FOREST — Rick L. Vires, of Kenton, died at 7:42 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016 in the emergency room at Hardin Memorial Hospital. He was 53.

SYCAMORE — Elizabeth Lou (Cramer) Schumaker died Sunday, Nov. 21, 2015 after a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 75.

Addison Eugene “Gene” Plott, of rural Harpster, died at 7:53 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016 at Wyandot Memorial Hospital. He was 88.

FOREST — Leah Jane Hougendobler, of Forest, died at 3:48 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016 at Fox Run Manor, Findlay. She was 97.

SYCAMORE — Vivian I. Weaver, of Tiffin, died at 3:38 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016 at Volunteers of America Autumnwood Care Center, Tiffin. She was 83. Arrangements are pending at Walton-Moore Funeral Home, Sycamore.

FOREST — Rick L. Vires, of Kenton, died Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016 at Hardin Memorial Hospital, Kenton. He was 53. Arrangements are pending at Clark Shields Funeral Home, Forest.

SYCAMORE — Persis P. Beard, formerly of Sycamore, died at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016 at Maplecrest Assisted Living, Bucyrus. She was 98. Arrangements pending at Walton-Moore Funeral Home, Sycamore.

Louise Moon Franklin, of Wellington, died unexpectedly of natural causes Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015 at her residence. Local surviving relatives include Ms. Franklin’s aunt, Jean Moon, and cousin, Linda Holbrook.

COLUMBUS — Michael Ivan Thiel died Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015. He was 67. Born July 6, 1949, he was a son of Helen Thiel, who survives, and the late Ivan Thiel.

TIFFIN — Mary D. Lykens, of Tiffin, died Tuesday morning, Jan. 5, 2016 at Volunteers of America Autumnwood Care Center. She was 97.