The claim that 80% of new beekeepers quit within two years is everywhere, but it can’t be traced to any study. National survey data does show backyard beekeepers lost 54.8% of their colonies last year. A Fostoria beekeeper explains why the turnover happens and what helps beginners stick with it.
Carole Ann Bishop, 79, of Findlay, a Fostoria native and 1965 Fostoria High School graduate known for her quick wit, died Oct. 18. Visitation is Friday, Oct. 23, at Coldren-Crates Funeral Home.
Linda Lou Wotring, a Fostoria native who founded Heritage House Assisted Living in Toledo and opened her home to foster children and refugee families, died Oct. 19, her 87th birthday. Services are Saturday in Toledo.
Christina M. Miller, 48, of Mansfield, a Fostoria native who loved boxing, coaching and gardening, died Oct. 18. Her family will remember her privately.
James “Jim” Dieter, 71, of Delphi, Indiana, a 1973 Fostoria High School graduate, carpenter, musician and former owner of Delphi Music Center, died Oct. 19. No services are planned at this time.
Carl Edward Myers, 87, of Kansas, Ohio, a Marine Corps veteran who worked more than 25 years as a dispatcher for Matlack, died Oct. 21. Services are Monday, Oct. 26, at Hoening & Son Funeral Home in Fostoria.
John Charles Huber, 75, of Fostoria, an Army veteran who spent 30 years at Atlas Crankshaft and ran Buck’s Construction, died Oct. 20. Visitation is Friday and the funeral is Saturday at Hoening & Son Funeral Home.
Here are the upcoming Fostoria events the Free Press could confirm: the Good Shepherd Home bazaar Oct. 22, the library book sale and an author talk Oct. 24, the Halloween Parade Oct. 25, trick-or-treat Oct. 31 from 5:30 to 7 p.m., the Glo-vember Hike Nov. 14 and the chamber’s Holiday Sip & Shop Dec. 5.
Good Shepherd Home told Fostoria City Council it is applying for a state low-income housing grant to build up to 45 affordable senior apartments on Grape Street and asked council to vacate a street there. Council also created a seasonal tree worker job and set a Nov. 17 budget session.
A federal judge in Toledo has set a Jan. 15, 2027, motion deadline and a Jan. 28 pretrial conference in the drug and money-laundering case against Fostoria’s Epolito Rodriguez, Mercedes Rodriguez and two co-defendants, and paused the Speedy Trial clock so the defense can review discovery.
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