DEATH NOTICES

Aubrey Charles Kessler, 86, Napoleon, died Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007, at Fairlawn Haven, Archbold. Survivors include four daughters, Mary Jo (Doyle) Patrick, Napoleon, Linda Sue (Robert) Miller, Liberty Center, Judith Elaine (Bill) Yocom, Napoleon, and Nancy Jean (Rex) Waidelich, Wauseon; seven grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. A committal service was Monday, Oct. 22, 2007, at Riverview Memory Gardens, Defiance.

Bertram L. Gaines, 53, Ridgeville Corners, died Monday, Oct. 15, 2007. Survivors include his wife Roxanna; two sons, Russell Gaines and Jesse Gaines, Napoleon; a daughter, Kara Gaines, Defiance; and his foster mother, Mary Crooks, Kittaning, Pa. Interment was Saturday, Oct. 20, in Locust Grove Cemetery, Ridgeville Corners.