean; grandchildren Dylan and Hannah Dean, Eric and Amber Shuck, Anna Scali, Jessica and Justin Przytulski, Dominick McDonald, and Liam Johnson; mother Helen (Sostrich) Dean; sisters...

Phyllis Anne (Pollock) Kerlin, 90, of Fremont, Ohio, was welcomed into heaven on Wednesday, October 13, 2021.Phyllis was born July 8, 1931 in Greenport, Long Island, NY. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert Eugene Kerlin, her mother Marjorie Lavinia Lester Pollock Murphy and her father John King Pollock. Also preceding her in death were four siblings and eleven half- siblings, a granddaughter and two grandsons.At the age of two Phyllis was placed in...

Jo Ann Link, age 73, of Sandusky, passed away Sunday, October 10, 2021, at Firelands Regional Medical Center, with her family by her side.   She was born November 19, 1947, in Sandusky, the daughter of William "Mike" and Irma (Lippert) Neill.  She was a 1966 graduate of Margaretta High School.  Jo Ann married Ronald H. Link on April 29, 1967 and he preceded her in death on April 8, 2010.  She was a member of the Castalia Congregational United Church of...

Gloria J. Coburn, 85, of Sandusky, died Monday, August 30, 2021, in the Providence Care Center. Sandusky. She was born June 27, 1936, in Bowling Green, OH, and was a graduate of the U.S. Military School in Germany in 1954. Gloria married Marvin Donald Coburn on June 8, 1959, in Prout Chapel at BGSU, and was married 58 years. Don preceded her in death in 2017. She is survived by 2 sons Bruce Alan (Kim) Coburn, of St. Ignatius, MT, and William Ray (Cindy) Coburn of Sandusky; 3...

Jerry Preston Legg, 76, of Castalia, died Friday, September 24, 2021, in Firelands Regional Medical Center, Sandusky.He was born March 1, 1945, in Hico, WV,  was a graduate of Nuttall High School in West Virginia, then moved to Ohio. He loved fishing, hunting, playing Bluegrass music, and spending time with his family. He enjoyed winters in Florida with his family.He retired from GM in 1999 after 30 years of employment, and was a veteran of the US Army from 1967 until being honorably...

Roland E. Zepernick, 81, of Sandusky, died Monday, Sept. 13, 2021, at his residence following a brief illness. He was born August 5, 1940, in Sandusky, and attended Margaretta High School. He loved to fish and hunt. Roland is survived by his brother Richard (Jack Layman) Zepernick of St. Mary’s, OH; his sister Joann (Tony Artino) Redinger of Sandusky; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents Cecil and Kate Zepernick and a brother Ronald...

Dorothy H. Miller, age 92, of Castalia, passed away September 10, 2021, at Providence Care Center, Sandusky, following a brief illness.    Born June 20,1929 to August and Anna Bruckner Gysan, Dorothy Helen Gysan was raised on a small celery and potato farm in Margaretta Township, just outside of Castalia where the Castalia State Fish Hatchery now resides. As a child, she remembered working hard watching the beehives for her father and hoeing and weeding.  She would...

Carole Ann Semprich, 71, Sandusky, died Monday, Sept. 6, 2021 in Stein Hospice Care Center, Sandusky. She was born June 25, 1950, in Annapolis, NY, and attended Sandusky High School. She worked as a nurse’s aide for several years, and always worried about others before herself. Carole is survived by her husband Mark, to whom she was married for 52           years; one daughter Rita (Victor) Dass of Toledo; one son Chris Semprich of...

Robert G. Yost, age 73, of Sandusky, passed away peacefully Wednesday, August 18, 2021, in his residence. He was born April 7, 1948, in Sandusky and graduated from Margaretta High School in 1966.  He owned and operated Yost Coil Cleaning for over 35 years.  Robert served in the U.S. Army and was a member of the AMVETS; he also was a member of the Orioles.  He enjoyed playing scratch off tickets, coloring, fishing, and playing euchre; and he was a big fan of the Pittsburgh...

Inez S. (Floehr) Laessle, 99, of Delaware, OH, and formerly of Sandusky, died Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Grady Memorial Hospital, Delaware.She was born February 10, 1922, in Venice, OH, and attended Sandusky High School.  Of her various jobs, Inez and Oscar Floehr ran “The Store,” a local business in North Monroeville. Later Inez, an excellent cook, worked in the cafeteria of New Departure where she was well-known as friendly and fun. Inez was a charter member of Shepherd of...